Education Board Rejects Bids On Hillcrest Project
Lawrence Board of Education rejected all bids for an addi tion and remodeling at Hillcrest School in a 4 to 2 vote citing bids above the architect's estimate of 98500. The board called for cost-cutting figures at a special meeting Friday afternoon.
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Lawrence Board of Education
Hillcrest School
Lawrence High School
Carl Althaus
H. Penfield Jones
Richard C. Peters
Peters
B. A. Green Construction Company
Supt. of
Carl S. Knox
Scott Foresman
Bowlus
Don Beene
Sheila Brown
Wyatt Cooper
Charles Kassinger
Ralph Wedd
Dick Edmondson
Joe Ornelas
B. H. Pennell
Bennie Stewart
Vicki Barham
Arlene Boyle
Judith Hewlett
Celia Ann Jeffers
Joanne Kapfer
Marilyn Kuller
Arline Shaw
Mary van Horn
Meredith Verhage
Cecilia Pearson
Calvin Rice
Delfred Fambrough
Lois Groh
Stanley Mullenix
Scott Warner
Melvin Wyler
George Weber
Bob Hazlett
Parent Teacher Association
D. C. Hoss
Topeka
Woodlawn
Business School Day Events Start Tonight
George Michale of Pro vident Mutual Life Insurance Co Kansas City will speak at 6 45 tonight in the Big Eight Room at Kansas Union. He is a Million Dollar Club member whose $1 million in sales tops. Harry Shaffer KU associate professor of economics follows at 10 30 a.m. Wednesday in Room 408 Sumnerfield Hall to discuss US and Soviet economic systems.
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George Michale
Provident Mutual Life Insurance Company
Kansas City
Kansas Union
Michale
Harry Shaffer
Summerfield Hall
United States
Soviet Union
Wellsville Soldier among Turtle Creek drowning victims
Fort Riley officials released the names of three soldiers who drowned in the Turtle Creek area over the weekend. Spec. 5 William Hennessey, 22, of Wellsville Kansas, Pfc. Carl D. Halde, 18, of Cheyenne Wells Colorado, and Pfc. Karry G. Griffin, 18, of Beaumont Texas, were lost while swimming near Turtle Creek Dam.
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FT. Riley, Kan
Turtle Creek
Ft. Riley
William Hennessey
Wellsville
Kan
Carl D. Halde
Cheyenne Wells
Colo
Turtle Creek Dam
Karry G. Griffin
Beaumont
Tex
Browne to Speak at Lawrence High School Baccalaureate
R Edwin Browne of Kansas University will give the baccalaureate sermon at Lawrence High School in the LHS gymnasium at 4 p.m. Sunday May 23. Browne an KU professor and broadcaster with leadership roles in church and education groups. About 515 students are to graduate. graduation will be May 28 at Allen Fieldhouse.
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R. Edwin Browne
Kansas University
Lawrence High School
LHS
Browne
KFKU
KANU
Mt. Oread
Kansas School of Religion
Reorganized
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Lawrence Council of Churches
Kansas Congress of Parents and Teachers
National Association of Educational Broadcasters
la Buena Fe Foundation
Independence
Central Honduras
Central America
I. M. Gjellistad
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
Michael Moriarty
St. John’s Catholic Church
Allen Fieldhouse
Young Is Named Lions President
Dan Young assistant Douglas County attorney was elected president of the Lawrence Lions Club Monday night at the Eldridge Hotel. He succeeds Sam Adams. Other officers include vice presidents Harry Buchholz Russell Watkins and Leroy Wahaus secretary Richard Feaker treasurer Charles Zook Kon Tanner Lynn Davis Tail Twister Leslie Murray directors Wayne Bly Odell Shaver historian T Murl Beal Chaplain Dr Ted Kennedy. Dr Bill Bradley and Emory Scott are holdover board members.
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Lawrence Lions Club
Eldridge Hotel
Sam Adams
Harry Buchholz
Russell Watkins
Leroy Wahaus
Richard Feaker
Charles Zook
Kon Tanner
Lynn Davis
Leslie Murray
Wayne Bly
Odell Shaver
T. Murl Beal
Ted Kennedy
Bill Bradley
Emory Scott
Tragic Drowning of Local Fisherman Swiger Near Kaw River
David Swiger of West Virginia drowned while swimming to cool off on a hot afternoon near the Kaw River dam. Witnesses include Bennett and Mrs Shirley Wilson and George Schlecty who summoned help. Swiger's body was recovered about 6 p.m. as crowds watched. funeral services are set for Friday at Rumsey Funeral Home with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Bennett
Shirley Wilson
West Virginia
George Schlecty
Kaw
Swiger
Schlecty
Dorothy Perry
Route 3
Larry Bailey
W. 6Th St
Kennedy
Love
Dave
Bob
Gerry
Riverside
North Shore
Kaw River
Lawrence
Rumsey Funeral Home
Charles Moffitt
Salvation Army
Oak Hill Cemetery
Miss Kansas Crown Goes To Coed Catherine Bergstrom
Catherine Bergstrom of Kansas City was named Miss Kansas to fill the term of Margene Savage who was killed in a traffic accident near Emporia. Bergstrom, KU senior and 1964 Miss Lawrence KU, will serve through June and plans a career in public relations after a Europe tour.
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Catherine Bergstrom
Kansas City
Kansas University
McLouth Alumni Plan Covered-Dish Supper and dance
McLouth school alumni will meet for a covered-dish supper at 6 30 p m Saturday in the McLouth Grade School multi purpose room. Attendees should bring their own table service. Mrs Lucy Seaver president says dancing will follow the business meeting.
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McLouth School
McLouth
Lucy Seaver
Two Pinckney Teachers to Speak at PTA Meeting
Two teachers from Pinckney School will speak Thursday evening at a meeting of the Curriculum Committee of the Lawrence Parent-Teachers Association Council. The session starts at 7 30 p m in room 123 at Lawrence High School.
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Pinckney School
Lawrence Parent-Teachers Association Council
Lawrence High School
Johanne Kapfer
Romaine Bennett
Lloyd Schurr
Dwight Metzler
Central Junior High School
Alan Hack
Don Miller
Cordley
Tom Rae
Kennedy
New Wilt Alcindor to enroll at UCLA in fall
Lew Alcindor 7-1 high school star from Power Memorial in New York announced plans to enroll at UCLA this fall. He narrowed his choice to UCLA or St. John’s and said he could play with UCLA’s national champions after watching them on TV.
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New York
Lew Alcindor
Power Memorial High School
UCLA
Alcindor
St. John’s
Wilt Chamberlain
Douglas County Deputies Get Monthly Salary Increases
The Douglas County Commission approved a $30 per month raise for deputy sheriffs and the undersheriff, with unanimous support from Commission Chairman Walter Kampschroeder. A fulltime secretary for the sheriff’s office was also approved, while four additional deputies were not acted upon. Starting pay rises to $375 with staged increases to $430 for deputies and $480 for the undersheriff, Sheriff Rex Johnson hailed the action as helping retain current officers and hire capable staff in the future.
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Douglas County Commission
Rex Johnson
Commission
Walter Kampschroeder
Sheriff’s Office
Johnson
DeSoto Phone Hearing on Bell Acquisition Policy
The FCC opened a public hearing in Kansas City Kansas to decide if Southwest Bell’s purchase of DeSoto Mutual Telephone Co. assets serves the public interest. Trial examiner David I. Kraushaar presides in the U.S. District Court building as the panel weighs benefits to customers and service areas.
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DeSoto
Bell
Federal Communications Commission
DeSoto Mutual Telephone Company
Southwest Bell Telephone Company
Kansas City
Kan
David I. Kraushaar
Washington
FCC
U.S. District Court
de Soto Company
Miller earns KU first Marshall Scholar honor
Baxter Springs senior Terry A. Miller wins a Marshall Scholarship granting two years study at a British university with stipend and tuition funds. Miller, a KU chemistry major and Phi Beta Kappa, also is a Woodrow Wilson Fellow and Summerfield Scholar with multiple top grades awards.
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Kansas University
Terry A. Miller
Baxter Springs
Miller
Marshall
Cambridge University
George C. Marshall
U.S
Europe
U. S
Woodrow Wilson
Summerfield
Phi Beta Kappa
Ow! Society
Sachem
Veta B. Lear
Carol Eaton
Paul B. Lawson
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Pastor Norman Steffen Named To Lead New University Lutheran Church
Rev. Norman Steffen of Davis California will serve as pastor of the new University Lutheran Church Missouri Synod on a five acre tract near 15th and Iowa Streets in Lawrence. He will be installed May 23 at Immanuel Lutheran Church. He and his wife Kathryn plus four children will move to Lawrence, and Steffen will work with KU students until construction is finished. He previously served 11 years in a Lutheran parish in Davis and has been active in Red Cross and family service programs.
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Norman Steffen
Davis
Calif
New University - Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod
15Th and
Iowa Sts
Kathryn
Lawrence
Ind
St. John’s College
Winfield
Concordia Seminary
St. Louis
Washington University
Val. Paraiso University
Indiana
Pacific Lutheran Seminary
Berkeley
Deer Sightings and Local Updates Across Lawrence
A Lawrence resident spotted three white tail deer near his west Lawrence yard this morning as two adults and a younger deer passed by. In other news Arthur W. Hoyt of Topeka drove on the Kansas Turnpike 18 miles west of Lawrence when a second deer was killed Sunday. no injuries were reported. Lawrence High Pep Club elected 1965 66 officers with Candy Williams as president and Sally Stark as president elect. Dr H Penfield Jones will retire from the Lawrence Board of Education in August. J J Wilson also to step down. Douglas County residents protest real estate tax boosts with 25 speakers, as a countywide reassessment prompts appeals. National Be Kind to Animals Week highlights adoption and proper pet care with the Douglas County Humane Society seeking responsible owners.
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Lawrence
Kansas Turnpike
Arthur W. Hoyt
Topeka
Turnpike
Louis Stroup
H. Penfield Jones
Lawrence Board of Education
Supt. of Schools
Carl S. Knox
Lawrence High School
Dr. Jones
J. J. Wilson
Wilson
Lawrence Education Association
LHS
Jones
Board of Equalization
Darwin Rogers
Cole-Layer-Trimble Company
Douglas County Humane Society
Charles Ise Memorial Animal Shelter
Jack Mitchell
KU sit-in protesters face District Court jury trial
Three Kansas University students Elbert Rinkel Pamela Smith and Walter Bgoya were scheduled for a May 17 District Court jury trial for the March 8 sit-in at Chancellor Wescoe’s office. A total of 110 protesters were charged with staying past closing time and suspended then reinstated.
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Kansas University
Frank Gray
Elbert Jean Rinkel
Scott City
Pamela C. Smith
Kansas City
Kan
Walter Scott Bgoya
Ngara
Tanganyika
Bgoya
Miss Smith
CORE
W. Clarke Wescoe
Wescoe
Strong Hall
Sheriff’s Office
ASC Meeting Tonight At Kansas Union
The Kansas University All Student Council will hold a 7:30 meeting in the Sunflower Room of the Kansas Union. Members will elect ASC officers and discuss pending matters.
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Kansas University All
Sunflower Room
Kansas Union
ASC
Card of Thanks for Hospital Care and Kindness
Mrs Opal Underwood and Mrs Gladys Ulrich express sincere gratitude for prayers cards flowers and visits from friends while in hospital and after returning home They thank Dr Isaacs and the nurses and aides on the 2nd floor and wish God’s blessing on all who helped
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Mrs. Opal Underwood
Dr. Isaacs
Gladys Ulrich
In Loving Memory of Alvin E Bond Sr
In loving memory of Alvin E Bond Sr who passed away May 4 1962 at 6 10 p m. God called him home. Sweet memories never roam though gone he remains near. Lillie and family.
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Alvin E. Bond Sr
Lillie
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