Kansas Relays Kick Off With Grueling 10000 Meter Run
The 38th Kansas Relays begin in Lawrence with the 10 000 meter run as the sole KU relay event today. Rain showers disrupt early action but no rain is forecast for Friday. The event features a large festival atmosphere with parades, an Engineering Exposition Project Apollo displays, and talks by NASA officials and lawmakers.
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Kansas
Lawrence
Kansas University
Memorial Stadium
Massachusetts Street
Allen Fieldhouse
Kansas Union
Joseph F. Shea
Nudist convention plans and new facilities at Sycamore Hollow
At Sycamore Hollow preparations for a Nudist convention include air arrivals and charter flights for attendees. A 100 acre fenced area will be patrolled by guard dogs to deter sightseers while officials note past incidents and remind that airborne peeping is illegal.
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Adams
Sycamore Hollow
Duke
MSA
Lawrence senior named to medical honor society
Raymond Allen Schwegler III of Lawrence, a senior at the University School of Medicine, has been elected to Alpha Omega Alpha, the honorary medical fraternity. He is the son of Dr. R. A. Schwegler Jr. and Mrs. Schwegler.
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Lawrence
Kanas University School of Medicine
Alpha Omega Alpha
Raymond Allen Schwegler III
R. A. Schwegder Jr
Relocated speakers and raccoon visit mark Lawrence news
Lawrence jurors report for Douglas County District Court by February term while Ernest Pontius of Lawrence misses a Wichita Relays Saturday due to a speaking engagement. A raccoon enters a Lawrence home and is later displayed in Lawrenc e High School biology class as part of a Scout display. City cleanup adds 38 truckloads of trash. 113 total collected toward the campaign.
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Douglas County District Court
Lucille Allison
City Hall
KU to adopt new Centrex system with University four digit numbers
KU plans a Centrex upgrade replacing Viking 3 2700 with University 4 2700. Each KU member will have a four digit direct number and three digit extensions disappear. Outgoing long distance remains via operator. directive to telephone users to dial 9 first for local calls. A KU directory will be published and distributed by June or July.
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Lawrence
Viking Exchange
Viking
University 4
Nichols
Deputy in Fair Condition After Heart Attack At Hospital
Douglas County Deputy Sheriff Dewey Cripe of 442 Locust was reported in fair condition today at Lawrence Memorial Hospital after being taken there Wednesday for an apparent heart attack. Hospital officials said Cripe had a fairly good night.
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Douglas County
Dewey Cripe
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Cripe
Editors Warn Against Government News Manipulation
A.S.N.E. delegates warn that state use of news as propaganda would erode public trust in government. They plan to quiz President Kennedy on Cuba policy and steel price issues while Nixon also discusses the crisis. Colburn’s freedom of information panel urges stricter guidelines for information in emergencies.
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Washington
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
Cuba
White House
Society
U.S.N.E. Freedom of Information Committee
John H. Colburn
Wichita Eagle
Beason
Pentagon
State Department
Colburn
House Information Subcommittee
John E. Moss
D-Calif
Administration
Kansas Star Farmer Candidate Honor For Kampschroeder
Roy Kampschroeder of Route 2 Richland is a district star farmer candidate for Kansas. His farm program at Kampschroeder's includes beef cattle hogs horses dairy cattle and crops. He started with 1515 net worth and grew it to 4164 in three years. He belongs to the state dairy judging team and has won dairy awards. He is son of LaVerne and family and plays in the Lawrence High School band and on FFA softball and basketball teams. Roy Cropp and Walter Gehl bach advise the Jayhawk FFA chapter at Lawrence High.
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Fremont Hornberger
Route 2
Baldwin
Star Farmer of
Kansas
Kampschroeder
LaVerne Kampschroeder
Richland
Lawrence High
Roy Cropp
Walter Gehlbach
Jayhawk
Wheat voting meetings scheduled in Douglas County
A series of educational meetings on the 1964 wheat program will be held across Douglas County to prep for the May 21 wheat referendum. Sponsored by the County ASCS committee, the sessions begin at 8 p.m. with dates at Eudora City Hall April 22 and Baldwin, Globe, Kanwaka, Wakarusa Valley, and 4-H Fairgrounds April 23 to April 30.
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Douglas County
County Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service Committee
Eudora City Hall
Baldwin School
Globe School
Kanwaka Hall
Wakarusa Valley School
4-H Fairgrounds
Additional Gifts To Lawrence HELP KU Program
A list of donors contributes to the Lawrence HELP KU student loan program with a new grand total of 18 672 56 dollars. Named contributors include Maud Arnett Dr Dale L Clinton Prof Barbara Craig Prof Mattie Crumline Drake s Bakery and many others.
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Lawrence Help KU
Maud Arnett
Kenneth G. Bloomquist
Dale L. Clinton
Aliie Merle Conger
Barbara Craig
Mattie E. Crumline
Drake’s Bakery
John H. Emick
Robert T. Hersh
Archibald B. Oliver
Harold A. Pontius
Richard M. Rundquist
M. Scherer
Hugh Smith
Judson Smoyer
Robert Squier
O. O. Stol
Ruth E. Stol
Agnes Thompson
Bill Webster
Westview
John Woodbury
George J. Worth
Kansas League proposes changes to state court system
Recommendations approved by state directors call for extending appointive elective judge selection to district courts, requiring all judges be attorneys, unifying the court system, abolishing justice of the peace courts, and placing administrative responsibility with the Supreme Court or chief justice.
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Colombia
CEF
Panama
Union of Women Citizens of
Kansas
League
Supreme Court
Justice of the Peace Courts
Two-Fold Goal In Cancer Crusade In Lawrence
A 1963 Cancer Crusade begins in Lawrence on Sunday and runs through April 27. Volunteers solicit funds for cancer research and educate the public on seven danger signs. Canvassing groups include Credit Women's Breakfast Club led by Mrs Bermudez and Lucille Moyer in downtown Lawrence.
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Lawrence
Carl Drake
Credit Women’s Breakfast Club
Tony Bermudez
Lucille Moyer
Ralph Seltzer
Wanda Simpson
Haskell
North Lawrence
Sarcoxie
Harry Crisp
Kansas University
Jim Tschechtelin
Pat Wilson
Beauty Contest At Lawrence High School Friday
Two acts Furys and Foy E Brown and His Stooges perform during the Miss Lawrence pageant at 8 p m in the Lawrence High School auditorium. Ten finalists, bathing suit displays and talent acts precede extemporaneous Q A rounds and the crowning by Mimi Frink.
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Furys
Foy E. Brown and His
Stooges
Rudy and
Randy
Foy E. Brown
Lawrence
Rudy Delaney
Randy Ladd
Mimi Frink
Alpha Phi
Sharon Richmond
Louisburg
North Corbin
Reading
Mary Todd
Arkansas City
Lewis Hall
Elaine Milett
Ind
St., Lawrence High School
Bonnie Ward
Topeka
Peggy Dewey
Kansas City
Kan
Delta Delta Delta
Air Stewardesses Fight 32 Year Retirement Rule
New York report on American Airlines policy forcing crew hired after 1953 to retire at 32. Norma Pugh and eight otherFlight attendants press reporters to explain why aging triggers retirement. Company argues the rule is a decade old and targets a younger workforce.
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New York
Norma Pugh
American Airlines Air
No Secret Talks For Topekan At Closed Meetings
Topeka street commissioner Charles Wright says he will not attend any closed meetings of the city commission. Mayor Hal Gerlach announced plans for closed informal meetings outside regular sessions. Wright asserts the mayor may call closed meetings, but he may be excused from attending.
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Topeka
Charles Wright
Hal Gerlach
Wright
Gerlach
Lobbyist Donated To Both Parties
Washington lobbyist for Philippine sugar interests bought cashier checks totaling 8600 in 1960 to fund political contributions to candidates from both major parties. Documents presented at a Senate hearing tied John A. O Donnell to contributions to Clement Zablocki and Edward Kennedy era figures, with earlier money to Hubert Humphrey and involvement in the war damage claims bill.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
J. William Fulbright
Dark
John A. O'Donnell
Congress
Union Trust Co
O'Donnell
Senate Committee
Philippine Sugar Association
Clement J. Zablocki
D-Wis
House
Edward McCormack
John W. McCormack
D-Mass
McCormack
Massachusetts
Senate
Edward M. Kennedy
Kennedy
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Humphrey
Zablocki
Operator Slain At Gas Station
Wichita police report Wayne Platt, 58, a service station attendant, was shot to death at his east side station. Police suspect robbery, noting money on the body and in the cash register but not enough for operation. Platt was found in the men's rest room with a .45 cartridge nearby. no sign of a struggle. The killing follows multiple other eastern county incidents but authorities saw no link.
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Wichita
East Side
Wayne Platt
E. M. Pond
Pond
Platt
Four OU Alumni Named for Distinguished Service Citations
Oklahoma University honors four alumni with Distinguished Service Citations for 1963. Recipients are Estelle Faulconer, Frederick Educator and historian. Rayburn L. Foster, Bartlesville attorney and oilman. Fred E. Tarman, Norman editor and publisher. and Charles B. Bud Wilkinson, OU athletic director and head football coach. Citations awarded at the May 26 commencement.
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Oklahoma University
University
University of Oklahoma Association
Estelle Faulconer
Frederick
Rayburn L. Foster
Bartlesville
Fred E. Tarman
Norman
Charles B
Bud) Wilkinson
Card of Thanks for hospital staff and mourners
The Robbins family expresses gratitude to Drs. Lessenden and Belot and the first floor nurses at Lawrence Memorial Hospital for their kindness to our father. They also thank friends and relatives for flowers food and other support after his death.
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Cincinnati
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Journal-World Photo
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Joseph Engle
KU Aeronautical Engineering
Chapman
Edwards A.F.B. California
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Northwestern
Missouri
Ernest Pontius
Kansas Relays
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Journal-World
Jack Hennington
Ousdahl Rd
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Hennington
LHS
Roth
CRAN
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Lawrence Memorial Co
Norman Endacott
Charles Ise
Mrs. Heller
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Richard Pratt
Lloyd Lank
Tom Parker
Bill Deay
Ohio National Life Insurance Company
Dwight Sickles
East 7Th
Pete Phipps
Dec Cornelius
Haskell Ave
Merle McKinney
Landreth Insurance
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Larry Smith
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