Pushin-Cushin rights sold to Rockwell Mfg Co
Perry man Norman Hamm sells the Pushin-Cushin hydraulic shock absorber rights to Rockwell Manufacturing Co of Atchison. Hamm will keep royalties from the 1958 invention used on Caterpillar tractors. The Cushin has gained worldwide use including Iran Africa and the United States, with Rockwell to streamline foundry assembly and sales.
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Norman R. Hamm
Perry
Rockwell Manufacturing Co
Atchison
Hamm
Caterpillar. Tractor Co
Peoria
Perryman
Caterpillar
Iran
Africa
U.S
Cushin- Cushin
Hugh Sheridan
Cushin
Sheridan
Lawrence
Neb. St
State Highway Department
West Sixth Street
Hamm Company
Norman Hamm
Texas
U.S. Wheat Belt
Pushin-Cushin
Norman
Love of Baseball Ends in Tragedy for Park Ridge Boy
In Park Ridge, 10 year old George McCormick died after a line drive struck him in the temple during a practice with the Brooks team. Manager Julian Stachowski recalls he kept the boy on the field despite concerns about his sight. George died of brain hemorrhage days after surgery.
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Chicago
George McCormick
Park District
Park Ridge
Brooks
Julian Stachowski
George
Stachowski
Paul Weege
McCormicks
Richard
National Little League Baseball, Inc
Venezuelan Plane Crashes After Takeoff From Lisbon
A four engine Venezuelan airliner with 62 aboard crashed four minutes after takeoff from Lisbon en route to Caracas. Rescue operations began at dawn as weather hampered search efforts with 48 passengers and 14 crew reported aboard by KLM. Venazuela Viasa confirmed the loss while multiple nations joined in the search along the Caparican coast and river near Lisbon.
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Portugal
South America
Caparician
Tagus
Caracas
Venezuela
Viasa
KLM
Hague
Curacao
Dutch West Indies
Gibraltar
Azores
Lajens
Lawrence campus set for busiest summer ever
The dean notes a rise in undergraduate efforts to shorten four year college programs and increased associated activities plus growing credit enrollment. This combination is expected to make the Lawrence campus the busiest it has ever been this summer.
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Lawrence
Deaths-Funerals William A. Brown 79 of Lawrence
William A. Brown, 79, longtime Lawrence resident, died Monday at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Born July 9, 1881 in Missouri, he will be funeralized Thursday at 2 p.m. in Rumsey Funeral Home chapel. Burial is in Oak Hill Cemetery. Survived by wife Mae Brown of 1901 N. H. St., daughter Mrs. Ray B. Roberts Jr. of the same address, sister Mrs. Earl Hopkins of Holdrege Neb, and brothers Orrie Brown of Denver and Ernest Brown of Omaha Neb.
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Lawrence
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Missouri
Rumsey Funeral Home
Oak Hill Cemetery
Mae Brown
N. H. St
Ray B. Roberts ‘Jr
Earl Hopkins
Holdredge
Neb
Orrie Brown
Denver
Ernest Brown
Omaha
Riots and protests surge as National Guards occupy Montgomery
National Guardsmen seize partial control of Montgomery after rioting when Freedom Riders arrived. Justice Department seeks injunction to guard interstate passengers in Montgomery and Birmingham. King pledges continued rides while CORE hosts non-violence workshop in New Orleans. Rockwell begins hunger strike as police actions unfold. U S Attorney General Kennedy pushes nationwide desegregation rules for bus travel. Hampshire Inter-Library Center in Massachusetts serves four colleges as a shared research library.
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National
Alabama
John Patterson
Freedom Ridge
Montgomery
Justice Department
Birmingham
Martin Luther King
Deep South
Evermore
New Orleans
Mahatma Gandhi
George Lincoln Rockwell
American Nazi Party
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Washington
U. S
Robert Kennedy
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hampshire
Connecticut Valley
Massachusetts
Amherst
Mount Holyoke
Smith
University of Massachusetts
Beer Tax Lowers Glass Price Edge on Bottled Beer
Taverns expect a 244 percent state tax on beer to shift shoppers toward glass mugs from bottles starting Thursday. Some owners plan to keep glass prices while raising bottled beer prices to cover the tax.
Red Cross Officers to Meet in Lawrence
The Douglas County chapter of the American Red Cross will hold its monthly meeting at 4 p.m. Monday in the Community Building. E A McFarland chairs the chapter. The piece also notes a campus ceremony at KU and memorial tributes to Elizabeth M Watkins who funded the scholarship halls and other university donations.
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Douglas County
American Red Cross
E. A. McFarland
Child Falls Into Fire At K C Monday Night
Five year old Glenna Booth fell head first into smoldering ashes in a metal trash barrel behind the family home in Kansas City Kansas on Monday night. A neighbor pulled her free as her father Raymond Booth returned with a blanket. She is seriously burned and her condition was to be reassessed in 48 hours.
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Kansas City
Kan
Glenna Booth
Glenna
Raymond Booth
Crime Surge Raises Nighttime Theft Concerns
The report notes officer shortages at night and a rise in burglaries and armed robberies in Lawrence and the county. Grand larceny covers thefts of $50 or more, while under $50 is petty larceny. Police emphasize ongoing efforts to solve the surge.
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Lawrence
Hazedet
Rebels Blamed as Cuban Mill Hit by Flames
A fire at the Santa Rosa sugar mill in Las Villas Havana Province caused about 300000 dollars in damage. Authorities blamed saboteurs and vowed revolutionary justice. Cuban broadcasts accused U S agencies and Manuel Ray’s network of sabotage.
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Fla
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Las Villas
Havana Radio
Cuba
Pinar del Rio
Castro
Riesgo
Palayo Fernandez Rubio
Havana Revolutionary Tribunal
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
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Ray
Miami
Havana
Fidel Castro
United States
Mother and Six Children Die in Jersey City Fire
A 28 year old woman and six of her nine children suffocated in a top floor apartment of a three story tenement in Jersey City. Fourteen people, including a fireman, were treated for injuries or smoke poisoning. A pregnant woman and her year old son were injured after leaping from a second floor window.
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Jersey City
N.J
Jersey City Medical Center
Vivian Lattimore
Carney
Bessie
Alfonso
Marie
Memorial Hospital Admissions and Dismissals Brief
Admissions list includes Elmer B. Williams 1123 Conn Charles P. Dicken DeSoto Mrs Sara Kirlin 1406 Tenn Mrs El sie Lucille Miller 1028 Conn Elizabeth A Loewenstien 81814 Mass Alan Dale Clinton 1722 Tenn Mrs Esther Gulley Route 3 Freeman Sales 813 Garfield. Dismissals show Roberta Fenstemaker Route 4 Betty Lou Morrison and baby girl 1312 W 19th St Charlotte O. Lee and baby girl Stouffer Place Elmer B Williams 1123 Conn Mrs Jean Claire Coleman 11th and Mo Sts Mrs Helen Hawley Lansing. Births Mr and Mrs Harold E Gulley Route 3 a daughter Monday.
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Charles P. Dicken
DeSoto
Sara Kirlin
Tenn
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Elizabeth A. Loewenstien
Mass
Alan Dale Clinton
Esther Gulley
Freeman Sales
Garfield
Roberta Fenstemaker
Route 4
Betty Lou Morrison
19Th St
Charlotte O. Lee
Stouffer Place
Conn
Jean Claire Coleman
Helen Hawley
Lansing
IRTHS
Harold E. Gulley
Pun for a Bun in Indianapolis
An AP brief notes a meat truck sign stating Our Worst is the Bea in Indianapolis. The quirky roadside message draws attention as a local comedic moment amid city business and traffic.
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Indianapolis
Stocks Slowdown Declared Temporary Pause on Markets
New York AP reports Wall Street analyst Kenneth Ward of Hayden, Stone & Co. says the stock market slowdown resembles a normal pause, unlikely to extend below the 670-675 Dow Jones range. He notes four main concerns including international tensions and labor talks, but sees rising steel and auto production boosting profits soon. Walter Mintz of Shearson, Hartman & Co. agrees a constructive stance is warranted amid recent gains and recurring temporary dips.
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New York
Wall Street
Kenneth Ward
Hayden, Stone & Co
Ward
Walter Mintz
Shearson, Hartmill & Co
Film on First Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Shown Locally
A 28 minute color documentary On Target about America’s first ICBM is to be shown this week in Lawrence. Viewings are today and Wednesday at the Varsity Theater and Thursday and Friday at the Sunset Drive In. The film outlines early program history and down range tracking at Cape Canaveral Launch Complex.
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America
Lawrence
Varsity
Sunset Drive-In
Cape Canaveral
Minister at Tonganoxie To Be Honored June 4
Rev. J. B. Karnowski pastor of Sacred Heart Church in Tonganoxie will mark the 50th anniversary of his ordination with a High Mass at 10:30 a.m. Archbishop and other clergy will attend with relatives and friends. A dinner for clergy and relatives follows, and a reception is set for 7 to 9 p.m. at the Sacred Heart Social hall. Public is invited.
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J. B. Karnowski
Sacred Heart Church
Tonganoxie
Kansas City
Dr. Karnowski
Rev. Karnowski
Sacred Heart
Kennedy to Confer With Three On World Problems
President Kennedy will meet with three leaders to discuss global issues. Khrushchev asserts Soviet power and pressures for atom test ban while Kennedy gauges De Gaulle and Macmillan on Berlin defense, nuclear arms, and allied unity.
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Khrushchev
Soviet Union
United States
Cuba
Laos
Peiping
Southeast Asia
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West Germany
Berlin
Europe
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France
Britain
Harold Macmillan
Macmillan
Adenauer
Weather Boosts Memorial Day Across Nation
Memorial Day weather ranged from light showers in northern California central plains New England and Virginia to pleasant sun elsewhere. Cool spells dipped into the 30s and 40s in the Northeast while readings elsewhere held in the 50s to 70s. El Paso reached 81 while Traverse City saw 32.
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California
Plateau
Central Plains
New England
Virginia
el Paso
Tex
Traverse City
Mich
University doctor awarded two year cancer chemotherapy grant
Dr. Mathias P. Mertes an assistant professor of pharmaceutical chemistry at Kansas University receives a two year grant from the U S Public Health Service to prepare medicinal agents for cancer chemotherapy. The grant totals 161? due to two years funding 8375 for year one and 8107 for year two.
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Mathias P. Mertes
Kansas University
U.S. Public Health Service
Hashinger Authors Biography of Kansas Doctor Hertzler
Dr. Edward H. Hashinger emeritus professor at Kansas University wrote a biographical book on Arthur E. Hertzler titled the Kansas Horse and Buggy Doctor. Published as the ninth Logan Clendening Lecture volume the work covers Hertzler’s career with a bibliography and personal sketch. Hashinger, once a KU Medical School faculty member, describes their colleague relationship and his role in postgraduate medical education at KU Medical Center.
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Edward H. Hashinger
Kansas University
The
University Press
Arthur E. Hertzler
Kansas
Logan Clendening
Hertzler
Hashinger
Halstead Hospital
la Jolla
Calif
KU Medical Center
Combined In Oread Research Bugs and Machinery
Lawrence graduate student Richard C. Rinkel pursues a doctorate in entomology at Kansas University using biometry to apply statistical methods to biology. He studies numerical taxonomy under Dr. Robert R. Sokal, aided by an NSF grant and KU assistantship. Rinkel, son of Pratt residents, married, lives at 932 Miss. St.
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Lawrence
Kansas University
Richard C. Rinkel
Rinkel
Robert R. Sokal
National Science Foundation
George W. Byers
Snow Entomological Museum
NSF
Boeing Airplane Co
C. Clark Rinkel
Pratt
Miss. St
Gulfstream Dates Approved by Florida Racing Commission
The Florida Racing Commission approves Gulfstream’s 1962 meet from March 5 to April 23, outlining the racing schedule and season timeline for Gulfstream Park.
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Florida Racing Commission
Gulfstream
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