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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1965
Page
10
Harwood's Market reports prices for wheat corn Milo and other grains with eggs and butter quotes. KC cattle hogs and sheep market figures show varied changes while cash grain and futures edge up with futures closing fractionally higher amid light volume. Wall Street trades ease from recent highs as several blue chips slip and others rise in a mixed session.
Otha Kelsey 21, inmate at Kansas State Penitentiary, orally admitted stabbing fellow prisoner Isaiah Straughter Jr. 28 in the Lansing prison laundry. Witnesses confirmed the statement though Kelsey did not sign. Straughter was treated for multiple stab wounds and listed in serious condition. Kelsey has prior sentences for assault escape larceny and burglary. arrested July 1 1961 in Douglas County near Big Springs.
Kansas University students from the University Chorus Orchestra Chamber Choir and Concert Choir will travel by chartered bus to Independence Missouri for an evening concert at the Reorganized Church headquarters. Directors Clayton Krehbiel Robert Baustian and James Ralston lead performers in Carmina Burana with soloists David Holloway Martha Randall and Richard Wright. Admission is free.
Wreck on West Sixth Street near Michigan around 7 20 p m involved drivers Wilkey R Spease 17 of 1919 R I Street and Carl L Beebe 45 of 723 Ark Street. Damage estimated at 350. No injuries.
Three lawsuits in progress include Lennis E Johnson versus Karen Rose Johnson Myrna McManus versus Carl M McManus and Helen M Kelley versus Ivan L Kelley.
The Douglas County Board of Zoning Appeals waived frontage restrictions for Mark Q. Moore in Western Hills near 6th and Iowa, along U.S. 40. At county engineer Casey Rice’s office, Moore cited prior permission to plat under an earlier three mile ordinance and was allowed to proceed with building permits for about five one acre lots after tentative approval. No objections were raised during the meeting.
A block near 37th and Steele Streets in Kansas City Kansas collapsed. Two houses fell and a street segment sank about 10 feet. No injuries reported. Bennie Stewart's home demolished. Pierce Fields Jr escaped by forcing a door. The site sits above an abandoned quarry.
The Everglade kite, a hawk like bird, is rare in the United States but commonly seen in Cuba Mexico and across Central and South America.
Memorial Hospital admissions include Clarence Blevins Valleyview Home Mrs Maxine Harrison Baldwin Mrs Frances Williams McLouth Mrs Dorothy Fishburn Route 5 Carl Tryborn Route 3 Roberta Sparkes Eudora Ralph Davis Eudora Margaret Richards 1126 Pa Chris Madsen Desoto Mrs Mae Cunningham 734 Walnut James Anderson Baldwin Mrs Norma Cramer 731 Lake Mrs Isa Oxford 1729 Mass Mrs Dorothy Smith 423 Mich Mrs Peggy Coffman 1511 Wedgewood Charles Pieratt 1400 Oak Hill John Houk Route 1 Harold Larue 739 N Y Mrs Carol Longfellow 1318 N H David Conlin 1807 Ala Willy Burrow Eudora Herbert McKelvey 832 Ohio Frank Roe Eudora Mrs Frances Pagani and baby girl Stouffer Place Mrs Bonnie Amess 1200 W 21st Floyd Liston Baldwin.
SELMA Ala AP city police arrested six civil rights workers four Negroes and one white man today after they attempted to desegregate a downtown lunch counter and test public accommodations following the voter registration board recess. The first group was refused service. the second group was arrested on a trespassing warrant signed by the drug store proprietor. These were the first arrests in the civil rights drive led by Rev Martin Luther King.
Mrs Mattie Harvey a resident of the Sioky Rest Home 645 Mich St passed away after a long illness at age noted as 21% years in the obituary lines. Services and burial details follow in the local notice.
Died Wednesday at Lawrence Memorial Hospital, a Tonga noxie-Lawrence area resident for 12 years. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Saturday at Lawnbyer Funeral Home, Atchison, with burial at Oak Hill Cemetery. Friends may call 7 to 9 p.m. Friday. Survivors: four sisters Ann Icks Lawrence Edna Myers Salem Ore Mary Davenport Kansas City Kan and Joe Deroin Longdale Calif. two brothers Fred Reeves Bethel and Alton Reeves Atchison.
Mrs Bertha Allen 84 of 501 Perry died at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Saturday at Rumsey Funeral Home with burial at Oak Hill Cemetery. Survivors include three sons Tom Howell John Howell Brice Allen of 501 Perry four daughters Betty Englen Route 3 Cora O Keefe Vellejo Calif and Mrs Wallace.
Pierson of 1316 Summit and Mrs. Jackie Pierce of Massachusetts along with one brother Dave Moss of Commerce Oklahoma are referenced in scattered obituary notes.
Howard Caldwell 58 of DeSoto died of a heart attack at home. A farmer and longtime DeSoto Board of Education member, he was born in Kansas City and lived in DeSoto 40 years. Burial is at DeSoto Cemetery. visitation Friday 7 to 9 p.m. at Alden Harrington and Sons Chapel. Survivors include wife Edna and three daughters.
Charles Edwards Wilson, 90, of 1504 University Dr died today at Watkins Memorial Hospital, Kansas University. Funeral services set for 9 a.m. Saturday at St. John's Catholic Church. wake at 7 p.m. Friday at Rumsey Funeral Home. He retired in 1944 after 52 years with Canadian National and Northern Pacific Railroads and moved to Lawrence in 1961 to live with Dr. and Mrs. R.A. Schwegler. Survivors: two daughters, four grandchildren, four great grandchildren.
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