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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1963
Page
10
LA woman Elaine Johnson ended a 117 day fast begun January 28 as part of a medical weight loss study at VA Hospital. She weighed 315 pounds before the fast and now aims to reach 150 pounds while staying under medical supervision.
NASA experts traced Cooper capsule failures to an Amp Cal amplifier fault. Moisture corroded a connection and a solder short disabled automatic re entry, forcing Gordon Cooper to manually steer the craft.
Paula Marie Mansell a fourth year KU pharmacy student from Hoisington has received the 1963 64 George Guy Hall scholarship for 250. The award honors the late Oakley civic leader and comes through Edith Hall of Salina. Mansell held a Pi Beta Phi general scholarship and held various campus roles plus internships at Crown Drug and Cheyenne Drug in Hoisington.
A two car crash on a county road in Waverly left Tom Smith aged 54 dead Monday night. Paul Fischer, the other driver from Waverly, sustained only minor injuries.
A Kansas state official estimates liquor prices could fall up to one dollar per fifth by July 1 after Judge Beryl R. Johnson lifted a two year restraining order on a 1961 price fixing law. The ruling allows the state to apply the law to about 80 distillers, while 17 challengers remain under suit.
Alain Vachey twenty two returned to trucking three months after a beam nearly severed his right arm. A Dijon surgeon operated three hours to mend bone reattach blood vessels and nerves and he has nearly full use of the arm now.
Reports from the Midwest indicate this spring pig production is heavier than anticipated. A 5 percent higher crop than last year is forecast, with Missouri predicting a 16 percent rise. If correct, livestock experts warn high price difficulties may develop this year.
Chief Justice Earl Warren and his wife arrived in Madrid today en route to Palma on Majorca for the 250th anniversary observance of Father Junipero Serra. In Norwalk Connecticut, Anthony Newley and British actress Joan Collins wed in a second marriage for each, officiated by a justice of the peace.
Kansas City AP report says pathologist Dr. John R. Schenken testified to FTC hearing that skidrow blood donors may transmit jaundice malaria and hepatitis. He warned profit motivated banks seek such donors and cited pay per pint offers from rivals as a risk to public safety. The case involves Community Blood Bank against Midwest Blood Bank World Blood Bank and others.
Haiti, covering 10 714 square miles, lies in the western third of Hispaniola on the world’s only two nation island shared with the Dominican Republic.
Capt. Robert F. Arnold a 37 year old Air Force pilot from St Joseph Missouri died when a B57 bomber crashed in flames near Wallkill New York on Monday. His crewmate Capt William V Ewing a 30 year old electronic warfare officer from Dallas also died. Both were based at Stewart Air Force Base about 20 miles south of Wallkill near West Point on routine radar defense system checks. Arnold leaves a wife and three children.
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