Negroes Seek Quiet Life in Perris Valley Community
More than 1000 Black families left Los Angeles for Perris Valley Riverside County seeking a better environment for children. Since 1925 buyers have purchased 2 and 5 acre plots as growth accelerated after 1965 Watts riots. The Perris Valley Community Association built amenities including telephones roads a park and a community building.
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Kansan Chancellor Wescoe Delayed by Smog in Los Angeles
Kansas University Chancellor W Clarke Wescoe cannot depart Los Angeles due to heavy smog grounding planes as he travels from Las Vegas to Kansas City. He is not yet back in Lawrence but expected later today. Meanwhile KU prepares events including Best Dressed Coed prelims and a military ball with a queen to be crowned by Wescoe.
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Kansas University
W. Clarke Wescoe
Mount Oread
Wescoe
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Kansas City
New Delhi
India
American Medical Association
Fort Leavenworth
Kansas Union
Lu Surface
James R. Surface
Marsha Kresge
Salina
Sue Tyler
Bartlesville
UC Berkeley Students Vote to Strike Over Navy Recruiters
About 3,500 of 30,000 UC Berkeley students attended a mass meeting to authorize an 8 am class strike after police were summoned during a sit in opposing Navy recruiting. Mario Savio urged the strike and security officials said nonstudents would not disrupt campus activities.
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Calif
University of California
Navy
Mario Savio
Savio
Council of Campus Organizations
FSM
Associated Students of
ASUC
Earl F. Cheit
Roger Heyns
Humane Society Launches 1966 Drive for Funds
The Lawrence Humane Society begins its 1966 fundraising drive to support the Charles Ise Memorial Animal Shelter on East 19th Street. President Mrs. James S. Moore notes the need for over 15 thousand dollars in private contributions yearly to meet shelter goals. During the year, more than 3,400 animals have been cared for at the Ise Shelter, funded by the John Ise family in memory of their son. Contributions are urged to Lawrence Humane Society Inc. Post Office Box 651 Lawrence.
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Charles Ise
East 19Th Street
Humane Society
James S. Moore
Ise
John Ise
Recorders Missing at Kansas University Strong Hall
Dr. M Erik Wright of Kansas University reports the theft of two tape recorders worth 500 dollars from Room 23 and Room 27 in Strong Hall. He says they were stolen between November 24 and Wednesday, KU police informed.
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M. Erik Wright
Kansas University
Strong Hall
Wright
Last Quint Slipping in Pittsburgh
Roni Sue Aronson the sole surviving quintuplet suffered a convulsion and doctors feared she would not live. Pediatrician Dr. Lee Bass reported a grave condition after a difficult night with breathing problems and possible brain damage, with a very poor outlook.
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Pittsburgh
Roni Sue
Aronson
Lee Bass
Bass
Change of venue approved in Speck murder trial
Chicago judge Herbert Paschen granted a venue change for the Richard Speck murder trial, moving to an unspecified area and stating a later announcement would designate the exact location for the trial set to begin in December.
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Chicago
Herbert Paschen
Circuit Court Today
Richard Speck
Paschen
Bids Opened for Kenneth Spencer Library Construction
Bids for Kansas University's Kenneth Spencer Research Library, part of the $18.6 million Council for Progress drive, were opened at Allen Fieldhouse. Low bidder was B A Green Construction Co. of Lawrence at $1 850 745, with several other bids listed. The $2 million Spencer gift funds the library on Mount Oread North of Strong Hall, replacing wartime huts, and the project includes 95 610 square feet and 670 000 book capacity with future expansion. The library honors Kenneth A. Spencer, a KU alumnus and industrialist, and will house his papers. the drive aims to add facilities across the campus.
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Kenneth A. and
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Kansas City
Strong Hall
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Gulf Oil Corporation
Watson Library
Mount Oread
Council For Progress
RFK Calls Birchers Unfit for FBI or Secret Service
New York AP RFK Senator Robert F. Kennedy argues that members of the John Birch Society and similar extremist groups should be barred from FBI and Secret Service service. He emphasizes national security duties require non-extremist personnel.
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Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
John Birch Society
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Secret Service
Defections to Allies Hit New Monthly High in Vietnam War
U S officials report 2 505 Viet Cong defectors in November the highest monthly total since the chieu hoi program began nearly four years ago. Casualty figures show 148 Americans killed and 709 wounded last week, with 6 192 U S fatalities in combat and 24 812 wounded overall.
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Viet Nam
State Democrats Defend Campaign Bill Report Asks About Debt
Kansas Democrats said a Topeka Daily Capital report estimating campaign bills between 45000 and 150000 was pretty accurate. Republican leaders declined comment on a deficit around 61000. Garner Stround of the GOP said he wouldn’t care to comment.
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GOP
Ryun Admitted With Bronchitis At KU Hospital
Jim Ryun world record holder in the mile and 880 yards was admitted to Watkins Memorial Hospital on the Kansas University campus with bronchitis. The KU sophomore had back trouble from the cross country season and had begun indoor track workouts this week. Coach Bob Timmons expects his ace to be released and back to practice around the first of next week.
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Kansas Baptist Convention
John Graber
the Center
M. C. Alien
Lawrence
First Baptist Church
Journal- World Photo
Jim Ryun
Watkins Memorial Hospital
Kansas University
Bob Timmons
Wilson Smith To Meet Today In Effort To End Rhodesia Rebellion
London AP report says Prime Ministers Harold Wilson and Ian Smith will meet today in a bid to end Rhodesia’s rebellion. The talks aboard a British ship near Malta echo wartime diplomacy as Britain seeks UN Security Council sanctions if Smith does not concede. Smith travels with Sir Morice James and Sir Humphrey Gibbs, Rhodesia’s governor, in a first meeting since Rhodesia’s 1965 Unilateral Declaration of Independence.
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Harold Wilson
Ian Smith
Rhodesia
U.N. Security Council
Smith
Balthazar J. Vorster
James
Britain
Sir Humphrey Gibbs
Gibbs
Catholics Free to Choose Meat or Fish on Fridays
Catholics may select meat or fish on Fridays as the meat abstention is lifted. Kansas University dorm dietitian confirms menus unchanged with fish still offered. many Catholic groups and fraternities expect mixed adoption. some will keep fish, others switch to meat, while some plan occasional fish.
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Friay
Michael Moriarty
St. John’s Catholic Church
Father Moriarty
Lenorr Ekdahl
Kansas University
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
H. W. Jenkins
Udall Proposes Nationwide Trail System Legislation
Secretary Udall introduces legislation creating a nationwide trails network. The plan covers major long distance routes including the Appalachian Trail and integrates federal state and metropolitan area paths.
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