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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1959
Page
5
A London art dealer paid 770000 for Rubens Adoration of the Magi, the highest price at a public auction, from the late Duke of Westminster collection to pay inheritance taxes. The sale occurred at Sothebys today.
The Trujillo government claims to have wiped out a Cuban backed invasion near Constanza 180 miles northwest of Ciudad Trujillo and killed its leader General Rafael Trujillo directs air land and sea operations against the invaders. Exile reports differ with Havana claiming the death tally and force size remain unclear.
Senator William Proxmire presses to abolish the jobs of five Eisenhower White House aides accusing them of lobbyistic tasks in Congress. He proposes trimming 84 281 from a large White House funding bill and forbidding salary use for the aides, naming Homer Gruenther Earle Chesny Jack Anderson Edward McCabe and Clyde Wheeler as targets.
The first meeting between printers and publishers in the six day strike against the Kansas City Star and Kansas City Kansan will be held Thursday morning at 10. Federal mediator John Fennell announced representatives from the papers and International Typographical Union Local 80 would attend, with no sign of changed positions.
Lincoln AP reports Charles Starkweather, 20, confessed slayer of 11, is set for execution in the electric chair at the state penitentiary Thursday, shortly after midnight, unless stayed by court action.
A gun that fires tranquilizer pellets is used in Atlanta anti rabies efforts. Four stray and wild dogs have been knocked out by hunters and turned over to the dog pound, which estimates about 0,000 unvaccinated dogs in the city.
Mrs Eva M Rowley 57 Brewster Kan a school teacher indicted on mailing an obscene letter released on 1000 bond by a U S commissioner. Indicted by a Wichita Kas grand jury accused of mailing obscene letter to a man in Hoboken N J.
A B52 jet bomber on an experimental low level flight for the Strategic Air Command crashed in flames Tuesday killing five airmen aboard. Witnesses said the eight-jet plane caught fire and burned after it went down in a remote area 35 miles east of Burns.
TOPEKA AP Sam Brook of Eureka was re appointed by Gov. George Docking to a four year term on the state Board of Tax Appeals. The appointment is effective July 1.
Louisiana governor Earl K. Long nears release from the Southeast Louisiana Hospital as his wife Mrs. Long departs, removing a key witness from a Covington hearing. Attorneys subpoena 16 witnesses, including Lt. Gov. Frazer, as court reviews the confinement and required exams. Hospital bulletins call the governor's condition satisfactory.
Rep J Floyd Breeding criticizes President Eisenhower's veto threat on the wheat bill. He warns a veto would raise taxpayer costs as the surplus grows and argues the measure could save about 500 million dollars in two years. Secretary Benson signals urging a veto.
Dr. Paul Dudley White, renowned heart specialist, told a Boston University audience that hard work whether physical or mental never killed a healthy man. He urged vigorous exercise and no weight gain after 25 as a way to save many middle aged men.
American University named former president Harry S Truman as an honorary member of its board of trustees.
Rear Adm. Isaac Rojas, a Peron ouster figure, urges President Arturo Frondizi to resign amid growing military rebellion. Frondizi refuses, pledging to stay, as Interior Minister Vitolo pledges forceful response. The clash sharpens the split between government and rebellious armed factions.
A car chase ends when John Meagher and his uncle spot a vehicle linked to a pistol attack on Frances Mullin in Seattle. Doyle, escaped from Northern State Hospital, is a suspect in the assault and is being pursued by police with connections to Meagher and a military regime crisis in Argentina.
A son en route to identify his murdered father's body spotted the killer’s car at dusk. The suspect, a mental patient named John Bernard Doyle, 22, was captured asleep in the slain man’s car near Cle Elum, hours after the body of Vivian Meagher, 56, was found.
An attempt to launch the Discoverer IV satellite rocket at Vandenberg Air Force Base was postponed due to technical problems in range communications. No reschedule time is given, and past delays have lasted at least 48 hours.
Lt Gen Andres Saliquet Zumeta aged 82 Marquis of Saliquet and a renowned Spanish officer died from a heart ailment Tuesday in Madrid AP reports.
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