Winter Storm Scatters Snow Across Broad Area
A new storm piled snow and ice from eastern Kansas to northern Kentucky within six hours and disrupted travel across the Midwest and Northeast. New Jersey Ohio and Pennsylvania turnpikes reopened while New York Thruway remained closed Albany to PA line. Oswego Mayor Shapiro declared a state of emergency as nine inches fell with fuel shortages possible. Florida harvest crews prepared to bring in West Indian labor to aid citrus crops after the cold snap.
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Arkansas
Kansas
Kentucky
New Jersey
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York
Albany
Cincinnati
Louisville
Oswego
N.Y
Lake Ontario
Ralph Shapiro
Shapiro
Onondaga County
Syracuse
Florida
W. Willard Wirtz
Robert W. Rutledge
Florida Citrus Mutual
KU sociologist critically injured after self-inflicted gunshot
Adam W Haber 35 year old acting assistant professor of sociology at Kansas University was shot in the head at his Lawrence apartment and then taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Police say Haber bought a .38 revolver Monday afternoon and shot himself outside his building. He was later moved to KU Medical Center. No note was found. Haber previously taught at Stanford and Dartmouth and had been at KU since fall. His mother reportedly lives in Poland.
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Kansas University
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Adam W. Haber
Ousdahl Road
Haber
Kansas University Medical Center
Kansas City
Jim Reed
Kracow
Washington University of St. Louis
Washington
Michigan University
Stanford
Dartmouth
Poland
Two Men Escape In Bank Robbery At Hartford
AP reports two men robbed Farmers Bank of Hartford Arkansas and fled over snow in a white Chevrolet with about 5000 dollars. Bank officials say they forced staff and a woman employee to the floor and stash money in a white sack. The robbers wore black masks overcoats and hats.
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Hartford
Ark
Farmers Bank of
Oklahoma
Fort Smith
Harold Wolverton
Wolverton
Social eating boosts chicken intake says biologists
Biologists report animals eat more when in groups. A chicken that is full will resume eating if placed with a peer that is still feeding.
Lodge Notice Elections of Consistory Officers
Lawrence Lodge of Perfection in Web. schedules elections for consistory officers at 7:30 P.M. on February 2. Officers listed include Kenneth A. Travis V M E A K LJ Alber Secy.
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Lawrence Lodge of Perfection
Kenneth A. Travis
V. M
LJ. Alber
Class Size Issue Okayed in House
The Kansas House approved 91 to 6 a joint resolution to set aside a state superintendent rule on minimum class sizes in unified district high schools. The measure, now to the Senate, would affect districts with fewer than 30 unit offerings or under 400 pupils. Rep. Don Smith led the push claiming the rule would force smaller districts to close.
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Topeka
State Superintendent of Instruction
Senate
William H. Avery
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Don Smith
R-Colby
Smith
Roadway Report For State Today Summary of snow and ice conditions across Kansas
The Kansas Highway Commission reports dangerous driving conditions from new snow and ice. Worst areas near Emporia with heavy snow. southeast and south central regions show widespread snow packed and icy roads. Visibility drops during snow squalls, with drifting common on U S 75.
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Topeka
Kansas Highway Commission
Emporia
U.S. 56
Osage City
Lawrence
Olathe
Kansas City
U. S. 56
North Central
Washington
Abilene
Burlington
Lyndon
U. S. 75
South Central
Southwest
Sunline Candy Workers Aid Viet Nam Children
Sunline Inc volunteers in St Louis sent nearly a million candy packages to South Viet Nam, with about 175 workers clocking 12 unpaid hours. The effort, coordinated with USIA and Maj. Donald W. Cameron, follows prior shipments of three million candy pieces.
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ST. Louis
Viet Nam
Sunline, Inc
United States Information Agency
U.S. Army
Donald W. Cameron
Thu Duc
South Viet Nam
Earl Wood
Webster Groves
Cameron
the Duc
Joe Blackwell
State Case Given In Mossler Trial
Assistant State Attorney Arthur Huttoe says Candace Mossler and her nephew Melvin Lane Powers plotted to kill Jacques Mossler for personal hatred illicit love and money. Jacques Mossler, 69, was bludgeoned and stabbed to death in Miami in 1964. an earlier call to Houston police sought to eject Powers from the estate.
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Miami
Fla
Arthur Huttoe
Candace Mossler
Melvin Lane Powers
Jacques
Huttoe
Powers
Mossler
Messler
Houston
Tex
Journalism Institute for Kansas Teachers June 7 17
Kansas University will offer a scholastic journalism institute June 7 17 for school newspaper and yearbook advisers and journalism teachers. Dr Warren K Agee new dean of the William Allen White School of Journalism said the institute offers teachers the chance to apply for a Newspaper Fund Fellowship to cover costs.
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Kansas University
Warren K. Agee
William Allen White School of Journalism
Kansas
Lawrence community brief highlights weather help and local deeds
Snow coverage prompts Lawrence and Douglas County residents to feed birds. Kansas Power and Light pays $38,123.96 second half franchise tax to the city, part of $71,707.92 for 1965, up from 1964. National Merit tests set for Feb 26 at Lawrence High School. Douglas County March of Dimes nears $7,000 with Mothers March totals and canister drive on Feb 6. Reuter Organ Company plans largest four manual organ for First Methodist Church Fort Worth, value over $142,000, construction to begin soon.
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Austin Stedham
Lawrence
Kansas Power and Light
KPL
Douglas County
Drive
David Gibson
Baldwin
Gibson
Reuter Organ Company
Reuter’s
First Methodist Church of
Fort Worth
Tex
Service for Every Faith Rumsey Funeral Home
A notice for the Rumsey Funeral Home announces a service for every faith, detailing arrangements and contact points for families seeking guidance and funeral planning assistance.
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Rumsey Funeral
Drinking Is Seen As Crash Factor
The Civil Aeronautics Board cited drinking by the pilot as a contributing factor in a light plane crash at Modoc Kansas on June 26. It noted post mortem blood alcohol content likely impaired attention and control.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board Today
Modoc
Kan
Franklin L. Brown
Dodge City
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Albuquerque
N. M
Howard E. Kohler
Lynwood
Calif
Robert R. Hite
Long Beach
Glenn Albert Watson
Panorama City
Edward M. Gesler
Lyle E. Mechsner
Anaheim
Klan Order Cited In Rights Deaths
A House investigator testified that a Mississippi Klan order sought the extermination of The Goatee identified as Michael Schwerner among three civil rights workers killed near Philadelphia Mississippi. Sam Holloway Bowers, imperial wizard of the White Knights, invoked the Fifth Amendment and refused to surrender Klan documents subpoenaed by the committee.
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Washington
House
Michael Schwerner
Philadelphia
Miss
Donald T. Appeall
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Sam Holloway Bowers
Imperial Wizard
White Knights
Budapest After 1956 Revolt Aims to Live Again
In Budapest and surrounding towns ten years after the 1956 uprising life resumes with bars, hotels, and tours for Western visitors. Citizens discuss the Dunaujvaros project as a costly mistake while workers, artists, and guide-led tours show a city adapting to new economic reforms under a quiet, modernizing regime.
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Budapest
Hungary
New Hungary
Dunaujvaros
Szekesfehervar
Lake Balaton
Flames from Explosion Threaten Big Gas Tanks
Two 10 inch propane pipelines exploded near Belle Missouri causing a 250000 dollar loss and forcing a 10 mile evacuation of fire crews and residents to prevent destruction of four large storage tanks. Fire burned to daylight height at first then burned down to small flames with valves closed and no injuries reported. The rupture occurred four miles south of Belle along Missouri Highway 28 on Cherokee Pipeline Co property.
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Belle
Missouri Highway Patrol
Cherokee Pipeline Co
Alton
Ill
China's War Fears Grow Real as U S Conflict Looms
AP dispatch reports Beijing fears U S pressure over Vietnam and may seek Moscow protection. Peking defends party led army control, blasts Soviet policy, and warns against Western aggression while stressing China will outlast U S imperialism. Cosmic rays line ends.
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China
America
Peking
U.S
United States
Viet Nam
Indochina
Moscow
Chinese Communist Party
Red Army
Washington
Laos
Hsiao Hua
Lin Piao
Lin
Communist Party
Peng Teh Huai
Peng
Card of Thanks for hospital care at Lawrence Memorial
Mrs. Maude Cooper thanks Dr Johnson Dr Campbell all nurses aides and staff for excellent care and recovery at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Gratitude to friends relatives for food cards flowers and prayers. May God bless you all. 1411 Summit
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Johnson
Campbell
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Maude Cooper
Appreciation for Kindness in Memory of Milton Nickels
The Nickels family thanks friends for cards flowers food and contributions to cancer research in memory of Milton Nickels and for other acts of kindness shown during their sorrow.
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Milton Nickels
M. G. Nickels
Obituary of Virgil Francis Horrell
Virgil Francis Horrell born January 2 1907 in Douglas county Kansas died January 29 1966 at 59. Survived by father Frank Horrell mother Florence Mae Gilges Horrell a brother Raymond of Minneapolis Minnesota two uncles Will Horrell Ottawa and John Horrell Seattle. Interment in Sutton cemetery.
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Virgil Francis Horrell
Frank Horrell
Florence Mae Gilges Horrell
Douglas County
Kansas
Blue Mound
Vinland Rural High School
Baker University
Fairview Methodist Church
Vinland Methodist Church
Vinland Grange No
The
Grange
Vinland Fair
Frank
Raymond
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Will Horrell
Ottawa
John Horrell
Seattle
Washington
Sutton Cemetery
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Paul Menard
Hawthorne
Charles Lehmann
Torrington
Conn
Firm
Journalism Institute For
Lawrence High School
Social Security
Ross Wilson Field
Park Hill
Buick
Parker Buick
7Th
New Hampshire
William L. Ryan
Mao Tze-tung
Solar System
Earth
A. V. Phillips
W. Sih
By Simmons
Lawrence Memorial Co
Andy
West
Harty Eae
Richard Weenton Ton
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