Kansas Day Observance Highlights Iranian Stay
Local hotelman Mike Getto wrapped a 2 1 2 month Iran visit with a Kansas Day gala in Tehran attended by 30 Iranian hotel owners officials from six embassies Iranian officials and IESC Americans. He presented a Kansas flag and distributed brochures while guests were named honorary Kansans. Getto recalled royal treatment during hotel visits and noted the party aided Kansas promotion as his family returned to Lawrence.
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Kansas
Iran
Mike Getto
Midway
U.S.A
Tehran
Getto
Lawrence
International Executive Service Corps
Middle East
IESC
Kansas University
Robert Docking
Docking
U.S
Frank Carlson
James Pearson
Clare
Caspian Sea
Kansas Hotel and Motel Association
Thefts and Break-Ins Reported Overnight and Friday
Police reported multiple thefts and break-ins including two letters with checks from Edward Entriken 1343 Tenn St stolen Friday afternoon worth 17 dollars. Helen Horsley 444 La St said burglars entered a shed near 23rd and Ala Sts with nothing missing. Two 15-year-olds were caught near Econo Wash at 711 W 23rd St with 7.58 dollars stolen. they were released to parents.
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Edward Entriken
Tenn. St
Helen Horsley
23Rd and
Ala. Sts
W. 23Rd St
Malls
KU Seniors Escape Injury in Car Mishap
Two Kansas University seniors avoided injury after a car driven by Michael B. Ryan 21 rolled onto its top following a loss of control near East 15th Street. Passengers Dorothea D. Davis 21 sustained no injuries. Damage to the vehicle was listed at 450 dollars.
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Kansas University
Prairie Ave
Michael B. Ryan
26Th St
East 15Th Street
Dorothea D. Davis
8Th
la. Sts
John J. Hood
Ohio St
Helen E. Homolka
Ind. St
Firemen Observe 50th National Union Anniversary
Lawrence Local 1596 of the International Association of Fire Fighters plans observance of the national union's 50th anniversary. National membership stands at 130000. Local officers include Stemmerman, Lt. Monte Pearson, Alvin Samuels, and a seven member board with names and addresses listed.
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Lawrence
International Assn
National Union
Larry Stemmerman
Stemmerman
Washington, D. C
Lawrence Firemen
Lawrence Department
State Council of Fire Fighters
Moundview Dr
Monte Pearson
Westchester Rd
Alvin Samuels
Wedgewood Dr
Robert Coleman
Mass. St
Walter Palmer
Equipment Stolen From Topeka Truck Line Rig
Irvan Sloyer of Lane Truck Lines Topeka reported the theft of 294 dollars worth of equipment from a truck parked off city. The theft occurred Thursday night or Friday morning while the truck sat abandoned on a county road near its intersection with US Highway 40 about a mile from Lawrence.
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Irvan Sloyer
Lane Truck Lines
Topeka
Sheriff’s Office
Lawrence
Furnace Motor Overheats Causes House Smoke at Hilltop Dr
Firefighters respond to 4:35 p.m. Friday alarm at 1101 Hilltop Dr where a furnace motor overheated and burned. House filled with smoke, but only the motor, valued at 25 dollars, was damaged.
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Hilltop Dr
East Estate Battle Settled by Probate Judge
SARITA Texas AP After months of testimony a special probate judge ruled in favor of Texas interests in the 300 million estate of Sarita Kenedy East The decision admits to probate a 1948 will and 1950 codicil naming South Texans as heirs The judge found undue influence by New York shipping magnate J Peter Grace and Brother Leo over the 1960 will and codicils The ruling awaits filing and could lead to a state district court appeal by all parties The estate includes La Parra ranch 400 000 acres in South Texas plus cattle oil and minerals
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Sarita, Tex
Texas
Sarita Kenedy East
New York
Massachusetts
William R. Edwards
Mifflin Kenedy
Kenedy County
Mrs. East
South Texas
East
Christopher Gregory
Gregory
Leo
Edwards
J. Peter Grace
Brother Leo
Grace
State District Court
Kenedy
Robert Turcotte
la Parra
Memorial Hospital Names And Addresses In Turbulent List
Memorial Hospital records a list of names and addresses including Bonn ie Burger Sunflower Village Roy Hibbert Baldwin French Thomas 1112 NJ Lester Barnes 2014 Miller Dr Mrs Hope McFarland 1537 Barker and others. The fragment shows multiple residents and households connected to medical facility notices.
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Bonnie Burger
Sunflower Village
Roy Hibbert
Baldwin
French Thomas
N.J
Lester Barnes
Miller
Status of Measures Before Legislature
Kansas bills under review list includes SB 197 on alcohol control in Judiciary, SB 479 halting new junior colleges until after 1969, SB 519 creating a Hutchinson law enforcement training center, SB 561 562 563 property tax freezes and local funding, HB 1725 oil gas land leases, SB 654 highway bonds, HB 1728 severance tax, HB 1206 board of education elections, HB 1207 commissioner of education, HB 1732 1733 nonprofit tax exemptions, HB 1849 judicial redistricting, HB 1912 fair housing, HB 2040 Sunday sales limits, HB 1994 constitutional revision, HB 1782 consumer protection, HB 1827 finance charges disclosures.
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Topeka
Kansas
Senate Alcoholic Beverage Control
Director of
Alcoholic Beverage Control
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
House
Hutchinson
Judiciary Committee
State General Fund
State Highway Fund
State Board of Education
Commissioner of Education
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
State Affairs
Senate Judicial Committee
Banks and Banking Committee
Ballots Sent For Chamber Voting
The Lawrence Chamber of Commerce sent out ballots for the 1968 Board of Directors election. Voters choose their top seven of fifteen candidates and return by 5 p.m. March 7. The seven highest vote-getters will serve three year terms.
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Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Board of Directors
KU Co-Chairmen Named for Central Kansas Progress Campaign
Junction City KU alumni Robert J. Fegan and Brigadier General John A. Seitz were named co chairmen for the Central Kansas region of the Program for Progress, an $18 617 000 capital gifts drive. They will lead activities across 15 counties including Clay Chase Dickinson Geary Harvey Lyon Marion Marshall McPherson Morris Pottawatomie Riley Saline Wabaunsee and Washington. Seitz is a former Fort Riley commanding general and now vice president at First National Bank of Junction City.
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Junction City
Kansas University
Central Kansas
Program For Progress
W. Clarke Wescoe
Odd Williams
Lawrence
Kansas State
Robert J. Fegan
John A. Seitz
U.S. Army
Clay
Chase
Dickinson
Geary
Harvey
Lyon
Marion
Marshall
McPherson
Morris
Pottawatomie
Riley
Saline
Wabaunsee
Washington Counties
Fegan
The
University
Junction City Telephone Company
Seitz
Fort Riley
First National Bank of
Lawrence Leads in Fair Housing Ordinance Adoption
Lawrence has moved ahead in fair housing with an ordinance passed last July and only one formal complaint ruled unjustified. Rev. Norman Steffen notes Lawrence as a leader and a model for others, while Kansas lawmakers struggle as the House State Affairs Committee kills fair housing on a secret ballot.
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Lawrence
Norman Steffen
The
Human Relations Commission
Kansas House State Affairs Committee
KU Band Concert Set for Sunday
The Kansas University Concert Band presents its annual winter concert at 3 30 p m Sunday in University Theatre Directed by Prof Russell L Wiley the program features Variations and Fugue on a Welsh Tune by Thomas Gorton and two marches by band members William Davis and James Barnes Readings also include works by Robert Jager Stravinsky Strauss Dukas and others This is Wiley s first of two 1968 farewell concerts as he retires this June after 33 years directing the band to focus on the Midwestern Music and Art Camp he founded in 1937
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Kansas University
University Theatre
Russell L. Wiley
Thomas Gorton
KU School of Fine Arts
William Davis
Natchitoches
James Barnes
Hobart
Okla
Wiley
Gospel Quartette to Sing in Baldwin
The Keynote Quartette from the Lawrence Topeka area will perform gospel quartet music at Baldwin Assembly of God Church on Sunday February 25 at 7 30 p m. Members are Bob Redford Stanley Johnson Ken Simmons and Dennis Burgert H H Belote accompanies piano. The public is invited to attend.
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Lawrence-Topeka
Baldwin Assembly of God
Bob Redford
Stanley Johnson
Ken Simmons
Dennis Burgert
H. H. Belote
Fannie Hurst Dies at 78 in New York Apartment
New York AP reports writer Fannie Hurst dies Friday at 78 in her Central Park area apartment. Born October 18, 1889 in Hamilton Ohio, she rose from rejection slips to fame with Just Around the Corner and a prolific career of stories, novels, and plays.
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Fannie Hurst
NEW York (Ap
Hamilton
Ohio
Miss Hurst
St. Louis
Washington University
New York
Columbia University
Window Shot At Car Near 6th And Mass Streets
Jessie Weaver reported his car window shot out while driving near 6th and Mass Streets at about 4 a.m. Three shots were fired. Weaver was not injured. Police have not identified the weapon type.
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Jessie Weaver
R.I. St
6Th and
Mass. Sts
Weaver
Wescoe predicts KU victory start under Owens
Kansas University Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe told about 700 students at a pep rally in Allen Field House that KU will start its second century under coach Ted Owens with a win over K State Tonight. He noted KU’s 100th Owens era game was a win over Missouri in Columbia.
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Gale Catlett
Kansas University
W. Clarke Wescoe
Ted Owens
Ku-Kansas State University
Allen Fieldhouse
Journal-World
Wescoe
Missouri University
Columbia
Jayhawks
Owens
Lima
Peru
Wescoes
Jerry Hutchison
Silo Tech
Purple Pride
Card of Thanks for Sympathy After Bereavement
Lois and Janie Rundquist express heartfelt thanks for sympathy shown in many beautiful and practical ways during their recent bereavement.
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Lois and
Janie Rundquist
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