KU Speaker Urges Kansans to Speak Against Vacuum
Frank Wilkinson of Los Angeles urged KU listeners to oppose the House Un-American Activities Committee and debate its legality. He warned the committee invades branches of government and demands accuser confrontation, predicting upcoming probes of the peace and civil rights movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas University
U. S
House of Representatives
Frank Wilkinson
Los Angeles
Calif
National Committee
House Un-American Activities Committee
Wilkinson
Kansas
Kansas Union
Congress
House Committee
Lyndon Johnson
Chavez Ravine
Watts
Ravine
Los Angeles Dodgers
U S Steel Raises Plate Prices Four Dollars Per Ton
United States Steel Corp boosted prices on specific boiler and heavy construction plate by 4 dollars a ton. The raise comes after Lukens Steel Co. action and affects under 3 percent of U S Steel plate sales, mainly carbon steel flange and firebox quality plates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States Steel Corp
Lukens Steel Co
U.S
Rusk Debunks Paris Letter on Vietnam Severity
Senate hearing room hears Sec. Rusk dispute reports of a severe letter from President de Gaulle to Johnson on Vietnam. Paris sources suggest de Gaulle offered to cooperate if a common base for policy is found, signaling continued alliance despite tensions.
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Sec
Rusk
Paris
Washington
Johnson
Washington Post
Charles de Gaulle
Viet Nam
France
United States
Minor injuries treated at Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Two patients with minor injuries were treated at the emergency room of Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Laura McCorkill aged 44 from Missouri suffered dust in her eye while downtown. Dick Wise aged 13 from Route 3 sustained a puncture wound in the left knee after a bicycle fall.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Laura McCorkill
Dick Wise
Route 3
Wilkinson Defends Free Political Activity in Democracy Dialogue
Speaker argues for open marketplace of ideas including Communist activity while condemning HUAC as driving Communists underground. He urges against a police state stance and calls for jury reforms to include Negroes in the South, urging contact with Kansas lawmakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkinson
Communist Party
House Un-American Activities Committee
House UN- American Activities Committee
House
Judiciary Committee
South
Kansas
Congress
FBI Recovers Missing Jade Jewelry From Palm Beach Museum
The FBI announced the recovery of 127 pieces of archaic jade jewelry and ceremonial objects valued at about $600,000, stolen November 23 from the Norton Art Gallery in West Palm Beach. The items were found in Broward County, no arrests yet. The night watchman Odin Porter Eichelberg 58 described two or three robbers.
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Miami, Fla
FBI
Norton Art Gallery
West Palm Beach
Dick Andrews
James Kennedy Insurance Co
Robert Hunter
Norton Gallery
Don Morley
Miami
Fla
B.C
F. A. Frohbose
Odin Porter Eichelberg
Pearson seeks hearings on Kansas public works cuts
U S Senator James B Pearson asks for full hearings on Kansas projects reduced or omitted in the 1967 budget. He lists 22 Kansas items including Perry and Clinton reservoirs and Kansas River navigation, urging early review by the Senate Public Works Subcommittee chaired by Ellender.
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Washington
Journal-World
U. S
James B. Pearson
Kansas
Lawrence Area
Pearson
Allen J. Ellender
Senate Public Works Appropriations Subcommittee
Ellender
el Dorado
Senate Public Works Committee
Perry
Lawrence
Clinton
Johnson
Jazz Concert Sunday At Kansas Union Ballroom
A big band program directed by Dick Wright will perform at 8 p m Sunday in the Kansas Union ballroom. The 17 piece ensemble will draw arrangements from Stan Kenton and Count Basie libraries and last about one hour with Jim Bowman contributing piano on some pieces.
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Kansas Union
Dick Wright
Stan Kenton
Count Basie
Musicians Union Local 512
Charlie Eagle
Charlie Molina
Clyde Bysom
Chuck Berg
Andrew Murray
Jim Sellards
C. L. Snodgrass
John Irish
George Francis
Roy Guenther
Bob Willcox
Jack Zimmerman
Bill Hartman
Nick Fryman
Bill Arnold
George Puckett
Leonard Cuddy
Jim Bowman
Memorial Hospital Births and Listed Residents
Birth announcements note Mr. and Mrs. Jerald Poindexter at 510 Forrest welcomed a son Thursday and Mr. and Mrs. Linn D. Clark of 1419 Ohio a daughter. The list also names residents and addresses connected to Memorial Hospital in Eudora and nearby communities.
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Jerald Poindexter
Forrest
Linn D. Clark
Ohio
Topeka Printing Club honors KU professor Ryther
Thomas C. Ryther director of printing service and assistant professor of journalism at Kansas University received a lifetime membership certificate from the Topeka Club of Printing House Craftsmen at a dinner in the Kansas Union. About 50 people attended and tours followed in the KU library special collections and Flint Hall. Ryther holds a BA from KU in 1926 and an MA in 1932.
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Thomas C. Ryther
Kansas University
Topeka Club of
Printing House
Ryther
Kansas Union
Flint Hall
Yankees Pirates Set for Exhbition in San Juan Series
The New York Yankees and Pittsburgh Pirates will play two exhibition games in San Juan Puerto Rico on April 1 and April 2.
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New York Yankees
Pittsburgh Pirates
San Juan
P. R
La Coss Rites Set for Pulitzer Editor Louis La Coss
Graveside services for Louis La Coss will be held at 2 30 p m Sunday in Mount Calvary Cemetery with Rev Michael Moriarty presiding. The Lawrence native and KU journalism graduate died Thursday of heart disease in St Louis at age 76. He won the 1952 Pulitzer for The Low Estate of Public Morals. Survivors include a son in Washington DC a sister a nephew an aunt and several cousins. Funeral arrangements are handled by Cooper Warren Funeral Home.
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Louis la Coss
Lawrence
Kansas University
Mount Calvary Catholic Cemetery
Michael Moriarty
la Coss
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
St. Luke’s Hospital
St. Louis
Gregor la Coss
Washington, D. C
R. P. Conboy
Ky. St
William Conboy
Owens Lane
Ida Mason
W. 13Th St
Zoe Glassmire
Engel Rd
Kathleen Doering
Callie Rozelle
William la Coss
San Diego
Calif
Union
Associated Press
Mexico City
Globe-Democrat
Page
Three Suffer Injuries In Collision Thursday
Three persons sustained minor injuries in a two car collision at 6th and Maine Streets around 9 05 p m Estimated vehicle damage totaled 1100 Drivers were Phillip N Miller 19 of 2522 Redbud and Virginia McCue 38 of 1904 Clare Rd Also injured were McCues son Kenneth 8 The other incident at 3 35 p m Thursday involved Jack A Harrington 21 of 1821 W 26th and Jerry W Sharp 25 of De Soto in a separate crash at 23rd and Naismith No injuries were reported
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6Th
Maine Sts
Phillip N. Miller
Redbud
Virginia McCue
Clare Rd
Jerry W. Sharp
DeSoto
Naismith
Two Mental Patients Arrested in Lawrence
Two runaways from Osawatomie State Hospital aged 18 and 17 were arrested about 5 am near 14th and Pa Streets in Lawrence and returned to the hospital. Police Chief William Troelstrup said one was in a stolen car after Patrolman Henry Smith stopped and the pair fled before being caught.
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Osawatomie State Hospital
14Th and
Pa. Sts
William Troelstrup
Troelstrup
Henry Smith
Smith
Yellowstone Park Geysers Fire Up Big Flows
Yellowstone National Park holds over 3000 geysers and springs with Old Faithful producing about 15 000 gallons of hot water every hour reaching 120 feet high.
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Wyoming
Yellowstone National Park
Old Faithful
Fearful CATV Act Sparks Warning from NAB Leader
Vincent Wasilewski president of the National Association of Broadcasters warns that a FCC ruling bringing CATV systems under federal control could lead to a wired TV system where the public pays for programs they now receive free. Wasilewski spoke in prepared remarks for a FCC bar association luncheon following the ruling issued Tuesday.
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Washington
Vincent T. Wasilewski
National Association of Broadcasters
Federal Communications Commission
Federal Communications Bar Association
FCC
Daniel Love 80 Portis native dies in Tonganoxie home
Daniel Love 80 a Portis native and longtime Tonganoxie resident died at his home Thursday evening Funeral services will be at the Friends Church in Tonga with Rev Ray Fitch in charge and burial in Hubbel Hill Cemetery Rumsey Funeral Home in charge of arrangements He is survived by son Dan Love Jr of Tonganoxie a daughter Mrs Mary Harbaugh of Tonganoxie three grandchildren three great grandchildren three nieces and one nephew
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Daniel Love
Portis
4Th and Church
Tonganoxie
Friends Church
Ray Fitch
Hubbel Hill
Rumsey Funeral Home
Dan Love Jr
Mary Harbaugh
Graveside rites held for Lt. Col. Joseph L. Topham
Graveside services were conducted Thursday in Presidio California for Lt. Col. Joseph L. Topham 83 brother of a Lawrence woman and former resident here who died February 14 in Palo Alto California Surviving are his wife Imogen Kirkman Topham San Francisco and a sister Miss Laura Topham Lawrence A native of New Orleans he spent his boyhood in Kansas and attended Kansas University Retired from the army in 1934 he made his home in San Francisco after serving the army more than 32 years.
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Presidio
Calif
Joseph L. Topham
Lawrence
Palo Alto
Imogen Kirkman Topham
San Francisco
Laura Topham
New Orleans
Kansas
Kansas University
Funeral services for Mrs Hattie McGehee in Oska loosa
Funeral services for Mrs Hattie May McGehee 96 will be held at 2 p m Saturday at the Presbyterian Church in Oska loosa. Burial follows in Peasant View Cemetery. She died Wednesday at a nursing home near Oska loosa born November 30 1869 near Perry lived in Jefferson County most of her life member of the Oska loosa Presbyterian Church. Survivors include one son Orville McGehee Topeka two grandchildren three great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren. Hampton Funeral Home of Oska loosa is in charge of arrangements.
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Hattie May McGehee
Presbyterian Church
Oskaloosa
Peasant View
Perry
Jefferson County
Presbyterian Church At
Orville McGehee
Topeka
Hampton Funeral Home
Lawrence man Arthur H. Riggs 73 dies in hospital
Arthur H. Riggs 73 of Route 5 Lawrence died Thursday evening in Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Born December 10 1892 in Oxford Kansas he was a World War I veteran and retired farmer. Survived by three brothers John Route5 Deloss D Wellington and Claude C Winfield. Rumsey Funeral Home handles local arrangements with Franks Funeral Home Wellington in charge of services in Oxford. Other arrangements incomplete.
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Arthur H. Riggs
Route 5
Lawrence
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Oxford
Kansas
John
Deloss D
Wellington
Claude C
Winfield
Rumsey Funeral Home
Franks Funeral Home
Patricia Ann Funston Receives KU Scholarship
Kansas University freshman Patricia Ann Funston daughter of Mr and Mrs M D Funston 1808 West 21st Street is awarded the Eliza K Morgan Scholarship worth 150 dollars for the spring semester at KU.
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Patricia Ann Funston
Kansas University
M. D. Funston
W. 21St St
Terr
Eliza K. Morgan
Two More Boys Sign For Lawrence Derby Entries Reach 26
Lawrence area adds Fred Gentry and Kevin Gunn bringing Derby entries to 26 as registration continues. About 60 local boys are expected to compete with events and clinics planned by Winter Chevrolet, the Lawrence Jaycees, and the Journal-World. Sponsors and parents must accompany sign ups. age 11 to 15.
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Larence
Lawrence
Fred Gentry
R. I. St
Kevin Gunn
Winter Chevrolet
N. H. St
Akron
Ohio
Maj
Phillip Ramsey
Capt
Merrill Steele
The
Jaycees
Ramsey
Steele
Lawrence KU honors list includes 13 engineering students
A total of 13 Lawrence students in the Kansas University School of Engineering and Architecture are among 176 persons on the fall semester honor roll. Names include Thomas Aiken Larry Andrews Mitchell Brown David Evans Steven Graves Elmer Hartman Richard Hornsby James Kring Jr Edward McBride Jennings McKinley Henry Person Richard Richardson and John Webb III with listed addresses.
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Lawrence
Kansas University School of Engineering and Architecture
Thomas Aiken
W. 20Th
Terr
Larry Andrews
Mitchell Brown
Maine
David Evans
E. 12Th St
Steven Graves
Elmer Hartman
Barker
Richard Hornsby
James Kring Jr
Edward McBride
N.H
Jennings McKinley
W. Éth St
Henry Person
Richard Richardson
N. H
John Webb III
Yale Rd
Joggers Change Leadership as Easton Leaves for Mexico
In Lawrence the South Park Recreation Center hosts junior basketball tonight from 7:30 to 10. The Ottawa-Lawrence varsity game follows on Saturday with music by the Clansmen and admission charged. Jayhawk Joggers name Ed Young as new leader after Bill Easton departs for Mexico City to work on 1968 Olympic events. Meetings stay at 4:45 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays on the Lawrence High track. Jogger leaflets move to the KU Physical Education office in Robinson Gym.
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DeSoto Jaycees
DeSoto City Hall
Lawrence Jaycee
Lawrence Jaycees
South Park Recreation Center
Clansmen
Jayhawk
Bill Easton
Mexico City
Ed Young
Easton
Young
Lawrence National Guard
Lawrence High School
19Th and
President’s Council On Fitness
Journal-World Office
Kansas University Physical Education
Robinson Gymnasium
Bigsby Named Chairman of Douglas County Water District No 2
Robert Bigsby was chosen as chairman at the district’s first annual meeting held at Pleasant Grove CPA Hall. Don Churchbaugh, Wayne Flory, and Arlie Flory were elected as officers with John Metsker joining the board. Leland Elliott of the Farm Home Administration spoke on the planned pressure system as 37 people attended. The district lies in southern Douglas County and has 53 members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Bigsby
Douglas County Water District No. 2
Pleasant Grove
CPA
Don Churchbaugh
Wayne Flory
Arlie Flory
John Metsker
Leland Elliott
Farm Home Administration
Douglas County
Connie Ryan Scouting for the Houston Astros
Connie Ryan, former National League second baseman, works as a scout for the Houston Astros evaluating players for the major league club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connie Ryan
Houston Astros
Card of Thanks for Fiftieth Anniversary
Ada Weckworth and family express gratitude to friends and relatives for cards, flowers, gifts, calls and prayers received during the fiftieth anniversary and illness period.
Gardner and Marriott families thank friends for sympathy
The Gardner and Marriott families express gratitude for flowers cards and acts of kindness received after the loss of their brother. Mr and Mrs Raymond Gardner and Mr and Mrs Earl Marriott.
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Raymond Gardner
Earl Marriot
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Freddie Zebb
Craig Ray
Johnitn
Teressa Henderson
Almira
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Rockledge Rd
Anne Fishburn
Elaine Belt
Powers
Samuel Owens
Learnard
Jerry Schrader
Herbert Linden
Celestino Hernandez
Lecompton
Lucy Langrell
Lizzie Richardson
Margaret Richards
Anna Hibner
Baldwin
William Rollings
Lake
James Alexander
Ala
Joseph Mater
Conn
Katherine Hafferkamp
N. Y
Gordon Smith
James Ware
Lloyd Davies
W. 19Th
Roxie McGraw
Wanda Kuntz
Thomas Ryther
Glen's
Col
Mrs
Beautyrest
Simmons
Derby
Ottawa
Leavenworth
Kansas City
Lawrence Memorial Co
Rman Endacott
New Water District
Sary
Bill and
Bess Boehle
Ada Weckworth
Bethany Park Christian Church
Disciples of Christ
Centennial School
22Nd
Louisiana
Charles E. Warren
Cooper-Warren Mortuary Home
New Hampshire
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