U S plane shot down near Alexandria in Sinai incident
A US oil company Fairchild plane was shot down over Lake Idriu after two MIG fighters intercepted it south of Aqaba. Pilot Hoyt Williams 44 of Texas and co pilot Kejel Grup 35 a Scandinavian were killed. The flight from Amman to Benghazi aimed to buy drilling detergent for Mecom Oil Co operations in Jordan. Authorities investigate and seek to prevent U S Egypt tensions.
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Cairo
US. Oil Company
Alexandria
Hoyt Williams
Texas
Kejel Grup
U.S
John W. Mecom Oil Co
Houston
Tex
Amman
Jordan
Benghazi
Libya
Mecom
Sinai Desert
Aqaba
John F. Kennedy Memorial
David Fritzland
W. Angie Smith
King Hussein
Christmas Topic For Rev Wilbur At Rotary Today
Rev Harvard Wilbur of Trinity Episcopal Church spoke at the Lawrence Rotary Club about Christmas contrasts. He described holiday excitement versus loneliness, urged adults to celebrate as deeply as children, and emphasized God’s gift through Jesus and the need to open oneself to others.
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Lawrence
Wilbur
God
Jesus
Christ Child
Rev
Branson Named Coordinator for Kansas City Birth Defects Center
Dr Vernon Branson is tapped to coordinate a new special treatment center for birth defects at the Kansas University Medical Center in Kansas City funded by a 25000 grant from the Kansas Chapters of the National Foundation for the March of Dimes. Dr Herbert C Miller chairs pediatrics and will lead the center as director with Branson handling administrative work.
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Vernon Branson
Kansas University Medical Center
Kansas City
Kansas
National Foundation of the March of Dimes
Herbert C. Miller
Miller
Dr. Branson
Lawrence
KU Medical Center
National Foundation of Kansas
March of Dimes
Train collision kills forty one in fog near Villahermosa
A speeding freight train crashed into a halted passenger train in dense fog near Villahermosa Mexico killing 41 and injuring 75. Among the injured are American tourists Nils Werner in critical condition and the Bensons of Fresno with leg fractures.
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Villahermosa
Mexico
Here
Nils Werner
Alhambra
Calif
Carl Benson
Fresno
VFW Observance Draws Nearly 600 At New Post Home
Nearly 600 persons attended the open house for the Alford Clarke Post 852 VFW home at Green Lake site 2nd and Ala. Sts. A 100000 facility, built by Lawrence Construction Co., drew national state and local VFW officials for a dedication that was postponed.
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Alford-Clarke Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Post
2Nd
Ala. Sts
James Schutte
Lee Hess
Harold Belt
Arnold Elliott
Jim Schutte
Carl Bahnmaier
Journal-World Photo
Alford-Clarke
VFW
Kansas Department
Green Lake
Ala
Boy saves sisters during fire seeks cornea transplant fund
Five year old Donald Crowe of Cherokee Kan saved his sisters from a home fire and needs a cornea transplant. A trust fund was set up with donations from across the region to cover medical tests and operations.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Santa Claus
Donald Crowe
Crowe
David
Christmas program at Eudora Grade School
Eudora Grade School presents a Christmas program at 7 30 p m Tuesday in the school gymnasium. Students from first through eighth grades participate under the theme legs ends of Christmas directed by Mrs. Lloyd Schurr.
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Eudora
Lloyd Schurr
Central Junior High
West Junior High
Central
West
Fall From Bridge Kills Eudora Man
A 55 year old Eudora man Ben Wedel died Sunday after falling from the Kaw River bridge on the Leavenworth County side. He and O W Cordell were walking on an outside I beam when Wedel fell about 40 feet to the frozen ground. A new bridge is under construction across the Kaw at Eudora following ice damage to the old structure. Wedel, born October 24 1909 in Galva, had lived in Eudora four years. Surviving are his wife Lonnie a son a daughter two grandchildren four brothers and six sisters. Funeral services and burial will be in Little River Kansas Rumsey's handling local arrangements.
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New York
Coast Guard
Frederick W. Mohle
Eudora
Ben Wedel
Kaw River
Leavenworth County
Galva
Lonnie
Little River
Kan
Rumsey’s
Johnson Keeps Close Eye on South Viet Nam Crisis
President Johnson, amid budget cuts, watches South Viet Nam's latest military coup. No action announced from the Texas White House as Press Secretary Reedy says Johnson conferred in Washington with Secretary of State Rusk and Undersecretary Ball on the Viet Nam situation.
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Johnson City
Tex
Johnson
South Viet Nam
Texas White House
George E. Reedy
Washington
Dean Rusk
George Ball
Explorer 26 In Orbit To Measure Space Radiation
Cape Kennedy Florida AP reports Explorer 26 weighing 101 pounds was launched at 4 a.m. aboard a Delta rocket from Cape Kennedy. The windmill shaped satellite will study space radiation and the risks it poses to astronauts and equipment on deep space flights.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Delta
Nine Injured In Saturday City Traffic Crashes
Nine people were injured in three Lawrence traffic accidents Saturday. Colleen Ferguson, 5, was hospitalized for observation after a collision involving her father Donald Ferguson and Jim Murphy. Two others, William and Judy Smith, were treated for head and facial injuries after a two car crash at 11th and Pa. Sts. A fourth incident near 20th and La. Sts saw Perkins and two passengers treated for injuries. A U.S. 40 collision left no injuries. Sunday a sedan rollover near U.S. 59 Lone Star Road caused no injuries.
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Colleen Ferguson
Route 2
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Colleen
Donald L. Ferguson
Ferguson
Karen
Donald
Jim G. Murphy
Leawood
25Th
11Th
William E. Smith
Lecompton
Judy A. Smith
Route 4
Smith
Miss Smith
Dwayne D. Schrag
la. St
Carl Perkins
20Th
la. Sts
Perkins
Gary Colen
Engel
Anthony Milioto
U.S. 40
Lawrence
John W. Faler
Lyon
Don L. Kufahl
N.H. St
Ramesh M. Gandhi
Ohio St
U. S. 59
Lone Star Road
Luxurya complex features steam room and party spaces
Jim Vickers, executive VP of Vickers Petroleum Co, is linked to a Tulsa oil group and a successful amateur golfer who claimed the Kansas amateur title last year and NAIA or NCAA titles during OU days. Tom Vickers, a Wichita businessman, Stickelber, Reeds, and architect Donald Honn of Tulsa appear in the context of the project.
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Jim Vickers
Vickers Petroleum Co
Tom Vickers
Wichita
Stickelber
Reeds
Tulsa
Kansas
Oklahoma University
National Collegiate Athletic Association
Donald Honn
Intersections and Holiday Preparations In Lawrence
Traffic at 9th and Iowa enters fourth day as lights near completion with 60 days for full signalization. Banner shoppers flood Lawrence stores ahead of Christmas Eve as hours adjust. Bromelsick Christmas Party at KU draws 2,180 youth. schools close for holiday. St John s and university programs set for Christmas observances. Families plan postholiday hospital transfers for Shultz couple from Rome via Kansas City.
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9Th
Iowa Streets
Ray Wells
Wells
Lawrence
Rhodes Scholars Named Saturday Include KU Man
George Barisas, a 21 year old Kansas University senior from Kansas City Missouri, will be a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University next year after being named Saturday night. Barisas appeared before a Regional Rhodes Scholarship Committee in Des Moines Iowa along with Philip Smith of Onaga. Barisas is majoring in chemistry mathematics and German and has held an NSF research grant. He is KU German Club president and editor of the German language magazine Ver Such.
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George Barisas
Kansas City
Kansas University
Rhodes
Oxford University
Oxford
England
Barisas
Des Moines
Iowa
Philip Smith
Onaga
Alden Bell
National Science Foundation
Breon Mitchell
Salina
Night Deposit Safe Looted at Westgate Bank Kansas City
Kansas City AP report states the night depository safe at Westgate State Bank in Wyandotte County was looted Sunday night. Burglars used a welding torch to pierce a heavy steel door and took several thousand dollars. The safe contained weekend deposits from area stores at Sunset Shopping Plaza.
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Kansas City
Kan
Westgate State Bank
Wyandotte County
Woman Saved From New York Ice Rescue
Frances Carbonaro, 33, fell through Prospect Park lake ice in Brooklyn while walking with heavy snow on lake and shore. A police helicopter hoisted her to safety as twenty officers, six firefighters, and bystanders aided. four officers and two firefighters were dunked. All treated for exposure.
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New York
Brooklyn
Prospect Park Lake
Frances Carbonaro
Burglars Net 45 From Royal Shop and Other Break-Ins
Detec tive Lt. Dick Stanwix said burglars broke into the Royal College Shop at 837 Mass. St. and took 45 dollars from a cash register after breaking a glass door. Beaman's Radio and Television at 1200 N. Y. was robbed of four radios. An attempt to enter Town Shop at 839 Mass. St. failed. McDonald's Warehouse on East Ninth Street was entered with nothing reported missing. At Dine-A-Mite near 23rd and La. 70 dollars were taken from an attache case in a rear room. Verlin Tompkins of 1326 E. Glen Dr. reported 21 bulbs stolen from his outdoor Christmas light set.
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Royal College
Mass. St
Dick Stanwix
McDonald’s
East Ninth Street
23Rd
Stanwix
Verlin Tompkins
E. Glen Dr
Thanking Dr Clark Campbell staff and friends
The message expresses gratitude to Dr. Ray Clark, Dr. James Campbell, hospital staff and nurses, friends and relatives, Eastern Star, Masonic members, the Lee Cleven ger group in caroling, and for flowers cards and letters from Harry C. Cofer and family.
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Ray Clark
James Campbell
Eastern Star
Masonic
Lee Clevenger
Carolling
Harry C. Cofer
Bucheim Thanks Friends for Kindness During Hospital Stay
Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Bucheim express gratitude to friends relatives and neighbors for cards flowers gifts and food during a stay at KU Medical Center. All kindnesses are greatly appreciated.
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KU Medical Center
R. A. Bucheim
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