Kansas University Names Yell Leaders After Tryout
Three returning yell leaders Bowen White and Jim Davis plus Kyle Craig will rejoin the KU squad. New yell leaders are Richard Meier Bob Hartman and Paul Clendening with several alternates named. The new head yell reader will be chosen early next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KU Yell
Kyle Craig
Joplin
Kansas University
Richard Meier
Bonner Springs
Bob Hartman
Shawnee Mission
Paul Clendening
Jim Davis
Leawood
Craig
Bowen White
Journal-World Photo
Bowen
White
Davis
Kansas City Chiefs
Clendening
Paul Rocereto
Topeka
Walter Wells
John Geissal
Prairie Village
Tom Rhoads
Arlington
Melinda Cole
Harriet Merrill
Kansas City
Fresh Hawks
Beth Stukenberg
Des Moines
Iowa
Jay Jones
Karen Dunaway
Lawrence
Joe Waeckerle
Fred Krebs
All Student Council
Donald K. Alderson
Dave McClain
Vince Bilotta
Alumni Association
Jerry Hutchison
Bilotta
Lawrence Set for Annual Spring Cleaning Week
The Lawrence Spring Clean-Up Paint-Up and Fix-Up runs all week ending with a May 6 anti litter drive led by Boy and Girl Scout groups. Sponsors include the City of Lawrence Chamber of Commerce and local Beautification Council.
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Lawrence
City of
Chamber of Commerce
Boy and Girl Scouts
George Wiliams
Public Works
Bennie Stewart
South Park
Stewart
Galerie Shop Opens at 910 Kentucky with Exhibits
The Galerie picture framing shop at 910 Ky opens 1 to 7 p.m. Mon–Sat. Owner Mitzie Beth Quinn handles framing and matting in board and fabric. Part of the space will host art shows, featuring professional student and amateur works, with Suzan Pitt Kraning currently displaying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitziebeth Quinn
Senate Hearing Details Kickback in Viet Imports Case
A Senate subcommittee hearing reveals Lavern J. Duffy testifying that Vietnamese importer Dinh Xuan Thao padded his expense account by 800000 dollars to cover kickbacks for low quality goods bought with U S government funds. The probe centers on an Edison Higgins battery additive sold via AID financed imports in Vietnam.
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Washington
Senate
U.S
Lavern J. Duffy
Senate Permanent Subcommittee
Duffy
Saigon
Ford
Vietnam
U.S. Agency For International Development
Thomas Edison Higgins
Treasure Island
Fla
National Bureau of Standards
John L. McClellan
Higgins
Thomas E. Nunnally
Nunnally
Thao
McClellan
Baltimore
Losses Heavy In 3-Day Hill Battle
U S planes and artillery hit a North Vietnamese force on Hill 861 northwest of Khe Sanh after 37 Marines were killed and 84 wounded. Four American planes were shot down in raids on Hanoi Haiphong areas, raising week losses to 10 planes and total air losses to 520.
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Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Haiphong
Khe Sanh
Associated Press
Richard Merron
Merron
Quang Tri
Laos
U.S. 4Th Infantry Division
Pleiku
Binh Duong
U.S. 11Th Armored Cavalry
International and domestic post rate increases announced
Lawrence Postmaster Jack Harris announced new international rates take effect next Monday. The increases average 13 percent and exclude Armed Forces mail overseas. Domestic rates apply to mail through APOs and FPOs. details are at the Lawrence Post Office window.
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Lawrence
Jack Harris
Apo’s
FPO
Honor Student Arrested For Extortion Attempt
Detroit AP reports 17 year old Richard Habib, an honored student and St. Catherine's High School senior, is accused of plotting a 10000 dollar extortion against grocer Robert Shammas. Pretrial set May 18. potential 20 year term. Habib was slated for a Detroit police award May 16 but was removed from the list. He leads the student council and is a National Honors Society member.
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Detroit
Detroit Police Department
Grosse Pointe Woods
Richard Habib
Habib
Robert Shammas
Police Department
St. Catherine’s Catholic High School
East Side
National Honors Society
Officials Visit Texas To Discuss Water Grant
City Manager Ray Wells and aides plus Black and Veatch engineers from Kansas City flew to Ft. Worth to meet HUD officials about Fort Worths recently approved water grant of 588100. They expect to return Friday.
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Ray Wells
Ken Thompson
George Williams
Jack Robinson
Black and Veatch
Kansas City
Ft. Worth
Tex
HUD
Tau Sigma to present dance concerts at Hoch Auditorium
Members of Tau Sigma honorary dance fraternity at Kansas University will present concerts at 8 30 p m Saturday May 6 and 7 p m Sunday May 7 in Hoch Auditorium.
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Tau Sigma
Kansas University
Hoch Auditorium
Theft reported of maple harp bench in residential area
Jean Mattison of 2109 Mitchell Road reported a theft of a maple harp bench valued at 40 dollars. The item disappeared between 3 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. Sunday, according to police.
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Jean Mattison
Mitchell Road
Beatrix Gives Birth to First Dutch Heir in 20th Century
The Hague reports Crown Princess Beatrix has a baby boy, the first male heir to the throne in the 20th century. The notice section also lists a dog event: Eudora Dog Day from 6 to 8 PM on Friday April 28, with rabies shots required and dog tags for sale at the City Building basement.
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the Hague
Beatrix
Eudora
Lawrence educator wins Kansas special education scholarship
Mrs. Llewellyn, a longtime special education teacher at Lawrence High School, won the Kansas Association for Retarded Children's scholarship of 150 dollars. The Douglas County chapter was notified of her selection. The award was announced at the state convention in Topeka last weekend with Mrs. Lyman Wiley serving as the county delegate's representative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois Llewellyn
Lawrence High School
Kansas Association For Retarded Children
Douglas County
Topeka
Lyman Wiley
Douglas County Association
Spring Fling activities headline university pageant and events
Freshmen and sophomores selected for the Spring Fling queen will be announced Friday night at 10. The queen will be crowned during a tennis court dance near Memorial Stadium. A carnival opens Friday in the S parking zone, with four rides, booths, and concessions. Saturday features a gymkhana, tug of war, games, and a duck race, followed by a concert in Hoch Auditorium. Trophy awards and a Sunday banquet cap the weekend, ending with Spring Sing in Murphy Hall.
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Janice Graham
Wichita
Connie Kingly
Kinsley
Lewis and Hashinger Hall
Potter Lake
Mitchell
Hoch Auditorium
Lewis Hall
Murphy Hall
Pelathe Scouts to Hold Annual Campout This Week
The Pelathe Boy Scout District Camporee runs Friday to Sunday at Camp Bromersick about eight miles southwest of Lawrence. Douglas County youths will compete in knot tying compass reading and lake distance events. Police dogs demonstration and a public campfire conclude the event with Sunday awards.
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Pelathe
Pelathe Boy Scout District
Camp Bromersick
Lawrence
Northcott Aiken
W. 20Th St
Douglas County
Ed Bennett
Topeka
Alpha Chi Omega to Build New Chapter House at KU
Alpha Chi Omega of Kansas University sold its 1246 Oread Ave property to the KU Endowment Association and will construct a new French traditional chapter house northeast of Sigma Nu at 945 Emery Road. Construction starts this fall with occupancy planned for fall 1968.
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Alpha Chi Omega
Alpha Chi Omega Sorority
Kansas University
Sigma Nu
Emery Road
Alpha Chi Omega Sorority of
Oread Ave
KU Endowment Association
Robert Timmons
15Th St
Sigma Nu Fraternity
The
Endowment Association
Irvin Youngberg
Jehovah's Witnesses Cancel Local Meetings for Three Day Assembly
Regular congregational meetings in Leavenworth are canceled this weekend so members can attend a three day assembly at Leavenworth High School gymnasium. Local overseer Carl L. Anderson says most of the Lawrence congregation will attend the event titled Supply to Your Faith Endurance. described as a training session, not a revival or business meeting.
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Jehovah’s Witnesses
Leavenworth
Carl L. Anderson
Lawrence
Leavenworth High School
West Junior High Spring Concert Set in School Gym
West Junior High will present a Spring Concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the school gym featuring the orchestra directed by Wyatt Cooper and four choral groups conducted by Mrs. Bonnie Zillcox. All groups will combine for the program’s finale.
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West Junior High School
Wyatt Cooper
Bonnie Zillcox
Rail Foreman Dies After Being Struck by Passenger Train
Ralph E Dockery 46 of Hoyt dies at Lawrence Memorial Hospital from injuries after being struck by an east bound Union Pacific passenger train near Maple Street in Lawrence while inspecting a stopped freight train. He rode the freight from Topeka to Lawrence earlier. doctors say he suffered multiple injuries and died about 10 a.m. Funeral plans are with Parker Funeral Home Topeka. survivors include wife Frances, daughter Joan Miller Topeka, son Vincent in the U S Navy, two sisters and a brother.
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Union Pacific
Maple Street
7Th
8Th Streets
Ralph E. Dockery
Hoyt
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Dockery
Topeka
Lawrence
L. F. DeBoer
Union Pacific Railway Co
Parker Funeral Home
Warren Mortuary
Frances
Joan Miller
Vincent Dockery
U. S. Navy
San Diego
Calif
Card of Thanks From Nina Davis
Mrs Nina Davis thanks relatives and friends for calls cards and gifts and praises Dr Ralph Johnson and the Nursing Staff on First Floor South for kindness during her hospital stay.
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Ralph Johnson
Nina Davis
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Ralph Gemmell
Mgr
John Haddock
Texas
HARP
Prince IS
Eye Giatts
Nest Nea It Company
Lawrence Mills
Archie Mills
Mrs. Llewellyn
University Theatre
School of Fine Arts
Wolfgang Mozart
S.U.A
Seidlitz
Mass
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