Kansas State Chamber seeks $5,000 for Orange Bowl promo
The Kansas State Chamber of Commerce eyes a $5,000 drive to back a Miami Beach campaign around KU’s Orange Bowl appearance. Critics doubt the plan will move the Miami crowd, noting time constraints, aggressive promos, and the allure of football and entertainment over state image.
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Jobs await KU Business grads amid large interview turnout
KU School of Business reports more than 300 firms will interview its graduates this year. Dean Clifford Clark notes top students will have multiple job options with five or six employers. An executive advisory board was formed to strengthen ties with faculty and students.
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Cable TV Rules Spark Industry Criticism and FCC Approval
Industry leaders denounce new FCC rules affecting CATV and pay TV while a limited pay TV plan gains cautious support. FCC rules regulate retransmission, ownership, and require originations. pay TV may expand only after hearings and legal review. Hartford’s pay operation remains only example. broad rollout awaits.
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Frederick W. Ford
National Cable Television Association
Federal Communications Commission
Douglas Talbott
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Hartford
Conn
Doctors Predict Hong Kong Flu To Crest Soon
The Hong Kong flu spreads across the United States with 30 states reporting outbreaks and 14 states plus DC and Puerto Rico confirming cases. Federal officials warn deaths from pneumonia and flu may rise with several prominent figures among the affected including Tallulah Bankhead and Chicago Mayor Richard Daley. Vice President-elect Spiro Agnew travels to Memphis for the Liberty Bowl with a reported touch of flu.
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Tallulah Bankhead
Chicago
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Florida
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Maurice Stans
Commerce
Spiro T. Agnew
Memphis
Tenn
Santa Fe Railway Tax Bill and Local Remittance
The 1968 ad valorem tax bill for the Santa Fe Railway in Kansas totals 5,616,499.07 with Douglas County share of 82,075.68. Payments are mailed to treasurers in 71 counties served. First-half due before December 20 benefiting schools and municipalities. Santa Fe is a top taxpayer in Douglas County. Kansas University Christmas vacation begins December 21 at 12:30 pm, resumes January 6 at 7:30 am.
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Kansas
Douglas County
Santa Fe
Tonganoxie Minstrels Present Holiday Play
The Young Christian interdenominational teen group from Tonganoxie will present a one act musical at 8 p m Saturday Dec 21 in the Tonganoxie High School auditorium. The play titled A Funny thing Happened on My Way to Christmas features folk carols directed by Father Tony Molina. The item notes the first railroad in the Netherlands opened in 1839.
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Tonganoxie High School
Tony Molina
Five Children Die In Detroit Home Fire
DETROIT AP Five small children died when flames swept a two story frame house on Detroit's West Side. Four others were injured including the mother and two other children who had minor burns and smoke inhalation. A firefighter collapsed from smoke inhalation and fatigue. The victims were Cindy Pac 6 Timmy Pac 6 Linda 5 John 4 and Charles who would have been two on Christmas Eve. Mrs James Pac 30 was treated along with her two surviving children Jimmy 8 and Michael 3. She said the blaze erupted so quickly she could not rescue all her children.
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James Pac
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Michael
Minor City Accidents Report No Serious Injuries
Police report several minor crashes Friday with no serious injuries. Harold E. Mitts 22 of Fireside Dr caused a collision near Frontier Rd. Laura M. Hays 20 complained of injuries but received no treatment. Damage to Mitts car estimated at 225 dollars. Other crashes at W 19th and Tenn Sts and at 3rd and Jst Sts involved Hyukkoo 34 and Graves 54 with injuries not treated and damages 400 to 625 dollars. A parked Goodger vehicle on Vt St was struck. driver unidentified.
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Fireside Dr
Frontier Rd
Roy G. McDonald
Ridge Ct
Lee Hyukkoo
Tenn. St
W. 19Th and
Tenn. Sts
Hyukkoo
McDonald
Clarence W. Cheek
Fla. St
Harold H. Graves
Ohio St
3Rd
Jst
Cheek
Graves
Ernest L. Goodger
Rt. 2
Vt. St
Goodger
Fire Crews Respond to Two Trash Fires in Lawrence
Firemen investigated two trash fires in Lawrence on Friday. The first began at 12 53 p m behind a vacant house in the 900 block between Tenn and Ohio streets with no damage. I F Binns of 2036 Ohio St reported the second blaze at 12 55 p m at her home.
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New York School Plans Christmas Plays by Grade
Students at a New York school will perform annual Christmas plays on Tuesday. Primary pupils showcase at 10 a.m. followed by intermediate grades fourth through sixth and after noon kindergarteners at 2 30 p.m.
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New York School
City Named San Francisco in 1846 Population Near Two Hundred
In 1846 the city was named San Francisco and counted roughly 200 residents. The remark highlights the tiny early settlement before the Gold Rush brought rapid growth.
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San Francisco
Shultz Opposes Public Employee Strikes and Wage Guidelines
Washington AP George Shultz secretary of labor nominee says most labor disputes settle without strikes but deplores public employee strikes. He favors soft government intervention and believes wage price guidelines fail to curb inflation. He notes some strikes could force Labor Department action.
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Nixon
George Shultz
The
University of Chicago Business School
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KU Student Dies In Iowa Bridge Crash
John D. Peterson a 22 year old KU freshman in journalism from Lawrence Kansas died when his car hit a bridge abutment near Villisca Iowa at 7 am He had driven home for the weekend His companion Dennis Paulson of Villisca was injured with a broken leg Peterson was a Marine veteran VFW member and Southwestern Bell employee Funeral plans were set for Monday in Villisca
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S. Park St
Lawrence
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Clarence Peterson
Marguerite Peterson
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Lawrence Vfw
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Stolen stereo from locked car at campus lot
A stereo record player and tapes were stolen from a locked car owned by Frank Whippel at 1122 W. Campus Dr in the Joseph R Pearson Hall lot between midnight and 7 am Friday. Police valued the items at 125 dollars.
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10Th St
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Kentucky
6th Annual Bazaar Supports EU Help Fund
A Christmas note from Louise C. Lane thanks attendees and donors who contributed to the 6th Annual Bazaar at The This 'nd That Shop benefiting the EU Help Fund.
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