Borman and Lovell Ready for 14 Day Gemini 7 Flight
Cape Kennedy reports a brightening sky as Titan 2 completes fueling for Gemini 7. Frank Borman and James Lovell prepare for a 14 day mission to rendezvous with Gemini 6 pilots and set new space endurance records.
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Borman
Lovell
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Frank Borman
James A. Lovell Jr
Space Agency
Ander
Air Force
Navy
Edward H. White II
Michael Collins
U.S
Santa's image change scares children says KU psychologist
Kansas University psychologist Paul V. Gump says modern Santa in red suit and public photos can frighten toddlers who expect a different figure. He advises treating Santa as a game, not a real belief, and suggests parents let kids observe rather than force a photo.
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Santa Claus
Santa
North Pole
St. Nick
Momma
Paul V. Gump
Kansas University
Gump
Bombing of Metropole Hotel Shocks Saigon
Viet Cong guerrillas attacked Saigon enlisting men billet before dawn blasting the Metropole Hotel with a 250 pound device. Eleven killed and scores injured including two Americans, a New Zealand trooper, and eight Vietnamese. U S Ambassador Lodge calls the act murder.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Metropole
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
South China Sea
U.S. Navy
Weekend Weather For Lawrence Area Sees Mild Warmth
Weekend forecast in Lawrence calls for roughly stable conditions with a touch of warmth. Noon skies should be fair with highs near 60 and Lows around the low 30s, with similar expectations for Sunday. Precipitation remains unlikely and Friday’s downtown high reached 58 degrees with a 31 degree low.
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Lawrence
Worker Falls From Dormitory Kills Quenemo Man
A 21 year old Quenemo man Jim Perry was killed about 3 30 pm Friday when he fell or was knocked from the top of a partially constructed private dormitory at 19th and Naismith. Fellow worker Henry Cleveland said a board may have struck him and he fell about 110 feet. Perry survived by his mother Sally Perry and grandmother Jessie Green. county coroner Jim Reed reported a broken neck and massive head injuries.
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Quenemo
19Th
Naismith
Jim Perry
Henry Cleveland
Perry
Sally Perry
Jessie Green
Jim Reed
Weather brief for Northeast Kansas fair with mild weekend
The forecast calls for fair skies across Northeast Kansas with today’s high around 68 and tonight’s low in the low 30s. Sunday is expected to reach about 55 to 60 degrees with virtually no precipitation and light winds.
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Kansas
Pope Guilty of Bank Slayings Faces Death Penalty
Duane E. Pope, 22, was found guilty by a 12-member jury in Omaha of the Big Springs bank killings last June 4. The panel ordered the death sentence, with Judge Robert Van Pelt setting March 3 for execution. Defense counsel led by former Nebraska governor Robert B. Crosby said he would appeal to the Supreme Court.
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Lincoln
Neb
U.S. District Court
Duane E. Pope
Midwest
Robert B. Crosby
Nebraska
Pope
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S
van Pelt
Crosby
Westmoreland Thanks Lawrence Signers for Viet Nam Letter
Lawrence residents who signed a letter supporting U S troops in Viet Nam receive thanks from General W C Westmoreland. The message, sent to VFW and American Legion posts, thanks Dick Shanafelt, first signer and local Spanish American War veteran, for notable support.
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Viet Nam
Alford Clark Post
Lawrence, Kansas
Dick Shanafelt
Lawrence
Kansas
W. C. Westmoreland
United States Army
Shanafelt
Australia’s Richest Heiress Marries MP in Melbourne
Australia’s wealthiest heiress Diana Knox age 20, heiress to a $10 million meat fortune, wed Adrian Gibson age 29, a member of Parliament, in Melbourne.
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Melbourne
Australia
Diana Knox
Adrian Gibson
County Plans Not Yet for New Jail and Courthouse
Douglas County faces inadequate jail facilities and an aging courthouse built in 1901. Commission chair Walter Kampschroeder acknowledges the problem but says no building plan is ready, though talks of a joint facility and a sinking fund are possible. New steel screens were ordered after a prisoner escaped. The jail holds about 24, with an average of 18 inmates.
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Douglas County
Frank Gray
Commission
Walter Kampschroeder
Kampschroeder
Viet Nam topics set for KU World Affairs Week agenda
Kansas University opens World Affairs Week with General Maxwell Taylor leading an all student convocation on Viet Nam at 10 30 a m Monday. A pacifist response by Dr John Swomley follows at 4 30 p m Monday.
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Viet Nam
Kansas University
Maxwell Taylor
U. S
John Swomley
St. Paul’s School of Theolo-Gs
Viet Cong
U. S. State Department
Russia
Victor Alba
Robert Tomasek
KU Political Science
Alliance Without Allies
Alliance For Progress
Daniel Horowitz
Lawrence Building Pace Accelerates With November Permits
Lawrence's booming building pace continued in November with $1,151,620 in permits, lifting 11 month totals to $9,049,450 and placing the year 1,875,099 above 1958's record. The Ridge Lea apartment complex west of Pioneer Ridge on Highway 40 led permits at 1,136,160, while three new apartment developments added 692,760. New houses contributed 260,760, and an additional 184,600 retrofit expanded the Medical Arts Building. Total permits break down: New dwellings 260,700, new apartments 692,760, business remodeling 6,900, miscellaneous 3186. Total 1,151,620.
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Lawrence
Ridge Lea
Pioneer Ridge
Highway 40
West 19Th Street
Lawrence Construction Co
Christopher Investment Co., Inc
901
Schwarz Rd
Titkin-Hettinger Co., Inc
Sahara Apartments
Associated Builders
W. 9Th
8Th St. Terrace
Constant Construction Co
Medical Arts
4Th and Maine
Lwight Perry
Ninth St.t
John Kzell
Ariz
Hird, Inc
West Eighth St
Bob. Bales
Princeton
John Mazel
Orvil Beer
West Ninth St
J. J. Stinson
Wingston
Mike Murphree
Yorkshire
Dwight Perry
Ninth St. Ct
Ninth St
Eighth St
Russell Jones
Hussell Jones
Pioneer Ra
NEW Apt
Mighth St
Yerr
Lawrence Construction
Black Westth St
Christopher Inn. Co., Inc
Schwarz
John Kapfer
Mass
Ken Winyard
Wis
Wkansas
Bun
James Dresser
Logan Moore
North Third St
Fourth
Maine Sts
Apt
Objectors Asked to Be Still at Bayside High School
New York Bayside High School will allow students who object to the fourth stanza of America to remain silent during the song. A 16 year old girl argued the stanza is a prayer and violates the Supreme Court ban on prayers in public classrooms. Acting Principal Gertrude Waldeyer announced the decision after a city school board meeting. America is sung each morning after the pledge.
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New York
Election Tuesday for Lawrence Unified School Board race
Primary voting for the interim Lawrence Unified School District No. 497 board runs 8 am to 6 pm at 16 sites with seven candidates reduced to six after the primary. Notable attendees included Bowman Heck Breithaupt Oldfather. Culbertson and Owens were absent. Owens has prior city roles, Culbertson is the sole current board member filing.
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Board of Education
Lawrence Unified School District No. 497
Lawrence Pta Council At
India School
Council
Albert Burgstahler
Novy Bowman
Emil W. Heck Jr
Donald C. Breithaupt
W. F. Bradley
Charles H. Oldfather
Ray Culbertson
Jim Owens
West Junior High
Cordley
Centennial
New York
East Heights
Woodlawn
Grant and Pinckney
Hillcrest
Central Junior High
Riverside School
Wakarusa Valley School
Kaw Valley
Owens
21St St
Owens Flower Shop
Lawrence City Commission
Lawrence
Human Relations Commission
Lawrence Board of Education
Lawrence Recreation Commission
Culbertson
Yale Rd
Hillcrest Bowl Advent Bowling Sal Sun
Bowling advertisement for Hillcrest Bowl featuring promotions and schedule for Sunday events at a local bowling center. highlights lane rates and special offers for patrons.
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Bowling Sal
Sun
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Columbus
Ohio
Tom Dorsey
William Seippel
Seippel
Duane Pope
Gen. Westmoreland
Russell Stover
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