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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1969
Page
6
KU ROTC programs expect 100 more students next fall amid 570 currently enrolled in Army Air Force and Naval ROTC units at Mount Oread. Officials project 16,935 total Fall 1969 enrollment as 16,482 now includes 10,046 men and 6,436 women.
A first degree murder charge against Elijah Cook Jr was dismissed in Leavenworth district court after the trial was not started within the three term limit. The 1967 shooting of Douglass Jordan at a restaurant triggered the case, with four terms elapsed and counted as delays by the state per Judge Harmon.
Nine former inmates who completed computer operation courses at the South Carolina State Penitentiary have finished their sentences and now earn between 6 500 and 10 000 dollars a year. Supt Cyril Busbee announced at the second class graduation of 32 inmates. Twelve graduates are women in key punch operations. The two year program, financed by state and federal funds, ends July 1.
In Alamosa Colorado Mrs Shirley Teckenbrock Gerten 18 married Friday drowned in her bath Saturday. Coroner Ken Buttler said she apparently slipped and struck her head on the tub. Burial planned for Wednesday.
Charley Laurie says his Pittsburgh diner has been burglarized 161 times over three years. Items stolen include food, hardware, and even a nailed phone. After 30 break ins he offered a $100 reward but says police calls come only every six incidents. He moves movable stock to his car at night.
A three alarm fire in a Kansas City apartment house caused about 100000 in losses. The three story building suffered heavy damage and about 40 residents fled into freezing weather. No cause was determined and two firemen were mildly hurt. Larry Smith, 13, alerted the department after his mother warned others.
A 6-foot-9 rattlesnake, owned by Larry Gibbs of Atmore, Ala., remains in front for top honors at the Monroe County Rattlesnake Rodeo after a Sunday surgery to stop internal bleeding. Gibbs said the reptile may have been hit by a vehicle before capture.
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