KU Alum Killed in California Highway Crash
Akos Kovacs a 24 year old former Kansas University electrical engineering graduate died in a California highway wreck near San Rafael. He had studied at KU and California Institute of Technology in Pasadena on fellowships and was visiting family when he crashed en route to Ukiah. The Parsons community supported his education through sponsorships and a welfare package program for a Yugoslavian pastor family.
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Kansas University
Yugoslavia
California
Akos Kovacs
San Rafael
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena
Leonard Rude Jr
Parons
Parsons Business and Professional Women’s Club
Parsons
First Presbyterian Church
United States
Parson Junior College
University of Kansas
W. Clark Wescoe
Wescoe
Lawrence
Ukiah
Calif
Pearl
Lewis and Clark College
Portland
Ore
Agia
Michael Kovacs
Bumenka-Backa
Lakonia Fire Triggers Abandon Ship After Sudden Explosion
Passengers flee as Lakonia suffers a sudden blaze in her final hours at sea. Aboard, clergymen arrange Christmas services while U S and Royal Air Force planes rush aid. Four Americans named in passenger list amid evacuation as boats and lifeboats are deployed and rescue operations begin.
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SOS
Lakonia
London
Ormos Shipping Co. Ltd
R. J. Atkins
Matio Zarbis
Southampton
P. Pilcer
Margate
England
S. Buchanan
Cowling
E. Driscoll
St. Leonard’s
Azores
Royal Air Force
Gibraltar
Montcalm
General Steamship Com. Ltd
Greece
Johan van Oldenbarnevelt
Amsterdam
Line
Pope Paul to begin Holy Land pilgrimage with cross
Vatican sources say Pope Paul VI will start his Holy Land journey by carrying a wooden cross along Jerusalem's Via Dolorosa local landmark of the Street of Sorrows. He arrives January 4 for a three day pilgrimage with the size of the cross not yet known.
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Vatican City
Vatican
Paul VI
Holy Land
Jerusalem
Via Dolorosa
Street of Sorrows
Christ
Via Doloroso
Paul
LHS Scholars Named KU Watkins Summerfield Winners
The article lists LHS students honored as KU Watkins and Summerfield scholarship recipients selected from 472 female and 484 male applicants. Ruth Greene Elizabeth Spray and David Leonard are named among top scholars with multiple awards and future KU plans.
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Ruth W. Greene
John Greene
W. 9Th St
Elizabeth Ann Spray
Chester Spray
David Christopher Leonard
A. B. Leonard
Louisiana St
LHS
Watkins and
Summerfield
Gallup
National Council of Teachers of English
Olney
Kansas
Miss Paretsky
Kansas Unesco
Miss Price
Germany
Frances Schlegel Carruth
Brune
McCalla
Thespians
Boys State
Merrill
National Honor Society
Syracuse University
National Science Foundation
Rasmussen
Thespian Award
God and Country
Kansas Academy of Science
Greene
Peace Corps
Ames
Miss Spray
Douglas County
Leonard
American Legion Boys State of
Eileen Faye Schurle
Green
Susan Kay Taylor
Wichita
Sheryl Jane Winsley
Roger Keith Alexander
John Bill Black
Burns
Jon William Clark
William Basil Carnutte
Manhattan
Larry Jay Friesen
Clay Center
Steven Claude Frisbie
Fulton
Joseph Lance
Fromme
Hoxie
Lloyd Lewis Hart
David John Hughes
Topeka
Robert Edward Jacoby II
William Arthur Lathan
Kansas City
David Willard McAleavey
Michael John McCormick
Alson Robert Martin
Shawnee Mission
James Philip Merchant
David Walter Peterson
Peter Lawrence Peterson
Newton
James Robert Smoot
Lawrence High School
Kansas University
Ruth Greene
Elizabeth Spray
Lucy Price
Nancy Gallup
David Leonard
James McCalla
Sara Paretsky
Albert Brune
Michael Rasmussen
Russell Merrill
Erik Wright
Elizabeth M. Watkins
Solon E. Summerfield
Journal-World Photo
Christmas Eve services and church music line up
Local church calendar lists candle light communion at First Presbyterian 901 Vt with Rev. Charles Wesley Garrett. Christmas Eve music by Rev. Harold Mallett and Theodore Johnson. Trinity Lutheran 1245 N. H. St hosts a 7:30 p.m. service with Rev. Harold Hamilton and organist Homer Frank. Immanuel Lutheran at 1646 Vt. St features caroling and a 10:30 a.m. Christmas Day service led by Rev. Daniel De Block.
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Charles Wesley Garrett
First Presbyterian Church
Harold M. Mallett
Theodore Johnson
Trinity Lutheran Church
N. H. St
Elmer Hartman
Harold Hamilton
Homer Frank
Immanuel Lutheran Church
1646
Jesus
God
Man
Daniel de Block
Lawrence civic schedules and holiday notices
Lawrence venues announce public hours for the community building and Robinson Gym annex during holidays with daily free play times. A Journal-World Christmas banquet honors 163 carriers, while Julie Loncar appears in Channel 5 Christmas program. Pearl Harbor veterans in Douglas County invited to 1966 reunion. Sheriff Broeker notes veterans present at Pearl Harbor attack. Courthouse halves in hours for Christmas shopping.
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Lawrence
Robinson Gym
Journal-World Sports
Pearl Harbor
Douglas County
Fred Broeker
Broeker
Journal-World Daily
Journal- World
Eldridge Hotel
Jack Mehaffey
Julie Loncar
Leawood
L. B. Sanderson
Tenn, St
Channel 5
Frank Loncar
Naperville, Ill
Miss Loncar
Northwestern University
Kansas City
Fireman Dies Fighting Blaze in Hammond Warehouse
In Hammond Indiana a warehouse fire fed by chemical explosions raged through a block long building owned by Illiana Storage Co. Fireman Francis Volk, 32, died from a skull fracture after being struck by debris. At least 25 others were injured and nine firemen hospitalized in fair condition after more than six hours of intense flames amid subzero weather.
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Hammond
Ind
Francis Volk
Illiana Storage Co
B52 Bomber Explodes Near Aberdeen Wreckage Scatters
An AP report from Aberdeen Mississippi states a Strategic Air Command B52 jet bomber exploded in flight and crashed in flaming debris. Public information officers would not confirm crew fatalities though the craft normally carries five or six crew members. Wreckage scattered over surrounding area.
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Aberdeen. Miss
Strategic Air Command
Columbus Air Force Base
Brother of Local Jet Pilot among Crew in Fatal Crash
The brother of Maj. Karl Funk, a jet pilot, was among the crew and reportedly killed in the crash today. Maj. Funk is Richard Funk's brother of 1631 W. 19th St. He resided in Abilene and never lived in Lawrence.
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Maj
Karl Funk
Maj. Funk
Richard Funk
W. 19Th St
Abilene
Lawrence
Explosion scene delays hindered rescue by ice covered roads
An Air Force spokesman cited an unknown cause for the blast as rescue units faced ice glazed roads. The site barred a large crowd from approaching while SAC bombers sometimes carry nuclear weapons though the trigger device is not attached.
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Air Force
SAC
Stevenson Not Seeking Vice Presidency but Open if Asked
Adlai E. Stevenson said he will not seek the Democratic nomination for vice president but would run if President Johnson asked and if it fit his health and other considerations. He noted Johnson had not asked him and expected the decision to come at the Democratic convention in August after Republicans pick their ticket.
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New York
Adlai E. Stevenson
Johnson
Stevenson
U. S
United Nations
NBC
Meet the Press
Eight Douala crewmen rescued after 27 hours at sea
In Halifax eleven men from the sunken Douala were saved from two lifeboats after a 27 hour ordeal. Seven others died and four, including Captain Michel Labbe, remained missing as a deadly storm caused ten more deaths across Canada. In Auckland, Francis Cardinal Spellman flew to the South Pole for Christmas.
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Halifax
N.S
Douala
Michel Labbe
Canada
Auckland
New Zealand
Francis Cardinal Spellman
New York
Christchurch
South Pole
Bali Floods Displace 1600 Residents After Heavy Rains
Destructive floods on Bali island force 1600 people from their homes as Antara reports heavy rains triggering the disaster.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Bali
Antara
Cab Company Owner Dies of Heart Attack
Louis H. Borserine 63 of Mission Hills Kan died Sunday of a heart attack. He co owned Yellow Cab Inc of Kansas City with his brother Edwin G Borserine for more than 30 years. He was a former vice president and consultant to Avis Rent A Car and chaired a Realty Company with other directorships.
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Kansas City
Louis H. Borserine
Mission Hills
Kan
Yellow Cab, Inc
Atchison, Kan
Avis Rent-A-Car
Edwin G. Borserine
Explosion at Lake City Army Ammunition Plant Kills Worker
A small powder storage house at the Lake City arsenal near Independence Missouri exploded today. One man, Jessie Linder 35, a chemical worker for Remington Arms Co., was killed while reportedly alone in the magazine. Fire damaged the storage house as Lt. Col. Bruce Pierce led the installation.
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Independence
Lake City Arsenal
Remington Arms Co
Jessie Linder
Linder
Kansas City
Lake City
Remington
Col
Bruce Pierce
Van Johnson to Undergo Lymph Node Removal
Van Johnson will enter a New York City hospital on January 16 for surgery to remove lymph nodes from his groin as a precautionary measure. He previously had a skin cancer removed from his left thigh last March and was told the prior operation was successful.
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New York
van Johnson
New York City
Johnson
Candles Lighted as Nation Honors Kennedy Ideals
Washington mourners lit thousands of candles ending a 30 day period of official mourning for John F. Kennedy. President Johnson spoke to 14 000 at the Lincoln Memorial and led a symbolic transition from sorrow to Christmas celebration at the White House.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Johnson
Lincoln Memorial
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
United States
Lincoln
White House
Arlington National Cemetery
Memorial Bridge
Supreme Court
Abraham Lincoln
John Kennedy
Irony Flows as Berlin Wall Passes Open for Holidays
West Berliners queued for passes as East German guards fired on a fleeing man near the barrier. The wall’s holiday traffic included 12,000 by Sunday and 13,000 applicants at West Berlin offices, with 358,000 approvals for visits amid cold, snowy streets.
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Berlin
East Berlin
West Berlin
Wall
ADN
In Memoriam for Alice and Roy Oatmen
Obituary notice from Bernice honoring her mother Alice and father Roy Oatmen with a reflective verse about the seasons and their memory enduring after loss.
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Alice
Roy Oatmen
Bernice
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