Deaths and Funerals in Macon and Lawrence
Burial was held today in Macon for Arthur L. Nims Jr. and his wife after a boating accident on a lake near Macon. A third man died. survivors include their son Arthur L. Nims II and daughter Mary Hogan. Also noted are memorials for Lawrence resident Mr. Nims, former Dr Pepper Bottling Co. president, and details of family survivors and funeral arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Arthur L. Nims Jr
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Arthur L. Nims II
New Jersey
Mary Hogan
Nims
Stanton Lewis Peckham
Denver
Colo
Marie Peckham
Presbyterian Manor
Topeka
Lawrence
Kansas University
Pi Beta Phi
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity
Dr. Pepper Bottling Company
Funeral services set for Milo H. Votaw at Hesper church
Funeral services for Milo H. Votaw age 70 of 2619 Haskell Ave will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Hesper Friends Church with Rev Mer Kinser officiating Burial will follow in Hesper Cemetery Mr Votaw is survived by his family and friends with services noting his life and faith
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milo H. Votaw
Haskell Ave
Hesper Friends Church
Mer Kinser
Hesper
Mr. Votaw
Foes Rise Against Angela Davis Fund Gift
Two Presbyterian churches in Kansas City Kansas and Jefferson City Missouri protested the national church council’s 10000 gift to the Angela Davis Defense Fund. Critics cited Davis’s Communist ties and questioned the need for funds, while a Jefferson City member helped create a fund for Judge Harold Haley’s family tied to the courtroom shooting case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kan
Jefferson City
National Church Council
Angela Davis
E. Russell Lyndh
First United Presbyterian Church
Kaw
Miss Davis
First United Presbyterian
Harold Haley
Jaguar Remains at Large After Colorado Circus Crash
Eight big game animals were recaptured near Pagosa Springs Colorado after a circus truck crash killed driver Albert Lapchak of Cornell California. The jaguar stayed at large in northeast mountains while lions leopards and mountain lions were recovered near the wreck site for the Shrine sponsored show in Durango.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pagosa Springs
Colo
Albert H. Lapchak
Cornell, Calif
Lapchak
William Horn
Cornell
Calif
Two Accidents Near Eudora Investigated Sunday
Douglas County Sheriff’s deputies investigated two Sunday crashes near Eudora with minor injuries reported. Willard J. Atwell 16 and Paul O D Sweigart 17 were treated and released after Atwell’s car rear ended Sweigart’s stalled vehicle on Douglas County Road 1061.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eudora
Douglas County
Willard J. Atwell
Bonanza
Lawrence
Paul OD. Sweigart
Sweigart
Atwell
Atell
Sunflower Village
K-10
Main Street
Hospital Birth Announcements Mixed With Schedules
A list of hospital room timings on two floors and multiple names and addresses follow. It includes personal notices of births such as a Baldwin couple with a boy, a Moran Jr. couple with a boy, Hoover couple with a girl, Monshower of Tonganoxie with a girl, and Commons of 1112 W. 29th Ter. with a boy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Lynch
Baldwin
Wesley Moran Jr
Moundview Dr
Ralph Hoover
Robert Monshower
Tonganoxie
Ronald Commons
W. 29Th Ter
Belgium Finance Minister Camille Gutt Dies at 86
Camille Gutt, the Belgian finance minister who forged a bold postwar monetary reform that dubbed the Belgian franc The dollar of Europe, died in Brussels on Monday at age 86. Gutt rose to prominence in 1944 for a drastic currency overhaul shortly after German occupation ended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
Camille Gutt
Europe
Gutt
Belgium
One Cycle Back Another's Gone
A motorcycle theft report was filed Monday in Lawrence with another earlier theft recovered. A window at Nichols Motorcycle Co. was broken and a 1971 red and white motorcycle valued at $729 was taken. Stephen Tharp reported a bike stolen on Thursday. it was recovered near Lawrence Memorial Hospital after being abandoned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Nichols Motorcycle Co
Robert Smith
Stephen Tharp
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Sears Tower Steel Put In Place In Chicago
The first steel was set Monday in Sears Tower as construction begins on what will be the world’s tallest building. Gordon M. Metcalf and Arthur M. Wood tightened the first nut, after a 25 by 25 foot column was installed. The tower will rise to 1450 feet, surpassing New York’s World Trade Center Towers then under construction at 1350 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Sears
Gordon M. Metcalf
Sears, Roebuck and Company
Arthur M. Wood
World Trade Center
New York
Evelyn Wood Reading Dynamics Institute Ribbon Cutting
Mrs Mary Michener has opened new Evelyn Wood Reading Dynamics Institute facilities in the Hillcrest Shopping Center lower level with a 10 am Wednesday ribbon cutting. A free mini lesson will follow the ceremony sponsored by the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce at the new location formerly occupied by The Sound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Wood Reading Dynamics Institute
Hillcrest
Sound
Mary Michener
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Lawrence Kansas approves street paving in Prairie Meadows additions
The city council settles that petitions signed by property owners justify pavement and curb work on Flint Drive Twenty six Street and Rimrock Drive in Prairie Meadows No 4 and related sidewalks. The resolution directs construction without public hearing and cites compliance with Kansas statutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Daily Journal-World
Lawrence
Kansas
Atchison Avenue
26Th Street
Prairie Meadows No. 4
Twenty-sixth Street
Lawrence Avenue
Prairie Meadows No
Kansax
Rimrock Drive
Prairie Meadow No. 4
Prairie Meadows No. 3
Whierers
24Th Street
Twenty-sixth
Riurock Drive
Whiericas
Kansas Town
Flint Drive
Rtchison Avenue
City approves multiple Prairie Meadows road and sidewalk upgrades
The Lawrence City Governing Body authorizes concrete sidewalks and pavement on Prairie Meadows additions from 26th Street to Atchison Avenue and related blocks. Project costs total about 164,710 dollars with 80 percent city at large share and 20 percent land-based assessments, to be funded by General Improvement Bonds. Public notices include nondiscrimination statements and protest rights before a potential election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gils
Prairie Meadows
Twenty-Sixth Street
Lawrence Avenue
Lawrence
Kansas
Hack
Atchison Avenue
26Th Street
Prairie Meadow
Oene
Trac
Flint Drive
Prairie Meadows No
Prairie Wisegtays
City-at-large
Notice of Hearing on Petition for Probate of Will
In Douglas County Kansas Probate Court a petition to probate the will of Elizabeth K Prentice dated April 24 1970 is filed. Leslie T Tupy and The First National Bank of Lawrence are named co executors without bond and a hearing is set for July 1 at 10 20 AM in Lawrence. Defenses must be filed prior to the date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County
Kansas
Elizabeth K. Prentice
Leslie ‘S T. Tupy
First National Bank of
Lawrence
Leslie T. Tupy
Charles C. Rankin
Lawrence to pave Barker and Connecticut Streets
The city council of Lawrence Kansas adopts Resolution No 3777 to pave and improve Barker Street from 4th to 6th Streets and Connecticut Street from 4th to 6th Streets as major trafficways under Ordinance No 4042. The measure aims to enhance public safety and street conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Daily Journal-World
K.S.A
Lawrence
Kansas
Barker Street
Ith Street
8Th Street
Connecticut Street
Tth Street
11Th Street
Barker and
Connecticut Streets
4Th
Final Settlement Probate Petition in Cross Estate
James L. Postma as administrator seeks final settlement of Anna Rankin Cross estate in Lawrence Kansas. Court sets defenses due by May 17 1971 at 11 30 AM and will hear the petition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Daily Journal-World
Douglas County
Kansas
Anna Rankin Cross
Lawrence
James LI
Charles
Rankin
Public sale to be held in Lawrence Kansas listing varied household items
A public auction in Lawrence Kansas will be held June 18 starting at 1 30 PM at 110 Pawnee listing a wide range of items including tools furniture kitchenware sports equipment and lawn and garden supplies. Terms are cash and items stay on site until paid for. Owner Mrs W Taylor. Seld by Hays Brothers Auction Service Mel Seld and Avold Ways Auctioneers with contact numbers 843 4489 or 843 8363
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pawnee
Lawrence
Kansas
Elec
Hudson
W. 4
Taylor
Hays Brothers Auction Service
Mel’ &Avold Ways
Also Mentioned on This Page
Arthur Nims JR
Wotan
Kansas University Building and Grounds
Angie
Darlene Naff
Rt. 4
Leslie
Anaheim
Lyle
Rt. 2
Ivan
Cypress
Merlyn
Torrance
Lula Snider
Linwood
Clara Baecker
Blanche Kanbe
Brothers
Ralph and
Everett
Rt. 1
Warren Mortuary
Milo Votaw
Minnesota
E. 22Nd St. Terr
Bill Keefer
Pod" Miller
Porter
Armstrong
Congoleum
Sebring
Angela
Leonard Myers
Shaw Auto Service
Overpen
John Bean
Monster
Westside Construction Co
West 15Th Street
West 15Th
Journal-World Photo
Will Hess
Jaguar
Colorado
Phillipsburg
Durango
San Juan Basin Shrine
Cardon- Johnson International Circus
Willard, Mo
Journal-World
Marie M. Moore
Cecil A. Moore
John O. Freeman Jr
Freeman
John III
Moore
Bryant
Rhodes Heating
Pennsylvania
Shirley Cornelius
Ida’ Price
Glenn Bacus
Betty Jo Rice
R.S
Harriet Brown
Miss
Betty Beckwith
Lecompton
Nellie McCracken
Sunflower
Robert Nelson
Ottawa
Loyce Alexander
DeSoto
Nelson Greene
N.J
Monica Hubert
Jasu Dr
John Turner
Ohio
John Stultz
William McDaniel
Alice Gibler
Myrtle Coffman
Carrie Bishop
W. Fifth
Fred Jackson
Kathryn Elston
N.Y
Evelyn Wood
Vera Mercer
Leavenworth-Jefferson Filectric Coaperative, Inc
Rural Electrification Administration
Department of Agriculture
United States
Secretary of Agriculture
Washington, D.C
Fiural Electrification Administration
J. R. Pulliam
Connecticut
14Th
Allest
State of Kansas
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