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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1965
Page
10
Arlington National Cemetery holds 130000 graves with a simple Memorial Day flag ceremony. The article notes prominent burials from Presidents to generals and details the Kennedy grave, Custis Mansion, Meigs’ burial ground, and Arlington’s ironies from 1868 to modern times.
Markets show wheat 1.31 corn 1.30 mile 2.00 soybeans 2.63 barley .8 oats .80. Eggs at Harwood's: Large A 24, Medium A and Large B 20, undergrades 17, current receipts 20. Kansas City assembly lists Consumer eggs Large A 22-26, Medium A 20-22, Small A 17-18, B Large 20-21. Wholesale eggs Large 27.5-29.25, Mediums 23-25. Butter unchanged, Grade A lb solid 67, Grade A lb quarters 68.
The earliest American shoemaker is Thomas Baird or Beard who arrived in Salem Massachusetts in 1629 and was hired by the Massachusetts Bay Company to supply shoes for the colonists.
Sen. Mike Mansfield urged a modern restrained approach to world affairs during St Mary College commencement in Leavenworth. He warned against fighting past wars and noted the nuclear stalemate with the Soviet Union as a turning point influencing diplomacy.
Memorial Day observances span the United States and abroad with wreaths and tributes. Arlington National Cemetery saw tens of thousands honor more than 130000 Americans, while ceremonies in New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, St. Louis and overseas in Nettuno and Brussels marked the day.
Barbara Hughes of Ottawa Kansas, 18, is named a Presidential Scholar among 121 top secondary graduates. She will meet President Johnson at the White House June 8, receive a bronze medallion, and plans to study at the University of Kansas next fall with a microbiology interest and NSF summer apprenticeship in KU research.
A Sunday morning worship service is moved to Wednesday at 8 p m at First Methodist Church for those who work or travel on Sundays. The notice urges congregants to adjust plans accordingly and attend midweek services.
Sgt. Tyrone Carson 24 of Kansas City died while with the 5th Special Forces team at Moc Hoa west of Saigon. He had extended his enlistment to join the unit in Vietnam after a prior raft accident on the Mississippi River years earlier. Carson was remembered by his father Capt. Earl L. Carson as adventurous and resilient.
A father recalls his son’s quiet involvement in Viet Nam while monsoons hit the region. The mother, worried, remained at home with Mrs. Julia Ann Johnson and Earl Lee Carson after Mrs. Carson rushed back from Ozarks relatives to support her husband and two children.
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