First Reports In Fund Drive At United Campaign Luncheon
The first United Campaign report luncheon at the Exhibition Hall showed 1 808 099 45 dollars raised, 22 2 percent of an 8 129 500 goal. Sears Roebuck and employees led with 159 381, earning 15th blue banner. other honorees included Business Men's Assurance, Jerry Smith Buick, and Faultless Starch. Veterans day tributes honored armed forces Red Cross and USO. John P. Miller chaired the event with about 1 000 volunteers in attendance.
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United Campaign
Exhibition Hall
Sears Roebuck & Co
Sears Roebuck
Business Men’s Assurance Company of America
Jerry Smith Buick
Faultless Starch Company
R. B. Jones Insurance Company
Armed Forces
American Red Cross
Howard Johnson
Vietnam
Johnson
Benton Boulevard
Red Cross
John P. Miller
McNamara Visits Moscow Then Heads to Kabul
Robert S. McNamara president of the World Bank and former U.S. defense secretary arrived in Moscow as a tourist per the U.S. embassy. He plans to depart tomorrow for Kabul to conduct World Bank business.
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Moscow
Robert S. McNamara
The
World Bank
U. S
Onassis Honeymoon Yacht Arrives Off Rhodes
Aristoteles Onassis and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis docked their honeymoon yacht Christina off Rhodes Greece after a day cruise from Northeastern Greece. The couple anchored near the resort island’s harbor as dusk settled over the Aegean.
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Greece
Aristotle
Jacqueline Onassis
Christina
Turkey
March tribute parade honors nation’s veterans
A large public procession from Thirtieth and Main to the Liberty Memorial Hall honored U S veterans with airmen, guard units, ROTC cadets, high school rifle teams, bands, and veterans groups. Brig Gen Carlos M Talbott spoke on peace and democracy, followed by a wreath ceremony at the memorial.
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Thirtieth
Main Streets
Liberty Memorial Hall
Richards-Gebaur
Missouri Army National Guard
Olathe Naval Air Station
Chrisman High School
Northeast
Southwest
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Disabled American Veterans
American Red Cross
Liberty Memorial
United States
Carlos M. Talbott
Tenth Air Force
Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base
Kansas City
Manual
Jim Linville
Missouri House Size Question Sparks Debate in Jefferson City
Longstanding dispute over Missouri House size surfaces as State Sen. William Baxter Waters of Liberty calls the 163 member chamber unwieldy. He argues for reduction to improve efficiency, warning many incumbents fear loss of seats. Continued on Page 2.
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Robert P. Sigman
Star
Missouri House (of Representatives
Missouri House
Jefferson City
William Baxter Waters
Liberty
St. Louis
Waters
Agnew Begins Puerto Rico Vacation After Victory
Vice president elect Spiro T. Agnew and his family left Annapolis for a Puerto Rico vacation. They will stay about five days at Dorado Beach, at a private residence, following talks with President elect Nixon at Key Biscayne, Florida.
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Annapolis
Spiro T. Agnew
Puerto Rico
Maryland
Dorado Beach
Agnew
Richard M. Nixon
Key Biscayne
Fla
Plan a Rocket Test
NASA plans a Wednesday launch of a civilian pilot engineer aboard the HL-10 lifting body. John A. Manke of Edwards California will fly the rocket powered craft at about 600 mph to test the XLR-11 engine and lifting body stability. The HL-10 is dropped from a B52 to glide and maneuver for a runway landing.
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Washington
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Johns A. Manke
Edwards
Calif
Narrow Telegraph Hill House Plans Stir San Francisco Debate
Fred Maffei, a contractor, plans a 51 by 8 foot two story house on Telegraph Hill with four potential buyers. He faces a street easement 16 feet wide across his 68 by 8 foot lot and is proposing a one story stilted design with an elevator to access neighboring garages. The case blends property rights with local zoning and easement constraints.
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San Francisco
Fred Maffei
Telegraph Hill
Maffei
Jun Hatoyama
Pope Pauls Encyclical Tops Bishops Opening Session
The national conference of Catholic bishops opens with plans to draft a letter on Pope Paul VI’s ban on artificial birth control. Attending is Cardinal Patrick O’Boyle of Washington who recently penalized 40 priests over con sulting couples on conscience.
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Paul
National Conference of Catholic Bishops
Patrick Cardinal O’boyle
Washington
Tiny eighth graders coach team stands out
An eighth grade basketball squad is noted as unique because it is smaller in size than its coach, making it the only team I know with that characteristic.
Man Hopes Thieves Fear Serpent In Jewelry Exhibit
Bill Clemmer staged a Coconut Grove jewelry display during an art show and, with police tied up guarding Richard Nixon, placed a rat snake in the case to deter thieves. He hopes the snake will scare off would be robbers who mistake it for a guard.
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Miami, Fla
Bill Clemmer
Miami
Coconut Grove
Richard M. Nixon
Clemmer
Queen Elizabeth Plane Blast Damages Building in Rio
At Rio de Janeiro International Airport the jet carrying Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip blew the roof off a Brazilian air force wash building. No injuries reported. The royal party left after an 11 day visit amid a 21 gun salute. President Arthur da Costa e Silva observed the departure.
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Brazil
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Chile
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Prince Philip
Royal Air Force
Arthur da Costa E Silva
Reds Attack From DMZ Shell U S Marines Positions
North Vietnamese artillery and rockets strike Marine positions just south of the buffer zone. The DMZ shelling escalates as Hanoi forces concentrate fire on key outposts near the demilitarized border.
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U. S. Marine
Planes Hit Inside DMZ as Vietcong Fire On Marines
North Vietnamese gunners fired into the DMZ at U S Marine positions south of the boundary. Marines destroyed one firing position and 10 bunkers west of Con Thien while another position was heavily shelled five miles west inside the DMZ. Four Marines were killed and 41 wounded in five attacks on three positions. B 52 bombers joined the effort around Saigon as air and ground forces responded. The shelling followed President Johnsons halt of bombing to spur Paris peace talks.
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Demilitarized Zone
U. S
Johnson
North Vietnam
Dmz
Con Thien
Paris
Walt W. Rostow
Rostow
ABC
Red Shellings Pressure Talks Over DMZ Bombing Halt
From Saigon reports indicate Communist shellings inside the DMZ and on Can Tho and My Tho test Washington after the halt to bombing. US sources say privately Hanoi agreed to end attacks in exchange for Johnson ending bombing, yet recent shelling killed four Marines and wounded 41, potentially weakening Paris talks.
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Demilitarized Zone
Washington
U. S
Dmz
Hanoi
Johnson
North Vietnam
Mekong Delta
Can Tho
My Tho
Paris
President-Elect Flies to Washington to Confer With Johnson
President-elect travels to Washington to confer with President Johnson on changes to the administration. The talks focus on policy realignments and staffing adjustments ahead of the new term.
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Washington
Johnson
Weather Outlook for Kansas City and Vicinity
Weather forecast calls for clear and colder tonight turning mostly sunny and warmer tomorrow with near zero precipitation. Low tonight in the lower 20s, high tomorrow in the 40s, humidity at 6 am 85 percent, barometer 30.15 inches, no precipitation in 24 hours, river stage 6.9 feet rising 0.3 feet.
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Weather Bureau
Kansas City
KU student dies after campus hall fight
Lawrence Kansas Bruce D Mailin 20 of Overland Park died from injuries suffered in a Thursday night altercation in a university residence hall. Multiple cervical fractures were reported. Police questioned a 17 year old youth who allegedly argued with Mallin.
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Lawrence, Kas
University of Kansas
Overland Park
Bruce D. Mailin
Jack Mallin
Walmer Street
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Mallin
Revere Copper plant workers ratify contract ends strike
More than half of Revere Copper and Brass Co production workers return to work after ratifying a new contract. The move ends a strike that began Thursday night by United Auto Workers members. Nixon arrives in Washington for lunch with Johnson and previews briefing on post election plans.
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N. E. Bedford, Mass
Revere Copper & Brass Co
United Auto Workers
Italian airline steward held in international drug ring
Rome police say they arrested Giuseppe Lassandrà and charged him with complicity in a narcotics smuggling ring. The U S narcotics bureau had arrested another Italian steward at Kennedy airport with heroin worth $800 000 as part of a ring moving drugs from the Middle East via France and Italy to the United States.
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New York
U. S
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