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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1966
Page
1
Seven traffic accidents were reported over the weekend injuring five persons and causing more than 3120 dollars in damage. Notable incidents include a motorcycle crash on Louisiana Street near the Wakarusa Bridge injuring a rider and her husband.
Lawrence Rotary Club heard War ren Agee of Kansas University and Charles Henson discuss the clash between fair trials and press freedom. Henson warned that publicity can hinder justice while Agee argued against regulatory solutions and urged voluntary standards through public understanding and responsibility.
University security reports a Sunday morning break in at Room 166 Murphy Hall. A silver flute valued at 550 dollars a piccolo valued at 500 dollars and sheet music worth 10 dollars were stolen, totaling over 1 000 dollars.
Clifford E. Caswell age 41 of Louisburg will join Douglas County as a deputy effective June 5 in a half time post split with Baldwin. He brings over seven years in law enforcement and will earn 400 dollars monthly shared by the county and Baldwin. Caswell moves June 1 with wife Geraldine and two sons Frank and Timothy. son John is in the Navy. Sheriff Rex Johnson praises the hire as highly recommended.
The Civil Aeronautics Board said it will require airline fare reductions early next year if airlines do not cut fares voluntarily. CAB chairman Charles S. Murphy urged informal action to avoid formal procedures, citing a rapid industry pace and a 1965 11.5 percent return on investment.
Seventeen individuals were treated and released from the emergency room last weekend at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. The list includes Gordon Garber 18 with eye glass fragment injury, and Rachel Bingemer 15 months who fell from a teeter totter causing unconsciousness, among others with cuts, bites, and minor injuries.
Washington AP Oregon voters head to the polls Tuesday to pick a Senate nominee between Howard Morgan who criticizes the Vietnam policy and Robert B. Duncan who supports it. Senator Wayne Morse backs Morgan. Morgans victory could secure Hatfield as Republican nominee. Oregon also votes on governor and congressional races. Kentucky and Florida also hold primaries and runoffs.
Graduation exercises for Kaw Valley School eighth graders will be at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the school auditorium. Dr. Paul Kitos of Kansas University will speak. Alan Cox will give the invocation. Special music includes a seventh and eighth grade chorus and a trumpet trio. Class members are Kerry Altenbernd Eugene Gibson Steve Harsha Linda Lassman Roger Mayhugh Larry Musick and Donna Robertson. Eighth grade teachers are Betty Booth Theodora Ericsson and Paul R. Dickens. A reception will follow.
The Lawrence Building and Loan Assn at 800 Mass. St. plans a name change to Lawrence Savings Assn by the first week of June. A company spokesman said the shorter name is more meaningful and convenient.
Partial readable ad item notes air conditioned facility and references Rumsey Memorial Home with address-style text fragment VI8-5tblL-Ady. No clear event or date provided.
The Dorsey-Liberty Post No. 14 received the O. C. Cal Holcomb Trophy at the Kansas American Legion convention in Wichita for the most outstanding child welfare program. Local activities include baseball, Sea Explorers, Government Day, an oratorical contest, Easter egg hunt and Christmas party, plus awards for Kansas Boys State delegates and aid to veteran families. Ernest Klooz earned a Grand Vet ure membership award with 509 new members in 1966 and gold star keys for 25 members achieved by 1965 end, with nine local recipients and 1,024 members total in 1966. Delegates from Lawrence attended the event.
The Kansas Turnpike Authority rejected four bids as too high for turnpike work near Kansas City. The project will be re advertised with a new bid opening set for June 17 in Wichita AP report.
The Supreme Court refused to review a challenge to the federal ban on mailing obscene material. Joe Davis of New York City sought review of his conviction for mailing obscene records and wrappers. The U S Cir court in New York upheld the conviction 2-1 last December. The court also dismissed the mail obscenity case of William Redmond and his wife Dorothy in Nashville for nude photos sent via mail.
Douglas County 4 H members exhibited 26 pens of broilers and roasters at the Leavenworth County Fairgrounds show. Route 4, son of Wilton and family, won champion pen of broilers for Clinton Busy Bees. Nancy Gilges won the championship roaster for Worden Workers 4 H Club. Judge was M. E. Jackson, poultry specialist from Kansas State University.
The Ford Foundation awarded $18,000 to the Kansas University School of Medicine for undergraduate medical student summer research in reproductive biology. Seven medical schools share the funds, including UCLA, Colorado, Cornell, Johns Hopkins, Michigan, and Vanderbilt.
Hue leaders issue a proclamation accusing the ruling junta of terrorism and slaughter to suppress northern provinces and call for a boycott of a Saigon national congress. In Saigon riots erupt near the Buddhist Institute with anti American chants and a violent mob attack on a US convoy.
The American Council on Education commends Kansas University for its graduate entomology program, ranking it fifth nationwide after a two year survey of 29 programs. Kansas State is 10th and Washington University 9th in pharmacology.
Republican leader Everett M. Dirksen of Illinois may return to his Senate desk this week after recovering at Walter Reed Army Hospital from a broken hip.
Thomas C. Ryther longtime KU printing service head and Mrs Ryther were honored at a Kansas Union party by KU printing service staff. Ryther will retire July 1 and remain as a journalism professor. Guests included KU faculty and family members with entertainment by the Gayhawkers barbershop quartet.
The notation thanks friends relatives and neighbors for cards flowers gifts and kindnesses shown during hospitalization and after returning home.
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