U S Armor Presses Into Iron Triangle in Vietnam
U S armored columns moved into the Iron Triangle east of Saigon as the Cedar Falls campaign neared its fourth day. U S and South Vietnamese units reported 165 enemy dead, 29 prisoners, and extensive destruction of bunkers tunnels and supplies amid mass evacuations of villagers and ongoing air strikes by B52s.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
Iron Triangle
U.S. 11Th Armored Cavalry Regiment
173Rd Airborne Brigade
1St Infantry Division
25Th Infantry Division
Ben Suc
Cedar Falls
First Building On Watershed In Sight For ’68
Wakarusa Watershed District plans work in four counties with first easement signed. Don Hogue and Carter Anderson led initial deals as Arden Booth outlined a schedule showing easements by spring and bids let by next year. The district covers 334 620 acres in Wabaunsee Osage Shawnee and Douglas with 32 flood structures and two floodways costing about 4.15 million dollars.
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Wakarusa
Richland
Shawnee County
Arden Booth
Don F. Hogue
Topeka
Hugh Moore
Watershed Board
Carter Anderson
Lawrence
Hogue
Kansas Turnpike
Ira Faust Sr
Overbrook
W. J. Brink
Joseph M. Clough
Carol Gerstenberger
Eudora
A. R. Henderson
Andrew Gray
Moore
Clough
Brink
Earl Langley
Berryton
William H. A. Mather
Booth
Soil Conservation Service
SCS
Upper Wakarusa
Bureau of the Budget
Congress
Lower
Wabaunsee
Osage
Shawnee
Douglas
Eskridge
Anderson
Social Worker Guilty in Kansas City Term Years
James E. Kimball 29 of Kansas City Kansas was sentenced to 155 years in consecutive terms on five charges two counts criminal assault two counts first degree robbery and one count assault with intent to rape He had been a social worker in Kansas City Missouri and was convicted of rape in Wichita in 1959 He pleaded guilty to the five charges
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Kansas City
James E. Kimball
Kan
Wichita
Kimball
Lawrence
Insurance adjustors handle Inde pendent Laundry fire claims
Insurance adjustors for Inde pendent Laundry fire loss claims will be at the temporary office 735 Mass from noon until 6 p m and until noon through Saturday Jan 14 two lines show the same.
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Mass
Pastor Says Conference Here Very Successful
Rev. M. C. Allen called the annual Evangelism Christian Education Conference at First Baptist Church very successful. About 250 Baptist ministers from the state attended over two days in Lawrence, with Allen noting lower than expected turnout due to location but strong spirit. Dr. Charles Wells of Princeton spoke on the Christian conscience regarding national and international affairs, including Vietnam.
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First Baptist Church
M. C. Allen
Lawrence
Allen
Governor Sees Tax Plan as Well Received in Kansas
Governor Docking said the state income tax proposal has been well received and hopes for passage of a reduction from 2 to 2 percent on the first 2000 of taxable income. He proposes funding the loss with higher idle funds interest and budgeting efficiency while seeking budget balance.
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Topeka
Robert Docking
Vince Boagart
Docking
Johnson
Kansas Congress of Parents and Teachers
Kansas
Lobstermen War Kills One in Florida Waters Shootout
In a fishing boat gun battle off the Cay Sal Banks near Cuba, a crewman was killed and skipper William Branthoover injured when lobster vessels Baha Ma Mama Trojan and Billy J exchanged fire about 95 miles south of Miami. The Coast Guard reported the incident and noted unclear motivations.
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Miami
Fla
Cuba
William A. Branthoover
Branthoover
Cay Sal
Coast Guard
Trojan
Sheriff Johnson Named to Kansas Sheriffs Assn Board
Douglas County Sheriff Rex Johnson, re elected in the November general election, was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Kansas Sheriffs Assn. He learned of the post in a letter from Harvey Schmedemann, president of the group and Geary County sheriff.
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Douglas County
Rex Johnson
The
Kansas Sheriffs’ Assn
Johnson
Harvey Schmedemann
Geary County
Texperienced Personal Service Rum Sey Funeral Home
A brief obituary notice for Texperienced Personal Service Rum Sey Funeral Home indicates a local funeral arrangement contact at Vfo2 5111 Ady. The item provides minimal readable details.
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Rumsey Funeral Home
Four New Directors Named At First National Bank of Lawrence
The First National Bank of Lawrence elected four new directors Jim Clark Shipman Winter Bob Georgeson and Bill Lienhard at today's stockholders meeting at the Virginia Inn. The board re elected all existing directors and officers including Warren Rhodes as president and E B Martin as trust officer. Winter succeeds his late father M S Winter on the board and Clark, Georgeson and Lienhard bring long local ties and banking experience. The bank touted a no passbook savings program and a new investment service for trust customers while noting a $35 000 EU Program for Progress contribution and optimistic outlook for 1967.
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First National
First National Bank
Virginia Inn
Shipman Winter
Bank
Robert Georgeson
Jim Clark
Bill Lienhard
Journal-World Photo
First National Bank of Lawrence
Lawrence
Bob Georgeson
Richard Barber
Savings and Loan
H. C. Brinkman
Hallmark
Robert Busler
James W. Campbell
Corlett Cotton
Donald J. Hall
Arthur
Clovis E. Kirby
Leota Redford
Winter
M.S. Winter
Winter Chevrolet
Vt. St
Margaret
Clark
Chrysler
Kanas City
Topeka
Chamber of Commerce
Sarah
Jim
20Th St
Terr
Georgeson
First Nationals
Commerce
Lenora
Kan
Washburn University
Greta
Ark
Rhodes
Money Boosted For Mortgages
The Federal Home Loan Bank Board will make an additional billion dollars available to the savings and loan industry to expand residential mortgage lending. The move signals eased credit conditions and aims to lower borrowing costs, with a 6 to 5.75 percent rate reduction anticipated for new home loans. President Johnson’s State of the Union also flagged the move as part of broader economic easing.
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Washington
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Savings and Loan
Johnson
State of the Union
Phelps Jr Faces Further Surgery After Car Crash
Jon Phelps a Kansas University junior from St Louis is home after release from Missouri Medical Center Columbia. He suffered a broken right leg and arm and abdominal injuries in a December 17 one car crash east of Columbia while returning home for Christmas. He will return in 3 to 4 months for more internal surgery. he uses a motorized bed and wheelchair to move.
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Jon Phelps
Kansas University
St. Louis
Missouri Medical Center
Columbia
Ed Phelps
Rice Phelps
Lawrence
Two Traffic Mishaps Are Reported Tuesday
Two traffic accidents occurred Tuesday in the city with no injuries. At 5 19 p m a collision at 19th and La Sts involved Marjorie E Plamann and Joseph G Regier causing 625 damage total. A second crash at 19th St Learnard involved Jerry L Decker and Otha Hatfield with 290 total damage.
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19Th
la. Sts
Marjorie E. Plamann
Ill. St
Joseph G. Regier
20Th St. Terr
Plamann
Regier
19Th St
Learnard
Jerry L. Decker
15Th St
Otha Hatfield
Mass, St
Decker
Hatfield
KU Senior Shot Near Lecompton in Early Morning Incident
A 23 year old University of Kansas senior Don ald O Flessing was found with a single 38 caliber bullet wound to the head on the Lake view Lecompton river road about 2 1 2 miles east of Lecompton Kansas. The Douglas County Sheriff s Office said no foul play is indicated. He was identified by his parents of Park Hill Terrace and taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital for surgery after being found by Lane Collins delivering to a farm east of Lecompton.
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Kansas University
Lakeview
Lecompton
Douglas County Sheriff's Office
Education
Lawrence
Donald O. Flessing
Donald W. Flessing
Park Hill
Terr
Lane Collins
Ala. St
Collins
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Mrs Kennedy wins suit over starving horse aid
Fairfax Virginia AP reports Mrs Robert F Kennedy won a $30,000 damage suit after aiding a starving horse. She said she was relieved and delighted as the jury ruled in her favor following a two day Fairfax County Circuit Court trial. In Austin Texas AP notes Gov Connally upset by William Manchester book on Kennedy assassination says Kennedy's declining popularity prompted his trip during which he died.
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Fairfax
Robert F. Kennedy
New York
Fairfax County
Austin
Tex
William Manchester
Texas
John B. Connally
John F. Kennedy
Republicans Announce Committee Seatings and Appointments
In a harmonious session the 36 Republican senators chose members for committees. Final assignment depends on a Senate leadership agreement on party ratios. Sen. Frank Carlson of Kansas was placed on the GOP Policy Committee and Sen. James B. Pearson was chosen for the Campaign Committee.
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Washington
Senate
Frank Carlson
Kansas
Committee On Committees
James B. Pearson
Kirk Calls Ky Visit to South Vietnam Off in New Zealand
In Auckland Norman Kirk says Premier Nguyen Cao Ky’s planned January 23 four day visit should be canceled. He calls the trip inauspicious, unnecessary and undesirable. The U S draft notes appear in the report.
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Auckland
New Zealand
Norman Kirk
Labor Party
Nguyen Cao Ky
South Vietnam
Kirk
GED Test Dates Noted In Lawrence And KU Meetings
The General Education Development test will be offered January 21 and 28 in Lawrence. Applicants must secure a permit from Director E. J. Logsdon at the high school. Passing yields a high school equivalency certificate. National Association of College and University Residence Halls officers from Kansas colleges plan meetings at Kansas University this weekend and a national conference at KU April 6 to 8. Cheryl Ball of Olathe chairs the conference and notes a Thursday dinner in Oliver Hall, with Friday plans in Manhattan to meet Don Steeples of Kansas State University. KU visitors will stay in Elisworth Hall.
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E. J. Logsdon
National Association of College and University
Kansas University
Cheryl Ball
Olathe
Oliver Hall
Manhattan
Don Steeples
Kansas State University
Elisworth Hall
Tuberculosis Skin Test Slips Sent to Lawrence High
Permission forms go home with all Lawrence High seniors and new students lacking prior tests. Tests will occur early in February and only signed slips will allow administration.
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Lawrence High
University schedules final exams and semester timeline
The fall semester final examination week at Kansas University runs January 23 to 28. A brief recess follows until spring enrollment begins February 1 afternoon and runs through February 3. Classes resume February 6. New undergraduates start orientation January 31.
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Kansas University
Industry Stimulus Tested in Kansas
William W Hambleton associate director of the Geological Survey at Kansas University believes a program to develop industry in underdeveloped Brazil can be transplanted to Kansas. Clifford Stone president of the Walnut Valley State Bank announced at a Rotary meeting in El Dorado a new project for industrial development using community resources and the expertise of Wichita State University economics KU Geological Survey and KU chemical engineering.
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William W. Hambleton
Geological Survey
The
Kansas University
Clifford Stone
Walnut Valley State Bank
el Dorado
Economics
Wichita State University
Chemical Engineering
Card of Thanks for Mary Peterson Barnhart family
The family of Mary Peterson Barnhart thanks relatives friends and neighbors for food contributions cards flowers and other acts of kindness shown during the bereavement.
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Mary Peterson Barnhart
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