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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1960
Page
9
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A cluttered classified page offers numerous Lawrence properties for sale and rent. Listings include 3 to 4 bedroom homes, ranches, a 4 acre farm, apartments, and commercial spaces with prices from 8 500 to 46 000. Also shown are rental rates, open house notes, and agents contact numbers.
The Eisenhower administration wins most major requests in a bipartisan conference compromise on a defense bill worth just under 40 billion dollars for the coming fiscal year. Key allocations include 293 million for a new Navy attack carrier, 244 million for Bomarc missiles, and 190 million to advance the Air Force B70 program. The agreement reduces military procurement funds by over 400 million and imposes a 3 percent across the board cut to curb waste. Senate action remains required after House approval.
Hollywood AP report details Lana Turner's escort Fred May nearly swinging at Hollywood Reporter columnist Mike Connolly at a party for Lana after Portrait in Black. May restrained by Lana and Army Archerd. Cheryl Crane, 16, is in a county home for troubled girls. Stephen Crane is her father.
Dr T M Stinnett, executive secretary of the National Commission on Teacher Education and Professional Standards, calls for raising teaching standards so only competent individuals enter classrooms and the incompetent are removed. He cites lax sanctions and probationary periods as insufficient protections.
San Francisco AP reports Lockheed machinists voting 3 percent against a company settlement. About 500 workers at Sunnyvale Santa Cruz Van Nuys and Van Denberg AFB rejected terms as talks resume Thursday. The union seeks 7 percent raise this year while the offer included 4 percent this year and a cost of living clause. The 16 day strike continues despite essential work on Polaris missiles and Agena satellites.
The Kansas University Chemistry Department received a Podbielniak HydRobot low temperature distillation apparatus from Esso Research Laboratories in Baton Rouge valued at over $5,000. The equipment supports KU organic chemistry research and is donated by a Humble Oil and Refining Company division.
Albert Johnson, 32, held on 25000 bond for the murder of Normer Johnston a Topeka visitor who came to Milwaukee for a relative's funeral Johnson said I couldn't stand seeing her with other men Police said Johnston was shot twice in the upper back as she crouched behind a bed in a north side apartment His cousin Mrs Violet Munn 36 of Merced California was asleep on the bed with her two children She was shot in the thigh Johnson also faces a first degree murder charge and a count of inflicting injury by conduct regardless of human life.
The Kansas White House Conference on Aging will meet at Kansas University September 7 and 8 to study recommendations for the national conference in Washington in January 1961. Dean Frank T. Stockton leads the Kansas State Interdepartmental Committee on Aging. Recommendations will be reviewed and presented as a workshop on education research employment income maintenance health housing and related services.
In Portsmouth New Hampshire the Navy states a crewman was responsible for recent sabotage aboard the nuclear powered submarine Nautilus. Captain James B Grady says the culprit chopped a hose used to test the evaporators during ongoing investigations and declines to name the crew member or disclose disciplinary action. Earlier, electrical cable theft was described as intentional damage. The Nautilus remains in overhaul for over a year.
The body of 33 year old Wilbur Brenner was recovered in a creek bed along with his car wreckage after a 25 foot embankment plunge near Holton. Authorities said the accident occurred at least ten days earlier on K-16.
Anastas Mikoyan told reporters in Oslo that overt Soviet support for a U.S. presidential candidate could cost him the race. A Western journalist questioned him about any personal preference in the American election.
Sam Fain of Hays unhitched his camping trailer and began camping beside Kirwin Reservoir when two children died in a camping incident near Philipsburg Kansas. An AP report notes the accident occurred Tuesday night during setup.
A car rolled 60 feet down a slope and plunged into 30 feet of water unseen. two daughters, Lee age 414 and Sherry age 24, drowned in the vehicle. Probate notices follow about final settlements and executors for several Kansas estates with dates for defenses and hearings.
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