Bad Weather Keeps Christmas Toll Figure Low
The National Safety Council reports 58 traffic deaths in the four day Christmas period ended Sunday, a figure possibly helped by bad roads. Fatal crashes include seven deaths near White River Dakota, a deadly Walthall County Miss. two car collision killing four in a Jackson family and two brothers, a Ripon Wisconsin mother and three children killed in a skidding crash, and a Salt Lake City drag racing crash that killed 73 year old Mrs. Sarah Ann Legroan with presents.
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Theater Blast Shakes Downtown Kansas City
An explosion rocked the Folly Burlesk theater area in Kansas City Kansas, blowing a hole in a parking lot near Twelfth Street and Broadway. Glass shattered across shops and apartments within a half block, with no immediate details on the weapon or motive. Taxicab driver Lloyd Terrell was nearby, describing a blast and concussion like dynamite. Police reported delays in finding the crater and said other areas reported blasts but with no damage.
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Hippies May Aid Decay in Cities
Boston based report cites Rutgers professor Dr. George W. Carey stating hippie communes could reverse urban decay by drawing national attention and attracting cosmopolitan residents, which spurs new shops housing and professional interest. The comment was shared at a session of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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Boston
Rutgers University
George W. Carey
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Conservation Priority Shifts Focus, Says Leo Marx
Amherst College professor Leo Marx warned the environmental concern could supplant other issues like the Vietnam War and civil rights but cautioned publicity does not guarantee real change. Speaking to the AAAS, Marx criticized the movement for privilege and philanthropy associated tones and for ignoring urban and poor populations.
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Boston
Leo Marx
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Amherst College
Ogden Nash laments stamps refuse to stick
New York AP reports Ogden Nash the American writer complains about stamps that won’t stick and notes he must use cellulose tape to keep letters from falling. He jokes the post office should supply Scotch tape with every 100 stamps, but his roll is unavailable.
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New York
Ogden Nash
Nash
New York Times
KU Sophomores Survey Reveals Liberal Views at KU
Kansas University sophomores to be see their campus as liberal and informal in a national ACE follow up survey from August 1967. Results show higher engagement in group singing and romantic activity and more movement toward changing majors or career goals. instructors praised for enthusiasm and personalization while most students credit being at EU with building poise and maturity.
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American Council On Education
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