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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1971
Page
1
A Saturday column details a tight employment scene in Lawrence for junior high, high school, and college age youths. Employers cite cost controls, wage laws, and labor rules as barriers, urging ready, productive teens while acknowledging scarce summer openings and the need for training.
Funeral services for Emma Wiedemann 78 of 1947 Vt. will be held at 10 30 a m Monday at Rumsey Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery She died Friday at Lawrence Memorial Hospital Friends may call at the funeral home until services. She leaves bachelor Jr of Carbondale one daughter Leora Woodruff of Overbrook one brother Homer Bachelor of Overbrook two sisters Dorothy Flory and Bertha Wolfe five grandchildren three step grandchildren five great grandchildren and nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be at 230 p m Monday at Albright Funeral Home here.
Lloyd William Bachelor Sr. 72 of Overbrook died Friday at his rural home. A farmer and stockman, he lived in the community all his life and was born June 14, 1898 in the Twin Mounds area. He married Myrtle Burruss on December 26, 1917. survivors include his wife and one son Lloyd.
Professor Mathias P. Mertes of the pharmacy faculty was listed as receiving a $2,000 raise but the NIH canceled the increase for austerity reasons. His salary remains at $22,000, and the June 1 report was incorrect.
Mrs. Jean Fraser Lee aged 81 of 2133 Vt died Friday at Valleyview Nursing Home after a long illness. Funeral services are set for 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Trinity Episcopal Church with Father Harvard Wilbur officiating. Born May 19 1890 in Niagara Falls Canada she was active in Church Women United former Zodiac Club president and member of University Women's Club. Survivors include her widower Wallace a brother Gordon Fraser and a sister Mrs C H Bolden both of Niagara Falls. Friends may call Rumsey Funeral Home.
Summer program runs 9:30 to 11 a.m. Monday through Friday at 2415 W. 23rd. Classes welcome children aged four through sixth grade. Junior and senior high youths serve as assistant leaders.
A near 20 percent reduction in Kansas State University property insurance premiums was announced by the State Committee on Surety Bonds and Insurance. The annual cost falls to 70000 from 86216 with an improved deductible clause for most perils, while vandalism and related fires keep a 100000 deductible per occurrence. At KU, buildings are insured under two packages totaling 30 million with a 36602 annual premium and deductible options, while the Kansas Union remains self insured at 150000. The KU policy cost is 111125 annually for near 5.5 million coverage and a $100000 student fee increase was approved to cover costs.
In Wichita Kansas a large crowd of 300 to 400 teenagers overturned a police car and injured an officer. Officer Richard Vinroe was treated and released for the remainder of his shift. Sergeant Troy Hampton noted a second patrol car aiding Vinroe was also overturned.
A two ton Farmers Co-Op Ammonia truck overturned north of Lawrence on U.S. 24 59 near Midland about 10 55 am. The unidentified driver escaped injury and sheriff deputies had no name by noon. Fire units stood by until the truck was righted and a dirt road turn caused the loss of control.
A former combat pilot talked and calmed Glen Riggs, a 58 year old Ashford West Virginia pensioner who hijacked a United Airlines plane from Charleston to Newark. The hijacker kept two pilots and Colliton hostage for three hours before the crew seized him after landing. No one was injured.
Four inmates at the Kansas State Penitentiary in Lansing are held in solitary confinement after the death by fire of Von J. Greathouse 28. Greathouse from Iola was jailed in 1967 for robberies of Rusty’s Hillcrest Market and Daniels Jewelry and received two consecutive 10 to 21 year terms. Officials say the blaze was started by flammable liquid ignited in his cell and his body was found when prisoners returned from a work detail. The motive remains unknown.
Mariner 9 on track for Mars after a flawless 838000 mile maneuver. Engineers at JPL reported the craft fired its rocket engine 5.1 seconds to set a trajectory that should bring it within 750 miles of Mars by mid November.
President Nixon with bipartisan delegation dedicates the $1.2 billion Arkansas Waterway. He calls the dam and lock system an exceptional monument.
A $600000 State 4-H citizenship building contract was signed at Rock Springs Ranch near Junction City by Dolph Simons Sr. The center aims to serve Kansas youths and should be completed by the summer of 1872. L.R. Quinlan and the late Fred D. Wilson were added to the 4-H Wall of Fame.
North Vietnamese gunners hit Da Nang with 6 to 10 rockets in daylight, causing light damage and some casualties among Vietnamese military personnel. U S Command reports two rocket attacks on positions near the DMZ and 11 Americans wounded in three strikes. Enemies fired 15 rounds of 122mm rockets into Charlie 2 and 25 missiles at American ground troops northeast of the base.
A 12 year old, Duane R. Moon Jr., sits on a parked motorcycle when another bike ridden by Edward Good, 16, struck it at a dirt track on Harper Street at the Douglas County 4 H Fairgrounds. Moon is in fair condition at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
Firemen answered three calls Friday afternoon and today all reported as false. An automatic alarm at 3 48 p m Friday at Curtiss 1 000 on Lakeview Road and two calls at 3 33 p m Friday at 619 Ind and 9 09 a m today at 806 Ind reported no fire or house at either address.
Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant enters layaway status as ammunition demand falls in Indochina. Lt. Col. Louis A. Mallin reports about 1,000 workers remain, with over 700 laid off since March and 400 more to disappear by July. The staff may drop to 200 by January, some staying on pending standby funding.
Charles Marks of 915 Pamela La will be one of two alternates to the American Legion Boys Nation in Washington D C this summer. Boys Nation delegates are Bill Fishe of Leavenworth and Jeff Cochran of Spring Hill, with John Shireman of Girard as second alternate. Marks also chaired the Nationalist Party and joined the Boys State Supreme Court during the week long session at KU before the governor Joe Gutierrez of Kansas City delivered a farewell address and adjournment.
Ralph J. Bunche United Nations undersecretary general was rushed to New York Hospital in serious condition after breaking his upper right arm in a fall at his home Friday night. The U N spokesman confirmed Bunche, the highest ranking American in the secretariat, was back in the hospital for treatment.
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