Slashing Attacks by Reds Continue New Year's Pace
AP reports ongoing Communist attacks near Kontum and Saigon as Vietnam war fighting intensifies. In a major strike on Kontum airfield U S helicopters faced satchel charges and guards killed 14 enemy. American losses included seven dead and 20 wounded with 103 enemy killed. Other assaults inflicted civilian and military casualties across the Mekong Delta and surrounding areas.
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Reds
Kontum Airfield
Saigon
U.S
57Th Army Aviation Company
Kontum
Mekong
Associated Press
George Esper
Cu Chi
City Hall space debate pits bank lease against county plan
City officials weighed moving the Health Department out of City Hall to free space while considering a joint city county building as the long term solution. City Manager Ray Wells cited rising operating costs and a five to seven year timeline, urging renewed county talks amid a bank proposal to lease two floors.
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City Hall
Dale Clinton
Lawrence Douglas County
Eldridge Hotel
Ray Wells
Wells
Grandad
J. B. Watkins
Clark Morton
Salina
Milton P. Allen
John Emick
Don Metzler
City
Metzler
Raney
Rhodes
Bank
Morton
Health Department
7Th and
Vt. Sts
Clinton
Health
Jack E. Gaumnitz
Kansas University Business School
Gaumnitz
Prison escape cited in armed robbery case
Federal complaint filed April 5 by FBI agent Bertie L. Sapp in Topeka led to a federal arrest warrant for Fry. Fry had been sought since ten years earlier and faced a 10-21 year sentence if convicted in Douglas County for armed robbery. He escaped January 2, 1966, eleven days before a March 13 court appearance.
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Topeka
U.S
Commissioner’s Office
Fry
FBI
Bertie L. Sapp
Lawrence
Milton P. Allen
Allen
Douglas County
Kansas State Penitentiary
Rumsey Funeral Name Implicit in Classifieds
Classifieds fragment notes a funeral name Rumsey with contact details in service ad style. No clear event date or full identifier provided.
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Rumsey Funeral Nome
Bus service ends after a month's trial in Lawrence
Lawrence City Commission approved termination of the North and East Lawrence bus route after losses totaling 472 dollars since December 11. Fares collected were 577 riders totaling 144.25 dollars against expenses of 616.53 dollars. Ogle blamed low fare revenue and high operating costs.
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East Lawrence
City Commission
City Hall
Duane Ogle
Ogle
Lawrence Bus Co
Commission
North Lawrence
Planning Commission
Iowa Street
Turnpike
Riverside School
2Nd and
Ark. Sts
United Benefit Co
Broken Arrow Park
Fire Department
Wayne E. Hird
Lawrence-Douglas County
First Presbyterian Church
Massachusetts Street
North Park
13Th Streets
Doctor Ponders U S Offers
Dr. Christian Barnard, who led the world’s first human heart transplant team, weighs offers to practice in the United States. The London Evening Standard quoted him saying he has had several U S job offers since the December 3 transplant on Louis Washkansky and the January 2 second transplant on Dr. Philip Blaiberg.
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London
Christiaan N. Barnard
United States
The
London Evening Standard
Barnard
Cape Town
Louis Washkansky
Philip Blaiberg
KU Student Dies After Wreck Kills Two Others
A 20 year old University of Kansas student Daniel Freidenberger died from injuries after a traffic crash that also killed Kath leen D. Kelly and Michael D. Lowen near Manhattan. Bar bara Jane Winn survived with injuries. Freidenberger lived in Hutchinson and worked at Dillon's Kwick Shop. Funeral plans were pending at Elliot Funeral Home in Hutchinson.
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Kan
University of Kansas
Daniel Freidenberger
Hutchinson
Manhattan
Kathleen D. Kelly
Kansas
Freidenberger
Clifton Ct
Elliot Funeral Home
Dillon
Kwick
Herbert Freidenberger
J. 8S. Dillon Co
Booth Announces Retirement From Douglas County Commission
Douglas County Commissioner Harvey Booth 68 of Baldwin says he will not seek re election in the 1968 August primary. A Democrat from the Second District he chaired the commission in 1967 and plans travel and rest after eighth year in office. Booth, long time Baldwin resident, operated a grocery, farmed near Baldwin, and served on county and township boards. No candidates have announced for the Second District yet.
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Douglas County
Harvey Booth
Baldwin
Booth
Commission
Palmyra
Olson in fair condition after Eudora area crash
Donald L. Olson II aged 20 of 820 Ohio Street has returned to fair condition at Kansas University Medical Center in Kansas City. He was hospitalized after an accident two miles east of Eudora and had been listed in critical condition Tuesday.
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Donald L. Olson II
Ohio St
Kansas University Medical Center
Kansas City
Eudora
Miss Dalton Released After Apartment Knife Attack
Suzanne Dalton, 23, released from Lawrence Memorial Hospital after being attacked December 30 in her 905 Emery Road apartment. She was in good condition for a week. Police have no further evidence and no warrants or arrests in the ongoing investigation.
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Suzanne Dalton
Emery Rd
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
School Official Urges Better Parental Communication at Sertoma
Asst. Supt. Robert Ramsey led a Lawrence Sertoma Club meeting at the Eldridge Hotel urging stronger parent and youth input. He said adults busy teaching what they know often overlook youth opinions, and he outlined probable thoughts of today’s youth. H. C. Stuart introduced Ramsey. Harley Catlin joined as a new Sertoma member with Charles Higley as a guest.
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Robert Ramsey
Lawrence Sertoma Club
Eldridge Hotel
Ramsey
H. C. Stuart
Harley Catlin
Sertoma
Charles Higley
Ethics Riots Bills Introduced Today In Kansas House
TOPEKA AP. Bills to improve governmental ethics and clarify riot control procedures were among new measures introduced as the Kansas House began its 1968 session. The House quickly passed its first two bills, creating a basis for an improved legislative printing system. Rep Ervin Grant, R-Colorado, introduced the state ethics proposal establishing ethics committees for the state and each legislative branch.
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Topeka
House
Ervin Grant
R-E
Surveyor 7 Arrives On Target At Tycho Moon Crater
Surveyor 7, last of a $500 million lunar series, lands near Tycho crater on the Moon. Ground controllers report a near rock collision and note the mission will study geology and soil with a trenching scoop and radiation analyzer. The craft, launched from Cape Kennedy, faced a 43 percent success forecast and was guided to a careful touchdown.
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Pasadena
Calif
Surveyor 7
U.S
Tycho
Lunar Disc
Copernicus
Diamter
Lee Shearer
U.S. Space Agency
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
County Debates Building Plans for 1968
The Douglas County Commissioners expressed that any building plans are very indefinite while planning a 1968 building program. They will first finalize county needs and salary schedules, then seek city discussion on a possible joint effort before proceeding.
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Douglas County
Harvey Booth
First National Bank
Travis Glass Commission
Glass
Vandals Damage Calhouns Department Store Window
Lawrence police report vandals caused 114 dollars in damage to Calhoun's Department Store at 1744 Mass. St. They threw a chunk of ice through a front window between 9:40 p.m. Monday and 8 a.m. Tuesday. Police say 90 dollars of damage was to the window and 24 dollars to clothing on display.
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Lawrence
Calhoun’s
Mass. St
Hearing Thursday For Sewer Assessment Suit
The Lawrence Country Club appeals $18 322 75 in assessments by Douglas County for Riverside Sewer District No 8 sub district. District Court set 10 a m Thursday with Judge Alex Hotchkiss presiding in place of disqualified Judge Frank Gray.
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Lawrence Country Club
Douglas County Commissioners
LCC
Riverside
Country Club
Alex Hotchkiss
Osage County District Court
Frank Gray
Card of Thanks Expressing Gratitude to Supporters
A grateful note thanks friends neighbors and relatives for cards prayers and flowers during a stay at K U Medical Center in Kansas City Kansas City area.
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K. U. Medical Center
K. C
Kansas
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