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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1950
Page
6
The Lawrence branch of the American Association of University Women offered a tea on March 18 at 2 30 PM near Haskell. Miss Copeland presented her historical drama The Wind and read Easter poems. Officers for 1950 51 were to be elected and amendments to bylaws considered by the legislative committee led by Miss Hazel Lee Simmons.
In St Joseph Missouri a 29 year old Clarence C Speer Jr admitted shooting baby sitter Caryle Roberta Johnson during an argument over whether she should accompany him to a movie or stay as a sitter. Police say the girl was shot while seated in a lounge in front of six children including two two month old triplets. Speer described firing after a prank attempt and said he thought he might scare her before the shots. The incident occurred at the Speer home as Edward and Mrs Speer were away in Kansas City tending to a critically ill triplet. The other children were in a different room when the front shot rang out. Authorities say Speer has faced other charges and will be prosecuted for the murder.
Blackpool England March 1. Thomas Grewer forgot to mail his football pool selections and dropped the envelope in his coat pocket. The coat later vanished and a stranger mailed the ticket. The winner calls came in as the pool ticket paid £10,754 tax free in Britain.
The University Medical Center received a grant of 1500 from the National Cancer Institute to continue research projects begun under previous awards. The center is among 48 hospitals and universities sharing a total grant of 86 percent.
Mr and Mrs F W Patton acquire the Dixie Cone Manufacturing company in Houston Texas paying 150000 for two buildings on a 4 1/2 acre corner site The seller A Semmons who helped introduce the ice cream cone at the 1904 St Louis fair plans retirement The plant now makes 100000 cones daily and Patton adds cup cone machinery amid rising demand and anticipated capacity growth
A student, Howard Lee Kinard, an eighth grader at Manual High and Vocational School, is charged with striking 65 year old teacher B Hyde who died after being knocked unconscious in a hallway. Kinard pleaded innocent at arraignment with preliminary hearing set for March 30. Separately, Dan Kubler of Southwestern College received an invitation to participate in the annual cartwert allstar basketball game at Madison Square Garden, per a wire from Harold Hunt.
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