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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1962
Page
9
Joseph W. Beesley of Salt Lake City representing the church states construction will start Thursday with a groundbreaking ceremony Monday. The text notes an April 1838 escape incident involving small people and water-swimming, and references crane and company engineering.
Evidence about city street and utilities commissioner Bill Lewark's involvement in a municipal construction project will be sent to Kansas Attorney General Joseph Levy. The AG will rule whether this violates state conflict of interest law. Harry Keith, Coffeyville contractor, testified he paid Lewark 4200 dollars and still owes 3800.
A veteran asks about G I Bill loan rights ending dates with cut offs through 1967 and 1975 for Korean veterans. Another reader seeks explanation of the National Defense Student Loan Program offering up to 1000 dollars per year, 5000 overall, no interest until one year after graduation, then 3 percent with ten years to repay, for future teachers in public schools.
A fragment notes 50 percent loan cancellation per year of service and directs students to college or guidance staff for requirements. It mentions visiting Washington and Bob Ellsworth inviting visits, with passes to House and Senate sessions available at his office.
AP market report lists wholesale eggs at 80 per dozen for grade A large and other categories, poultry prices for heavy and light hens, capons, ducks, and live fryers with farm and delivered ranges, butter quotes at 65 to 66 per pound, and Derby Grain Co prices for wheat corn oats and barley.
In Atlanta delegates at the NAACP national convention picketed segregated hotels and restaurants on Independence Day while Ku Klux Klan members stood by distributing leaflets. Mayor Ivan Allen Jr. welcomed the NAACP. Klan leaders warned of violence and police officials anticipated no trouble. The protest targets ten hotels and six restaurants as NAACP delegates arrive for the weeklong event.
A 62 year old man in Brunswick was charged with liquor law violations after police discovered 49 gallons of illicit whiskey hidden under his dog house. Officers described the underground storage as nearly the size of a fallout shelter.
American scientists delay a planned nuclear detonation 200 miles above Johnston Island after two failed space shots. A projected Fourth of July display is postponed another 24 hours as weather is not blamed and pressure for success rises.
Springfield Rotary Club received a check from Mountain Grove Missouri to cover hospital care from a 1924 Springfield traffic accident. Clarence Windsor then living in Englewood Colorado faced illness and job loss. the Rotary’s crippled children's fund settled the $63 bill with a note of thanks.
Liberty Missouri AP reports the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints to construct a 343000 shrine over the site of an old jail where Joseph Smith Jr and others were held prisoner about 125 years ago amid Missouri persecutions.
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