City Traffic Body Defers 2 Requests In Northern Area
The City Traffic Commission defers two North Lawrence requests for study. Elm Street may become one way east. a traffic signal at 2nd and Locust is to be evaluated by the city engineer and state highway department. The panel also backs removing parking on Centennial east side and forms a committee to review the motor vehicle noise ordinance.
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City Traffic Commission
Thas
North Lawrence
Elm
2Nd and Locust Sts
State Highway Department
2Nd Street
City Commission
Centennial
9Th Street
Harvard Rd
Police Department
Municipal Court
Traffic Commission
Ohio Street
21St
22Nd Street
18Th and
Ala. Sts
10Th and
N.Y. Sts
Rumors of U S Nuclear Stockpile in Vietnam
The St Louis Post-Dispatch reports from Washington that rumors claim the United States may have tactical nuclear weapons stockpiled in South Vietnam to deter a Communist overrun at Khe Sanh. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is studying the reports, with no comment from Defense Department officials.
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ST. Louis
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Washington
United States
South Vietnam
Khe Sanh
Marquis W. Childs
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Defense Department
Docking Open to Either Partisan or Nonpartisan Board Election
Gov. Robert Docking said the state board of education could be elected on a partisan or nonpartisan basis, calling both views merited. The Kansas House refused a nonpartisan election method and sent the bill back to conference committee.
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Topeka
Robert Docking
State Board of Education
Docking
House
Board of Education
Blithe Spirit Matinee Set At KU Theatre Sunday
A 2:30 p.m. Sunday matinee of Blithe Spirit at Kansas University Murphy Hall marks KU University Theatre’s first Sunday matinee season. The production also plays at 8:20 p.m. tonight and Saturday with cast Julia Calahan Joanna Schneider James Hawes Jeri Walker and Ronda Fultz among the participants.
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Kansas University Theatre
Murphy Hall
University Theatre
Mebers
Hedda Gabler
Julia Calahan
Joanna Schneider
James Hawes
Six-Year-Old Not Lost in Jackson Bulldog Rescue
Six year old Steve Norton of Fresno Calif ventured to locate his Boston bulldog and wandered away. His grandmother alerted police in Jackson Michigan when he failed to return. Officers found Steve with the dog near his Jackson West Side grandmother's home and he declared the dog was lost.
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Jackson, Mich
Steve Norton
Fresno
Calif
Jackson
Steve
Kansan Involved in Tank Blast
AP dispatch from Saigon reports Navy pilots from the carrier Coral Sea destroying a Russian-model tank and damaging two others near Lang Vei camps at the Lao tactical border. Lt. j.g. A. Gene Corsini of Pittsburg Kansas noted multiple runs on four enemy tanks and observed enemy casualties.
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U.S
Six Men Aboard An Ailing Ship
A Liberian tanker Pega sus lay leaking and storm damaged 245 miles off Cape Hatteras with six crew aboard as Coast Guard watched a growing oil slick. Rescue ships evacuated 28 others on Thursday while Foundation Vigilant from Bermuda was en route to assist at about nine in the morning.
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New York
Coast Guard
Pegasus
Bermuda
Foundation Vigilant
Cape Hatteras
N.C
Lawrence Students On University Honor Roll
Four Lawrence students at Kansas University are listed on the fall semester honor roll in the School of Fine Arts. James McCalla, senior, earned straight A grades. Other honor roll students include Nancy Hitt, Jan Pugh, and Tacy Weidman.
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Lawrence
Kansas University
School of Fine Arts
James McCalla
W. G. McCalla
Ohio
Nancy Hitt
James K. Hitt
Jan Pugh
Ruth Pugh
Tacy Weidman
G. E. Weidman
N.J
Fatal blaze tragedy strikes Orangeburg area students
Emergency responders rushed to the scene as a fire left several dead and injured. Among the victims were Samuel Hammond, 18, a Florida freshman from Ft. Lauderdale and DeLano Middleton, 17, an Orangeburg High School student. Henry Smith, 18, of Marion SC, died hours later. Hammond and Smith attended South Carolina State University. Police and hospital authorities coordinated aid and investigations at Orangeburg Regional Hospital.
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Mobley
Orangeburg Regional Hospital
Samuel Hammond
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
Delano Middleton
Orangeburg
Henry Smith
Marion
S. C
Hammond
Smith
South Carolina State
Orangeburg Shooting Echoes in Address to National Guard Actions
The incident prompted the National Guard to seal campuses and a five block downtown area including a bowling alley in Orangeburg. Col Mebane said fewer than 150 rounds of .22 ammo unaccounted and no Guardsman fired. Troopers fired only after being fired upon by students. four theaters and most eateries remain segregated.
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Shealy
Walter Mebane
ROTC
South Carolina State
Mebane
National Guard
Orangeburg
Robert McCrady
Battle near Da Nang as 2nd North Vietnamese Division presses west
U S and South Vietnamese forces repel a six hour clash four miles south of Da Nang. North Vietnamese casualties reached 152 with 15 Americans killed and 63 wounded, one helicopter shot down. In Hue, Col Hughes says the south side is in hand while the north remains under enemy control. Marines free seven American civilians held by Communists, including two women who taught at a religious school.
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Khe Sanh
da Nang
U.S
Hue
Col. S. S. Hughes
Perfume River
George McArthur
the World
Relief Commission Reports Quiet Stay. Hue Saigon War Scene
The Relief Commission said locals avoided entering their villa and remained inside. Across Vietnam, U S forces faced mortar attacks near Quang Tri killing eight paratroopers and wounding AP reporter Peter Arnett and photographer Eddie Adams. Arnett described Viet Cong executions in Saigon as well as planned sweeps for a 400-strong battalion near the racetrack. Destruction rose with street fighting and fires. In Saigon, President Thieu vowed sustained offensives through 1968 and mobilization measures for civil servants and veterans.
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Hue
Quang Tri City
U.S
101St Airborne Division
10AP
Peter Arnett
Eddie Adams
Cholon
Saigon
Arnett
Racetrack
Khe Sanh
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
Lawmakers Mingle With State Leaders At Capitol Meeting
Six Hour Smith of Larned president pro tem of the senate and Rep. John Conard of Greensburg speaker of the house attended a Capitol meeting. Gov. Robert Docking was invited but could not attend. Wescoe also welcomed the lawmakers.
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Smith
R-Larned
Senate
John Conard
Greensburg
House
Robert Docking
Wescoe
Lawmakers Enjoy Lawrence Dinner and Westward Tour
Lawmakers and spouses dined at a arranged event with Chamber members and KU faculty, receiving Hallmark gifts and carnations. The post dinner program featured Kansas University students performing songs and sketches as hosts guided tours of Fra ser Hall and CRES. The one day trip to Lawrence marked the first of three planned visits for the 1968 session with upcoming Johnson County and Wichita engagements.
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Hallmark
William Menninger
Tom Rea
Carol Wilcox
Kansas City
Kan
Earl W. Trussell
James Owens
Art Heck
Robert Payne
Travis Glass
Herbert J. Ellison
Clark E. Bricker
William M. Bass
Robert Cobb
Don Scheid
Dick Moore
Bill Barr
Center For Research, Engineering and Sciences
CRES
Keith Lawton
Fraser Hall
Ray Nichols
George B. Smith
Jim Ginn
Dick Wintermore
Frank Burge
Joe Wilson
Lawton
Emily Taylor
Winter
Lawrence
Reynolds Shultz
John Vogel
Morris Kay
Topeka
Bob Zimmerman
Vern Sager
House
Senate
Johnson County
Wichita
Wichita State University
Painting Decorating by A V Phillips
A V Phillips offers painting and decorating services at 1716 W S h Ph VI 3 6202. Local ad highlights prompt estimates and handyman work for homes and small offices.
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W. S.h Ph
William Allen White Day marks 100th birthday tribute
Visitors Earl English dean of the Missouri University Journalism School Mrs English Sam R Bloom chairman Bloom Advertising Dallas Tex and Jim Reed AMA communications director Chicago attend a noon luncheon Monday in the Union Ballroom where William L White will give his first major address on his father. William Allen White Day includes a 230 p.m. talk by Mark F Ethridge on The Editorial Writer Facing Today’s Issues in the White Tradition with KU events and a Journal-World chaired by Dolph Simons planning committee.
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Earl English
Missouri University Journalism School
Agee
William Allen White
Union Ballroom
William L. White
Mark F. Ethridge
Louisville Courier-Journal
William Alen White Foundation
Jayhawk
Union
Dolph Simons
Journal-World
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Halley Kampschroeder
John Scanlan
Chamber Legislative Committee
Ambassador Club
Chamber Board
Decorating
A. V. Phillips
Motorola
BF Goodrich
Ray Stoneback
Massachusetts
Emporia
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The
Kansas Room
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Yardley
Balnain
Valentine
Pangburn
Whitman
Rankin Drug Co
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