Inter-Century Seminar shines at Kansas University centennial
The Inter-Century Seminar at Kansas University opened the centennial celebration with praise for planners Chancellor Wescoe and professors George Anderson and William Conboy. The four day event drew attendees from far away as critics sparred with speakers, notably Charlies Whittaker and Ashley Montagu, and KU professor Errol Harris. The column notes two incidents marred the program and commends critic-commentator teams for their constructive approach.
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Kansas University
Wescoe
George Anderson
William Conboy
Council For Progress
U. S. Supreme Court
Charlies Whittaker
Ashley Montagu
Montagu
Whittaker
Barry Goldwater
Jesus Christ
Humanity
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Rural Aid Group Seeks Big Budget In 1967 Request
Washington AP The Rural Community Development Service faced sharp questions from the House Agriculture Appropriations subcommittee over its 1967 fiscal budget request of 3.488 million dollars. Rep Jamie L Whitten questioned the large jump from prior years and warned against duplicating existing services while administrator Robert G Lewis defended the agency.
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Washington
Rural Community Development Service
House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee
Jamie L. Whitten
D-Miss
House Agriculture Committee
Whitten
Robert G. Lewis
RCDS
Lewis
Kansas Manufacturing Firms by Category in 1965
At year end 1965 Kansas housed 3 955 manufacturing firms across 280 distinct industrial categories represented by Kansas companies.
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Kansas
Kansas Company
Lodge Notice for Lawrence Lodge 6 AF and AM Meeting
Special communication of Lawrence Lodge 6 AF and AM on Monday, April 16, at 7:30 P.M. Work in the first degree. Sojourner welcome. C W Schroeder, A G W Mole, Secretary.
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AF & AM
Sojourwelcome
Johnson aides hint at accidental guard car incident in Mexico
Reporters note a guard car led the presidential limo outside Mexico City and suggest President Johnson may have helped honor Cantinflas after a 15 minute visit to Chapultepec Heights. The trip also involved a mission with Sen. Douglas and a temporal humanitarian gesture toward Cantinflas's family linked to Temple Texas.
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Mexico
Chapultepec Heights
Latin America
Cantinflas
Fulton Freeman
Mario
Paul H. Douglas
Mexico City
Temple
Tex
Mario Moreno Sr
LBJ
Douglas
Bombers Hit North Viet Convoys In Bold Open-Warfare
U S Air Force fighters destroyed 42 North Vietnamese trucks in open areas marking a record in the war against supply lines. Raids targeted the Mu Gia Pass and alternate routes toward the Ho Chi Minh Trail with Navy carrier planes striking 40 targets and ground actions near Da Nang and Saigon producing casualties and debris.
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South Viet Nam
Air Force
Mu.Gia Pass
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
Cambodia
Mountain Pass
Mu Gia Pass
Dorg Ca Thom
17Th Parallel
Kitty Hawk
Ticonderoga
Thanh Hoa
Vinh
Quang Tri Province
Hue
Tan Son Nhut
Freedom
U. S
101St Airborne
Binh Thuan
Binh Tuy
da Nang
Odd Japan Traits Make Good News
A satirical look at Japanese preoccupations with nature and food as cherry blossoms bloom. Reports note outbreaks of dysentery and typhoid sicken over 100 with a doctor tied to alleged deliberate contamination. a public reaction mixes fear with humor as cultural quirks surface.
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Japan
Tokyo
Chiba
Shizuoka
Mitsuru Suzuki
Chiba University
Yokohama
Himalaya
Big Brutus Shovel Uproots Earth in Southeast Kansas
Big Brutus, a colossal electric shovel in the coal region of Southeast Kansas, performs massive digs with each scoop lifting 90 cubic yards of earth, highlighting the scale of mining operations.
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Kansas
VanderWerf to Speak at Benedicts 108th Commencement
Dr. Calvin A. VanderWerf president of Hope College will address the 108th annual commencement at St. Benedicts College on May 7. About 103 seniors are due to graduate at 10 a.m. VanderWerf formerly taught chemistry at the University of Kansas from 1941 to 1963 and became Hope’s eighth president in 1963.
Kids Present As Teacher Gets Married
In Quincy Massachusetts kindergarten teacher Lorraine MacLean wed George T. Jones at St. Joseph church with 41 students watching. The class mostly attended despite 10 absentees due to chicken pox as the couple planned a Virgin Islands honeymoon.
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Mass
George T. Jones
Lorraine MacLean
Beechwood Knoll
St. Joseph Church
Mrs. Jones
Miss MacLean
Thomas Lowe
Jones
Virgin Islands
Johnny Gravine
Fire traps seven in Kansas City apartment blaze
Fire in the basement of a three story building at 4007 09 Holmes trapped seven residents on upper floors Friday night. Firemen rescued five from the third floor and a mother with her baby from the second floor. No injuries reported. Cause not determined.
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Kansas City
Joseph Connor
Battalion
Holmes
Allies Form Group to Address French NATO Withdrawal
In Bonn the United States Britain and West Germany create a working group led by Karl Carstens to study the French decision to pull French forces from NATO command. Ambassadors McGhee and Roberts join the effort as NATO powers prepare for consultations. France plans July 1 withdrawal of two divisions and two squadrons from joint command.
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Britain
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U.S
George C. McGhee
Frank Roberts
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Charles de Gaulle
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Allied Command
Ford Blames Honolulu Talks for Viet Nam Turmoil
Rep Gerald Ford Republican Leader says Johnson's Honolulu meeting with South Viet Nam Premier Ky sparked political and civil unrest in Viet Nam. He warns the turmoil could lead to a U S withdrawal and peace talks with the Viet Cong.
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Calif
Gerald R. Ford
House
Johnson
Honolulu
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Cao Ky
Viet Nam
Ford
Republican
Michigan Republican
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Johnson, 75, Former Defense Chief, Stricken by Stroke
Louis A. Johnson, secretary of defense at the start of the Korean War, is seriously ill after a paralytic stroke suffered Wednesday. He has been in ill health for 18 months, reported by a member of his law firm in Washington.
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Louis A. Johnson
Defense
Johnson
Pan Am Orders World's Largest Jet 747
Pan American World Airways orders 25 Boeing 747 jets for 525 million, the largest aircraft deal in history. The plane seats 490 passengers, carries 214000 pounds of freight, speeds to 633 mph, flies at 45100 feet, with a 6000 mile range, and costs 35 percent less to operate.
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Pan American World Airways
Pan Am
Boeing Co
Douglas
Juan T. Trippe
Pan American
Trans World Airlines
Card of Thanks and Expressions of Gratitude
A collection of thank you notes from families and individuals thanking doctors nurses friends and neighbors for care kindness flowers cards meals and support during illness death and bereavement. Names referenced include Elizabeth Messer Harry Zook Lena Coehler Mary Ince Hazel High and Mary High with local funeral and medical staff thanked.
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Campbell, Wilcox
Hermes
Godwin
Elizabeth Messer
Harold
Harry Zook
Alex Mitchell
Mary Ince
Henry Wash
Heavy tax deadline rush blocks Lawrence mail flow
Lawrence Post Office reports a heavy last minute mail surge as residents rush income tax returns to IRS in Wichita. The midnight Friday deadline carried no penalty, and postal workers bundled the Friday shipments for direct mailing. Archibald B. Oliver of Louisville notes his ancestor Aunt Hannah Oliver taught Latin at Kansas University and attended the 1866 convocation.
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Internal Revenue Service
Wichita
Hannah Oliver
Deane Malott
Archibald B. Oliver
Ky. St
Adam N. Oliver
Hannah
Kansas University
Oliver
Malott
Kansas Leads In Mobile Home Industry
Kansas ranks among the top states in mobile home and camper trailer manufacture and the industry is the sixth largest in the world.
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Kansas
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