Finalists named in KU Best Dressed Coed contest and events
Fourteen Kansas University coeds advance to the Best Dressed Coed final with a 730 p.m. fashion show in the Kansas Union ballroom hosted by Associated Women Students. Other items include KUBB adding two games with Nebraska and Colorado, a Lawrence March of Dimes donation of 660.26 from Lawrence High School, and plans for merit tests March 13 plus local ordinance actions on temporary notes and high rise housing rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas University
Susan Goetz
Prairie Village
Nancy Miller
Topeka
Virginia Wilds
Atchieson
Melinda Cole
Miami
Okla
Sandy Kaiser
Paola
Belinda Ross
Shawnee Mission
Lawrence High School
Max Stalcup
Watkins and
Summerfield
Starcup
Lawrence
North Lawrence
Kansas House Eyes County Manager Form of Government
A bill to allow counties to adopt a county manager form of government was introduced in Topeka. The only elective officials would be county commissioners and several non elected posts, aiming to increase efficiency and attract younger candidates. Sponsors include Rep. Marvin Clark and others. The House also advanced a bill to broaden anti discrimination laws and passed a resolution praising Lt. Billy Mills for Olympic gold in the 10,000 meters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Marvin Clark
R-Paola
Clark
Charles McCall
Osage City
Wayne Angell
Ottawa
William K. Hall
Oakley
Herbert A. Rogg
Russell
State Affairs Committee
House
Senate
Billy Mills
Coffeyville
Mills
Ralston Outlines Plan to Reclaim Davis Cup
Dennis Ralston urged U S Davis Cup officials to act now naming a captain and squad. He proposed Bill Talbert as captain Pancho Gonzales as coach and Chuck McKinley as a part time doubles player as the United States eyes the trophy from Australia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bakersfield
Calif
Ralston
Salisbury Civic Center
Jan-Erik Lundquist
Jan
Bill Talbert
Dennis
Talbert
Vic Seixas
U.S
McKinley
New York
Six Kansans Die in Weekend Traffic Crashes
The weekend accidents killed six people across Kansas including Rose Sadowsky 18 of Newton and Barton Ward 36 of Manhattan. In Topeka Janet Power 3 died after being struck near her home. Lila Bretton 17 and Virginia Allen 17 died walking along U S 36 near Phillipsburg. Samuel Mufeler 6 was fatally injured in Topeka. Robert Schemper 51 of Long Island was the driver in the Phillipsburg crash. Frank Gerardy of Atchison was the struck driver in the Topeka pedestrian case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Rose M. Sadowsky
Newton
John Sadowsky
Janet Power
Topeka
Manhattan
Barton J. Ward, Jr
Ward
Phillipsburg
U. S. 36
Lila Bretton
Virginia Allen
Robert Schemper
Long Island
Kan
Samuel A. Mufeler
Frank Gerardy
Atchison
Roll Away Car Causes 260 Damage at KU Campus
Three unoccupied cars on the Kansas University campus sustained 260 in total damage after a Saturday roll away. Marvin Cratchett parked in front of Green Hall at 4 40 p m. The vehicle rolled about 300 feet, hitting Montford Carpenter s car from Manhattan, which then hit Douglas Dedo s car from Birmingham Mich. Damages estimated 200 50 and 10 respectively. A second incident involved Betty Belote whose wallet containing a passport cards and six dollars was reported stolen from Watson Library rest room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas University
Marvin Cratchett
Taw
Overland Park
Green Hall
Cratchett
Montford Carpenter
Manhattan
Carpenter
Douglas Dedo
Birmingham
Mich
Crotchett
Dedo
Betty Belote
Watson Library
U.S
Miss Belote
Huey Long Lieutenant Dies in New Orleans
Richard W. Leche, 66, longtime lieutenant of Huey P. Long and former Louisiana governor, dies at his New Orleans home after a long illness. Leche served as governor after a landslide win in 1936, resigned in 1939, went to federal prison for mail fraud, and was pardoned in 1953 before returning to practice law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Richard W. Leche
Louisiana
Leche
Huey P. Long
D-La
Harry S. Truman
Arctic Cold Extends Eastward Across U S Coast
Arctic weather pushed subfreezing temperatures from the upper Mississippi Valley to the Atlantic seaboard. Readings plunged to the 20s below zero in International Falls and Marquette while Washington D C cooled from the 50s to the 30s with 40 mile per hour gusts. Snow flurries and light precipitation spread from the northern Atlantic coast to the interior, as Midwest skies stayed clear and western fronts grew cloudy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
Atlantic Seaboard
Rockies
Texas
International Falls
Minn
Marquette
Mich
Houghton
Sault Ste. Marie
Madison
Wis
Minneapolis
Mercury
Washington, D.C
Atlantic
Midwest
Great Plains
Rocky Mountain
Washington
Oregon
Intermountain
California
Duke Enters Clinic After London Flight
The Duke of Windsor flew from Paris to London and was admitted to the London Clinic for eye trouble. The Duchess accompanied him and a uniformed nurse helped him down from the plane after he declined a chair stretcher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Duke of Windsor
Paris
Duchess of Windsor
Britain
War Picketed At KU Saturday By Student Peace Union
About 20 members of the Student Peace Union staged a one hour demonstration on the Kansas University campus protesting escalation in Viet Nam. They marched from the Military Science Building to City Hall and the Post Office, with counter-demonstrators present. Christine Bray led the SPU while officers include Hook Head McAuley Miller and Bray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Student Peace Union
Kansas University
Viet Nam
SPU
City Hall
Lawrence Post Office
Journal-World
Military Science
Jayhawk Boulevard
14Th Street
14Th
Massachusetts Street
Christine Bray
Kansas City
SPU Group
United States
Senate and House Read Washington Farewell Address
The Senate and House met briefly for readings of George Washington's Farewell Address. Sen. James B. Pearson of Kansas read first in the Senate while Rep. Del. Clawson of California read in the House. Congressional adjournment was predicted possibly by July due to fast committee pace and swift early approval of measures like the Appalachian aid bill and the presidential succession amendment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
George Washington
James B. Pearson
del. Clawson
Rcalif
Congress
Mike Mansfield
Appalachia
Carson NBC Disagree Over Tonight Show Opening
Johnny Carson staged a dressing room stand by for the Tonight show after NBC cut the opening monologue in New York and San Francisco. Ed McMahon and Skitch Henderson filled in noting Carson was late and sulking, then spoofed the situation. Carson said he learned of the cut too late and warned it cost millions of viewers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
Johnny Carson
National Broadcasting Company
San Francisco
Ed McMahon
Skitch Henderson
Mr. Carson
Carson
Gallup
N. M
Armed Forces
Guam
NBC
Las Vegas
Jack Paar
Rumsey Funeral Home Service Information Ad
Service at home or away. Rumsey Funeral Home. VI 3-5111.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rumsey Funeral Home
Student Hearing Set For 4 30 P M Friday
KU Disciplinary Committee will meet at 4 30 p m Friday to consider an appeal by Frederic Mabbutt. L C Woodruff dean of students at KU said the meeting will be in Woodruff s office. Press will not attend as with all such hearings. Mabbutt, a Shoshone Idaho senior, is on disciplinary probation by the Journalism School faculty after writing an editorial criticizing Kansan news policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas University
Frederic Mabbutt
L. C. Woodruff
Woodruff
Mabbutt
Idaho
Kansan
New Managers Open Gateway Cafeteria in Atlanta
The Gateway, a cafeteria once run by segregationist Lester Maddox, opens with a vow to serve all customers. Operators Roy G. Duncan and Edward Piper say they will operate a good business, regardless of color, as locals observe the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ex-Maddox
Atlanta, Ga
Lester G. Maddox
Maddox
Gateway
Roy G. Duncan
Edward Piper
Duncan
Pickrick
Piper
Viet Nam Junta Khanh Ousted and Exiled After Coup
In Saigon the Armed Forces Council voted to remove Lt. Gen. Nguyen Khanh from power and banish him after a Friday coup attempt. Brig. Gen. Nguyen Chanh Thi and Cao Ky vied for influence as Dalat negotiations and tensions around Saigon Airport continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Khanh
Armed Forces
Armed Forces Council
Dalat
Khanh
Nguyen Chanh Thi
Nguyen Cao Ky
Tran van Minh
Senate panel moves to tax newspapers and related items
In Topeka the Assessment and Taxation Committee voted to remove exemptions from a sales tax bill. The bill, aimed at taxing insecticides herbicides and similar products used in commercial farming and explosives, also targets newspaper components and electricity used to transmit radio and television programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Senate
James Collinson Wins Informative Speaking at Emporia Meet
Lawrence High School junior James Collinson took first place in the informative speaking competition at a forensics meet in Emporia. He defeated 36 preliminary entrants and six finalists, as 14 LHS students attended the event. Sandy DiMaio and Shaun Morey were runner ups in the duet acting finals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence High School
James Collinson
Emporia
Collinson
Sandy DiMaio
Shaun Morey
LHS
Hunter Missing In Lyndon Area
24 year old Jack Foster of Bonner Springs disappears on a coon hunting trip south of Lyndon Osage County. Searchers comb fields and creek banks with help from a Kansas highway patrol plane. Foster is described in good health and an experienced hunter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyndon, Kan
Osage County
Jack Foster
Bonner Springs
Kan
Foster
Kansas City
Lyndon
al Vanderslice
Bob Stone
Lloyd Folsom
Otis Owens
Boyd Foster
Bernie Foster
Geary Carr
Kansas Highway Patrol
Topeka
Card of Thanks for Perry Wray and Ernest Roe
The families express heartfelt gratitude to neighbors relatives and friends for cards flowers and sympathy after the loss of Perry Wray and Ernest Edwin Roe. They acknowledge prayers visits and support during illness and thank Lawrence Memorial Hospital staff Lawrence Paper Company employees and Vinland H D U for assistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cancer Society
Perry Wray
Ernest Edwin Roe
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Lawrence Paper Company
Vinland H.D.U
Harold Roe
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Karen Wight
Tulsa
Karla Hoelzel
Kansas City, Mo
Kansas University Basketball Boosters
KUBB
Recreation Commission
Wayne Bly
Nebraska
Colorado
Bly
Mike Adams
Sue Hagen
Lawrence March of Dimes
Dale Esmond
United Fund
United Fund Drive
State of
THE
Associated Press
Huey Long
Duke
Signature Automobile Furniture
Rice Phelps
Don Phelps
Lawrence Loan & Finance CO
Vermont
Charles Hook
Glen Head
N. Y
Jim McAuley
Tim Miller
Wichita
Miss Bray
Nuveen
Barret-Fitch
Orth and Co., Inc
New York Stock Exchange
George Hedrick
Carl Mingos
J. D. Underwood Robert Dillon
Joseph W. McCoskrie
Tennessee
Anh Khanh
Hunter
Lawrence Memorial Co
Bank of Friendly Sievive
Douglas County State Bank
F.D.J.C
Kentucky
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