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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1968
Page
1
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce directors discuss leveraging KU students to boost city involvement and communication with residents. Leaders note the value of firsthand city knowledge from students and forewarn that favorable personal contacts by Greiner and Malott helped attract Goodrich to Lawrence.
Douglas County commissioners plan a Monday meeting in the Courthouse chambers with a 10 a.m. budget submission from the county historical society for 1968 and a 11:30 a.m. appraisal report on land in Sub District 1 of Wakarusa Main Sewer District No. 10. The session includes a Board of Equalization to hear complaints and set special assessments.
Benton Kentucky hosts annual Tater Day each April opening the aprive sessions of the Marshall panty Court. The event has run since 1843 and marks a long standing local festival.
South Vietnamese infantry killed 50 Communist troops and captured weapons while nine South Vietnamese soldiers died in the same area. A U S Marines task force reported 164 enemy killed after seven hours of battle. At Khe Sanh base three journalists were wounded and one photographer reported missing in a crash.
Food sales in the United States reached about 100 billion last year, up from 92.5 billion in 1966, reflecting strong consumer demand and expanding markets across the country.
Five people suffered minor injuries in four separate city traffic accidents Friday afternoon. Incidents occurred within about an hour, with injuries to a KU student, a 7 year old, and a 3 year old among others. Damages ranged from 75 to 543 dollars across the crashes.
Nanci Stark, 16, serves as alternate and potential representative if a Dorsey Liberty candidate is unable to participate. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G M Stark of Louisiana and has been cheerleader, in Student Council, Leaders Club, Honor Roll, Pep Club, Y Teens, Music Club, church choir and intramural sports.
About half of the 10.7 million televisions sold in the previous year were color sets, indicating a strong shift toward color display technology among consumers.
Bids for construction of Baldwin nursing home will be let at 2 p.m. Tuesday March 19 in Baldwin City Hall. Mayor Roger Martin said plans and specifications were released by the Hill Burton section of the State Bureau of Health. Construction starts in early May with completion aimed for February 1969 and an additional wing for 16 or more beds may be added after the original 30 beds.
County commissioners plan to resume talks after requesting a status report from City Manager Ray Wells on whether South Park is available for county expansion. A second site is land beside the courthouse at 11th and North Park Streets and Massachusetts and New Hampshire Streets.
Douglas County deputies report a one car wreck on U S 59 at the Dutton Bridge over the Wakarusa River causing about 475 dollars in damage to a 1964 model car driven by Jerry L. Roland 24 of Ottawa. No injuries reported. The bridge lies about 1 1/2 miles south of Lawrence.
Edward H. Litchfield 53, SCM Corp board chairman, dies when two engine plane crashes into foggy Lake Michigan near Meigs Field. Also perishes his wife Mary 42 his mother Ethel 81 and their children Edward 10 and De Forest 4 and pilot James Looker 43 of Wellsville New York. Coast Guard recovered Litchfield's body five miles off the lakefront. Flight originated from Wellsville and was to land Friday night. Authorities reported no wreckage sighted.
Lawrence High School students present three Jewish one act plays at 7 30 p m in the school auditorium. Millard Denny directs the trio linked by Mendele the book seller played by Ronn Johnson. Acts based on Jewish short stories.
The Kansas Senate killed fair housing legislation after Sen. George R. Haley urged rejection. Supporters called the bill a cure for a national ill while opponents argued it violated individual rights.
Air Force Captain Dale E. Noyd was convicted at Cannon Air Force Base on a charge of willfully disobeying a lawful order to fly a mission last Dec. 5. The nine-officer panel could sentence him to up to five years in prison, dismissal, or forfeiture of pay.
The Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra conducted by Stanislaw Skrowaczewski performs Monday at 8 20 p m in Hoch Auditorium on the Kansas University campus. Tickets may be ordered from Murphy Hall box office. Shuttle service runs to and from Hoch Auditorium from large parking areas near Allen Fieldhouse.
Chamber of Commerce manager Keith Winter warned that punch type cards claiming to be classified ad bills from Meseda California were received locally. The cards resemble legitimate IBM cards with a Yellow Pages insignia and mirror a scam seen about a year ago. Citizens should not pay and must hand them to the postmaster.
Henry Floyd Brown 39 pleaded guilty to the murder of a Kansas highway patrolman Sgt Eldon Miller after a $13 000 bank robbery in Overland Park. District Judge Herbert W Walton sentenced Brown to life imprisonment saying capital punishment was not appropriate and Brown would serve life in Lansing prison. Brown testified about the gunfight and tear gas call, saying he hesitated to shoot responding officers.
Exhibition titled The Children of Paris from the Museum of Decorative Arts in Paris is on view in the south lounge of the Kansas Union. The Smithsonian Institution is circulating the exhibit in the United States.
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