KU Strikes Space Bonanza With Gifts of Equipment
The Kansas University Mechanics and Aerospace Engineering department acquires a $2 million surplus space age equipment cache from Air Force sources. Items include a Titan I missile stage valued at $200,000 and launch simulators worth $750,000, with the rest transporting costs.
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Ammon Andes
Kansas University
Prof
Andes
Propulsion Laboratory
Journal-World Photo
Kansas University Mechanics and Aerospace Engineering Department
Air Force
Fred Bates
Bates
Titan
Martin-Marietta Corp
Denver
New Policespot Aims 24 Hour Traffic Enforcement
The Lawrence Police Department in 1962 logged 1 47 arrests for moving violations and issued 2 624 warning tickets. Officials expect speed enforcement to intensify and possibly double totals, with Cox noting that tighter speed control may also curb other violations as drivers adjust behavior.
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Lawrence
Cox
Lawrence pupils return after Easter break plus TV quiz team
Public schools in Lawrence begin Easter recess and will resume Tuesday morning while offices close Friday at noon. Lawrence High School students Nancy Gallup Richard Harp David Leonard Jim McCalla and Tyson Travis will appear on WDAF Channel 4 program Categories facing Shawnee Mission North. District Court jury will not report Monday and will be notified for next term. Lawrence HELP KU student loan fund gains 50 dollars from Lawrence Jayhawk Kennel Club memorials boosting totals toward 18 000 this year and nearly 48 000 all time.
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Board of Education
Nancy Gallup
Richard Harp
David Leonard
Jim McCalla
Tyson Travis
Lawrence High School
WDAF
Channel 4
Shawnee Mission North High School
Trinity Lutheran Holds Maundy Thursday Service Tonight
Trinity Lutheran Church hosts a Maundy Thursday service at 7 30 p m with Rev Harold Hamilton delivering A Call to Serve And Be Served Dr George Anderson of the Church Council to assist in the service.
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Trinity Lutheran Church
Harold Hamilton
George Anderson
Church Council
Legislature Completes Redistricting and Key Reforms
The session concluded with reapportionment to favor urban areas in Kansas, a failed House plan to cut membership, Sunday closing debates, and an $80,000 boost for Washburn University. Major actions included funding boosts, welfare and education programs, and various labor and tax measures, while proposed transfers to ease prison overcrowding were blocked.
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Kansas City
Wichita
Topeka
House
Anderson
Washburn University of Topeka
Frederick H. Guild
Legislative Council
Guild
Kerr-Mills
University of Kansas
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Atchison
Lansing
Union Services Friday at First Methodist Church
The Lawrence Council of Churches sponsors a Good Friday service from 2:30 to 3 p.m. at First Methodist Church 10th and Vt. Streets. It closes the Holy Week series with multiple speakers from local churches and a line up of music including Bach and Pachelbel pieces.
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Lawrence Council of Churches
First Methodist Church
10Th
Vt. Sts
Council
Edwin Price
Kenneth Brown Jr
The
Friends Church
Harold Mallett
First Presbyterian Church
Myron Ebersole
Clinton Presbyterian Church
Kenneth Meredith
Church of the Nazarene
Paul Hett
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Benton Roy Hanan
First Christian Church
Earl Palsley
Salvation Army
H. C. McMillan
St. Luke A.M.E
Clare Rose
First Assembly of God
Louis Fork
Plymouth Congregational Church
Frank Duncan
Church of God
William DeLaughder
Centenary Methodist Church
Lorin Miller
Wesleyan Methodist Church
W. 5. Sims
Second Christian Church
Miriam Stewart Hamilton
Lamb of God
Johann Pachelbel
Iowa University Tops Big Ten Indoor Champs at Relays
Iowa University leads with a 15 man entry at the Kansas Relays as new conference champions Gary Hollingsworth 440 winner in 48.5, Bill Frazier mile 4 13.7, Roger Kerr 600 in 1 10.0, and Gary Fischer mile. Houston Drake also file for University class. College division includes McMurry Springfield Mo State Colorado State Fort Hays State Texas Western.
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Kansas
Hawkeyes
Gary Hollingsworth
Bill Frazier
Roger Kerr
Gary Fischer
Houston
Drake
McMurry
Springfield
Colorado State
Fort Hays State
Texas Western
KU to Maintain Role at Children's Mercy Hospital
KU will continue its working relationship with Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City Missouri despite Mercy’s affiliation with Missouri University. MU will take charge of staffing and education programs though KU will still assign medical students as long as full-time teachers and staff accommodate. A joint committee from KU and MU will decide specifics of KU’s participation.
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Kansas University
Children's Mercy Hospital
Kansas City
Mercy
Missouri University
KU Medical School
C. Arden Miller
Miller
Vernon E. Wilson
Missouri
Two Car Crash Damages Estimated At 300 Dollars
About 5 30 p m Wednesday a two car collision at the North Second and Lincoln Street intersection caused about 300 dollars in damage. Tony Mc Clendon 55 Route 1 complained of pains and would see his doctor. Leo E Ousdahl 19 Route 3 was the other driver.
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North Second
Lincoln Sts
Tony McClendon
Route 1
Leo E. Ousdahl
Route 3
Unseen rifle shot misses Walker at home in Dallas
In Dallas, an unseen rifleman fired through a back window at ex General Edwin A Walker as he worked on his.tax return, narrowly missing him. Walker blamed antiwar sentiment and said the front was at home.
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Dallas
Tex
Edwin A .Walker
Walker
Thresher Search Expands as Weather Hampers Dive
The Thresher disappearance spurred a large naval search in an area used by Soviet trawlers with no confirmed submarines or surface craft in the vicinity. Admiral Anderson said nine months in Portsmouth was longer than usual due to hull work and external fittings. Salvage was ruled out. depth and pressure create an almost impossible rescue scenario. A seven-ship force including Seawolf aided by radar sonar and magnetic detectors scoured 8,400 feet depths amid worsening seas.
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Portsmouth
Naval
Atlantic
Massachusetts Air National Guard
Navy
Seawolf
NASA Official To Keynote KU Engineering Exposition
Dr. Joseph F. Shea of NASA will be principal speaker at the 43rd Kansas University Engineering Exposition awards banquet April 20 in the Kansas Union Big Eight Room. The two day event includes exhibits from all engineering branches with theme Project Apollo and Mercury program coverage.
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KU Exposition
Joseph F. Shea
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Kansas University
Kansas Relays
Memorial Stadium
Kansas Union
U.S
Kansas
W. Clarke Wescoe
Dr. Shea
Office of Manned Space Flight
New York City
Shea
Michigan University
U. S
Allen Fieldhouse
Lindley Hall
Marvin Hall
Marvin Annexes
Fowler Shops
Egypt Syria and Iraq Agree to Unite Under One Republic
Cairo reports the Egyptian Syrian and Iraqi rulers agreed to form a United Arab Republic with a central government and one flag. Cairo would be capital with three regions and a single nationality. Nasirist leadership likely in charge amid secrecy on parties and oil revenue division. Rockets fired near Port Suez add regional tension.
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Egypt
Syria
Iraq
United Arab Republic
Aly Sabry
U.A.R
Sabry
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Nasser
Ba’ath
Unity
Port Suez
Israel
Crew of Thresher Includes 3 Kansans and 1 Missourian
Washington AP reports 129 sailors aboard the nuclear submarine Thresher are missing at sea. Kansans Larry Claussen Douglas McClelland and Don Dundas and Missourian Gerald Boster are named among the crew. Dundas 22 from Russell Kansas is engaged to a Groton Connecticut woman. his twin James sails aboard USS Long Beach.
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Thresher
Larry W. Claussen
Helen Mae Claussen
Lincoln
Topeka
Kan
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Charles F. McClelland
Wichita
Don R. Dundas
Gladys C. Dundas
Russell
Gerald C. Boster
Stanton M. Boster
Colony Drive
St. Louis, Mo
Dundas
Groton
Conn
Navy
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St. Louis
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