Viet Planes and Marines Attack Hue Citadel Fight
Vietnamese warplanes bombed the Hue Citadel as U S Marines entered the fortress for the first time this two week battle. About 300 to 400 Marines landed by river assault boats and two more companies were ferried to the Citadel by air. Civilian casualties were reported as Hue officials said 300 civilians were executed and buried in a mass grave south of the city.
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Hue
Perfume River
U.S
George McArthur
Phan van Kho
Thant Talks with Soviet on Vietnam Pace
In Moscow the Soviet Union urged Vietnamese Communists to new victories while U Thant met with Kosygin Brezhnev and Podgorny. He then traveled to London for talks with George Brown and Prime Minister Harold Wilson before heading to New York. Wilson supported Johnson's peace approach and the San Antonio formula.
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Soviet Union
Kremlin
U.N
U Thant
Thant
London
Harold Wilson
India
Indira Gandhi
U.S
Chester Bowles
Britain
International Control Commission
Vietnam
Hanoi
United States
Alexei N. Kosygin
Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Johnson
San Antonio
Tex
North Vietnam
Nguyen Duy Trinh
Wilson
Edward Heath
White House
New York Times
Paris
Saigon
New York Sanitation War Splits Rockefeller and Lindsay
Gov Rockefeller and Mayor Lindsay clash over a state takeover of New York City sanitation workers amid a 10 to 1 garbage backlog. Rockefeller moves to place 10 000 sanitationmen under state control during a health emergency, while Lindsay denounces the plan as a threat to home rule.
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New York
New York City
Nelson A. Rockefeller
John V. Lindsay
Rockefeller
Uniformed
Sanitationmen’s Association
Lindsay
National Guard
Union
Local Cold Snap Presses On With Bitter Weekend
A strong cold spell grips the area with highs near 29 Saturday and 31 Sunday and lows around 9 to 21. Tonight and Tuesday remain very cold with teens to near 20s, while a five day outlook shows 4 to 6 degrees below normal, with possible snow showers. The report notes a 1899 record low of 25 for the date.
Tank Rupture Injures Two At Chemical Plant East Of City
A tank rupture at the Cooperative Farm Chemicals Association plant on Highway K-10 damaged equipment over 250000 and injured two workers Harold Rose 30 of 1015 W 29th St and Albert Wingert 25 of 1508 W 3rd St The incident occurred about 1130 pm Sunday and involved 6000 tons of urea ammonium nitrate solution The men were taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital in good condition with chemical burns The tank inspected last summer had one faulty seam which was rewelded The solution was nonflammable non toxic in small quantities and portions may be salvaged
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Cooperative Farm Chemicals Association
K-10
Harold Rose
29Th St
Albert Wingert
3Rd St
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
R. R. Zurbuchen
C.F.C.A
Zurbachen
Zurbuchen
William Allen White Day honors editor father and his wife
William N White, editor of the Emporia Gazette, described his late father as a fighter whose wife steadied him and kept him out of trouble. He recalled their collaboration on editorials and cited the 1924 gubernatorial race against the Ku Klux Klan.
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William N. White
Emporia Gazette
William Allen White
Kansas Union
White
Emporia
Gazette
Kansas University
Harvard
Washington Post
Fortune Magazine
White Today
the Sage of
Contributions Move Toward William Allen White Centennial Drive
Warren Agee, dean of the Kansas University Journalism School, reported about 36000 in contributions to the national 125000 William Allen White centennial campaign. An 8500 gift toward a visiting professorship is pledged if 100000 is given.
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Warren Agee
Kansas University Journalism School
William Allen White Foundation Board of Trustees
William Allen White
EU Journalism School
Agee
Prison for Benny Brown and Faye Dawson in three-state slayings
Benny Brown 23 and Faye Dawson 16 were jailed in Prattville Alabama on murder charges linked to a three state pursuit that left two dead and four wounded. They were captured after a roadblock near Meridian Mississippi following a high speed chase across Georgia Alabama and Mississippi. Brown warned officials he would never be taken alive and the pair waived extradition to face charges in Summerville Georgia and Montgomery Alabama.
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Ala
Benny Brown
Faye Dawson
Georgia
Alabama
Brown
Miss Dawson
Macon
Miss
Mississippi
J.D. Slay
Meridian, Miss
Phillip Wood
Autauga County
Gary McConnell
Chattooga County
Connie Willingham
Menlo
Summerville
Hugh Boyd
Montgomery
Here
Boyd
Harry Neal Boyd
Boyds
Wood
Willingham
McConnell
Simons Named President of William Allen White Foundation
Dolph C. Simons Jr. at Kansas University assumed the presidency of the William Allen White Foundation succeeding Herbert A. Meyer Jr. The foundation board also named Stanley Stauffer as first vice president, David H. Clymer as second vice president, and Drew McLaughlin Jr. as third vice president. Keith L. Nitcher is treasurer and Warren Agee is director. Simons, KU graduate, has worked with the London Times and Johannesburg Star and holds several journalism leadership roles. The foundation, formed in 1944, includes over 90 journalism leaders nationwide.
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William Allen White Foundation
Kansas University
Kansas
Dolph C. Simons Jr
Journal-World
Foundation
W. L. White
Emporia Gazette
Journal- World
William Allen White
Herbert A. Meyer Jr
Independence Daily Reporter
Stanley Stauffer
Topeka Capital and Journal
David H. Clymer
el Dorado Times
Drew McLaughlin Jr
Miami Republican of
Paola
Keith L. Nitcher
Warren Agee
KU Journalism School
Simons
London Times
Johannesburg
South Africa
Star
Associated Press
Kansas Press Association
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Ethridge Receives White Foundation Journalistic Merit Citation
Mark F Ethridge recipient of the William Allen White Foundation national citation urges journalists to monitor government seek truth and uphold editorial traditions He notes newspapers act as the public shield against malfeasance and abdicate responsibility Ethridge 71 remains active with Newsday Courier Journal and Times and North Carolina UNC faculty wife Willie Snow Ethridge noted for writings and honors.
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William Allen White Foundation
William Allen White
Emporia Gazette
Mark F. Ethridge
Louisville Courier-Journal and Times
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill
Kansas University
Ethridge
Big Eight
Jayhawk
Kansas Union
Long Island
N.Y
North Carolina
Newsday
Courier-Journal and Times
Willie Snow Ethridge
Ohio Wesleyan
Morris Harvey
Charleston
Ethridge Interview Calls Newspaper Readers a New Audience
Ethridge told a page seven audience that modern readers form a new audience. He noted about half of U S residents are under 35 and many have traveled abroad. He asked, Do these readers change how newspapers should reach them.
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Kentucky University
Ethridge
United States
Weather outlook for Northeast Kansas cool and partly cloudy
To night and Tuesday partly cloudy with colder conditions. Lows tonight near 5 to 10 degrees and highs Tuesday in the 20s. Five day forecast shows temperatures averaging four to six degrees below normal with lows in the low teens and highs in the 20s. Free prescription delivery and immediate mail service advertised by Ranty Drug Stores.
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