Lawrence Jaycees Fireworks Display Dazzles 15000 at KU Stadium
About 15 000 people viewed the Lawrence Jaycees annual fireworks show at Kansas University Memorial Stadium Friday night. The 55 minute display cost about 2000 dollars and featured 60 aerial bombs and various ground effects including an Apollo moon shot. The event honored Ron Gundy killed earlier in the week and included remarks by U S Rep Larry Winn urging a peaceful revolution of the mind.
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Ron Gundy
U.S
Larry Winn
R-Kan
Rep. Winn
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Thomas Jefferson
Campanile Hill
Ted Baze
Tracy Koons
Jaycees Stadium
Gaylen Koons
18Th St
Terr
Journal-World Photo
Will Hess
Astros in Tent For Talks Today
Space Center Houston reports Apollo 11 trio Armstrong Aldrin and Collins will hold a news conference in a protective tent to discuss the moon landing mission. A $5718 tent air system and glass quarantine area are intended to prevent germ exposure before July 20 landing.
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Neil A. Armstrong
Edwin E. Aldrin Jr
Michael Collins
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U S Troops Hold Steady War Effort Amid Vietcong Pause
In Saigon the U S Command reports the same level of operations by U S troops despite a drop in Viet Cong and North Vietnamese activity. Twelve battalion size operations continue, with limited ground fights and a major B 52 raid near the Cambodian border aimed at pressuring the 1st and 7th Divisions in Tay Ninh.
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No Weakening In Integration Policy Clarified by HEW
Washington AP an official in the Department of Health Education and Welfare said a letter will inform southern districts the week’s policy does not relax desegregation requirements. Leon Panetta noted 1969-70 full compliance targets remain, with no renegotiation allowed, and warned against misreading the change as weaker enforcement.
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Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Leon Panetta
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Office of Civil Rights
HEW
Robert Finch
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Front Results In More Rain Hit Kansas
A cold front moved from western to eastern Kansas bringing rain chances. Forecasters predict 60 percent rain this afternoon and tonight and 50 percent for Sunday. Lawrence reached 95 degrees with a 72 degree overnight low.
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Lawrence
Highway Toll 272 As Independence Day Holiday Press
The Independence Day weekend traffic death toll rose to 272 as the holiday period nears its halfway mark. California leads with 23 deaths, followed by Texas with 21, amid the extended travel period from Thursday evening to Sunday midnight.
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Texas
Nation marks Independence Day with parades and gatherings
Millions spent July 4th at beaches and parks from Coney Island to Los Angeles and Yosemite. President Nixon led a Key Biscayne parade while astronaut Cunningham criticized activists near Independence Hall. Battle lines of Vietnam noted a lull as 840 GI troops enjoyed a riverfront steak fry on Army pontoons.
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Inmates Segregated After Racial Brawl at Kansas Reformatory
At the Kansas Reformatory in Hutchinson Negro inmates moved to a separate cellblock after a Friday night brawl involving about 150 prisoners. Supt. Joseph Noble said the violence was racially based with over 20 injured, four admitted, and minimal damage. Temperature 104 degrees aided tensions. guards prevented escalation with a tear gas threat, while 13 highway patrolmen and 40 Hutchinson police stood by.
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Kenyan Official Killed in Nairobi At Lunch Time
Tom Mboya Kenya's 38 year old minister of economic planning was shot multiple times by a lone assailant outside a Government Road pharmacy in central Nairobi. Police sealed the area and Kenya News Agency later confirmed his death. Mboya helped lead Kenya's independence campaign and attended the London conference that shaped independence. He was born August 15, 1930 and married Pamela Odede in January 1968.
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Astronaut Borman Honors Soviet Space Pioneers in Moscow
Frank Borman, the American Apollo astronaut, places wreaths at Lenin's tomb in Red Square and at the Kremlin wall sites of Sergei Korolev Yuri Gagarin and Vladimir Komarov. He also honors the Unknown Soldier with a wreath as Lt. Gen. I S. Kolesnikov salutes. The ceremony ends with a minute of silence.
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Seregi Korolev
Air Force
I. S. Kolesnikov
Free prescription delivery and mail service at Raney drug stores
Advertises free prescription delivery and immediate mail service across all three Raney drug stores. Highlights convenient access for customers and quick dispensing options.
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Raney Drug Stores
Coed Victim Shot Near UM. Seventh Slaying in Ann Arbor
Margaret Phillips 25 of Coopersville was found shot in her Ann Arbor apartment. Police note the scene with no burglary and say she is a School of Social Work student. The case follows a string of six murders in two years in the Ann Arbor Ypsilanti area including Alice Kalom.
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Ypsilanti
Alice E. Kalom
Flags Fly Daily In Edna for Vietnam Peace
In Edna Texas flags on about 130 poles fly every day as a protest for an honorable peace in Vietnam. Mayor A D Tinker led a council resolution to display the U S flag until peace is secured. Residents report widespread support and a local flag drive that even sends Texas flags to units in Vietnam.
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