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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1971
Page
8
A long list of names and addresses appears to note individuals at a hospital with a brief mention of a baby boy born Thursday. The fragment includes streets and cities such as Topeka Baldwin DeSoto Eudora and numbers like 2560 Ark 2727 Bonanza 813 La 915 E. 12th. The item resembles a social notes roundup and does not provide clear event context beyond a birth.
Baldwin University presents The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail by Lawrence and Lee at 8 tonight in Rice Auditorium. The production directed by Thelma Morreale with help from Tami Canfield opened Thursday night on campus.
The AP corrected a prior item claiming Vice President Spiro Agnew said pundits and commentators spurred a mail campaign to oust him. A tape recheck found a one word error changing letters to words. Agnew’s aide denied involvement and clarified no such campaign occurred.
Funeral services for Myrtle Rose Parrish, 87, Lecompton, will be held at 9 30 a m Saturday at the Rumsey Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev Lybian Endsley of Lecompton officiating. Burial will follow in Mt Calvary Cemetery in Kansas City Kansas.
Funeral services are held for Raymond H. Monroe 45 of 400 Wis at 2 p.m. Monday at St Luke ANNE Church with Rev. Lamar Brown officiating. Burial is in Oak Hill Cemetery veterans plot. Friends may call 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday at the church. Monroe died Tuesday night at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
Kansas University researchers Ron Hardy and Harold Rosson traveled to Pittsburgh to study the Bureau of Mines energy resource center. They seek to determine if an organic waste oil and gas conversion unit could work at KU, aiming to cut solid waste volumes and boost energy potential while lowering transportation costs.
Focus New Guinea says Michael Rockefeller was killed by Asmat cannibals in revenge for Dutch killings of three chiefs. The magazine claims Dutch authorities hid the truth to protect Holland’s developmental work and prevent Indonesian discredit in the Dutch New Guinea region. Rockefeller was Nelson A. Rockefeller’s son and an anthropologist disappeared November 18, 1961.
The new Warren Mortuary facility at 120 W. 13th will be opened officially after a ribbon cutting ceremony at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 27. The Blazers Club of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce sponsors the event. an earlier report misdated the ceremony as Nov. 29.
The Lawrence Journal-World lists multiple public notices from November 1971 including a State Corporation Commission hearing on Kansas Telephone rates in Topeka December 20 1971 docket 92821 17 co executors named for Fay Y Winter estate notices of probate Doak County estates and final settlements and public bids for Lawrence Public Library furniture with bid deadline November 24 1971. Notices include quiet title suit in Douglas County and hearings on Harriett Kennedy and John James Riling estates.
Fred Kuhnen, owner, and Bing Carter, auctioneer, announce a public auction of farm machinery and trucks 4 miles south of Wellsville on K-33 Saturday November 27 1971 at 1230 p.m. Items include a 1966 Farmall 7h Diesel tractor with under 1000 hours a 1952 John Deere MT tractor a 1969 13 ft chisel plow a 1969 4 section rotary hoe a 1967 Massey Ferguson 3 16 mounted plow a New Holland 66 Baler a John Deere cultivator and plows several wagons a field sprayer a hay elevator a corn picker and more plus two Ford cars trucks and a 1954 International 1 ton truck lunch available. Bank clerk listed contact Gardner Kansas.
A public auction Sunday November 21 at 12 30 PM south of Lawrence Kansas to Lone Star Rd West to Clinton North of Clinton Ball Park lists wood burning range freezer kettles sewing machine lamps churn butter mold and many farm items. Terms cash. Auction by Hays Brothers Auction Service Harold and Mel Hays. 843-8363 843-4489.
On Saturday November 20 starting at 1 PM at 1925 Barker Lawrence Kansas Irene Neugebauer auctioned by Hays Brothers Auction with items including Kelvinator refrigerator Gibson range various bedroom suites living room furniture appliances and miscellaneous unlisted goods. Auctioneers contact numbers 848-8363 or 843-4489.
Sunday November 21 1971 at 1 PM items from dining chairs to garden tractor offered for cash. Sale held at 545 North 8th Street Lawrence with Simil HH Steuber as owner and C G Skiles as auctioneer. Not responsible for accidents. All items settled on sale day. Liners include household goods tools furniture and farm items.
A jumble of buy and sell ads includes for sale items such as a 1965 Impala 2 door, a 1971 mobile home, a 1966 Ford, and a 1968 VW Fastback. Personal notices include thanks for get well cards, lost dog, and various rental and real estate listings in Lawrence and nearby areas.
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