California Tops State Vietnam Casualty List In 1961 to 1969 Period
The report ranks states by Vietnam War fatalities from 1961 to last Sept 30, with California leading at 1,289 deaths, followed by New York, Pennsylvania, Texas and Illinois, totaling 7,099 of 13,634 hostile-action deaths. It notes 475,000 American troops in South Vietnam and nonhostile deaths also tabulated.
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Stop Sign Okay But City Nixes Diamond Lights
The City Commission approved a four way stop at 21st Street and Ousdahl Road and rejected a $10,000 lighting plan for Quigley Field. The Traffic Safety Commission recommended the stop sign. the Park and Recreation Advisory Board and Chamber backed lights but were overruled.
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Ray Wells
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Astronaut Rescue Pact Draft Published by United Nations
The U N released a draft rescue agreement for astronauts forced down on foreign soil with backing from the United States and the Soviet Union. The pact follows a treaty on peaceful space uses endorsed by the General Assembly and hopes for quick assembly approval before adjournment next week. Lodge notices appear for Acacia Lodge 9 AF & AM with December 14 meeting and officer elections.
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To Serve County Until City Contract Signed
H H Belote owner of Citizens Ambulance told Douglas County commissioners he will likely keep county service active until a city contract is signed. He expects a contract by next Tuesday and declined the county’s offer to extend depts protection against uncollectable law enforcement calls. Belote had asked 350 dollars monthly subsidy, denied previously. He warned of discontinuing county service at midnight December 15.
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Citizens Ambulance Service
Douglas County
Lawrence
Belote
London Paris Trips Offered at University
University of Kansas student union expands overseas travel options for faculty staff and students. A two month trip runs June to August 14 with travel via New York to Paris at 270 dollars round trip. A one month summer trip departs New York August 6 returning from London September to 306 dollars. Travelers cover any local work study or leisure between flights per SUA flights chairman Craig Crago.
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Kansas University
Aith
New York
Paris
London
Craig S Crago
Shawnee Mission
SUA Flights
Lawrence High Hosts 49 Schools For Debate Tournament
Lawrence High School will host a district preparation debate tournament bringing 84 four speaker teams from across the state to debate the resolution on uniform regulations for criminal investigation procedures. The event runs Friday and Saturday with six schools in the Lawrence district. Lawrence teams will not participate. Joyce Dana leads the tournament.
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Lawrence
Topeka
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Lawrence High
Joyce Dana
LHS
Jackman Home Sold to Pozdro in Historic Lawrence Move
Mr and Mrs F C Jackman sold their 713 Louisiana Street residence to Prof and Mrs John Pozdro. The Pozdro s plan to move from 808 Mississippi Street around mid January while the Jackmans relocate to Meadowbrook apartments after 22 years at 713 La St. Pozdro, KU music theory professor, and his wife have two children and look forward to the space in their new home.
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Lawrence
Ella
Eleanor) Henley
Jayhawk Box Company
Henley
Pordro
Kansas University School of Fine Arts
Vorarlberg Mulls Hitchhiking Pass for Teens
The Vorarlberg regional government plans a hitchhiking pass to help teenagers access private transport to and from school. Authorities say the program aims to improve safe student mobility and reduce travel barriers.
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Vorarlberg
16 Holiday Gifts For Servicemen
Big boxes in seven Lawrence stores yielded 76 Christmas packages for overseas servicemen. Six Lawrence High School students wrapped them Tuesday at the American Legion Hall with items like soap toothpaste candy and combs. Gifts go by air mail to San Francisco where an armed forces plane will take them overseas.
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Maine
Diane Holdredge
Ark
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Steven Dr
Carol Searcy
W. 20Th St. Terr
Vicki Henry
Journal-World Photo
Lawrence
American Legion Hall
Jayhawk Box Co
Hallmark
Lawrence American Legion
San Francisco
Walnut
Steven
Carole Searcy
Polly Sanders
Housing Bill Aims to Help Foreign Students at KU
A bill introduced Tuesday night by the All Student Council at the Kansas Union proposes an eight member committee to compile lists of housing for foreign students and serve as intermediary between landowners and students. Kyle Craig, junior and student body president from Joplin Missouri, announced the measure.
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All Student Council
Kansas Union
Kyle Craig
Joplin
Violence rising on Kansas roads despite lower death toll
AP reports that Kansas shows fewer highway deaths in 1967 than 1966 but more crashes and injuries. For seven months through July 1967, 361 people died, 15 551 were injured, and 25 706 accidents were logged, while officials cite stricter enforcement and better medical care as contributing factors.
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Wallace County
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Local Girls Win Writing Contest at Lawrence High
Two Lawrence High School seniors Tina Spray and Susie Culbertson earned runner up honors in a national NCTE writing contest. They were chosen from 800 finalists for creativity a autobiography a creative piece and two tests. Their names will be sent to college admission offices nationwide.
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National Council of Teachers of English
Tina Spray
Chester Spray
Route 1
Susie Culbertson
Ray L. Culbertson
Yale Rd
Kennedy and GOP Speakers Invited to KU Event
Mount Oread hosts talk inviting Sen Robert Kennedy and four leading Republican candidates for spring appearances. Possible invitees include Sen Charles Percy Gov George Romney Gov Ronald Reagan and former VP Richard Nixon. Craig cautions no commitments yet and timing may wait until spring primaries end.
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Joplin
Kansas University
Sen
Robert Kennedy
Massachusetts
Mount Oread
Charles Percy
Illinois
George Romney
Michigan
Ronald Reagan
California
Richard Nixon
Craig
Rumsey Funeral Home Ady Notice V13 5111
Public obituary notice listing Rumsey Funeral Home reference V13 5111 Ady with no additional details provided.
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Ady
Coffin Recognized in Washington for Haskell Service
Mrs. Warner A Coffin Jr accepted the Interior Department Distinguished Service Award in Washington for her late husband 26 years of service to Haskell Institute He coached athletic programs directed Recreation and helped establish unions and league acceptances He later worked as a secretary at Haskell.
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Sec. of the Interior
Stewart Udall
Washington, D.C
Haskell Institute
Department of the Interior
Coffin
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Haskell
Stidham Union
Interstate League
National Junior College Athletic Assn
Kansas University
Jobless Rate Falls Sharply in November 1966
Washington AP reports the national unemployment rate dropped four tenths of a percent in November to 3.9 percent, the sharpest monthly decline in over six years. October was 4.3 percent and November 1966 stands at 3.5 percent with unemployment easing from 2.951 to 2.894 million. About 200,000 job gains reflect returns after strikes in manufacturing and transportation.
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Department of Labor
Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Arthur B. Ross
Ford Motor Co
Nepotism Ban Advances in Federal Pay Bill
Iowa Democrat Rep. Neal Smith wins six year fight to ban nepotism in all federal jobs from post offices to Congress and the White House. He argues relatives hired or placed in agencies unfairly limit other jobseekers. The antinepotism rider, attached to a federal pay raise and postal rate bill, passed Congress and goes to President Johnson for signature.
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Iowa
Congress
White House
Neal Smith
Smith
Jonson
Echo I Faces Wrinkled Skin From Space Weather
Occasional solar wind hits and micrometeoroids have weathered Echo I's hull, giving its surface a wrinkled prune-like appearance as it endures in space.
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