Pace Slower On Highway This New Year Weekend
The Associated Press reports traffic deaths rose slowly this New Year weekend with 1967 total at 359, far below the 564 of last year’s three day end and under normal pace. A Kalamazoo train car crash killed five Boy Scouts. icy highways claimed other lives in Illinois. Weather slowed travel with snow and fog across regions.
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Associated Press
Safety Council
Kalamazoo
Mich
Illinois
Harrisburg
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Rockies
Dakotas
California
Teen 14 Kills Father Grandmother and Others in Texas Home
In Orange Texas police report Ronnie Lee Ozio 14 stabbed his friend and shot dead his father his father's fiancee and his grandmother at a Foreman Arkansas temporary home after New Year. A 16 year old friend Craig Mayberry was stabbed and hospitalized. Ronnie turned himself in asking for help. District court set to charge him with murder with malice aforethought.
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Orange, Tex
Ronnie Lee Ozio
Eugene Hoyt
Ozio
Ronnie
Victoria Ozio
Bobby Mayberry
Foreman, Ark
John A. Ozio
Craig Mayberry
Ozie
Mrs. Mayberry
Mayberry
Foreman
Ark
Freta Laura Ozio
Groves
Tex
Debi Mayberry
Weather Outlook Northeastern Kansas Snow and Cold
Snow affects travel this afternoon and evening with colder conditions. Low tonight near the mid teens and high Tuesday in the upper 20s. Temperature readings show morning 40s down to 30s by midnight with yesterday’s high 58 and low 18. record highs and lows noted for the date.
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Kansas
Diyenceaverosseth
Pilot Lands Safely With Ground Help
Pilot Frank Robinson of Windsor Locks, after losing radio and navigation, landed his single engine plane near Hyde Field in Ellington with guidance from state police and fire crews. Crowds gathered as a glowing landing strip formed from emergency lights and car headlamps, eventually allowing a safe touchdown about 30 minutes after radio failure.
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Ellington, Conn
Frank Robinson
Windsor Locks
Bradley International Airport
Robinson
Robinson Airways
Plainville
Bradley
Hyde Field
Fire Department
Lionel Labreche
Labreche
Robert Hyde
Hyde
Local Man Die at K10 Head-On Collision Near Desoto
A Holden Missouri man Maurice E. Lucan 38 died in a head-on crash on Highway K10 three miles west of its junction with K-7 in Johnson County near Desoto. Herbert A. Bryant 21 from Lawrence sustains two broken arms. two Ball residents from Punta Gorda Florida injured. a St Joseph duo also hurt. road blocked by wreckage.
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Desoto
Kan
Holden, Mo
Johnson County
Here
Maurice E. Lucan
Sunflower Village
Lucan
Herbert A. Bryant
24Th St
Lawrence
Bryant
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Kansas University
Wichita
Donald W. Ball
Punta Gorda
Fla
Ball
Lois M. Ball
Kansas City Air Terminal
Florida
St. Joseph
Johnny L. Bergstrom
Alma F. Bradshaw
Bergstrom
Johnny G. Spencer
Stanley
John Anderson Jr
Kansas
Anderson
Sheriff's Department
Golden Improves Slightly in Critical Condition
AP reports author-editor Harry Golden had a very restful night and seems improved though still in critical condition at Memorial Hospital Charlotte.
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Charlotte, N.C
Harry Golden
Charlotte’s Memorial Hospital
Tag fan vows to be first in line for license tag
Billy Chappell of Route 5 waits outside the Douglas County Courthouse since Sunday noon to secure the No 1 auto license tag. The 42 year old works at Lawrence Paper Co and is supported by his wife Marjorie and daughter Judy who deliver meals during his all day vigil.
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Billy Chappell
Route 5
Douglas County
Chappell
Journal-World Photo
Pye
Marjorie
Judy
Lawrence Paper Co
Quiet New Year in Lawrence Beats City Bustle
Lawrence reported a calm New Year with no arrests for drunken or disorderly conduct and no major in city auto accidents. Police noted there may have been a fender bender but nothing serious. In contrast Kansas City and Topeka saw multiple drunks disturbances and fights.
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Lawrence
Topeka
Kansas City
President Johnson Prepairs Return From Texas Ranch
President Johnson is preparing to return to Washington after a working holiday at his Texas ranch that began on December 16. He plans to resume duties in the capital following the Texas stay.
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Austin, Tex
Johnson
Texas
Three K C Youths Die in Turnpike Crash East of Lawrence
Three Kansas City Kansas youths died when a 1964 car left the westbound Kansas Turnpike about nine PM Saturday and struck a guard rail and concrete bridge abutment two miles east of the Lawrence interchange. Two other passengers were hospitalized with fractures and head injuries.
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Kansas City
Kan
Kansas Turnpike
East Lawrence
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Kenneth E. Miller Jr
Brenda K. Burton
Paul K. Mulich
Miller
Miss Burton
LMH
Mulich
Turnpike
Steve Meirowsky
Liberty
Jerry Mohart
Meirowsky
Mohart
Lawrence
One Lawrence Fireman Remains in Hospital
The last of four injured firemen from Wednesday's downtown blaze remained in Lawrence Memorial Hospital in fair condition. Doyle Headley, 40, of 817 Ill. St. spent a fairly good night and was still in acute care. He was hurt when the west wall of the Independent Laundry blew out, burying him in bricks and debris and causing multiple injuries. Three other firemen, Capt. Don Knight, Capt. LeRoy Spence, and Otis Clemmons, were released Friday.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Doyle Headley
Headley
Independent Laundry
Don Knight
LeRoy Spence
Otis Clemmons
LMH
Downtown Fire Tops Lawrence Year In Review
A 1 million fire at Independent Laundry and Dry Cleaners 740 Vt. St. and a series of other major blazes shape the city’s 1966 history. Docking’s gubernatorial victory and a large downtown redevelopment plan also rank among top local stories with drought, annexation, and a Jayhawker dorm project noted in the decade’s end summary.
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Lawrence
Vt. St
Hillcrest
Massachusetts
Vermont
Robert Docking
Kansas
Douglas County
U.S. Department of Housing Urban Development
9Th and
Iona Sts
Jayhawker Investments Inc
Kansas University
15Th Street
Engel Road
Marks Jewelry
Mass. St
Topeka
Rusty’s
North Lawrence
2Nd
Lincoln Sts
Jets Down Seven MIGs as New Year Truce Ends
U.S. pilots swept into North Vietnam’s Red River Valley and shot down seven MIGs in a major air battle near Hanoi and Haiphong. U.S. aircraft also attacked SAM sites while B 52s bombed North Vietnamese positions.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Red River Valley
U.S
North and Demilitarized Zone
Hanoi
Haiphong
U. S
Annexation Tops Lawrence City Initiatives in 1966
The Journal-World surveys the year’s city actions led by annexation, zoning changes, and major utility projects. Lawrence expanded from 9.3 to over 14 square miles, adding 3,022 acres and totaling 8,972 acres. Officials credit new districts and services enabling rapid growth.
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North Lawrence
Journal-World
Lawrence
Ken Thompson
23Rd Street
Wakarusa
City Commission
Hallmark
Snow Forecast Brings Hazardous Driving In Lawrence
The weather bureau warned of more snow and hazardous driving in the Lawrence area as a Rockies storm nears this afternoon and evening. Snow accumulations stay under an inch for about three hours, with temperatures dropping into the subfreezing range and northwesterly winds 15 to 25 mph.
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Lawrence
Weather Bureau
Rockies
Rocky Mountain
Kansas University
Two Men Arrested For Deep Rock Service Station Robbery
Two men were arrested after midnight Sunday for the armed robbery of the Deep Rock service station at 920 N 24th St North Lawrence. They allegedly demanded $63.13 from Larry Ryan 18 of 744 N 8th St with a sawed off shotgun. Officers tracked a vehicle to Leavenworth where the suspects were detained awaiting arraignment in County Court.
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Deep Rock
North Lawrence
Larry Ryan
N. 8Th St
Ryan
Leavenworth
First 1967 Baby Born Sunday at LMH Lawrence
The first 1967 baby at Lawrence Memorial Hospital is Terry Charles Tidd born at 2 18 p.m. weighing 8 pounds 10 ounces to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Tidd of 2231 Learnard. The Tidd child marks the year’s first birth and will receive gifts from local merchants.
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Charles Tidd
Learnard
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Terry Charles Tidd
Kansas University Buildings and Grounds
LMH
James Patti
Ousdahl Road
Andy Girty
Route 2
Gale Kingdon
Harold Hoffsommer
Richland
Tidd
Lawrence
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