Freedom Riders Arrested in Tallahassee and Ocala Florida
Ten riders were arrested at Tallahassee airport and three more near Ocala as they pressed a three day integration test ride. Clergy leaders say they will not eat until served at the closed airport restaurant. Police booked them after they refused to disperse amid sit in demonstrations.
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Tallahassee
Fla
James Messer
Ocala
Doug Willis
J. W. Collier Jr
Newark
N.J
Greyhound
Freedom Riders
Deep South
Florida
Washington, D.C
Deaths Dewitt T. Ransdell 1887 1742 Learnard Ave
Funeral services for Dewitt T. Ransdell will be held at 3 30 p m Saturday in Rumsey Funeral Home chapel with Rev Harold Hamilton officiating Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery He died Thursday at KU Medical Center in Kansas City He was 73 born Oct 1 1887 in Douglas County and was retired accountant for Kansas Power and Light Co He was a member of the Odd Fellows Lodge Survivors include Gayford Overland Park a sister Mrs Stella Perkins Lawrence three brothers Lester Ransdell Kansas City Mo A G Ransdell Lawrence and Frank Ransdell Wichita and two grandchildren
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Dewitt T.ransdell
Learnard Ave
Rumsey Funeral Home
Harold Hamilton
Oak Hill
Ransdell
KU Medical Center
Kansas City
Douglas County
Kansas Power and Light Company
Odd Fellows Lodge
Gayford
Overland Park
Stella’ Perkins
Lawrence
Lester Ransdell
A. G. Ransdell
Frank Ransdell
Wichita
Two Year Old Minor Hurt In Thursday Crash
A two year old Lawrence boy named Gregory Howard Thomas suffered minor injuries in a two car collision Thursday evening at 8th and N streets. He was a passenger in a car driven by his mother Ellen Louise Thomas 19 of 1318 R I Street. The other driver was Adrian H Lindsey 65 of 2235 Mass Street. Estimated damage to both cars was 200 dollars.
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Lawrence
8Th
N. H. Sts
Gregory Howard Thomas
Ellen Louise Thomas
R. I. St
Adrian H. Lindsey
Mass
Weather Elsewhere report note in Lawrence area column
Notable weather briefing text appears as a brief syndicated feature in the Lawrence section. Includes a header line and service advertisement for Rumsey Funeral Home with a recurring listing, reflecting a period newspaper layout from the era.
Local Hospital Lists Residents and Newborns in Brief Notices
Memorial Hospital records show Eva Shoemaker and Erma Fox among patients. Births include Evelyn Y. Booker and a baby boy, plus Shields E. Ore and Irvin Graham with a daughter and son respectively today. Names cover multiple households and cities.
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Eva Shoemaker
Erma Fox
Oskaloosa
Geneva Johnson
Gloria J. Hastings
Powers
Lena Koehler
Eudora
Dolores Darrow
Utah
C. Dean Gore
Elizabeth Jachner
Frank Ayer Gleason
Baldwin
Kay Neel Ore
Route 1
Mabel Sizer
N.Y
Irene Faye Graham
Ronald R. Wooldridge
16Th
Shields E. Ore
Irvin Graham
Berneking Heads to Iowa Newsroom Workshop
Lawrence High School world history teacher Christian Berneking will attend a two week seminar titled The Newspaper in the Classroom at the University of Iowa Iowa City. The Journal-World sponsors the event with 42 teachers from 14 states and sessions on using newspapers in teaching.
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Christian Berneking
Lawrence High School
State University of Iowa
Iowa City
Berneking
Journal-World
Syracuse University
Florida State University
UCLA
Town City
W. Vth St
Auburn University
Auburn
Columbia
Alabama
New Jersey
Lawrence
KU Graduate Selected To District Judge Job
L.A. McNalley a KU graduate of 1925 from Lawrence has been appointed district judge in the Wth judicial district by Gov. John Anderson. The judgeship created by the 196 legislatures takes effect July 1. She is the former Janet Simons and is joined on the bench by Judge John J. Young of Salina.
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L.A
Court Records Show Multiple DUI and Traffic Fines
In the Police Court docket for Aurelio Vasquez of Topeka, fined 25 dollars for drunk. Victor N. Baptiste of Kansas City Kansas 35 dollars for solicitation. Charles Hale jailed 30 days and fined 100 dollars for drunk. Duane Lash Route 2 fined 25 dollars and 30 days suspended for petty larceny. Traffic cases include Shirley Shirk at 1230 Conn fined 15 for failure to reduce speed. Rudolph White River side Terrace 15 for improper muffler. Otis Hattabaugh Lincoln 25 for failure to reduce speed and no driver's license. Carl McMullen Pa 1038 30 for speeding and drag racing. Frances Hungerford Crescent 15 for leaving scene. William Rice Route 1 Linwood 15 for improper muffler. William Beal 1600 W 4th 20 for improper muffler. John Kapfer W 19th 15 for failure to yield. Richard Ray Mass 5 for no driver's license. Clarence Bartz Conn 15 for improper muffler. Larry Anderson Route 2 15 for improper muffler.
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Aurelio Vasquez
Topeka
Victor N. Baptiste
Kansas City
Kan
Charles Hale
17Th & Bullene
Duane L. Lash
Route 2
Shirley Shirk
Conn
Rudolph A. White
Riverside Terr
W. 19Th
Richard L. Ray
Mass
Clarence Bartz
Larry Anderson
Lawrence Centennial Calendar highlights early events
June events include Hello Kansas! Miss America Day with a fair at South Park in Eudora welcoming Overland Freight. June 17 features a matinee for children at 2 pm and a pioneer lunch at South Park Fairgrounds. June 24 offers a Centennial Square Dance and Carnival on Massachusetts Street with arts and crafts shows planned for August.
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Kansas
South Park
Eudora
Overland Freight
South Parker
H Fairgrounds
Massachusetts Street
Quantrill
Douglas County Trail Reade
Fairgrounds
Baker University to Build Women’s Residence Hall
A $582,000 federal loan for Baker University in Baldwin funds a new women’s residence hall to house 148 students. The three story building west of Demons Hall will have two wings and a second floor main lounge. Gilbert Geery of Wilson & Company is architect. bids originally hoped by July 1.
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Baker University
Baldwin
Andrew Schoeppel
Robert Ellsworth
College Housing Program
Community Facilities Administration
Housing and Home Finance Agency At
Fort Worth
W. J. Scarborough
Baker
Baker University Board of Trustees
Demons
Gilbert Geery
Wilson & Company
Salina
Jones to Leave Sunflower Ordnance Works Post
Jones will step down from his department head role at Sunflower Ordnance Works after a period of growth and cost control. Horn praised his innovations in garbage and trash collection and noted the operation remains self sustaining with no tax levy. He will stay through the month to train a successor.
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Sunflower Ordnance Works
Don
Horn
Jones
Moisture Eases Farm Struggles for Douglas County Farmers
Local agronomists report recent rains provided net benefits to crops despite uneven distribution. Farmers note corn and oats gain from moisture while some wheat was knocked down but expected to recover. Wheat harvest may begin late June or July with hay conditions mixed across the county. Northern and southern areas saw varying rainfall impacts.
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Douglas County
Lawrence
Deal Six
County Agriculture Extension
Wertzberger
Lecompton
Retirement bids sent to Regents on faculty program
Ten bids were submitted to the Kansas Board of Regents for a new faculty retirement program. Nearly 2 million dollars in annual retirement contributions would be matched by the state and faculty members. A subcommittee was appointed to analyze bids and report at the September meeting, with up to 5000 dollars for professional help. Bidders include New York Life, Massachusetts Mutual, American United Life, General American Life, Knights Life, National Life Vermont, Equitable, Security Benefit, Occidental Life, and Teachers Insurance and Annuity of America.
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Topeka
Kansas Board of Regents
Regents
New York Life Insurance Co
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co
American United Life Insurance Co
General American Life Insurance Co
Knights Life Insurance Co. of America
National Life Insurance Co. of Vermont
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Security Benefit Life Insurance Co
Occidental Life Insurance Co
Teachers Insurance and Annuity of America
Attacker in Iowa May Be Same Man
Sheriff Brooker learned that the man who raped a one year old girl in Shenandoah may be the same assailant who earlier attacked a 12 year old girl in Baldwin and a 14 year old girl in Horton. Kansas Bureau of Investigation agent Wayne Owens confirmed the description fits local suspects.
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Shenandoah
Iowa
Baldwin
Horton
Fred Brooker
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Wayne Owens
Lawrence
Owens
Broeker
President Kennedy Plans Speech Amid Back Practice
President Kennedy, still using crutches, schedules an afternoon speech at a National Conference on International Economic and Social Development to promote a $4.8 billion foreign aid program. A medical review discussed ultrasound treatment dosage with Dr Janet Travell and Capt J H Cheffey, but no dosage changes were reported.
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Washington
White House
Kennedy
Andrew T. Hatcher
Hatcher
J. H. Cheffey
Naval Medical Center
Bethesda
Janet Travell
Cheffey
Denial Issued On Charges By Czech U N Mission
State Department denied charges that American officers tried to recruit Miroslav Navvalac counselor of the Czechoslovak U N mission as a spy. Spokesman Lincoln White said on June 13 the United States asked the delegate be sent home for good and valid reasons.
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Washington
State Department
United Nations
U.N
Department
Lincoln White
Miroslav Nacvalac
United States
White
Inauguration ceremony marks Girls State Supreme Court oath
Gov. Anderson swore in Lana Turner of Girard as chief justice of the Girls State Supreme Court. Turner administered the oath to other justices and officers. Delegates toured the Capitol in Topeka and lunched at the governor’s mansion. The session includes House and Senate debates and a late banquet in the Kansas Union Ballroom.
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John Anderson
Sunflower Girls State
Kansas University
Bylle Snyder
Scott City
Girls State
Carolyn Eymann
Atchison
Journal-World Photo
Gov. Anderson
Girls State Supreme Court
Lana Turner
Girard
American Legion Auxiliary
Capitol
Topeka
Governor's Mansion
House of Representatives
Senate
Supreme Court
Kansas Union
Union
Anne Leffler
Pittsburg
Alumni Association
Scientific Humor Before Kiwanians
Demonstration of liquid oxygen and liquid air properties given by K A MacKenzie at the Lawrence Kiwanis. He explained production steps and showed effects of the 336 degree liquid on various objects. Club members and guests attended as resignation of Rev Al Parker was announced and a farewell sermon set for June 25.
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K. A. MacKenzie
Enetitk
Lawrence Kiwanisub
MacKenzie
Wentworth Military Academy
Olin Petefish
Armin Woestemeyer
Greg Godwin
Phil Godwin
Joseph Nieb
Salina
Bruce Henock
Leo M. Denny
Atchison
E. R. Williamson
Northern State Teachers College
Aberdeen
S. D
Tom Larrick
Florida University
Ganesville
al Parker
First Presbyterian
Jin Club
Parker
Stevenson Tour Marred by Scattered Violence in South America
Adlai Stevenson continued his Latin American tour, moving through La Paz via back streets after violence erupted in several capitals. The swing covered seven of ten capitals, with leftist youths in Santiago smashing U S Information Agency windows, while Montevideo saw an anti U S rally without violence.
Lawrence Sweet Adelines to Ushers at Centennial Musical
The Lawrence chapter of Sweet Adelines Inc will serve as ushers for the Douglas County Centennial musical Hello Kansas in Murphy Hall on the Kansas University campus. Ushers will wear Centennial attire.
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Lawrence
Sweet Adelines, Inc
Douglas County
Murphy Hall
Kansas University
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