Gaslight Gang Wins TV Show and Quest Invite
The Gaslight Gang eight member KU dixieland band won $1,000 first prize on All-American College Hour and earned a semi final spot with $1,500 top prize. Members tape in Hollywood and may appear on The Andy Griffith Show. some will play with the KU band at the Orange Bowl in Miami. Members include Wayne Erck, Paul Gray, Harold Keen, Dave Murrow, Dave Neely, Skip Devol, Larry Rigler, and Stan Ricker.
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Gaslight Gang
Kansas University
American Broadcasting Company
Hollywood
Calif
Wayne Erck
St. Louis
Erek
Miami
Fla
Paul Gray
Windsor
Erck
Harold Keen
Pasadena
Tex
Dave Murrow
Topeka
Dave Neely
St. Joseph
Skip Devol
Chicago, Ill
Larry Rigler
Chicago, Il
Stan Ricker
Chicago
Auto-Washing Firms Hit With 4.6 Million Antitrust Suit
Julius Karosen of Kansas City files a 4.6 million damage suit in U S District Court against Robo Sales Inc Robo-Wash Inc and Robo-Wax Inc accusing them of antitrust violations The firms operate 748 franchised outlets and 32 distributorships in the United States with additional outlets in Canada and Great Britain He claims franchise rights in Missouri Kansas and California were granted from April through October 1967.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Julius Karosen
U.S
Robo Sales Inc
Robo-Wash Inc
Robo-Wax Inc
United States
Canada
Great Britain
Karosen
Missouri
Kansas
California
Ballard Center Hours Over Holidays
Ballard Community Center recreation room will stay open on a limited holiday schedule. It will be open 8 to midnight tonight and Saturday, 2 to 5 pm, and 8 to midnight on Monday and Thursday with 2 to 5 pm and 7 to 10 pm blocks on Dec 27 28 and Dec 30. Special party bookings through Cynthia Turner. Closed Sundays December 24 25 31 and January 1. Regular activities resume January 2.
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Ballard Community Center
Cynthia Turner
Ballard Center
Coed Missing as Pair Face Kidnapping Charges
An escaped convict Gary Krist and Ruth Eisemann Schier were charged with kidnapping Barbara Mackle after a ransom was paid. Barbara remained missing as FBI and U.S. authorities pursued leads while a Bahamas flight by two others drew inquiry.
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Miami
Fla
Barbara Jane Mackle
Florida
Washington
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Barbara
Gary Steven Krist
California
George Deacon
Ruth Eisemann Schier
University of Miami Institute of Marine Sciences
Robert Mackle
U.S
Edward P. Swan
Lawrence government offices close for Christmas holiday
City and county offices in Lawrence shut down for Christmas Day with noon closure for county offices and a delayed Tuesday City Commission meeting now set for Friday at 2 p.m. No trash pickups and landfill closure on Christmas Day. Regular service resumes Thursday.
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Lawrence
Only One Mishap Occurs Thursday
Cars driven by Richard W. McCleery 22 of 1910 Mass St and James L. Edwards 17 of 766 NY St collided at 4 30 p m Thursday in an alley between NH and RI Sts about 65 feet north of 7th St Edwards turned into the alley from a parking lot Lawrence police report Damage to his car was estimated at 120 to McCleerys at 160
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Richard W. McCleery
Mass. St
James L. Edwards
N.Y. St
N.H
R.I. Sts
7Th St
Edwards
Lawrence
McCleery
Rhodes finalists surprise KU students in Rhodes selection process
KU seniors Joe Goering and Mike Kirk learned they advanced to the regional Rhodes interviews as winter storms delayed travel. Goering, 21, and Kirk, 21, face regional committees in Des Moines and St. Louis with 12 total candidates advancing nationwide for four Rhodes Scholarships. Goering pursues history and aims for Oxford. Kirk studies mathematics and philosophy with hopes of international study or a law philosophy path.
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Kansas University
Des Moines
Iowa
Mike Kirk
Kansas City
Joe Goering
Moundridge
Journal-World Photo
Hutchinson
St. Louis
Kansas City, Mo
Goering
Kirk
Mount Oread
Kansas Union
Rhodes
Don Hedrick
Topeka
Aldon Bell
KU College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Rhodes Committee
Oyster Bay
Country Club Plaza
Iown
Oxford University
England
United States
Oxford
State Selectton Committee
Mike
Moundridge Rural High School
Pat
Delta Upsilon
Paula Waxse
Oswego
KU Medical Center
Prison Scouts to Receive Court of Honor at Ferguson Prison
Inmates of Ferguson Prison in Huntsville Texas will be honored with a Boy Scout Court of Honor and a Christmas party Sunday. Members of Explorer Post 1066 were organized over two years ago to serve 17 to 21 year old inmates of the Texas Department of Corrections facility.
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Huntsville
Tex
Ferguson Prison
Texas Department of Corrections Institution
Auto Stolen From Car Lot and Other Thefts Reported to Police
A 1958 car owned by Hadley Hamm was stolen from a lot at 518 E. 8th St. while the car was unlocked with keys inside. Four other thefts and two vandalism incidents were reported, including eight tires stolen from Smith's Standard Service and damages from a shotgun blast to a window.
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Hadley Hamm
Tenn. St
8Th St
Lawrence
Smith’s Standard Service
Mass. St
T. V. Smith
Ice Rink Nears Finish at Park
The Douglas County Commission announced the south Broken Arrow Park ice skating rink is nearly completed. The horseshoe shaped facility covers nearly an acre and holds water, with a parking lot and walkways under construction. The rink will be operated by the Lawrence Park and Recreation Department with skating hours to be set.
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Douglas County Commission
Broken Arrow Park
Wakarusa
Lawrence Park and Recreation Department
The Glamour of Imperial Rome Draws Masses to City
The allure of Imperial Rome around 100 looms as thousands of foreign visitors flock to the crowded capital, drawn by monuments, culture, and the era’s prestige.
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Rome
Biology Professor Warns Doom Without Food and Pollution Fix
Haverford College biology professor Ariel G. Loewy warns in the college magazine that humanity may have at most 30 years to solve hunger population pollution and war. He argues social revolutions altering motivational structures are the only hope for survival as poverty could be eliminated technologically but ecological and nuclear threats rise.
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Philadelphia
Haverford College
Ariel G. Loewy
Loewy
Haverford
Journal-World Publisher Joins Kansas City Bank Board
Dolph C. Simons Jr., publisher of the Journal-World, was elected to the board of directors of Commerce Trust Company in Kansas City, Missouri. Commerce Trust, with $543 million in resources, is the region’s largest bank. P. V. Miller Jr. is president and James M. Kemper Jr. chairs the board. Simons also serves on the Lawrence National Bank board.
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Dolph C. Simons Jr
Journal-World
Commerce Trust Company
Kansas City
Commerce Trust
P. V. Miller Jr
James M. Kemper Jr
Simons
Lawrence National Bank
Fire damages car owned by William H. Clark
Firemen report a backfiring car owned by William H. Clark at 946 Maine Street backfired around 8 20 Wednesday while parked on a lot at 23rd and Alabama Streets. The blaze was out before firefighters arrived.
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William H. Clark
Maine St
23Rd
Ala. Sts
Lawrence
Youths Face Trial For Adult Crimes In Lawrence
Juveniles Dwayne Dirk 16 and Gary Dunaway 17 of Lawrence have been waived to adult court on two felony counts of stolen cars. A 15 year old Linwood youth is to be treated as a juvenile. Two Clearwater men Ingram face charges for bringing stolen property into Kansas. Carl McArdle pleads not guilty to first degree murder in District Court. trial set for February 3.
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Dwayne Dirk
Gary William Dunaway
Lawrence
Linwood
Dirk
Delores Tabor
MJ. St
Dunaway
Dorothy Dunaway
Oak Hill Ave
Sleene A. Donnelly
W. 24Th St
Jesse N. Hernandez
N.J. St
Charles Rankin
Kansas
Chevway, Inc
Clearwater
Fla
Oil Painting Stolen From Scott Lampkin Home
The Douglas County Sheriff's office reports an oil painting in a gold frame valued at 200 dollars was stolen from the Scott Lampkin home on Route 1 between Sunday and Thursday. The Lampkin residence lies about six miles northwest of Lawrence.
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Scott Lampkin
Rt. 1
Douglas County Sheriff's Office
Lampkin
Lawrence
Funeral Hone Via DML Lady Over Forty Years Experience
Funeral home listing notes DML Lady provides burial services with more than forty years experience.
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L—Ady
Rumacy
George Woods Leaves Insurance Job to Train for Olympics
United States shot putter George Woods quits his Los Angeles insurance adjuster position to focus on training and prepare for the Olympic Games.
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United States
George Woods
Los Angeles
Card of Thanks for Grace Adams Family
Card of thanks expresses appreciation for caring and sharing during the loss of Grace E. Adams and mentions the family's gratitude and blessings.
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God Bless
Grace E. Adams
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Emory College
Mackles
U. S
William Meadows
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Bahamas
Tennessee
Massachusetts
Edwin D. Goebel
W. 27Th St
Atomic Energy Commission
Wichita
Robert Docking
Robert Charlton
Douglas County
Democratic
Norman Thomas
Socialist Party
Thomas
Ohio
Douglas County Association For Retarded
The
KUY
University Review
Sachem and Owl Societies
Phi Beta Kappa
Methodist
Summerfield
Chuck Crossen
Phil Kirk
Frank Kirk
Phi Delta Theta
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Owl and
Sachem
Woodrow Wilson
Southwest High School
Honolulu
Hawaii
Phil Robinson
Wt. St
Charles Shub
26Th St
Richard Dorsch
William Copp
Schwarz Rd
Copp
Eva P. Cassity
la. St
Vandlals
Hod
23Rd and
Iowa Street
J-W
KC Bank Board
Carl David McArdle
Ohio St
Frank Gray
McArdle
Gray
Douglas Melvin Weakley
Prairie Village
W. 19Th St
Alexander
Lowa
Shire
Hawraney
Kane Warren
Gardenland
LNB
Lawrence National Bank and
Lawrence National Bank and Trust Co
7Th & Mass
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