French Paratrooper Confesses in Abduction Case
Police say Roland de Beaufort and Pierre Larcher admitted kidnapping 4 year old heir Eric Peugeot last April 12 for 50 million francs. The boy was returned unharmed as investigators questioned a Danish beauty queen Lise Bodin and others linked to a ski vacation group.
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Anniecy
France
Eric Peugeot
Roland de Beaufort
Raymond Rolland
Pierre Larcher
Paris
Serge
Meeeve
Mitsouke
Lise Bodin
Mit
Roland
Copenhagen
Multiple Deaths and Funerals Reported in Lawrence
Esther F James Becks 41 of 715 Mich St died at Lawrence Memorial Hospital born Dec 3 1909 in Tonganoxie member of Ninth Street Baptist Church widower Sgt William E Becks of Ft Bliss Tex and several aunts and uncles survive Funeral arrangements to be announced by Bowser Lee Mortuary. Amy Johnson 77 of 1723 Barker died at home widow of Capt Gilbert Johnson born Dec 19 1883 in Leavenworth lived in New York for 35 years later returned to Lawrence Funeral at Trinity Episcopal Church burial in Long Island N Y Gooper Warren Mortuary handled. Alice Carrie Gorrill 76 of 805 Ala St died Monday evening at Lawrence Memorial Hospital member of First Baptist Church funeral at Rumsey Funeral Home burial Oak Hill Cemetery Surviving spou se Will R Gorrill daughter Odell Wiley sister Julia Bailey two brothers Rev Drew Hammond and George D Hammond and three grandchildren. Madge McElhinney 1122 W Campus Rd returned from Dodge City after death of brother Max W Austin age 57 veteran WWI awarded dairy plaque in 1959 funeral Wednesday Halpren Swaim Chapel Dodge City burial there Survivors include widow and a son Frances Spencer 75 former Haskell Institute teacher died Feb 25 in Jackson Mich burial Hillcrest Mich native Frances Spencer moved to Jackson in 1909 graduate MSU 1919 taught in Michigan 3 years attended Columbia University earned master's degree joined Bureau of Indian Affairs came to Haskell head of Home Economics at retirement 14 years ago survived by sister Margaret Peters Rochelle IN and brother William Spencer Jackson.
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Esther St. James Becks
Mich
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Tonganoxie
Ninth Street Baptist Church
Bowser-Lee Mortuary
William E. ‘Becks
Ft. Bliss
Tex
Marie Hicks
Tenn. St
Grace McFadden
Kansas City
Kan
Bessie King
Topeka
George James
Lawrence
Charles Hicks
Evanston
Oliver Hicks
Gilbert Johnson
Johnson
Leavenworth
New York
R. Parsons
Trinity Episcopal Church
Ada May Slamin
John McLaughlin
Long Island
N. Y
Trinity Episcopal
Gooper-Warren
Alice Carrie Gorrill
Ala
Douglas County
First Baptist Church
Rumsey Funeral Home
M. C. Allen
Oak Hill Cemetery
Will R. Gorrill
Odell Wiley
Ala. St
Julia Bailey
Oklahoma City
Drew Hammond
George D. Hammond
California
Madge McElhinney
Campus
Dodge City
Max W. Austin
Kansas University
Austin
Kansas Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Halpren- Swaim
R. W. Treder
Frances Spencer
Haskell Institute
Jackson
Hillcrest
Ontario
Canada
Spencer
Michigan State University
Michigan
Columbia University
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Haskell
Margaret Peters
Rochelle
William Spencer
American Legion Regular Meeting Notice
The American Legion announces a regular meeting on Tuesday night at 8 p.m. at the New City Building. Commander Jerry Baker invites members to attend and participate.
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American Legion
New City Building
Jerry Baker
Adv
Lawrence Traffic Commission Defers Actions to March 20 Meeting
The Lawrence Traffic Commission postpones decision on stop signs at 20th and 21st Streets and on the obstructed intersection ordinance. PTA safety requests for Hillcrest Pinckney and Centennial Schools are tabled until city school traffic surveys are finished. Removal of parking along 8th to 11th Streets is delayed for counts and resurfacing decisions, while the one way sign at New Hampshire and 7th Street is to be removed to aid sheriff emergency runs.
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Lawrence Traffic Commission
20Th
21St
Kentucky
PTA
Hillcrest
Pinckney
Centennial
10Th
11Th
Vermont
Tennessee
New Hampshire
7Th Street
North Park
NFO Hears Dieterich Dale Dieterich at Meeting
Dieterich district representative Dieterich spoke at an NFO meeting at the Fairgrounds. A large crowd attended as Job Prin, new president, presided. Refreshments followed. The next regular meeting is set for April 3 at the Fairgrounds.
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Dale Dieterich
National Farm Organization District
NFO
Fairgrounds
Job Prin
Budget Items Get GOP Okay
House Republicans approved 373 675 in essential items above Gov. John Anderson budget in a closed caucus. They deferred a bill to transfer Wichita University to state. House Speaker William Mitchell cited hearings on Thursday and Friday.
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Topeisa
House Republicans
John Anderson
Wichita University
William Mitchell
Hutchinson
Wichita
House State Affairs Committee
Senate
Mitchell
Elizabeth Taylor Critical Seven Doctors Report
In London doctors hold an urgent bedside conference as Elizabeth Taylor fights double pneumonia at the London Clinic. A friend notes there is still hope and that she shows at least a little improvement while her parents arrive with gravity evident on their faces. Queen Elizabeth's physician attended the briefing.
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London
Elizabeth Taylor
Suzanne Cardozo
Queen Elizabeth
Lord Fivans
Miss Taylor's Hospital
Francis Taylor
Wescoe's Advice Overruled NSA OKs Film at KU
The National Student Association chapter at Kansas University voted 6-4 to show the controversial film Operation Abolition on March 26 despite Chancellor W. Chirke Wescoe advising postponement. Critics call the film loaded and biased, while supporters urge student action amid campus debate.
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Kansas University
W. Chirke Wescoe
Wescoe
National Student Association
Lawrence
House UN- American Activities Committee
San Francisco
House Committee
Carol Sue McMillen
Coldwater
NSA
Charles B. McIlwaine
Wichita
Cooper Seeks City Office In Lawrence Campaign
Cooperation member of the Lawrence Cosmopolitan Club Elks Masonic Lodge Scottish Rite Kansas Funeral Directors Association and American Certified Morticians Association. He and wife Alita York live at 909 W 2th St Terr with children Diane Douglas and Kelly Susanne. He vows to continue conscientious Lawrence leadership through active city government involvement.
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Church Council
Lawrence Cosmopolitan Club
the Elks, Masonic Lodge
Scottish Rite, Kansas Funeral Directors
National Funeral Directors Associations
Guild of Ethical Funeral Practice
The
American Certified Morticians Association
Alita York
Oscar T. York
Baldwin
Diane
Douglas
Kelly Susanne
W. 2Th St
Terr
Lawrence
Cooper
Lawrence youths to serve as House pages in Topeka
Two Lawrence youths, Mike Broecker and Guy Shultz, ages 14 and 15, will spend Wednesday and Thursday as pages for the Kansas House of Representatives in Topeka. The Tudora Well Baby Clinic opens at Eudora City Hall 9 30 to 10 30 am for pre school youths. A tornado siren test at Haskell Institute was postponed to 4 45 pm due to weather conditions.
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Lawrence
House of Representatives
Topeka
Mike Broecker
Fred Broeker
Hedith Sr
Guy Shultz
G. Reynolds Shultz
Tudora
Eudora’s
Haskell Institute
Haskell
T. R. Gerhart Receives Home Care After Illness
Former Douglas County clerk T. R. Gerhart remains at home at 2043 Tenn after a spell of serious illness hospitalized at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. He will be unable to receive visitors for several weeks.
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T. R. Gerhart
Douglas County
Tenn
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Glass Structure Remains Elusive Despite Ancient Use
The article notes that although humans have made glass for about 5,000 years, its atomic structure is understood only in broad terms. It highlights ongoing research into atomic arrangements and material properties underlying glass's behavior.
Thompson Invited to Meet Khrushchev in Siberia
Moscow AP reports Premier Khrushchev invited U.S. Ambassador Llewellyn Thompson to Siberia on Wednesday to deliver a personal message from President Kennedy. Embassy sources said Thompson would fly himself to the region but would not reveal his exact destination.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
U.S
Llewellyn Thompson
Siberia
Kennedy
Thompson
Las Brisas at Acapulco Seaside Resort Noted for Service
The Las Brisas resort in Acapulco offers 75 private pools for guests, a rocky shore lagoon, and Jeep taxis for hill routes. Manager Brandstetter emphasizes training to foster pride and courtesy among Mexican workers, likening the property to famed international hotels.
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Brandstetter
Acapulco
Havana
Fidel Castro
Airlift needs for two US divisions in Pacific briefing
A Pentagon study outlines a plan to lift a two division force by air and sea. It estimates about 80,000 men plus support troops require 1,000 transport aircraft and 26 troop transports with vessels. Currently 450 strategic airlift planes exist and the Navy operates 11 droop transports.
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Pentagon
United States
Navy
Woodlawn School Remodeling Approved By Board
Lawrence Board of Education approved remodeling plans for Woodlawn School at an estimated cost of 71000. The project, bidding set for April 6, covers acoustical work heating ventilation plumbing and roof repairs plus renovations to cloak rooms all purpose room cafeteria kitchen offices and library.
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Woodlawn School
Lawrence Board of Education
William Wolfe
Lawrence Unitarian Fellowship
Lawrence High
Lesh, Bradley and Barrand
Certified Public Accountant
H. W. Sherman
John B. Nutting
Hillcrest School
Death Row Inmate Receives Final Signature Before Execution
Lee Andrews was informed his execution would occur Thursday between midnight and 2 am. He signed the required documents with a steady hand after being told of the governor’s action. Andrews showed no reaction as Rev. James Post offered to help. His parents and sister were slain at their Wyandotte County home on November 28, 1958.
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Andrews
James Post
State Prison
William L. Andrews
Jennie Marie
Wyandotte County
Local Man Wounded in City Shooting
Charles Smith of 406 Wis. St. was wounded with a bullet to the right hand after a shooting Monday. Police arrested S. T. Gallaway of 918 Pa. St. who allegedly fired five shots. one hit Smith. Gallaway will be charged with discharging firearms in city limits.
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Charles Smith
Wis. St
S. T. Gallaway
Pa. St
Smith
Gallaway
Memorial Hospital Births and Local Residents List
Memorial Hospital reports births and local residents listed by name and address. A son born today to Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Oshel, 837 Maine. Other entries include Mrs. Elnora Armstrong Le compton and several families in Linwood, Baldwin, Prague, Oskaloosa, and surrounding areas.
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Elnora Armstrong
Lecompton
Golda Hopfer
Clifton Ct
Inez Borchers
Linwood
Louis Emmett
Mass
Connie Lee King
Ralph May
Oskaloosa
Irwin Spooner
Prague
Okla
Walter Dunbar
Alfred Oshel
Maine
KU Students Escape Chicago Hotel Blaze During Trip
Six Kansas University seniors from the KU pharmacy program escaped a fire that swept three floors of the Pick Congress Hotel in Chicago while on a study trip. One man died in the blaze. The students, from Topeka Hoxie Goddard Troy Ottawa, were among 31 on the trip.
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Chicago
Kansas University
Pick- Congress
KU Pharmacy
Harley Russell
Topeka
Duane Steinshouer
Hoxie
David Dykes
Goddard
Ed Zimmerman
Troy
George
Jacque Kramer
Ottawa
Russell
Steinshouer
Kramers
Lawrence
French Actor Pierre Viala Performs at KU Bailey Auditorium
French actor Pierre Viala, who has toured all continents in eight years, gave a dramatic recital in Bailey Auditorium at Kansas University. Presented by the Romance Language and Literatures Department, the program featured poetry and dramatic scenes and was open to any interested person.
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Bailey
Kansas University
Pierre Viala
University policy reaffirms noninterference in housing choices
Five CRC members met with Dr Wescoe to discuss aims as EU officials note the statement restates a long standing university policy. The university again states it will not condone discriminatory practices yet cannot infringe on private citizens rights to select tenants.
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CRC
Wescoe
Card of Thanks for fire loss and illness relief
Expressions of gratitude from families thanking relatives friends and neighbors for clothing money and food after a trailer home fire and for sympathy during illness and bereavement. Also thanks to nurses aides and Dr Dowell for care at Lawrence Memorial Hospital and for cards flowers and prayers.
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E. L Fulks
Ricky, Roger
Ronda Fulks
Charles Nemec
Thos, Kampschroeder
Robt. Kampschroeder
Aids
Dowell
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Maude Cooper
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