U S Ambassador Meets Saigon Leaders After Coup
In Saigon U S Ambassador Maxwell D Taylor met Lt General Nguyen Khanh and acted premier Nguyen Xuan Oanh after Khanh's coup. A Buddhist crackdown followed with releases. a 20 year old was executed for terrorism as security tightens around the National Railroad Building.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Maxwell D. Taylor
Nguyen Khanh
Taylor
Nguyen Xuan Oanh
National Railroad
Chi Hoa
Khayen
Hung Dao
Tran van Huong
Huong
Khanh
Thich Tri Quang
New Eyes Scheduled For Rangers
Pasadena AP reports two more Ranger spacecraft will boost lunar surface study with sharper cameras to assess if the moon can safely support manned landings this decade. Ranger 8 launches mid February with three improved cameras to test crater hardness and rims against Ranger 7 data.
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Pasadena
Calif
Moon
Ranger 7
Fierce Fire Damages Des Moines General Hospital
A severe blaze struck Des Moines General Hospital in Iowa forcing evacuation of 103 adult patients and six babies. Firefighters reported injuries to two or three responders as flames menaced older sections while newer wings stayed protected by fire walls.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Des Moines General Hospital
Lee Williams
H. A. Graney
President Johnson Shows Steady Improvement at White House
President Johnson, described as improving from a cold, kept a light schedule in the living quarters of the White House. He had one appointment with AFL CIO President George Meany and labor counsel Andrew Biemiller to discuss pending legislation, likely manpower, retraining, and repeal of a Taft Hartley right to work provision.
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Washington
Johnson
White House
Executive
George Meany
Afl-Cio
Andrew Biemiller
Labor Organization
George E. Reedy
Reedy
Large Crowd Attends Kansas Young Republicans Gala
About 600 people attended the Kansas Young Republicans cocktail party in the Senate Room of the Jayhawk Hotel Topeka as part of Kansas Day celebrations. Lawrence Young GOP chapter hosted and promoted Lawrence as this year’s state convention site. An announcement on site selection will come from the Kansas Young Republicans executive board in about two weeks.
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Kansas Young Republicans
Senate
Jayhawk
Topeka
Native Sons and Daughters
Lawrence Young Gop
Lawrence
Kansas Young Republicans Executive Board
Final GOP Day Activities in Topeka Kansas
Kansas Republicans wrap up Kansas Day events in Topeka with a Gerald Ford speech as the centerpiece. Ford planned a mid afternoon arrival, a news conference, a reception, and an evening banquet after breakfast gatherings and a statewide Republican committee meeting.
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Topeka
Kansas
Gerald Ford
Michigan
House
Ford
Jayhawk
Republican State Executive Committee
William H. Avery
Oliver Hughes
State
Justice Leader Katzbach Chosen to Aid Poor in War on Poverty
Justice Leader Katzenbach selected as attorney general to push aid to the poor. He co led creation of the criminal justice office with Kennedy and vows action on civil rights, criminal and antitrust law, while stressing balance for the nation's poor and frequent progress reports on bail, pretrial publicity, counsel for the poor and wire tapping.
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Washington
Johnson
Nicholas deBelleville Katzenbach
Katzenbach
Robert F. Kennedy
Office of Criminal Justice
Department
Kennedy
Department of Prosecution
Department of Justice
Junior High Girl Hit By Motorist Thursday
A 15 year old Central Junior High School student suffered cuts and bruises when struck by a car at 14th and Mass. Judith Borrow of 1507 Wedgewood was treated at Lawrence Memorial Hospital and released. The driver, Michael T. Blanchard 20 of 743 E 23rd St, said sun blinded him while he attempted a left turn onto Vizeacquetts.
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Central
14Th and
Mass
Judith Borrow
Wedgewood
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Michael T. Blanchard
23Th St
Blanchard
14Th Street
Miss Borrow
John C. Emick Dies at 77 Lawrence Leader of Local Business
John C. Emick a longtime Lawrence businessman died Thursday evening of a heart attack at his home 2119 Va age 77 Funeral services set 9 a m Saturday Rumsey Funeral Home Rev Robert Freitag 2 30 p m Saturday Miltonvale Methodist Church burial Miltonvale Cemetery Pallbearers include John H Emick Harold F Emick Carroll H Pontius C T Dockery John F Conk Bill Dockery Survivors include wife Pearl Emick and several nieces and nephews Emick retired in 1961 as vice president of Anchor Savings Association and had led Lawrence business since 1915 starting in abstracting He later became secretary and then president of Douglas County Building and Loan Association before merging with Anchor in 1957 Age birthplace and career details confirmed
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John C. Emick
Lawrence
Miltonvale
John H. Emick
Harold F. Emick
Carroll H. Pontius
C. T. Dockery
John F. Conk
Bill Dockery
Pearl Emick
Emick
Anchor Savings Association
737
Mass
Douglas County Building and Loan Association
Anchor
Pearl McGinnes
Lawrence Jaycee Banquet Rescheduled for Feb 8
The annual DSA Bosses Night Banquet is moved to 7 p.m. Monday February 8 in the Crystal Room at the Eldridge Hotel. Gov. William Avery, the scheduled speaker, will be in Washington, D.C., next week.
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Lawrence Jaycee
Official Requests Fast Action For Disability Setup
Acting Atty. Gen. Katzenbach urged Congress to act quickly to amend the Constitution to fill vice presidential vacancies and establish disability procedures. He testified before a Senate subcommittee backing the Bayh amendment, noting broad legislative support and state legislatures likely to ratify if Congress acts. Johnson praised the push as long overdue for orderly leadership continuity.
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Washington
Nicholas Katzenbach
Congress
Senate Judiciary
Katzenbach
Johnson
Senate
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
House
GOP
Judiciary Committee
Jenkins Is Called By Senate For Baker Probe
The Senate Rules Committee subpoenas former White House aide Walter H Jenkins to testify in a closed session next Thursday in the Bobby Baker case inquiry. Special counsel L P McLendon would not confirm if Jenkins will seek medical excuse. Jenkins, Johnson's long time aide, resigned last October amid the election campaign after two prior morals arrests.
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Washington
Senate Rules Committee
White House
Walter H. Jenkins
Bobby Baker
L. P. McLendon
Jenkins
McLendon
Don B. Reynolds
Austin, Tex
President Johnson
Jenkin
Johnson
Kansas lawmakers edge toward bill passage says Knox
During a Washington visit Knox met four of seven Kansas legislators. Sen. Frank Carlson and Reps. Robert Ellsworth Chester Mize and Garner Shriver expressed positive support for the measure. They indicated they will probably personally back the legislation as the bill nears enactment.
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Washington
Kansas
Frank Carlson
Robert Ellsworth
Chester Mize
Garner Shriver
Knox
Althea Gibson Competes in 1984 PGA Tour Golf Tournaments
Althea Gibson, former national tennis champion, earned $561.50 across 17 Ladies PGA golf events in 1984, reflecting her foray into professional golf and the era’s prize levels.
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Althea Gibson
Cost of one student’s education in Lawrence public schools
The total per student cost is 2.52 dollars according to Supt. of Schools Carl S. Knox. Of this amount 1.73 goes to instruction while the remainder funds plant operation 19 cents capital outlay 7 cents administration 6 cents food services and student activities 7 cents maintenance of plant 7 cents fixed charges 2 cents health services 1 cent and debt retirement 30 cents.
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Lawrence
Carl S. Knox
Men Charged in Car Bombings at Civil Rights Rally
FBI agents arrested Edward Earl Fillingame 23 Laurie Latham Fillingame 21 and Raymond Duguid Mills 35 on charges tied to two car bombings near a civil rights rally and a funeral home in New Bern North Carolina. A KKK charter was seized from Mills home.
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New Bern
N.C
FBI
Raymond Duguid Mills
Mills
Nicholas Katzenbach
Federal Bureau of Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover
Edward Earl Fillingame
Laurie Latham Fillingame
Trial Request Denied for Suspended Officer Canaday
In Kansas City a request for a new trial by William M. Canaday, a suspended police official, was denied by a U.S. District Court. A federal jury convicted Canaday on two counts of income tax evasion for 1959 and 1960 and acquitted him on 1957 and 1958 counts.
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Kansas City
William M. Canaday
U.S. District Court
Canaday
KU Considered For Program With Latin American University
Kansas University is one of four North American universities under consideration for an exchange program with the Universidad de Oriente in Cu Mana Venezuela. The grant, administered by Ford Foundation, targets faculty exchanges in mathematics chemistry physics and biology.
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Kansas University
Eduardo Gonzalez
Universidad de Oriente
Cumana
Venezuela
Latin America
Americas
Gonzalez
Ford Foundation
George R. Waggoner
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Dieter Zschock
Pennsylvania State University
Iowa State University
Texas University
Simon Arreche
Oriente
Ellsworth Leads GOP Push for King Voting Effort
Seven House Republicans led by Robert Ellsworth urged the Justice Department to back Rev. Martin Luther King in his push to register Black voters in Selma Alabama.
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Washington
Robert Ellsworth
Kansas
Justice Department
Martin Luther King
Selma
Ala
Rumsey Funeral Home Ad Vi 3 5111 Adv
Funeral home advertisement lists Rumsey Funeral Home and contact number VI 3 5111 for the service. Provides basic notice of available arrangements and inquiry details.
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Rumsey Funeral Home
Snowfall Moves Out Of Central Plains
A new snow system moved east from the central plains as an arctic air mass drove temperatures to zero or below in 27 states. Snow lingered in the Midwest and Great Lakes with heavy totals in some areas, while several deaths were linked to slick roads and subzero temperatures.
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New England
Sioux City
Iowa
Omaha
Norfolk
Neb
Illinois
Wisconsin
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Indiana
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New York
Lake Ontario
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N.Y
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Davis
Maryland
Tennessee
Weather Bureau
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Minn
Fargo
N.D
Aberdeen
Watertown
S.D
Madison
Wis
Elgin
Ill
Marquette
Mich
Wanakena
Adirondacks
Chicago
St. Louis
Missouri
Kentucky
Burglary in Fairway Home Worth $60,000
Willis E. Kline, an airline pilot, reported coins and jewelry missing from his Fairway Kansas home. The owner valued the theft at 60 000 dollars after discovering the break in Thursday night while the family was away. The loss includes 12 bags of pennies 5000 coins each about 2000 in silver dollars three gold pieces 800 Canadian silver dollars and three rings valued at 2000 dollars each.
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Kansas City
Fairway
Kan
Willis E. Kline
Kline
Card of Thanks for Kindness after Loss
The Klock family and relatives thank friends for food flowers cards and other kindness during their recent loss. Signed by Mrs Harley Klock and Mr and Mrs E H Calvert and family and Mr and Mrs Andy Tidwell.
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Harley Klock
E. H. Calvert
Andy Tidwell
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