Heart Fund Event Set Here Tuesday
A 1960 Douglas County Heart Fund kickoff coffee is scheduled for 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Eldridge Hotel Crystal Room. Dr. Mont Belot will speak. The event targets business and rural solicitors as the drive starts February first.
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Heart Fund
Gerald L. Cooley
Cooley
John Metsker
Louise Baker
M. H. Getto
Eldridge Hotel
Crystal Room
Journal-World Photo
Douglas County Heart Fund
Mont Belot
Kaw Valley Heart Assn
Heart
Mike Getto
L. M. Treadwell
The
Kenneth E. Anderson
Olin K. Petefish
George B. Smith
Association
Turnpike Traffic Peaks. Safety Record Soars in 1959
Kansas Turnpike reports a 13.8 percent traffic rise in 1959 with 4,712,471 vehicles covering 273,880,543 miles and an accident rate of 102 per 100 million miles driven. The year saw 269 accidents, 71 causing injuries affecting 104 people, while safety improved from 922,824 to 976,337 miles per accident. Gale Moss hails the record as reassuring.
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Gale Moss
Kansas Turnpike
Moss
Deaths and Funerals in Lawrence and Omaha
Charles H Fortner 65 of Omaha died Wednesday in Omaha. Funeral services and burial will be Monday in Omaha. He was born in Endora and is survived by his wife and a son plus three grandchildren and two aunts. Albert Hughes 85 lifelong Lawrence resident died in Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Funeral arrangements are pending with Cooper Warren Mortuary. He leaves a sister in Denver and a niece in Lawrence.
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Charles H. Fortner
Omaha
Funers
Fortner
Endora
Sarah Leapher
Baptist Church
Andessa Fortner
James Fortner
Kansas City
Olathe
Amy Powell
Lawrence
Nellie Henson
Spokane, Wash
Albert Hughes
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Miss, St
Cooper-Warren Mortuary
Julia Nelson
Denver
Colo
Geneva Lewis
Lincoln St
Teeners Rally Behind Sandy After Cancer Scare
Vivian Gilbert known as Sandy to Mercer Island teens faced a surgery for suspected cancer. Teen customers raised 220 dollars via 69 signatures as they gathered at the drive in to support her, later learning the operation found no malignancy.
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Seattle
Wash
Vivian Gilbert
Sandy
Mercer Island
Gilbert
Kansas Governor Docking May Seek Third Term
Rep. Newell A. George says he believes Governor George Docking of Kansas will run again. He cites a December 1958 discussion in which Docking indicated a desire to break the no third term rule and strengthen the Democratic party by another term.
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Washington
Newell A. George
D-Kan
George Docking
Kansas
George
Docking
Memorial Hospital List of Dismissals and Addresses
Memorial Hospital entries list Mrs Thelma Nieder and others with addresses across Conn, La, W 20th, Stouffer Place, Elm, Del, Oxford Rd, N J, E 10th, Perry, Baldwin. plus dismissals for George Wotan Linwood, Glenn Gareis 940 Ala, Grace Ross 728 A I, Etta Withers Richland, Fannie Zukowski 10344 Pa, Jacob Myers 929 Ill, Opal Funke and baby 520 Mo, Anna Salesky 1144 Pa, Ella Shannon Wellsville, Alvie Tate 634 Walnuts, Ida Parr 82 E 13th, Gwenyth Kitos Route 3.
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Thelma Nieder
Conn
Emily Poff
William Wharton
W. 20Th
Connie Elting
Stouffer Place
Effie Hill
Elm
Louise McClendon
Del
Terrie Lea Clark
Eudora
Gwenyth Kites
Norma Schwarz
Baldwin
Mildred Mittelstadt
Oxford Rd
Claude Redmond
George Wotan
Linwood
Glenn Gareis
Grace Ross
A. I
Etta Withers
Richland
Fern Brown
Oskaloosa
Elsie Brown
Fannie Zukowski
Jacob Myers
Opal Funke
Baby Boy
Anna Salesky
Ella Shannon
Wellsville
Alvie Tate
Ida Parr
E. 13Th
Gwenyth Kitos
Routa
Two Trains Clash In Fog Near Westfield
In a pea soup fog two New York Central trains side swiped near Westfield, derailing ten cars and three diesel units. One woman, Mrs. Dwight Stiles, suffered a right wrist fracture and ear lacerations. she was treated and dismissed. Two men and another woman were hospitalized or observed for injuries.
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Westfield
N.Y
New York Central
W. T. Alexander Jr
Central
New England States Express
20Th Century Limited
Chicago
Dwight Stiles
Westfield Memorial
Sydney J. Harris
Redondo Beach
Calif
Camp David talks show ongoing U S Soviet gap in 1960
In ongoing Camp David exchanges Bohlen and Menshikov failed to bridge gaps as the United States pressed for strong enforcement. Khrushchev renewed Berlin threats while Geneva talks stagnated on a nuclear ban. UN sessions saw Soviets weaponize the Camp David spirit and Dulles noted new Soviet rocket testing openness.
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Bohlen
Menshikov
United States
Camp David
West Berlin
Eisenhower
Khrushchev
Berlin
Budapest
Moscow
U.S
Llewellyn Thompson
Geneva
Soviet Union
United Nations
Central Pacific
Allen W. Dulles
Central Intelligence Agency
Church Official Clarence Hatch Dies at 57 in Anderson
Dr. Clarence W. Hatch, 57, executive secretary of the Executive Council of the Church of God, died suddenly at his home in Anderson Indiana. Authorities indicated an apparent heart attack and said he had not been ill beforehand.
Young Rockefellers Await Child Guardian News
The New York Journal-American reports Steven Rockefeller and his Norwegian wife Anne Marie Raasmussen expect a child. Steven is the son of Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller and the couple drew headlines when marrying last August. Anne Marie is visiting her parents in Norway.
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New York
New York Journal-American
Steven Rockefeller
Young Rockefeller
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Anne Marie Raasmussen
Rockefeller
Cholly Knickerbocker
Anne Marie
Norway
Senate Passes Bills to Suspend 1.75 Mill Property Tax
The Kansas Senate advanced two House bills suspending the 1.75 mill property tax for one year to fund college and hospital building. Votes were party line 27-7 and 26-8 as Republicans argued for relief while Democrats questioned timing.
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Topeka
Senate
House
George Docking
Glee S. Smith Jr
Smith
Ways and Means Committee
Docking
Clymer Named Kansan of the Year at Topeka
Rolla Clymer editor and general manager of the El Dorado Times was chosen Kansan of the Year by the Native Sons and Daughters of Kansas at a Topeka dinner. He has led Kansas press groups and historical societies and is known for editorial writing and Kansas themes. Other awards went to Gracella L. Heitt and E A Charbonneau.
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Topeka
Native Sons and Daughters of Kansas
Rolla Clymer
el Dorado Times
Kansan
Clymer
Kansas Press Assn
The
Kansas Historical Society
William Allen White Foundation
University of Kansas School of Journalism
Kansas
Native Sons and Daughters
Gracella L. Heitt
Manhattan
E. A. Charbonneau
Osborne
Republicans Set Convention Dates for Kansas Delegates
The Kansas State Committee fixed dates for district and state conventions to choose 22 delegates plus alternates for the national GOP meeting in Chicago next July. Hutchinson hosts the state gathering April 23, with district conventions spread March to April 2.
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Topeka
Republican State Committee
Kansas
Chicago
Hutchinson
Holton
Ottawa
Parsons
Emporia
Dodge City
Hays
Kansas Young Republican Organization
Don Concannon
Hugoton
Young Gop
Young
GOP
Republican Party
Sam Mellinger
State Committee
Hutch Youth Freed From Chimney After Midnight Rescue
In Hutchinson Kansas a business college student got stuck in a chimney while exploring with two girls and another boy. Tom Mayhew and neighbor Harold Stauffer assisted, later firemen dismantled the fireplace to free the boy who was soot stained but unharmed.
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Hutchinson, Kan
Tom Mayhew
Mayhew
Harold K. Stauffer
Hutchinson
Calm confession in Kansas City murder of wife
Carey Lee Ruder told police he walked in and started shooting his wife in their apartment. Judith Diane Ruder, 20, lay dead on the floor from five gunshot wounds. He described marital strain and alleged property loss as motives. He said they were married young and that his wife had returned after an absence before the fatal shooting.
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Kansas City
Carey Lee Ruder
Judith Diane Ruder
Ruder
Ryder
LHS Senior Among 10 AF Nominees for Academy
Lawrence High School senior David Frank Palmerlee of 1344 Strong Ave. is named one of ten nominees by Kansas Rep. Newell George for the Air Force Academy. The selection uses competitive scoring to designate a principal choice and eight alternates from the field of nominees. Other nominees include Glen Elvins of Kansas City, Robert Burk of Kansas City Mo, Robert Brewster and Carl Stover Jr. of Prairie Village, Paul Courtney and David Robertson of Merriam, Richard Flechsig of Olathe, David L. Robinson of Iola, Robert Fanning of Shawnee, and Thorpe Nolan of Ottawa.
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David Frank Palmerlee
Strong Ave
Kansas
Newell George
Air Force Academy
Palmerlee
Albert S. Palmerlee
Lawrence High School
Rep
George
Glen H. Elvins
Kansas City
Robert Clyde Burk
Kansas City, Mo
Robert G. Brewster
Carl Nelson Stover Jr
Prairie Village
Paul Howard Courtney
David Robertson
Merriam
Richard Lee Flechsig
Olathe
David L. Robinson
Iola
Robert M. Fanning
Shawnee
Thorpe Ellsworth Nolan
Ottawa
Police probe brutal murder home robbery motive named
Police identify possible robbery motive in the savage murder of Miss Smith inside a residence. The body was found in a basement room with the head wrapped and blood pooled, hammer recovered elsewhere, investigators pursue suspect Doolan while checking other angles.
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Miss Smith
Doolan
Wes Norwood
Norwood
Date Chappell
John Hazelet
Kansas University Chancellor Murphy Hosts Birthday and Meeting
Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy, born on Kansas Day in 1916, celebrated his 44th birthday with a state capital visit on University business. His office staff hosted a party this afternoon. A postponed Centenary Methodist Church Conference will meet at 1 30 p m Sunday to hear the Building Committee report, with a basket dinner at noon after worship.
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Kansas
Franklin D. Murphy
Kansas University
Kansas Day
Murphy
Kansas City
Missouri
Centenary Methodist Church
Card of Thanks from Jack Evans
Jack Evans expresses grateful appreciation to all who sent letters cards and flowers during his hospital stay.
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Jack Evans
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