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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1963
Page
2
New York AP reports a $200000 gem theft from Emanuel Simon and wife in their East Side Manhattan apartment two days after a $3 million jewel robbery. Police seek precise figures as victims verify loot while a band of gunmen stole gems and eight 15 pound gold bars from a messenger car.
Burial planned in Portland this week for Frinks of 1655 Stortford Rd Lawrence. Survivors include wife Eileen Brune and three sons and a daughter, plus four sisters from Leavenworth. The Frinks were en route to the Kansas Nebraska game in Lincoln when their car skidded and collided with a southbound vehicle in a heavy rainstorm.
Center hosts monthly Lion's Den tournament with ping pong competition led by Center Director Patricia Kirby. Sign up on the bulletin board. Event runs until Saturday November 30 with trophies awarded.
The Douglas County Farm Bureau will meet Thursday night at the 4-H Fairgrounds. Reports from the Kansas Farm Bureau convention and safety awards presentation to four county 4H clubs are on the agenda. A covered dish dinner starts at 7 15, with Mrs Hugo Nieder presenting safety honors. Mrs Jess OConnor is dinner chair.
Arthur Lloyd Johnson a former Lawrence resident won a Louisville district Democratic nomination in the statewide election held last Tuesday November 5. A 48 year old with degrees from Hamp ton Institute and KU he taught at Central High School Louisville and coached athletics after World War II. He is a violinist with the Louisville Symphony Orchestra and active in Mt Vernon Baptist Church.
A list of prominent programs appears in a summarized form including Pitt Duke Syracuse Iowa State Missouri Oklahoma State Ohio State Michigan State Wichita Wisconsin Alabama Tennessee SMU Baylor Texas New Mexico Arizona State Southern Cal UCLA Clemson.
Investigators search for cause after a Eastern Airlines DC8 carrying 128 passengers broke apart one engine during a violent downdraft shortly after takeoff from Houston. The jet, en route to Mexico City, landed safely at Barksdale AFB after circling for fuel.
Former South Vietnamese ambassador to the United States Chuong Tran Van Chuong will speak at Kansas University in Hoch Auditorium at 8 15 p m on Inside Viet Nam The event is free sponsored by the All Student Council and Student Union Activities Chuong opposes the Diem regime and recalls his 1940s role as Grand Council president and 1945 foreign minister He later served as ambassador to the United States until 1955 and as a judge in a French Vietnamese court.
Dr. Reed describes using hypnotism in medical practice many times including setting bones and other injuries. He warns against non medical stage hypnotists and expects hypnotism to have extensive future medical use.
The Kansas Foundation for Private Colleges disclosed a $30 000 grant from The Santa Fe Foundation. It marks the eighth consecutive year of support by the railroad for privately supported colleges and universities in the territory. Baker University will share in the distribution.
Five people perished and another was critically hurt in a two car collision on rain slick U S 71 about 13 miles north of Nevada Missouri. The northbound car load included David Muncy 87 of Gentry Arkansas who was killed and his wife Mae 56 in critical condition. The other car driven by Christopher Columbus Tuttle 86 of Cabool Missouri lost four occupants Grace Tuttle 86 Sheridan Oregon Emma Musgrove 81 Cabool and Effie Tuttle all reported as elderly were also killed.
Brig. Gen. E. C. Townsend addressed the Lawrence Rotary Club outlining the history and significance of Veterans Day. He traced Armistice Day’s evolution to the 1954 change, discussed U S military growth, and noted 22 million living veterans with a focus on unity and service.
The UF Total shows the Lawrence United Fund reaching about $66,900, still over $6,000 short of the $72,900 quota. Community leaders urge residents to contribute to meet the target.
Douglas County hunters report poor pheasant results after opening weekend. Nease party north of Manhattan bags five or six birds, calls for a three year season layoff. Lawrence group finds rugged hunting due to heavy cover and few limits, many hunters plan to try again later.
Tom Juneau a 46 year old taxi driver from 800 Ohio Street was in fairly good condition at Lawrence Memorial Hospital after a diabetic coma Sunday noon while driving a taxicab. The episode occurred in front of Plymouth Congregational Church as the 11 a.m. service ended. Initial diagnosis suggested a heart attack. doctors expect a brief hospital stay.
In Lawrence the Bud Hess family welcomes Arthur D. Hess on Veterans Day. Hess, former state VFW commander and Army Air Corps veteran, has served on the national VFW community services committee and held many VFW posts. The article recalls Armistice Day 1918 as Lawrence’s largest celebration.
Lawrence High debaters went 2 wins and 4 losses at an advanced tournament held Friday and Saturday at Highland Park High School in Topeka. Tim Gilles and Ruth Greene earned high speaker ratings among novices. Next meet features four novice teams from Lawrence at Topeka High School, with pairs including John Pitney and Gilles and Linda Ross with Nancy Taylor.
Rep Wayne L Hays said he flew Ernest Petinaud head waiter of the House dining room to Paris on an expenses paid trip to serve as liaison for the American delegation to a NATO parliamentarians conference. Petinaud was on vacation and acted as go between messages between the delegation and NATO headquarters.
Police report a night break-in at Bellinger Appliance 20 E. 9th St. Core items stolen valued at 161.95 include three watches an electric toaster two electric razors a hair dryer a portable mixer and three transistor radios with the front window broken.
The passage lists individuals and their locations including Kansas City Wichita Concordia Manhattan Shawnee Mission Topeka Overland Park Galena Newton Topeka El Dorado and other towns with names such as David Me Aleavey Charles Mc Fall Mike McCor mick Alson Martin James Merchant Edwin Oursler Peter Peterson Donald Russell Richard Sigler James Smoot Thomas Stevenson John Sweeney James Tidwell Terry Trainer Eric Vannerson John Williamson and more.
Sixty four student leaders from Central Junior High West Junior High and Lawrence High were invited to a 6:30 p m banquet at the Holiday Inn sponsored by Breakfast Luncheon and Sunset Optimist clubs and the international Youth Appreciation Week. Mayor Rusty Springer proclaimed a city tribute and clergy were asked to include youths in services November 10. Seventeen from Central Junior High 15 from West Junior High and 32 from Lawrence High lead student groups activities and athletics.
A gas leak in the 1200 block of Oread caused a Sunday night blast that damaged a 1963 car and sent its occupants scrambling. Fire Chief F C Sanders said gas emerged from the ground under the hood and ignited by a spark. The leak was repaired and damage estimated at about 1000 dollars.
Rumsey Funeral Home advertises chapel music from a Reuter pipe organ with contact VI 3-5111.
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