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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1958
Page
2
Voters cast ballots in three states today in primaries for governor, Congress, and local offices. Ohio and Alabama highlight governor contests with mixed views on segregation. Indiana and Ohio feature incumbents and notable challengers.
Democratic Chairman Paul Butler predicted a resignation before term end, urging speculation. Republican leaders call it nonsense, while Senator Knowland refutes it, noting Eisenhower's vigor and full-time work. Butler cites Washington chatter as basis for his forecast amid press discussions.
Idaho Springs Colorado. A teenaged gunwoman Georgia Bryan 19 of Port Chester New York killed herself as officers closed in on 21 year old David F McKnight of Greenwich Connecticut following a kidnapping of an Idaho Springs marshal. McKnight surrendered after officers retrieved two pistols from his pockets and he later admitted clubbing to death Raymond Reed 52 at an Amarillo Texas loan company during a robbery on April 19. FBI sought murder charges against both. no charges filed locally.
Police say 32 posters advocating overthrow of the capitalist system were found on the State University campus early today. Some students suspect it was a prank by fellow students rather than a political act.
Elizabeth Bryan 83 died this morning at the home of her step-daughter at 818 Locust Street. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Rumsey Funeral Home with burial at Memorial Park Cemetery. Survivors include husband Arthur Bryan, three daughters Anna Meierhoff Lulu Lucey and Alma Doyle, a sister Augusta Wedge, four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Also listed are meeting notices for Lawrence Consistory special communication May 7 with supper at 6:30 and degree work at 7:30, and Lawrence Chapter No. 4 adjourned meeting May 6 at 7:30 p.m.
Meetings scheduled at the Community Building this week organize baseball and softball leagues. Today city and Church League softball meet at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium. churches planning junior or senior teams should send a representative. Wednesday South Park League meets at the baseball diamond at 7 p.m. for boys 13-14, with players sponsors and managers urged to attend. Thursday C C Carl League baseball for boys 15-17 meets in the Community Building classroom at 7 p.m.
District Court hearing on the Lawrence Woman's Club at 1841 Mass. St. was postponed today by Judge Frank Gray. A restraining order against three club members remains in effect until a new date is set. Plaintiffs include 35 club members. defendants are Mrs. W. O. Nelson Mrs. L. H. Menger and Mrs. W. S. Robb.
Hough was re-elected Monday as chairman of the Douglas County Red Cross board. The new slate includes Ken Whitenight as vice chair, Mrs. J. Wo. Twente secretary, and John B. Peters treasurer. The Blood Center at Lawrence Memorial Hospital is ready to begin operations once a technician is hired.
Admissions list includes Samuel Moyer, Robert Robinson, Mrs. Sally Scheideman, Mrs. Vyola Riley, Renee Howard, Mrs. E Louise Stuart, Mrs. Earlann Faas, Mrs. Beatrice Ayon, Mrs. Betty McGuire, Marion Johnsson, Mrs. Marionohn West, Esther Gutierrez and others from Rob erts area tied to addresses in Kansas. Dismissals mention Janice McAlexander and others. Births announce daughters and sons for multiple couples including Hood, Terrapin, Ayon Jr., Johnson, McGuire etc.
William Cunningham a Kansas University sophomore from Kansas City Kansas was reported in satisfactory condition today at Stormont Vail Hospital Topeka. He was taken to the Topeka hospital Thursday night after a one car accident three miles west of Perry.
In the Courts a civil case awarded Clark Morton Building Materials Co. against James Brown Construction Co. for 97.55 dollars. Alta Friesen sued Wallace Friesen. Traffic violations include Glenn F. Early fined ten dollars and costs for speeding. John Schick fined five for driving left of center. Floyd Huff fined five for running stop sign. Robert Downey, John Ross for five each for wrong way on a one way street. William Carolan fined five for speeding. John Hefferman fined thirty six for speeding.
Police say 29 year old Alexander Payne of 1810 Tenn Street arrived at Lawrence Memorial Hospital with a knife wound to the upper left arm. He refused to describe the incident or identify a suspect, and called the matter strictly a family affair before the case was referred to authorities.
Wichita police say oil man Thomas D. Young 35 held three detectives at gunpoint in his fifth floor city office after a threatening call. He was disarmed and charged with drunkenness and dis orderly conduct and withdrawing a deadly weapon. Bond set at 145 dollars. scheduled to appear in police court May 21. Young had boasted of a non-stop flight to Rome and said he would try again this year. Detectives Floyd Hannon Clyde Bevis and Charles Stewart confronted him after the alleged call. He was later released on bond.
NEW YORK May Roper Coker of Uartsville South Carolina was named American Mother of 1958. Mrs Coker 68 is daughter of a former Cabinet member and widow of a noted scientific farming leader. She accepts with tears and will be honored at a Waldorf luncheon with mothers from each state.
Herman Mast, Lawrence Hugh School junior, was elected captain of next year's debate and speech group at the LHS Debate and Speech Banquet. Awards for outstanding speech and debate performances were given to 20 students including Julia Walker and Rebecca Mayhue. A comic debate was staged for entertainment at the banquet.
Two meetings set this week in Douglas County to explain the Wakarusa Watershed plan. A 7 p.m. session at Deer Creek School and an 8 p.m. Thursday meeting at Vinland Grange Hall aim to familiarize residents with the plan and form a watershed district under the Hope-Aiken Act.
Warren Hall 17 a Lawrence High School junior won first in the Junior Chamber of Commerce Roadeo a driving skill test held in the city parking lot between Eighth and Ninth Streets on New Hampshire Avenue Second place went to Bob Cheek and third to Midgett The Roadeo combined a driving test and written exam with scores averaged to determine the winner Hall will advance to the statewide competition May 17 at El Department sheriff's patrol and Jaynee
Washington news report on Representative Clarence Cannon urging prompt congressional approval of President Eisenhower's defense reorganization plan. Cannon argues for end to interservice bickering, elimination of waste, and stronger military to deter war while a split among House Democrats surfaces over funding and authorization.
The Full Gospel Christian Assembly at 1000 N Y St will host a revival from Wednesday through Sunday with evangelist Clem Foster leading the services.
In Wichita the Episcopal diocese rejects a Health Board claim that sharing a communion cup violates sanitation laws. Bishop Fenner defends church regulations while Evan Wright, a practicing Episcopalian and head of the Health Board division, grapples with duty versus faith amid the dispute. Orthodox Greek and Lutheran spokesmen foresee no change.
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