Work to Avoid Crisis at U.N. Persists Today
United Nations negotiators pressed last minute talks to avert a Soviet U.S. showdown over Congo and Middle East peacekeeping costs. Secretary-General Thant prepared to return to headquarters after treatment for a peptic ulcer as diplomats, including Nikolai Fedorenko, Adlai Stevenson, and Alex Quaison-Sackey, sought a viable accord before the next assembly meeting amid a stalled Security Council vote power struggle.
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Ghana
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Mali
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Esmond Named March of Dimes Drive Leader in Douglas County
Dale Esmond of 511 La. St. is chairing the 1965 Douglas County March of Dimes campaign opening Friday. The drive aims to raise about $5,000 with about $4,000 already collected this year, including $3,000 from Mothers' March night. Containers will be distributed January 9 in downtown Lawrence and three shopping areas, with Scout Troops No. 60 and No. 53 in charge. About 1,000 women will participate in the Mothers’ March January 27 from 5 30 to 9 p.m., visiting every residence in the city limits. Senior Girl Scout Troop No. 673 will canvass rural Lawrence, Baldwin, Lecompton and Eudora. Esmond will address Douglas County school staffs January 20, distributing literature for the appeal. The March of Dimes funds clinics, research, and grants for birth defect care nationally and abroad.
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Lawrence
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Ed Mills
A. D. Janzen
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Baldwin
Lecompton
Eudora
Vinland
Earl Wilson
March of Dimes
James Clifton Given Grant for Chile Work
The National Science Foundation awarded a 15 month science faculty fellowship to Dr. James A. Clifton assistant professor of anthropology at Kansas University for study and research in Chile He plans a leave of absence from October 1965 through January 1967 The work focuses on the Mapuche people economic and cultural development in southern Chile the largest Indian group in the country and part of Chile s development planning
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National Science Foundation
James A. Clifton
Kansas University
Chile
Clifton
Turnpike records one death during holiday travel
AP report shows ten accidents totaling 94 274 vehicles on Kansas Turnpike over 312 holiday hours from Thursday 4 p m to today 6 a m compared with 35 099 vehicles last Christmas. One fatality was Carroll M Kilgore 24 Springfield Va whose car left the road and struck a bridge pillar. Patrolmen arrested 22 during the period.
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County records light traffic accidents after icy holiday period
Police Chief William Troel strup noted officers hoped for safety as heavy church traffic kept motorists cautious on icy roads. The Sheriff's Office reported no serious accidents over the holiday, though major roads were busy. Douglas County has a strong holiday traffic record in recent years.
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Sheriff's Office
Douglas County
Population and area stats for Communist China
Communist China with 700 million people is the world s most populous country and spans 3 691 000 square miles ranking near Soviet Russia and Canada in area.
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Russia
Canada
Murder Charge For Wife Death In Missouri Case
Floyd Scribner of Sweetwater faces a first degree murder charge after the mutilated body of his wife Josie was found in a well on a Newton County farm near Diamond. Sheriff John Tuggle said Scribner admitted striking her with a wrench during an argument and cutting off her legs before placing the body in the 25 foot well. He reported her missing December 3 and was arraigned with a preliminary hearing set for January 7. The couple had previously lived nearby, and the well lies about 100 yards from the former home.
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Sweetwater
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John Tuggle
Scribner
Newton County
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Mother of Three Is Shot to Death in Kansas City
Phyllis Love, 31, a mother of three, was shot multiple times in her bed Sunday night. Her husband James Edward Love, 34, admitted shooting her and was held for investigation. The couple’s children, ages 7 5 and 11, were in the home. Love worked for a window shade company. Funeral arrangements to be announced by Rumsey Funeral Home in Lawrence.
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Topeka Roundhouse Demolished Landmark Since 1870s
AP reports a Topeka landmark the Santa Fe Railway roundhouse, used for steam engine maintenance since the 1870s, is being torn down. The building, obsolete with diesel power and unused since 1954 except for storage, ends an era.
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Test Applications Open for Civil Service Posts in Kansas
The state Personnel Division announced that applications for civil service examinations for dormitory director and home supervisor positions will be accepted until January 22. Dormitory directors work in state institutions in Emporia Fort Dodge Hays Kansas City Larned Lawrence Manhattan Osawatomie Pittsburg Topeka and Winfield. Home supervisors work at the Children's Receiving Home in Atchison The School for the Deaf in Olathe and the School for the Blind in Kansas City.
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Nurses Jump With Troops in Saigon Parachute Exhibition
In Saigon South Viet Nam a company of female nurse paratroopers demonstrated combat jumps from C47s. They landed in the Saigon River, retrieved waterproof medical kits, and aided injured paratroopers. The nurses, trained like men and versed in weapons, attended to grooming before care and could surpass 200 in number.
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South Viet Nam
Lamps and Watchmen Guarded Chevy Chase Village
In Chevy Chase Maryland the long standing patrol was a single officer who served as both policeman and lamplighter, keeping the village safe as night watchman.
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Chevy Chase
Italians Elect Socialist Head
In Rome AP reports Giuseppe Saragat was elected Italy's fifth president on the Parliament's 21st ballot. The 66-year-old founder of the Italian Democratic Socialist party became the first Socialist head of state with crucial Communist backing, aided by Christian Democrats to break a 13 day stalemate under Premier Aldo Moro.
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Larson Speaker Before Rotarians
Marvin Larson director of the state department of social welfare spoke at the Lawrence Rotary Club noon meeting. A former Washburn University law professor, he urged citizens to act as their brother’s keeper and cited growing welfare interest from organizations like the American Legion, League of Women Voters, and Rotary International. He noted business interest in welfare agencies and encouraged top executives to participate and help communities.
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Christmas Weekend Traffic Toll Tops 571 Lives Lost
The Associated Press reports nationwide Christmas holiday road crashes killed at least 571 people in 78 hours from Thursday evening to Sunday night. California led with 59 deaths, followed by New York, Michigan, Texas, and Pennsylvania, with five states reporting no fatalities and several states reaching annual record totals.
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Navy Accused of Hazardous Duty Pay Abuse
Government auditors told Congress the Navy illegally pays about 1 million dollars yearly in submarine hazard pay to shore and surface ship staff. Comptroller General Campbell said the GAO will not question the payments before March 1 to allow Navy time to adjust assignments or seek legislation. He noted 40 officers and 55 enlisted received such pay in the year ending June 30, 1963, with personnel assigned to submarines but stationed ashore or on tenders. Submarine pay ranges from 100 to 245 dollars monthly for officers and 50 to 150 dollars for enlisted.
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Hawks Fire Gallatin Name Guerin Coach
St Louis Hawks fire Harry Gallatin as coach and name veteran guard Richie Guerin as new coach by owner Ben Kerner in St Louis. Guerin takes over duties for an NBA team amid a leadership change.
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Wichitans Die in Wreck on U S 6
A car skidded into a roadway sign on U S 6 injuring and killing Wichita Kansas couple, Mrs. Clarence W. Allen, 70, died at the scene. Her husband, 73, died two hours later in a hospital from injuries.
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American baritone MacNeil refuses Parma return
Parma Italy AP American baritone Cornell MacNeil and Parma Opera House superintendent Giuseppe Negri vow he will never sing there again after an onstage altercation during Verdi’s Masked Ball. MacNeil clashed with Negri in the dressing room as police separated a struggling crowd.
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CORE Lists Top Business For Congress
The Congress of Racial Equality named the Mississippi House contests as the 89th Congress’s main task. CORE urged 200 chapters to push for a roll-call vote on a resolution blocking swearing in the challenged Mississippi representatives. Rep. Ryan plans to file the measure January 4.
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Actress Mary Hartline Weds Third Time at Long Island Estate
Calverton New York AP Woolworth Donahue 51 and actress Mary Hartline Carlson 36 married in a private ceremony on his Long Island estate. It is the third marriage for both. Donahue said they have known each other about a year, she has left acting, and they plan to move to Palm Beach Florida next month for the winter.
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Woolworth
City Commission Change Schedules Meeting for Thursday
Lawrence city officials announced a time change for the Tuesday meeting to 2 p.m. Thursday in City Hall to handle year end business. City Engineer Virgil Holdredge says a new municipal lot west of the Community Building will be used for all day parking with two cent hourly meters and asphalt surfacing next spring. Travelers report heavy Kansas Turnpike traffic as holiday return flows create tail light to tail light and headlight to headlight conditions.
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