Crown Center plans 500 room hotel in KC redevelopment
Crown Center Redevelopment plans a 500 room luxury hotel on Pershing road to Main street, to be run by Western International Hotels with a mid 1971 opening target. The 28 story facility may span Grand avenue, linking to a theater pavilion and shopping complex as Crown Center expands.
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Crown Center Redevelopment Corporation
Pershing
Grand
Pershing Road
Grand Avenue
Main Street
Lynn W. Bauer
Crown Center
Bauer
Western International Hotels Company
Seattle
Sheraton and
Hilton
Lynn P. Himmelman
Western International
Himmelman
Kansas City
Holiday Inn
Thirteenth
Wyandotte
Harry Weese
Chicago
Hallmark Cards
Edward Larrabee Barnes
New York
Plaza
United Station
Bauer and Himmelman
Western
Estern International Hotels Company
Joseph J. Mogush
Da Nang area hit by rockets
Rockets struck U.S. military installations near Da Nang in a second attack in three days. Reports say 29 civilians and 12 Vietnamese soldiers were killed, with 72 civilians and one soldier wounded. US and South Vietnamese forces report 181 enemy killed and over 200 prisoners in two operations. May influence Paris peace delegation talks amid Thieu Ky leadership speculation.
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Saigon
U.S
da Nang
U. S. Marine
U. S
Paris
Nguyen van Thieu
Nguyen Cao Ky
Weather Forecast for Kansas City and Vicinity
Cloudy with variable skies tonight and tomorrow. Colder tonight, a touch warmer tomorrow. Light winds, mostly west to southwest. 10 percent chance of precip through tomorrow. Lows in the mid 20s, highs in the low 40s. Humidity around 66 percent at 6 am and 55 percent at 1 pm. Barometer 30.12 inches at 6 am, 30.23 inches at 1 pm. River at 7 feet, lake level 2.7 feet below full.
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Weather Bureau
Kansas City
The
Ozarks
Italy's premier resigns as coalition shifts to center left
Premier Giovanni Leone's Christian Democrat government resigns to clear a new center left majority. Socialist party indicates return to partnership with Christian Democrats and the Republican party, leaving a path for a new premiership with Rumor or Colombo leading contenders.
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Rome
Giovanni Leone
Giuseppe Saragat
Leone
Christian Democrats
Republican Party
Italy
Mariano Rumor
Christian Democratic Party
Emilio Colombo
Treasury
United Campaign Falls Short of Goal in Fourth Report Meeting
The Heart of America United Campaign failed to reach the 8.13 million dollar goal, raising 6.29 million to date and needing 1.84 million in 48 hours. Major gifts from General Motors and Kansas City Power & Light highlighted the drive as officials push toward a victory celebration on Thursday night.
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Report
Kansas City Power & Light Co
Heart of America United
Marion Benson
Excelsior Springs
James Henderson
Ransom Street
Independence
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
David B. Kane
Liberty
Karen Erickson
South Overton Street
Benson
Kansas City Star
Ray Corey
United Campaign
Fourth Report
Auota
Sylvia Hamilton
General Motors Corporation
Kansas City
John P. Miller
General Campaign
Miller
Power & Light Co
George Dunn
Irvin Baird
Macy’s
City Hall
Maurice Solomon
Kehilath Israel Synagogue
United Campaign Inter-Faith Committee
George Winn
Storyville Seven
Kansas City Musicians Union
Draft finish rule eyed for graduate students
The Selective Service suggested state directors allow graduate students drafted during a term to finish the term before reporting. The proposal aims to lessen the draft impact on students and graduate schools.
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Washington
Selective Service System
Kosygin Meets Senators on Nuclear Talks and Arm Control
Soviet premier Kosygin tells Senators Gore and Pell that neither side should negotiate from weakness and urges progress on anti ballistic missile limits and nonproliferation treaty ratification. He emphasizes firm negotiating posture and broader disarmament steps.
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Alexei Kosygin
U. S
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Claiborne Pell
D-R. I
United States
Russia
Man jokes about Thanksgiving turkey in a paper sack
A humorous remark from a man at a nearby desk notes his wife planning to cook the Thanksgiving turkey in a brown paper sack, a claim he finds extreme yet amusing.
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Abraham Lincoln
Gettysburg
Queen Elizabeth 2 Sideswipes Dock During Debut Voyage
Britain's new liner Queen Elizabeth 2 with Prince Charles aboard ran out of control briefly at Clydebank dock. Crew and hundreds of workers fled as 20 feet of paint was rubbed off but the ship remained undamaged. with six tugs she sailed 13 miles to a drydock and will leave for trials before maiden voyage on December 23 charity cruise.
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Clydebank
Scotland
Britain
Prince Charles
Elizabeth
Clyde
Seizes power in Mali ousts Keita with coup
Radio reports from Bamako say President Modibo Keita was ousted and the army seized control. A curfew from 6 30 p m to 6 a m bans gatherings of more than three people and martial music accompanies the announcements. Red Chinese influence grew under Keita while Mali was a French colony in Northwest Africa.
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Abidjan
Ivory Coast
Bamako
Mali
Modibo Keita
Keita
Africa
Million-dollar bid for Redmond release stalls in China
ARIS report details lawyer Sol Friedman administering a 1 million dollar fund from public subscriptions to secure Hugh Francis Redmond’s release from Shanghai prison. Calls offer up to 250000 for information. Chinese authorities have halted news since July 4 1967. Friedman cites failed appeals to Mao and Chou En Lai as concern grows over Redmond’s fate.
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ARIS
Hugh Francis Redmond
London
Hague
Stockholm
Sol Friedman
Yonkers
N. Y
Redmond
Shanghai
Friedman
China
James E. Walsh
Cumberland
John T. Downey
Wallingford
Conn
Richard G. Fecteau
Lynn
Mass
International Red Cross
Chinese Red Cross
Mao Tsetung
Chou En-lai
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Maurice Couve de Murville
Francois- Xavier Ortoli
Riverside
Calif
Prove
Utah
Utah State
Mellody - McGivey-Eylar Funeral Homes
Woodt
D& Linn
Antioch Chapel
Main & Linn’d
Adv
Edward Day
Czechoslovakia
Pope Paul
Alexander Panagoulis
Sylvia Porter
Southern Cal
Ohio State
Kansas
Missouri
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Sa Grove
Wwe
Pheer Ewe
L. C. Epstein
Peking
North Vietnam
National Liberation Front
Epstein
Hugh Redmond
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