Marine Losses High In Two Sweep Actions
The USS Command reports two major sweep operations in northern South Vietnam. About 8,000 US Marines are in three linked efforts near Khe Sanh and along the Laos border, with 26 Marines and 59 North Vietnamese killed and 80 Marines wounded. Major Gen Ormond R Suse son notes enemy rocket stockpiles and Da Nang targets remain threats.
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Saigon
USS
South Vietnam
da Nang
U.S
A Shau
Oklahoma Hills
1St Marine Division
Ate
Ormond R. Suse Son
Corpus Christi
Tex
Service Today for Dr. King
A 20 minute memorial service was held in South Park this afternoon under cloudy skies honoring Dr. Martin Luther King assassinated a year ago. About 100 people listened as Rev. Alvin Larkin urged living by words and dying behind them, saying his death brought a new birth in many minds and hearts.
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South Park
Martin Luther King
Alvin Larkin
KU workers observe holidays as spring break continues
Lawrence workers at Kansas University marked mourning and burial days for Dwight D. Eisenhower with holidays this week. Students and faculty stayed on break while civil service staff resumed later. April open house previews and district building tours were announced for USD 497. The Douglas County Commission audited election results with one two vote discrepancy. Mud Creek flood control plans north of Lawrence were reviewed with the Army Corps of Engineers.
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Kansas University
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Abilene
Civil Service
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Board of Education
USD 497
Chamber
Douglas County Commission
City Commission School Board
Bob Pulliam
Lawrence
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Eisenhower Gauge of Greatness details in Journal World
Relman Morin authored a 264 page Eisenhower life book with 140000 words and 85 photos. Max Desfor selected images. AP collaboration. printing nearing completion. orders to Gauge of Greatness Lawrence Journal-World Box 66 Poughkeepsie NY 12601, price 3 dollars.
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Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Journal-World
Associated Press
Relman Morin
Max Desfor
Nixon Plans To Appoint Career Men
President Nixon named veteran diplomats Alfred Puhan to Budapest and William J. Handley to Ankara as ambassadors to Hungary and Turkey. He also signed an executive order limiting the interest equalization tax to discourage foreign securities investments and instructed the Commerce Department to relax direct investment restrictions.
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Nixon
Key Biscayne, Fla
Hungary
Turkey
Robert W. Komer
Lyndon B. Johnson
Vietnam
William J. Handley
Foreign Service
Florida
White House
Commerce Department
Two Treated After Thursday Mishap In Lawrence
Robert G. Sullinger twenty of Leawood and Mary S. Sullinger twenty two of Overland Park were treated and released at Watkins Memorial Hospital after a 6 52 p m Thursday collision at 21st and Iowa Street. The northbound Sullinger car collided with a southbound Barton car as Barton tried a left turn. Damage estimates put Sullinger car at 985 and Barton car at 735. Another crash at 6th and Maine Street involved Rice Fitzpatrick and Mary E Elliott with damages 600 and 450 respectively.
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Robert G. Sullinger
Leawood
Kansas University
Mary S. Sullinger
Overland Park
Watkins Memorial Hospital
21St
Iowa Sts
Robert Sullinger
James B. Barton
Vt. St
Barton
Lawrence
Sullinger
Rice Fitzpatrick
Princeton
Mary E. Elliott
Mo. St
6Th
Maine Sts
Elliott
Fitzpatrick
Baldwin Thefts Reported At Madi Implement Co
Six chain saws and a case of oil were stolen from Madi Implement Co on U S 56 in Baldwin. The Douglas County sheriff says value totals 1251 25 dollars with saws at 1242 75 and oil at 8 50. Entry was gained by breaking a window between 5 p m Thursday and 8 45 a m today.
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Baldwin
Madi. Implement Co
U.S. 56
Douglas’ County
Tornadoes Below Average Across Nation in Early 1969
The Weather Bureau reports only 17 tornadoes observed in 1969, the slowest pace since tornado forecasting began. Officials cite unusually cool early year conditions and a deep pressure trough along the East Coast as suppressing warm air and storm development. Skywarn partners Civil Defense Red Cross and Emergency Preparedness urge readiness.
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United States
Mississippi
Pearson
Gulf Coast
Weather Bureau
Civil Defense Office
Red Cross
Office of Emergency Prepaidness
Four enter guilty pleas and three trial dates set in Douglas County court
Four pleas of guilty were entered at the April motion day. Greg Brueckner and Robert Sack pleaded guilty to narcotics and grand larceny respectively, both to be sentenced April 14. Wheeler and Masquet also pleaded guilty to DUI with varying fines and jail terms. Tyus and Duren were ordered to trial after sanity determinations. April 28 and April 14 dates were set for others on DUI charges.
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Douglas County District Court
Greg Edward Brueckner
St. Louis
Robert Wayne Sack
Baldwin
Johnny L. Masquet
Topeka
Windows Broken by Vandals at Central Junior High Bus
Lawrence police report windows on a Central Junior High School bus at 1400 Mass St were shattered about 8 15 p m Thursday by unidentified vandals. A resident alerted police at 8 22 p m. A juvenile suspect is being held for his parents. two other vandalism incidents were also reported.
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Central Junior High School
Mass. St
Lawrence
Sandy
9Th St
Keith Whiteman
Montgomery Ward & Co
23Rd St
Ousdahl Road
New Brighton
Minn
6Th
Mass. Sts
Fire damages at two residences and campus trash fire
Firemen report an overheated furnace motor at the W M Auchard home 2126 La St causing smoke at 8 01 a m The Helene Veatch residence 1127 Hilltop Dr also suffered motor overheating at 12 26 p m with estimated damage 25 A trash container fire near Malott Hall on the Kansas University campus was extinguished around 7 45 p m and cigarettes are noted as a possible cause The article also notes Mt Hood as the highest point in Oregon at 11245 feet.
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W. M. Auchard
la. St
Lawrence
Helene Veatch
Hilltop Dr
Malott Hall
Kansas University
Cuts Seen In NATO Troops
Canada plans NATO force reductions in Europe raise pressure in Washington for U.S. troop cuts. Officials note Senate moves to shrink the 225,000 U.S. NATO force faced cold feet after Czechoslovakia. Trudeau says NATO remains necessary but Canada seeks review. State Department cites consultations with NATO.
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Washington
Canada
NATO
Europe
U.S
Senate
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Western Europe
Mike Mansfield
Pierre Filliott Trudeau
Nixon
Trudeau
Ottawa
State Department
Kansas House Judiciary OKs changes to Criminal Code
The Kansas House Judiciary Committee approved a Senate version of the Criminal Code revision with an abortion provision requiring hospital accreditation by the Joint Committee on Accreditation and permitting abortion only after two physicians’ consultation. The bill moves to the full House for debate.
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Topeka
Kansas
House
Judiciary Committee
Senate
Joint Committee On Accreditation
Guard Callup Sends 600 Kansas Troops to Kansas City
Gov. Docking orders 600 National Guard members from Fort Scott Pittsburg and Iola to Kansas City Kansas as a precautionary training move with no incidents reported. Troops from the 3rd Battalion 137th Infantry expected to reach the Armory by midafternoon and be encamped by 6 p.m. with only the band remaining in the city.
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Topeka
National Guard
Kansas City
Kan
Robert Docking
Kansas
Burnau
137Th Infantry
Fort Scott
Pittsburg
Iola
69Th Infantry
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Young Men’s Business Club
Lake Charles
DR. King
J-W
Alfred Puhan
Budapest
Martin J. Hillenbrand
Allen D. Pearson
On Center
Rumney Funeral Home
Adyv
Gene Kletchka
Beckie
Journal-World Photo
Walter A. Wheeler
Tenn. St
Marlon Bert Tyus
Frankie Bell Duren Jr
Kansas City, Mo
Frank Gray
Kroger’s
N.H. Sts
Robert George Hall
Ohio St
Robert E. Brown Jr
Rt. 5
Gene Harrison
M. R. Carlson
Bob. Carlson
Vermont
East 7Th Street
Vihana
Lawn and Garden Products
Bob Oyler
Oregon
Mt. Hood
Pat Burnall
Docking
Joseph McDowell
Bethany Park Christian
Kansas School of Religion
Oread
Tim Miller
Guide Service
Warren Mortuary
Olermerly
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