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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1957
Page
2
Russia demanded a two year suspension of nuclear tests and a comprehensive East West formula renouncing nuclear weapons. Valerian Zorin rejected the U S plan for a 10 month test ban and said scientists should not map enforcement now. He urged immediate suspensions for two or three years and linked cuts to weapons production, while preserving a renunciation of using nuclear arms.
John F. Scott, a 23 year old UC graduate student, was rescued after more than 24 hours on a North Palisade ledge in Sequoia Kings Canyon National Park. He slipped 40 feet while hiking with companions and sustained a fractured left ankle and right wrist, possible rib fractures, internal injuries, shock, and exposure. A Bishop search party reached him after a horse and foot ascent.
Two armed men described as Negroes in their 20s robbed Stam Liquor Store at 731 N H St around 9 25 p m Monday. They ordered a fifth of wine from Paul Thompson, paid, then one man threatened with a gun while the other grabbed $51 from the register and forced Thompson to a back room. They fled north, no vehicle seen.
Daniel Georgia of 1741 Ohio St was sentenced to 30 days in jail and a $50 fine for possessing a detective muffler and lacking a license. Both sentence and fine were suspended if he refrains from driving in Lawrence for 90 days. Pearl Bryson of Overbrook received a $5 suspended fine and six months probation for failure to yield. G W Hamm of 912 Ja St was fined $10 for speeding with half suspended for a traffic school session.
U S officials assess Marshal Zhukov as the second most powerful figure in the Soviet Union, backing Khrushchev and likely shaping Kremlin upheavals. Elevated to full Presidium member, his rising influence prompts questions about Khrushchev's autonomy and the army’s political role during recent leadership shakeups.
Mrs. Washabaugh, appointed July 1 to succeed Ford Voiland Jr., sought a private audit of the state printing plant. The controller's office said no funds exist for such an audit. The plant books are currently under review by the State Post Audit Department.
An advanced student recital at 7 38 p m today in I Strong Auditorium Kansas University features Brahms Bruch Franc Krause and Doppler among others. Performers include J J Hancock Wichita violin Elizabeth Fleming Larned marimba Dennis King Ohern saxophone and more. Open to the public.
A United Air Lines DC6 pilot reported he had to swerve violently yesterday to avoid a jet fighter over Oxnard California. Eight passengers were injured slightly when pilot C H Thompson threw his airliner into a climbing turn. Others were unharmed but shaken.
Moscow reports in Izvestia suggest steps toward expelling V. M. Molotov Georgi Malenkov and Lazar Kaganovich from the Soviet Communist Party. The paper cites Lenin and the 1921 10th Congress to argue plotters against unity face discipline up to expulsion from the party’s ranks. Malenkov Molotov and Kaganovich were removed from the party leadership in a recent purge.
The body of Hedrick, a magna cum laude Minnesota University graduate who earned a master’s from Rice Institute, was found after a whistle search began when he disappeared June 27. Authorities consider a poisonous bite or insect bite as possible causes. An inquest is set for 6 p.m. in District Court.
The Supreme Court weighs GL William S. Girard’s rights as it considers whether he may be tried in Japan for the death of a Japanese woman. Arguments touch national morale, executive discretion, and the risks of foreign trials for soldiers.
Funeral services for Dr. Harold Guest 62 longtime Baker University faculty member who died early Monday at Lawrence Memorial Hospital will be at 10 am Wednesday in the First Methodist Church at Baldwin. Rev Mark Roach will preside with Rev Clare Hayes of Topeka district superintendent taking part. Burial in Oak Wood Cemetery at Baldwin. Funeral Home in charge.
A brief urging readers to call their carrier at 3-1000 and subscribe to the Journal-World before summer trips. The notice promises to have the news waiting upon return, emphasizing the convenience of staying informed during vacations.
Lawton says bids may open in September or October for removing eight Sunnyside barracks on the Economics Building site. House Moving, Building and Wrecking Co. of Kansas City bid $500 to clear the structures. Other items include an $18,000 metal storage building for the Geological Survey library and soon to come window installations in Watson Library. Plans call for lighting around Allen Fieldhouse and moving a building to the fishery laboratories. Preliminary plans for Snow Hall expansion and new retiree housing plus two dormitories are under study.
The Kansas State Board of Health reports twelve polio cases in 1957, down from 23 at the same point last year. The latest case is a Saffordville youth aged S who had non paralytic polio and reportedly had not received the Salk vaccine.
At Memorial Hospital several admissions include Shirley Jefferies and Grace Allen among others. Dismissals list Ella L. Mahoney and baby and Barbara McDonald and baby. Births note William Hunter and Orval Allen couples with daughters, Wayne Harper’s son, and Norman Vick’s daughter.
The Miami Weather Bureau reports an area of below normal pressure in the Panama Canal Zone with other weather conditions normal in the tropical Atlantic Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico.
Alfred Wesley Patzloff, 38, Wichita tinsmith, confessed to robbing the Farmer State Bank at Yoder for cash amid heavy debts. FBI arrested him in Independence with two sons. about 3,000 dollars found at his Wichita home, 524 on his person, and he faced bank robbery charges.
The Lawrence Recreation Commission will sponsor a city tennis tournament for players 15 and older on Monday July 15 at the city courts in Veterans Park and the University of Kansas courts. Entry deadline is 4 p.m. Friday. Enter by calling the recreation office. no entry fee. Winner will be crowned city champion and receive a trophy. Four local businesses are remodeling downtown storefronts including Blue Mill, Duckwall’s, Hamilton’s, and Ober’s. Smokey the Bear comic strip debuts in Monday’s Journal-World, created by Rudolph Wendelin, a 1933 KU School of Engineering alumnus.
I thank friends for cards calls gifts and visits during hospitalization and convalescence. Mrs Kenneth Retter and Mr Mrs Ernest Higgins express gratitude to nurses doctors and the minister for prayers while Johnnie was in the hospital.
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