Freedom riders depart under guard from Montgomery
Eleven freedom riders, white and Black, leave Montgomery under heavy National Guard and police protection for New Orleans. A convoy of about 75 guardsmen and 100 patrolmen was ordered to shield the group on their route to the Mississippi line amid renewed segregation tensions and ongoing recruitment of more activists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Freedom Riders
New Orleans
Ll A.m
Trailways
Mississippi Highway Patrol
National Guardsmen
Ed King
Atlanta
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Walter B. Jones
Jones
Ross Barnett
Mississippi
U S Ambassador To Visit KU For Commencement Citations
U S Ambassador Leland J Barrows the first to Cameroun and Togo will attend KU commencement as one of six outstanding Americans to receive Distinguished Service Citations June 5 in Lawrence Barrows had earlier indicated unavailability but wired from Africa confirming plans He will join five others Dr Austin Bailey Milburn Harold V Bozell Balfour S Jeffrey William W Keeler and Dr Norman D Newell all KU alumni and leaders in science business and industry
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leland J. Barrows
United States
Republic of Cameroun
Togo
Africa
Kansas University
Ambassador Barrows
Lawrence
Fred Emlsworth
EU Alumni Association
Barrows
Austin Bailey
Bell Telephone
Milburn
N. J
Harold V. Bozell
General Telephone Corp
New York
Larchmont
N.Y
Balfour S. Jeffrey
Kansas Power & Light Co
Topeka
William W. Keeler
Phillips Petroleum Co
Bartlesville
Okla
Norman D. Newell
Machines Missing From Kansas University Office
The Kansas University Business Office reported to campus police that a typewriter and electric eraser machine are missing from Room 112 in Marvin Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas University Business Office
Marvin Hall
Eichmann Faces Murder Charge in Lidice Case Trial
In Jerusalem AP report Adolf Eichmann is charged with the killing of Lidice’s children. Prosecution links Czech villagers’ 1942 massacre of Heydrich to Eichmann’s Berlin Gestapo post with documents showing 88 Lidice children sent to Lodz. 81 vanished, likely perished in extermination. A key letter to Eichmann asked how to handle the 81 unfit children, answered with special treatment in Auschwitz. Also noted Great Barrier Reef sharks number 108 species with eight man-eaters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Adolf Eichmann
Lidice
Czechoslovakia
Eichmann
Berlin
Gestapo
Reinhard Heydrich
Prague
Lodz
Jewish Affairs
Auschwitz
Great Barrier Reef
Australia
Deaths and Funerals in California and Kansas
Notices report funeral services for Mrs Marguarite Dahlene in Chula Vista California with burial at Glen Abbey and survivors including husband Clarence and children Selma Buffington Jim Dahlene. death of Mrs Laura Seybold in Fontana with burial at Glendale Forest Lawn and survivors including husband Harry J. Seybold daughter Jessie Mercer and multiple grandchildren. Beulah Tullos of 1009 Ky Street Kansas City area dies in a Topeka hospital with services in Topeka and burial at Memorial Park Cemetery. Acadia Lodge No 9 AFZAM announces special communication May 25. obituary notes Fred A Foerster of Lawrence dies in Topeka hospital. survivor details and a memorial suggestion to the Kansas City Association for Mental Health.
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Marguarite Dahlene
Chula Vista
Calif
Chapel of Roses
Glen Abbey
Dahlene
Marguarite Bower
Lakeview
Clarence Dahlene
Glover
Chula
Vista
Selma Buffington
Laura C. Seybold Ward
Eudora
Laura C. Seybold
Fontana
California
Seybold
Harry J. Seybold
Jessie Mercer
Long Beach
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Glendale
Beulah Tullos
Ky. St
Topeka
Cooper-Warren Chapel
Memorial Park Cemetery
Max Thomas
Jack Tullo
San Antonio
Tex
Ola Smith
Mass
Frank Barnes
Sedalia
Carol
Kansas City
Fred A. Foerster
Lawrence
Kansas University
Lawrence National Bank
Lisa Foerster
Fred C. Foerster
Peggy Konomoa
Kansasity
Kansas City Association For Mental Health
Wescoe Receives Honor At 103rd Commencement
Kansas University Chancellor W Clarke Wescoe was awarded an honorary degree in humane letters at St. Benedicts College Atchison during the 103rd Commencement. Other honorees included Sen Frank Carlson Bishop Mark Carroll and J P O Sullivan Sr Hutchinson industrialist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas University
W. Clarke Wescoe
St. Benedict's College
Atchison
Wescoe
Frank Carlson
Kansas
Mark K. Carroll
Wichita
J. P. O'Sullivan Sr
Hutchinson
Memorial Hospital Obituary and Birth Notices Listed Names
A memorial hospital notice lists numerous residents and families with addresses and mentions several births this week. The notice records marriages and newborns including daughters and sons born to local couples at Stouffer Place and nearby homes.
Baker University to demo new high energy accelerator
Baker University will host a public demonstration of a home built high energy accelerator led by Prof. M L Roush and students. The AEC has lent 32 grams of plutonium for Baker experiments though not arriving for Thursday. The project, cost about 300 dollars plus 5000 dollars in donated equipment, could retail around 12000 dollars commercially.
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Baker University
M. L. Roush
Atomic Energy Commission
Baker
Baker Physics Department
Roush
Prof
Harold Armstrong
Overland Park
James McCreary
Olathe
Robert Nelson
Chicago
Shane Spray
Paola
Journal-World Today
AEC
Baldwin
Topeka
Ottawa University
Maryland University
Maryland
Yoanne Witham
Ridgewood
N. J
Paul Allen
Roushes
Ottawa U
Kennedy to Ask For Fund Boost
President Kennedy will address Congress in person on Thursday to request higher funding for space, foreign aid, and other programs. House leaders interrupted debate on a defense bill to announce the joint session at 12 50 p m Kennedy is expected to press a larger fallout shelter program for civilian protection and to spur the American space program and foreign policy efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kennedy
Congress
House
John W. McCormack
D-Mass
U.S
Peace Corps Test Opens in Lawrence Post Office
In Lawrence the first Peace Corps volunteer test will be held at 8 30 a m Saturday in the Lawrence Post Office. The earlier listing of 8 30 p m is corrected. The morning exam covers all projects except secondary school teaching positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peace Corps
Lawrence
Wakarusa Valley plans Friday graduation of eighth grade
Twenty five Wakarusa Valley School eighth graders will graduate in special exercises at 8 p.m. Friday in the school auditorium. Principal Mrs Veda Stanton will present the class, with Dean Stoneback delivering diplomas. Dr Karl Edwards will speak, Rev Robert Martin will give invocation and benediction. The school band will play processional and recessional. several students will perform solos. Donald Bowman will give the farewell. Names listed include Richard A Johnson, Lyn L Flaharty, Taunya Powell, Judith Campbell, Judith Weaver, Barbara Brann, Jerald Lynch, Donald Bowman, Lora Wiggins, Doyie Howell, Sheriff Ann Winter, Jeanne Lorain, Nitech, Sandra Schlink, Shirley Graham, Jimmy Mitchell, Elden Murray, Marlin Downing, Martin Hoover, Harley Kline, Eugene Us, Roy Roper Jr, Roy Chaney, Gerald Wallace, Linnie Longstaff.
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Wakarusa Valley
Veda Stanton
Dean Stoneback
Karl Edwards
Robert Martin
Lone Star Church of the Brethren
Donald Bowman
Richard Arlen Johnson
Lyn Lorraine Flaharty
Taunya Rue' Powell
Judith Ann Louise Campbell
Judith Kay
Carol Ann Weaver
Barbara Mae Brann
Jerald Michael Lynch
Donald Robert Bowman
lLora Lee Wiggins
Doyie Louise Howell
Sheriff Ann Winter
Jeanne Lorraine
Nitech
Sandra Sue Schlink
Shirley Ann Graham
Jimmy Lee Mitchell
Elden Michael Murray
Marlin Linn Downing
Martin A. Hoover
Harley Walter Kline
Eugene Us
Roy Roper Jr
Roy Gene Chaney
Gerald Richard Wallace
Lennie Lee Longstaff
City Officials Make Appointments and Annexation Ruling
City commissioners appointed Lee Zimmerman to the Traffic Commission and reappointed Huff Robertson and Winyard while naming Mrs. Conrad McGrew to the Hospital Board and Mrs. A B Ewing to the Library Board. A district court voided annexation of Kasold Terrace due to a procedural lapse. A shelter house bid of 17649 was accepted for Centennial Park. Parking removals were approved along several streets, tractor purchase for Park Department authorized, paving petitions and sewer/street plans approved in multiple additions, and J B Young’s requests to vacate properties were turned down with Planning Commission minutes approved. Commissioner Cooper dissented.
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Lee Zimmerman
New
Traffic Commission
Rick Huff
Don Robertson
Kenneth Winyard
Conrad McGrew
Hospital
A. B. Ewing
Library’ Board
Richard Hack
Ed Okamoto
Guy Ousdahl
Ross Slagle
Louis Stone
District
Kasold Terrace
Lawrence Construction Co
Centennial Park
Mississippi
6Th
9Th
19Th
Barker
Harper
Belle Crest Drive
25Th
Belle Haven Drive
Park Department
Missouri Street
Jasu Drive
South Hills
Southridge Addition
Edgewood Park
Outline Revealed On School Safety Program for City
City Commission and Traffic Commission reviewed unofficial plans to improve safety across Lawrence's 15 schools. Proposals include universal sidewalk networks, painted crosswalks, and school zone signs, plus site specifics for each school such as loading zones, parking changes, and pedestrian corridors, with many items likely taking effect this year.
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Lawrence
City Commission
Traffic Commission
Lawrence High
Mississippi
Indiana Street
Centennial
Greever
Louisiana
Cordley
19Th Street
Kentucky Street
19Th
Kentucky
Vermont Street
Indiana
Pinckney
Sixth Street
6Th
Illinois Sts
West Junior High
Harvard Road
Sunset Hill
Ninth Street
Hillcrest
Hilltop Drive
Iowa
Harvard
Schwegler
Towa
Naismith
21St Street
Ousdahe Road
ST. John's
Mcallaster
Connecticut
Barker Avenue
Central Junior High
15Th and
Mass, Sts
Mass
Davis Road
East Heights
Haskell Avenue
Haskell
New York
Woodlawn
4Th Sts
Elm Street
Sth
Fifth Street
Bribery Brings 23 Players From 15 Colleges Into Scandal
New York district attorney Frank Hogan announced 23 players from 15 colleges were approached in a college basketball bribery scandal. Indicted Joseph Hacken faced conspiracy and bribery charges, with players from New York University St John’s University Seton Hall and others named as recruits or intermediaries.
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NEW York
Frank S. Hogan
Hogan
Joseph Hacken
St. John’s University of Brooklyn
New York University
Seton Hall University
Henry Gunter
Arthur Hicks
Hawkins
Brooklyn
Fred Crawford
St. Bonaventure's University
Crawford
Maurice W. Gilmore
University of Colorado
Tony Jackson
St John's University
Sylvester Blya
University of Seattle
Salvatore Vergopia
Niagara University
James Robinson
Bradley University
Alfred Saunders
Bradley
Anderson Denies Embezzler Plea
TOPEKA AP Gov John Anderson denied an executive clemency plea by Jeff Williams a 61 year old former cashier from Hoyt Kansas convicted of bank embezzlement Williams sought concurrent sentences to allow immediate parole eligibility He had served just over two years in Lan sing prison and would have faced release no earlier than June 3 1988 if kept on consecutive terms
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
John Anderson
Jeff Williams
Hoyt
Kas
Williams
Lansing
Anderson
Fred Rausch
Card of Thanks for Loss and Recovery Prayers
Mrs. Belle Givens offers gratitude to friends and neighbors for cards calls and prayers after the loss of her granddaughter and for prayers for her grandson's recovery. May God bless you.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs
Belle Givens
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Alabama
Highway Patrol
Maxwell Air Force Base
Paul Dietrich
Arlington
University of Virginia
Harrisburg
Greyhound
Acadia Lodge NO
AFZAM
Stanley B. Norman
W.M. J. Estes
Secy
Karen E. Showalter
Prospect
Judith Ann Leddy
Valley Lane
Cora E. Turner
N. Y
Donald M. Collier
Steven W. Ahlstrom
Stacy L. Nass
Ruth Paige
Powers
Marthe Ray- Hill
Paul N. Happy
William H. Brevins
Mich
Arville Pearson
Mattie Jamison
Linwood
Carol Diane Jones
Stouffer Place
Neva
A. Twigg
Wilma L. Stoneback
Rebecca Laverentz
Tenn
Lucille M. Harman
McLouth
William Henry Poeverlein
Peggy Brown
Route 3
Stephen Ahlstrom
Shirley Lawrence
Tudith Anne Goll
Maine
Velma F. Hart
Larry Ray Stancliff
N. Éth
Ollie Hall
Wellsville
Archie Fale
Irvin D. Harper
Lincoln
Charles B. Saunders
Duane E. Hill
Roland Reboussin
Hugh E. Morrison
19Th St
Oscar D. Bush
Fairlane
Robert A. Schultz
Baker Physicists
Zoaae
Jane
Weats
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Northern Plains
Southern Plains
Gulf Coast
Eastern Lakes Area
Rockies
Mississippi Valley
Upper Lakes Region
Rio Grande Valley
Tennessee Valley
Ohio Valley
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Air Force
Tacoma
Wash
J. B. Young
Kaw River Bridge
Fred Cooper
Onualas
Cage
Wilky
Rumsey Funeral Home
Lawrence Memorial Co
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Albuquerque
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Ore
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Tampa
Rae
Andy” Anderson R. i
Bob" Stewart
Alphus Wilson
Bill Sheppard
Lawrence Office
West_9th
W. S. McAllister
Baldwin Don Frandie
Perry
Douglas County State Bank
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