KU Receives 2 Million for Spencer Library at KU
The Kansas University Endowment Association will receive a 2 million dollar gift to build the Kenneth A. and Helen F. Spencer Library at the University of Kansas in Lawrence. The Spencer Foundation announced the gift and plans include a special room for Spencer papers and extensive humanities and science collections.
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Kansas City
Kansas University Endowment Association
Kenneth A. and
Helen F. Spencer
University of Kansas
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Kenneth
Spencer
Kansas University
Lawrence
W. Clarke Wescoe
Frank Strong
Weather: Light Snow Expected as Cold Weather Persists
Area forecast calls for cloudy and cold conditions tonight with 1 to 2 inches more snow possible by late tonight. Wednesday will be partly cloudy and slightly warmer with low near 20 and high in the 30s. Topeka reports continued cold, light snow likely, with highs from 15 to 20 in the northwest to near 30 southeast.
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Topeka
Kansas
Traffic Fatality Log For Topeka Kansas
Topeka Kansas report shows 24 hours ending 9 am Tuesday with 4 traffic deaths for January 20 1966 compared to 5 in the same period in 1965 and 40 in 1965 overall. The log tracks fatalities for the period and compares year over year figures.
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Topeka
Kansas
County Planners Elect Dalton County Advisory Committee
Erie organized group forms county planning advisory committee to study countywide planning by professionals. Cleo Dalton of Erie named chairman, C. C. Duccy vice chairman, Billie O'Bryan secretary. Next meeting set for February 7 in Erie with a Kansas Department of Economic Development staffer invited.
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Erie
Neosho County
Cleo Dalton
C. C. Duccy
Galesburg
Billie O'Bryan
St. Paul
Eugene Lee
Stark
Charles Payne
Thayer
Dale Painter
Chanute
Lloyd VanCleave
Wilbur Thompson
William Guy
Kansas Department of Economic Development Planning Division
Storm Delays Searchers for Indian Jetliner Wreckage
Mist and winds hindered rescue teams from reaching the Mont Blanc crash site in CHAMONIX France where an Air India Boeing 707 with 117 aboard crashed while approaching Geneva. Helicopters reported debris and bodies scattered across the mountain as crews expected months to recover remains.
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Chamonix
France
Mont Blanc
Europe
Air India
Geneva
Bombay
New York
French Mountain Rescue Service
Cemetery plots surge as prices rise in Pocatello
Pocatello Idaho reports a spike in sales at Mountain View Cemetery after city plans to raise plot prices by as much as 75 dollars. Sexton Castulo Guerra says sales have jumped 23 fold, totaling 115 lots sold versus usual four or five in a similar period. Some buyers purchase up to five plots at one time.
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Sexton Castulo Guerra
Tribune Phone Guide: Call After 6 For Assistance
If you cannot reach your Tribune carrier, try the office line after 6 p.m. Dial HE 1-3400 for contact and assistance.
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Tribune
Park Building Usage Tops Agenda of City Representatives
City recreation commission and the city commission discussed administration and policies for the new Central Park community building. A survey will determine projected uses. responses should note use type, frequency, and group size. A $35,000 bond finances pavilion enclosure and improvements.
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City Commission
Central Park
Recreation Commission
Central Park Pavilion
Rotunno
Royce Wells
Bruce Burris
U S proposes new peace overture to Hanoi from Cairo
U S offers to pause air raids on North Vietnam until Hanoi responds and agrees to Viet Cong participation in talks. The approach includes a chance to discuss the Four Point Peace proposal and to invite other nations or Viet Cong representatives to join negotiations. The moratorium could extend pending a response.
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Cairo
United States
Hanoi
U.S
Viet Nam
Lucius Battle
Foreign Ministry
Mohamed Hassan el Zayyat
el Zayyat
Nguyen Xuan
North Viet Nam
Battle
Washington
Egypt
Senate Action Slowed by Union Shop Debate
The Senate delayed action on a bill ending state bans on the union shop as leaders fought a parliamentary move. A lengthy 52 page journal reading, including 30 pages of Johnson budget material, preceded a filibuster and Mansfield’s plan for a two hour morning hour to force a nondebatable motion to bring up the measure.
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Washington
Senate
Journal of Monday
Johnson
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mansfield
46 U.S. Troops Killed in Vietnamese Crash
In dense fog and rain near An Khe in central Viet Nam a U S Air Force C123 crash killed 46 Americans and four crew. The aircraft of the 315th Air Commando Group and 42 soldiers of the 7th Cavalry were aboard. The high casualty incident may be the war’s worst air crash. shells exploded on impact. Officials said the cause remained under investigation.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Central Highlands
An Khe
315Th Air Commando Group
7Th Cavalry Regiment
United Fund Meets Tonight
The Chanute United Fund holds its annual meeting at 7 30 tonight in the Memorial Building Chamber of Commerce offices. Officers and six directors will be elected and all contributors may attend.
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Chanute United Fund
Chamber of Commerce
Memorial Building
Antique Comes to Rescue When Modern Power Fails
Pacific Palisades California AP reports Jamison Handy Jr. used a 1916 Detroit electric car to power his house during a 30 minute Los Angeles blackout. The 108 volt battery ran lights shaver toaster radio and a refrigerator and TV were unplugged. Handy bought the antique car in 1935 and notes his wife logged 25 000 miles during World War II saving fuel.
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Pacific Palisades Calif
Jamison Handy Jr
Handy
Detroit Electric
Los Angeles
Detroit
Mich
Rosemary
Snow Storm Closes Arkansas Schools and Paralyzes Roads
Snow blanketed a broad area in the South with Arkansas seeing four inches in Pine Bluff and three in Little Rock. Hazardous driving warnings were issued across Arkansas Tennessee and northern Mississippi Alabama and Georgia as rain and snow slicked highways. Jackson Tennessee reported four inches as New Orleans endured over an inch of rain in six hours.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Pine Bluff
Ark
Little Rock
Jackson
Tenn
Gulf of Mexico
Tennessee
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
New Orleans
Intersection Crash Causes Heavy Vehicle Damage
Ed Hardendorf, 67, of 611 S Central and David McCune, 56, of 1206 W 5th, suffered extensive damage after a collision at 4th and Larson around 12:10 p m. Hardendorf was shaken but not seriously injured. Damages were $750 to his 1965 Oldsmobile and $800 to McCune’s 1965 Chrysler.
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Ed Hardendorf
S. Central
David McCune
5Th
4Th and
Larson
Hardendorf
McCune
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Reveals Power Woes
An intercepted letter discusses an antique electric car useless during a power failure as they lack direct current devices and do not know how to hook it up.
Hill opposes budget session changes for Kansas
House Speaker Clyde Hill says no budget session law change is needed and the constitution already allows flexible sessions. He rejects calls for longer or more frequent sessions and criticizes proposals to expand the number of amendments on ballots, noting the current 30 day budget sessions and limited scope.
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Topeka
Clyde Hill
Hill
House
Yates Center
Constitutional amendments debated on budget session ruling
Change proposed constitutional amendments were submitted at a budget session and drew debate. Harold Fatzer once ruled amendments could not be submitted there, then John Anderson reversed him, saying they were legal. No court test yet, though Fatzer is now a Supreme Court justice who would rule on the question.
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Harold Fatzer
Supreme Court
John Anderson
Fatzer
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