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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1963
Page
6
Seven convicts pulled guns from a grain field cache and fled into eastern Arizona mountains. Two were captured near Coolidge. Fugitives included murderers and a deputy sheriff shooter, with multiple inmates taken as hostages then released as prison trucks failed.
Iraqi armed forces launched assaults in oil rich Kirkuk and Irbil after a 24 hour ultimatum to Kurdish leader Mullah Mustafa Barzani expired. Kurdish leaders in Vienna warned of oil pipeline sabotage if Britain backs Baghdad forces in the war over an independent Kurdistan. Barzani’s rebels have fought for 18 months.
Lawrence and nearby students are among 128 on the Kansas University Engineering and Architecture spring honor roll. The list breaks down by class, with 25 freshmen 18 sophomores 29 juniors 52 seniors and four fifth-year students. Tamerlan Salary a senior at 1401 Mass St is among 10 with all A grades. Other locals include Gary Lee Asher Eu Dora a sophomore Bernard Galton Edward John McBride Dennis Lynn Shaver John T Stephens and Edwin D Weis kirch.
A father Cecil Landers about 40 and his six children Cathey 12 Michael 10 William 9 Terry 8 Patricia 6 Beverly 3 died in a two story frame house fire on Vashon Island Puget Sound. The mother Mrs Landers 36 escaped and is hospitalized in grave condition after sounding the alarm by horn of the family car.
The Lawrence Council of Churches named a steering committee to select nominations for Council offices and deliver the list by July 15. Members include Allen E. Meyer, Mrs. Robert Frians, Rev. Harold Hamilton, Mrs. H. B. Latimer, and Rev. Robert Freitag. Retiring officers are Rev. M. C. Allen, Rev. Benton Roy Hanan, Herbert Nehrbass, Oscar Kropf, Mrs. L. E. Rice, Rev. Robert Balch, Tom Yee, and E. G. Nelson. The panel was named at a Monday night meeting at First Baptist Church.
Late Tuesday afternoon a collision at 12th and R J Streets caused about 600 dollars in damage. No injuries reported. Drivers were Harold A. Twigg 20 of Eudora and John W. Yother 17 of 1101 Pa Street.
Former President Eisenhower told House Republicans the moon mission spending is nuts and warned against large budget plans. He argued defense is adequate and taxes should not follow Kennedy's budget push, urging focus on voting rights and local solutions rather than sweeping federal laws.
The former president dismissed pushing to reach the moon as unrealistic while spending Tuesday night at Walter Reed Hospital, signaling a cautious stance on space ambitions.
Two single vehicle accidents on the Kansas Turnpike near Lawrence caused $550 in damage. L R Saulters, 31, of Topeka, escaped injury when he left the roadway about 12:20 a.m. in rain, his car suffering $200 damage. Patrick O Neil, 33, of Grandview Mo, said to have slept at the wheel, struck a guard rail about 2:35 a.m. nine miles west of West Lawrence, with $250 damage and no injuries.
The Kansas Motor Carriers Association wins approval from the Corporation Commission to adopt a grain rate tariff with higher charges for short hauls and substantial reductions on longer trips. Five miles rise to 5 cents per 100 pounds, 35 miles stays at 9.2 cents, and 600 miles drops to 52.5 cents from 81.7.
City Commission met briefly to reject bids for two parking lot projects as they exceeded the engineer's estimates and to discuss traffic at the 9th and Iowa Streets intersection. Plans for a third bidding at tempt were announced while officials consider temporary signals or an S-shaped street plan, with State Highway Department approval required since U S 59 runs on Iowa Street.
Gov. George C. Wallace notified President Kennedy by telegram that Alabama state law officers will be withdrawn from the University of Alabama campus in Tuscaloosa. He said officers have maintained order since the federal court ordered desegregation.
The document outlines federal intervention to maintain order at the University of Alabama on June 11 1963. It lists phased withdrawals for June 12 and June 16 with specific counts of special officers and state troopers. Names and residences appear for several individuals in Topeka and Lawrence.
Robert F. Robinson aged 34 and Hazel M. Croy aged 30, both of Lawrence, along with Walter F. Mullinix aged 31 and Frances Chavez aged 36, both of Lawrence, appear in the latest marriage license notices.
Wichita AP Sheriff H. M. Tomlinson told county commissioners roaming packs of killer dogs are becoming a menace in Sedgwick County.
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