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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1961
Page
8
Sleepy-eyed delegates at the 41st U S Junior Chamber of Commerce convention vote for a new president and 10 vice presidents. Four candidates seek the top post: Arbuckle, Aronowitz, Conger, and Holgate. Wayne Matlock is among 12 candidates for the vice presidential slots.
The Atomic Energy Commission extends fellowships in radiation biophysics at Kansas University allowing planning on a master of science degree or two year program. The change, announced at the Oak Ridge Institute advisory meeting in Las Vegas Nevada, affects KU among four universities. Dr Frank E Hoecker KU professor attended and presented a paper at the Health Physics Society conference.
The Agriculture Department set the incentive rate at 47.60 dollars per 100 dollars of shorn wool for the 1980 crop marketed through April 1. An 80 cent per 100 pounds payment applies to unshorn lambs. Payments begin shortly after July 1 with 1959 crop totals around 54 million dollars.
Lindsborg prepares the Svensk Hyllnings Fest to honor Swedish pioneers for the Kansas centennial. Ambassador Gunnar Jarring will attend October 6 to 8, with plans to invite Swedish officials and greetings from the King. The event features outdoor entertainment, no admission, and a gallery exhibit from Birger Sandzen Memorial Gallery.
Kilmer Oak on Rutgers campus near 300 years old shows age wear with dead branches and a large trunk crack. Rutger’s Dr Edward Wilkins calls it an senility case but vows no removal. Student Forestry Club planted an acorn nearby. Kilmer born 1886 at Rutgers and Columbia.
In Ashland Alabama a small frame house burned killing Ku Klux Klan leader Rev Alvin Horn's wife Barbara 19 and his two young children Alvin J Horn Jr 3 and Pamela 2 Authorities seek the fire’s cause Sheriff said Horn was away at work in Wilsonville when the blaze was found The family had ties to the Alabama KKK and Horn had resigned a 1957 leadership post after marrying a 15 year old bride
Noted author Samuel Clemens known as Mark Twain is buried in El Mira New York according to the readable record.
Seven people were killed in two industrial explosions near Detroit Michigan and Mitchell Indiana. An oxygen plant at the Linde Division of Union Carbide in Ecorse exploded into a ball of fire killing three workers. At Mitchell a partially completed cement plant building was destroyed by a natural gas linked blast, killing four workers including a cleaning woman.
The Army sends senior officers to the Governors Conference in Honolulu to advocate a plan for a 10 division quick reaction force drawn from National Guard and reserve units. Governors will hear arguments from the National Guard Committee chaired by Gov. Ernest Vandever. Some guard divisions gain troops and gear, others face strength cuts under budget limits. There are 61 interchanges on the 553 mile New York State Thruway.
The Centennial Summer Theater at Kansas University presents Three Men on a Horse by John Holmes and George Abbott as the second production. Tickets go on sale June 20 4 at University Theatre in Murphy Hall via the University Box Office.
William Kuhlke as director of speech and drama and Wirdell Edwards of Rocky Mount North Carolina as assistant director are announced.
Kansas City park board officials asked for more officers to curb violence and vandalism in four city parks. Superintendent J W Lewis said teenagers and gangs dominate the parks, with watchmen afraid to confront disturbances and some beaten. Parks named include Swope Budd Loose and Blue Valley.
LOS ANGELES AP Former actress Mary Pickford wins a $25,000 suit filed against her by Lawrence A Nessamar a real estate broker.
Nessamar sought a commission for negotiating the Mayflower Hotel purchase by Miss Pickford and two investors for 1 685 000. Judge Thompson ruled the deal was a stock transfer not a land sale and Nessamar, not a licensed broker, cannot collect.
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