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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1961
Page
2
President Kennedy faces a test as defeat in Tuesday's showdown vote could threaten his aim to enlarge the House Rules Committee. House Speaker Sam Rayburn of Texas seeks to enlarge the committee to safeguard administration prestige.
Lawrence resident Gene Smoyer 28 died Saturday in Santa Barbara California after a long illness. Funeral services will be Tuesday at Immanuel Lutheran Church Santa Barbara. Survivors include wife parents sister and brothers. Memorials may go to the Charles Ise Memorial Animal Shelter or Immanuel Lutheran Church. Smoyer lived in Santa Barbara since 1957 and ran Gene's Photo Service and a Santa Barbara real estate business.
Lawrence High School took first place in the Future Farmers of America District Public Speaking Contest at Lawrence High School. Seventeen schools participated. Highland Park finished second, LaCygne third, Emporia fourth, and Seaman fifth. The LHS team was led by four students with top individual honors Buddy Lawrence first senior, Reece Mitchell fifth junior, Stanley Husted first sophomore, and Jimmy Shultz third freshman.
Tina Marie Helm age 18 months died Sunday at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday Reno Church with burial Reno Cemetery. Survived by parents Oliver and wife, three sisters, four brothers and four grandparents. Irma W Wiley 58 of 1306 W 22nd St Terr died Sunday at the hospital. Services 10 a.m. Tuesday Cooper-Warren Chapel with burial Memorial Park Cemetery. She belonged to the First Presbyterian Church Eastern Star and Federated Women's Club.
Coeds move into the sorority house this fall under strict rush rules. Rush counselors from each sorority will advise rushees. Open houses start 10 a.m. Wednesday with meetings, invitations issued Friday and Sunday, preference cards due Sunday evening, and pledges to be distributed Tuesday night.
Rep. Ellsworth says Secretary Canally told him he has not had time to study the transfer proposal of the Olathe Kansas Naval Air Technical Training Unit to Georgia. Ellsworth notes no discussion of the Olathe Naval Air Station itself and no action planned against Olathe activities beyond the training unit.
The Soviet Union accused Belgium of new Congo aggression including a foreign legion to fight Lumumba and his pro Communist deputy Antoine Gizenpa. Tass said the charge was in a letter to the UN Security Council as a Congo council meeting was planned. Pro Lumumba governments urged protests over Lumumba’s imprisonment.
Hawaii Senator Solonsrame Fong lauds the presidents defense and space progress while criticizing Cuba policy. Senate leaders Mansfield Humphrey and House Republican Halleck offer mixed judgments praising truth and urging unity to keep the nation strong. Vice President Johnson calls the message sober and action oriented.
Russ Jensen manager of the Malls Safeway and Mrs. Jean Barr of Boxer Department Store were elected co chairs of the center's Merchants Association for 1961. Barr indicated more officers may be elected later and plans are being prepared for community and shopping area benefits. John Wolfe of 801 Ark. takes a layoff from the Sheriff's Department to resume classes at the College of Emporia.
Mrs Burnice Iverson Geiger 58, former Sheldon National Bank assistant cashier and board member, admitted embezzling about 2.13 million dollars from her father's bank. Judge Graven deferred sentencing for a pre sentence investigation while bond remains at 10000. The FDIC is handling depositor payouts after the bank closure.
Dr. Martin Luther King urged Kansas leaders to aid high school graduates who do not attend college, stressing intercultural understanding and community volunteerism. He praised Negro athletes while urging broader opportunities, and urged support for churches, Scouts, and charities over government reliance, introduced by R. M. Raney with Wescoe and Scarborough in attendance.
The five central American republics collectively show a population near ten million based on the available figures. This estimate highlights regional population scale without detailing individual country figures or demographic breakdowns.
Douglas County Treasurer Bes sie Bennett reports more than 6 000 car tags and 1 500 truck tags sold this year with a 1960 tax abstract totaling 3 352 841. The year’s abstract surpasses 5 million and sets a record while 1 132 personal property tax statements remain unpaid.
Twenty seven members of Kansas University's four ROTC programs will receive commissions at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Swarthout Recital Hall Murphy Hall. Maj. Gen. Thomas N. Griffin will give the address and be introduced by George Smith. The oath will be administered by Col. Clyde L. Jones Capt John W. Newsom and Lt Col Robert P. Ash. A commissioning reception follows in the Big Eight Room and a luncheon for Gen. Griffin and unit commanders.
TOPEKA AP The Kansas Newspaper Women's Association elected a man as an officer for the first time. Tom Kiene executive editor of the Topeka Capital Journal was named treasurer though the treasury has no funds. Beatrice Jacquart Satanta state legislator and editor was chosen president with other officers including Mrs Helen Townsley Coogan Great Bend Tribune and Mrs Arthur J Carruth Jr secretary.
In the Courts District Court Mrs Ethel Taber of Lawrence filed a 15000 personal injury suit against F W Woolworth Co at 915 Mass St. from an October 20 store fall. Also listed are petitions Marilyn Cannon vs Thomas Cannon Jackie Duane Ellis vs Mary Ellen Ellis Alberta Bitseedy vs Thomas Bitseedy and Marie Peters DeLong vs Elmo Nelson DeLong divorce annulment cases.
Webster Groves Missouri senior Frank Morgan of Kansas University won the William Randolph Hearst Foundation December news writing competition. He earns a $100 fellowship plus a foundation scroll for his article on teacher retirement in the University Daily Kansan. Others named include Byron Klapper, a Bronx, New York sophomore KU student.
Lawrence West Junior High invites parents to a 7 30 p m pre enrollment meeting in the multi purpose room to discuss next fall's enrollment. Representatives from Lawrence Senior High will address parents of ninth graders while junior high reps explain enrollment to seventh and eighth graders. Ambulance Service day or night. Rumsey Funeral Home VI3 5111 Adv.
Lawrence city officials will discuss forming a human rights commission at the 3 p.m. City Hall meeting. Officials will also consider a study committee and the second reading of a 20 cent trash rate increase. Two Planning Commission terms expire February 1 with three year renewals. A special meeting will discuss bids for 632000 in general obligation bonds for 1960 projects.
President Kennedy is expected to appoint Neal Hardy a 46 year old KU graduate as the new commissioner of the Federal Housing Administration. Hardy is a Summerfield Scholar who earned an A B at KU in 1936 and is listed in Who's Who in America. He will succeed Julian Zimmerman, KU law graduate and former governor's executive secretary now head of the Lumbermen's Investment Co in Austin Texas.
Carling Dinkler Sr., 66, president of a Southern hotel chain, killed himself by leaping from a 20th floor apartment window in the Dinkler Plaza Hotel downtown. He had been depressed over health after abdominal surgery last year. body fell on Forsyth Street near the hotel.
The Lawrence Board of Education will meet at 7 30 tonight at Central Junior High School for a special session on budgeting salaries for next year. Other items may include a teacher insurance plan state bills and property transactions.
Memorial Hospital lists numerous local residents and families connected to births and marriages including Mrs. Sara Miller and baby boy, Mrs. Opal Agnew, Mrs. Delores Warrington, Mrs. Katherine Dimery, and Mr. and Mrs. James Cobl. The list mentions addresses in Vernon Laughlin Oska loosa Perry De Soto and other nearby communities.
Card notices express gratitude to friends and neighbors for help after a fire and for sympathy during the illness and death of Woodrow W. Gammill. thanks extend to the Wakarusa Township Fire Department for swift action and to family members for support.
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