Slain Kansas Trooper Miller Remembered for Long Service
Sgt. Eldon Miller, 48, a Kansas Highway Patrol veteran, was killed Friday in an Overland Park gunfight during a bank robbery suspect confrontation. Miller began his career in Lawrence in 1953, later serving in Mankato Topeka Arkansas City Columbus and Kansas City. Funeral services are set for Monday in Yates Center with burial there.
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Shawnee Mission Station
Yates Center
Army Air Corps
Bank Robbery Ends In Slayings As Gunmen Evade
Police pursue a second gunman after a Metcalf Bank robbery in Overland Park Kansas left Sgt Eldon Miller dead the first Kansas patrol officer killed by gunfire. Henry Floyd Brown was wounded in a 15 minute gunfight at a two story apartment building and authorities charged Brown and Bud Jackson with robbery and murder. Police recovered 13100 from Browns apartment. Jackson fled on foot after the shooting.
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Kansas
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Henry Floyd Brown
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
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Overland Park
Kan
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James W. Bouska
Johnson County
Bud Jackson
Jackson
Overland Park City Hall
Chester Sundbye
Sundbye
Howard L. Upton
Richard Jarvis
Clifford Picked as Defense Secretary to Succeed McNamara
Washington AP reports leading hawks cheer President Johnson’s nomination of Clark M. Clifford a veteran adviser and Washington lawyer to head the Defense Department replacing Robert S McNamara. Confirmation hearings loom with Clifford urged to steer Vietnam policy amid hawk and dove divisions.
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Vietnam
Church Leaders Urge Halt to North Vietnam Bombing
Fifteen prominent Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish figures urge President Johnson to halt bombing of North Vietnam and de-escalate the ground war. They call for negotiations and support for non Communist South Vietnamese self determination, while noting military service by American personnel.
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Minnesota
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Atlanta
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New York
Union of American Hebrew Congregations
John Wesley Lord
Washington, D.C
U.S
United Nations
Vietnam
Pleasant Weekend Forecast With Mild Temperatures
The KU weather station recorded the second highest readings of the year on Friday and expects a pleasant weekend. Temperatures should reach the 50s today and Sunday with nightly lows around the 30s. Friday’s official high was 50 degrees, below Wednesday’s 53-degree peak. The low Friday was 28 degrees, producing a 22 degree temperature range for local residents.
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Kansas University
Weather Bureau
City negotiates with bank over proposed office lease change
City and First National Bank discuss a one year lease with four one year options for 18 000 square feet on two upper floors plus lobby space in the bank’s new building at 9th and Mass. Sts. The city seeks fixed rents and to drop the bank name from the tower title while evaluating seven year cost comparisons and remodeling expenses.
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Ray Wells
Milton P. Allen
Allen
National
Clark Morton
Don Metzler
City Hall
Bank
1Lth
Mass. Sts
Cathedral Is Packed Duke Fights Sin With Jazz
Duke Ellington led the world premiere of a religious music concert at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York drawing nearly 6,000 attendees. The two hour show included jazz numbers and vocals by Alice Babs and trumpeter Cootie Williams, with proceeds benefiting Exodus House for narcotics addicts.
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Young Cadets Help Teachers in Local Schools
Fourth to sixth grade cadets assist first and second graders with arithmetic at Cordley and Woodlawn Schools. They work in one to one pairs three times a week under supervision, reviewing times tables addition and subtraction to reinforce classroom lessons.
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Bonnie
Cordley
Woodlawn
Joanne Kapfer
Achievement Center
Cordley School
Doane Advertises Motorcycle Insurance in Local Paper
Gene Doane of 824 Mass Street advertises motorcycle insurance services in a small classified notice on page two. The brief item promotes coverage options and local accessibility.
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Gene Doane
Mass
City Recreation Body Unveils Seven Creative Arts Classes
Lawrence Parks and Recreation launches a seven class creative arts program led by 28 year old David Bezona who aims to expand cultural arts offerings. Adult programs include an adult choir and Exploring the Arts while children join a boys choir dramatics workshop and creative dance. Auditions for the boys choir run Jan 29 to Feb 3.
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Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department
David Bezona
Ohio St
Bezona
Kansas University
School of Fine Arts
Ohio State University
First Methodist Church
Central Junior High
South Park Recreation Center
Weather Summary Northeast Kansas Mild This Weekend
Mostly fair and mild conditions persist in northeast Kansas through today tonight and Sunday. Light southwest winds prevail with highs in the 50s and overnight lows in the 30s. Yesterday high 50 low 28. record high 67 in 1963 and low 7 below zero in 1963. Sunrise 7 37 sunset 6 37.
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