Army Widow Aids Vietnamese Village
Army widow Barbara Spruill of Suffern New York who aided Cai Son in the Mekong delta with medicines infant food and letters now plans to help with school supplies she aims to fund purchases locally rather than send more American gifts Her husband Captain James P Spruill was killed by a mine while serving as military adviser in Cai Son and his diary and letters inspired the effort The village honored the memory with a monument and a ceremony led by local officials and Lt Col Nguyen Khac Tuan
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Suffern
N.Y
Barbara Spruill
Mekong River Delta
Cai Son
Jim
Spruill
James P. Spruill
Plymouth
N.C
Viet Nam
West Point
Mark
Elisabeth
Causes Of Student Revolt At California U
An 85 page Byrne report for UC regents argues reforms to avert Berkeley unrest. It faults Free Speech Movement tactics and university structures while urging self government for students and off campus advocacy within limits. A key proposal is reorganizing the nine campuses into autonomous, largely self governing units as a commonwealth of universities.
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Los Angeles
University of California
Berkeley
University Regents
Beverly Hills
Jerome C. Byrne
Regents
Byrne
Board of Regents
Edward W. Carter
Commonwealth of Universities
Cleanup Of Prisons Is Urged By Kansas Officials
Dr Karl Menninger urged cleansing the prison system matching the reform seen in state mental hospitals. He compared current prisons to hospitals before reform and warned against complacency. Rev James Post of Kansas Penitentiary praised rehabilitation progress while noting ongoing gaps. The Kansas State Medical Society session focused on prisons and criminal rehabilitation as the convention continued.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Karl Menninger
Kansas State Medical Society
Menninger Foundation
Topeka
James Post
Kansas Penitentiary
Apportionment Case May Go to Top Court
The Kansas House apportionment question may reach the U S Supreme Court after the Kansas Supreme Court ruled population based apportionment for both houses may be required. The court denied a rehearing as Attorney General Sonderholm prepared an appeal. Hutchinson publishers led the challenge asserting population basis despite a constitutional seat guarantee for 105 counties.
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Topeka
Kansas House
U. S. Supreme Court
Kansas Supreme Court
House
Senate
Robert Sonderholm
Hutchinson
John P. Harris
State Supreme Court
Kansas
Kansas Court
Harris
Gold Rush Draws Tens of Thousands to California
Gold fever spurred growth in 19th century California as about 100000 treasure seekers arrived in 1849 seeking riches and opportunity in the territory.
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California
Texa s ewes distributed to buyers
Two hundred Texas yearling ewes were bought by farmers in a four county area through a cooperative purchasing arrangement and distributed yesterday. Ray Hoss of Kansas State University bought the ewes in numbers ordered through county extension offices. The program is an annual effort of the Kansas Quality Sheep Assn. with several agricultural agencies. Chanute Livestock Auction served as the distribution point for Neosho and Wilson counties.
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Texas
Ray Hoss
Kansas State University
Manhattan
Kansas Quality Sheep Assn
Chanute Livestock Auction
East 14Th
Neosho
Wilson
Sheep sale report lists buyers from Chanute and St Paul
Neosho county buyers K. D. Casper Milton Dorris and Russell Zimmerman Chanute and Leo Burnett and Jess Sharp of St Paul purchased sheep in Texas at 22 dollars per head. Burnett is a member of the Future Farmers of America.
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Bourbon
Labette
Neosho County
K. D. Casper
Milton Dorris
Russell Zimmerman
Chanute
Leo Burnett
Jess Sharp
St. Paul
Burnett
Future Farmers of America
Texas
Psychiatric Tests For Wilson Boy After Sister Slaying
Thirteen year old Roger Mikulecky of Wilson Kansas has been sent to the Atchison Childrens Receiving Home for nine days of psychiatric observation after admitting to stabbing his 10 year old sister during a May 1 argument over a game of hide and seek Judge Gerhard Hasse ordered the evaluation and scheduled another hearing at the end of the 90 day period The Mikulecky family is listed as the defendants in this juvenile case
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Ellsworth
Kan
Roger Mikulecky
Atchison Childrens
Gerhard Hasse
Raymond Mikulecky
Wilson, Kan
Government workers rise from 1942 to 1962
Tax Foundation, Inc. reports that government employees at local state and federal levels grew from about six million in 1942 to over nine million in 1962, reflecting expanding public employment across government tiers.
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Tax Foundation, Inc
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Hot Springs
Ark
Warneke
California U
Pioneer
East Main
Sonderholm
Georgia
U. S
Cambodia
South China
Song Be
The
Chanute Tribune
S. Central
Foster Clothing CO
Lili East Main
Fred Foster
Dean Foster
Dixieland Group
Chanute Annys and
Vocale
Midwest
West Main
Fortres
Penney
Bossa Nova
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