Johnson Ambassadors Policy May Shape U S Diplomacy
The column argues President Johnson should appoint ambassadors on merit rather than political payoff. It cites Bernard Guffer and Carl Rowan as examples, questions Finland and Panama relations, and notes eight new ambassadors named with vacancies in Panama and Mexico. It warns that political appointments can undermine U S credibility abroad.
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Bernard Guffer
State Department
Foreign Service
Germany
West Berlin
Ceylon
Finland
Russia
Kennedy
Gufler
Carl Rowan
Johnson
Panama
Mexico
U.S
Uncle Sam
KU Jazz Festival winner to give concert April 26
The winning collegiate group from the KU Dread Jazz festival will perform at Kansas City Arena on April 26. Event sponsor Kansas City Jazz Inc. and judges including Woody Herman announce the top 15 bands who will vie for prizes such as a Europe trip, Berkeley School of Music scholarships, and recording opportunities.
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Midwest
Kansas University
Kansas City Arena
Kansas City
Kansas City Jazz Inc
Woody Herman
Mike Bush
Glendale
United States
Kansas Union
Hoch Auditorium
Europe
Berkeley School of Music
Boston
Mass
Verve
Columbia Records
Herman
Downbeat Magazine
Creed Taylor
Verve Records
Matt Betton
Stan Kenton
Manhattan
Robert Share
George Salisbury
Kansas City Conservatory of Music
Martin Williams
Saturday Review
Royal Wedding Plans Stir Spanish Dutch Alliance
Madrid reports Prince Carlos de Borbon y Parma and Princess Irene of Holland form a betrothal. They will set a wedding date after talks with Queen Juliana and the Dutch royal family. Carlos visits Holland to discuss timing while Irene returns to Spain with her father Prince Bernhard greeting them warmly.
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Spain
Carlos de Borbon Y Parma
Irene of
Holland
Carlos
Juliana
Irene
Prince Bernhard
Bernhard
Prince Carlos
Prince Xavier
Ex Clownfans recalls life in Midwest circus circuit
Stevens speaks of his youth with the Allen Players, touring the Midwest as percussionist and actor. He details two daily shows under the Big Top, late-night travel, and the lure of circus life. He notes the stigma of disability as attraction and laments taxes and traffic endangering a great American institution.
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Midwest
Allen Players
Stevens
Hobbies Magazine
Rush to Speak at Midwest School Session on Lecture Notes
Lt Col Allen C Rush assistant superintendent of the Kansas Highway Patrol will open the Midwest School for Recreation Executives at 7 p m Feb 16 in the Kansas Union. He will discuss How to Take Effective Lecture Notes.
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Allen C. Rush
Kansas Highway Patrol
Midwest School For Recreation
Kansas Union
Reuther Sees No Labor Aid For GOP Hopefuls
Columbus Ohio AP Walter Reuther president of the United Auto Workers foresees no labor backing for any GOP presidential hopefuls. He said labor support in November is not possible unless Republicans produce outstanding leaders kept under wraps. He added labor will not endorse before the national conventions and platforms are set, while offering compliments to Democratic programs.
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Columbus
Ohio
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers
Power line shot down near Lawrence prompts probe
A 115000-volt Kansas Power and Light main transmission line fell to the ground near the Lawrence drag strip Friday evening when shot through the insulator. No outage occurred but lights flickered. Sheriff’s deputies investigate. Austin Stedham notes prior similar trouble. He warns a fall near a shooter could have caused serious injury or death. Also in Topeka, a pigeon litter crackdown proposes tickets for sidewalk cleaning failures with $25 fines.
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Kansas Power & Light Co
Austin Stedham
Advisory Board to GUF Set Meeting at KU Feb 22
Members of the Greater University Fund Advisory Board will meet at 2 30 p m Feb 22 in the New Engineering Building at Kansas University. Dale W McNeal will preside and Dean John McNown will discuss private support for the School of Engineering and Architecture. A tour of the building and Nuclear Reactor Center follows at 3 30 p m.
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Kansas University
Dale W. McNeal
John McNown
School of Engineering and Architecture
Battenfeld
Foster, Joliffe
Pearson
Stephenson
Area Boards Propose Three-Unit Plan in Douglas County
School board members and faculty representatives from Baldwin Vinland Marion Springs and Eudora favor a three unit unification in Douglas County. The group met Wednesday with Baldwin Superintendent J A Cleavinger presiding and outlined district outlines including Eudora Kaw Valley in one district and Marion Springs Vinland Baldwin in another with remaining areas attached to Lawrence or divided as feasible.
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Marion Springs
Eudora
Douglas County
Baldwin
J. A. Cleavinger
Kaw Vailey
Marion Sipings
Vinland
Lawrence
Probe Leader Backs Reynolds in Baker Testimony
Sen. B Everett Jordan expresses confidence in Don B Reynolds testimony linking to Robert G Baker while denying plans to call Walter Jenkins. Reynolds, a Silver Spring insurance man, testified amid questions of conflicts of interest tied to Baker’s Senate duties. Baker declined comment as he arrived in Baltimore under an assumed name.
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Senate
Robert G Baker
Activiti
Don B. Reynolds
Baker
B. Everett Jordan
Dn.c
Reynolds
Silver Spring
Jordan
Senate Rules Committee
Senate Democrats
White House
Walter Jenkins
Austin
Tex
Johnson
Jenkins
Senate Group
Baltimore
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Jury Conviction In Extortion Plot Tied to Ray Ryan
A Los Angeles jury found Johnny Marshall and Charles Del Monico guilty of conspiracy to extort from millionaire Ray Ryan. They were also convicted of interstate travel in aid of racketeering while each faces up to five years and a $10,000 fine. Allen Smiley was acquitted.
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Los Angeles
Ray Ryan
Johnny Marshall
Chicago
Charles del Monico
Miami
Jesse W. Curtis
Marshall
del Monico
Allen Smiley
Branch McCracken Coaching Career Highlights
Branch McCracken has directed basketball teams for 31 seasons, including 23 years at Indiana University and built a legacy in college hoops through long tenure and program impact.
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Branch McCracken
Indiana
Strangling Attempt Targets Malden School Girl
Malden Massachusetts AP reports a 16 year old high school sophomore Georgia Ellis was attacked Friday night as an apparent strangling attempt. She collapsed in a doorway seeking help and was later listed in satisfactory condition at a hospital. Police note 11 unsolved stranglings of women in eastern Massachusetts in the past 20 months with knotted nylon stockings used in many cases.
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Malden
Mass
Georgia Ellis
Massachusetts
Eight KU coeds win Pi Beta Phi spring scholarships
Eight Kansas University students receive Pi Beta Phi Sorority Educational Association spring tuition scholarships. Recipients include Lynette Berg Claude Linda Caldwell Margaret Eckler Wilma Eymann Linda Sue Machin Deanna Reed Connie Roeder and Ann Shantz with campus roles in Jayhawker staff activities student organizations and club leadership.
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Lynette Berg
Claude
Tex
Linda Caldwell
Frankfort
Margaret Eckler
Atchison
Wilma Eymann
Linda Sue Machin
Ottawa
Deanna Mae Reed
Mission
Connie Joe Roeder
Burlington
Ann Shantz
Kansas City
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Owens
Jayhawker
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Jayhawker Laison
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Miss Eymann
Fresh Hawks
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University Daily Kansan
Miss Reed
Pi Beta Phi Planning Board
Ghana deportation of six University of Ghana faculty members
Ghana announces the deportation of six University of Ghana faculty members four Americans among them for subversive activities after a large demonstration by over 2000 supporters of President Nkrumah's Convention People's party at Legon. The protest involved violence and campus marches with buses provided by state-linked groups.
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Ghana
University of Ghana
Kwame Nkrumah
Convention People’s Party
Legon
Workers’ Brigade
Nkrumah
U.S
Evening News
Baldwin Youth Banquet Planned for Sunday
An interdenominational Youth Banquet is set for 6 p.m. Sunday at First Methodist Church Baldwin in Fellowship Hall. Theme The Church in Southeast Asia. Baker University international students Sylvia Chan Vincent Lau and Ging Wong will speak. Woody Hobson will MC. David Nutt chairs the planning committee. Dinner is pot luck. each attendee brings their own table service.
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First Methodist Church
Baldwin
Church In Southeast Asia
Baker University
Sylvia Chan
Vincent Lau
Ging Wong
Woody Hobson
David Nutt
Early Swahili literature and script history
The earliest Swahili writings used Arabic script and the Roman alphabet was not successfully adopted for Swahili until late in the 19th century.
Oread ROTC Hosts Regional ROTC Basketball Meet
Midshipmen from Missouri University and Nebraska University join Kansas University Naval ROTC at Allen Fieldhouse for a regional basketball tournament. KU faced MU at 9 a.m. with the winner to meet NU at 12 30 p.m. The regional champion advances to the Midwestern final at Great Lakes Illinois.
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Kansas University
Missouri University
Nebraska University
Allen
U.S. Naval Station
Great Lakes
Military procurement bill sets record at 16.914 billion
The House Armed Services Committee approved a defense procurement measure totaling 16.91464 billion, the largest for military buys. It includes 92 million for a new low level penetration bomber and an improved interceptor, with 6.3015 billion for research and development. R&D cuts hit Army Navy Marine and Air Force with overall reductions.
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Washington
House
Armed Services Committee
Pentagon
Defense Department
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Air Force
Shell Fellowship Funds Education Budget Support
Kansas University will share in a 1,415,000 education budget announced by the Shell Companies Foundation. A Shell Fellowship valued between 3,000 and 4,200 dollars will aid advanced geology study. The Foundation supports 195 colleges and national education programs to strengthen science and math teaching.
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Kansas University
Shell Companies Foundation, Incorporated
Shell
School
Shell Foundation
United States
Foundation
Card of Thanks to Nurses and Dr Beemer
Agnes Molder expresses sincere gratitude to the third floor nurses for patient faithful care and to Dr Learned and Rev Maynard Beemer for their support, asking God bless you all.
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Learned
Maynard Beemer
Agnes Molder
Family of Loucine Figgins Gratitude Note
The family expresses sincere thanks to Rev. F. J. Brown and to friends and neighbors for acts of kindness during the illness and death of Loucine Figgins.
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Loucine Figgins
Rev
F. J. Brown
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