Revolutionaries Meeting in Cuba Worry Neighbors
In Havana a nine day Tricontinental Conference of Solidarity gathers with about 500 delegates from 100 nations amid neighbor governments warnings of renewed Communist subversion. Fidel Castro notes China broke rice and sugar deals while Cuba faces a smaller sugar harvest and tighter rice supplies.
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Havana
Cuba
Raul Leoni
Venezuela
Havana Hilton
Fidel Castro
Castro
China
Peking
Viet Nam
Mao Tze-tung
Humphrey Flies Back Today From Far East Visit
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey returned to Honolulu after a Far East swing. He visited a cemetery above the city where World War II Korea and Viet Nam dead lie buried and saw wounded troops at a nearby Army hospital. He spoke at the University of Hawaii calling the U.S. to defend others while reflecting on war’s toll.
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Honolulu
Hubert H. Humphrey
Far East
Humphrey
Korea
Army General Hospital
Pacific
Manila
Corregidor
Bataan
University of Hawaii
United States
Berlin
Cuba
Viet Nam
Naismith Hall Topping Out Marks Fall 1966 Occupancy
Officials of Allen Bros. and OHara Inc report the Naismith Hall project at 18th and Naismith has topped out its concrete structure. The privately funded dorm will house 504 KU students and be ready for fall semester 1966. Model rooms will open for inspection near Feb 1 and a resident manager will show rooms to students or parents.
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Allen Bros. and
O'Hara, Inc
Naismith Hall
Naismith
Williams Again In Special Post
Kansas Governor William Avery plans to appoint two former legislators as executive liaison men for the upcoming budget and special sessions. Lawrence lawyer Douglas Williams, 39, and Laurin Jones of Dodge City, an insurance broker, will assist House and Senate members. Both previously served in similar capacities and will bring legislative experience to the role.
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Kansas
William Avery
Qdd Williams
Lawrence
Laurin Jones
Dodge City
House
Senate
Williams
Douglas County
Jones
Avery
Kansas House
Memorial Hospital Obituary and Birth Notices
A Kansas section lists multiple hospital entries and birth notices including Mrs. Sarah Stone of Eudora, Mrs. Judy Albertson of 1010 Maine, Owen Turner of Baldwin, Mrs. Peggy Offill of 1622 Powers, Walter Hall of 638 Ala., Mrs. Amy White of Williamstown, Mrs. Virginia Erwin and Julia Erwin of Topeka, and many others. The notice records names and addresses for hospital patients and newborns, with mentions of babies born to Mrs. Marie Siefken, Mrs. Dora Amerine, and Mrs. Saundra White among others, along with parental pairs in several city areas.
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Sarah Stone
Eudora
Judy Albertson
Maine
Owen Turner
Baldwin
Peggy Offill
Powers
Walter Hall
Ala
Amy White
Williamstown
Virginia Erwin
Topeka
Julia Erwin
Columbus
Ohio
Lorene Abbott
Dwayne Sh
Arline Bateman
Oskaloosa
Theron Adams
Miller Dr
Herman Cox
Juanita Wilson
Conn
Delbert Paasch
Haskell Grounds
William Seiwald
Richland
Bergitta Andersson
W. 9Th
Colleen Ferguson
Flaude Dahlene
Larry Cox
Ruby Alexander
Stella Headley
Minn
Dorothy Bowling
Sunflower Village
Marguerite Maffet
Haskell
William Walker
Karrie Polyzoides
Marie Siefken
James Hall Jr
Ousdahi Rd
Jeanette Ray
Terri Clark
Beverly Dyer
E. 15Th
Olive Godding
Lucille Moyer
Eleanor Gilchrist
David Norris
Harry Harker
McLouth
James Parks
Susan Krische
Johnnie Clark
Rodney Ditty
E. 8Th St
Dora Amerine
Albert Pippert Jr
Summit Shirley Morgan
Tecumseh
Russell Johnson
Dorothy Barnett
Cadet
Thomas Wilson
Lake
Hunter
Sunlower Village
Mary Moore
Lincoln
Lyle Hart
Frances Collins
Elsie Wheeler
Kansas City
Kan
Saundra White
N. J
Garran Allison Appointed Classified Advertising Manager
Ernest Pontius announces Garran Allison as classified advertising manager effective today. Allison has 18 months as a classified advertising solicitor and helped drive growth. he started as a Journal-World carrier 12 years ago and moved from circulation to classifieds in mid 1964.
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Ernest Pontius
Journal- World Today
Garran Allison
Allison
Journal-World
Topeka Girl Dies In Pike Mishap
A 10 year old Topeka girl Sherry Erwin died when a 1963 station wagon driven by Patricia Benson overturned on the Kansas Turnpike about 9 45 a m Sunday. Seven others were injured with several treated and discharged. the crash followed a tire blowout in the right rear tire. The group were en route to Kansas City for the grandmother Mrs Julia Erwin to board a plane home in Ohio. The incident occurred during the New Year holiday period as part of widespread Turnpike accidents and fatalities nationwide during the holiday.
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Sherry Erwin
Topeka
Turnpike
East Lawrence
Journal-World
Kansas Turnpike
Francis Erwin
St. Francis Hospital
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Virginia Erwin
Julia Erwin
Columbus
Ohio
Patricia A. Benson
Sherry
Eugenia
Benson
Kansas City
Douglas County
Hutchinson
Power Failure Affects Southeast Kansas City Areas
A power outage struck the Ruskin Heights and Hickman Mills districts in southeast Kansas City. The outage spread from 100th Street to 122nd Street and from Old Highway 71 to Elm Street, per Kansas City Power and Light Company.
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Kansas City
Ruskin Heights
Hickman Mills
Kansas City Power and Light Company
100Th Street
122Nd Street
Elm Street
Dahlene in Good Condition After Sunday Injury at Church
Mrs. Flaude Dahlene 75 of 1729 Mass was listed in good condition at Lawrence Memorial Hospital after a Sunday fall at church injured her right arm. Hospital spokesman said she had a fairly good night and was taken to the emergency room. other holiday weekend patients included May Randal 3 Winchester with a fractured left leg and Linda Trober 18 Eudora with a lodged jaw breaker at a local drive in restaurant.
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Flaude Dahlene
Mass
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Ronald Miller
Robert Lee Jordan
David Pendry
Ousdahl
Linda Trober
Eudora
Northwest Areas Staggered Today
Heavy snows and arctic temperatures swept the Northwest with six inches of snow in Missoula and four in Great Falls. Wind gusts reached 75 mph in Livingston as Montana faces plunging temperatures, while a separate storm blanketed the northern Midwest to New England, closing schools and highways.
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Northwest
Oregon
Montana
Continental Divide
Northwestern States
Pacific Coast
Missoula
Great Falls
Mont
Livingston
Midwest
New England
Kansas University professor mourns as daughter dies in crash
Miss Mary Ellen Bates 14 of Lawrence died after being thrown from a car in a St. Louis collision. Daughter of Fred Bates and former KU aerospace lecturer, she was visiting relatives when the accident occurred. Funeral services are planned for Thursday in Leavenworth.
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Mary Ellen Bates
Kansas University
St. Louis
Miss Bates
Fred Bates
Bates
St. Louis University
Murrow Ct
Lawrence
March of Dimes Opens County Drive in Douglas County
The Douglas County March of Dimes launches a month long campaign with canisters to be placed in local businesses and a Mothers March slated for Friday January 21 from 5 30 to 8 30 p m. Dr Vernon Branson will discuss birth defects at a January 13 coffee at the U S Army Reserve Center.
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Douglas County March of Dimes
Massachusetts
Robert Hazlett
W. 19Th St. Terr
Vernon Branson
U. S. Army Reserve Center
Daryl Dodds
Ind
Drive
David Gibson
Gibson
Hazlett
Dave Gibson
Mass
Paratroopers clash as Viet Cong slip into Delta savanna
U S paratroopers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade pressed into the Mekong Delta on New Year Day. They battled Viet Cong skirmishes while a large rebel force withdrew toward the Plain of Reeds. U S and Vietnamese forces claim multiple enemy casualties and several captured suspects.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Mekong Delta
Red Sanctuary
173Rd Airborne Brigade
National Liberation Front
Plain of Reeds
Binh Duong Province
Tuy Hoa
Act to Oppose A Sewer District
Thirty-eight landowners representing 410 acres filed protest petitions against the Main Wakarusa Sewer District. The three petitions were turned in to the county clerk but not acted on at the Douglas County Commissioners meeting. The proposed district spans 2019 acres, with some parcels inside city limits. the project would be a county city collaboration. Commission chairman Walter Kampschroeder said petitions won t alter plans and lack sufficient acreage for new action.
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Wakarusa
Douglas County Commissioners
Commission
Walter Kampschroeder
Kampschroeder
Johnson Faces Viet Nam Peace Drive After Soul Searching
President Johnson, returning from Texas, signaled a moved stance toward a Viet Nam peace effort. He reportedly considered a gradual approach, blamed prior efforts, and aimed to present credible terms to Hanoi and Peking. Johnson also weighed civil rights progress, European ties, and his 1966 outlook on Soviet relations and Dominican Republic intervention.
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Washington
Johnson
White House
Texas
Viet Nam
United States
Hanoi
Peking
France
Charles de Gaulle
Dominican Republic
KU Students Return as Classes Resume After Break
Lawrence KU students return to classes ending Christmas vacation begun December 18 with final exams starting January 24 and grades due January 31. Orientation begins February 1. second semester starts February 7. Local schools resume. KU leadership taps Nebraska’s chancellor as Parents Fund chair.
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Kansas_ University
Lawrence Public Schools
St. John’s Catholic School
Haskell Indian Institute
Ancient rice terraces unearthed along Ravi River in Kashmir
Archaeologists say four riverbank terraces in southwest Kashmir near Srinagar date to the Pleistocene Epoch. The terraces, built for rice farming, were identified by survey researchers as part of a long agricultural history in the region.
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Srinagar
Kashmir
Ravi River
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March of Dimes
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