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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1963
Page
8
Hundreds of National Guardsmen arrived with fixed bayonets to Cambridge Maryland after a night of racially charged violence. Four hundred troops imposed a strict curfew and martial law style controls to quell ongoing shootings and a large sit-in clash between white patrons and Negro integrationists.
Federal mine officials halted the search for Bobby Abbott 14 Danny O’Kain 13 and Billy Berk 13 after rescue crews emerging from an abandoned Pittsburgh area coal mine reported no proof the youths were inside. Authorities planned to review above ground possibilities and resume if needed.
Advertisement notes a World Vacation Pak service with no extra charge. It highlights a plan to include this package in customer plans and invites readers to consider the offer. The brief references an advertising promotion without additional details or terms.
In a training run at Eglin Air Force Base a F100 fired dummy rockets into a narrow observation bunker killing Lt. Col. Sherman Richard Smith of Mary Esther Florida and Capt. Mercer R. Ferguson of Cannon AFB New Mexico. Fourteen others were injured.
White House receives about 300 letters daily for Mrs Kennedy as she nears a late August Caesarean delivery for a third child. Gifts tally near 100 with many items headed to charity. officials note gifts under 15 dollars are accepted and replies may be staff written.
Heavily armed police and state troopers patrolled Savannah after tear gas fired for a second night to disperse rock throwing crowds. Two Negro teenagers were shot. one case involved a car with four white men. A mass march began with about 2,000 participants after a rally at a recreation center led by Rev. Andrew Young.
Lawrence faces a growing problem collecting parking fines as hundreds of overtime warrants await service due to limited police staffing. Fines rise from 50 cents to $9 or more, with some totals over $100. meters yielded $70,063.50 last year and $31,950 so far this year.
Sgt Steve Bero of Ft Riley Kansas donated $1000 to widows and orphans of Indian soldiers killed in the border war with China. U S Ambassador John Kenneth Galbraith delivered the gift to the Indian Army. Bero, a 55 year old Hungarian born bachelor, said he gave the money for the love of God and because he was tired of hearing about people being pushed around. He is a member of the 1st Battle Group 28th Infantry Regiment.
Irvin E. Youngberg KU Endowment Association executive secretary was chosen secretary treasurer of the American Alumni Council at its four day Atlantic City meeting. About 800 college and university alumni fundraisers attended the national gathering. Youngberg, Osage City native, KU economics graduate, has served KU in multiple roles for 15 years.
London report says Prime Minister Macmillan informed U S and British delegates to the Moscow test ban talks of Premier Khrushchev new views on nuclear and urgent problems. He was briefed by Soviet Ambassador Alexander Soldatov and relayed the briefing to delegation chiefs Averell Harriman and Lord Hailsham at lunch as talks near Monday start.
Horace Heidt a former bandleader now a Van Nuys real estate operator obtained a marriage license in Los Angeles to marry Mrs Dorothy Downing an interior decorator of North Hollywood Heidt aged 62 and Mrs Downing 48 observed as the couple plans a quiet wedding in the city.
Second Lt. Jaydee F. Stinson 26 of Lawrence suffered a head injury in a one car crash near Sparta Wisconsin. Capt Bernard L. Heim 34 of Leavenworth was killed and Capt John F Braum 21 of Ottawa and Chief Warrant Officer Harold E Klempnauer 41 of Kansas City Missouri were injured. Stinson remained at a Spartan hospital for observation and good condition was reported later. The Kansas National Guard advance party had arrived at Camp McCoy for summer training when the wreck occurred seven miles from the camp. The Lawrence Guard unit led by Lt Robert R Wilson was en route to Camp McCoy with about 100 men. Stinson trains with a Leavenworth unit. the Lawrence unit trains at Camp Ripley this year the first time in nine years. The planned return home is late Monday night July 29. Open Lanes tonight. Hillcrest Bowl.
Rainfall accumulated 0.84 inch by 10 am at the EU weather station in Lawrence with rain continuing. Forecast calls for cloudy cool weather through Saturday and additional thundershowers tonight and early Saturday. Lawrence year to date rainfall 13.29 inches, five inches behind normal.
A Kansas University student, Jack Geisendorf, 20, was listed in critical condition at Lawrence Memorial Hospital after a Wednesday night single vehicle crash eight miles northwest of Lawrence. Three other injured riders, Henry Salmans 20, Stephanie Brown 21, Evelyn Lewis 18, were reported in good to fair condition. Geisendorf and Salmans worked at Cooper-Warren Mortuary this summer. Salmans is the son of Salina's police chief. The two women reside at Corbin Hall.
AP reports the closing average for 60 stocks at 271.2, down 0.5 points as market activity ended in New York. The brief notes marginal losses across the index with little change in overall mood.
Cloudy and cool conditions persist through Saturday with intermittent thundershowers likely tonight and early Saturday. Little temperature change expected with lows around 63 and Saturday highs near 70.
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