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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1961
Page
2
The Leighton Schoonover residence at Big Springs was burglarized Wednesday while the couple was away. Entry was gained through a kitchen window and items stolen include a rifle an automatic pistol a radio shells a lady’s wrist watch earrings and some new quilts according to the sheriff’s department.
Woodard B Hopkins 59 of Booneville Missouri died Sunday at home. He was a merchant for 30 years active in Boonville Evangelical Church and its choir director for three decades. Survived by wife Erma, daughter Mrs Donald Beene, four sons and multiple relatives. Funeral today in Boonville. Lucy Bianco 86 died at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Born in Naples Italy she lived in Denver Kansas City and Lawrence. Funeral services at Boulevard Mortuary and Mount Olivet Cemetery Denver Colorado. Survived by three daughters and one sister. Family requests no flowers.
Monte Johnson former Kansas University basketball player has been named director of public relations for the KU Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. He will coordinate athletic public relations and handle athletic academic counseling and report to the director of athletics. Johnson is a 1959 KU business school graduate and played for coach Dick Harp.
Memorial Hospital lists admissions including Hazel McGee of Tonganoxie Velma Moline Gary L. Black Christopher Readie DeWitt Ransdell Michele Brown Mrs Delores Ann McClelland Anna Violet Babbitt Gloria Hastings Alberta Martinson John Ragland Doris Kirk Nancy Banning Bruce Banning Paul Nieder with Clark, and dismissals such as Blanche Peirson Myrtle Woodard Katherine Eddy Jess Ray Mary Lou Simmons Michele McKinney and baby girl Anita Brown Max Rife Frances Constantine Ernestine Brown Paul Ellis Carrie Alexander Transfers show births to Herman Knoche Tonganoxie George Beguette Be gguette and Glenn Kirk Route 1.”
In Anderson South Carolina a 17 year old girl and her 20 year old companion Charles Gambrell were parked on a lovers lane when two or three Black men dragged the girl from the car. Gambrell was slashed in the abdomen and left arm. The pair fled. Gambrell sought aid and the girl reached a farmhouse in shock. Gambrell received treatment and was released. Authorities reported conflicting stories but confirmed the assault and abduction near Highway 81 north of Anderson.
Experts warn copperheads move into livable rural areas as temperatures rise. Prof Fitch urges caution to avoid accidental bites from rattlesnakes and copperheads, noting nonpoisonous hognose snakes. bite treatment requires quick medical care. The KU Museum offers a reptile handbook to aid identification and safety.
The governor of St Eustatius Island, Dutch West Indies, became the first foreign official to acknowledge American independence. He saluted a Continental flag flying under the U S flag on November 16, 1776.
The Duke of Kent wed Katharine Worsley at Yorkminster as Queen Elizabeth II and foreign royals looked on. The service, led by Archbishop William Ramsey, drew 46 TV cameras and endured rain and hail outside. The bride, 28, is the daughter of Sir William Worsley, a Yorkshire squire, and the couple are the royal family’s second recent pairing with a commoner.
Workers from the Gas Workers Metal Trades Union Local 781 walked out across Kansas City and nearby areas, prompting supervisors to take over operation and maintenance of the gas system. The union seeks a 20 cent hourly rise. the company offers 12 cents over two years.
Adlai Stevenson on a goodwill tour reports Latin American officials oppose unified action against Castro. Argentina's Frondizi and Mugica favor a nonintervention stance while U S policy rules out force. Betancourt cites Dominican Republic as urgent hemispheric issue as the tour weighs a possible OAS meeting.
Gloria Jean Hastings a 15 year old of 1531 Powers was injured in a one car accident 14 miles south of the 23rd Street and Haskell Avenue intersection. She suffered a cerebral concussion while passenger Carol Hodges 16 of 811 Schwarz Road sustained only bruises. The Hodges car skid 232 feet into a ditch filled with water after the driver lost control. Sheriff Fred Brooker said two unidentified youths assisted the girls. Vehicle damage was estimated at 400 dollars.
Wyatte F. DeLoache Midwest manager of DuPont Extension Division addressed the Lawrence Kiwanis Club at noon on Three Imperatives for Tomorrow. He warned that democracy depends on fundamental understanding of freedom and responsibility for future progress through capable individuals teams and collective savings to meet large risks.
The State Labor Department reports the unemployment rate for the week ending June 3 at 3.3 percent of unemployment insurance covered workers, down from 3.5 percent the prior week and 2.9 percent a year earlier.
Lawrence residents Russell Mosser and E R Zook were named to key Kansas Chamber of Commerce council roles for two years Mosser becomes chairman of the education group and Zook leads the industrial development agency, expanding local influence within the state organization.
Herb Williams of Hixon Studio will become president of the Luncheon Optimist Club on July 1, succeeding Stan Harris. Williams is an Osborne native who moved here in 1938, is married with two children, and lives at 2009 Clare Rd.
Tehran AP correspondent Parevis Raein has his working credentials restored after they were revoked a week earlier for quoting striking telegraph workers about injuries during a police and troop crackdown. The government had denied injuries and accused him of fabrication.
Clark Coan, assistant dean of men at Kansas University, received a doctor of education degree signed by Chancellor W Clarke Wescoe, completing a unique set that also included a bachelor’s degree signed by Deane Mallott and a master’s degree signed by Franklin D Murphy. Kansas Turnpike troopers aided 1,286 motorists in May, with 206 arrests, including a May record 158 speeding over 80 mph.
Twenty six members of the University of Buffalo football squad hail from the Buffalo area. Two squad members come from Ontario.
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