Kiwanis Top Honors Award Local Civic Leaders Heck and Owens
Arthur Heck 57 Douglas County Commissioner and James Owens 54 florist and longtime public servant received the 1969 Lawrence Kiwanis Substantial Citizen Award. The surprise luncheon honored their decades of community betterment work and leadership in local government and commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Heck
James Owens
Lawrence Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis
Eldridge
E. R. Elbel
Douglas County
Heck
Grant Township
Kansas Children’s League
Douglas County Mental Health Assn
Missouri- Arkansas Flood Control and Water Conservation Assn
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Lawrence
Richland
Inquest Set Jan 5 For Mary Jo Kopechne Death
Judge James A Boyle ordered the start of the Chappaquiddick inquest into Mary Jo Kopechne’s death on January 5 on Martha’s Vineyard. The proceeding, closed to newsmen, aims to determine the legal cause of death rather than the medical one.
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Edgartown
Mass
James A. Boyle
Mary Jo Kopechne
Boyle
Wilkes-Barre
Miss Kopechne
Kopechne
Washington, D.C
Edward M. Kennedy
Chappaquiddick Island
Martha’s Vineyard
Atty
Edmund Dinis
New Bedford
Dinis
Thomas A. Teller
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Fire destroys Independence plant in Kansas
A fire at about 2 a.m. gutted a building housing Prestige dependence in Independence Kansas. The wood cabinet plant employed about 90 people and fire crews remained on site for around four hours with no injuries reported and no loss estimate available.
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Independence, Kan
Dependence
Kansas
Students Study Under AEC Funds at KU
Four Kansas University graduate students in radiation biophysics are studying this year under first year special fellowships in health physics from the Atomic Energy Commission. The fellows are Gary C. Peterson Roger L. Burkhart Donald G. Daenzer and Arthur J. Toy Jr. First year fellows spend nine months at KU and three months at an AEC nuclear reactor testing station. Dr. Frank E. Hoecker has directed the program since its inception 13 years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas University
Atomic Energy Commission
Gary C. Peterson
St. Peter, Minn
Roger L. Burkhart
Woodward
Iowa
Donald G. Daenzer
Centreville
Mich
Arthur J. Toy Jr
Altadena
Calif
AEC
Frank E. Hoecker
Two youths held after early morning burglary trackdown
Philip Campbell 20 and J Scott Chesbro 19, both of 2401 West 25th, posted 1500 bond each after a first degree burglary arrest at First Presbyterian Church. Police tracked the pair through snow for over two hours covering at least three miles, from house to house south of 23rd and west of Louisiana, before they were found in a window ledge. A purse and money were reported missing from 2549 Jasu Drive.
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Philip H. Campbell
J. Scott Chesbro
W. 25Th
First Presbyterian Church
Douglas County
23Rd
Louisiana
Arthur J. Katz
Jasu Dr
Katz
Iowa
Morris &, Eastland
Gardner
Aaron
Eastland’s
John N. Crenshaw
August P. Gronninger Jr
Troy
Ninth
Mississippi
Crenshaw
Gronninger
Snowfall Triggers Several Minor Wrecks in City
A morning rash of minor auto accidents in Lawrence was blamed on slick streets with no injuries reported. Police noted most crashes caused only property damage as crews cleared and sanded icy roads through the night.
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Lawrence
Arnold Wiley
Richard K. Shrock
Roger L. Berger
Naismith
11Th and
Tenn
Berger
Shrock
Deer total of 1800 estimated in Kansas five day season
Pratt Kansas AP The five day firearms deer season closed with an estimated total kill near 1800 deer Officials from the Kansas Forestry Fish and Game Commission said a final count would take until Monday Preliminary data show hunter success roughly equal to last year This year 7593 hunting permits were issued Last year 6371 firearms hunters killed 1647 deer
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Pratt, Kan
Kansas
Kansas Forestry, Fish and Game Commission
KU to Turn Delinquent Loan Accounts to Wichita Firm
Kansas University will hand over about 200 National Defense Student Loan accounts totaling around $65,000 to Credit Adjustment Co. of Wichita for collection. The firm will receive one third of collected amounts and handle paperwork for debt reductions for graduates who teach.
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Kansas University
National Defense
Credit Adjustment Co. of
Wichita
Max Bickford
Kansas Board of Regents
Robert Billings
No Takers for Bonds in Atlanta Airport Plans
Atlanta officials failed to attract bidders for 18 million dollars in airport expansion bonds. The city cannot pay more than seven percent interest, and bond counselor Joseph Morris cited rising national rates as the reason investors did not bid within the limit.
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Atlanta, Ga
Joseph Morris
Casualties Rise Across All Sides in Vietnam War Week
In South Vietnam last week battlefield deaths rose on all sides. U S casualties included 100 KIA and 592 wounded the lowest weekly wound total in seven weeks. The US also freed two helicopter crewmen after five weeks in captivity.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
Michael T. Peterson
Redmond
Wash
Vernon C. Shepard
Akron
Ohio
Vietnam
KU Leaders Return After Retreat and Christmas Tree Display
Lawrence reports say KU administrators return home after a retreat at Excalibur Springs Missouri to discuss university matters. The campus tree in Strong Hall was decorated by buildings and grounds staff with 275 bulbs 100 baubles 200 feet tinsel and icicles with student help. City county join data processing talks consider pooling resources to computerize tax rolls. Lawrence High A Capella Choir to sing on WIBW TV at 445 PM Friday led by Gary Gregg with Fred Toner accompanist.
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Kansas University
Strong Hall
The
University
Harlech’s Kids Steal the Show At His Wedding
London AP reports Lord Harlech’s children, Francis Alice Victoria Jane and Julian Orimby Gore, aged 14 to 27, attracted attention at the wedding to Pamela Colin. Guests included Princess Margaret Lord Snowdon and former PM Harold Macmillan. Pamela Colin wore an ankle length Grecian white gown as Ralph D. Colin gave her away.
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Harlech
London
Lord Harlech
Pamela Colin
Francis
Alice
Victoria
Jane
Julian Orimby-Gore
Princess Margaret
Lord Snowdown
Harold MacMillan
New York
Ralph D. Colin
Former Teacher Mrs Lillian Webster Dies In Delaware Ohio
Mrs Lillian Webster longtime Lincoln School principal died Wednesday in a Delaware Ohio rest home. A Kansas University trained educator with two daughters Mrs B A Jones and Mrs George Porter, she was active in women’s groups and St Luke’s Church. Funeral services will be held Friday in Delaware Ohio.
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Lillian Webster
Lincoln School
Delaware
Ohio
Lillian
B. A. Jones
Ohio Wesleyan College
Elwood
Kansas University
George Porter
Los Angeles
Calif
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Owens
and Jong
Alfred Heck
Route 4
Miller Corner
Janet
Kelvin
Roger
Dr. Elbel
Lawrence Club
Hecks
Trinity Lutheran Church
Salina
Laura Humphrey
Eskridge
Town University
TWA
Navy Air Transport Command
Elbel
Lawrence Recreation Commission
Board of Education
Mental Health Association
Lawrence Human Relations Commission
Rotary Club
Plymouth Congregational Church
Martin
Justine
Laura Jane
Mary Jo Case
Independence
Dale L. Kerr
Rockledge Rd
American Legion Auxiliary
Dorsey-Liberty Post 14
Legion and Junior Auxiliary
Kerr
Journal- World Photo
Richard Stanwix
Judy A
Jaycee
Massachusetts
Warren Mortuary
New Hampshire
Lawrence, Kansas
Bickford
Regents
Peterson
Shepard
Army
Excelsior Springs
Dads
Lawrence High
Wibw-Tv
Channel 13
Topeka
Gary Gregg
Fred Toner
Ieee
Don G. McDow
West 9Th St
Gary W. Beasley
R. L
Bob" Stewart Melvin Kaufman
Ridge Ct
Kaw River
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