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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1962
Page
1
Campus event roster lists mixers, dinners, receptions, tours, and concerts at Union venues, Eldridge Hotel, and other campus sites. Notable items include speakers Alvin McCoy and Rev. Pemberton, endowment and alumni events, commissioning ceremonies, outdoor concerts, and the university commencement program.
Volunteers and donors at the Red Cross Blood Center at Lawrence Memorial Hospital were named for May. The center received help from physicians nurses nurses aides staff aides gray ladies recruitment and blood program aides with many listed donors and volunteers including Agnes Shmalberg Daisy Dougan Irene La Rue and Jon Belle Harper among others.
The Capital Citizens Council at Little Rock will stop sending Reverse Freedom Riders to Hyannis Massachusetts if Cape Cod residents admit they do not wish to integrate with Negroes. Amis Guthridge announced the plan as 34th rider left Arkansas on a one way ticket. The council has sent 33 of 93 riders who reached Hyannis a resort village near the Kennedy summer home. The proposal urged wealthy Cape Cod residents to admit they draw the color line and to offer jobs to Negroes.
Rumsey Funeral Home announces updated facilities and equipment enhancing services. Contact VU3-5111 via -Adv for details on redesigned viewing rooms and modernized memorial options.
Kansas University announces two senior John Francis Ryland II and graduate student Yvonne Janicki awarded Fulbright exchange grants for 1962 63. Ryland will study language and literature at Panama University while Janicki heads to Bonn University Germany with a German government stipend and KU exchange support.
The subcommittee heard that a government agency failed to stop a 13.2 million stockpile purchase of synthetic cryolite. Symington noted Calumet & Hecla of Chicago profited 5.5 million by being released from a copper delivery contract, with 24 million total copper payments cited. A company spokesman said a letter to stockholders will present its version next week.
Remodeling work on the Lawrence Country Club proceeds with a $16 000 project led by decorator Jean Baldwin to refresh the ballroom dining area and north and east porches. Completion is targeted for July 1 with new carpeting lighting and furnishings to update the interior in a contemporary style.
Washington states that individual Americans face at most an 11 in 300000 chance of bone cancer and a 1 in 100000 risk of leukemia from nuclear test fallout through 1961. The Federal Radiation Council notes a possibility that no cancer or other physical ills may occur due to exposure, but hereditary effects on future generations could be expected.
Graduates begin with a breakfast in the Union Ballroom followed by commissioning ceremonies for Army Navy and Air Force in Murphy Hall. An official University reception greets seniors and parents in the Union lounge, and the Jonpy line leads the campus parade at 7 p.m. Commencement closes the weekend.
The notice highlights Rumsey Funeral Home in Lawrence with long-standing service since 1920. It references a numbered advertisement and a contact tag for further details.
Main Bocher recalls designing the famed two piece wedding gown worn by Wallis Warfield Simpson for her 1937 wedding to the Duke of Windsor. The dress, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, helped launch a lasting wedding fashion trend and remains a landmark in couture history.
An editor notes a recommended reading list by Charles F. Sidman of Kansas University. The titles focus on Germany and France, offering varied approaches to 20th century European history and the Cold War context.
Heard in Lawrence reports a People-to-People student friendship tour directed by KU students, with about 200 of 350 Midwest travelers departing Monday from the Liberty Memorial in Kansas City. They will brief in Washington with government agencies and Robert F Kennedy before flying to West Germany for a week. Artist Streeter Blair, KU graduate, has sent a two piece painting of Quantrill's raid on Lawrence for display during commencement weekend in the Kansas Union.
Sacramento AP report says Richard Nixon’s campaign braces for the chance that Assemblyman Joseph C. Sheil of Los Angeles could win a sizable vote in Tuesday’s Republican governor primary. A memo from Al Moscow labels Sheil as backed by the ultraconservative and right-wing extremist wings of the party.
The Saturday Column notes KU graduates and students will mark the weekend with pride. It highlights strong private support, growing enrollment, and calls for improved public relations to sustain future excellence on Mount Oread.
Eudora Bible School opens Tuesday morning and runs until June 15. Sessions run 9 to 11 30 daily. Primary and junior departments meet at the Methodist Church while kindergarten and junior high gather at St Pauls Church.
The baseball Recreation League releases a practice schedule for next week with games on Monday Tuesday and Thursday at South Park. Monday games start at 1 p.m. featuring the Athletics.
The Phillies play. at 2 30 p m the Redbirds face the Braves Tuesday at 1 Indians meet Tigers. Dodgers vs Orioles at 2 30 Thursday Giants meet Red Sox at 1 Senators vs Yankees at 2 30.
About two and a half million people tour the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D C annually drawing visitors from across the nation. The landmark attracts travelers and history enthusiasts who come to view the famous statue and terrace.
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