Rockefeller warns GOP governors against united presidential endorsement
New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller says a move by Republican governors to back a single GOP presidential contender could split party unity. He argues governors should focus on campaign issues rather than endorsements and rejects Rep. Melvin Laird’s claim that the governors erred by not choosing a candidate at their Palm Beach meeting.
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Washington
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Republian
Rockefeller
Melvin R. Laird
R-Wis
Palm Beach
Fla
Congress
York
Laird
House
Michigan
George Romney
New Yorker
Republican Coordinating Committee
Rhode Island
John H. Chafee
Romney
Chafee
Daniel J. Evans
Harris
Richard M. Nixon
Louis Harris
Washington Post
Nixon
Gov
Ronald Reagan
California
Johnson
President Urges Believers to Win Skeptics at College Dedication
President Johnson spoke at Central Texas College in Killeen urging progress believers to persuade doubters. He touted education growth and poverty abolition while defending rising costs as necessary for health jobs and world peace.
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Killeen
Tex
Johnson
Central Texas College
Johnson City
Washington
Afl-Cio
Miami Beach
Fla
Vietnam
America
Central Texas
White House
Lynda Bird
Charles S. Robb
Arraignment for Man in a Fight in Sunflower Village
Andrew B. Klebenstein 27 was arraigned in County Court on two counts of felonious assault for a Sunday morning fight near St and Locust Streets. Bond set at 1600 and preliminary hearing scheduled for 10:30 a.m. December 18. Bruce and John Knackstedt were shotgun wound victims treated at Lawrence Memorial Hospital and released.
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Sunflower Village
Andrew B. Klebenstein
Klebenstein
St. and Locust
Bruce
John Knackstedt
Regents to Meet Saturday Morning in Topeka
The Kansas Board of Regents will convene Saturday at the State Office Building in Topeka with a 9:45 a.m. general session. Speakers include Kansas State University President James McCain at 10, Emory Lindquist of Wichita State University at 10:30, Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe at 11, and John Visser of Kansas State Teachers College at Emporia at 11:30. Regent Clement Hall of Coffeyville, serving since 1956, will not seek another term. The nine-member board includes four Democrats and five Republicans from across the state.
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Kansas Board of Regents
Topeka
Kansas State University
James McCain
Emory Lindquist
Wichita State University
Kansas University
W. Clarke Wescoe
John Visser
Kansas State Teachers College
Emporia
Clement Hall
Coffeyville
Hall
Robert Docking
Dwight Klinger
Ashland
Eldon Sloan
Lawrence Morgan
Goodland
Thomas J. Griffith
Manhattan
A. H. Cromb
Mission Hills
Gresham and Company
John F. Eberhardt
Wichita
C. N
Ned) Cushing
Downs Banker
Henry Bubb
Capitol Federal Savings and Loan
Vandalism And Thefts Reported In Local Area
Several thefts and an act of vandalism were reported to police Monday. A spare tire and wheel valued at $30 were stolen from a car on Trail Rd between Sunday 5 p.m. and Monday 5 p.m. An attempted equipment theft occurred on Ohio St near 1401 Woo7th St between Saturday 7 p.m. and Sunday 12:45 a.m. Four teens were stealing gas at Spriggs Construction sites on Mo St 2834, W.29th St, and Ala St since Dec 6, with $12 loss. Lumber worth $100 was also stolen from a shed on Locust St. Time not listed.
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Trail Rd
Oan Auto
Harry K. Moon
Ohio St
Woo7th St
Roland Spriggs
Maine Court
Spriggs Construction Co
Mo. St
W. 29Th St
Terr
Ala. St
Spriggs
Locust St
Woman Cited In Local Theft Case in Douglas County
A 27-year-old Kansas City woman Sandra Wilson also known as Sharon Wilson is charged with grand larceny for allegedly aiding a 16-year-old boy in a Sunday theft at Key Rexall Drug. The juvenile was caught nearby with cash and checks totaling about 3 500. Wilson fled and remained at large. Darrel Steinshouer a 25 year old store employee reported the incident and identified Wilson in the investigation. The warrant was issued by the County Attorney on Monday.
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Kansas City, Mo
Douglas County
Key Rexall Drug
W. 23Rd St
Malls
Sandra Wilson
Sharon Wilson
Kansas City
Darrel G. Steinshouer
Safeway
Wilson
Steinshouer
Kansas University
Hoxie
School of Pharmacy
Directors of Chamber Hear Report on New Membership
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce directors heard Arthur Heck report record new members in the Ambassadors Club 140 this year versus 126 in 1966 67. The group aims for 200 new members by next year and totals about 800 members a new record.
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Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Arthur Heck
Ambassadors Club
Chamber
Heck
C of C
Ambassadors Clul Real
Next Mlarehot
Dean Witham Smith
Human Relations Commission
Lawrence
Kanas
Cty
County
Kansas University
Lawrence High to Host Christmas Formal in Union Ballroom
The Lawrence High School Student Council sponsors the annual Christmas Formal from 8 to 11 p.m. Friday, Dec. 22, in the Kansas Union ballroom. Theme is Fan tasy in the Frost. Wayne Nelson Combo to perform. Joe Flannery chairs the social committee with Barry Robinson Keith Banta Paula Crown Mark Joseph Brad Harsha Kelly Kapfer Cindy Hird Vicki Starks Louis Scott Chip Crews assisting. Max Stalcup is faculty adviser.
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Lawrence High School
Kansas Union
Joe Flannery
Council
Barry Robinson
Keith Banta
Paula Crown
Mark Joseph
Brad Harsha
Kelly Kapfer
Cindy Hird
Vicki Starks
Louis Scott
Chip Crews
NATO to adopt graduated response plan replacing massive retaliation
NATO defense ministers met in Brussels without France to finalize a new strategy concept for a graduated response to Soviet aggression. The plan envisions escalating conventional forces in Western Europe, with US led nuclear options if the attack persists, replacing the old massive retaliation doctrine. France had blocked adoption but has since withdrawn its direct role.
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Brussels
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
John Foster Dulles
Europe
United States
Charles de Gaulle
Osgood To Speak In Forum on Social Science Lecture
Charles E. Osgood psychology professor and communications researcher at Illinois University will deliver the third social science lecture in the series at 8 p m Thursday in the Forum Room Kansas Union.
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Charles E. Osgood
Ilinois University
The
Kansas Union
Central Junior High Christmas Program Set For Evening Show
Central Junior High School will present its annual Christmas program at 7 30 p m in the school auditorium. The concert features orchestra conducted by Hubert Brown and a 65 voice concert choir directed by Frank Purvis with soloists Becky Reed Sharon Jeffries Jamie Hurley Jean Gurtler Debbie Seales and Matt Moore. Dianne Price will accompany and Glen Rhea directs the pantomimes with narrations by Richard Arnold.
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Central Junior High School
Hubert Brown
Andalucia
Leocuna
Jesu Joy
Mans’ Desiring
Bach
Handel
Frank Purvis
Alfred Burt
Bethlehem
Ah Bleek
Chill
Dianne Price
Becky Reed
Sharon Jeffries
Jamie Hurley
Jean Gurtler
Debbie Seales
Matt Moore
David Wilson
Linda Womack
Debbie Stephenson
Paul Schultz
Brian Pant
Pat Kendall
Marilyn Ice
Judy Riddle
Chris Stewart
Eric Ketzel
Jim Clark
Kris Kennedy
Marilee Johnson
Myrtis Galloway
Mark Shermis
Holly Green
Scott Wanzal
David Laird
Richard Arnold
Glen Rhea
Otepka Demoted But Kept Job At State Department
Otepka the State Department chief security evaluator is demoted reassigned and given a severe reprimand by Secretary of State Dean Rusk. He will become a management analyst earning about $3 000 less annually and may seek further redress through the Civil Service Commission or courts.
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Washington
Otto F. Otepka
State Department
Dean Rusk
Otepka
Enate
Civil Service Commission
Kansas University to Run Five Summer Teacher Institutes
The National Defense Education Act and Arts and Humanities grants totaling 260 037 will fund five summer institutes at Kansas University. Directors include Duane S Knos Lynn R Osborn Donald C Richardson Theodore A Wilson and Milton Steinhardt with stipends for each teacher and a Washington meeting for directors.
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Kansas University
U.S. Office of Education
National Defense Education Act
National Foundation For the Arts and Humanities Act
Duane S. Knos
Lynn R. Osborn
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Haskell Institute
Donald C. Richardson
Theodore A. Wilson
Milton Steinhardt
Arts and Humanities Foundation
Washington, D. C
Shockley Proposes National Birth Control Plan
Nobel laureate Dr. William Shockley outlined a government supervised birth control system with time capsule sterilization for girls and certificates controlling family size. He called for population growth limits by Census figures and a market for surplus certificates while urging research on inherited intelligence. The talk touched on farm decline, noting U.S. farms dropped 27 percent to under 3.2 million.
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Hamilton
Ont
William Bradford Shockley
Stanford University
McMaster University
Shockley
Census Bureau
Minor injuries in two city traffic crashes reported
One injury reported a teen suffered minor injuries after a collision at 19th and Miss Streets involving Virginia G Reese 17 and Steven P Spriggs 16 with 280 and 360 dollars in damage. A second crash at 10th and NH Streets caused 365 dollars damage to Bettie E Lindsey 17 and 285 dollars to Billy L Roberts 38.
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Miss. Sts
Virginia G. Reese
Ill. St
Steven P. Spriggs
W. 22Nd St. Terr
Reese
Spriggs
10Th
N.H. Sts
Bettie E. Lindsey
N.Y. St
Billy L. Roberts
Conn. St
Lindsey
Roberts
Giant Japanese radishes grown in Missouri delight Lawrence
Mrs. Joan Hoover of Lawrence shows king sized radishes 15 to 18 inches long and two inches thick grown by her parents Mr and Mrs Irvin Hill in Buffalo Missouri The vegetables are fall planted and mature now They can be eaten raw or boiled The Hoovers visited the Hills over the weekend and brought back samples A wreath vanished then returned at Plymouth Congregational Church during Christmas vandalism a church spokesman said likely a parent retrieved it The Fifth Dimension will perform at 8 p m Wednesday in KU Hoch Auditorium as part of the Hoch Special Series The KU Experimental Theatre presents The Knack at Murphy Hall with shows 8 20 p m Wednesday through Tuesday and January 4 to 6
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Joan Hoover
Lawrence
Irvin Hill
Buffalo
Hoovers
Plymouth Congregational Church
Fifth Dimension
Kansas University
Hoch Auditorium
Kansas University Experimental Theatre
Knack
Murphy Hall
KU Group Sets Nominating Meet for Alumni Board
A KU nominating committee will meet Wednesday December 20 to pick six candidates for three five year terms on the Alumni Association board of directors. Committee members led by Odd Williams will hold a noon lunch at the Kansas Union then convene in Strong Hall.
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Kansas University
Alumni Association Board of Directors
Roy Edwards
Kansas City
Odd Williams
Lawrence
Robert Fothergill
Robert Kirk
Wichita
Junius M. Penny
Emporia
William A. Southern
Ellinwood
Kansas Union
Alumni Association
Strong Hall
Joseph W. McCoskrie
James C. Piper
Parsons
Charles E. Spahr
Cleveland
Ohio
Dick Wintermore
KU Alumni Association
Crime rates rise sharply in Missouri and Kansas metros
FBI data show crime up to 45 percent in major Missouri and Kansas cities for the first nine months of this year, with Independence down 4 percent. Wichita up 45, Topeka 40, Kansas City Missouri 22, St. Louis 18, Springfield 14. totals rise from 13,339 to 16,235 cases.
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Washington
Missouri
Kansas
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Independence
Wichita
Topeka
Kansas City
St. Louis
Springfield
Kan
Fifty years of joy thanked by Merriams
Mr and Mrs F M Merriam express gratitude to friends and neighbors for attending their 50th wedding celebration and for the flowers plants gifts and greeting cards received.
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Mrs
F. M. Merriam
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