Sinking of Heraklion Claims Dozens Missing in Aegean Storm
The 8,900-ton Greek passenger ship Heraklion sank in fierce gales between Crete and Piraeus. Of 281 aboard, 47 were rescued hours after the disaster as planes and ships searched off Milos for survivors amid fears of Europe's worst peacetime maritime disaster.
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Athens
Aegean Sea
Heraklion
Crete
Piraeus
Merchant Marine Ministry
Milos
Greece
Europe
Irish Channel
Marine Ministry
Sheppard Says He Plotted Own Demise in Courtroom
Samuel H. Sheppard revealed at a news conference marking his book publication that he carried a pistol into a Cleveland courtroom hidden in an athletic supporter and planned to use it to provoke guards into shooting him. He said the aim was to avoid returning to prison.
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Sam Sheppard
Arianne
New York
Ohio Osteopath
Sheppard
Samuel H. Sheppard
Cleveland
NBC
Marilyn
Bay Village
Ohio
Christmas Vespers at KU to Run Two Performances Sunday
The Kansas University School of Fine Arts presents its 42nd Christmas Vespers with tableaux at 3:30 and 7:30 p.m. in Hoch Auditorium. More than 400 students join major choral and orchestral groups plus four tableaux. Free will offerings support the fine arts scholarship fund.
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Plains States
Kansas University School of Fine Arts
Hoch Auditorium
University Symphony
University Singers
Donald M. Swarthout
Ku’s
School of Fine Arts
Pope sees brighter peace outlook for Vietnam war
Pope Paul VI urged merging Christmas and Vietnamese New Year truces into a single armistice to allow peace talks. He spoke from St Peter's during Mass on the Immaculate Conception feast, warning that missing the chance for a settlement would be dangerous.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Viet Nam
Paul
St. Peter’s
Kennedy urges six to twelve month limit on draft law
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy proposes Congress limit extensions of the Selective Service law to six months or a year unless reform is agreed before the June 30 deadline. He doubts the complex overhaul can be digested in the remaining half year.
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Ted Kennedy
Chicago
Edward M. Kennedy
Congress
Massachusetts Democrat
Saline County to hire enumerators for census canvass
Salina officials order a house to house census canvass by enumerators under County Assessor Paul Swartz. Two staff will assist at the license tag office to help residents complete census entries. Township officers will continue their current duties, reflecting a shift from the previous personal property listing process.
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Salina
Board of
Saline County Commissioners
Paul Swartz
Carl Ramsey
Roving KU baker teaches dorm cooks to bake for year round holidays
Leonard Oliver the KU food service manager in Joseph R Pearson Hall travels Mount Oread dorms teaching students to bake. He relies on percentage formulas for pies and rolls and says conquering fear of failure is key to consistent quality. Oliver’s methods include hand mixing, precise temperatures, and ending with a light brown crust after 25 minutes at 425 degrees.
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At Kansas University
Lewis Hall
Leonard Oliver
Oliver
Joseph R. Pearson Hall
Journal-World Photo
Clare Rd
Kansas University
Joseph R. Pearson
Mount Oread
McCollum
Hashinger
Ellsworth Halls
Osawatomie
U.S. Army
Panama
Hawaii
Fort Lee
EU Food Service
Space Pact Bans Nuclear Weapons From Outer Space
President Johnson announced a treaty among the United States the Soviet Union and other nations to ban nuclear weapons from space. The draft by the UN Outer Space Committee would also guarantee access to the moon and other celestial bodies and preserve installations there. Johnson said Senate ratification would follow early next year calling it the most important arms control development since the 1963 limited test ban.
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Austin, Tex
Johnson
United States
Soviet Union
White House
Outer Space Committee
United Nations
Senate
France
Red China
Texas White House
Pope
Lawrence group seeks charter for new state bank
A Lawrence citizens group with Ned Cushing applies for a state bank charter to serve southern western and northern Lawrence as a locally owned institution. The effort follows a 1965 Bank Board rejection and a separate federal charter denial. The proposed location was Hillcrest Shopping Center, and existing banks are Lawrence National First National and Douglas County State.
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Lawrence
Ned Cushing
Kan
Board of Regents
Journal-World Today
Rusty Springer
Bob Harrison
Jack Brand
H. Penfield Jones
Jack Mitchell
R. H. Raney
Ben Barteldes
Richard Nelson
R. M. Raney
Ben Parrott
Cushing
Kansas Bank Board
Hillcrest
Lawrence National
First National
Douglas County
Rain Forecast For Lawrence Area
The Lawrence region is expected to see light scattered showers with little temperature change. Tonight's low around 30 and Friday's high in the 40s with northwesterly winds 10 to 20 mph and increasing cloudiness.
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Lawrence
Weather Bureau
U.S. Helicopters Transport Thai Police Troops
The State Department confirmed unarmed U.S. helicopters flown by military personnel are ferrying Thai police and troops into anti Communist guerrilla operations. The flights are by Thai request and serve as an interim measure until Thailand receives its own helicopters and pilots under U.S. military aid.
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Washington
State Department
U. S
Thailand
Robert J. McCloskey
Ottawa loan for dorm approved for Ottawa University
The Housing and Urban Development Department approved a $700 000 loan for Ottawa University to build a three story dormitory for 158 male students. Senator Frank Carlson R Kan announced the decision.
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Ottawa
Washington
Housing and Urban Development Department
Ottawa Kan University
Frank Carlson
R-Kan
Althaus Honored As 1966 Substantial Citizen Award Recipient
Dr. Carl Althaus longtime educator and local leader was named the 1966 Lawrence Kiwanis Substantial Citizen Award recipient at a noon Kiwanis meeting. He presides over Local School District 497 and has held key posts in education across Kansas and Iowa projects.
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Carl Althaus
Lawrence Kiwanis Club
Althaus
Kiwanis
Hotel
Eldridge
EB. R. Elbel
Lawrence
Ralph Pine
Edna Boardman
Nan Colman
Edwin Burgess
Elgin Woody
Bruce Cameron
Lloyd Houston
Henry Brinkman
A. E. Woestemeyer
Elbel
Stankey
Glasgow
Scotland
Lyons Township
LaGrange
Chicago U
Kansas University School of Education
Department of Public Instruction
Topeka
Iowa
Weather outlook for northeast Kansas shows increasing clouds
The forecast calls for rain chances tonight and Friday with scattered showers on Friday. Temperatures will dip to around 30 tonight and rise to the 40s Friday. Previous readings list 4pm 35 and 6pm 63 at noon.
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