Attitude toward Vietnam War Criticism Raises Tension
A Johnson administration official briefed reporters in a background session warned against focusing on criticisms and urged unity to win the war. He said the press and broadcasting would be ineffective without U S victory and noted pacification delays from urban reconstruction and refugee care amid recent Communist offensives.
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Washington
Vietnam
United States
Johnson
Saigon
Doctor Doubts Skeletons Are Murder Victims
Dr. Rodney F. Carlton, a pathologist, examined three skeletons from unmarked graves at Cummins Prison Farm and doubts they are murder victims. He cites no trauma or decapitation on two skeletons and says fractures on the third may be postmortem or from excavation. The case arose from inmate reports of murders and led Gov. Rockefeller to order a legal review before further digging.
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Little Rock ,Ark
Rodney F. Carlton
Cummins Prison Farm
Carlton
Reuben Johnson
Thomas O. Morton
Winthrop Rockefeller
Lawrence Mail Users Council Formed to Aid Businesses
Postmaster Jack Harris announced a new group to improve postal service in Lawrence. The Lawrence Mail Users Council will include individuals who wish to join, with contact details available from Harris. An organizational meeting for the council was planned.
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Lawrence Council
Kansas University
Strong Hall
Harris
Mail Users Council
Lawrence
Jack Harris
Lawrence Mail Users Council
Diamonds and Saint Nicholas in Early Diamond Fashion
A historical note recalls Saint Nicholas as a 4th century bishop of Myra in Turkey. It notes that diamonds were once worn only by kings and high churchmen, with female use beginning later. The piece ends with an advertisement prompt about classified ads.
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St. Nicholas
Myra
Turkey
Lang Vei Garrison Included Viet Cong Agents Traitors
U S and allied forces reveal the Lang Vei Special Forces Camp near Khe Sanh was infiltrated by Communist agents and traitors among CIDG Montagnard guards. Infiltration through drifting membership and lax vetting undermined security, though some Montagnard fighters heroically attacked North Vietnamese tanks during the siege.
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Lang Vei
Khe Sanh
Vietnam
U.S
CIDG
Green Berets
Special Forces
KU Senior in Good Condition After Basketball Injury
Ronald George Young, a Kansas University senior from Midland Texas, is listed in good condition at KU Medical Center in Kansas City after a head injury suffered during an intramural basketball game in Robinson Gym. Dr Raymond Schwegler cited an elbow blow by another player as the probable cause.
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Ronald George Young
Kansas University
Midland
Tex
KU Medical Center
Kansas City
Young
New Robinson Gymnasium
Raymond Schwegler
Schwegler
Watkins Hospital
Citizens Ambulance
Medical Center
Three Kansans Arrested On Cattle Theft Charge
Three men Lyle Weber Robert McGee and Paul Atherton were arrested in Wichita on grand larceny charges for stealing four head of Black Angus cattle from Marvin Poland near Junction City. The cattle appeared at sale at Flint Hills Commission Co. in Wichita. Investigation involves multiple county sheriffs the Kansas Bureau of Investigation and the state inspector's office.
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Abilene
Kan
Wichita
Junction City
Max Hinkle
Dickinson County
Lyle Weber
Robert McGee
Paul Atherton
Flint Hills Commission Co
M. A. Anderson
Marvin Poland
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
State Branch Inspector’s Office
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