Sunday Break-ins Reported to Lawrence Police
Lawrence police logged three break ins this weekend with losses not yet estimated. Businesses Galley’s Galley Ramsey’s Decorating Service and John’s Novelty were affected. Additional thefts vandalism juvenile incidents and a drive in robbery were reported, with youths cited in juvenile court.
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Lawrence Police
Lawrence
Galley's Galley
6Th St. Ramsey
23Rd St
John’s Novelty, Co
Mass. St
Troops Enter Prague to Quell Anti Soviet Protests
About 800 troops rolled into Prague ending a football match and closing two bridges. Police set up a roadblock on a third bridge while guards remained near Communist headquarters. Officials say the force will stay through the eight day urban defense exercise tied to the Soviet invasion anniversary.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Vitava
Autopsy Petition Over Kopechne Case Delayed
A Pennsylvania judge will decide within 48 hours on whether to dismiss Dist. Atty. Edmund Dinis petition for an autopsy on Mary Joe Kopechne. The issue delays the Edgartown inquest into her death after the Chappaquiddick incident involving Sen. Edward Kennedy.
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Wilkes-Barre
Edmund Dinis
New Bedford
Mass
Mary Joe Kopechne
Massachussetts
Edgartown
Miss Kopechne
Edward M. Kennedy
D.-Mass
Chappaquiddick Island
Massachusetts
Larksville
Bernard C. Brominski
Common Pleas Court
Joseph Kopechne
Berkeley Heights
N. J
Dinis
Joseph Flanagan
Wilkes- Barre
Flanagan
Armand Fernandes Jr
Blakenship Faces Clash As A Company Returns To War
A confrontation erupts after Blakenship claims another company is down to 15 men. A sergeant challenges the claim and a soldier shouts that they are not cowards. Blakenship leads his unit toward the cratered ridge as A Company resumes its march back to combat.
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Blakenship
Drowning at Lake Jacomo Identified Kansas City Man
A man tentatively identified as Robert Welch Jr. 25 of Kansas City drowned while swimming in Lake Jacomo Sunday. Divers recovered the body two hours after he went under. Swimming in the lake is prohibited.
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Kansas City
Robert Welch Jr
Lake Jacomo
Persimmon Pickers Arrested in Marijuana Bust
Two youths, James Howard Shefstall aged 20 and Joseph Everett Gardner aged 18, were arrested Sunday morning for marijuana possession after deputies found marijuana in bags near a field they were harvesting. Bond set at 1500 dollars. Gardner remains jailed. Other arrests in the area include Chicago men Edward Grabowski and Raymond Sauer and two others from Wednesday and Saturday.
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Douglas County
James Howard Shefstall
Joseph Everett Gardner
6Th St
Lawrence
Edward E. Grabowski
Raymond Albert Sauer
Chicago
Grabowski
Sauer
Shefstall
Gardner
Peter M. Lambertus
Topeka
Christopher A. Tribur
Yellow Springs
Ohio
Boy on Bike Among Injured By Mishaps Over Weekend
Five incidents across Lawrence over the weekend left several injured and two motorists facing major damage bills. A 5 year old boy Christopher J Wilhelm treated after a bicycle collision with a car at 9th Street and Pamela Lane. The driver Billie D Brown 43 of 3514 W 8th St. Police report the bike struck the car fender. Additional weekend crashes include Donald Speakman 22 treated after his car was rear ended by Morris L Jennings 24 at 23rd and Mass St (damage $650 and $100). Penny Wheatley 23 and Arnold Wheatley 22 of Garden City complained of minor injuries in a rear end collision at 12th and Tenn Sts. Barbara Bailey 704 Ariz Sts and Arnold Wheatley attempted passing on the right as Bailey changed lanes. Car damages $300 each. Carole Ashburn 26 complained of minor injuries after her car was struck by James S Terry 18 at 23rd and Harper Sts. Damage $300 and $200. KU campus crash at 12 09 p m Thursday involved Junius Wilson 44 and Raymond Kinkaid 20 colliding at a service driveway into University Housing off 14th Street. Obscured vision from weeds noted. Each car $400 in damage.
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Laurin P. Wilhelm
Lawrence Ave
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
9Th Street
Pamela Lane
Billie D. Brown
8Th St
Lawrence
Donald S. Speakman
Mass. St
Morris L. Jennings
Overbrook
Mass. Sts
Penny Lou Wheatley
Garden City
12Th and
Tenn. Sts
Arnold L. Wheatley
Barbara A. Bailey
Ariz. Sts
Bailey
Tennessee Street
Carole A. Ashburn
Harper St
James S. Terry
Merriam
Harper Sts
Ashburn
Terry
Father wants hog not kid in Kansas City divorce
In Clay County Missouri a divorce case ends with amicable division of property including a pickup, camper and a litter of pigs. Custody favors the mother for younger children while the 12-year-old goes with the father. The husband quips he would rather shave the hog than keep the boy.
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Kansas City
Clay County
Admiral Fleeting Fire Sends Crew Afloat From Sinking Launch
Rear Adm. Alan F. Fleming commander of the U S Fleet Air Mediterranean and seven others leaped into the sea six miles offshore Sunday to escape a fire on a motor launch. They were rescued by three nearby craft. the launch sank in 200 feet of water. The group included two other naval officers and their wives and a crew of two.
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Naples
Italy
Alan F. Fleming
U.S. Fleet Air Mediterranean
Navy
Four Months More British Troops Stay in Northern Ireland Anger
British troops will remain in Northern Ireland for at least four months with Lt. Col. Charles Millman stating a four month tour and promising protection to residents if barricades in Bogside are removed. Violence was limited to fires including a Catholic bar in Portadown and a Lisburn factory fire, as Unionists denounce the targeting of B Special police reserves.
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Northern Ireland
Charles Millman
Londonderry
Millman
Citizens’ Defense Committee
Bogside
Portadown
Toomebridge
Belfast-Londonderry
Lisburn
News Quiz Editor's Note Helps Readers Gauge World News Memory
A weekly quiz asks ten questions about recent world events. Topics include natural disasters, invasions, presidency, oceanic exploration, heart transplant history, Nixon era appointments, defense budget cuts, U S Korea talks, Cambodia diplomatic relations, and the 1969 PGA champion with answers on page three.
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Gary Player
Ray Floyd
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Private family entrance Humsey Funeral Home notice
A brief funeral home notification references Humsey Funeral Home and a private family entrance. It lists a phone contact ending with g-5111- Adv,- implying service scheduling or visitation details for relatives.
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Humsey Funeral Home
Host Family Program Orientation in Kansas Union Pine Room
Members of the Host Family Program meet at 7:30 p.m. in the Pine Room of the Kansas Union for orientation. Potential volunteers who have not signed up are urged to attend, with applications available at Lawrence Memorial Hospital and local schools for Candy Stripers.
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Pine Room
Kansas Union
Lawrence
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Shirley Haider
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