Dollars as lever in integration move to seek federal aid compliance
The government aims to force racial integration of all federally aided schools by September with billions in federal funds at stake. More than 2,400 colleges and about 1,000 of over 27,000 local districts have pledged compliance, while enforcement relies on voluntary actions and last resort aid cuts.
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Washington
South
U.S. Office of Education
Office of Education
Hubert H. Humphrey
Civil Rights Commission
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
James M. Quigley
Explosion Kills Five KPL Workers in Downtown KC
Five Kansas City Power and Light Co. workers died in an underground transformer vault on Main Street as a 13 200 volt unit exploded. The crew had been repairing a protector switch when the blast occurred, igniting smoke and flames.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Power & Light Co
Main Street
Charles F. Monnier
Power Company
Lawrence Leo Coulter
Robert A. Gish
George Curtis Haley
Columbus W. Wood
George Richard Ross
Coulter
Gish
Commerce Tower
Monnier
Ban Still On For New Jersey Horse
In Towaco New Jersey Montville Township keeps Maggie the shaggy horse banned from the McDermott home. Officials say the property sits inside a 200 foot deep business zone and rejected a requested zoning change. Vincent McDermott, disabled veteran and Sharon’s father, says he may sell the house and move due to his daughter’s heartbreak. Maggie’s owner Sharon vows not to give up the pet, while the family faces a Thursday deadline to remove the horse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towaco
N.J
Maggie
Sharon McDermott
Sharon
Vincent McDermott
McDermott
Catherine
Morris County
New Jersey
Montville
Reading Teacher Aides Urged for Lawrence Schools
The Lawrence school board heard proposals to employ reading teacher assistants to aid classroom teachers and students with acute reading problems. Additional staff could include one reading teacher per junior high and four elementary music teachers if funds permit, with summer kindergarten workshops planned for guideline development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schurr
Five Die in Canal Blasting Barge Explosion
Five men setting charges to blast a canal were killed when their dynamite laden barge exploded in a remote Citrus County area north of St. Petersburg. The blast roared for miles, with eyewitnesses hearing the explosion 18 miles away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crystal River
Fla
Citrus County
St. Petersburg
LHS Winter Concert by Two Music Units at Lawrence High
Lawrence High School to stage its annual winter band concert at 8 p.m. in the auditorium featuring the concert band and the symphonic wind ensemble conducted by Charles Kassinger. The program lists multiple pieces including Fiesta Paso Doble, Old MacDonald Had a Farm, Bossa Nova, Militaire, Prelude, Clarinet Etude No. 1, Coat of Arms, and a Symphonic Wind Ensemble finale.
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Lawrence High School
Charles Kassinger
Caneva - McAllister Incudoce
Mrickson
Mommppey Fei Rene Rossini - Cailliet
C. Roserackenpohl
George Kenny
Norton Junior Becomes KU Army ROTC Nursing Program Entrant
Norton junior Patrick Sterrett is the first man to enroll in KU’s Army ROTC student nurse program. He is a registered nurse and follows a path from Wesley Medical Center to a five year degree plan with KU on campus this year and KU Medical Center next year. Sterrett will earn 239 dollars monthly, with tuition and books paid by the Army, and after 18 months will become a second lieutenant earning 355 dollars monthly. He plans four years of service post graduation and may study anesthesiology. The Army program is open to any student 18 to 28 in a nursing program approved by the Army.
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Patrick Sterrett
Norton
Kansas University
Sterrett
Wesley Medical Center
Wichita
Lawrence KU
KU Medical Center
Kansas City
U.S. Army
Army
Department of the Army
Kaw Radio Board Study Aims for Future Directors
Kaw Radio Emergency Group members meet at the police fire building to study duties for a forthcoming board. President Bert Chandlee will lead, joined by Pat Beedles Lawrence Lamb and Houston Turner on the study committee. The club caps membership at 25 with refreshment volunteers Nor ma Babbitt Merna Daniel Midge Giffin and Gladys Disque. New members include Jerry Avey Allan Oit Dennis Burgert and Jim Tatham.
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Kaw Radio Emergency Group
Bert Chandlee
Pat Beedles
Lawrence Lamb
Houston Turner
Norma Babbitt
Merna Daniel
Midge Giffin
Gladys Disque
Jerry Avey
Allan Oit
Dennis Burgert
Jim Tatham
Lawrence retailers and bankers face new proposals and developments
A Lawrence group seeks a new national bank amid a Senate Banking Committee plan for a broad investigation of the banking system after a major San Francisco bank closure. In town, Gamble plans a large new store at the Malls Shopping Center likely replacing its downtown unit, while Forbes Air Force Base dismantles its final Atlas missile ring near Worden. Also: art glass from Kansas University Museum of Art to be shown February 14 to March 14, two rural route carriers earn safe driver awards, and KU events include a talk by John Cameron and a ski-equipped police office addition.
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Lawrence
Washington
Senate Banking Committee
San Francisco
Federal
James J. Saxon
Tenth
Federal Reserve
Journal-World
Gamble Organization
Gamble
Forbes Air Force Base
Topeka
Worden
Wamega
Forbes Base
San Bernardino Air Materiel Area
Calif
Defense
Robert McNamara
Kansas University Museum of Art
Eudora Post Office
National Safety Council
John P. Lenahan
Eudora
Gottlieb Nieder
Kermit E. Broers
Nieder
Broers
Lincoln Continental For Gov Avery Will Be on a Lease Basis
In about four weeks Kansas will issue a Lincoln Continental as the governor’s official car. Gov. William H. Avery said leasing, at about 750 dollars a year including upkeep and insurance, saves on trade and repair costs. The state will dispose of the 1963 Imperial.
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Lincoln Continental
Gov. Avery
Topeka
Kansas
William H. Avery
Congress
Avery
Bibb
James Bibb
Post Card Poll Opposes Sunday Closing Law
A Wichita KAKE post card poll asks 200 residents in each of five districts about a Sunday closing law. Of 342 replies, 55 percent oppose and 45 percent favor the measure.
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Wichita
Kake,m
January building permits show Lawrence lag amid big year ahead
Lawrence city records show January permits valued at 136 563 dollars, the lowest in over a year, with cold wet weather blamed for the lag. Despite weak start, officials anticipate 1965 to be the largest construction year, citing apartment and dormitory projects, a possible movie theater and new business expansions.
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Lawrence
Louis Stone
Stone
9Th
Iowa
Princeton
Hird Construction
EAIT
W. 6Th St
Dwight Perry
W. 9Th St
Ousdahl
Western Home
Cedarwood
Bruce Coffin
Bik
Iowa St
DPD
V. Clark
Ky. St
Bowers Construction
Mass, St
Neil Harris
Nat. St
Charles EB. Shutt
12Th St
Stanford Denies Instructors Arouse Freshmen Coeds
Stanford leaders reject a report that young English instructors sexually aroused freshmen women. Dean of Women Lucile A. Allen says the student version misrepresents discussions from nine months earlier and denies salacious materials influenced classroom use of literature.
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Stanford
Calif
Stanford University
Lucile A. Allen
Wilbur Hall
Reverend Cameron Speaks to NAACP Unit in Lawrence
Rev. John Cameron of the Freedom Democratic Party in Mississippi will address the Lawrence NAACP branch at 8 p.m. Monday in St. Luke A.M.E. Church. The Mississippi U S Congress candidate will discuss minority rights and civil liberties. He hails from Hattiesburg and led the Hattiesburg Ministers Project for the National Council of Churches in 1964. a reception follows.
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John Cameron
Hattiesburg
Miss
U.S. Congress
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
Kansas Union
Cameron
Kansas University
Minority Opinions Forum
Freedom Democratic Party
Mississippi
Lawrence
NAACP
St. Luke A.M.E
9Th
N.Y. Sts
U. S. Congress
National Council of Churches
KU housing plan details new residence halls and enrollments
KU projects housing capacity by hall with counts for women and men. It notes nearing capacity in scholarship halls and Stouffer Place for married students, plus current contracts and move-in. Projections show fall enrollment of about 13 859 at Mount Oread rising to 26 700 by 1979 80, with McCollum Hall slated to open in September and bids sought March 11 for a 680 student dorm near 19th Street and Naismith Drive.
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Hashinger
Lewis
Carruth-O'Leary
Gertrude Sellards Pearson
Corbin
Ellsworth
Joseph R. Pearson
Templin
Grace Pearson
Mount Oread
McCollum Hall
Ellsworth Hall
Daisy Field
Wilson
Topeka
19Th St
Naismith Drive
Truman Reflects on Atomic Decision and Saving Lives
Former President Harry S. Truman recalls weighing the risks to American lives when deciding to use the atomic bomb on Japan. He says the choice aimed to save hundreds of thousands of lives and reflects on his personal morality versus history, as his WWII planning is aired in a TV series on WNEW-TV.
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New York
Harry S. Truman
Japan
Wnew-Tv
Formation of city postal planning committee announced
Postmaster Jack Harris announced the formation of a special committee to draft long range postal plans for the city. The panel will meet with business leaders city officials Kansas University and industry representatives to forecast growth and determine needs over the next five to twenty years.
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Jack Harris
Harris
Kansas University
Wilbur D. Rake
Bernard C. Kennedy
Elmer L. Dougan
J. G. Eichhorn
A. H. Smith
Kansas University Station
C. T. Davis
Donald Wetzel
James L. Childers
Head of State Banking Dies in Chanute at 45
Hugh T. Jones Jr. chair man of the Kansas State Banking Board died Thursday in Chanute at about 45 after a heart attack. A lumberman and Bank of Commerce Chanute chairman, he served in World War II, studied at the University of Kansas, and held Republican political roles. He is survived by his wife and three sons Todd II Jeff and Gil.
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Chanute
Kan
Hugh T. Jones Jr
Kansas State Banking Board
Jones
John Anderson
Bank of Commerce
University of Kansas
Todd
Jeff
Gil
Little girl dies after kitchen fire while frying burger
Glenda Cain of Mitchell South Dakota died in a hospital after a kitchen accident last Saturday. The four year old climbed onto a chair to cook a hamburger and her dress caught fire from the stove, causing burns over half her body.
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Mitchell
S.D
Glenda Cain
Mortuary Listing for Rumsey Funeral Home VI 3 5111
A notices line lists a member of National Selected Morticians associated with Rumsey Funeral Home and provides a contact number VI 3 5111 for inquiries.
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National Selected Morticians
Rumsey Funeral Home
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K.C
Robert Taylor
Lawrence Board of Education
Gail
Roslyn
Maryl Gatts
Robert Gatts
Route 4
Peterson Road
Hallmark Plant
Mary
Journal-World Photo
LHS
Balladair
Lomond Richardson - Dawson
Osterling
Old MacDonald
Haydn - Shornicka
Beghon - Roberts
Tianan
Algiers
Kaw Radio
Kansas University Police and
Hoch Auditorium
Lawrence High
South Park Recreation Center
Jonnie Allen
Lawrence Paper CO
Th & N.H
New Hampshire
Cooper-Warren Mortuary
Truman
Lawrence Memorial Co
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