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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1972
Page
5
At 86 John Wilson and his wife 64 prepared for the future by digging their own graves in a Havana cemetery. He learned to measure and dig from a brother, accepted soil removal help from a friend, and said the plan saves his family worry and money while he aims to live to 100.
A Wyandotte County District Court judge discharged a deadlocked jury in the second degree murder trial of Robert Edgar Jackson 30 for killing his wife Olivia Jackson 26. After five hours of deliberation the jurors could not reach a verdict and a new trial was ordered. The body was found December 24 weighed down with concrete blocks in the Wyandotte County Lake. Prosecutors said Jackson strangled her. he testified he panicked after she fell and he disposed of the body.
A list of individuals with charges including disturbing the peace driving while intoxicated and related offenses. Defendants face fines from five to 150 dollars with various suspensions and sentences such as up to 30 days and warnings for actions like leaving the scene of an accident and profane language. Names include Freeman, Hill, Jameson, Larios, Knackstedt, Devers, Miller, Admire, Richards Jr, Baldwin. The document notes a Baldwin entry with a large sum and IRS filing.
A bulk divorce notice lists parties such as Charlotte Ann Red Elk and Ozzie Red Elk Janet Lotridge and James Lotridge Michele V Ganson and Michael W Ganson Minnie Pearl Thomas and Albert Thomas Ann M Clark and Lewis W Clark Mary E Deitrich and Robert L Dietrich Diane L Rockhold and Glenn A Rockhold Kathryn Taylor Russell and Robert Eugene Russell Annice J Lehman and Dana Lehman Suzanne Ellen Lister and Kim Bryan Lister Diane Elaine Baker and Conrad Paul Baker Lila Coral Evans and William Edward Evans Jr Ruby Eugenia Rankin and John Thomas Rankin Michael Terry Harris and Beverly Jean Harris Jeanette Louise Clay and Joseph P Clay Connie Doree Bonham and Everette Leon Bonham Mary Evelyn Sanders and Thomas L Sanders Laura Lee Demott and Ronald Ray Demott Wynona Mae Brown and Marvin Clifford Brown Arminda Chavez Ayala and Hector Enrique Ayala John B Kellogg and Elizabeth A Kellogg Sharon Ann Potter and Gary James Potter Ann Victoria Thomas and Paul Basher Thomas Betty Lou Bryant and Kenneth Allen Bryant Dorothy Jean Grammer and Wesley H Grammer Shirley Marie Pearson and David Dale Pearson Martha Ann Moore and John Alexander Moore Jr Barbara Marie Gentry and Donald Ray Gentry Glenn Gilbert Bickle and Lorene Anna Bickle Sandra Lee Doyle and Joseph William Doyle Oscar Hayden McClanahan and Mary Chapman McClanahan.
The National Movement for the Student Vote aims to sign up 750000 more new voters aged 18 to 24, focusing on blacks, Chicanos, Puerto Ricans and white non college students in eight big cities including New York Washington and San Francisco. Whitaker says the nonpartisan effort relies on rock concerts movie lines and community outreach with 100 to 200 workers and volunteers using free baseball tickets as incentives.
A record 1 150 000 cattle and calves were on grain feed in Kansas June 1, up 70 000 head from May 1, as the state reports May milk output at 160 million pounds, two percent below last year. Cumulative milk for January through May totals 722 million pounds, also down 2 percent from a year earlier.
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