Viet Girl Sets Self Aflame in Protest Against Huong Regime
In Saigon and Nha Trang amidst anti Huong protests, a 17 year old girl named Hoang Thi Yen Phu doused herself with gasoline and died. A second student was restrained as police and Buddhists face rising unrest across the region. Martial law extended in Hue and Saigon with harsh penalties announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Tran van Huong
Ngo Dinh Diem
Nha Trang
Hoang Thi Yen Phu
Preliminary Okay Given Resolution On Court Rulings
The Kansas House gave tentative approval to a resolution seeking to modify the Supreme Court one man one vote rulings by urging Congress to call a constitutional convention. The measure, already Senate approved, aims to force a proposed amendment to states with bicameral legislatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
House of Representatives
U. S. Supreme Court
House
Kansas State University
Senate
Congress
Jerry Griffith
D-Derby
Kansas
Griffith
Jess Taylor
R-Tribune
Thomas van Cleave
Ckansas City
van Cleave
Kansas State
Lester Perkins
D-Independence
U.S. Supreme Court
Ambrose
Dempsey
D-Leavenworth
Leavenworth
Johnson
Charles Arthur
Manhattan
Theo D. Saar
Pittsburg
Ernest W. Strahan
Salina
Spencer Chemical to Open New Fertilizer Warehouse
A new bulk and bagged fertilizer warehouse by Spencer Chemical Division Gulf Oil Corp is under construction at 9th and Del Streets adjacent to the Santa Fe Railroad. The facility, leased land from Santa Fe, will serve Eastern Kansas and Western Missouri dealers, with Robert T Schwanzle managing.
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Spencer Chemical Division
Gulf Oil Corp
9Th
del. Sts
Santa Fe
Lawrence
Kansas
Missouri
Robert T. Schwanzle
Spencer Chemical
East Drive
Quaker Valley Constructors
Pittsburg
Spencer Session Attracts Area Fertilizer Dealers
Fertilizer and farm chemical dealers from the Lawrence trade area will attend a workshop at the Holiday Inn in Spencer. The session, sponsored by the Spencer Chemical Division of Gulf Oil, is one of 20 Midwest trainings to boost fertilizer sales and educate customers on crop production, weed and insect control, and sales techniques.
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Lawrence Trade Area
Holiday Inn
Spencer Chemical Division
Gulf Oil Corporation
Lawrence
Midwest
Unknown Governor William Avery Moves Without Address
In Clay Center Kansas residents learn governor William Avery is unlisted at the Topeka post office. The Dispatch received an official notice that Avery has left no new address, though he and his family had lived in Topeka while in office. The notice confirms his official residence is now unclear.
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Clay Center
Kan
William Avery
Topeka
Avery
Clay County
Ice Storm Hits Midwest Blizzards Reach Chicago Area
Northern Illinois faced a new snowstorm with blizzard conditions sweeping the Midwest. Six inches fell on Arlington Heights and five inches on Dubuque while O’Hare Midway and Meigs airports closed temporarily. Crews from multiple states rushed to repair ice damaged power lines as thousands sought shelter from outages.
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Associated Press
Illinois
Midwest
Plains
Chicago
O’hare
Midway
Meigs
Arkansas
Wisconsin
Arlington Heights
Dubuque
Iowa
Madison
Wis
Alabama
Indiana
Glasgow
Mont
Miami
Key West
Fla
Williston
N.C
Northern States Power Co
Minneapolis
Minn
Denver
Philadelphia
Ohio
St. Louis
West Berlin brothel owner arrested as spy
The owner of a top West Berlin brothel, Hans H. aged 47, was arrested on spying charges for Communist East Germany. He also worked as a private detective and had lived in the United States from 1958 to 1962. Authorities cited press credentials from a photo agency but offered few details.
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West Berlin
Land Trade Bill Introduced In Senate For KU Medical Center
A Senate bill would allow the University of Kansas Medical Center to trade land in the Kansas City area. Senators Glee Smith and William S. Bowers lead the measure authorizing sale of unused state land to the Kansas City Urban Renewal Agency for 253000 dollars and using the proceeds to acquire other land owned by the agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City
Senate
Glee Smith
Larned
William S.bowers
Ottawa
State Board of Regents
Kan
20 Lawrence youths to receive KU calculus credit
Twenty Lawrence High School students are recommended for five hours of college credit in calculus and analytic geometry at Kansas University after passing a first semester test. Credit applies if they enroll at KU. names include Charles Bayne Barbara Blevins Candy Case Jack English Doug Freeman Tom Gettler Steve Graves Mike Gilliam Mary Higley Rick Hornsby Cynthia Hubbard Gaylene Killinger Rowe McKinley George Miller Elizabeth Neelley Bob Payne John Pitney Dorothy Scott Don Simpson and Rick Stinson.
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Lawrence High School
Kansas University
Charles Bayne
Barbara Blevins
Candy Case
Jack English
Doug Freeman
Tom Gettler
Steve Graves
Mike Gilliam
Mary Higley
Rick Hornsby
Cynthia Hubbard
Higher Education Seminar at KU in Latin America focus
The six week Higher Education seminar opens February 27 at Kansas University with about twenty five representatives from Latin American universities. Dean George R. Waggoner leads the program assisted by Dean Thomas M. Gale and translator Miss Ann Herzfeld.
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Americas
Kansas University
George R. Waggoner
KU College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Thomas M. Gale
Peace Corps
Costa Rica
Ann Herzfeld
Dean Waggoner
United States
Kansas State University
Washington, D.C
U.S. Department of State
Conference Board of Associated Research Councils
Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Dominican Republic
el Savador
Guatemala
Honduras
Nicaragua
Panama
Peru
Uruguay
Colombia
Ecuador
Venezuela
Mexico
Lawrence Bank Debits Rise. Local Players Earn All America Honors
Lawrence saw bank debits totaling 362 926 000 in 1964, eight percent above 1963 and above the state average for Kansas cities. December led with a 14 percent year over year rise. Lawrence High School halfback Rod Taylor earned Coach and Athlete magazine All America prep honors, following guard Ken Wertzberger who previously made Scholastic All America. Athletic director coach Al Woolard has guided 14 All American prep players since 1951.
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Lawrence
Kansas
Lawrence High School
Rod Taylor
Coach
Athlete Magazine
Ken Wertzberger
al Woolard
Bill Nieder
Ryan Selected New UF Chief
George Ryan of the Lawrence National Bank was elected president for the 1965 66 Lawrence United Fund drive at the UF board meeting. He succeeds Skipper Williams, with Frank Burge and Jack Brand as vice presidents, Mrs Edward Smissman secretary, and Harold Scheve treasurer.
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George Ryan
Lawrence National Bank
Lawrence United Fund
UF Board of
Chamber of Commerce
Ryan
Skipper Williams
Frank Burge
Jack Brand
Edward Smissman
Harold Scheve
Six More Negroes Arrested in Selma Voter Test Protest
In Selma Alabama six more Black residents were arrested as a federal injunction limited daily voter test slots to 100. County authorities cleared lines, while U.S. Marshal H Stanley Fountain ordered late arrivals to return, with state troopers observing.
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Selma
Ala
Selma, Ala
U.S
H. Stanley Fountain
Architect Named For 70 000 Work At Public School
The Lawrence Board of Education hired Richard C. Peters and Associates to design four classrooms and remodel Hillcrest School. The $70,000 project includes enlarging the library and redesigning the multi purpose room. Peters will receive seven percent of the contract. Plans will be presented Feb. 8 with final specs by April 1 and completion targeted for Sept. 1. The work will ease crowding at Sunset and Pinckney Elementary Schools by shifting boundaries. Recommendations for curriculum changes were offered by administrators but no action was taken.
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Lawrence Board of Education
Richard C. Peters and
Hillcrest
Sunset
Pinckney
Robert Taylor
Taylor
Reading and music plans for elementary and junior high
Lloyd Schurr outlines a reading support program for junior high students and Taylor proposes adding four music teachers for grades three through six. Madelyn Clingen peel will continue as music consultant for K-2. A $15,000 work training plan under the Economic Opportunity Act would hire 77 students as custodians, cafeteria staff, and helpers, with 90 percent federal funding and 10 percent local.
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Taylor
Madelyn Clingenpeel
Ed Logsdon
Logsdon
Ex Salinan Clark H Jones killed in Baja California jeep crash
Clark H Jones 33 a Salina Kansas native with a varied career as fisherman newspaperman political aide TV personality and real estate broker was killed in a jeep wreck Sunday in Mulege Baja California Details of the crash were unavailable His mother Blanch Jones lives in Topeka and his father Nathan in Los Angeles Survivors include two children from a former marriage his widow Melba and three brothers
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Jones
Blanch Jones
Topeka
Nathan
Los Angeles
Salina
Melba
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Scheve
Don Metzler
Robert Billings
Bob Georgeson
Dolph C. Simons Jr
Odd Williams
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McKinney
Landreth Insurance
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