Insurance Figure Kept From Wife Tells Jurors
Insurance agent Floyd Peterson testified he sold two $200000 life policies on T Eugene Thompson and his wife and had to obtain Mrs Thompson signature at their home He said Thompson did not want his wife to know policy amounts and the killings occurred March 6 at the couple's St Paul home.
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Minneapolis
T. Eugene Thompson
Carol
Thompson
Floyd Peterson
St. Paul
William Randall
Peterson
Warm Readings Persist in Lawrence Area
Unusually warm temperatures lingered in Lawrence with downtown readings hitting 75 degrees at 3 40 p m while the KU official posted 72. The record for the date is 76 set in 1945 and tied in 1955. Tonight will stay mild with 45 to 50 degrees and Thursday highs in the 60s.
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Lawrence
Kansas University
Courts CRIMINAL CASES list numerous speeding and traffic fines
Police Court records show many defendants from across cities including Lawrence Baldwin Meriden Topeka and Eu dora fined for speeding stop sign improper license failure to yield or wrong way driving with amounts ranging from 5 to 55 dollars and several cases of excessive noise or defective brakes.
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Everett Bailey
Conn
Robert Lawrenz
Baldwin
Lillian Sallee
Annie Door
Barker
James Archer
Paul Empson
Donald Gibbs
Robert Norris
Emerald
Roland Miller
Maine
Ronald Fultay
Meriden
Felix Arnold
Almira
Samuel Stone
Redbud
David Thistle
W. Campus
James Waddick
W. 10Th
Karen Sommer
Richard Schowen
Ridge Ct
David Griffiths
Miss
Earl Rogers
John Hoffsette
Edgerton
Loren Mohler
Lyons
Raymond Adair
N. H
Eva Hallmark
Robert Clark
Topeka
Charles Kellogg
W. 4Th
James Weaver
Jane Kleinberg
Winona
Walter Schimmel
Haskell
Robert Hatch
Mathilda Petesch
Keith Cobb
R. I
William Gray
Eudora
Robert Harris
Tenn
Paul Ciciappo Jr
James Brittain
N. Y
Harry Nevin Suffered Stroke at Home
Harry L. Nevin of 836 Mo. St. was stricken with a stroke at his residence this morning and admitted to a local hospital. His physician described his condition as fair and noted that the full extent of the stroke’s severity will take time to determine. Nevin is a prominent local figure and former Lawrence City Council member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry L. Nevin
Mo. St
Nevin
Old Lawrence
National party gains echo in diverse off year elections
Republicans see a solid trend in ballots while Democrats claim victory in key tests. Philadelphia chose a mayor as Kentucky backed governor, New York approved advisory off track betting, and New Jersey rejected Hughes on a $150 million bond plan. Mayors in Salt Lake City, Boston and Indianapolis were reelected or seated in party wins.
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Republican National Committee
John M. Bailey
Democratic National Committee
Bailey
Philadelphia
Kentucky
New York City
New Jersey
Richard J. Hughes
Salt Lake City
J. Bracken Lee
Lawrence Proclaims Youth Appreciation Week by Optimists
Lawrence Mayor Rusty Springer proclaims city wide Youth Appreciation Week during the Optimists seventh annual recognition week. Local clubs list in charge coordinators Ed Down John Ames Proctor Crow and John Starkey organize events and contact clergymen for sermons on November 10 focusing on youth.
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Eudora
Pat Mosser
Sunset
Lawrence
Rusty Springer
Optimists
Ed Down
John Ames
Proctor Crow
John Starkey
About 100 Attend Ment Of Episcopalians Here
Approximately 100 Episcopal officials and laymen attended the Northeast Convocation of the Diocese of Kansas in Kansas. Trinity Episcopal Church hosted the meeting at 1011 Vermont Street. Frank Nelick described his trip to the Anglican Congress in Toronto from August 13 to 23. Mrs. Arthur Baum led the Bishop's Altar Guild and spoke at KU Union. Mrs. C. A. Langdon presided as vice president. Registration and Communion occurred at Trinity Parish Hall with brunch later at the KU Union.
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Diocese of Kansas
Trinity Episcopal Church
Vt. St
Frank Nelick
Toronto
Canada
Anglican Congress
Arthur Baum
Topeka
Bishop’s Altar Guild
Kansas University Union
C. A. Langdon
Northeast
Trinity Episcopal Church Parish
KU Union
Grass fire reported near 4th and Florida Streets
Noon hour call to 4th and Fla Sts for a grass fire. Tuesday at 11 17 am a small motor fire at Lawrence Memorial Hospital caused no damage.
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4Th and
Fla. Sts
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Non-Ag Job Total Drops Slightly in Lawrence
Lawrence area non agricultural employment declined from 5246 in September to 5187 in October per Walter T. Johns Lawrence Kansas State Employment Service. Most loss in construction with modest declines expected ahead in manufacturing and outdoor industries. Active applications reached 447 in October versus 434 September and 464 a year ago. New applicants totaled 188 in October, down from 259 in September and 217 last year. Openings for waitresses day workers and cooks listed at 839 Ky. St. office.
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Lawrence
Walter T. Johns
Kansas State Employment Service
Johns
Ky. St
Reno Bus Crash Kills Seven in Sierra Storm
A Greyhound charter bus carrying Reno casino patrons crashed in a storm on a rain slick High Sierra highway Tuesday. Seven dead, 32 injured including the driver. victims were California men. Bus rolled over multiple times near Truckee as remaining survivors were taken to Washoe Medical Center in Reno.
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Truckee
Calif
Reno
Nev
Washoe Medical Center
California
John Talleur Art Show at Kaw Valley Bank in Eudora
Artist John Talleur assistant professor of drawing and painting at Kansas University will display works in a Sunday reception from 2 to 5 p.m. at Kaw Valley State Bank in Eudora. The exhibition, open to the public, runs during banking hours until Dec. 10.
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John Talleur
Eudora
Kansas University
Kaw Valley State Bank
Talleur
Chicago
School of the Chicago Art Institute
Chicago University
Iowa University
France
Carleton College
Northfield
Minn
St. Paul Gallery
School of Art
St. Paul
Iowa U
Sex Education Committee to Meet November 25
The Board of Education sex education committee will convene at 7 30 p m in Room 111 Central Junior High. Rev Benton Roy Hanan, temporary chairman, said meetings occur every two to three weeks. The first session on November 25 aims to acquaint members and review purposes and background. All meetings are open.
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Board of Education Committee On
Central Junior High
Benton Roy Hanan
Hanan
Thornton Elected President of Jayhawk Model Masters
Raybert Thornton Jr. was elected president of the Jayhawk Model Masters club at the 4-H Fairgrounds on Tuesday night. Aubrey Martin was chosen vice president with Walter Graham as secretary and Fred Coester as treasurer, while Steve Graves joined the board of directors.
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Raybert Thornton Jr
Route 3
Jayhawk Model Masters Club
Aubrey Martin
Walter Graham
Fred Coester
Steve Graves
Scared 14 Year Old Cancer Patient Returns to Hospital
Cleveland AP A 14 year old cancer patient Christine Simco who fled Metropolitan General Hospital after fearing leg amputation said she will return. Doctors say the hip cancer threatens death without surgery though there is a 20 percent chance of complete recovery if the operation proceeds. Juvenile Court had authorized the surgery and jurisdiction rests as she is under county care after escaping home a year ago.
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Cleveland
Metropolitan General Hospital
Christine Simco
East Side
Lil Simco
Christine
Juvenile Court
Marvin Speaks For KU Forum
Burton Marvin dean of the KU Journalism School told faculty and students at a KU Y forum that mass media will play a crucial role as Africa’s 30 new nations form governments and economies. He cited summer workshops with the African-American Institute in Addis Ababa Lagos and Dar es Salaam.
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Africa
Burton Marvin
Journalism
Kansas University
KU Y
Kansas Union
Marvin
African-American Institute
Addis Ababa
Ethopia
Dar Es Salaam
Tanganyika
Lagos
Roger Pine speaks on India trip at Sertoma Club meeting
Roger Pine told the Lawrence Sertoma Club at the Eldridge Hotel about his six months in India through the International Farm Youth Exchange. He used slides to show village life, farming methods, and class differences. Bob Sheen was inducted. Ed Calvert attended as a guest.
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Roger Pine
Lawrence Sertoma Club
Eldridge Hotel
Walter Heck
India
International Farm Youth Exchange Program
Pine
United States
Bob Sheen
O. F. Stinson
Ed Calvert
Memorial Hospital Obituary and Family Notices
Memorial Hospital lists Mrs. Shard Hardy, Mrs. Goldie Merideth, and many others with addresses across Sunflower Baselior Eudora McLouth and Tonganoxie. Notices include births with couples at 1530 Harper 1336 Brook 1916 Miller Dr and cities Baldwin Lecompton Ark 2528.
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Belle Davis
Eudora
William Kingery
Hillview
Arthur Anderson
Susie Downing
McLouth
Coralee Reichenborn
James Keithline Jr
Margaret Crady
Lecompton
Earl Schenck
Tonganoxie
Dolores Tonahcot
Haskell Institute
John Yakanak
Vera Marcum
Nancy Callicott
Wendl Shockley
Chloe Swadley
Harper
Goldie Cleland
Baldwin
Robert Wells
Brook
Larry Schlappi
Miller Dr
Robert Johnson
Mass
Jim Clark Motors Wins City Truck Bid For Street Water Use
Lawrence city commission awarded a $3,995 bid to Jim Clark Motors for a two ton 1964 Dodge truck. The vehicle will serve both Street and Water Departments replacing a broken flusher truck, with costs shared between departments. Also approved sewer special assessments and temporary notes for sanitary projects.
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Jim Clark Motors
Lawrence
Street Department
Water Department
Light City Commission
Westridge Addition
South Hills Addition No. 2
Highlands
Walnut
Highway routes to Lincoln for Kansas Nebraska game
Lawrence drivers are advised by the Kansas Highway Patrol Topeka dispatch to take a 200 mile route via Topeka and Nebraska State Route 2 to Lincoln for Saturday's game. Alternative route via Route 24 40 and Route 77 to Lincoln has reported detours. City cleanup Week reports 41 loads Monday and 50 Tuesday as residents contribute.
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Kansas Highway Patrol
Topeka
Lawrence
Lincoln
Highway Patrol
Nebraska
U.S. 36
Marysville
George Hutchison
Hutchison
Rumsey Funeral Home Ad
Fred and Oscar Rumsey are sole owners of Rumsey Funeral Home. Contact VI 3-5111 for services and arrangements.
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Fred
Oscar Rumsey
Rumsey Funeral Home
Khrushchev Delays with U S Businessmen Visit in Moscow
Premier Khrushchev waited eight minutes in the Kremlin for a group of 20 American capitalists led by G Keith Funston of the New York Stock Exchange. The delegation, part of a Time Inc European tour, arrived after a Tuesday night charter flight and planned to attend the Red Square parade marking the Bolshevik Revolution anniversary.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Kremlin
U.S
G. Keith Funston
New York Stock Exchange
Time Inc
Red Square
Items Stolen Tuesday From Five Parked Autos
Clothing valued at 535 dollars was taken Tuesday from five parked unattended cars. Three thefts occurred in the 700 block Vermont lot and two at the Virginia Inn lot. Police believe the same persons committed all the thefts. Victims include Kermit Beal, 311 Okla. St.. Jack Maxwell, 937 Madeline Lane. and Stanley Reinholz, Kansas City, Mo.
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Vermont
Virginia Inn
Kermit Beal
Okla. St
Jack Maxwell
Madeline Lane
Stanley Reinholz
Kansas City
Reds May Drop Wheat Deal
Khrushchev warned that Soviet plans to buy American wheat may be canceled. He told American business men the talks could fail and hinted the Soviet delegation might break off negotiations if the United States insists on selling grain under discriminatory terms.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
United States
Damage Exceeds $1000 From Tuesday Traffic Mishaps
Damage estimated at more than $1,000 resulted Tuesday from local accidents. No injuries were reported. At 23rd Street and Haskell Avenue, 5:20 p.m., Kenneth E. Daniels and Stephen M. Parmely caused $225 in damage. At 23rd and Iowa Streets, 4:55 p.m., Glenn M. Hamby Jr. and Sharon K. White caused $580. Earlier, Michael E. Jones and Ernest E. Smith caused $245.
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23Rd Street
Haskell Avenue
Kenneth E. Daniels
Conn. St
Stephen M. Parmely
Oak Hill
Glenn M. Hamby Jr
Ala, St
Sharon K. White
N.Y. St
23Rd
Iowa Sts
Michael E. Jones
Ernest E. Smith
Route 2
Alarm clocks and bells in medieval timepieces
Early clocks from the 13th century used bells to mark hours, with alarm-like ringing as a primitive timekeeping feature. The mechanism relied on sound to signal the hour and awaken or alert users.
Deaths and Funerals: Snodgrass and Wingfield
Mrs. Bernice Snodgrass McKenzie 63 of Fremont Nebraska died Monday at home. Brother Rev Lloyd Snodgrass former Lawrence church pastor and Cecil Snodgrass of Lawrence are siblings. Funeral at 2 p.m. Thursday at Christian and Missionary Alliance Church Fremont. Mrs Mae Margaret Wingfield 83 of 1345 N J St died early Tuesday at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Funeral 2 p.m. Thursday Rumsey Funeral Home in charge. Burial arrangements to be announced.
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Bernice Snodgrass McKenzie
Fremont
Neb
Lloyd Snodgrass
Wesleyan Methodist Church
Lawrence
Cecil R. Snodgrass
Christian and Missionary Alliance Church
Mae Margaret Wingfield
Mae Margaret Winfield
Rumsey Funeral Home
Harold Hamilton
Wingfield
N.J. St
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Wakarusa Kids Stage Finder's Creepers Play
The seventh grade at Wakarusa Valley School presents Finder's Creepers by Donald Payton a three act mystery comedy. Ruth Perry directs with the whole class in the production scheduled for 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday in the school auditorium.
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Wakarusa Valley School
In Memoriam George R. Perdue Remembered
In loving memory of George R. Perdue, greatly missed by family relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George R. Perdue
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