First Apollo Moonship Successfully Tests Over Atlantic
The unmanned Apollo moonship completed a 5300 mile ballistic flight and landed in the South Atlantic near Ascension Island. A Saturn 1B rocket launched from Cape Kennedy at 10 11 a m CST, with recovery forces including the carrier Boxer en route to retrieve the capsule.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
South Atlantic
Ocean
Mission Control Center
Ascension Island
United States
NASA
Control Center
Boxer
Million Students Expected to Take Draft Board Test
One million draft eligible students are expected to take the Selective Service college qualification tests in spring. Tests on May 14 21 and June 3 at 1200 locations nationwide including Hawaii Alaska Puerto Rico and the Canal Zone will help draft boards decide deferments. The three hour exam covers reading comprehension verbal relations arithmetic reasoning and data interpretation with equal weight to verbal and quantitative skills.
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Washington
Selective Service
United States
Hawaii
Alaska
Puerto Rico
Canal Zone
Science Research Associates of Chicago
Lewis B Hershey
John Weaver
Ohio State University
Weekend Weather Outlook for Northeast Kansas
Increasing cloudiness with mild tonight followed by light rain late. Sunday remains cloudy with showers likely. Temperatures peak near 50 today and Sunday. lows dip to the upper 20s to 30s. Sunrise 6 58 a.m. Sunset 6 10 p.m.
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Kansas
Douglas County Assessor Deadline Urges Property Tax Filing
Douglas County residents must register personal property before midnight Monday to avoid a 10 percent penalty. Heads of households face assessment. Lawrence residents go to the Court house while township districts use their local townships. Motor vehicle license tags must be bought by 12 01 a m Tuesday to avoid arrest, with a second 50 cent tag penalty taking effect then. Bedfast residents or those unable to leave home may call county assessor Darwin Rogers at the Courthouse to arrange assessment, using state supplied forms with vehicle registrations.
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Douglas County
Persod
Lawrence
Darwin Rogers
Rogers
Omsonere
Hanlon
Labor and money woes threaten Gateway Arch deadline
Labor disruptions and funding shortfalls delay completion of the 630 foot Gateway Arch in St Louis. The underground visitor center construction slowed by winter walkouts. Johnson rejected a $6 million budget item for finishing work. No decision yet on a postponement. final say lies with the national park service.
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ST. Louis
Johnson
Leroy Brown
National Park Service
Students Sound Off On Nationwide Panel In Washington
Washington AP report on three days of high school student forums.102 students from all states voiced blunt opinions about schools praises and criticisms while remaining anonymous. Participants included both genders and races. Dr. B Frank Brown organized the sessions in Melbourne Florida.
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Washington
Earth
B. Frank Brown
Melbourne, Fla
Brown
Realigning Of House Apportionment Moves Forward In Kansas
Kansas lawmakers and state officials prepare for a weekend review of the new House apportionment bill after an 88 to 36 House vote. The plan creates 125 districts with populations from 15 609 to 19 521, aiming to equalize districts per one man one vote.
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Topeka
House
Senate
State Supreme Court
William H. Avery
Kansas House of Representatives
Kansas
Avery
Clyde Hill
Yates Center
Joseph Mikesic
Kansas City
U. S. Supreme Court
Jazz Festival at KU Features Fischer Byrd Woods andContest Winners
Three renowned jazz figures Clare Fischer Donald Byrd and Phil Woods headline a 90 minute program at Allen Field House after the KU Nebraska game as two of four student groups selected from North Texas State University Benny Watson Trio Denver University and Rabon Sextet perform in the Jazz Festival Workshop. Winners announced at a Union banquet.
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Kansas University
Ku-Nebraska
Allen Fieldhouse
Clare Fischer
Los Angeles
Calif
Donald Byrd
Columbia University
Phil Woods
New York City
Kansas Union
North Texas State University
Denton
Tex
Benny Watson
Wichita State University
Denver University
Rabon Sextet
Kansas City, MO
University
Blake Biles
Hutchinson
Paul Tardif
Dick Warner
Journal-World Photo
Five Firms to Refund Kansas City Price Fix
Kansas City will receive a 190000 refund from five electrical equipment makers after they pled guilty to price fixing. The settlement covers overcharges by General Electric Westinghouse Electric Allis Chalmers I T E Circuit Breaker and Federal Pacific Electric for water department equipment in 1953 to 1955. City Counselor Herbert Hoffman calls the resolution the most favorable to date in the multi year litigation.
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Kansas City
Water Department
General Electric
Westinghouse Electric
Allis-Chalmers
I.T.E. Circuit Breaker
Federal Pacific Electric
Herbert Hoffman
African Quintuplets Born in Transkei Native Territory
An African mother, Mrs. Nogesi Gquzulu, delivered quintuplets in East London SA hospital. The three boys and two girls weighed 4 pounds 2 ounces to 5 pounds 2 ounces each and were placed in incubators after a month Premature birth. Father Tafeni Gquzulu, 41, and mother, 37, married by tribal custom ten years ago. Five hours after birth all babies were reported in good condition.
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East London
South Africa
Nogesi Gquzulu
Tafeni Gquzulu
Kentani
Transkei
Lawrence High Students Win Gold Key Art at Wichita Show
Six LHS students earn gold keys at the Kansas Scholastic Art Awards exhibition in Wichita through March 5. Mike Elzen wins three keys in oils block prints and graphic design. Wendy Jackson Mary Isaacs and Brenda Larsen also receive keys for pencil water color and ink drawings.
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Lawrence High School
Kansas
Wichita
LHS
Mike Elzen
Haskell
Wendy Jackson
Forrest
Mary Isaacs
Brenda Larsen
Ala
Lawrence High
Irene Garcia
Learnard
Robert Crain
Highland Dr
Joe Hernandez
N. J
Kathy Sheppard
Jackson Armbrister
Maple la
Jeannette Sale
Ind
Kathleen Farrier
Sherry Haas
22Nd St
Phyllis A. Durham
Durham
Dorothy Wilson
Scholastic
E. Douglas
Weekend Rain Expected As Mild Temperatures Return
A storm front from the south brings mainly light rain and milder air to the region. Through February rainfall remains below normal though recent totals boost subsoil conditions. forecasts call for increasing clouds tonight with low 30s and highs near 50 Sunday, with some northern Kansas snow possible.
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Lawrence
Kansas
Deal Six
Topeka Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
Dodge City
Garden City
Concordia
Wichita
Chanute
Pittsburg
Topeka
Suit Filed to Stop Court Transfer of Trial
Mrs. John Ranney jailed for drunken driving has filed suit in federal court to stop moving her trial from Arkansas City city court to Winfield district court. Her husband, 57, was convicted by a city court jury in Arkansas City of horsewhipping Rex Woods Jr., editor of the Arkansas City Daily Traveler, with sentencing deferred until March 3.
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Winfield, Kan
John Ranney
Arkansas City
Winfield
Ranney
Rex Woods Jr
Arkansas City Daily Traveler
KU Has Own Agent 007 Not Noticed on KU Campus
Kansas University student Warren Heikes carries the number 67 007 on his campus ID for three years. The Mount Oread law student jokes the 007 credential impresses women but says it has had no effect. Heikes, 24, is single, 5 9 and 170 pounds, and enrolled at KU in 1963 after Kansas State University.
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Kansas University
James Bond
Warren Heikes
Riley
Mount Oread
Heikes
Kansas State University
Manhattan
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