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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1969
Page
11
Kansas City trading floor reports mixed animal and grain values with cattle steers and heifers in varied weight ranges. Feeder cattle and hogs show activity and price shifts while New York stocks close with Admiral as a reference point.
A long list of names and addresses appears, noting residents and relationships across towns. The item includes several newly announced births and family updates alongside random local names and addresses from Ottawa Baldwin Isadora and nearby areas. The passage ends with a stock market brief from New York noting a narrow session and the Dow Jones at 946.94.
Benjamin I Wallace died this morning at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Born October 22 1897 he was a retired farmer. Survived by two sons Bennie and Roy both of Olathe two daughters Mable Meuffel Indora and IMinora Armstrong a brother Leonard California a sister Mrs Marvin Horton Topeka nine grandchildren seven great grandchildren. Funeral services are pending today with Rumsey Funeral Home.
Herbert R. Gordon, 66, of Rt. 1 Crane Mo died Saturday after a stroke. Funeral is 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at Garden City Friends Church Kansas with Rev. Kerry Kintzel. Burial Garden Cemetery Garden City Kan. Surviving wife Laura Faye five sons Alan Jerry David Herbert Howard a daughter Mrs Lloyd Cannon two brothers Willard Ellis a sister Mrs Glenn Oswald.
Funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Rumsey Funeral Home for Arthur D. Longfellow 68 of 328 Miss. St. who died Sunday at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Rev. Ralph Hodgden will conduct. Burial in Oak Hill Cemetery. Survived by widow Helen four sons Delbert Daniel Dean Dennis and four sisters Ladema Clark Zelma Wheeler Iva Cline Meriam Beck. Born November 20 1900 in Douglas County.
A graduation breakfast for eighth graders at St Johns School will be at 8:45 am Tuesday in the church hall. Seventh and eighth graders will present a program for parents, featuring the class prophecy, songs, and a farewell. Students will receive diplomas at the Isucharist at 7 pm Tuesday with Father Hasenkamp as speaker. Father Moriarty will conduct the mass and a reception will follow. Last day of class is Wednesday with a Mass of Thanksgiving at 7:50 am Thursday.
Los Angeles poll shows Negro councilman Thomas Bradley leading Mayor Iain Yorty by a margin around 15 percentage points with undecided voters high. Bradley, a 21 year police officer, faces charges of militant and antipolice support while Yorty defends his appointed commissioners amid misconduct accusations.
A compact record lists the given answer selections: (1) b, (2) a, (3) a, (4) a, (4) b, (6a), (7) a, (8) bo, (9) bs, (10) ca.
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that a sole surviving son remains exempt from military service after his mother dies, reversing a three year 1-A classification and preserving limited court access for such petitioners. Justice Marshall said Congress sought to avoid extinguishing the male line and to protect families after a father’s death in wartime.
AP report states two children died in an Iola home fire in the south part of town. Two year old Shane Jeffers and seven month old Marjorie Jeffers perished while parents James and Mrs Jeffers slept upstairs. Jeffers was treated at Allen County Hospital for burns on hands and forearms. The fire began in a downstairs room after Mrs Jeffers smelled smoke.
A damaged notice references a pest control matter at Nelson Hall in Lawrence VI 3444. The fragment mentions a biologist graduate and terms related to termite treatment affecting the building.
The Navy identified the body found Friday off Rome Point as Bobby D. Colborn 19 of Lake City Kansas an aviation electronics mate airman from the aircraft carrier Essex. Colborn had been missing since February 11.
Four vehicles were involved in a 4:46 pm crash on the Kansas River bridge in Lawrence. Genevieve E Morgan and Gerald L Cobb led several others in injuries treated and released at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Additional weekend accidents included rear end and lawn impact damage and a KU truck collision.
Mrs Robert Calderwood 71 emerita of English at Kansas University died early today at Watkins Memorial Hospital. Born April 16 1898 in Waseca Minnesota she studied at Carleton College Columbia University and taught at DePauw University and Minnesota State Teachers College before joining KU in 1942. She rose to full professor in 1967 served on key committees and supported Phi Beta Kappa and Friends in Council. Burial services will be private.
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