28 Jul 1959
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1959
Page
1
Leo C. Kunsman a 54 year old San Antonio Texas resident died Monday in his car on the Kansas Turnpike. He was driver of a test car for the Automotive Research Assn. Autopsy to determine if a seizure caused the crash.
Topeka doctor Donald Wilcox is appointed state epidemiologist by the State Board of Health effective recently. He will remain assistant director of the division of preventable diseases, a post held since June 1958, replacing Dr. James M. Mott who led the division since 1951.
The article explains that DDT spraying is essential even on cut and stacked wood to prevent elm blight spread. It notes Graphium ulmi, first seen in Holland in 1921, reached the U S in 1930 and Kansas City in 1952, with bark beetles spreading spores. Dormant season spraying offers over 90 percent protection, while infected wood should be burned.
Mrs. Alice Patterson Courtney 96 died Sunday at her home 1609 Hillcrest Rd. Services 4 p m Wednesday in Cooper Warren Chapel burial Grace Lawn Cemetery Howard. Family requests contributions for heart research at Kansas University Medical Center.
Rep Ot E Passman said some nations receiving U S military and economic aid would likely shoot at us in war. He spoke as a 3 1865 million foreign aid bill was debated, with a 1 2435 million cut from the president's request. Passman cited Yugoslavia Poland and Indonesia as examples.
NFL Commissioner Bert Bell announced plans for a new professional football league to operate initially in six cities starting in 1960. He said all 12 NFL clubs back the idea and named potential first markets including Houston Denver Minneapolis Dallas New York and Los Angeles with others like Louisville Buffalo Miami Seattle San Francisco and Boston mentioned. Bell in testimony to the Senate subcommittee declined to name backers beyond noting Davey O Brien discussed the venture.
Clarke Keys former Journal World reporter and 1954 KU graduate has been appointed as an instructor in reporting and photography at the KU Journalism School. He is a sports writer for the Topeka Daily Capital and has chaired the University Daily Kansan Board and served as managing and editorial editor of the school paper. Keys also served as a pilot in the Air Force after graduation.
The Gilbert and Sullivan opera The Mikado had its first performance in London in 1885, marking a landmark in light opera history with its satirical tone and memorable melodic lines.
At Malvern College England Headmaster Donald Lindsay says dating town girls is not done and urges boys to choose partners from nearby private schools. He frames the guidance as discreet advice on manners, not snobbery, noting boys will be boys if left unchecked.
Readable quotes show diverse views on President Nixon's diplomacy and the Khrushchev talks. Residents, educators, and officials question whether the trip will aid U.S. foreign policy or boost Nixon politically while noting differing opinions on its diplomatic value.
Four members of a single Brooklyn family aged 7 to 24 died in a two tenement fire in New York. Early reports of a baby girl death were later proved false. The victims were Mary Winningham 7 Delores 10 Barbara 20 and Earl 24.
Kansas City now reports 78 polio cases this year, trailing Des Moines at 85. Public Health Service cites peak in August for Kansas City, with six deaths so far. In Washington, Lt Gen Bernard A Schriever assures no alarm over Atlas failures and notes a corrected fuel issue after five recent malfunctions.
Western foreign ministers reached a swift agreement on a revised Berlin truce document. The changes include UN monitoring of East and West Berlin radio broadcasts during the truce and language reaffirming that Western rights in Berlin remain in force until Germany is unified. Talks with the Russians resume Wednesday, with Lloyd and Herter agreeing that Western protective policy should stay unchanged.
Vice President Nixon and Admiral Rickover toured the Lenin in Leningrad as Soviet officials initially balked at access. Rickover pressed to see reactor interiors while Nixon backed him up. The reactor cores were inactive, but Rickover called the ship a fine job though not an advance in reactor art. Nixon spoke of efforts toward peaceful differences through talks.
Film actress Dana Wynter announced she is expecting a child. Wynter, born in Britain, is married to Los Angeles lawyer Gregson Bautzer. Adv note reminds readers to send the Journal-World to a summer address.
The Marion Boosters 4H Club will sponsor a polio shot clinic from to 6 p.m. Thursday in the Marion Township Hall with a Douglas County health nurse administering shots. At Kansas University 210 students sat for summer English proficiency exams. 177 passed and 33 failed, a 15.7 percent failure rate, improved from last year. David Dykstra offered no explanation for the improvement.
Kenneth Kiley was appointed as instructor in radio and television at Kansas University. The post is jointly held by the KU Journalism School and the Department of Speech and Drama. Kiley is a Stanford graduate and Fulbright recipient to study European theater in Berlin and will join the University Committee on Radio and Television.
Henry A. Bruner of 501 Ohio St retires Aug 1 at age 70 after 42 years with the Santa Fe railroad. He began Feb 27, 1917 as a section hand and held depot, Owens, and Topeka assignments before settling in Lawrence in 1935. He recalls steam to diesel progress, long trains, and slower times with crew visits. Bruner plans travel, gardening, and reading with his wife after retirement.
Memorial Hospital reports multiple births and newborns, listing parents and addresses, including a son born today to Mr. and Mrs. Yee at 2304 Vt Street and a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Nehring at 1829 Miller Drive. Other families from Stouffer Place, Eudora, and De Soto appear with infant genders and home locations.
The search for a missing light plane from Texarkana to Columbia moves to northwest Arkansas after villagers near Springdale report seeing a plane go down smoking. Dr. H. H. Larson of Columbia pilots the green and white Piper. A Braniff captain near McAlester reports possible wreckage in Oklahoma.
Gov. Faubus asks Little Rock School Board to keep some segregation in four high schools expected to reopen. He proposes integration for two campuses including a previously all white school in a silk stocking district, while two others stay segregated. Central High would remain segregated. nine Negroes were integrated there in 1957-58 under federal troop protection during mob violence.
I thank Drs. M. Clark and Zimmer and the 3rd floor nurses for wonderful care during my hospital stay. I also appreciate friends, neighbors and relatives for flowers cards gifts and food.
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