KU Planning Board aims for flexible master plan
Kansas University Chancellor Laurence Chalmers says urgent data on gaps between current and desired goals will feed a future master plan. The KU Planning Board, created in October, will address academic fiscal and physical plant needs, with Heller and Lucas as co chairs guiding a broad framework rather than a fixed, unalterable plan.
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Kansas University
Laurence Chalmers
Board of Regents
State of Kansas
University
Francis Heller
W. Max Lucas
Heller
Planning Board
KU 1962 Plan Confirms Hilltop Campus Uses and New Projects
University officials released a 1962 master plan outlining Mount Oread as a hub for basic classrooms and faculty facilities in English sciences languages math and speech. It details relocations from the hilltop to smaller student groups, lists facilities under planning at the Lawrence campus including Nunemaker College Wescoe Hall and Haworth Hall expansion, and cites proposed upgrades to health facilities and new buildings for a Law School art museum four residence colleges outdoor theater a medical center research wing and radiation therapy center.
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Heller
Mount Oread
Lawrence
Nunemaker College
Humanities
Wescoe
Satellite Union
Space
Geological Survey
Haworth Hall
Planning Board
Watkins Memorial Hospital
Addi
Council For Progress
Law School
KU Medical Center
Five Children Die In Apartment Fire In Columbia
Five children from two families were killed in an early morning apartment fire in Columbia. Grandmother Bertha Canton was hospitalized with extensive burns. Names include Mickey Canton four Sheila Canton five Norma Jean McHaney eight Roy McHaney six and Tony McHaney five. Police say smoke inhalation caused the deaths and the fire began in a utility closet damaging one unit.
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Columbia
Bertha Canton
Mickey L. Canton
Sheila R. Canton
Norma Jean McHaney
Roy L
Fony L. McHaney
Marjorie Phillips
Bessie McHaney
Local Artifacts At Spencer Display Pioneering KU History
Spencer Kansas artifacts from Sod and Stubble by John Ise are shown in the Kenneth Spencer Research Library archives gallery through Sunday. The exhibit also features KU publications, early photos and maps, including the cross-campus streetcar line and the 1906 May Fete on Mount Bread.
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Kansas
John Ise
Kansas University
Kenneth Spencer
Mount Bread
Kimmel Named Curriculum Coordinator at KU Medical Center
Dr. Joe R. Kimmel professor of medicine and biochemistry at the Kansas University School of Medicine was named curriculum coordinator for the division of graduate education on the Kansas City campus. He holds MD and PhD degrees and previously taught at the University of Utah for a decade before joining KU Medical Center in 1964.
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Joe R. Kimmel
Kansas University School of Medicine
Kansas City
Kimmel
University of Utah
KU Medical Center
Hughes Buys Nevada Mine Claims in Red Hills District
Howard Hughes has acquired 85 unpatented mining claims in the Red Hills Eagle District about 30 miles northeast of Ely Nevada. The total Hughes holdings reach at least 1 740 claims statewide with prior purchases totaling millions, though no decision has been made on a ore venture.
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Ely
Nev
Howard Hughes
Hughes Tool Co
Red Hills Eagle District
Here
James Mahoney
White Pine
Hughes
Austin
First practical gasoline engine produced in France in 1860
The report notes the first practical internal combustion engine using gasoline as fuel was developed in France in the year 1860, marking a milestone in automotive technology.
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France
Haskell student treated after jumping in front of car
Arleen A. Bol, 18, of Haskell Institute, was treated and released at Lawrence Memorial Hospital after reportedly jumping in front of a car in the 700 block of Massachusetts. Harold H. Shepard, 18, said Bol bounced into the path and could not be stopped. One other person was treated at LMH in Wednesday's 11 accidents. three had major property damage.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Journal-World Photo
Arleen A. Bol
Haskell Institute
Massachusetts
Lawrence
Harold H. Shepard
Rt. 3
Miss Bol
LMH
Deborah N. Roszek
Haskell
Robert Surles
Charles D. Crowder
Ellen V. Holladay
Walnut
William E. Barker
Miss
Elm
North Eighth
Holladay
Barker
Linda L. Lorenco
Minn
Elva A. Oberg
Eudora
Fourth
Missouri
Lorenco
Oberg
Navy cost overruns cited at half of all weapons programs
Sen. William Proxmire says Navy overruns amount to 10.7 billion dollars, about half of the total 20 billion in overruns across U S weapons systems. Adm. Levering Smith disputes some figures, noting a 1 27 billion Poseidon overrun and explaining cost components. Proxmire urges congressional scrutiny to curb future costs.
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Washington
William Proxmire
U.S
Wisconsin Democrat
House
Senate
Proxmire
Navy Fleet Ballistic Missiles
Adm
Levering Smith
Smith
McNamara
Shillie
Navy
Shillito
Congress
Knighthood For Maestro Noel Coward in New Year Honors
Sir Noel Coward, renowned playwright and star of Private Lives, is knighted in the New Year honors by Queen Elizabeth II. At 70, he receives the style Sir Noel immediately, after famously declining a 20 year earlier knighthood from King George VI. Olivier and Richardson had knights' status in 1947.
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London
Sir Noel Coward
Noel
George VI
Sir Noel
Laurence Olivier
Ralph Richardson
Forces Equality Still a Ways Off
Air Force Lt Gen Benjamin Q C Davis Jr the highest ranking Negro officer says full equality in the military will take time He retires Feb 1 as deputy commander of Strike Command at MacDill Air Force Base in an interview he notes progress but admits much remains to be done He cites promotion gaps for black officers and recalls segregation ended in 1948 as a starting point tied to constitutional aims.
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Tampa
Fila
Air Force
Benjamin QC
Davis Jr
America
Davis
Strike Command
MacDill Air Force Base
United States
West Point
Calendar Unveiled Shows Holidays on Saturdays This Year
A new calendar released in Lawrence shows three holidays Valentine Day the Fourth of July and Halloween all on Saturdays. Easter falls on the last Sunday in March and Christmas on a Friday. George Washingtons birthday was the only Saturday in 1969. The Journal World reports growth in Lawrence area circulation with December subscribers up 579 year over year including 281 more in Lawrence and 298 more in surrounding areas.
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George Washington
Journal-World
Lawrence
Lawrence Police Arrest Six On New Year Night Disturbance
Lawrence police answered disturbance calls to three addresses on Wednesday night New Year Eve and arrested six persons on drunkenness or disturbing the peace charges. Five arrests stemmed from a disturbance at the La Tropicana Club 434 Locust. Four men and one juvenile are in Douglas County Jail with the juvenile held in protective custody. Charges on the others include soliciting a minor burglary being AWOL and defrauding an innkeeper.
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Douglas County
Lawrence Memorial Hospital Eyes First Baby of 1970
By mid morning the 1970 birth at Lawrence Memorial Hospital remained undecided with no baby yet. Carl Michael Lingenfelser, born Wednesday morning to Mr and Mrs James Lingenfelser of Bas hor, was the near entry before the cut for the $600 tax exemption. No other births reported. The first baby of 1969 was David Scott Spangler, son of Mr and Mrs Wiany R Spangler, formerly of Baldwin, who since then earned a Kansas University degree and moved.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Carl Michael Lingenfelser
James Lingenfelser
Basehor
David Scott Spangler
Wiany R. Spangler
Baldwin
David
Spangler
Kansas University
Emancipation Proclamation Signing and Revere Birth Annotations
On January 1 1863 Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation freeing enslaved people. The day also marks the 1735 birth of American patriot Paul Revere in Boston and notes Fidel Castro's Cuba revolution led to Batista fleeing in 1959.
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Abraham Lincoln
Paul Revere
Boston
Fidel Castro
Fulgencio Batista
Winter Greets Nation in 70s Weather Across States
Snow and cold grip much of the nation on New Year’s Day with light snowfall in 24 states from the Pacific Northwest to Vermont. Temperatures run below normal nationwide except in Florida. Flooding eases in parts of the Virginias, Tennessee, and Kentucky after up to two days of rain. Eight deaths reported from floods in Tennessee West Virginia and Kentucky. Clear skies mainly in New England Florida and the Southwest.
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The
Weather Bureau
Pacific Northwest
Nevada
Kentucky
Vermont
Florida
New England
Montana
Nebraska Panhandle
Mississippi
Louisiana
Carolinas
Virginias
Tennessee
West Virginia
California
Plains
Nabors' gamble on own show pays off with big dividends
Hollywood AP Jim Nabors tops a bold career gamble by leaving Gomer Pyle to host The Jim Nabors Show. Nielsen ratings crown it the season's most popular new program, delivering personal and financial rewards Nabors earlier doubted. He recalls grueling Gomer days and his long range fear of success.
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Hollywood
Jim Nabors
Sylacauga
Ala
Marine Corps
Gomer Pyle
Gomer
Nabors
KU Alumnus Honored by Philippine Civil Service Commission
Dominador P. Labit an alumnus of Kansas University who studied there in 1966-67 received the distinguished honor award from the Philippine Civil Service Commission. He serves as administrator for Laguna Province and deputy director of a rural economic assistance program credited with making Laguna a model and training center for other officials.
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Dominador P. Labit
Kansas University
Philippine Civil Service Commission
Labit
Laguna
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