Allies Advance and Viet Cong Hit Saigon Airfield
U S and South Korean troops pursued White Wing gains 300 miles north of Saigon and claimed 80 Viet Cong killed in four sectors. Terrorist mines near Tan Son Nhut airport killed 6 and wounded 60, while U S Marines ended Double Eagle with 312 Viet Cong killed in three weeks. Weather hampered air damage assessment as PAC operations continued.
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South Viet Nam
U.S
Leathernecks
Quang Ngai
da Nang
Viet Nam
U.S. Air Force
Navy
Vinh
Dong Hoi
Dien Bien Phu
United States
Johnson
Honolulu
William Porter
Henry Cabot Lodge
U.S. 1St Cavalry
An Lao
Bong Son
1St Cavalry
Qui Nhon
Tuy Hoa
Tan Son Nhut
South Vietnamese Joint General Staff
U.S. Mlitary
KU Blood Drive Nets 638 Pints Amid Viet Nam Protest
A total of 638 pints of blood were donated during a Monday through Wednesday drive in the Kansas Union, sponsored by KU student groups to aid United States service members in Viet Nam. Four Mount Oread protesters picketed Tuesday carrying anti war signs, while organizers said the event drew cooperation and may have boosted donations.
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Kansas Union
Red Cross
United States
Viet Nam
Mount Oread
EU Committee
USA
Nick Brocker
Prairie Village
HELP RU Contributions List Totals $10 379 For Campaign
A dated list names numerous donors including Helen Adam Dr and Mrs William Bal Prof and Mrs Jackson Baur Curtis Besinger Kenneth Bloomquist Catharine Brand Ralph Camp Bel John Chaney Chaney Insurance Chuck Wagon Charlotte Craig Crown Cummings Davidson Dinsmoor Dobbin s Dodds Dolbee Drury Duckwall Stores Edmonds Food Stores and Locker Emmett Farley Feldman Esther Freese Paul and Helen Gilles Hack Huxtable Electric Co bay Shoppe William L Kuhlke Lawrence Typewriter Exchange George Learned Ruth Litchen Lonborg McBride McCabe Wesley McCalla Mason Moore Nitcher Osborn C P Osborne Patterson Patton Potter Rankin Drug Roose Rosen Rubiee Schubert Schwahn Scott Shenk Shepard Spray Stokstad Stras senburg Strong Taylor Town Shop University Shop Wilson Woestemeyer Total to date 10 379
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E. W. Patton
Donald W. Potter
Rankin Drug Company
Paul Roose
Karl Rosen
Prayer sustains president at fasting breakfast
President Johnson said private prayer gives him courage in troubled times and that he draws sustaining strength from others prayers. He attended the 14th annual Presidential Prayer Breakfast, drawing a large turnout from official and private life leaders, diplomats, and a Congress delegation. A separate women’s breakfast was held nearby where Johnson spoke on the same theme.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Lawrence hosts major drawing exhibition at KU Museum of Art
A national drawing society show features Jasper Johns Roy Lichtenstein Ellsworth Kelly Leonard Baskin Milton Avery and others at the Kansas University Museum of Art running through March 11. The museum hours are weekdays until 5 pm and Sundays holidays 1 30 to 5. About 125 Parsons Junior High students toured KU this afternoon visiting the Kansas Union Dyche Museum and Allen Fieldhouse in a program arranged by University Extension. Kroger Co officials said their new 50000 square foot West 23rd Street store plans are with architects with bids due by early May construction to start then and target completion by year end. The store will include a supermarket a drug store a junior department store and a small appliances area.
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Kansas University Museum of Art
The
Drawing Society
Jasper Johns
Roy Lichtenstein
Ellsworth Kelly
Leonard Baskin
Milton Avery
Helen Frankenthaler
Robert Rauschberg
Nathan Oliveira
Parsons Junior High School
Kansas University
Topeka
Kansas Union
Dyche Museum
Allen Fieldhouse
University Extension
Kroger Co
Journal-World
West 23Rd Street
Kroger
France fires three stage rocket to orbit satellite
HAMMAGUIR Algeria AP France successfully fired a three stage rocket and placed a 41 pound scientific satellite into orbit in the second all French launch. After two prior failures the Diamond II lifted off from the Sahara edge base. The satellite reached a near planned orbit from 1 660 miles high to 317 miles at its low point and operated normally.
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Hammaguir
Algeria
France
Sahara
Industry Output Hits A Peak In January
The Federal Reserve Board said January industrial production reached 149.9 percent of the 1957-59 average, up 1 percent from December. Business equipment and materials rose while consumer goods held steady. Auto assemblies fell slightly and clothing output was trimmed by the New York transit strike.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
New York City
Power Out Hits Southwestern Kansas Cities
Power failed briefly across Garden City Ulysses Scott City and Syracuse and nearby areas in southwestern Kansas. Officials traced an apparent short on a line between Garden City Wheatland Electric plant and the Cimarron River plant near Liberal. The outage affected the regional power network for about 20 minutes in Garden City and longer elsewhere.
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Garden City
Kan
Ulysses
Scott City
Syracuse
Kansas
Haradon Named Assistant Plant Manager at Du Pont
Myron R. Haradon of Clinton Iowa has been named assistant plant manager of the Du Pont cellophane plant at Tecumseh announced by plant manager G H Lavely. Haradon joined DuPont in 1947 as a mechanical engineer at Old Hickory Tennessee cellophane plant rising to area supervisor in 1957 works engineer in 1959 and manufacturing superintendent in 1961. He later led the polyethylene plant at Richmond Virginia before joining the Clinton Iowa unit. He earned a bachelor’s degree in 1947 from Georgia Tech. Mr and Mrs Haradon have two children and have not decided where they will reside after moving to Kansas.
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Myron R. Haradon
Clinton
Iowa
DuPont
Tecumseh
G. H. Lavely
Haradon
Old Hickory, Tenn
Packaging Film
Richmond
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta
Mark
Lynne
Kansas
26 West Students Named to Council
Twenty six West Junior High School students have been named home room representatives to the school's Student Council for second semester. The list includes Andy Benton Susan Bockhorst Roberta Candlin Karen Connett Debbie Frakes Richard Frankenfield Carolyn Frink Jean Giffin Mike Hall Jeff Hambleton Duncan Harwood Jane Heck Kelvin Heck Marc Joseph Kathy Kennedy Lauri Krogh Galen Lynch Peter Meserve Bruce Miller Carol Pine Sandy Roberts Sally Smith Kathy Taylor Jean Thomson James Todd and Mike Vaughn. Student Council officers are elected annually. this year’s officers are Martin Umbholtz president Marvin Umholtz vice president and Bill Payne secretary treasurer.
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West Junior High School
Andy Benton
Susan Bockhorst
Roberta Candlin
Karen Connett
Debbie Frakes
Richard Frankenfield
Carolyn Frink
Jean Giffin
Mike Hall
Jeff Hambleton
Duncan Harwood
Jane Heck
Kelvin Heck
Marc Joseph
Kathy Kennedy
Lauri Krogh
Galen Lynch
Peter Meserve
Bruce Miller
Carol Pine
Sandy Roberts
Sally Smith
Kathy Taylor
Jean Thomson
James Todd
Mike Vaughn
West
Martin Umbholtz
Marvin Umholtz
Bill Payne
Benton Hospitalized in Kansas City After Heart Attack
Thomas Hart Benton, famed muralist, is hospitalized at Menorah Medical Center in Kansas City after a heart attack. The 77 year old artist is reported in fair condition and was admitted Wednesday following a recent checkup.
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Kansas City
Thomas Hart Benton
Menorah Medical Center
Benton
Wheel-Axle Kits Arrive for 1966 Lawrence Derby
Wheel and axle kits for the 1966 Lawrence Soap Box Derby have arrived. First clinic set for Monday Feb 21 at 6 30 pm at South Park Recreation Center. Registration at Winter Chevrolet. race cost cap $30. boys only build cars. adults supervise.
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Lawrence
Lawrence Jaycees
Winter Chevrolet
The
Jaycees
Journal-World
South Park Recreation Center
Topeka
Leavenworth
Ottawa
Kansas City
Haskell Institute
Harvard Wins With Effort To Assist Underprivileged
Harvard reports its gamble fund admissions have yielded strong results with over 200 students admitted since 1957 from poverty and underfunded schools. About 85 percent have graduated, including honors and a Rhodes scholar, despite low college board scores.
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Harvard
Cambridge
Mass
Fred L. Glimp
Glimp
Gamble Fund
Dean Glimp
Local Youths Admit Break In at Wakarusa Valley School
Three 18 year old Lawrence youths arrested in Olathe on vagrancy charges confessed to breaking into the Wakarusa Valley School southwest of Lawrence early this month. About $200 in cash and equipment was taken. One claimed involvement in another Wakarusa burglary in January. Arrested were Kenneth Casebier Richard Beebe and Ronald Martin. They face burglary and larceny charges in Douglas County with possible additional counts. Proceedings set for arraignment before Judge Rankin. Detective Alexander and Sheriff Johnson aided in questioning.
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Lawrence
Olathe
Douglas County
Rex Johnson
Francis Alexander
Wakarusa Valley
Wakarusa
Johnson
Alexander
Kenneth Casebier
W. 21St. St
Richard L. Beebe
Ark. St
Ronald L. Martin
Mass
Ralph King
Charles Rankin
Incomes Rise in January Warms Economic Outlook
Washington AP reports personal income reached a seasonally adjusted $551.5 billion annual rate in January, up about $750 million from December. Payrolls and other incomes rose $3.5 billion annually, though higher Social Security tax payments pared the gain.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Department
Miss Finfrock Receives Pi Beta Phi Scholar Award
Kansas University junior Miss Finfrock daughter of Mr and Mrs A Merle Finfrock 528 Kansas is among 10 KU coeds awarded Pi Beta Phi sorority educational foundation scholarships for the spring semester Other recipients include Judith Cady Beloit soph Carolyn Eymann Atchison senior Nancy Hull Sedgwick freshman Alison Heath Salina sophomore Janice Klusener Lucas senior Susan Langston Springfield Mo junior Joanna Rogers Shrader Great Bend senior Barbara Taggart Elizabeth N J sophomore and Jacquelyn Thayer Elisworth junior
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Karen Finfrock
Kansas University
A. Merle Finfrock
Kansas
Judith Cady
Beloit
Carolyn Eymann
Atchison
Nancy Hull
Sedgwick
Alison Heath
Salina
Janice Klusener
Lucas
Susan Langston
Springfield
Joanna Rogers Shrader
Great Bend
Barbara Taggart
Elizabeth, N. J
Jacquelyn Thayer
Elisworth
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