Connally says Kennedy did not need Dallas visit in 1963
Texas Governor John B. Connally says he did not want John F. Kennedy to make the Dallas trip in November 1963 and that Kennedy pushed the Texas visit for political reasons. Manchester’s book notes others urged Kennedy to skip Dallas due to antag-onism. Johnson pushed for party harmony.
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Dallas
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John F. Kennedy
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William Manchester
Manchester
Lyndon B. Johnson
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Times Herald
Washington
Margaret Mayer
White House
San Antonio
Brooke Medical Center
Air Force One
Houston
Nellie
Agar
Women in Hanoi bombing shock at civilian toll
Grace Newman and three other American women who visited North Vietnam over Christmas week describe horrific civilian injuries from fragmentation bombs in Hanoi. Newman cites an 11 year old boy with 28 shrapnel pellets and notes the bombs target civilians. The group traveled without State Department authorization and risks losing their passports.
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Grace Newman
New York City
North Vietnam
U.S
Hanoi
Newman
Joseph Griffith
Ithaca
N.Y
Barbara Dening
Wellfleet
Mass
Diana Bevel
Chicago
State Department
State
Defense Departments
Vice President Humphrey Tours Niagara Falls Area
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey visited Buffalo and Erie County to address Democrats. He toured the Bell plant and rode the Niagara River aboard a hydroskimmer, joking about not going over the falls.
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Buffalo, N.Y
Niagara Falls
Hubert H. Humphrey
Niagara River
Bell Aerosystems
Humphrey
Buffalo
N.Y
Erie County
Bell Plant
Authorities Prosecution Over Worms Found in Dairy Bottle
In New Delhi city authorities faced embarrassment as they began prosecution against the city dairy after worms were discovered in a bottle delivered to a distribution booth.
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New Delhi
University Chorus Presents Varied Concert With Mozart Highlight
The University of Kansas Concert Choir and Concert Chorale under Darrell Benne performed in the University Theatre. Highlights included Victoria’s Vere Languares and Gabrieli Jubilate Deo, with Mozart Vesperae solennes de confessore drawing strong audience praise. Soloists Melinda Grable Celia Ann Richardson Lyn Brown Marvin Barg Jack Nazum sang effectively. Schoenberg Friede auf Erden and Dello Joio A Jubilant Song closed. The performance impressed, though the entire hall was dark during the show from Maestro Benne’s entrance to the final bow.
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University of Kansas
Darrell Benne
University Theatre
Victoria
Gabrieli
Mozart
Melinda Grable
Celia Ann Richardson
Lyn Brown
Marvin Barg
Jack Na
Janice Nelson
Jane Fager
Mr. Benne
Benne
Murphy Hall displays pictures of the past theater students
A display in Murphy Hall titled pictures of the past highlights former Lawrence theater figures such as Joyce Malicky Wendell Keith Castle Roger Brown and Tom Winston. It notes Malicky’s 1961 theatre degree contracts with NYC Opera and later studies at Eastman while Brown and Winston pursued stage work and Fulbright study abroad. The public is invited to view and identify the performers.
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Murphy Hall
Lawrence
Roger Brown
Joyce Malicky
Tom Winston
Wendell Keith Castle
New York City Center Opera Company
Howard Hanson
Merry Mount
San Antonio
Texas
Joyce
Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra
Chautauqua
N. Y
Eastman School of Music
Rochester
Coronado
Colo
Barter Theatre
Abingdon
Front Street
Memphis
Munich
Germany
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England
Holland
Belgium
Austria
Strobl
Mixed emotions prompt from class in England
An English teacher recalls a pupil describing mixed emotions by writing that she felt seeing the headmistress ride over the edge of a cliff on the student’s new bicycle. The anecdote reflects the surprising interpretations children can give to complex feelings.
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Basingstoke
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