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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1971
Page
10
Cloudy in northeast Kansas this afternoon and tonight with showers developing late this afternoon and into Sunday morning. Expect heavy rain at night and clearing mild Sunday afternoon. Low tonight upper 50s, Sunday high mid 70s. Rain chances 80 percent tonight, 20 percent Sunday afternoon. Yesterday high 64 low 58. Sunrise 6 02 a m Sunset 8 32 p m.
Funeral services for David T. Wright 46 of Eudora will be at 2 30 p m Sunday at First Southern Baptist Church with the Rev Clift ord Rawley officiating Graveside rites by the Masonic Lodge No 618 will follow at Eudora Cemetery Friends may call at Warren Mortuary Lawrence until noon Sunday and after 4 p m today at the funeral home Wright a retired farmer lived in the Tonganoxie area since 1926 and served as Stranger Township trustee for 20 years He was a member of Masonic Lodge No 618 of Grandview Missouri He is survived by his widow Elsie five sisters and two brothers
Edith Benson 82 died early today at the United Methodist Home for the Aged. Funeral arrangements are pending at Warren Mortuary in Topeka. She was born January 26 1889 in Nevada Missouri and lived in Lawrence most of her life before moving to Topeka last July. She was a member of the United Methodist Church the Wesleyan Service Guild the Rebekah Lodge and Adah Chapter No 7 of the Order of the Eastern Star. She is survived by a brother Leland of Topeka.
Hobart McKinley Hall, 74, died Friday at his Tonganoixie home. Funeral services are set for 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Quisenberry Funeral Home with Rev. Clair Hester officiating. Burial will follow at Hubbel Hill Cemetery.
Mount Josephine in Dearborn Michigan is named for Josephine Ford daughter of Edsel Ford. The peak, discovered in 1930 by Admiral Richard Byrd during a flight in an aircraft named the Josephine Ford, was designated by the U S Board of Geographic Names on Friday.
Twenty people were arrested early today as students massed on Main Street and marched toward Kent State University. The fourth straight night of disturbances saw 300 to 400 protesters block traffic, riot police respond, and windows broken along the route before arrests dispersed the crowd.
Theft of photographic items valued at 964 dollars was reported by Kenny Gimbler at 6 pm Friday to the Douglas County Sheriff's Department. The loss occurred during a party attended by Lawrence High School students at a farm near Eudora. Stolen items include a camera, three lenses valued at 710 dollars, an electronic flash worth 175 dollars, and other gear totaling 79 dollars.
Svetlana Alliluyeva Peters and her husband Svetlana Peters welcomed a seven pound nine ounce daughter named Olga Margedant at Marin General Hospital. Peters plans to raise the child in the United States and says they will treat her as a normal child, with guidance from Dr. Benjamin Spock.
More than 300 participants from 10 states attend Haskell Indian Junior College first cooperative workshop for dormitory personnel opening Monday. The program runs two two week sessions within three weeks ending June 11, with 25 leaders from Haskell, BIA, KU and area communities.
Tonganoxie High School announces valedictorian Karen Dunlap and salutatorian Linda Denholm for the 69 graduates. Commencement is Thursday at 8 p.m. in the school gym, with services and speakers including Rev. Applegate and Rev. Sharp.
Lawrence High senior Patricia Wilcox earned scholastic honors including recognition from Temple Buell College in Denver and a Kansas scholarship. Her name appeared omitted in Friday’s Journal World list, though she was named an honor student at the school.
Flowing lava from Mount Etna veered around a hill and into a canyon, sparing Sant'Alfio and its 4,000 residents. Mayor Salvatore Cozzubbo praised the town's safety while acknowledging crops and dozens of houses burned, with damages estimated above 16 million dollars. Prefect Amari closed the area to tourists amid huge crowds and passes issued for access.
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