BSU Halts Strike To Dec 14 Regents Meeting
The Black Students Union calls a moratorium on strike activities until after negotiations with the Board of Regents on December 14 1970 and plans strategy for after that meeting. The group warns that if Gary Jackson is not reinstated or repressive actions occur, strikes will resume. Gardenshire a Wichita freshman charged with attempted murder is suspended with appeal possible.
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Kansas University
Black Students Union
Lawrence
Board of Regents
Gary
Jackson
University
Keith Gardenhire
Wichita
Gary Jackson
Dean of Men
Robert Sanders
Biochemistry
Brazil Stands Firm Over Kidnapped Swiss Ambassador
Brazil rejects any exchange or demands from guerrillas who abducted Ambassador Giovanni Bucher. Government sources say the country will not publish manifestos or concede to terms affecting dignity. Police report 1300+ arrests during the manhunt, though many detainees were later released.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Giovanni Bucher
Yule Contest Deadline Set At Dec 20
Entry deadline for the Jaycee Christmas Decoration Contest is December 20. Only 12 entries so far amid vandalism fears and bad weather, with four categories religious non religious fighting and multiple dwelling. Prizes include $25 bonds for first place in each division and second third prizes in all but the multiple dwelling category.
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John Mousseau
The
Jaycees
Lawrence
Javeces
Mousseau
Laird Defends Son Tay Raid Against Fulbright Charge
Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird angrily rebutted Senator Fulbright who suggested the failed Son Tay POW raid served purposes beyond freeing prisoners. Laird said intelligence showed the camp held American captives and defended the 30 to 50 percent chance of rescuing them. Fulbright pressed whether there was any intelligence failure and noted Laird’s past statements.
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Washington
Melvin R. Laird
Sen
J. W. Fulbright
U.S
Son Tay
Cambodia
Fulbright
Laird
Mail embargo lifted as railroad strike ends
Post master General Winton M Blount lifted the mail embargo today after the railroad strike ended. He ordered postal regions to end the embargo on second, third and fourth class mail unless local problems would interfere with normal operation.
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Washington (Ap
Winton M. Blount
Lawrence KU ends fall classes amid weather travel delay
Lawrence students finish fall semester with exams starting Monday and ending December 23 before Christmas recess. Spring preparations begin January 13 with classes to resume January 18. City Manager Burford Watson and Commissioners Emick and Pulliam diverted to Memphis after bad weather blocked their flight from Atlanta. they were returning from the national Congress of Cities convention and were to resume travel this morning.
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Lawrence
Buford Watson
John Emick
J. R. Pulliam
Atlanta
Kansas City
Memphis
National Congress of Cities
Post Office Lifts Embargo On Second Through Fourth Class Mail
Lawrence postmaster John B. Harris said a morning telephone notice announced the embargo on second third and fourth class mail was lifted. He expects unusually heavy mailing Saturday as postal patrons learn packages will be accepted.
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John B. Harris
Lawrence
U.S
Harris
Journal-World Series Maps Community Drug Problem
The Journal-World chronicles a community drug problem in a long multi-part series totaling 21 installments and 24 stories. The project spans 690 column inches and offers in-depth, reader-focused coverage of local patterns, responses, and ongoing investigations.
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Journal-World
Nixon expands bombing policy against North Vietnam
President Nixon at his first news conference in 19 weeks warned he will order bombing of North Vietnamese military targets if enemy infiltrations threaten South Vietnam. He stressed troop withdrawal aims, Cambodia force support, and Paris talks, while noting inflation and unemployment improvements at home.
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Nixon
North Vietnam
U.S
South
Hanoi
South Vietnam
United States
Cambodia
Paris
Baker University receives 41823 gift from Sarah Berry estate
Baker University in Baldwin City Kansas has been given an unrestricted bequest of 41823 from the estate of the late Sarah Grace Berry of Columbus Kansas. A university spokesman noted she also left similar amounts to the First Methodist Church Society Columbus and 20911 each to the St Paul School of Theology Kansas City and the ministers' reserve pension fund of the United Methodist Church. The Baker gift is the largest estate gift the university has received since February 1969.
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Baldwin City
Kan
Baker University
Sarah Grace Berry
Columbus
Fulbright Questions Nixon North Vietnam Policy Tone
Sen. Fulbright condemns the broadened bombing policy as pushing toward settlement by force. Defense Secretary Laird reiterates a negotiator’s goal with Cambodia aid, while noting possible reconnaissance flights in a backstop to the 1968 bombing halt.
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Washington
J.W. Fulbright
U.S
North Vietnam
Nixon
Vietnam
Fulbright
Cambodia
Laird
Notre Dame Projects Small Deficit Span
Notre Dame faces a deficit around 70 000 dollars for the year a university spokesman said. Earlier Hesburgh cited about 200 000 dollars but the spokesman noted he had not seen current figures in some time and could be mistaken.
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South Bend
Ind
University of Notre Dame
Theodore Hesburgh
Father Hesburgh
Nixon Christmas Cards Sent By President And Mrs Nixon
The president and Mrs. Nixon began mailing Christmas cards to thousands. The card shows a green embossed wreath with the White House in a gold medallion and a gold message wishing a joyous Christmas and a happy new year. It, designed by Hallmark, measures seven and three quarters by six and a quarter inches and arrives in a white envelope with The White House engraved in green.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
Hallmark Cards, Inc
Dole Emerges as Likely Leader of Republican Party
Washington sources say Kansas Senator Robert J. Dole is Nixon’s likely pick to replace Rogers Morton as Republican National Committee chairman as Morton leaves to become interior secretary. Morton steps down after Nixon fired Walter J. Hickel on Thanksgiving Eve.
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Washington
Robert J. Dole
Kansas
Senate
Nixon
Dole
Maryland
Rogers C. B. Morton
Morton
Republican National Committee
Interior
Walter J. Hickel
R C Miller Funeral Held in Ottawa to Lawrence founder
Funeral services were held at Rumsey Chapel for R C Miller founder and owner of Miller Furniture Co. He died Thursday at Stormont Vail Hospital Topeka aged 85. Burial was in Oak Hill Cemetery. Survived by widow Gertrude Topeka a daughter Jane Smull Mission Hills two grandsons and a great grandchild. Family asks contributions to charity.
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R. C. Miller
Miller Furniture Co
Oak Hill Cemetery
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Stormont Vail Hospital
Topeka
Nebraska
Ottawa
Lawrence
Mass
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J. Robert Miller
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Jane M. Smull
Mission Hills
Ned Smull
Kansas City
Children’s Mercy Hospital
Lee
Huntington Park
Calif
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