Connally witness denies he offered evidence against LBJ
Washington AP Jake Jacobsen star witness in the Connally bribery trial denied under cross examination that he ever offered to provide prosecutors evidence against former President Lyndon B. Johnson. Williams dropped the line and continued questioning as spectators packed the courtroom.
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Washington
Jake Jacobsen
John Connally
Lyndon B. Johnson
Connally
Edward Bennett Williams
Jacobsen
U.S. Department of Justice
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Johnson
Williams
Treasury
U.S
George L. Hart
Levi Proposes Regional Handgun Restrictions
Attorney General Edward H. Levi proposes a federal ban on the sale of handguns and ammunition in urban areas with high or rising violent crime. The mechanism would auto-activate when local crime exceeds thresholds and lift once violence subsides, avoiding nationwide registration or licensing.
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Washington
Atty
Edward H. Levi
Levi
New York
Chicago
Baltimore
San Franciso
Los Angeles
Law Enforcement Executives Narcotics Conference
Lawrence City Commission set to convene in new terms
The Lawrence City Commission will be installed at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in city hall. Old business includes a second reading on ordinances about commissioner age residency rules and attendance standards and a first reading to condemn land for the central maintenance garage at Second and Indiana. The fate of the garage remains tied to the new commission. The agenda also includes East Lawrence rezoning to residential to aid home rehabilitation and bids for street projects. Election notes mention Lawrence High School student elections with nine candidates for six roles. The report also features KU track coach Bill Easton’s Hall of Fame induction and revived Kansas Relays parade plans.
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New
Lawrence
City Hall
Second
Indiana
East Lawrence
Kansas
West 27Th Street
Massachusetts Street
Massachusetts Street Bridge
Lincoln Street
Maine Street
Planning Commission
Lawrence High School
Clair Keizer
Brett Greene
Mary Marshall
Sheryl Sigler
Aronda Hurst
Andrew Ice
Kiki Comeau
Paul Marks
Steven Cramer
Bill Easton
Kansas University
Track and Field Hall of Fame
Easton
Journal-World
Lawrence Arts Center
Ninth
Vermont Streets
Ann Evans
Subcommittee On
Arts and Letters
Arts Commission
U.S
Deaths and funerals in Kansas and nearby towns
Multiple obituaries report deaths and services across Kansas and Missouri. Richard Lednicky, 21, former Lawrence resident, killed in a head on collision near North Kansas City. George I. Zirkle, 98, Topeka funeral at Eastside Baptist Church. May Nuttall, 89, Eudora, funeral at Assembly of God Church. Gladys L. Nicolay, 74, Lawrence, funeral at Warren-McElwain Mortuary. Burial details and survivors listed for each case.
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Kansas City
Richard Allen Lednicky
Lawrence
Ralph Gemmell
Ray Lednicky
Lee’s Summit
Langsford Funeral Home
Jay
George I. Zirkle
Topeka
Eastside Baptist Church
George Hixon
Vernon Longstaff
Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Richland
Ted Tibbitts
Eudora
May Nuttall
Assembly of God Church
Michael Proctor
H.W. Barnett
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Kan
Nuttall
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Eudora Area
Ralph E
Lucille Broers
Dorothy Rowlan
Paola
Warren-McElwain Mortuary
Gladys L. Nicolay
W. Ninth
Orlo Choguill
Memorial Park Cemetery
Lawrence junior wins Kansas scholastic writing contest
Patricia Chamney a Lawrence High School junior won first place in the Kansas Scholastic Press Association writing contest at Kansas University. She was among 259 students in divisions 5A 4A and 3A 2A 1A with 36 awards per division across 12 categories judged by faculty and professional journalists.
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Patricia Chamney
Lawrence High School
Kansas Scholastic Press Asso. Siate
Kansas University
Chamney
Edward H. Chamney
Kansas State High School Activities Assn
KU scholarship honors three KU alumni with 1500 gift
A memorial scholarship fund at the Kansas University Endowment Association, seeded with 1500, honors Opha Kerby Gibson class of 1927 Genevieve Kerby Dexter and Willard R. Dexter class of 1936. The donors are Mrs. Floyd Scott and Eugene Gibson.
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Kansas University
Kansas University Endowment Association
Opha Kerby Gibson
Genevieve Kerby Dexter
Gibson
Independence
Kansas
Oklahoma
Colorado
Eugene Gibson
Fall River
Pittsburg State College
Dexters
Willard R. Dexter
Centerville
England
Midland Business Corporation
Austrian writers read in concert at Kansas Union
Two Austrian writers Beatrice Ferelli and Peter Tramin read in German at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the Kansas Union Big Eight Room Kansas University. Admission is free. They will read from their works and from A C Artmann and Peter Handke. Ferelli is an Austrian author and former actress with several plays and scripts. Tramin is a Tirol native and author of plays and essays. Kansas declares Clean-up Week. Gov. Bennett urges fire prevention after 1974 damages of over 6.7 million and 1,863 homes.
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Beatrice Ferelli
Peter Tramin
Kansas Union
Kansas University
Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures
A.C. Artmann
Peter Handke
Ferelli
Max Rinehardt
Austria
Germany
Kansas
Robert Bennett
Two Iraqis executed for airliner hijack in Iran
Iran announced the execution of two Iraqi hijackers by firing squad marking a possible first in air piracy history. In other briefs, Sadat said Israeli-bound cargo may pass the Suez when reopened in June, coal use may rise as utilities switch fuels, and Susan Edith Saxe pleaded innocent to bank robbery and conspiracy after 40 years on the FBI list.
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Tehran
Iran
New York
Anwar Sadat
Egypt
Suez Canal
Time Magazine
Time
Sadat
Cairo
Washington
Federal Energy Administration
Washington Post
Philadelphia
Susan Edith Saxe
FBI
Students vent about KU flaws and campus costs
Students across campuses complain of impersonal administration and red tape. Parking tickets and limited spaces on Daisy Hill draw ire while rising food and art supply prices in the union fuel criticism of the university’s affordability and perceived profiteering.
Local residents rescue man at Leavenworth County Lake
Harold Crady Sr. and Harold Crady Jr. of Lawrence saved a man from drowning near Tonganoxie after a canoe capsized at Leavenworth County State Lake. They worn life jackets and urged all boaters to do so, stressing safety. The elder Crady works at Hallmark Cards. the younger is in real estate.
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Harold Crady Sr
Harold Crady Jr
Lawrence
Leavenworth County State Lake
Tonganoxie
Cradys
Harolds
Crady
Lawrence High
Crady SR
Leavenworth
Hallmark Cards
Hal
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Richard Lednicky
Zirkle Services
Bernard
Rex B
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Neb
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Boulder
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Omaha
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EU Security
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Belleville
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Osage City
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Hashinger
Nancy Morrison
Prairie Village
Roger Cobb
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Kyle Goodwin
Hays
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