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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1964
Page
8
The Labor Department reports a shift in saving habits from cash in banks to life insurance housing and Social Security. Families save more via insurance and home equity, give more as gifts, and cut food spending from 30 percent to 24 percent of income between 1950 and 1960-61.
New York AP reports Hanukkah begins with lighting one candle Sunday night in millions of Jewish homes. The eight night festival marks the miracle of oil lasting eight days and kids often receive gifts on related nights.
Topeka reports a legal brief opposing further review of condemned killers Richard Hickock and Perry Smith was mailed to the U S Supreme Court. Assistant Attorney General J Richard Foth argues the state won the case and there is no merit to the appeal. If denied, clemency remains as the sole recourse, with a decision possible in 30 to 60 days.
Picasso ceramics and lithographs will be shown at the Kansas University Art Museum from December 4 to December 17. The exhibition, owned by the American Federation of Arts, features 32 ceramic pieces and 12 lithographs with works in two series.
Cleveland AP Christine Simko 14, who lost a leg to hip cancer after fleeing hospital, must move to the Protestant Home for Dependent Children in Fort Wayne Indiana by Juvenile Court order. Judge Whitlatch says she needs direction despite calling the home a good place.
William G. Morgan, a Springfield College student in Massachusetts, originated volleyball in 1895, developing a new indoor sport to fill a need for a less physical game.
The sixth Rock Products Conference at Kansas University covers rock uses in road building construction agriculture and flood control. Speakers include George Nettle Jr. and Robert Koch with topics on zoning crushed rock ag lime aggregates and highway material changes.
A P2V Neptune patrol plane crashed into a mountain four miles west of Cape Newenham near Kodiak Alaska, killing twelve Navy airmen. A four man rescue party led by Maj Curtiss Gruye found the wreckage and bodies after the routine coast ice patrol. Visibility was about 80 feet at the site.
Washington AP Hoover J Ed gar Hoover on a news conference may be his last He criticized Dr Martin Luther King at the extraordinary session Nov 18 He told Betty Beale a Washington Evening Star writer he enjoyed talking with women reporters but thought it would be his last
Rev. Arthur Kreinheder, founder and sole member of the Congregation of the Servants of Christ, completed St. Augustine's House a $35 000 retreat center in Oxford Michigan built with help from Roman Catholics Lutherans and area neighbors The monastic outpost aims to foster dialogue and reconciliation between Lutherans and Catholics and will host retreats for both groups
The junior champion Charger and a 200 pound Hampshire barrow enter open classes at the International Live Stock Exposition in Chicago. Janet Perring, 15, LeRoy, Ill., owns Charger a 1020 pound Angus calf. Gail Carr, 18, McNabb, Neb., owns the 200 pound Hampshire barrow. Gail previously won the junior barrow blue ribbon with a 220 pound Hampshire.
In the Probate Court of Douglas County Kansas the Douglas County State Bank as administrator of the estate of Francis P Lavin deceased petitions for final settlement allowances and heir determination. Defense must be filed by December 8 1964 at 10 00 a m in Lawrence. Stough and Paddock attorneys for administrator.
Dispersal sale of the farm herd will occur Tuesday December 1 1964 at 12 30 p m on Highway 10 five miles east of Lawrence Kansas with 70 Holstein dairy cattle including 14 first calf heifers several fresh cows springers and yearlings available for viewing at the farm two miles south and one west.
Open herd includes six yearlings, twelve calves, one two year old Holstein bull and dairy equipment. 200 gallon sun set bulk tank Sarge 3 unit pipe line milker five stall automatic feeders. DHIA data show yearly averages 11 578 pounds milk and 455 pounds fat test with records up to 17 000 pounds milk 721 pounds fat. Health papers furnished. Terms cash. Not responsible for accidents. Kenneth Whaley owner Myers Bros Ray Roberts auctioneers Eudora Bank clerk United Church of Christ serves lunch.
Bern ard and Robert Ferguson announce a public auction of their 100 head Holstein dairy herd on December 3 1964 at the Ottawa Kansas farm four miles east on Highway 68 then four miles south. Health certificates available cattle in production various ages with artificial breeding notes Hereford sired heifers and lots of calves. Cash terms no removal until payment buyers may inspect cattle before sale. Auctioneers Russ Feeback and Myers Bros with clerk First National Bank of Ottawa.
Administrators conduct a public sale 10 miles west of Lawrence to Stull, 14 miles east of Topeka, on Saturday December 5 1964 at 10 a m. Featuring machinery tools household goods guns truck feed and miscellaneous items from a life long collection with cash terms and attendance urged. Daisy B Bowen Bessie F Montfoort Criss and Skiles Auctioneers Howard Wiseman Lawrence National Bank Clerk Lunch by Stull Church Ladies.
A Crystal Motors ad lists numerous 1950s and early 1960s cars and pickups for sale and trade in cash offers. Vehicles include assorted Ford, Chevrolet, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, and Volvo models with R H and AT specifications, plus trucks like 1962 Chevy 1 ton and 1956 Ford F700. Contact 632 N. H. VI 33-5600 for evenings and Sundays visits.
UNCLASSIFIED continues with items for sale including motor mower rider 24 inch cut, outboard motor, wheels and tires, a 1956 Chevrolet 210 car, and household goods. Also golf clubs, a baby portacrib, coffee tables, a 1938 Ford pickup, and a 1961 Ford Falcon for sale. Also two properties for sale or rent and inquiries for a typist and small acreage, with contact details and agent listings.
John Haddock Ford A-1 Used Cars lists a fleet including 1964 Fairlane hardtop, 1964 Impala, 1963 Falcons and Ranchero, 1960s sedans, wagons and a 1963 Country Squire. Also ads for a 3 room rental, a 2 story colonial near University Place, and a 1959 Ford station wagon. Showroom event for a transistor organ on December 1.
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