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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1964
Page
12
Benton News photographer Joe Borto letto captured 50 seniors receiving diplomas at Benton High School. An electronic flash failed only once as his son John walked the stage.
The Midwest Music and Art Camp held its final concerts in KU venues. Students performed Brahms Liebeslieder Waltzes, Haydn Theresa Mass, Berlioz Overture, Mahler First Symphony, and a torch of evening programs in Outdoor Theater with Rossini Overture William Tell and Tschaikovsky 1812 Overture. Conductors included Ralston, Carney, Bloomquist, Hilbish, Alessandro, and Wiley. Don Grant narrated Copland Lincoln Portrait. The season closed with Irish Tune from County Derry.
The Midwestern Music and Art Camp Ballet Division staged its annual concert at the University Theatre on the KU campus. Under Marguerite M. Reed, the corps performed scenes to Chopin preludes and waltzes, with guest stars Dolores Lipinski and Larry Long. Rodeo Suite by Copland highlighted the program, ending with Village Festival. Gerald M. Carney led a capable camp orchestra.
Cecil Sowers worked on stilts while constructing a wall inside the Paris Daily Enterprise plant. The report noted a ladder of trestles is handy for a plasterer but not always necessary.
The Lawrence Recreation Commission hosts a special beginner's tennis tournament at Kansas University courts with daily 4 to 5 pm play. Tuesday participants include Kenton Steland Mark Hildebrand Debbie Gerlach Kay Barber Jodde Olsen Diana Elliott Bryan Iwamoto Ronnie Nitcher Chris Hunsinger Greg Whittington. Wednesday players are Sheila Hunsinger Annora Oberzan Pam Mailhait Marsha Anderson Julie Davis Bobby Hallas Jeff Hoffman. Thursday features Debbie Smith Cheryl Van Hoesen Rick Kovacic. Winners advance to more days. notify those scheduled who were not informed to report Tuesday Wednesday or Thursday. Additional listed players: Chuck Stone Ross McKinney Charles Bockhorst Steve Leonard Randy Puckett Tod Olsen Kevin Kuhlke Richard Kolebar Walter Robinson and Mike Allman.
Gene Riling fired a 68 to set a club record for 18 holes in the Lawrence Country Club handicap tournament. He finished second to Dr. John Albers who netted 134 in the 36 hole event. Bill Saylor shot 66 previously but course changes now make that mark harder. Other finishers included Dr. Penny Jones 138 Jim Large 139 Wade Stinson 139 Max Kennedy 140 Harry Starks 141 Bill Parrott 141 Craig Collier 142 Paul Hull 143 John Crown 144 Frank Harris 144 Norman Schweitzberger 144 Dick Schiefelbusch 144. Fifty three golfers competed.
Kansas City AP Mike Wasserman 22 remained in critical condition after a second brain operation for extensive brain damage from a bat attack while trying to stop a racial fight at Lykins Park. Howard Whitmill 17 charged with assault with intent to kill. Fellow recreation director Joseph Witherow 22 injured in the melee.
A 3-year-old girl, Susan Ann Hjelmstad, daughter of Pfc. Peter James Hjelmstad, suffocated in an unused upstairs refrigerator. Her 9-year-old sister Bonnie found the body as the coroner estimated death occurred about an hour earlier. The father was stationed in Korea.
At Kansas University Murphy Hall sits quiet after the 27th Annual Midwestern Music and Art Camp and the summer science training program for high-ability students wind down. Campers enjoyed a ballet recital and two Sunday concerts while nine top students in science and mathematics were named by Delbert Shankel with support from the National Science Foundation.
A rock slide described as a cloud of rocks killed two teenage girls Elise Starr 14 and Janet Leetola 18 during a 19 person hike on Mt. Rainier eight miles above Longmire. Three other youths were injured and taken to a hospital at Morton.
Dr. Thomas H. Carroll aged 49, president of George Washington University, died early today near Bluemont Virginia after an apparent heart attack. Friends said he suffered a previous attack several days earlier while vacationing with his wife.
Tatsumbie DuPea, a Piute Indian, marked her 115th birthday in Los Angeles despite a broken hip. Her son Edwin hosted the party and she spoke of her boyfriend Captain Edward Gray of the Buffalo Bill Circus in London, joking he does not know her age. Her first husband James Milligan, a railroad cook, died in a railway accident.
In Harlem and Brooklyn's Bedford Stuyvesant patrols were sharply reduced as peace returned over the weekend. Negro leaders urged quick action on jobs housing and schools amid unrest. A separate protest led by William Epton was dispersed and he and attorney Conrad Lynn were charged with unlawful assembly.
Houston AP James A McDivitt and Edward H White II were selected as the crew for the second manned Gemini space flight. Their backup is Frank Borman and James A Lovell. The mission is slated for next spring.
The Watusi economy tied wealth prestige and political standing to herd size, making cattle ownership the main measure of status and influence within the tribe.
New healing substance Bio-Dyne used in Preparation H reduces hemorrhoids without surgery. Cases show itching relief and pain relief as shrinkage occurs, with patients remarking piles are no longer a problem. Available as suppository or ointment at drug counters.
A speeding railway car packed with holiday travelers home from the beach derailed near Oporto Portugal. 85 passengers were killed and more than 10 injured as the rear unit snapped couplings and plunged down an embankment. The privately owned rail company ordered a three engineer inquiry.
Kansas University will study sewage disposal issues in cold regions under a three year Army Medical Research and Development Command contract. First year funding totals 19556 dollars with Dr. Ross E McKinney directing the C L Burt Environmental Health Research Laboratory and Dr. John T Pfeffer supervising. The research examines how sewage at Arctic bases stabilizes and how heat from microbial reactions affects fluidity. This project expands KU’s role in water pollution research begun in 1960 and follows Dr McKinney’s 1960 move from MIT and his later Harrison Prescott Eddy award from the Water Pollution Control Federation.
A small fire at the Ford Pavilion prompted evacuation of between 2,500 and 3,000 fairgoers on Sunday. The pavilion closed for three hours as workers mopped up water from sprinklers. One ride was kept closed due to water soaked plaster risk. Evacuees left in about four minutes before sprinklers activated.
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