KU plans major housing realignment at fall term
J J Wilson KU dorm director reveals next fall housing plan realigns Oliver Hall still under construction near 19th and Naismith. Ellsworth Hall shifts to coed housing. new Naismith Hall privately financed will house men and women. Transfers from Oread Hall due to Thanksgiving and Christmas breaks noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas University
J. J. Wilson
Mount Oread
Corbin Hall
Gertrude Sellards Pearson
Oliver Hall
Lewis Hall
Hashinger Hall
Joseph R. Pearson
Templin Hall
Ellsworth Hall
McCollum Hall
Wilson
Naismith Hall
Lawrence
19Th St
Naismith Dr
Allen Brothers and O'Hara
Memphis, Tenn
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
Milwaukee
Oread Hall
Governor Sees Major Higher Education Funding Increase
Gov. William B Avery states state colleges and universities will get most of the $7 million increase they seek. He notes rising enrollments will push tax dollars higher and that the requested rise by higher education alone is about $7 million, unlikely to be reduced significantly.
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Topeka
William B Avery
Avery
General's Plane Crashes Near Seattle
An Air Force jet trainer possibly piloted by Maj. Gen. I. L. Branch of Edwards AFB disappeared while approaching Boeing Field and apparently crashed into Puget Sound near Seattle. The 38 jet trainer was flown solo by the 53 year old general.
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Seattle
Wash
Air Force
Edwards Air Force Base Flight Test Center
California
Puget Sound
I. L. Branch
Egare Ee
Boeing Field
County Moves Forward on Wakarusa Sewer District No 10
Douglas County Commission approved a resolution to have City Attorney Charles Stough draft a final resolution creating Wakarusa Sewer District No 10. The 2019 acre district encircles Lawrence and will guide future city and county development with a main sewer line plan. Protest petitions totaling 410 acres were deemed insufficient to halt the project.
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Douglas County Commission
Charles Stough
Wakarusa
Lawrence
Stough
Counterfeit $20 Bills Seen Across Kansas Banks
Lawrences First National Bank reported bogus twenties found in November with warning to merchants. Topeka banks, Wichita and Fort Scott also reported similar bills. experts say these are weak imitations but passable if not detected. Secret Service confirms methods to spot engraving flaws. Bank officials from Lawrence Douglas County Eudora Baldwin Kaw Valley comment no current counterfeits.
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Lawrence
First National Bank
Eudora
Baldwin
Topeka
Merchants National Bank
First National
Warren Rhodes
Secret Service
Vincent Mroz
U. S. Secret Service
Kansas City
Treasury
Journal- World
Rhodes
George Clem
Douglas County State Bank of
Riley Burcham
Lawrence Nations Bank
Don Nutt
Baldwin State Bank
Don Bagby
Kaw Valley State Bank of
Nutt
Clem
Douglas County State
Witness says he burned Klan records before a committee
John D. Swenson of Bossier City Louisiana testifies to the House Committee on Un-American Activities that he burned all records and documents to keep them from the enemy. He declines to answer if he is a Klansman, citing self incrimination. He says he burned the records himself to keep them from the Communists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Committee On un-American Activities
John D. Swenson
Bossier City
Swenson
Grand Dragon of
The
Knights of
Ku Klux Klan
Wilkins Surrenders to Start Federal Prison Term
Collie Leroy Wilkins Jr., a young Ku Klux Klan member acquitted in the Liuzzo slaying, surrendered to the U.S. marshal to begin a one year day federal prison sentence for probation violation. He appeared with his attorney at the marshal’s office in Birmingham and was escorted to Texarkana. The case linked to the March 1965 Selma voting rights unrest and Liuzzo’s murder as civil rights workers faced conspiracy charges.
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Birmingham
Ala
Collie Leroy Wilkins Jr
Wilkins
Fairfield
U.S. Dist
Clarence W. Allgood
Allgood
FBI
Liuzzo
Detroit
Alabama
Leroy Moton
U.S. 80
Selma
Montgomery
State Capitol
Archaeology Topic Highlighted by Lawrence Rotary Visit
James Seaver KU history professor spoke at the Lawrence Rotary Club detailing Palestine excavations. He cited about 25 major digs and discussed Old Testament sites Jericho Beth Sh an Megiddo and New Testament sites Nazareth Capernaum Masada with finds dating to 8000 B C.
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Palestine
Lawrence Rotary Club
James Seaver
Seaver
Israel
University of Rome
Greece
Jericho
Beth-Shan
Megiddo
Nazareth
Capernaum
Msasada
Damage Report From Mount Oread Campus Vehicle Crash
Police say about 175 dollars in damage resulted from a Monday afternoon crash on the Mount Oread campus. Danny Jennings of Route and Teddy Good of Topeka drove involved vehicles on Naismith Drive near Zone 6 lot. An iron piece from the truck bed struck Jennings car windshield and front end. no injuries were reported.
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Mount Oread
Kansas University
Danny Jennings
Teddy Good
Topeka
Naismith
Zone 6
Jennings
Rights Leader Shot to Death in Tuskegee
Samuel Younge Jr., 22, a Tuskegee Institute student and SNCC field secretary, was found shot dead in Tuskegee near a taxicab stand. A white man was detained for questioning as hundreds of Negro students protested with songs and prayers.
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Tuskegee
Ala
Pace
Tuskegee Institute
Samuel Younge Jr
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Younge
Lowndes County
Shorter
Veterans Administration
Job Corps
North Carolina
Tuskegee Institute Advancement League
John Lewis
SNCC
Atlanta
Lyndon B. Johnson
Macon County
Alabama
Macon
Chinese Official Blasts Russians Over Viet Nam Policy
Chinese Foreign Minister Chen Yi accuses the Soviet Union of aiding U S efforts against North Vietnam while spreading peace talk smokescreens. He repeats Beijing’s charge of withheld aid to Hanoi in a NCNA broadcast. Albania’s Radio Tirana says Soviet aide visit to North Vietnam aims to help the Americans.
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Tokyo
Chen Yi
China
Soviet Union
United States
Viet Nam
Peking
Communist Party
Akahata
Red Flag
New China News Agency
NCNA
Chen
Albania
Radio Tirana
Alexander Shelepin
Soviet Commounist Party
Princess Margaret Receives 42000 Dollars From Parliament
Britain announces Princess Margaret will enjoy an annual grant of 42000 dollars from Parliament. The payment funds royal duties and official engagements in the year ahead.
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Britain
Princess Margaret
Parliament
DePugh to Speak at KU Minority Forum
Robert DePugh of Norborne Missouri, founder and leader of the Minutemen, will speak at Kansas University in the Forum Room of the Kansas Union at 4 p m on Wednesday January 12 The event is sponsored by the Minority Opinions Forum of Student Union Activities Forum chairman Dougal Miller a Pittsburg senior said no topic was announced for DePugh speech
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Robert DePugh
Norborne
Minutemen
Kansas University
Kansas Union
Minority Opinions
Dougal Miller
Pittsburg
Forum
DePugh
Don Friedman
Negro elected mayor in Ohio city in historic first
Springfield Ohio installed Robert C. Henry, a Negro, as mayor for two years in a nonpartisan commission city. Henry, 44, a funeral director, won the largest vote for the three seats and was sworn in with his wife and children present. The city remains under a commission city manager system with ceremonial mayor duties. In Atlanta, Q W Williamson, real estate dealer, was sworn in to the Atlanta Board of Aldermen after defeating James Vickers, ending a white Democrat’s term.
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Springfield
Ohio
Robert C. Henry
Henry
M. K. Baach
Betty
Robert Jr
Allen
Lisa
Atlanta
Q.W. Williamson
James Vickers
Two Hurt as Bus and Car Collide on East 15th Street
A school bus with nine students and a car driven by 72 year old Cora Powell collided on East Fifteenth Street near Kaw Valley Grade School. Both Powell and Samuel Welburn sustained minor injuries. The car rolled over once and was a total loss. the bus had minor damage.
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Lawrence
East Fifteenth Street
Wayne Schmille
Cora Powell
N. J. St
Schmille
Powell
Samuel S. Welburn
Topeka
Kaw Valley
Welburn
John Miller
Eudora
Legacy items spark memories in 20 Years Ago column
Warren Rhodes of Lawrence recalls being hired as Lyon County agriculture agent in 1946 after World War II service. Dennis Embry of Great Bend, 17, named Congressional page for 1946 session, with Crandell Embry of Lawrence as guardian. Jazz pianist Don Friedman to perform at KU. Lawrence and KU track stars Ryun and Lawson to compete in San Francisco meet. Ryun set a New Orleans meet record. Lawson and Ryun face strong rivals including Bob Day and Gerry Lindgren.
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Emporia Gazette
Warren Rhodes
Lawrence
First National Bank
Gazette
Journal- World
Jefferson County
Lyon County
Rhodes
Congressional
Washington
Dennis Embry
Great Bend
Crandell Embry
Dennis
Great Bend High School
Herbert Embry
Congressional Page
U. S
Kansas
Kansas University
John Lawson
Jim Ryan
San Francisco Examiner
Bob Timmons
San Francisco
Ryun
Lawson
New Orleans
Ryan
UCLA
Bob Day
Washington State
Gerry Lindgren
Youth Found After Six Month Search
Jimmie Kennedy, 16, reappears in Corpus Christi six months after vanishing from New Albany Indiana. Police say he has amnesia and cannot recall his name or home or actions during the period. He was found near Mathis Texas with a flashlight and worn gear and identified by his father after a wellness check.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Garcia
Mathis
Texas
Jimmie
James Kennedy
Memorial Medical Center
Corpus Christi
Kennedy
Garcia
Mathis Washateria
New Albany
Courthouse Back to Normal After Hectic Monday
Douglas County courthouse operations returned to normal after a busy Monday when 1966 vehicle license tags went on sale and personal property assessments began. 1,041 tags were sold as lines and procedures were adjusted to reduce confusion.
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Douglas County
Edythe Norman
New Year Holiday Traffic Toll Tops 1 284 Deaths
Across the combined New Year and Christmas weekends traffic accidents killed 1,284 people, with California and Ohio reporting 46 deaths each and several states recording lower tolls. The period set an all time high for holiday fatalities.
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Chicago
The
National Safety Council
California
Ohio
New York
Illinois
Michigan
Alaska
Delaware
Hawaii
Idaho
North Dakota
Rhode Island
Army deposes Volta leader in four days of protests
Ouagadougou reports the Volta military, led by Chief of Staff Col. Sangoule Lamizana, announces takeover after four days of demonstrations against austerity. Maurice Yameogo yields power, pledging harmony and national progress.
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Ouagadougou
Upper Volta
Maurice Yameogo
Yameogo
Sangoule Lamizana
Army
Jim Clark Motors Expands With New Used Car Lot
Jim Clark Motors at 623 Mass Street signs a long term lease for 308 West 6th. The Burgner Bowmen Matthews Lumber Co once occupied the space. Charles Zook says the lot should open by February 1 after razing old buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Clark Motors
Mass. St
6Th St
Burgner - Bowman - Matthews Lumber Co
Charles Zook
Red Cliff ends yearlong VISTA feud with vote
Red Cliff Indian council votes 5 to 2 to readmit two Peace Corps workers expelled over antipoverty programs. The feud involved two unidentified Indian elders opposed to VISTA and threats to President Johnson. Judy Rothman and Jill Hunt, both 20s, were barred in December amid work disputes. Indian spectators voiced support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cliff, Wis
Red Cliff
Peace Corps
Volunteers In Service To
America Vista
VISTA
Johnson
Alex Roye
Lake Superior
Card of Thanks for Grandson Ian Garen
Mr and Mrs Claude Peters express gratitude for kindness shown after the death of their grandson Ian Garen through cards flowers food and calls.
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Ian Garen
Claude Peters
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Collie Wilkins Jr
Everett Dirksen
R. Ill
Louella
DeBary, Fla
Dirksen
KU Minority Forum
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East 15Th
Sarge
Darwin Rogers
Volta
Fieet
Farmers Insurance Group
Bob SteWart
Wwa ' West
Blapar
N. Brown
N. Breve
Alister
Beott
New York Life
Ross Wilson Field
Park Hill
New York Life Insurance Company
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