Air Base in Saigon Under Communist Fire in Second Wave
Vietnamese and U.S. forces reported intensified attack threats around Tan Son Nhut Air Base as Communist forces, aided by mortar and rocket strikes, pressed the Saigon area. Intelligence linked reinforcements to the Mekong Delta and Hue battles while Phan Thiet and Citadel actions continued amid dense fighting and air and naval bombardments.
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Old City
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Buffalo
N.Y
George L. Alvarez
New York City
Citadel
Demilitarized Zone
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Leatherneck
Con Thien
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
Dmz
Quang Tri City
Local Soldier Lonnie LeBombard Killed in Vietnam
U S Army Sgt Lonnie Guy LeBombard 21 of 807 Maine Street was killed February 9 in military action near Da Nang Vietnam. He was reported missing before family was notified. a 1965 Lawrence High School graduate and former Washburn University student, he joined the Army in 1966 and served in the 4th Infantry Division First Corps area. Funeral services pending. donations requested to Lawrence High Gymnasium Memorial Fund. He is survived by parents sister and grandparents.
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Journal- World Learned Today
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Washburn University
Topeka
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Vietnam
First Corps
Rumsey Funeral Home
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Leslie Parsons
Blue Rapids
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Nixon Reveals Financing for 1968 Presidential Bid
Look Magazine reports Nixon averages about $200000 income yearly and a net worth around $250000. He plans to spend between 3 million and 5 million on his campaign. Fletcher Knebel cites Nixon as source and says tax returns from 1963 to 1966 were inspected.
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Richard M. Nixon
Look Magazine
Fletcher Knebel
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Knebel
Fund Listed for Sunflower Plant Maintenance Work
A $460 000 fund in a $1.88 billion defense construction request by Robert McNamara covers maintenance work at Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant. Located 13 miles east of Lawrence, the facility reactivated in 1965 and now employs about 3,200 people producing rocket propellant for the Vietnam War.
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Defense
Robert McNamara
Sunflower
Lawrence
School Boundary Talk Previewed For District Meet
District 497 School Board discussed preliminary elementary boundary suggestions on Monday night. About 20 people attended the two hour session at the Administration Center. Boundaries for Deerfield and Broken Arrow amid openings next fall and McAllaster closure were central topics with Grant and Woodlawn to remain unchanged.
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21St
la. Sts
Robert Lowther
Verlin Gilbert
Deerfield
Broken Arrow
McAllaster
Grant
Woodlawn
James Paddock
Asst. Supt
Robert Ramsey
Committee Seeks Beer Age Change in Johnson County
The Senate committee backed a bill to raise 3.2 beer age from 18 to 21 in Johnson County with a statewide version allowing counties to opt 18. Sen. Gastl said Missouri’s 21-year standard drives the plan. An amendment to limit the rule to 200k–250k population counties passed only for Johnson.
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Topeka
Senate Committee On Federal and State Affairs Today
Johnson County
Eugene F. Gastl
Shawnee
Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Edward F. Reilly Jr
Leavenworth
Norman E. Gaar
Westwood
Wyandotte County
VFW Leader Richard Homan Scheduled Visit to Lawrence
Richard Homan national senior vice commander in chief of the VFW will visit Lawrence this Saturday. He will hold a 2 30 p m press conference at the Virginia Inn and meet VFW members and local officials in the afternoon. A social hour at 1388 Ala St runs 6 to 7 p m followed by a 7 30 dinner and a 10 p m dance with Chuck Bergs orchestra. Homan, 45, from Sugar Grove West Virginia, was elected last August in New Orleans. He served in World War II in Europe, studied at Bridgewater College and helped at Nuremberg trials. He is in flour and feed business and assists in a family Hereford cattle ranch. He is married to Jean Ann Simmons of Franklin West Virginia.
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The
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VFW
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Sugar Grove
W. Va
Virginia Inn
Ala. St
Germany
Jean Ann Simmons
Franklin
Earthquake Devastates Aegean Islands Killing 13
A strong earthquake struck the northern Sporade Islands in the Aegean Sea early today killing 13 and injuring 18. Ayios Eustratios suffered the heaviest losses with 13 dead and 15 injured as 80 percent of homes were damaged or destroyed.
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Rap Brown Arrested in California trip violation
Black Power advocate H. Rap Brown was arrested on a New Orleans warrant for a weekend speaking trip to California that violated a court order restricting him to New York New Orleans and Atlanta.
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H. Rap Brown
California
New Orleans
Atlanta
Escobedo Sentenced in Chicago Heroin Case
Danny Es cobedo, linked to a landmark Supreme Court decision in a murder case, received a 22 year prison term for heroin dealing.
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Chicago
Danny Escobedo
India Reports Asia's First Heart Transplant
King Edward Memorial Hospital in Bombay announced that surgeons performed Asia's first heart transplant last Sunday. A 35 year old man with cardiomyopathy received a heart from a 20 year old woman who died after a fall. The donor's heart beat for about three hours before the recipient died from a lung complication.
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India
King Edward Memorial Hospital
Asia
Thefts Reported Today by Police
Lawrence police reported two thefts and a break in over the weekend. Tony Spease of Tony's 66 Service on Iowa Street said $7 cash and 24 bottles of soda were stolen from a machine discovered at 8:30 a.m. Sunday. Au to Wrecking and Junk Co. on East 9th Street suffered about $5 cash from a Coke machine and a pair of pliers during a weekend burglary. William C. Barteldes reported a car break in near the Community Building on West 11th Street, with a stereo player worth $110, 13 tapes worth $83, and a sweatshirt valued at $4.25 taken from his locked auto.
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Lawrence
Tony Spease
Tony
Iowa St
Auto Wrecking and Junk Co
9Th St
William C. Barteldes
Tenn. St
Kansas University
W. 11Th St
Barteldes
Little Symphony to Conduct Mozart and Vaughn Williams
Thomas Gorton dean of the Kansas University School of Fine Arts will conduct the Little Symphony at 8 p.m. Wednesday in Swarthout Recital Hall. The public may attend without charge. The program includes Mozart Symphony No. 35 and Vaughn Williams Suite for Viola and Chamber Orchestra.
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Thomas Gorton
Kansas University School of Fine Arts
Swarthout Recital Hall
Mozart
Vaughn Williams
Viola
Soloists Chosen In City Festival
Three Lawrence youths were named soloists for Concerto Festival on May 12 at Lawrence High School. Kathleen Bradt Norma Denton and Lynda Scheid, all 17, will perform Faure Elegie Mozart Clarinet Concerto and Kennan Night Soliloquay with the Lawrence Youth Symphony directed by Charles Axton. Sponsored by Lawrence Friends of Music, auditions for 1969 spring concerto performers are planned for fall.
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Naismith
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Route 5
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Charles Axton
Lawrence Friends of Music
Friends of Music
No Serious Injuries In Two Local Crashes
One car crash at the Wakarusa River bridge on Browns Grove Rd near Lawrence left no serious injuries. Walter R. Thompson, 19, of 1045 Emery Rd., drove a 1960 car westbound into the bridge with about $200 damage. A Baldwin man, James A. Green, 21, was treated for injuries after a noon crash at 6th and Newton in Baldwin. his 1967 motorcycle hit a 1966 car driven by Vera Rice with about $200 damage. Both incidents involved northbound traffic and a left turn by Rice.
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Browns Grove Rd
Lawrence
Douglas County Sheriff's Office
Walter R. Thompson
Emery Rd
Browns Grove Road
Baldwin
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
James A. Green
Vera Rice
6Th
Newton Sts
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Plane crashes into McCluer High School gym
A single engine plane crashed into the gym at McCluer High School in Florissant. The pilot Peter M. Davidson, 35, of San Diego died. Four thousand students were uninjured. He had been in contact with Lambert-St. Louis air traffic control reporting low fuel.
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McCluer High School
Florissant
Peter M. Davidson
San Diego
Calif
Lambert-St. Louis
Post Office Closed Thursday for Washington's Birthday
Lawrence postmaster Jack Harris said the local office will close on Washington's Birthday with no window service or home delivery. Special delivery remains, and regular mail collection at boxes will follow holiday hours.
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Lawrence
Jack Harris
Washington
Harris
Kansas University professor earns Oak Leaf Cluster to Bronze Star
Charles Leone a zoology professor at Kansas University has been notified by the Army of an Oak Leaf Cluster to his Bronze Star Medal earned for technical intelligence work during World War II and for exemplary conduct in ground combat in Europe in June 1944. Leone a colonel in the Army Reserve was assigned to the 358th Infantry Regiment in Europe in 1944.
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Charles Leone
Kansas University
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Leone
Europe
358Th
Deflate the Purple Pride Rally at Allen Fieldhouse
Kansas University holds a 5 p.m. Friday pep rally in Allen Fieldhouse with coach Ted Owens and Chancellor W Clarke Wescoe among speakers. Mystery guests from Manhattan will attend, and a 4:30 p.m. car parade precedes the event the night before KU faces Kansas State.
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Kansas University
Allen Fieldhouse
Ted Owens
W. Clarke Wescoe
Manhattan
Ku-Kansas State University
Pershing Killed in Vietnam War Action
New York AP report states Army Lt. Richard W. Pershing 24, grandson of General John J. Pershing, was killed in action in Vietnam. Parents Mr. and Mrs. F Warren Pershing announced the death on Monday.
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New York
Richard W. Pershing
John J. Pershing
Vietnam
F. Warren Pershing
Card of Thanks for Kind Words and Kindness
A sincere thanks to my friends for visits gifts cards flowers foods and prayers May God bless each one of you Mattie Kindred We thank Drs Nelson and Robinson and all the nurses on third floor north for their kindness and care Also the many acts of kindness of our friends and relatives during the illness and death of our husband and father Ora H Scholfield Verna Scholfield and son Wain
Family of Ezra Churchbaugh Thankful for Support
The family expresses gratitude to relatives and friends for help and sympathy during Ezra Churchbaughs illness and after his death. Signed by Mrs. Bertha Churchbaugh and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Jamison, Paul and John.
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Bertha Churchbaugh
Joe Jamison
Paul
John
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