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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1969
Page
13
Temperatures will average 3 to 7 degrees below normal from Tuesday through Saturday with highs in the upper 80s and lows around the upper 50s. One to two inches of rain are expected as thundershowers, scattered tonight and Tuesday morning. Turning warm and humid. high near 85, low around 60 by morning.
Congressman W R Poage led six House Agriculture Committee members on a tour and accused Agriculture Secretary Clifford Hardin of delaying a new farm program needed to replace the expiring 1969 70 plan. Hearings set for July 15. extension of the current program considered likely as seed decisions affect next seasons planting. The delegation included Reps Sebelius Burlison Zwach Mizell and Myers.
A 58-year-old Lawrence resident, Robert E. Smith, died from a .22 caliber rifle wound at his home on 1201 NY Street. Police say the shooting occurred between 6:00 and 6:20 p.m. Sunday. he was pronounced dead at Lawrence Memorial Hospital at 7:30 p.m. by Acting Coroner Wayne E. Hird. Funeral services are set for 2:00 p.m. Wednesday at the Warren Mortuary Chapel with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery. He is survived by his brother E. L. Smith, another brother Amos of Sutherlin, Ore., and three sisters: Ruth Smith of Fort Smith, Ark., Beulah Martin of Lavaca, Ark., and Edna Parker of Stockton, Calif.
The mother of Lawrence High basketball coach Darrell Falen died in a two car collision on U S 50 two miles west of Newton. The coach’s father was seriously hurt and hospitalized with multiple injuries.
Front page photo labeled Joy Miller of Lawrence riding Gypsy Queen over a barrier. The horse refused to jump during the competition and the rider’s correct identity remains unknown.
City Commission to discuss public hearing on a 15th Street sidewalk project between Rhode Island and Haskell. Meeting covers Citizen's Ambulance Service, planning minutes, a Safeway rezoning request denial, and real estate rezoning actions on two tracts including Trail Park and 23rd Iowa sites. Clifford Nieder claims $35000 damages from a city truck collision.
Rev. Dr. Raymond I. Dewey, assistant to the president of Wesley Medical Center in Wichita since 1967, died Sunday. Born in Wichita, he graduated from Wichita State University and earned a Doctor of Divinity from Southwestern College in Winfield. He was ordained a Methodist minister in 1925.
County Commissioners held a three hour session approving replacement of a bridge undermined by heavy rains located a mile and a half south and west of Willow Springs Township hall. They also allowed Assessor Darwin Rogers to buy three new desks and set a $2 per hour wage for temporary county workers.
The Danish town Esbjerg grew from a population of about 30 eighty years ago to over 40 000 today. The rapid rise reflects postwar development and expanding industry.
Lawrence United Fund directors meet at 4 p.m. at the Kansas Power & Light building to review the 1969 70 drive budget and consider excluding the Ballard Community Center after director Leonard Harrison was convicted of first degree robbery and awaits appeal Ballard directors retain Harrison at a 7000 annual salary until the appeal concludes with the Kansas Supreme Court involvement and drive agency figures will be voted on by the 33 member board
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