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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1959
Page
17
In Salina Kansas Electronics Inc finds its safe locked for the first time in 10 years. Manager Jim McKim and former tenant Joe Crow locate the combination after a merchant policeman accidentally locked the safe. The safe is opened with faint writing found inside the outer door.
Hollywood mourns George Reeves the actor known for playing Superman in nine years of TV episodes Reeves took his own life after years of typecasting and limited roles Friends say Reeves felt trapped by the iconic role and longed for film work His fiancée Lenore Lemmon described his despair and the night of his death noting his fears and a final gunshot in his bedroom
Tropical storm Beulah hovered off the Mexican coast with 65 mph winds and potential intensification to hurricane strength. Beulah lay about 200 miles south of Brownsville moving slowly as a hurricane alert covered the lower Texas coast from Corpus Christi southward. Gale warnings and rising tides predicted along the Texas coast.
Owners of small craft traveling from Brownsville to Panama City Florida will remain in port as authorities assess conditions and safety advisories. The move aims to prevent hazards from weather or nautical risks while planning routes and shelter options for vessels and crews.
Anna Harriette Koch of Henryetta Oklahoma will present a graduate recital at 8 p m Wednesday in Swarthout Recital Hall KU Music and Dramatic Arts Building. She earned a B M from Tulsa University in 1958 and has studied with Angelica Moralea von Sauer for two years. Koch led the Preparatory Piano Faculty at Tulsa University, served as Sigma Alpha Iota president receiving the Province Leadership Award, and is a Mortar Board Chi Omega member. She was elected to Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities and holds a KU graduate scholarship as she pursues a Master of Music this summer.
Do menico Cardinal Tardini issued a message from Pope John XXIII hailing the Legion of Decency, the church agency that rates films. On its 25th anniversary the papal secretary said its importance grows as people struggle to distinguish what is moral from immoral.
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