FBI probes sabotage in NFO air crash near Beloit
FBI inquiry launched after a plane crash near Beloit Kansas that injured National Farmers Organization official Edward Pfingston and Hartley Westbrook owner of Hap's Air Service. Westbrook reports foreign material in fuel and says prior sabotage incidents occurred. Pilot John Gipple unhurt. FAA and NFO officials investigate motives and technique.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Federal Bureau of Investigation
National Farmers Organization
Hartley A
Hap) Westbrook
Atlantic
Beloit
Kaw
Edward Pfingston
Sergeant Bluff
NFO
Fred Vorrath
Federal Aviation Agency
Westbrook
Hap
Air Service
John Gipple
Gipple
Oren Lee Staley
Rea
NFC
Corning
Staley
Farmers Night Shares Market Trends At 4-H Fairgrounds
A capacity crowd attended the seventh annual Farmers Night at the Home Economics Building, 4-H Fairgrounds. Kansas City stockyards commission men led the program discussing cattle hogs and sheep with Dewey Rounds moderating. Roundtable members included John Killeen Swift Henry Max Troub Mauer Neuer and Norman Wulff as sheep specialist.
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Lawrence National Bank
Kansas City
Dewey Rounds
WDAF
John Killeen
Swift & Henry
Max Troub
Mauer- Neuer
Norman Wulff
Ty Rone Power Estate Fees Draw Objections
Deborah Loew Power and Linda Christian filed objections in Los Angeles Superior Court to a proposed 70 000 fee for handling the actor Ty Rone Power estate valued about 200 000. They contest 30 000 for extraordinary services and 40 000 in attorney fees as unreasonable.
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Los Angeles
Tyrone Power
Spain
Deborah Jean Loew
Power
Linda Christian
Romina
Taryn
Unification Talks See County Study on Douglas Schools
Douglas County planning board chaired by Carl Althaus reviews a state report showing uneven high school offerings in nine subjects and funding disparities among districts. Meetings in Baldwin and Riverside discuss unification as a tentative step toward standardized 1–12 districts amid opposition and potential court challenges.
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Douglas County
Carl Althaus
Lawrence School Board
State Department of Public Instruction
Lawrence
Russell Mosser
Tsae Er Baldwin
Eudora Lawrence Lecompton
Seeseesssess
Messe Connenenneen
Entessees
Riverside
ADA
Baldwin
Ethan Allen
Roland Kraft
Lecompton
Gilbert Gilges
Oscar Broers
Eudora
Riverside School
Douglas County Board
Five African Miners Killed In Carletonville Rock Fall
Five African miners died and five remained missing after a rock fall at a gold mine near Johannesburg in Carletonville. Fourteen others were injured but not seriously as rescue teams searched for the missing workers who may have escaped into a mine corridor.
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Rock Fall
Johannesburg
South Africa
Carletonville
Baker University Unveils $4 Million Growth Plan
Baker University President W J Scarborough reports $125000 has been raised toward a $4 million development program. Plans include a $224000 admin classroom building, a new music wing for Rice Auditorium, a new arts center, a science building, and a men’s dormitory. Faculty salaries aim up by $1000 as costs rise. 7 percent of alumni contribute. donors asked to recruit others by January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker University
W. J. Scarborough
Baker
Lawrence
Case Hall
First Methodist Church
Wilson and Co
Salina
Rice Auditorium
Parmenter Hall
Dearborn
8Th Sts
Centenary
Memorial Hall
Mulvane Hall of Science
Sixth Street
Sixth Sts
Scarborough
Tarawa survivor Shoup honors fallen through Marine fund
Shoup recounts nine wounds at Tarawa after a sniper killed a driver and narrowly missing him. He recalls promises to dying Marines and backs a scholarship fund for Tarawa fallen’s children. He and other survivors meet at the commandant’s home before the colonel's retirement after 37 years with the corps.
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Amtrack
Shoup
Tarawa
2Nd Marine Division Assn
Corps
Lawrence High hosts parent dinner for football squad
About 200 persons attended a parent dinner Tuesday evening at Lawrence High School. Attendees included squad members parents school administrators and coaches and their wives. Co chairmen for the 1964 dinner were Mrs Merle Finfrock and Mrs Robert Ridgway. Highlights of the Lawrence Leavenworth game were filmed and shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence High
Lawrence High School
Merle Finfrock
Robert Ridgway
Lawrence-Leavenworth
Santa Fe Seeks To Abandon Link
The Santa Fe Railway seeks permission from the Interstate Commerce Commission to abandon 23 miles of line between Lawrence and Ottawa. No regular service is kept between the towns, with only occasional Baldwin runs. If approved, Baldwin would be isolated from rail service and most track removed south of the Wakarusa River, though spur service to several businesses along the line would continue south of 23rd Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Fe Railway
Interstate Commerce Commission
Lawrence
Ottawa
J. R. Whitney
Baldwin
Santa Fe
Whitney
Wakarusa
23Rd Street
Tax Refunds Due For Some Area Residents
The Wichita Internal Revenue director Harry F. Scribner reports 300 tax refund checks returned as undeliverable by the Post Office. Five refunds are for Lawrence residents Ann M. Myer Ross J. Myers Arthur Westika Cecil Hagerman deceased and Dwight Sawhill deceased. Contact Scribner to verify identity and have checks mailed to correct addresses.
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Internal Revenue
Wichita
Harry F. Scribner
Post Office Department
Lawrence
Ann M. Myer
Ohio
Ross J. Myers
Arthur Westika
Haskell Institute
Cecil Hagerman
Baldwin
Dwight Sawhill
Route 1
Edgerton
KU Receives NFS Grant for Summer Physics Institute
The National Science Foundation awards Kansas University $47,500 for a 10 week summer institute for college physics teachers. Associate professor Gordon G. Wiseman will direct the program running June 22 to August 28 to update teachers on the latest developments and improve classroom competence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Science Foundation
Kansas University
Gordon G. Wiseman
Rice Resigns From Kansas Board of Law Examiners
Attorney Raymond Rice of Lawrence resigns after 22 years on the Kansas Board of Law Examiners. D. H. Corson Jr. of Kansas City will fill the remainder of Rice's term to June 30, 1966. Rice, a former chairman, cites other commitments and will miss the February meeting.
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Raymond Rice
Lawrence
Kansas Board of Law Examiners
D. H. Corson Jr
Kansas City
Rice
State Group
Carson
Jay Kansas Supreme Court
Board of Law Examiners
Kansas Bar
Supreme Court
Kansas University Law School
Appraisal Firm Discusses Douglas County Re appraisal
Fred Dengler Jr of Cole Layer Trumble spoke to the Lawrence Sertoma Club at Hotel Eldridge about the county re appraisal project. He said 38 percent done, 6 800 houses, 380 commercial structures, 1 050 farms viewed and measured. A new Kansas law sets tax values at 30 percent starting Jan 1 1964.
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Fred Dengler Jr
Cole, Layer & Trumble
Sertoma Club
Eldridge
Douglas County
Gene Mankin
Dengler
Kansas
John Rosenbaum
E. J. Allison
William Wolfe Elected President of High Twelve Club
William Wolfe was chosen president at the High Twelve Club meeting Tuesday noon. Other officers for 1964 include Lloyd M. Bigsby first vice president E L Haynes second vice president H W Stowits secretary O L Cole treasurer Ellis P Addy W C Brownlee Ralph B Gem mell board of trustees Fred Brown international representative H W Olmsted sergeant at arms.
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William D. Wolfe
High Twelve Club
Lloyd M. Bigsby
E. L. Haynes
H. W. Stowits
O. L. Cole
Ellis P. Addy
W. C. Brownlee
Ralph B. Gemmell
Fred Brown
H. W. Olmsted
Tour of water plant by Centennial third graders
The third grade at Centennial School, led by Mrs. Eula Belle McNiff, toured the Lawrence water plant with 28 students to study people who make our homes. Mothers accompanying the group included Mrs. Edwin Goebel and four others as they traced water flow from plant to homes.
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Centennial School
Lawrence Water Plant
Eula Belle McNiff
Edwin Goebel
Vincent Gillespie
George Tennyson
Joe Drake
Clifford Ketzel
Fourth degree manslaughter hearing set for sheriff over wife death
Ulysses Kansas reports a preliminary hearing resumes November 29 on a fourth degree man slaughter charge against Colfax County New Mexico Sheriff Benny Trujillo tied to his wife Patsy Trujillos death from a head blow. The coroner jury ruled the cause and a warrant was issued by Grant County Attorney Rich ard Pickler prompting the appearance in justice court with a 10 day continuance for funeral and legal counsel. In Kansas City Erwin McFarland, age 30, was shot in the back by a man hidden in a car trunk in Swope Park. the shooter suspected to be the woman’s husband. McFarland is in serious condition. The woman had driven him to the park after a several week dating period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ulysses, Kan
Colfax County
N. M
Grant County
Richard Pickler
Benny Trujillo
Patsy Trujillo
Trujillo
Bernard Dalton
Justice of the Peace Court
Raton
Kansas City
Erwin McFarland
McFarland
Swope Park
Millionaire Snyder warns on job loss from automation
New York businessman John I. Snyder Jr. urged the AFL-CIO to join with the federal government and the National Association of Manufacturers to prevent upheaval from rising unemployment due to automation. He warned of really staggering job losses if Americans are not provided work as machines replace men.
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New York
John I. Snyder Jr
United States
Snyder
Afl-Cio
National Association of Manufacturers
NLRB Orders Penny Pickets Halt in labor dispute
The National Labor Relations Board ordered Plasterers and Cement Masons Local Union 44 to cease and desist from picketing Penny Construction Company at 18th and Mass to pressure wage and work conditions negotiations. The dispute stemmed from a Penny project for a McCrory Otasco store and involved a prior hearing that swung from union favor to NLRB finding unfair labor practices.
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National Labor Relations Board
Plasterers and Cement Masons
Penny Construction Company
18Th and
Mass. Sts
Chris Kraft
Penny Company
McCrory- Otasco
Penny
AFL CIO seeks Justice inquiry into newspaper mergers
The AFL CIO urged a Justice Department probe of all newspaper mergers and suspensions and backed a bill requiring 90 days notice to the DOJ before any merger, with courts valuing papers and opening bids to continue publication. Arthur Rosenstock noted Hearst Scripps Howard and Newhouse dominate U.S. circulation.
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New York
Aflcio
Justice Department
Congress
Department of Justice
Arthur Rosenstock
American Newspaper Guild
U.S
Hearst
Scripps-Howard
Newhouse
Christmas shopping hours set by Lawrence merchants
Retail Merchants Association members will extend shopping hours from 9 30 a m to 8 30 p m from December 10 through December 23 to aid Christmas shoppers. Stores open December 24 until 5 30 p m and close on Thanksgiving and Christmas. Downtown lighting is set for Friday after Thanksgiving with shops open to 8 30 p m. Parking rules lift during KU Thanksgiving break but remain in zones listed.
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Retail Merchants Association
Don McDow
Kansas University
Sudler
Seager Missing as Valley Falls Seeks Morning Update
Valley Falls authorities search for Seager after the victim did not return to his room Tuesday night. Police located a car in the lot with Seager in the back seat and notified investigators. Relatives are being sought while the body was moved to Cooper-Warren Mortuary and awaited transfer to Valley Falls. Seager had prior work in Holton and Valley Falls before moving to Lawrence.
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Seager
Zimmerman
Topeka
Cooper-Warren
Valley Falls
Holton
Lawrence
Indecent Tattoo Charge Arises Over Bikini Girl
In Nottingham England tattoo artist Dennis Dilks 33 faced court on indecent assault charges for tattooing a naked bikini clad girl on a 13 year old boy. The boy testified he has 22 tattoos in total and the incident stemmed from a pricing dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nottingham
England
Dennis Dilks
Dilks
Jayhawker Earns All American Rating for 1963 Issue
The 1963 Jayhawker produced by Kansas University students earned the All American rating from the Associated Collegiate Press, the organization’s top award. Staff included editor Thomas Tatlock, business manager Jerry Pullins, cover artist John Norman, art director John Wyant, and editor Susan Flood, among many others.
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Associated Collegiate Press
Kansas University
Jayhawker
Thomas Tatlock
Wichita
Jerry Pullins
Council Grove
John Norman
Kansas City
John Wyant
St. Joseph
Tonto Mays
Lyons
Group Pictures
Susan Flood
Hays
Gene Barnard
Hutchinson
Alan Stamper
Plainville
Judy Gorham
Denver
Colo
Diane Turner
John Bumgarner
Tulsa
Okla
Lynn Greever
Leavenworth
Pat Kendall
Holton
Judy Strafer
Shawnee Mission
John Middleton
Fire at Blue Hills Cafe causes top fire damage
Wakarusa Fire Department responded to Blue Hills Cafe at 23rd and Harper Tuesday afternoon after a neon sign shorted and ignited the building roof. Damage was set at $50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wakarusa
Blue Hillis Cafe
23Rd and
Harper
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FBI
Erhard Pfingsten
Kan
Pfingsten
LHS
NFS
Rumsey Funeral Home
Lawrence Sertoma Club
William Wolfe
NLRB
John S. Lawrence
South Lincoln
Mass
Elmer J. Cramer
Lake
Cramer
Massachusetts
Charles Stough
Journal-World
Fritz CO
Firestone Corner
KU Jayhawker
Blue Hills
Lawrence Memorial Co
Silver-Eagle
Thru-Bus Service
Seattle
Salt Lake City
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