Maturation Guidance Reassures Parents Teenagers
Kansas City AP: Dr. Robert W. McCammon of the Child Research Council cautions that there is no single proper age for puberty. He urges stressing natural variation in maturation and warns against stressing averages, noting uncertainty about whether earlier puberty is increasing and that menarche typically occurs between ages 10 and 20 with a peak 12 to 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Robert W. McCammon
The
Child Research Council
University of Colorado Medical School
Denver
Mother Bitter Over Leg Removal For Daughter
In Cleveland a 14 year old Christine Simko undergoes a life saving amputation of her right leg and hip after a malignant tumor. Surgeons completed the five hour operation with Christine expected to regain mobility with a prosthetic limb. Her mother Lily Simko, a state aid recipient and divorcee, opposed the operation and blamed authorities. The juvenile court granted permission after the girl fled the hospital twice. Christine faces years of rehabilitation and the chance of cure, while her mother expresses bitter feelings toward doctors, judges, and social workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Lily Simko
Christine
Metropolitan General Hospital
World atmosphere at KU Tau Sigma dance fraternity rehearsal
An international ambiance surrounds Kansas University's Tau Sigma honorary modern dance fraternity as members rehearse for a December concert. Participants include Berit Bakken of Norway, Paula Chen of Borneo, Carmen Vieytes of Uruguay, Walter Egoya of Tanganyika, and Gerald Chee-Pok Yeo of Singapore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tau Sigma
Kansas University
Berit Bakken
Norway
Paula Chen
Borneo
Carmen Vieytes
Uruguay
Walter Egoya
Tanganyika
Gerald Chee-Pok Yeo
Singapore
National Children’s Book Week observed with displays and awards
The article covers National Children’s Book Week activities including illustrations loaned by Viking Press and various authors, posters in the Children’s Room, and the origin of the idea by Franklin K. Mathiews. Lawrence’s Reading Club Committee distributes awards. figures show rising library circulation and 1963 three month reading club participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viking Press
New York
Corydon Bell
Hilda van Stockum
Old Bear
Claire Finaz
Franklin K. Mathiews
Boy Scouts of America
Mathiews
American Bookseller’ Association
Lawrence
Reading Club
Vern Peterson
East Heights
Vincent Gillespie
Centennial
Vernon Wilson
Cordley
Don Blair
Hillcrest
Ralph D. Clare
Kennedy
Charles Roberman
McaAllaster
Don Hart
William D. Gensler
Pinckney
Joe Stavas
St. John’s
Don Schick
Schwegler
K. S. Rothwell
Sunset Hill
Earl Higgins
Woodlawn
Frank Green
Central Junior High
W. R. Elniff
West Junior High
Edward Down
PTA Council
Helen Shaw
Miss Koehler
Frink Baby About Same But Parents Are Better
Paul Frink one year old son of Dr and Mrs Russell Frink was reported in fairly good condition today at Lawrence Memorial Hospital while both Dr and Mrs Frink were in good condition. The three were injured in a Friday night auto wreck about 50 miles north of Topeka near Fairview Kan on US Highway 7. Injuries from the wreck which occurred in a driving rainstorm later proved fatal to a Portland Ore man 43 year old John Francis Brune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Frink
Russell Frink
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Frink
Topeka
Fairview
Kan
Portland
Ore
John Francis Brune
Survival business and change for parking meters story
A Lawrence housewife sought five rolls of nickels and two of dimes at a local bank to obtain change for parking meters vending machines laundromats and Post Office stamp machines. She explained her business is survival. Nearby KU residents held a 670 hour telephone marathon from Oct 15 toward Thanksgiving break. Four rare whooping cranes were sighted in Douglas County near U.S. 40 as Fish and Game urged caution. Ilth Street Municipal Park gained a new 40 foot flagpole after the old one was damaged by youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Joseph R. Pearson
Margaret Hashinger
Kansas University
Douglas County
Ronnie
Bob Brink
U.S. 40
Fish & Game Commission
United States
Municipal Park
Ilth and
del. Sts
Park Department
City
Vernon Cooper
Kennedy News Conference Broadcast Schedule
New York AP reports plans for President Kennedy's news conference at 10 a.m. CST with NBC, ABC, CBS, and Mutual providing live radio coverage. CBS will televise at 12 30 p.m. and ABC at 1 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Kennedy
Thursay
National Broadcasting Co
NBC
American Broadcasting Co
Columbia Broadcasting System
Mutual Broadcasting System
CBS
ABC
Justice Department seeks end to Dallas County grand jury probes
The Justice Department asked a federal court to halt grand jury investigations in Dallas County Alabama alleging the probes aim to block federal enforcement and intimidate Negro voters. The move targets transportation and an MLK Jr. trip for integration events, drawing sharp protest from Sheriff James Clark who calls it an attempt to stop inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Justice Department
Dallas County
Ala
Martin Luther King Jr
King
Birmingham
Selma
US District Court
Mobile
Asst. Atty
Burke Marshall
James Clark
Dallas County Grand Jury
Lawmakers Back Modest Budget for International Aid Staff
Legislators raised their budget to 140 dollars covering clerical staff. Hays urged unanimous adoption calling it modest. A U S official noted the amount likely does not cover government costs. Javits attended opening days. other senators remained in Washington for foreign aid vote. The delegation included Arends Bass Chamberlain Kenton Lindsay Thornberry Rodina Westland with Mrs. Estes Kefauver receiving a plaque honoring her husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Islators
Hays
U.S
Sen. Javits
R-N.y
Washington
House
Leslie Arends
GOP
Ross Bass
D-Tenn
Charles Chamberlain
R-Mich
Winfield Kenton
D-Ind
John Lindsay
Homer Thornberry
D-Ten
Peter Rodina
D-N.j
Jack Westland
R-Wash
Estes Kefauver
Glenn Bickle to Join KU Police Department
Glenn G. Bickle will join the Kansas University Traffic and Security Office Monday, acting chief Willard Anderson said. He will be the patrolman in Station 5 on 14th Street with a two week assignment rotation. Bickle, his wife Mary Ella and son John Glenn live at 1619 W 19th St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn G. Bickle
Kansas University Traffic and Security Office
Willard Anderson
Bickle
Murphy Hall
14Th Street
Anderson
Mary Ella
John Glenn
19Th St
Youth to Return Home After Hunting Accident
Mike Harris 14 son of Mr and Mrs Stanley R Harris of 1610 Powers was reported in fairly good condition at Lawrence Memorial Hospital and will likely be released Wednesday or Thursday. The ninth grade student at Central Junior High School lost an arm in a hunting accident on Oct 31. Family reports he is in excellent spirits.
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Mike Harris
Stanley R. Harris
1610
Powers
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Central Junior High School
Chief Offender Seen for Sprays
Kansas City AP report notes backyard gardener portrayed as the biggest offender in dangerous pesticide use. Experts say overuse and improper handling raise hazards yet chemicals remain essential for high food production. Calls for facts and education contrast public fear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Gardner
Henry Hurtig
Canada
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Robert White-Stevens
American Cyanamid Co
Princeton
N. J
American Public Health Assn
America
Bernard L. Oser
Food and Drug Research Laboratories, Inc
Maspeth
1963 Christmas Seals Distributed on Friday
Peace and gladness mark the 1963 Christmas Seals campaign. Postmen will deliver seals to citizens in Lawrence and nationwide this Friday. Dr. Parke Woodard, chairman of the Douglas County Tuberculosis and Health Association, praises the colorful seals and their role in healthier homes and happier people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Parke Woodard
Douglas County
Boyd for Governor Club forms in Chanute Kansas
Chanute boosters announced the first Boyd for Governor Club to urge McDill Huck Boyd a Phillips publisher and former state official to seek the Republican nomination for governor. Boyd's background in Kansas government business education and mental health work is cited as qualification. Billy Sol Estes refused to answer questions to a Senate subcommittee saying he would invoke the Fifth Amendment. The Hercules Victory steamship reported boilers exploded one fire broke out and was later controlled with the ship reporting itself dead in the water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chanute, Kan
Chanute
McDill (Huck) Boyd
Phillips
Boyd
Kansas
State Board of Regents
State Mental Health Association
Washington
Texas
Billy Sol Estes
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Estes
U S Air Force begins bringing Big Lift men home
In Frankfurt the U S Air Force started flying the men of Operation Big Lift home. Concurrently in London Sir Alec Douglas-Home's Conservative government began a campaign for victory in next year's general election, urging modernization of British industry to capture benefits of automation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfurt
Germany
U.S. Air Force
London
Alec Douglas-Home
Supreme Court Delves Into State Apportionment Appeals
The Supreme Court today hears eight appeals on state legislative and congressional apportionment. Justices will debate for over 17 hours across sessions this week and into early next week.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Surface Scores Hole in One at Lawrence Club
James Surface, vice chancellor and dean of faculties at Kansas, made a hole in one on Sunday at hole 17 in Lawrence, his first in about 30 years. He posted an 81 for 18 holes, with a par of 72, as part of a foursome including Ronald Olsen, Charles Oldfather, and James Gunn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Country Club
James Surface
Kansas University
Ronald Olsen
Charles Oldfather
James Gunn
Vietnam diplomat Chuong urges wise use of foreign aid in fight against Communism
Chuong argues that Communist victories come in quiet wars and stresses South Viet Nam must rely on its people, good administration, and justice to win. He notes about one million Vietnamese fled to the south and says the new government should avoid military dictatorship and factional divisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chuong
South
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Ambassadors Plans and South Viet Nam Governance Hope
Chuong discusses potential roles in a new government for South Viet Nam and questions whether the ambassador could join. He notes no current plans to discuss positions, links to aid cuts, or CIA involvement, and says he will continue his speaking tour before returning home as a private citizen to see his 87 year old mother. The piece closes with a historical vignette about King George VI’s 1936 visit to Cornwall and a parade of tribute items.
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Chuong
South
Viet Nam
United States
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
South Viet Nam
George VI
Duchy of Cornwall
Card of Thanks for 50th Anniversary and Loss
The Wiley and Bell families express gratitude to friends for cards flowers gifts and sympathy. They note Marion L Bell and Joe Skillman and thank everyone for help and comfort during times of sorrow and bereavement.
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Norman Bell
Marion L. Bell
Joe Skillman
Thanking Nurses and Physicians After Hospital Stay
Roy Weckworth expresses gratitude to nurses aides and doctors Walters and Reed for excellent care and to friends and relatives for cards flowers and gifts received during the hospital stay.
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