Vietnamese Junta Splits Over Political Stopgap Move
Maj Gen Nguyen Khanh fails to sway the ruling council to abandon politics amid rising Da Nang and Hue riots. Demonstrators clash with police as 11 killed and 61 wounded, with Vietnamese troops firing to shield civilians. Concerns mount that Viet Cong surrounding Saigon could exploit the crisis.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
Nguyen Khanh
Revolutionary Military Council
Tran Thien Khiem
Khanh
Junk
da Nang
Hue
Tennessee Set Vermont Street Widening Okayed
Lawrence City Commission awarded Topeka Asphalt Co. a $57,965.15 contract to widen and resurface Tennessee Street from 13th to 17th and 10th from Kentucky to Tennessee with a 45 working day timeline. Traffic will remain mostly open and KU football games will not be disrupted.
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Topeka Asphalt Co
Tennessee
Kentucky
Lawrence
Ray Wells
Howard Hurwitz
Vermont Street
6Th
Hurwitz
Lawrence Sanitary
Charles Lough
Robinson Park
Wells
Westdale Road
Harvard Road
Centennial Drive
Lawrence National Bank
7Th and St. Sts
Wakarusa Volunteer Fire Department
Traffic Commission
Sth Street
Lawrence Avenue
City Commission
North 2Nd
Lincoln Sts
7Th Street
New Hampshire
Warmer Readings Expected in Lawrence Thursday
The Lawrence area sees cooler start with mostly cloudy skies and a forecast of warmer temperatures by Thursday. The U S Weather Bureau in Topeka expects partly cloudy skies with widely scattered thundershowers tonight. Temperatures rise to the 80s for the high Thursday, with lows in the 60s tonight.
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Lawrence
U.S
Acadia Lodge to Hold Special Communication Aug 27
Acadia Lodge No 9 AF and AM invites members to a special communicationThursday at 7 PM with Third Degree work. Sojourners welcome. George E Musick WM and C E Kerns Secretary.
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Acadia Lodge NO
Af&am
Sojourners
George E. Musick
W.M
C. E. Kerns
Johnson projects Senate gains and polls show strong support
President Johnson predicts Democrats will gain three to six Senate seats for about 70 of 100 and cites polls showing 60 to 70 percent electoral support. He expects Kennedy to win Keating's New York seat and Tydings to defeat Beall in Maryland while his health remains robust.
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Johnson
Senate
Robert F. Kennedy
Kenneth Keating
New York
Joseph Tydings
J. Glenn Beall
Maryland
One-Unit School Plan Faces Sept 8 Vote in Douglas County
The Douglas County one-unit proposal would include almost all county territory with some areas in Wellsville Overbrook and Shawnee Heights. If adopted a new board would be elected April 1965 and start July 1 1966 in planning capacity. All county taxes would fund schools with an estimated 24 mill uniform rate based on 1962-63 expenses.
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Douglas County
Wellsville
Overbrook
Shawnee Heights
Kansas
Topeka
Althaus
Unification Planning Board
Mosser
Ladies Tractor Duel Added For Vinland's Fair Agenda
The 57th Vinland Grange Fair opens Thursday for three days at Vinland Fairgrounds nine miles southeast of Lawrence. A ladies' tractor driving contest starts at noon Thursday with entries accepted until then. Prizes will be awarded for skill and time, with tractors from Douglas Leavenworth and Jefferson Counties.
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Vinland
Vinland Grange Fair
Vinland Fairgrounds
Lawrence
Paul Gibler
Baldwin
Douglas
Leavenworth
Jefferson
Baldwin's Commercial Club
High Court Agrees to Hear Civil Rights Act Case
The Supreme Court will hear on Oct. 5 the constitutionality of public accommodations in the Civil Rights Act. The Heart of Atlanta Motel Corp. and Pickrick Restaurant of Atlanta are involved. the motel and restaurant led a three judge federal panel that upheld the act. This marks the first ruling under the new law.
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Washington
Supreme Court
John F. Davis
Davis
Heart of Atlanta Motel Corp
Pickrick Restaurant
Atlanta
Kansas delegates clash at convention over party stance
The Kansas delegation, led by Theis, plans facilities for LBJ signs while posting badges and banners. Harry Wiles stays out of the fight, while Humphrey campaigns through Convention Hall. Luci Johnson attracts attention in the VIP box as photographers miss the real image. A note on removable heel caps in Atlantic City ends the snippet.
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Frank Theis
Arkansas City
Kansas
Mississippi
James Farmer
CORE
Bill Harris
Topeka
Theis
Chester Lewis
Wichita
Journal-World Photo
Democrats
LBJ
Gray
Richland
Sen
Humphrey
Atlantic City
Six Mile Long
Party Heads Stage Big Medicare Concert at Convention
The Democratic National Committee hosted a lively party at a large hall featuring Sarah Vaughan Lionel Hampton Milton Berle the Four Seasons Sandra Scott and Her Scotties and Arthur Tracey. The crowd was limited with many seats empty while security kept others out amid heat and delays. Kansas delegates kept busy in hotels and on the Boardwalk as Viet Nam political anxieties rose and Bud Wilkinson supporters drew attention in San Francisco.
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Hall
Joey Adams
Sarah Vaughan
Lionel Hampton
Milton Berle
Sandra Scott
Scotties
Arthur Tracy
Democratic National Committee
San Francisco
Oklahoma
Bud Wilkinson
Bud
U.S. Senate
Wilkinson
Cow Palace
Kansas
Fred Harris
Demos
Harris
Russell Houk Named Farm Bureau Man of the Year
Russell V. Houk of Route 1 is named the 1964 Douglas County Farm Bureau Man of the Year. A 53-year-old lifelong farmer, he runs a 240-acre farm near Lawrence plus 200 more acres, with a herd of 46 cows and about 20 sows producing 300 pigs yearly. He has served Farm Bureau since 1951 and is a trustee for the Evangelical United Brethren Church in Stull.
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Russell V. Houk
Route 1
Douglas County Farm Bureau
Douglas County
Lawrence High School
Future Farmers of America Organization
Houk
Lawrence
Ralph
New York Yankees
Russell
Stull
Russell Houk
Farm Bureau
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Use of DDT Spray Defended in Talk At Meeting Today
Pharmacologists from the Civil Aeromedical Research Institute defend DDT use at a Kansas University meeting. William Stavinoha and Paul W. Smith report tests on rats showing adrenaline excretion and plan to study effects on crop dusters and handlers, noting poisoning signs are rare.
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Civil Aeromedical Research Institute
Federal Aviation Agency
Oklahoma City
Okla
William Stavinoha
Paul W. Smith
United States
American Society For Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Kansas University
Stavinoha
Summerfield Hall
Journal-World
Joe Rieger
Smith
Post Office Project to Begin on Vermont Kentucky Site
Excavation at the new 650000 dollar post office site between Vermont and Kentucky on 7th is set to start Thursday morning. George Hill Construction Co. is the prime contractor. houses were removed earlier and preliminary surveying has been underway.
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Vermont
Kentucky
George Hill Construction Co
Enrollment in Lawrence Public Schools Rises to 6286
Enrollment day totals show 6,286 students in Lawrence public schools up 212 from last year with an anticipated year total of 6,782, plus 3,306 elementary signups a rise of 75 over last year. Secondary enrollment reaches 2,980, up 137, with Lawrence High at 1,507 and two junior high figures improving.
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Lawrence Publc
Supt. of
Carl S. Knox
Lawrence Public Schools
Centennial School
Cordley
East Heights
Hillcrest
Kennedy
McAllaster
New York
Pinckney
Hill
Woodlawn
Schwegler
Sunset
Lawrence High School
Central Junior High School
West Junior High School
Family thanks for kindness after Vernon C. Smith death
The family of Vernon C. Smith expresses gratitude to friends and relatives for acts of kindness shown after the death of their beloved father. Vernon C. Smith Jr. Dolores Yarmer Verle Smith.
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Vernon C. Smith
Vernon C. Smith Jr
Dolores Yarmer
Verle Smith
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Myrta Budke
Democratic Committee
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Gary Rice
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