Black Culture Class Offered City Adults
A spring term feature in the adult education program lists 15 new courses including a ten week Black culture class with KU and Topeka speakers. Enrollment runs Jan 27 to 31 by phone mail or in person. Classes meet Wednesdays Feb 5 through April 16 from 7 30 to 9 30 p.m. with a $3 fee for the Black culture course plus $6 to $25 for others.
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Kansas
Kansas University
Topeka
John Spearman
Lawrence High
America
Norman Yetman
William Tuttle
Guy Griggs
Joseph Doherty
The
Kansas Commission On Civil Rights
Horance Bond
Department of Speech and Drama
Elizabeth Schultz
Homer Floyd
Henrietta Waters
Thelma Rucker
Edna Bell
Auto Mechanics
Larrie Scott
Clarine Smissman
Douglas County Red Cross
Hannelore Claus
Jesse Newman Jr
Cordiey Gym
Thomas Jordan
Coal Guard
Coast Guard
Douglas W. Albaugh
KU Natural History Museum
KU Museum
Mary Kerley
Pete Curran
KU School of Education
Arthur Thomas
Earl Carr
Lenoir Ekdahl
Understanding Insurance
Lawrence Insurance Board
State Insurance Department
Understanding Real Estate
Lawrence Real Estate Board
Five Kansas Elks scholarships offer 600 each
The Kansas Elks Association offers five $600 college scholarships for US citizens. High school seniors and underclassmen may apply at Kansas Elks Lodges. applications are due February 15. Winners may enter the national Most Valuable Student Competition later this year.
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Kansas Elks Association
United States
Elks Lodges
Kansas
The
Elks National Foundation
Elks Association
Lima Residents Return After Oil Leak Fires
Lima Ohio residents began returning to homes in a 110 block southern area after an oil pipeline leak caused fires and blasts. Officials reported about two fifths of the danger zone occupied and up to 6,000 evacuated. Mayor Morris warned full recovery would take until late Sunday as some danger remains.
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Lima
Ohio
Christian Morris
Streisand Named Entertainer of the Year by Friars Club
Barbra Streisand is selected as Entertainer of the Year by the Friars Club, becoming the second woman honored in the club’s 65 year history. Dinah received the honor in a related note.
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New York
Barbra Streisand
Friars Club
Dinah
US auto sales slip early 1969 led by Chevrolet gain
U S auto sales were down about two percent in the first 10 days of 1969 from the same period in 1968. Four major makers sold 178 959 vehicles versus 181 441 a year earlier. Ford and Chrysler fell, while General Motors rose 4 602 to 97 053 with Chevrolet up from 42 263 to 47 238, offsetting the drop.
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Detroit
U.S
General Motors
Chevrolet
Ford Motor Co
Chrysler
Ford
Hereford bull sets record at National Western Stock Show
The National Western Stock Show champion Hereford bull sold for about 60 000 dollars, a show record. Clarence Cross of Jo Su Li Farms paid 45 000 dollars for a three quarter interest in the 1 795 pound yearling, with Alfred and Fer ral Weeks of Upstream Ranch retaining the fourth breeding revenue share. The 1967 show crown had a 52 500 dollar price for the champion.
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Denver
Colo
Clarence Cross
Jo-Su- Li Farms
Colquitt
Alfred and
Ferrarl Weeks
Upstream Ranch
Taylor
Neb
Ordnance Plant Plight Spurs Right to Work
A Kansas Right to Work meeting voted to push a constitutional amendment with legislative action. L. E. Weiss of Augusta led the drive citing Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant workers facing compulsory union shop terms on federal property. New directors include Mary Hartman Gardner Lucy Ford Lawrence Vernon Williams Wichita Robert A Finney Wichita Walter Wulf Humboldt. Officers re-elected: Rex M Harlow executive VP Robert D Love treasurer M L Lemert secretary.
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Wichita
Kansas
L. E. Weiss
Augusta
Weiss
Sunflower Army Ammunition
DeSoto
Lawrence
Sunflower
Mary Hartman
Gardner
Lucy Ford
Vernon Williams
Robert A. Finney
Walter Wulf
Humboldt
Rex M. Harlow
Robert D. Love
M. L. Lemert
Sedan
Talks Resume In AP Strike
The six day strike by the Wire Service Guild against The Associated Press resumes in executive session with federal mediators in Washington. Talks have run since Monday with no public reports as mediation waits. AP directors in New York voiced full support for management, praising efforts to end the strike and noting continued strong news and photo reporting.
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Washington
Wire Service Guild
Associated Press
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
AP Board of Directors
New York
Sobell Free After Conspiracy Conviction Release
Morton Sobell, convicted with the Rosenbergs for conspiring to pass atomic secrets to the Soviet Union, left a New York bus station in dress-out clothing and plans to return to study engineering. He arrived with his family amid long-standing claims of innocence and a $1 million cost to legal efforts.
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NEW York (Ap
Morton Sobell
Soviet Union
Manhattan
Freed
New York City
Sobell
Tion
Helen
Mark
S Clemens
Rose
Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg
Rosenbergs
Klaus Fuchs
Harry
Committee
Wichita Officials Criticize State Alcohol Policy Enforcement
Police officials in Wichita condemn the state ban on alcohol in state and city owned facilities as unenforceable. At the inaugural ball at Civic Center Auditorium liquor was present and discussed by Police Chief Merrell Kirkpatrick, City Manager Ralph Walz, and Mayor Bill Anderson who note proposals to repeal liquor laws or permit local control at city venues.
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Wichita, Kan
Wichita
New Civic Center Auditorium
Merrell Kirkpatrick
Ralph Walz
Walz
Kirkpatrick
Bill Anderson
Sedgwick County
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Mia Farrow
Paramount Pictures
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Washington Post
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