Starkweather on Stand In Nebraska Murder Trial
Charles Starkweather, 19, faces the electric chair or life in prison for the Robert Jensen killing near Bennet Nebraska. Defense attorney Clement Gaughan says Starkweather may testify next week to explain an insanity claim amid delusions. Court recesses for weekend as prosecutors prepare to introduce signed confessions. Economic signposts in New York show signs of bottoming with optimism from Fed and major banks, though retailers report April sales declines. Major firms announce wage pauses and plant activity shifts as inflation remains a concern.
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Lincoln
Gaughan
Starkweather
Charles
Jensen
NEW York (P
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
First National City Bank
Sears, Roebuck & Co
J. C. Penney Co
W. T. Grant
Montgomery Ward
Eisenhower
Business Advisory Council
Philco
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Lackawanna, N. Y
U. S
Hotpoint Co
General Electric Co
Elk Grove
Friend Services Will Be Monday
Paul H. Friend 63, Lawrence lumber dealer, died Friday at Veterans Administration Hospital Kansas City. Funeral 11 a.m. Monday Trinity Episcopal Church with Rev. John F. McLaughlin officiating. Burial Oak Hill Cemetery. Flowers declined. Visitation at Cooper-Warren Chapel to 9 a.m. Monday. Born February 19 1895 in Soldier Kansas. Father Carlton E. Friend former Kansas lieutenant governor and senator. KU graduate 1917 law degree Phi Gamma Delta Phi Alpha Delta Sachem. WWI Army first sergeant Base Hospital Unit No. 28 overseas two years. Succeeded family lumber business in Lawrence. Survivors include sister Mrs Adrian Lindsey Evanston Illinois two nieces Mrs Nancy Helm Shreveport Louisiana Mrs Joam Hetherwick and aunt Mrs Lawrence Walter.
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Paul H. Friend
Lawrence
Veterans Administration Hospital
Kansas City
Trinity Episcopal Church
John F. McLaughlin
Oak Hill Cemetery
Cooper-Warren
Soldier
Kas
Carlton E. Friend
Kansas
Paul Friend
Staunton Military Academy
Virginia
Kansas University
Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity
Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity
Sachem
Friend
Adrian Lindsey
Maas
Nancy
Helmstadter
Evanston
Tll
Joam Hetherwick
Shreveport
William P. Holston
Nancy Helm
Woman seeks reelection amid town life clash
Mrs Knutson voices determination to run again despite her husband favoring a small town life. She claims positive reports from across the country bolster her chances, referencing this week’s developments.
Deaths and Funerals William Garrison Hilderbrandt
Funeral services for William Garrison Gary Hilderbrandt will be Tuesday in La Junta Colorado. He died in May at the home of a nephew in Leavenworth. Burial will be in La Junta. Survivors include a sister in law and two nieces, all of Leavenworth and surrounding areas, plus another relation in Tonganoxie. Charles Benjamin Hughes dies in Wichita hospital at 78. He formerly lived in Lawrence. Services Monday at a local funeral home with Rev. Kermit Smith in charge. Burial in Oak Hill Cemetery. Survivors include two daughters, eight grandchildren, and three great grandchildren.
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William G. Hilderbrandt
William Garrison
Gary) Hilderbrandt
la Junta
Colo
Leavenworth
Hilderbrandt
Leavenworth County
Colorado
Mra
Alice Hilderbrandt
Claudine Bartleson
Claire Bryant
W. St. St
Carolee Williama
Tonganoxie
Charlea Benjamin Hughes
Charles Benjamin Hughes
Wichita
Lawrence
Kermit Smith
Oak Hill Cemetery
Paul Transue
N. 6Th St
LeNeve Rice
Lawrence and KU news and city notices mix
Lawrence motorists face no grace period for license renewals with expiration on birth date every two years and a 50 cent late fee. Kansas University drives fund raising for Eisenhower Memorial Library with boxes in KU Union Strong Hall through Tuesday. Gene and Kaye Dixon appear on Stage Struck at 10 p.m. Monday on Channel 4. Gene a KU student and Kaye a KU freshman perform country music. Dixon parents named.
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Lawrence
Kelly Real Estate
Mass. St
Gene
Kaye Dixon
Kansas City
Channel 4
Lawrence High School
Kaye
Kansas University
Willard Dixon
Haskell Ave
Kansas Union
Strong
Satellite Flight Volunteer Feels He Can Finish Testing
Norfolk Virginia Lt Cmdr Jack Neiman Jr a volunteer in a space flight test dozed over an hour at night and wrote two letters to his wife and five children. He told scientists outside his sealed low pressure chamber he could finish the rest of the 48 hour experiment. He was sealed in the chamber at 210 pm Friday at Nortel Naval Air Station with the test due to end Sunday afternoon. The flight tests the new lightweight space suit being worn by Neiman.
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Norfolk
Jack Neiman Jr
Neiman
Nortok Naval Air Station
Nelman
Civil court updates include fines and hearings in multiple cases
In district court Ernest A. Bigs faces an auto damage suit against Olaf Nielsen after a wreck on November 10, 1955, with a $172.38 fine. A preliminary hearing for John Lee Slavens is set for May 14 at 11 a.m. Bond not set due to parole status. John E. Reed is fined $50. Writings bad checks cases bound over involve David Orvis and Thomas Hayes, with $1,500 bonds each. Willie T. Moore Jr. is fined $150 plus costs and 30 days in jail for DUI and open bottle.
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Ernest A. Bigsby
Haskell Ave
Olaf Nielsen
Baldwin
John Lee Slavens
Prairie Ave
Slaveng
David Orvis
Las Vegas
Nev
Thomas Hayes
Chicago
Willie Thomas Moore Jr
Kansas City
KU Volleyball Falls to DP Squad in Open
Kansas University volleyball put forth a strong showing in Scranton pa but was edged 15-13 15-12 by a displaced persons team from New York the P J Sokols star Gabriel Budishin formerly of Yugoslavia led the visitors Kansas trio Jim Coleman Dick Hoagland and Dick Laptad earned All Star and All America consideration after standout showings in the Collegiate and Open events Florida State St Joseph Pa Lead and Sokols remain in the tournament
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Kansas University
Scranton
New York
P. J. Sokols
Yugoslavia
Russia
Gabriel Budishin
Sokols
Kansan
Florida State
St. Joseph
Kansas
Jim Coleman
Dick Hoagland
Dick Laptad
Unseen Eye Turns The Blind Eye On Speeders
Unseen Eye uses 81 vehicles with two way radios in a drive against speeders on Turnpike roads. It includes 23 fast patrol cars and many maintenance and passenger cars. Drivers can signal headquarters and nearby troopers to alert for final checking. Aerial speed checks from a light airplane supplement ground monitoring on busy days.
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Turnpike
Maj. Vincent
Wichitans Clash Over Abilene School Move
Wichita leaders debate Abilene School action as married students face exclusion from high school. Dr Lawrence Shepoiser contends boards must prove immorality or detriment to students to bar enrollment while Wichita high school principals say married students do not cause trouble and deserve education.
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Wichita
Wichita Superintendent For
Lawrence Shepoiser
Board of Education
Dinsmore Recital Set at KU Hall
Bonnie Dinsmore, soprano, will give a senior recital at 8 p.m. Monday in Outen Hall, University of Kansas. She will be accompanied by Jane Carr, Junction City sophomore. Dayton, Ohio, is listed as related location in the program.
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Bonnie Dinsmore
Kansas
Outen Hall
Dayton
Ohio
Dinsmore
Jane’ Carr
Junction City
Warning Issued About Annual Blasting Cap Menace
Sheriff Dale Chappell and Police Chief John Hazelet issue their annual warning as warm weather returns. Blasting caps found by children pose deadly danger. caps are shiny pencil shaped tubes, 1.5 to 2 inches long, with two types exploded by fuse or electric. Caps can be sparked by a hammer or set off by fire hoses. if found, contact sheriff or police. Parents must teach children about blasting caps and to call for help.
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Dale Chappell
John Hazelet
Sheriff's Office
Police Department
Fire destroys Galesburg Public Library and Lincoln papers
A late Friday blaze gut the Galesburg Public Library, destroying the 57 year old building and vault containing Lincoln papers and 122000 volumes. Poor water supply slowed firefighting. roof collapsed after about an hour. Officials say attic ventilating fan motor caused the fire.
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Galesburg
Ill
Illinois
Abraham Lincoln
Raymond Barbaugh
Knox College
KU Man Given Pact For Naval Research Project
Kansas University professor Dr. Duane G. Wenzel has secured a three year contract from the Office of Naval Research for studies on effects of common centrally acting drugs on human performance. The $20,188 grant funds work guiding moving objects with antihistamines hypnotics and stimulants examined over three years.
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Duane G. Wenzel
Kansas University
Office of Naval Research
Wenzel
RB. L. Hermes
Lawrence
KU Award Event Honors Sixteen Architecture Students
Sixteen architecture and architectural engineering students at Kansas University received awards at the annual dinner in the Eldridge Hotel. Four local students from Lawrence earned prizes including Douglas C. Smith, $50 from the Kansas City chapter of the American Institute of Architects. Jer Eaton, $50 for excellence in site and landscape design from Kivett, Meyers and McCallum. Alpha Rho membership in design for Donald L. Trent. and others such as John Greer, William Fricke, Claude Myers, Robert Duncan, James Schwada, Robert Seacat, and Ry Sung Kwak receiving various honors. Several additional winners from Kansas City, Jefferson City, and other locales were recognized for scholarship, book awards, and design excellence.
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Kansas University
Lawrence
Eldridge Hotel
Douglas C. Smith
Ind
Kansas City
American Institute of Architects
Jer R. Eaton
Kivett, Meyers and McCallum
Kanesas City
Donald L. Trent
Alpha Rholem
John Greer
Wichita
Tau Sigma Delta
William Fricke
Jefferson City
Claude Myera
Kas
Robert Duncan
Ferguson
James D.schwada
Tay Mo
Goldsmith
Robert Seacat
Caperia
Charles Marshall
Man
Ruitect
Ki Sung Kwak
Seoul
Korea
Marshall
Vivian M
Roth Jr
Lamar
Richard 3. Worell
Salins
Voskamp
Sle
David
Hanya Ining Drayunyan
Thayer
Richard C. Murray
ABA
Ray. G. Gross
Buehner
AIA
Need of Basic Research Cited by Dread Speaker
Dr. Gene M. Nordby of the National Science Foundation urged at Kansas University that basic research, not just engineering testing, drives breakthroughs. He travels Midwest colleges to encourage faculty to pursue fundamental ideas with high potential for new knowledge. The NSF funds science research and education across disciplines, prioritizing conceptual foundations over routine work.
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Gene M. Nordby
Engineering Sciences
National Science Foundation
Kansas University
Nordby
Midwest
NSF
Memorial Hospital Admits and Dismissals Report
At Memsorial Hospital admissions include Dr John Arbenz Thomas Cummins at 325 Lincoln St and Mrs Lara Bublitz at Stoffer Place among others. Dismissals list Phyllis Young Eudora Michael Senkow Orville Randel Dana Bateson and Gabriella Bryan. Births note a daughter to Mr and Mrs D E Bublitz at Stoffer Place Friday.
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John Arbenz
Phyllis Young
Eudora
Michael Senkow
Tenn
Orville Randel
Baldwin
Dana Bateson
Ohio St
Gabriella Bryan
Linwood
D. E. Bublitz
Stofter Place
Government Role Given In William Cape Paper
A 35 page pamphlet by Dr am H cape visiting professor of political science at Kansas University discusses the dual role of county government in Kansas as units of self government and as complementary to state government. It notes the pamphlet and other center publications are available from the Governmental Research Center at Kansas University.
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Kansas
Am H. Cape
Kansas University
Io Ig
South Dakota
Universit
Goveernmental Research Center
Strong Annex A
Lawrence
Aia
Girl Guards Set for Kansas and Missouri Rally
The Nineteen Salvation Army unit reports departure of the Girl Guards for an annual rally in Kansas and Western Missouri. The group travels to participate in the regional event and represent their corps.
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Salvation ‘Army
Kansas and Western Missouri
Wheat surplus forecast signals large 1985-86 crop
An Agriculture Department forecast predicts winter wheat may exceed last year by 43 percent, potentially adding up to 250 million bushels to reserves and surplus supplies of 680 million. The report notes risks to prices and government investments, with favorable outlook for hay and soybeans and a cool April likely to slow growth. Falls often cited: Kukenaam Falls in Guyana at 2,000 feet. Niagara at 168 feet.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Wink Seer
Great Plains
Agency Seid
Visitation Group Forms at Kansas University Journal ism Luncheon
A new visitation committee of the William Allen White Foundation met at a noon luncheon. Members include Louis LaCoss, Angelo Scott, Dolph Simona, Ernest Johnson, Dwight Peyton, and others. The group will meet with Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy and Dean Burton W. Marvin to align objectives and provide advisory insights to the school.
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William Allen White Foundation
Franklin D. Murphy
Burton W. Marvin
Kansans University Journalism School
Marvin
Louis LaCoss
St.ae Globe-Democrat
Angelo Scott
The
Socie Register
Union News Praises Pike Cafe Operation In Kansas Turnpike
Union News Co of New York expresses pleasure with its Pike Cafe venture on the Kansas Turnpike. Lonnie Baker notes the Lawrence restaurant northeast of the agency is gaining traction as the six month old operation shows rising business.
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Union News. Co
New York
Lawrence
Kansas Turnpike
Ager Lonnie Baker
Agenies
Kansas Turnpike ‘Authority
Thanking Neighbors and Friends for Support
The Hobbs family expresses gratitude to neighbors friends and relatives for kindness during illness and loss. Special thanks to Dr Campbell and hospital nurses and to Mrs Suly and Mrs Henry Oweha and family for support.
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Minnie Hobbs
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Perry
Kaw Valley Water Management Associaon
Joe Peck
JouRnal-World
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KU Man
Sponsorsiip
Tobacco Research Committee
U. S. Public Health Service
Dread Speaker
At, Memsorial Hospital
William Cape
Derby Grain Elevatos CO
Kansas University Mechanical Engineering Laboratory
Dean of Men's Office
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