Tributes At LHS Honor Assemblies For Outstanding Youth
Lawrence High School recognized top students in honors assemblies. Winners include Danforth Award recipients Richard Harp and Virginia Bliesner for citizenship. Other honors span scholarships, occupational education awards, activity points and shorthand certificates among seniors juniors and sophomores.
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Lawrence High School
Richard Harp
Virginia Bliesner
Danforth
VFW
Alan Mulally
Dan Harrison
Francis Sporting Goods
Retail Merchants Association
Jack Tingle
Lawrence Kiwanis Club
Tingle
Jim Clark Motors
T and I
Kerry Ott
The
Automobile Dealers Association
Tyson Travis
Bausch and Lomb
Carol Eller
Jill Kleinberg
Martha Lanning
Gwen Stuart
Clarice Richardson
Miss Richardson
Judy Bernhardt
Mary Bodin
Nancy Maloney
Alan Hitt
Ken Whitenight
Nancy Ulmer
Nancy Sanders
Phyllis Babbitt
Terry McCluggage
la Surface
Marilyn West
Jama King
Patty Moeder
Sara Paretsky
Pam Mills
Bill Trull
Jim McCaila
Mike Adams
W. M. Stalcup
Doris Lanning
Pam Zwink
Janice Altenbernd
Linda Krogh
Nomi Camin
Linda Bolton
Roy Browne
Becky Dowers
Patty Kuhn
Elaine Milett
Houston
Lawrence High
Kansas University
Lloyd Houston
Bell Music Co
Miss Milett
LHS Orchestra
Missing 14 inch Jayhawk statue from Kansas Union lounge
A white Jayhawk statue valued at 100 dollars is reported missing from the south lounge of the Kansas Union. Union officials told KU police the 14 inch statue has been gone since last Thursday.
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The
Kansas Union
Six Believed Drowned After Four-Car Plunge
A washed out 120-foot bridge on the York River in Murdochville Quebec collapsed between 3 and 7 am sending four cars into the river. Six men were believed drowned with four other men saved as their vehicle floated to shore. Police say flood erosion caused the central pillar failure trapping workers heading to the Gaspe copper mines.
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Murdochville
Que
York
Becaus
Gaspe
Local man dies by own action ruled by county official
Delmar L. Taylor 55 of 1905 Mass. St. found dead Wednesday night with a .22 rifle beside him. County Coroner Dr. Byron Walters ruled death by own action. Taylor’s body likely lay undiscovered over an hour. Funeral plans set for Clifton Kansas with Cooper Warren chapel. Survivors include wife Carmalyta, two daughters, two sons, three brothers and seven grandchildren.
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Delmar L. Taylor
Mass. St
Byron Walters
Walters
Taylor
Clifton
Kaw
Cooper-Warren Chapel
Jerry
Ore
Delmar Taylor
Palmer
Kan
Lawrence
Topeka
Methodist Church
Linn
Cement Finishers Union
Carmalyta Taylor
Gloria Grooms
St. George
Marcia Reith
Ore. St
Lauren
Lawton
Okla
Buford Taylor
Cecil Taylor
San Diego
Calif
Melvin Taylor
Lancaster
Parole Bribe Probe Details Involving Governor and Lawyer
Hyter testified he delivered a $10 000 envelope to Nations who gave $200 back and left the rest in Hall’s desk Nations admitted receiving the envelope but said it was then given to Hall who was absent Lackie representing Mrs Brown discussed a $25 000 price and Nations said the governor would rather avoid a bad headline than pay more Nations described meeting with Lackie and Brown relatives and noted the governor’s reply that it would be taken care of.
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Hyter
Nations
Paul Lackie
Topeka
Kan
Brown
Stevenson Fears New U N Crisis Over Soviet Budget Boycott
Adlai Stevenson warned that the Soviet boycott of U N budget items threatens the world body with financial paralysis. He urged Latin American diplomats for support to avert a crisis akin to Korea and the troika proposal. Soviet delegate Fedorenko said Moscow will stop paying six budget assessments totaling 7.76 million dollars of the 1963 budget.
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United Nations, N.Y
Adlai E. Stevenson
Soviet Union
U.N
World Organization
Korea
Troika
U.S
Cuba
Stevenson
United Nations
Nikolai T. Fedorenko
Moscow
Grandmother Wins KU Diploma After 44 Years
Mrs Maye Heywood a 60 year old McLouth Grade School fifth grade teacher will be graduated from Kansas University in the June 3 commencement. She receives her elementary education degree after 44 years since her Luray High School graduation on June 3 1919. She has spent over two decades teaching in Osborne Leavenworth and Jefferson counties and now teaches at McLouth. Her husband Walter farms near McLouth and they have three children and 14 grandchildren.
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McLouth
Kansas University
Maye Heywood
Luray, Kan
Jefferson
Walter Heywood
Margaret Smelser
Virginia Jones
Wiggins
Colo
Paul Heywood
Portland
Ore
Saturday Garment Survey Final Day Encourages Workers
A final round of interviews for prospective women sewing machine operators runs 9 a.m. to 3 30 p.m. Saturday at the Chamber of Commerce office 8th and Vermont Streets. The Chamber and a garment factory conduct the survey to gauge labor potential, with possible plant relocation to Lawrence. Earlier sessions were held last Friday and Saturday.
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Chamber of Commerce
8Th and
Vt. Sts
Lawrence
Miksell Bound Over to Face Murder Charge
Randy Lou Miksell of Sand Springs Oklahoma is bound over to district court for trial on a first degree murder charge in the May 12 robbery slaying of Maurice E. Mosher a 35 year old from Springfield Missouri. Bond was denied for the 23 year old soldier stationed at the Nike missile base south of Gardner Kansas who said Mosher resisted robbery and he stabbed him several times.
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Olathe
Kan
Randy Lou Miksell
Sand Springs
Okla
Maurice E. Mosher
Springfield
Bond
Gardner
Miksell
Mosher
Two Service Stations Targeted in Wednesday Break-Ins
Police investigated two Wednesday break-ins at the Art Nease Texaco on 9th and Miss Streets and the Wilbur Hedges Skelly station on 9th and La Streets. A total of 58.50 was stolen from unlocked cash registers after windows were broken.
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Art Nease Texaco
9Th
Miss. Sts
Wilbur Hedges Skelly Station
la. Sts
Nease Station
Skelly Station
Leavenworth Levy Fund Talks Delay Bridge Decision
Eudora Span extension remains undecided as Monday’s meeting will finalize. County leaders discuss replacing collapsed spans, with Leavenworth and Douglas County commissioners not backing that plan. State Sen Don Hults sponsored a special law funding the loan with a $20 000 annual repayment unless new funds or tax levy limits are found.
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Sion
Leavenworth
Douglas County
Don Hults
Lawrence
Grain markets drift as canadian uncertainty clouds outlook
Freeman rose to 9 cents a bushel on the Chicago Board of Trade but finished unchanged to 10 cents lower. In Canada, farm groups warned of potential prices depression and lower income for western Canadian wheat growers amid uncertain demand.
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Chicago Board of Trade
Canada
Notable World scholars crowned for university achievement
Journal-World recalls world scholars known for outstanding university work and steadfast citizenship. Past winners include Fred VanBebber Tom Ryther Frank Black Kenneth Janeway Danny Wiley Fred Wiley John Sommerville David Stoltenberg Frank Wiebe Larry Heeb Gerald Stoltenberg Charles Lanning Jr. and Tim Sommerville.
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Fred VanBebber
Tom Ryther
Frank Black
Kenneth Janeway
Danny Wiley
Fred Wiley
John Sommerville
David Stoltenberg
Frank Wiebe
Larry Heeb
Gerald Stoltenberg
Charles Lanning Jr
Tim Sommerville
President Kennedy Named Father of the Year
President John F Kennedy is chosen National Father of the Year for defending freedom and dignity worldwide. The Father’s Day Committee notes the Kennedys’ large family, with two children and a expected third in August, and announces other category winners for 1959 including Huntley Fonda McNeill Ford Tresh Thomas Goldberg Frederick and the McRaes.
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New York
Kennedy
Chet Huntley
National Broadcasting Co
Henry Fonda
Don McNeill
Breakfast Club
Cooper regrets not earning Eagle badge as teen
New York RP reports astronaut Gordon Cooper addressing the 53rd annual meeting of the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America. He said one of his greatest regrets is not pursuing the Eagle Scout rank in his teens despite reaching Life Scout.
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New York
Gordon Cooper
Cooper
National Council of the
Boy Scouts of America
Lawrence High School to stage For You a Song program
Heard at Lawrence High School for the fifteenth annual For You a Song program at 8 p m Friday in the school auditorium directed by R Wayne Nelson. The program features hit tunes Broadway show tunes and other numbers. Local pilots tested a new Cessna Skymaster at Municipal Airport brought by Del Erhart with demonstrations by L C Gartin from Cessna showing in flight engine restart capability. Farmers report normal wheat prices after Tuesday's repeal vote with talk centering on the referendum's impact though broader effects are not yet known.
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Lawrence High School
R. Wayne Nelson
Municipal
America
Wichita
del Erhart
Erhart Flying Service
L. C. Gartin
Cessna
Governor Anderson to Speak at Law Society Dinner
Gov. John Anderson will address the Law and Society Institute dinner at Kansas Union tonight at 6 30. The two day program ends Friday with a theme on Land Use Planning and the Law a critical appraisal focusing on zoning planning subdivision control nuisances and land use issues for urban and rural areas. Prof. Charles M Haar of Harvard opened today on Land Private Property and Common Resource.
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John Anderson
Law and Society Institute
Kansas University
Kansas Union
Charles M. Haar
Harvard
Wescoe Condition Improves. Chancellor Remains in KU Medical Center
Chancellor W Clarke Wescoe is in good condition but to stay at KU Medical Center in Kansas City for the rest of the week. He was admitted Monday with a pinched nerve in the neck and has experienced intermittent symptoms for years.
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Kansas University
W. Clarke Wescoe
KU Medical Center
Kansas City
Dr. Wescoe
Beware Fly by Night Insurance Schemes Warns Expert
Edmondson cautions buyers against unlicensed or dubious insurers that use mail ads and similar names to reputable firms. He urges dealing with licensed local agents and reports that unlicensed companies leave victims with little chance to recover. The attorney general's office welcomes fraud complaints to speed investigation and resolution.
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Edmondson
Kansas
Attorney General’s Office
Two Baker students hurt in Douglas County accidents
A 21 year old Baker University student Ted Barnickel was hospitalized in good condition at Lawrence Memorial Hospital after a one car crash north of Vinland. Linchpin Larry Poore also 21, suffered injuries in the same overturned convertible. A second collision on Highway 40 near Lawrence injured William Wagner 21 of Topeka with a pickup driven by Raymond Pearce 26 of Route 1. Damage was estimated at 500 to the car and 200 to the truck.
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Baker University
Douglas County
Ted Barnickel
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Barnickel
Vinland
Larry Poore
Baker
Lawrence
William E. Wagner
Topeka
Raymond G. Pearce
Route 1
Wagner
Pearce
Brooker
Highway 40
Local Men Describe Camping Area At Race Crowds
Links notes a diverse crowd at a camping area for races. He observes rain draws pronounced sights and says most attendees stay with small groups and avoid bothering others despite jammed conditions.
Rusk Warns NATO of Possible East West Lull End
Secretary of State Dean Rusk cautioned NATO ministers that the current chill in East West relations could end at any moment. He cited three flashpoints Berlin Cuba and South Vietnam as likely sources of trouble. He spoke on the second day of the NATO Council meeting while stressing he did not intend to forecast gloom.
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Ottawa
U.S
Dean Rusk
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Rusk
Berlin
Cuba
South Viet Nam
NATO Council
Washington
Homecoming Parade Planned for Gordon Cooper in Houston
Houston readies ticker tape parade to welcome space hero Gordon Cooper as he returns home from his historic mission. Local celebrations planned in Houston with city officials and residents applauding America's newest space pioneer.
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Houston
Tex
Gordon Cooper
America
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