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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1968
Page
14
Generally fair conditions extend across northeast Kansas with a minor warmup on Tuesday. Tonight lows near 25 to 30, Tuesday highs near 50 to 55, and a five day pattern showing 4 to 8 degrees above normal with light precipitation totals from .10 to .20 inches through Saturday.
The daily observations list official readings with highs from 31 to 68 inches on record. Morning low around 25 with yesterday’s high 34 and low 11. Sunrise at 7 29 a.m. Sunset at 4 58 p.m. City and regional forecasts show clear to cloudy conditions in various locations with temperatures ranging from frigid to warm across the nation.
John R. May 28 a former KU graduate student living in Kansas City Kansas killed in a one car crash on Sunday morning when his car struck a guardrail near the Turnpike. Passenger Mrs Yvonne Jaffe 29 Overland Park injured in fair condition. May had attended a fencing meet at KU and worked as a planner for Kansas City Kan planning department and taught at Metropolitan Junior College. Funeral services set for 1 30 p.m. Wednesday at Moore Funeral home in Tulsa.
The Lunar Landing Training Vehicle crash near Houston halted a major test before astronaut training. Pilot Joseph Algranti ejected safely as the $1.8 million LLTV spun out of control in a hammock like motion. An investigation panel led by Walter Schirra began reviewing the accident and prior crashes.
Two Kansas Board of Regents members John F. Eberhardt and Eldon Sloan reach month end retirement unless Gov. Docking reappoints them. Eberhardt, a Wichita Republican, and Sloan, a Topeka Democrat, were appointed in 1965 and are KU graduates. If Sloan departs, a Regents committee searches for a new KU chancellor successor amid a wide slate of Republican and Democrat members and university appointees.
The article notes Soviet Russia likely forfeited a possible circumlunar flight before the U S Apollo 8 mission. Experts say the best launch window would have been December 8, with Dec 2 to Dec 12 as possible dates, following unmanned Zond 5 and Zond 6 flights.
A roster shows Robert Shields of Northwestern Mutual along with Dwight Sickles Ltd Mutual Life and agents Tony Croman American National James Denny American National Shelby Jones Mutual of New York Robert Miller Security Life Loren Middlebusher Prudential.
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