Polio victim travels in mobile iron lung by blue Angel truck
Marie Thompson 35 confined to an iron lung since polio 84% years ago sees Southern California via a mirror on her panel truck the Blue Angel. Nurse Louette Barber drives. Thompson’s children ride along as guests of Dr and Mrs Delay in Camarillo. The truck designed by her late husband Rev Fred Thompson carries generators resuscitator humidifier and ramp. They plan a month long trip to view places they long to see.
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Camarillo
Calif
Marie Thompson
California
San Leandro
San Francisco East Bay Area
Louette Barber
Stevenson Holds Colombian Talks Amid Student Riots
Adlai E. Stevenson seeks closing talks with Colombian officials on his 10 nation South American tour as bombs explode and students clash with security. Kennedy envoy arrives amid tight security after a student attack on a minister's car and police divert to another airport.
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Bogota
Colombia
Adlai E. Stevenson
South America
Kennedy
Stevenson
Ecuador
Alberto Allastres
National University
Deaths-Funerals in Kansas and South Dakota
Clarence M Ward former Lawrence resident died June 5 at Hamill South Dakota where funeral services and burial occurred. He homesteaded in Hamill in 1909 and remained on his farm except during three war years when he worked in navy yards. Survivors include wife Cora Burns and three children Clarence and Bernard of Hamill and Mrs Herbert Mizer of Kansas City Kansas. Mrs Nora M Thompson 75 of Centerville Iowa died in Lawrence Memorial Hospitalwhile visiting son Marvin Thompson. Survivors include son Richard K Thompson and daughters Wanda Christy and Elaine Gill. Cooper Warren Mortuary handles local arrangements.
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Ward
Clarence Martin
Lawrence
Hamill
S. D
Martin
Navy Yards
Cora Loretta Burns
Bernard Martin
Herbert Mizer
Kansas City
Kan
Nora M. Thompson
Centerville
Iowa
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Marvin Thompson
Eudora
Richard K. Thompson
New London
Wanda Christy
Hannibal
Elaine Gill
Cooper-Warren Mortuary
Carol Johanning to Be Dairy Princess Entrant
Carol Johanning of Route 2 Baldwin will represent Douglas County as alternate Dairy Princess in the district contest on June 27 in Paola. She is the daughter of Ernest and Ruth Johanning. If she wins, Carol will compete for the state title at Hutchinson in September. Nancy Miller of Route 4, daughter of Harry Miller, is this year's Dairy Princess but cannot attend the district event.
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Carol Johanning
Baldwin
Douglas County
Paola
Ernest Johanning
Carol
Hutchinson
Nancy Miller
Route 4
Harry Miller
U.S. disputes charges in United Nations counselor case
The United States accuses Nacvalac of leading Czechoslovak intelligence in the United States and meeting with an Army language instructor to trade exit permits for secrets. Czechoslovakia denies the allegations and signals potential arbitration or further action at the UN.
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United Nations
Nacvalac
U.S
Hammarskjold
U.N
United States
Karel Hlasny
Czechoslovakia
Hlasny
Clayton Fritchey
Fritchey
Zdensk Cernik
Prague
Gas Service Co ordered to refund $4 million to Kansas customers
The Kansas Corporation Commission orders Gas Service Co to refund about 4.37 million dollars to customers within 120 days after a rate increase was only partially approved. Nine other gas firms will also refund smaller amounts and keep strict cost records for 90 days after final payments.
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Topeka
Ap) — Gas Service Co
Kansas
Corporation Commission
Gas_ Service Company
Gas Service
Federal Power Commission
Cities Service Gas Co
Kansas Power and Light Co
Union Gas
Independence
Arkansas - Louisiana Gas Co
Shreveport
Greefey Gas Co
Denver
American Gas Co
Bartlesville
Okla
Baxter Springs Gas Co
Southeastern Kansas Gas Co
Walnut
Baltic Operating Co
Ruth Fuel Co
Lawrence douglas county receives 225 763 37 from kpl for taxes
Heard in Lawrence Douglas County reports a payment of 225 763 37 from Kansas Power and Light Co for the last half of 1960 real and personal property taxes. Treasurer Bessie Bennett notes heavy mail and delays in tallying totals with Friday expected for final figures. Interest and penalties start on unpaid bills after the Tuesday deadline.
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Kansas Public Service Co
Lawrence
Commission
Federal Power Commission
Washington
Douglas County
The
Kansas Power and Light Co
Bessie Bennett
Khrushchev Seeks Peace Treaty With Germany by Year’s End
Premier Khrushchev told a Kremlin rally that a peace treaty with Germany will be signed by year end. He urged East and West Germany to unite for talks, warning of a separate East German pact if negotiations fail. The remarks tied to Berlin access fears and the 20th anniversary of Nazi attack.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Kremlin
Germany
West Berlin
Soviet Union
East
West Germany
East Germany
Berlin
Jayhawk Sports Car Club Architecture Rally Winners
The Jayhawk Sports Car Club held an Architecture Rally Tour directed by John and Mayo Cook. First place went to Russell Camp and Peter Camp in an Austin Healy 3000. Second place tied Robert Rose with Merrie Rose in a TR 3 and Tom Thompson with Roger Williams in an MGA 1500.
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Jayhawk Sports Car Club
John and
Mayo Cook
Russell
Peter Camp
Robert and
Merrie Rose
Tom Thompson
Roger Williams
Douglas County
Camp- Third annual Science and Math Camp details
The article outlines three-week sessions for 16 participants in the allied Science and Math Camp and 116 students in basic course work across 16 sciences. Dr. R. W. Baxter notes strong interest in lectures and labs as the camp runs through July 8, with 100 students in core science work and 16 returning participants in targeted research. A social event is planned, a dress-up get acquainted party at 8 p.m. in Lewis Hall.
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R. W. Baxter
Lewis Hall
Explosion Rocks Stannard Rock Lighthouse in Lake Superior
One crewman is missing and another is seriously burned after a propane and gasoline blast rocked Stannard Rock Light House on a shoal in Lake Superior. Four crewmen were aboard. two escaped unharmed as a fire raged in coal storage bins and hindered search efforts.
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Cleveland
Stannard Rock
Lake Superior
U.S. Coast Guard District
Coast Guard
Woodrush
Duluth
Mike O'Brien
William A. Maxwell
W. Calverly St
Houghton, Mich
Oscar R. Daniels Jr
Sault Ste. Marie
O’brien
Richard A. Horne
Mariner St
New York City
Walter E. Scobie
Sharon
Livernoise
Troy
Mich
Manitou Island
Marquett
Lonely Rock
City approves multiple street and sewer projects in Lawrence
City documents reveal cost estimates for property owners ranging from 300 to 600 dollars. Kansas Construction Co. of Lawrence wins a 97 731 10 bid to resurface several streets and widen others. Sinclair Oil Co. gets 1 155 53 for oil and grease supply. Appraisers named for a Southridge sewer project. Several parking removals and easement changes proceed alongside sewer and street improvements.
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George Williams
Kansas Construction Co
Lawrence
13Th Street
Connecticut
Haskell Avenue
Missouri Street
9Th
11Th
West Campus Road
Maine Street
9Th Street
Iowa
Vermont
Tennessee
Maine
Missionipgs
Sinclair Oil Co
Harvard Road
Wellington Road
Howard, Wiseman
Ernie Klooz
Donald Downer
Southridge
16Th Street
Williams
22Nd Street
Naismith
Ohio Street
23Rd
Kansas
Louisiana Street
Greever
17Th
Louisiana
Massachusetts
14Th
Rhode Island
Barker
20Th
Schwarz Road
Yale Road
Rose Lane
Edgewood Park No. 5
North Lawrence
Holiday Hills Addition No. 3
JFK Launches Big Water Plan
President Kennedy activates a salt water conversion plant in Freeport Texas starting a vast water research program. Secretary Udall notes global potential while Udall and Vice President Johnson lead a Washington delegation at the dedication.
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JFK
Freeport
Tex
Kennedy
Washington
Texas Gulf Coast
Houston
White House
Stewart L. Udall
Udall
Lyndon B. Johnson
Search Continues In Attack Cases
The hunt for the man who attacked a Baldwin girl and two others goes on with FBI questioning a Colorado dentist and Town police checking a suspect. Sheriff Broeker noted many leads have been checked and some fit the description, while authorities seek the guilty party. The dentist, Dr. Nicholas Brust, is jailed on other charges with bond set at 10,000 dollars.
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Baldwin
FBI
Colorado
Fred Broeker
Horton
Clarinda
Iowa
Nicholas C. Brust
Brush
Colo
Enid
Okla
Brust
Robert Gregory
Garfield County
Broeker
Service of Quiet Dignity at Rumsey Funeral Home
A notice for a service of quiet dignity announces arrangements through Rumsey Funeral Home with contact VI3-5111.
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Rumsey Funeral Home
Memorial Hospital Admits Local Residents and Newborns
Memorial Hospital reports admissions for Effie D Hill Gary Larty Rog er D Fulks and Richard A Fulks Irene Reynolds Christine Stewart Leo A Doyle George H Holley Francis J Silva Lila P McMillen Dixie G May Donald Eugene Pugh Marian L Williams Mabel Sizer Georgia M Hawk ins Margaret K Hardtarer Berniece Kompus Barbara Frazier Mary Ann Bass. Births include a daughter to T E Lorance in Tonganoxie and a daughter to Joseph L May in Eudora.
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Effie D. Hill
Elm
Gary W. Larty
Mass
Roger D. Fulks
Richard A. Fulks
Eudora
Irene Reynolds
Christine Stewart
Haskell
Leo A. Doyle
George H. Holley
Lecompton
Francis J. Silva
Hudson
Lila P. McMillen
Dixie Gwendolyn May
Donald Eugene Pugh
Marian L. Williams
Tonganoxie
Mabel Sizer
N. Y
Georgia M. Hawkins
Margaret K. Hardtarer
N. H
Berniece Kompus
Stouffer Place
Barbara Frazier
Clare
Mary Ann Bass
Two Kansans Nominated for Peace Corps Training
Richard Eugene Van Loenen of Bogue Kansas and Lyle Leon Smith of Grain Valley Missouri were nominated Tuesday for Peace Corps training for assignments in Tanganyika and Colombia.
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Washington
Richard Eugene van Loenen
Bogue, Kan
Lyle Leon Smith
Grain Valley
Tanganyika
Colombia
Young graduates begin Peace Corps CARE training
Van Loenen 23 earned a geology degree from Kansas State University this spring and joins 37 candidates starting training at Texas Western College Monday. Smith 20, a Central Missouri State College student, is among 28 nominees beginning Peace Corps CARE work in Colombia at Rutgers University Monday.
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van Loenen
Kansas State University
Texas Western College
Smith
Central Missouri State College
Warrensburg
Rutgers University
Colombia
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Harold Bridge
Donald E. Czechan
Wayne Barnes
Walter Dean Bellmger
Acadia Lodge NO
Af&am
Stanley
Norman
W.M
J. Estes
Dairy Princess
Nadavac
U.S. State Department
Lincoln White
San Francisco
Henry M. Stanley
David Livingstone
Ujiji
Lake Tanganyika
O. O
Andy” Anderson
R. L
Bob” Stewart
Harry I. Hunn
Alphus Wilson
Bill Sheppard
West
Vv. & McAllister, Baldwin
Don Frande, Pers
Sports Car Club
Porygen
Cooper Warman
Appalachians
Atlantic Coast
New England
Florida
Great Plains
Plateau
mid-Mississippi Valley
Rockies
Pacific
mid-Atlantic
Lawrence Memorial Co
Douglas County State Bank
Bank of Friendly Service
F.d.1.c
T. E. Lorance
Joseph L. May
Associated Press
Albuquerque
Bismarck
Fort Worth
Honolulu
Los Angeles
Miami
St. Paul
New York
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Phoenix
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
San Diego
Seattle
Kathy's Beauty Salon
Davis Road
Cook
Pia
Ndi
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Copaco
Ath Na
Cook's Paints
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