Pueblo seizure tests U S credibility and policy options
The Pueblo capture by North Korean patrol boats puts the United States in a ticklish position. The piece weighs diplomatic hopes against possible military action, questions the 12 mile limit, and argues public trust hinges on honest government statements and clear action.
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U.S
Korea
North Korea
Wonsan
Associated Press
Washington
Pentagon
White House
Russia
Mediterranean Sea
Egypt
Pueblo
Sam
Vietnam
Gulf of Tonkin
Tonkin
Tonkin Gulf
GM Union Strikes Hit 135000 Workers Across Auto Plants
Detroit talks resume as strikes at three GM foundries plus parts shortages idle 117,900 UAW members. GM layoffs reached 60,300 on Friday with 5,000 more expected at Baltimore plants. Canadian Chrysler strikes also continue while American Motors lays off 2,700 in Kenosha.
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Detroit
General Motors
GM United Auto Workers
Baltimore
Chevrolet
Fisher
Saginaw
Mich
Defiance
Ohio
Tonawanda
N.Y
Flint
Lordstown
Terrytown
Los Angeles
Cadillac
Canada
UAW
Chrysler of
Chrysler
St. Louis
Twinsburg
American Motors
Kenosha
Wis
Deaths Funerals Mrs Effie M Nelson 72
Mrs Effie M Nelson 72 of 445 Calif St died this morning at Lawrence Memorial Hospital after 50 years in Lawrence Douglas County. She belonged to St Luke A M E Church. Survivors include husband Walter, daughter Helen Morris, sons Walter M Jr Mason Harold, step daughter Winifred, brother Larry Spotser, 11 grandchildren and great grandchildren. Bowser Lee Mortuary to announce funeral services.
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Effie M. Nelson
Calif. St
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Lawrence
Douglas County
St.Luke A.M.E. Church
Walter Nelson
Helen Morris
Joliet, Ill
Walter M. Nelson Jr
Topeka
Mason Nelson
Kansas City
Harold Nelson
Chicago
Winifred Nelson
Chicago, Ill
Larry Spotser
Mexico
John Henry Foster dies at 54 in Oska loosa area
John Henry Foster 54 of Route 1 died Friday at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Monday at Rumsey Funeral Home chapel with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Survived by wife Alfreda Iola Foster, one daughter Carolyn Stauffer, three sons John Richard Foster, David Paul Foster, Ronald Marvin Foster, siblings Fred Foster Susie Jambois Bernice Bowen Edith Hartman, and three grandchildren. Born in Oska loosa. he was a plumber.
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John Henry Foster
Route 1
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Rumsey Funeral Home
Memorial Park Cemetery
Alfreda Iola Foster
Carolyn Stauffer
Emporia
John Richard Foster
22Nd St
David Paul Foster
Lecompton
Ronald Marvin Foster
Frontier Rd
Fred Foster
Lake St
Susie Jambois
Nisland
Bernice Bowen
Oskaloosa
Edith Hartman
McLouth
Foster
Kansas Day Activities Ramp Up Across State
Kansas Day events in Topeka feature talks by Kansas Council of Women leaders and the Kansas Federation of Republican Women executive committee meeting. Republicans plan a Monday dinner and officer election, with Sen Charles Percy as keynote. Democratic and Native Sons and Daughters of Kansas schedules include delegate procedures and a 50th anniversary dinner. Kansasan of the Year to be honored.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kansas Council of Women
The
Kansas Federation of Republican Women
Charles Percy
R-Ill
Democratic State Committee
Kansas Day Club
Frank Carlson
R - Kan
Kansas Republican Veterans Club
Republican State Committee
Native Sons and Daughters of Kansas
Native Sons and Daughters
North Vietnam to Free U.S. Pilots During Tet
Hanoi via Vietnam News Agency said three American pilots held by the North would be released for Tet. A Saigon embassy spokesman welcomed the news but could not confirm. The report notes past captures and lists total airmen known captured or missing while Thieu in South Vietnam announced broader releases for prisoners and shortened terms.
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Tokyo
North
Vietnam
U.S
Saigon
Hanoi
Vietnam News Agency
VNA
Navy
Dieter Dengler
Laos
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
International Red Cross
Runaway girls in custody at Gas Light Tavern
Police took two 14 year old girls into custody Friday afternoon after they apparently ran away from Overland Park homes. They were held at Gas Light Tavern 1241 Dread Ave and turned over to Juvenile Court authorities. parents were notified.
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Overland Park
Dread Ave
Cave-in at Cameron Bluff power plant prompts emergency run
Lawrence report says a cave-in at the Kansas Power and Light plant at Cameron Bluff left one man buried to his waist. He escaped poses, no injuries were reported as Douglas County sheriff's officers arrived around 5 p.m. Friday.
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Douglas County
Kansas Power and Light
Cameron Bluff
Kansas Pittsburgh GE College Bowl to Air on Channel 4
Kansas and Pittsburgh Universities compete on the GE College Bowl to be televised at 5 p.m. Sunday on Channel 4. Jayhawkers play to a national audience per WDAF-TV program director Bill Wormington. The Federal Reserve report lists Lawrence as a district leader in bank debits with a 15 percent rise, trailing only Parsons, Kansas, boosted by the 1967 Kansas Ordnance Plant reopening, and matching leaders Bartlesville and Muskogee in Oklahoma.
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Kansas
Pittsburgh
Channel 4
Kansas City
Jayhawkers
Bill Wormington
Wdaf-Tv
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas
KU Freshmen Hurt In Morning Car Crash
Two University of Kansas freshmen sustained minor injuries in an early morning crash in the city. Barry B. Hanan of Lawrence was listed in good condition at Watkins Memorial Hospital as a passenger in Stephen W. Zimmerman’s auto, which struck a parked car near 11th and Rhode Island. Zimmerman also from Lawrence suffered minor injuries. Vehicle damage totaled 500 to Zimmerman’s car and 200 to the parked car.
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Kansas University
Watkins Memorial Hospital
Watkins
Barry B. Hanan
la. St
Lawrence
Hanan
Stephen W. Zimmerman
Zimmerman
Rhode Island
Ken McCann
Shawnee Mission
11Th and
R.I. Sts
McCann
Massachusetts
Steet
Eighth Street
Thelma M. Bowen
Ash St
Morene F. Folk
21St St
Bowen
Folk
Vandals Strike City Street Lights in North Lawrence
Law rence police report multiple vandalisms including the shooting out of at least 13 street lights on Elm Walnut Maple Lincoln and near 742 Locust St. No damage estimate was provided. Additional crimes include auto burglaries and thefts on city streets and KU area residences with damages listed.
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Lawrence
North
Elm Street
Walnut
Maple
Lincoln
Sixth
Locust St
Sandy Clinkenbeard
Ala. St
Plans for East 23rd four-lane project and rural road funding
Glass proposes a traffic signal at 28th and Haskell as part of the 23rd plans to widen East 23rd to the Eudora flats. Banning notes rural residents want more blacktop funding than city projects. The county has about 85 miles of blacktop roads, about half of all county roads. Lawrence residents pay 52 percent of county government taxes.
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East 23Rd
Eudora Flats
Glass
Purple Thistle Becomes Scots National Emblem
The Scots adopted the Purple Thistle as their national emblem after legends describe Norse invaders trampling pur ple thistles and alerting the people to danger.
U N Debate Over Pueblo Incident Moves Toward Mediation
The U N Security Council focuses on a Canadian mediated route to free the USS Pueblo and its 83 crew. Canada suggests intermediaries could broker a speedy equitable solution amid U S and North Korea tensions with possible passage of a resolution.
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U.N. Security Council
North Korea
U.S
Canada
Soviet Union
Hungary
Algeria
George Ignatieff
Council
United States
Platon D. Morozov
Karoly Csaterday
Goldberg
Pueblo
Republic of Korea
Wonsan Harbor
Morozov
Peery to Run for Reelection as Kansas Treasurer
AP reports Walter Peery announced on Friday he will seek renomination to a fifth term as Kansas state treasurer. He is currently serving his fourth term in office.
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Topeka
Walter Peery
Peery
Major Bills Status Before Legislature
Kansas bills move through committees and floors with changes. SB 197 empowers the Alcoholic Beverage Control director to revoke licenses for private club stamp purchases. SB 462 would raise motor fuel tax to 7 cents. SB 479 bans new junior colleges until after 1969. SB 519 creates Hutchinson enforcement training center. SB 495 reapportions senatorial districts. SB 488-489 restrict Sunday merchandise sales. HB 1728 imposes 5 percent severance tax on oil and gas. HB 1205 moves to nonpartisan State Board of Education elections. HB 1207 abolishes state supt and creates Education Commissioner. HB 1781 creates an ombudsman. HB 1725 allows oil and gas lease of lands. HB 1732-1733 repeals nonprofit tax exemption for medical service corporations. HB 1849 reapportions judicial districts to 28. HB 1843 bonds of 350 million for highways awaiting readings.
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House Oil and Gas Committee
House
KU Pays Sewer District Assessment In One Payment
Delbert Mathia Douglas County clerk said KU sent a 174 988 28 dollar check for its Wakarusa Main Sewer District No 10 assessment. KU had sought 34 988 28 more at the Jan 18 Board of Regents meeting and chose a lump sum to avoid 20 year interest.
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Delbert Mathia
Douglas County
Kansas University
Wakarusa Main
Board of Regents
Topeka
Pioneer Cemetery
University
Blaiberg Listens to News Broadcasts After Transplant
Philip Blaiberg, the heart transplant patient at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, is now allowed to hear news broadcasts and other radio programs for the first time since his operation 25 days ago. Hospital officials report a restful night and improving condition.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Philip Blaiberg
Groote Schuur Hospital
Blaiberg
Ex-Student to Face Drug Charges in County Court
Former Kansas University student from Bartlesville Oklahoma named John Tyler will be tried in District Court on narcotic possession and sale charges. The nonjury trial is set for 9:30 a.m. Friday with alleged offenses dated November 22 1966 and arrest on July 20 1967.
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Kansas University
Bartlesville, Okla
John Tyler
Tyler
Memorial thanks for Dr. John H. Standfield
The Standfield Family expresses gratitude for cards telegrams food and contributions to the Memorial Fund in honor of their son and brother Dr. John H. Standfield. They are deeply and humbly grateful.
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John H. Standfield
Standfield
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