The Big Island Hawaii Offers Diverse Tourist Wonders
The article extols Hawaii’s Big Island as a vast destination with beaches including black sands, a snow capped peak, and prime fishing. It highlights Mauna Kea resort by Rockefeller, golf courses by Robert Trent Jones, and the island’s mix of cultures. It notes Honolulu’s fame but emphasizes neighbor island attractions and tourist infrastructure.
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Hawaii
Island of
Honolulu
Hawaiian Islands
Island
Orchid Island
Hias
Pike’s ‘Peak
Kona
Parker Ranch
U. S
Oahu
Waikiki Beach
Royal
Mauna Kea
Laurence S. Rockefeller
New York
Virgin Islands
Caribbean
Jackson Lodge
Grand Tetons
Wyoming
ElDorado Hotel
Puerto Rico
William Quinn
Rockefeller
Kaunaea Bay
Pacific
Big Island
Hollywood
Robert Trent Jones
NFO Grain Is Sold in Douglas County
Douglas County NFO members completed a coordinated grain sale last week as part of a 16 state plan. National NFO President Oren Lee Staley estimated about 50 million bushels were sold in the region after the Chicago market closed last Wednesday.
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Homer Altenbernd
Douglas County
National Farmers Organization
NFO
National Nfo
Oren Lee Staley
Chicago
Altenbernd
Journal-World Today
Lawrence
NFC
Thirteen Treated For Minor Ailments At Local ER
Thirteen persons with minor injuries were treated at Lawrence Memorial Hospital emergency department this weekend and released. Cases ranged from cuts and bites to sprains and eye injuries, treated mid morning Saturday through Sunday.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Michael John Eden
Miss
Titus Mohler
Lyons
Lee Ann French
Kathy Hale
Clifford Christine
Steven Lusk
Richland
Carla Griggs
Independence
Karen Laughrey
Jim Schmitz
Pearl Davis
Randall Kilburn
Martin Moore
Bellecrest
Robert Doores
Emerg McY Keon
Lawrence Safety Council Plans Community Meeting
The Lawrence Safety Unit plans a 7 30 p m meeting on Wednesday at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post Home at 2nd and Ala Sts. The group, with reps from several organizations, met January 26 and will discuss child safety projects. Steering committee members include Ed Ewing VFW Ron Peters Junior Chamber of Commerce and E C Quigley Jr industrial safety.
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Lawrence Safety Council
Veterans of Foreign War Post
2Nd
Ala. Sts
Ed Ewing
V.F.W
Ron Peters
Junior Chamber of Commerce
E. C. Quigley Jr
KU Debate Unit Sweeps at Lincoln and Kansas City Meet
Kansas University defeated Nebraska University 110 to 73 in basketball at Allen Fieldhouse. KU also won the grand sweepstakes trophy at a Lincoln debate tournament, with over 120 teams from nine states. The KU team posted 17 wins and 7 losses and earned four excellence ratings for its members Sharon Mahood Jim Klumpp Richard Hoskins Judson Briegel Nancy Wood Paul Falzer and Dwayne Tieszen.
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Kansas University
Nebraska University
Allen Fieldhouse
Lincoln
Sharon Mahood
Springfield
Jim Klumpp
Coffeyville
Richard Hoskins
Bonner Springs
Judson Briegel
Kansas City
Kans
Nancy G. Wood
Wichita
Paul Falzer
Topeka
Dwayne Tieszen
Newton
Third Place Won By LHS Students At Missouri Forensics Meet
Lawrence High School students earned third place in a Missouri University forensics tournament in Kansas City. Senior Jim Collinson won two firsts in radio speaking and a first in original oratory. Senior Nancy Taylor swept two firsts in extemporaneous speaking. Sophomore Chip Crews earned a second and third in dramatic reading. Duet acting by Vicki Hamer and Bob Fambrough placed second and third. The Leprechaun one act received second. Cast members included Susan Pontius, John Kuntz, Paul Whaley, and Steve Nelson. Coaches were Millard Denny and Melvin Wyler. Collinson advances to district oratorical contest in Paola Thursday.
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Lawrence High School
Missouri University
Kansas City
Nancy Taylor
Route 1
Chip Crews
702 N
Vicki Hamer
W. 20Th St
Bob Fambrough
Maine
Lawrence High
Susan Pontius
Mass
John Kuntz
Ala
Paul Whaley
Route 2
Steve Nelson
Manchester
Millard Denny
Melvin Wyler
Jim Collinson
American Legion
Paola
Big Eight Plans Playoff Tie Scenarios In Basketball
Big Eight officials outline a possible playoff in a Kansas Nebraska tie for the title with a March 9 game at Kansas State or Iowa State. If KU and NU cannot agree on a site, a coin flip decides. Kansas leads 11 1 in league play with Nebraska 10 1 while K State is out of the hunt.
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Kansas- Nebraska
Wayne Duke
Journal- World Today
Duke
Kansas State
Iowa State
Kansas
Nebraska
Tippy Dye
Wade Stinson
Manhattan
Dye
Stinson
Jayhawk
Colorado
Oklahoma State
Boulder
Lincoln
Allen
K-State
Rabon Sextet Tops Dread Jazz Festival at KU Workshop
The Rabon Sextet from Kansas City won first place at the Kansas University Jazz Festival Workshop in University Theatre. Three band members earned individual honors: Dave Zollar best pianist Bill Tomson best bass and Ray Rabon best brass. Rich Gardzina from North Texas State was named best reed player. Rich Margolis of Texas won a $200 scholarship. About 600 people attended, per Alan Cunningham of Bartlesville Oklahoma.
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Alan Cunningham
Bartlesville
Okla
Britain to Hold National Election on March 31
Prime Minister Harold Wilson ordered a national election for March 31, 500 days after taking office, as polls show Labor riding high. Parliament will be dissolved March 10. Wilson seeks to widen his party's slim three vote majority in the Commons.
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London
Harold Wilson
Britain
Wilson
Labor Party
House of Commons
Brand Named State Campaign Chairman for Ellsworth Senate Bid
John W. Brand Jr., Lawrence attorney, was named statewide campaign chairman for Congressman Robert F. Ellsworth in his bid for the Republican Senate nomination. Ellsworth spoke at a Lawrence Rotary Club event praising Brand and promising to campaign across Kansas. Brand previously chaired Douglas County for Gov. William Avery in 1964, a year Ellsworth notes included Ellsworth’s strong Douglas County showing.
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John W. Brand Jr
Lawrence
Robert F. Ellsworth
U. S. Senate
Brand
Douglas County
William Avery
Avery
Willsworth
Ellsworth
Theft cases cleared by juveniles found at fairgrounds
Two juvenile boys were arrested and confessed to breaking into five soft drink machines and a building at the 4 H Fairgrounds. County Undersheriff Wayne Schmille and Detective Dick Stanwix said the suspects will be sent to Juvenile Court for possible prosecution after being found hiding in a restroom by Norma Schmille.
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Wayne Schmille
Dick Stanwix
Fairgrounds
Norma Schmille
Schmilles
Stanwix
Fifty-three Students Headed to Emporia State Meet
Fifty-three Lawrence High School students will attend the 8th annual Business Education Clubs of Kansas conference at Emporia State Teachers College. More than 60 schools entered contests today in the KSTC student union. Awards and a dance conclude tonight with state officers to be elected.
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Lawrence High School
Business Education Clubs of Kansas
Emporia State Teachers College
KSTC
Lawrence golf turnout and KU Nebraska scoremark
More than 100 people attended Saturday golf at Lawrence Country Club as temperatures rose into the fifties. In Allen Field House, Kansas beat Nebraska 110 to 73, with Gov. Avery and Gov. Morrison exchanging good natured barbs during a halftime greeting. A tornado warning test Saturday morning was deemed successful by Police Chief Troelstrup, who noted improvements needed before the next test and that three electronic sirens were donated to the police by the Lawrence Jaycees.
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Robins
Wilbur Norton
Lawrence Country Club
Nebraska
Allen Fieldhouse
William H. Avery
Kansas
Frank B. Morrison
Morrison
Avery
Jayhawks
Lincoln
William Troelstrup
Troelstrup
Police Department
The
Lawrence Jaycees
Kansas University HOPE award nominations due March 12
KU senior class mails HOPE award nomination blanks to all seniors. Completed forms must be returned to the KU Alumni Association by March 12. A committee will select the winner, announced at an April senior class coffee. The $100 HOPE award honors a faculty member for outstanding contribution to the university and students.
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Kansas University
Paul Piper
Parsons
KU Alumni Association
Piper
Hope
Pentagon official warns mass starvation linked to Cold War
Ellsworth says Viet Nam War is a prelude to future global crises as mass starvation grows, exploited by Communists. He notes hundreds of thousands stationed in West Germany and outlines two main foreign policy areas: nuclear arms race and communism, with famine a rising concern in the next 5 to 10 years.
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West Germany
Europe
Ruling Expected On Blast Region Rezoning Near Ammunition Plant
Johnson County commissioners may rule Tuesday on rezoning a 20 acre tract east of Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant for Gulf Oil to test explosives by Spencer Chemical Division. Area landowners oppose the plan citing noise, blast damage to foundations and ponds, and distress to stock.
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Johnson County
Sunflower Army
Lawrence
Spencer Chemical Division
Gulf Oil Co
Gulf
Gratitude Note To Friends Family and Medical Staff
A thank you message expresses appreciation for flowers cards meals calls and visits and acknowledges kindness from Dr Godwin Holladay and Learned and nurses on the third floor plus Rev Beemer for prayers during the hospital stay. Signed Mrs Marguerite Duncan.
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Dr. Godwin
Learned
Rev. Beemer
Marguerite Duncan
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