University Fund Names Williams to Advisory Board
Williams of Lawrence is named to the Greater University Fund advisory board for a three year term. The fund, begun in 1953, supports loans scholarships housing research and library needs at the University of Kansas. Other 1962 appointees and board officers are listed, highlighting alumni support and fundraising growth from 1,000 to over 11,000 donors in 1961 62.
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Odd -Williams
Lawrence
Kansas University Greater University Fund
W. Clark Wescoe
Greater University Fund
Williams
Wescoe
United States Steel
University of Kansas
Kansas House of Representatives
Pitt
Ben Barteldes
Dolph C. Simons Jr
Skipper Williams
Paul D. Adams
Osage City
Dane G. Bales
Loan
Fred B. Benson Jr
Indeendence
Darrell L. Havener
Rairie ‘Village
Kerwin S. .Koerpr
Shawnee Mission
Fireworks Show Nears Fourth of July in Memorial Stadium
Jaycees report strong advance ticket sales for the aycee sponsored Independence Day display at Memorial Stadium. An estimated 10 000 to 12 000 spectators expected with 25 cent advance tickets and 50 cent gate prices. The program includes aerial and ground effects with 27 scenes and a grand finale. Jaycee committee members and local outlets listed for ticket sales.
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Memorial Stadium
Jaycees
Lawrence
Roy Kramer
Charles Transue
Mike Rasmussen
Jerry Durrant
Wedneday
Eldon
Town St
Jaycee Fireworks Committee
Charles Zook
Robert Georgeson
Robert Cook
Les Proctor
Frank Alexander
Hal Archer
Clinton Daniels
Herb Dahlene
Ralph Raffelock
Don Meeker
Alcatraz to Close as Marion Prison Opens Next Year
Washington AP The Bureau of Prisons will begin transferring inmates from Alcatraz to other federal prisons next year, as the new Marion Illinois facility opens. Alcatraz, housing 269 inmates, is deemed obsolete and will be phased out with transfers to Marion Leavenworth Atlanta and possibly other institutions based on sentence length time left and records.
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Washington
Bureau of Prisons
Alcatraz
James V. Bennett
Marion, Ill
Marlion
Bennett
San Francisco Bay
Marion
Leavenworth
Kan
Atlanta
Powell urges reorganization of GOP National Committee
New Hampshire Governor Wesley Powell called for a reorganization of the Republican National Committee and election of a full time chairman. He endorsed Rep. William E. Miller of New York as a suitable chairman but urged Miller to state he will not seek re election if he keeps the post.
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Hershey
Wesley Powell
New Hampshire
Republican National Committee
Powell
William E. Miller
New York
Miller
School additions eyed for fall and 1964 needs
The school board outlined fall needs including two classrooms and a multi purpose room with an interior wall to separate when used for classes. Bids on the addition will be opened July 24 with completion hoped by October. An enclosure study between the gym and shop at Lawrence High may lead to a permanent addition or two temporary classrooms. Barbara Corner resignation accepted. New elected: Wanda Dickson Virginia Monserrate Betty Roark Marjorie Schindler Virginia Spray Frank Osgood Marlin Woodworth.
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Lawrence High School
Barbara Corner
Centennial School
Wanda Lou Dickson
Virginia Monserrate
Betty Roark
Marjorie Schindler
Virginia Spray
Frank William Osgood
Marlin Mac Woodworth
Scott Phillips Earns Top Jaycee Honor in New Orleans
Scott Phillips son of Mr and Mrs G H Phillips 1823 Mass St was named the most outstanding Junior Chamber of Commerce man in New Orleans and elected president of the civic club He is a 1948 Lawrence High School and 1952 KU graduate and works as a geological engineer Having lived in New Orleans five years he received the Kendall Cram Award sparkplug award and the JC club presidency at the awards dinner.
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Scott Phillips
G. H. Phillips
Mass. St
New Orleans
Teacher Strike Criticized As Unprofessional Method
Arthur F. Corey, executive secretary of the California Teachers Association, condemns strikes as inappropriate and unprofessional. He argues unions should push sanctions through professional channels if negotiations fail, while maintaining that teachers do not walk out on students and keep all avenues open for improving conditions.
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Denver
Colo
Arthur F. Corey
California Teachers Association
Corey
National Education Association
NEA
United States
Reception set for KU chaplain Matthews at Trinity
A reception for Rev. Robert J. L. Matthews the new Kansas University chaplain and Trinity Episcopal Church assistant will be held at 11 a.m. Sunday July 15 at the parish house 1011 Vt. St. Matthews 33 of 3038 W. 7th St. succeeds Rev. Roy Turner who moves to Indiana. Matthews wife Blanche and their three children accompany him. he is a Tennessean and graduate of the Episcopal Theological Seminary in 1955. He will train in pastoral care at the Menninger Clinic in Topeka.
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Episcopal Campus
Robert J. L. Matthews
Trinity Episcopal Church
Vt. St
Matthews
W. 7Th St
Trinity
Harvard Wilbur
Kansas University
Roy
Turner
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Crawfordsville
Ind
Wabash College
Blanche
Tullahoma
Tenn
Episcopal Theological Seminary
Menninger Clinic
Topeka
Kerr-McGee acquires Spencer nuclear fuels unit
Kerr-McGee Oil Industries Inc. of Oklahoma City has bought Spencer Chemical Co.’s nuclear fuels department and will move it from the Jayhawk Works near Pittsburg to Kerr-McGee’s refinery site in Cushing Oklahoma. The sale covers Spencer’s technical know-how patent rights and processing equipment for crystalline uranium compounds and other nuclear materials.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Spencer Chemical Co
Kerr-McGee Oil Industries Inc
Oklahoma City
Jayhawk Works
D. A. McGee
Kerr-McGee
John C. Benton
Spencer
Cushing
Okla
Virginia Senator Sees No Violation by Prayer
Senator A Willis Robertson urged Congress to declare official but voluntary school prayers do not violate the Constitution. He proposed a concurrent resolution to record Senate disagreement with last week’s Supreme Court ruling, noting it would not be binding.
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Washington
A. Willis Robertson
D-Va
Congress
House
Senate
Supreme Court
Robertson
Parking Meters Crooked in Miami Says Mayor
Miami mayor says meters are defective after a taxpayer complaint about a meter shorting time. The parking department checked 122 meters and found 8 faulty.
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Miami
Miami, Fla
Robert King High
High
Laos Conference Works Privately After Major Feud
In Geneva the 14 nations of Laos discuss private talks after a clash between the United States and Red China over U S troops in Thailand opened the session. Delegates agreed to leave unresolved issues to co chairs Malcolm MacDonald and Georgi Pushkin to prevent further public squabbles.
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Geneva
United States
Red
Red China
North Viet Nam
Laos
U.S
Thailand
North
Viet Nam
Lawrence approves exclusive ambulance rights for Capitol
City Commission last winter granted exclusive ambulance rights to Capitol, beginning December 31, after Rumsey and Cooper-Warren Mortuary requested relief. No other services interviewed. city law bans competition. Hatfield cited subsidies in Topeka Cofeyville Leavenworth and Hutchinson. He cited bad debt at 28.4 percent and noted Lawrence’s higher low income 21–50 year group.
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Lawrence
Rumsey
Cooper-Warren Funeral Homes
Fred Cooper
Cooper-Warren Mortuary
Capitol
Hatfield
Kansas
Topeka
Coffeyville
Leavenworth
Hutchinson
Youth Is Injured in Bicycle Mishap
A 12 year old Lawrence boy suffered cuts and bruises on both knees and legs when his bicycle collided with a car near Sixth and Iowa Streets just after 7 a.m. Raymond Lahm of 914 Rock Ledge Road was treated at Lawrence Memorial Hospital and dismissed. The car was driven by Manuel Joe Florez 56 of Pueblo Colorado. The bicycle was demolished. Car damage estimated at 35 dollars.
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Lawrence
Sixth
Iowa Sts
Raymond Lahm
Rockledge Rd
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Manuel Joe Florez
Pueblo
Colo
Ex-con Claims San Quentin Killers Hid Tools
An ex conv says six death row inmates at San Quentin obtained 14 hacksaw blades via the plumbing system months before a failed escape. He, released last April after a forgery sentence, told the San Francisco Chronicle that blades were tied to strings and hauled up from a floor below through toilet pipes.
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San Quentin
Calif
San Francisco Chronicle
Vacation Pak service promotion in plans journal world
The plans journal promotes a World Vacation Pak service with no extra charge. Advertisement hints at a bundled travel option and emphasizes added value for readers.
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Journal- World
Final week to change party affiliation for Aug primary
Lawrence voters have until Saturday noon to switch party affiliation for the August 3 primary. Registration forms are available at the County Clerk's Office in the Courthouse. The piece also notes KU preview attendance, a blacksmith demonstration at the Lawrence Horse Show, and the new Overbrook pool in Osage County.
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Douglas County
Lawrence
Topeka
Ottawa
Tonganoxie
Overbrook
Osage County
Mother Reunites With Returned Son In New York
An Israeli mother, 37, Ida Schuhmacher, is joyfully reunited with her 10-year-old son Yosef, abducted three years earlier amid religious strife. Immigration officials handed the boy to Schuhmacher after discovery at Rabbi Sanzil Gertner’s Brooklyn home where he used the name Jacob. The mother planned to take him to Israel at once, saying she does not seek prosecutions against those involved.
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New York
Ida Schuhmacher
U.S
Peter Esperdy
Immigration Service
Sanzil Gertner
Brooklyn
Jacob
Yankele) Gertner
Esperdy
Gerters
Yosef Schuhmacher
Atlanta Hotels and Restaurants Picketed During NAACP Meet
In Atlanta 400 pickets with signs targeted 10 hotels and six restaurants as 1,500 NAACP convention delegates arrived. Hotel managers reported 6,000 Moose convention attendees had reserved rooms, affecting major hotels and motels. The University Motel, owned by a noted segregationist, was singled out as a target.
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Atlanta
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
the Loyal Order of Moose
University
Local Marines to Attend Summer Maneuvers at Olathe
Six Marine air reservists from the Lawrence area report to the Olathe Naval Air Station on July 7 for two weeks of annual summer maneuvers. They are Raymond S. Mars Wes Santee Phillip R. Long Gary D. Guinn Charles E. Mills and Galen L. Gabriel of Marine Fighter Squadron 215. This marks the unit’s first summer camp at Olathe since 1958 after past maneuvers in North Carolina California and Arizona.
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Marine
Lawrence Area
Olathe Naval Air Station
Olathe
Raymond S. Mars
Harper
Wes Santee
N. H. St
Phillip R. Long
Gary D. Guinn
Tenn. St
Charles E. Mills
Galen L. Gabriel
Route 1
Coffeyville Official Faces Conflict Charge
Coffeyville city Street Commissioner Bill Sewark, serving his third term, faces conflict of interest allegations as an inquisition is held this afternoon. Mayor Fred Hedges disclosed that equipment from Lewark’s welding shop is used in a creek bridge project, while Lewark says he only holds a subcontract. City Atty. Joe Levy and County Atty. Glen Tangier will question about a dozen witnesses before City Judge Raymond Belt.
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Coffeyville
Kan
Bill Sewark
Fred Hedges
Lewark
Joe Levy
Glen Tangier
Raymond Belt
Governors clash over Guard cuts and 1963 64 outreach
New Jersey cooperation discussed as Gov. Edmund Brown urges 1963 San Diego visits and a Mexico greeting. Rockefeller vows to greet governors in New York if they meet in 1964. Washington’s Rosellini poised to chair. Governors oppose Kennedy plan to streamline the National Guard, demanding local control and rejecting federal reductions.
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New Jersey
Edmund B
Pat) Brown
San Diego
Calif
Mexico
Brown
Richard M. Nixon
Rockefeller
New York
Albert D. Rosellini
Washington
Powell
New Hampshire
National Guard
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
Guard
Soblen's Return Delayed By 2 to 3 Days
London dispatch reports Dr Robert Soblen remains too ill to travel for at least two or three days. The fugitive spy who attempted suicide to avoid a life sentence showed condition improvement after a restless night. Soblen was convicted of spying for the Soviet Union, forfeited $100000 bail, and fled to Israel last week. He slashed his wrists and stabbed his stomach aboard a plane over the English Channel.
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London
Robert Soblen
United States
Soblen
Soviet Union
Israel
Tel Aviv
English Channel
Boy 12 Kills Girl 10 After a Kitten Quarrel
In Silverdale Bucks County Pennsylvania the body of Theresa Chaill ten was found in a wooded area. State police said playmate Charles Clarkson junior twelve admitted stabbing the girl late Monday after a quarrel over kittens. He said she struck him with a stone.
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Silverdale
Theresa Chaill
Bucks
Charles Clarkson Jr
Clarkson
Theresa
Prayer Issue Spurs Bipartisan Conference Sparks
Governors Bryant Ree Faubus and Smylie clash over a resolution urging constitutional amendment to protect national faith in God as a court decision on state school prayer stirs debate. Dissent by Smylie contrasts Faubus critique amid Civil Rights tensions ahead of Kennedy address in Philadelphia. Medicare financing split looms as conference closes with broad, nonbinding terms.
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U.S. Supreme Court
New York
Farris Bryant
Florida
John H. Ree
Maine
Congress
Robert E. Smylie
Idaho
Smylie
Orvald
Faubus
Arkansas
Kennedy
Philadelphia
Card of Thanks for hospital recovery
Mrs. T. H. Hack expresses gratitude to nurses on the 1st and 3rd floors, Doctors Jones Manahan Campbell and Nelson, lodges and clubs, relatives and friends who remembered her during a Lawrence Memorial Hospital stay. She notes appreciation for flowers cards and letters and jokes about returning to health in 20 days at age 72.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
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