Youngsters Ready Racers As Soap Box Race Nears
With the July 16 Soap Box Derby near, 39 boys entered finish their handmade cars. Safety inspection begins Monday at Winter Chevrolet to verify brakes steering weight and dimensions. Derby Director Ron Gundy expects 30-35 racers to compete July 16.
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Jaycee
Larry Mayer
Chevrolet
N.H. St
Jaycees
Winters
Journal-World
Ron Gundy
Akron
Ohio
Lawrence
Gundy
No Encephalitis Reports in Douglas County
Lawrence health director says no encephalitis reports received in the area despite concerns after heavy rains. Environmental sanitarian checked potential breeding grounds with no unusual findings and no cases reported in Kansas or Douglas County.
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Dale Clinton
Lawrence- Douglas County
Journal-World
Lawrence
Richard Hack
Health Office
Clinton
Kansas
Douglas County
GED Test Offered Saturday in Lawrence Center
The GED test will be given Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 3 p.m. in Room 172 at the Administration Center. Applications must be in before test time. Official figures show Lawrence at 30,901 and Douglas County at 42,615, not counting university students. with KU and Haskell included, Lawrence reaches about 45,594 and the county about 58,224.
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State Board of Agriculture
Darwin Rogers
Lawrence
Douglas County
Kansas University
Haskell Institute
Baker University
Haskell
Deer Permits Due Soon For 1967 Kansas Season
AP reports the Kansas State Forestry Fish and Game Commission announces deer permit applications open July 14. Blue forms for archery permits and buff forms for gun hunts. deadline September 1. A total of 6,450 firearms permits issued. Archery season state wide with no limit. firearms season December 8 to 10.
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Pratt, Kan
State
Forestry, Fish, and Game Commission
Abilene Rep. Strowig Files Kansas Business Interests
Rep. Calvin A. Strowig of Abilene discloses stock and officer roles in Capitol Drive-In Theater in Des Moines and Anadarko Theater Corp. in Oklahoma. He also partners in Abilene Theaters and manages real estate and agricultural lands across Dickinson and Caddo counties, Kansas and Oklahoma.
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Oklahoma
Iowa
Caddo County
Ohlo
Strowig
Abilene Theaters
Abilene
Kan
Dickinson County
Okla
Clay
Ottawa Counties
Kansas
Tire Explosion Fatal in Springfield
Lowell Wilson aged 40 from Carthage Mo died from head injuries after a tire he was repairing exploded in Springfield. The incident occurred early today and is being investigated by local authorities.
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Springfield
Lowell Wilson
Carthage
Half Dollar Shows Signs of Recovery in Circulation
Washington AP reports treasury official Robert A. Wallace says the half dollar remains in demand with rising circulation and more banks stocking them. He stops short of declaring the shortage over, noting production at 24 million per month and about 850 million Kennedy halves minted since 1964.
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Washington
U. S
Robert A. Wallace
the Treasury
Treasury Department
Wallace
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Globe Circler Mrs Pellegreno to Reach Newton in Welcome
Newton Kansas hosts a public welcome Sunday for Ann Pellegreno the Michigan housewife retracing Amelia Earharts world flight. A fly in sailplane demos parachute jumps and a buffalo barbecue mark the Amelia Earhart Flight Commemoration with attendees including Muriel Earhart Morrissey Rep Garner Shriver Rep Chester Mize and Atchison mayor Hazen Schaeffer. Pellegreno left Detroit June 7 aboard a 1937 Lockheed Electra enhanced with extra fuel tanks and a fuel pump system. Accompanying her are navigator Bill Polhemus Lee Koepke plane owner and Air Force Col Bill Payne.
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Newton
Kan
Buffalo
Michigan
Ann Pellegreno
Amelia Earhart
Pellegreno
Detroit
Miss Earhart
Muriel Earhart Morrissey
West Medford
Mass
Aviatrix
Garner Shriver
Chester Mize
Hazen Schaeffer
Atchison
Miss Ear
Surgery for Mrs Wells at Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Mrs Ray Wells wife of Lawrence's city manager underwent surgery at Lawrence Memorial Hospital this morning and was reported in fairly good condition.
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Wells
Ray Wells
Lawrence
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Egyptian Commandos Still Harass Israelis in Suez Area
Israeli soldiers report nightly Egyptian commando attempts across the Suez Canal to sabotage positions. In recent days 1 Israeli is killed and several wounded, with 28 Egyptians reported killed in a weekend clash near El Qantara. Egypt blocks the canal with sunken ships. Israel aims to push back saboteurs.
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Tel. Aviv
Suez Canal
Israel
el Qantara
Dennis Neeld
Egypt
U.N
U Thant
Nils Gerand Gussing
Gussing
Missing SAC general among six aboard B52 crash
Maj. Gen. William J. Crumm, commander of SAC's 3rd Air Division on Guam, was reported missing along with five others after two B52 bombers collided midair over the South China Sea southeast of Saigon while en route to a South Vietnam target.
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Omaha
Neb
William J. Crumm
Strategic Air Command
3Rd Air Division
Guam
SAC
South Vietnam
South China Sea
Saigon
Phu Bai
Con Thien
Demilitarized Zone
U.S
North Vietnam
Philippines
Air Force
Puerto Rico
A Shau
Thailand
22Nd
March Air Force Base
Calif
Columbus
Miss
Vietnam
United States
Weekend Hill Concerts at University Theatre Murphy Hall
Kansas University Music and Art Camp musicians perform this weekend in University Theatre. Saturday 2 15 p m concert orchestra varsity band and chorale with conductors Carney Esau Ralston and Benne Ralston Carney Bloomquist Wiley guest Corley Lawner Brite and accompanist Fager Sunday 2 15 concert choir chamber choir and symphony orchestra Sunday 7 00 symphonic band and concert band
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Kansas University Music and Art Camp
University Theatre
Murphy Hall
Chorale
Gerald Carney
LeRoy Esau
James Ralston
Darrell Benne
Ralston
Carney
Kenneth Bloomquist
Russell L. Wiley
John Corley
George Lawner
George Brite
Jane Fager
New Hope for Lurleen In Her Cancer Battle
Alabama Governor Lurleen Wallace shows renewed hope after preliminary tests indicate positive results in her cancer battle. Dr. R Lee Clark of the University of Texas M D Anderson Hospital notes continued testing and an exploratory surgery may follow.
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Lurleen
Houston
Tex
Alabama
Lurleen Wallace
R. Lee Clark
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Hospital
Seven CJHS Pupils Named Top Honor Roll
Seven Central Junior High School students earned top honor roll honors for the second semester. Recipients on all A s or with at most one B include Susan Alderson Kelly Hays Charlene Roberman Alison Saricks Steven Sooby Randy Stewart and Patsy Saffron.
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Central Junior High
Susan Alderson
Kelly Hays
Charlene Roberman
Alison Saricks
Steven Sooby
Randy Stewart
Patsy Saffron
Navy proposes seaborne missile defense system SABMIS
Navy official Capt. Robert A. Rowe outlines a seaborne anti ballistic missile system to protect allied nations and US bases overseas. The plan envisions ships and submarines intercepting missiles in the Pacific, complementing Nike X, with studies due July 19 from six firms.
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Washington
Navy
U.S
Robert A. Rowe
State Department
Rowe
United States
Japan
U. S
Okinawa
Guam
Army
Pentagon
Romney Checks Chances in East
Michigan Governor George Romney pressed his New Hampshire tour as Rhode Island Governor John Chafee wore a Romney 68 button and backed his bid. Romney met with state GOP leaders and New England Governor John Volpe, weighing a regional favorite son run. He said he would prefer Volpe not enter the race though Volpe kept his option open.
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Lake, N.H
Michigan
George Romney
New England
Romney
John A. Volpe
Massachusetts
Volpe
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
John H. Chafee
New Hampshire News
Two U S B52s collide and crash near Saigon during Vietnam war
The AP reports two B52 bombers collided and sank 65 miles southeast of Saigon as U S Defense Secretary McNamara visits Vietnam amid calls for 100 000 to 200 000 more troops. Ground fighting continues near Con Thien with Marine and North Vietnamese casualties.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
North Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Robert S. McNamara
Vietnam
Greek politician Stamatis Mercouris dies in London
Stamatis Mercouris, Greek politician and Melina Mercouri’s father, died Thursday night in a London hospital. He had come for medical treatment shortly before Greece’s army coup and moved to organize Greek democrats in Britain and Western Europe to oppose the Athens regime.
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London
Stamatis Mercouris
Melina Mercouri
Greece
Britain
Europe
Athens
State AG says highway panel may fund Mid-Continent study
Kansas Attorney General Robert Sonderholm ruled that only the Highway Commission can spend 40 000 for a feasibility study of a Mid-Continent Airport toll road and only under an agreement with the Kansas Turnpike Authority. He noted no financing existed in 1967 and urged a formal agreement between agencies.
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Topeka
Kansas Highway Commission
Mid - Continent
Kansas Turnpike Authority
Robert Sonderholm
William P. Timmerman
Johnson County
Kansas City
Kan
Leavenworth
Missouri
Turnpike Authority
Kansas Finance Council
State Highway Commission
Sonderholm
Finance Council
The
Highway Commission
Commission
Hazelet Fairly Good After Lawrence Car Crash
Former Lawrence police chief John C. Hazelet 51 of 2022 Barker Ct suffered a fractured vertebra in a Wednesday morning crash five miles west of Lawrence. He remained listed in fairly good condition at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
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Lawrence
John C. Hazelet
Barker Ct
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Boeing Wins $1,073,880 Air Force Contract in Wichita
The White House notified Governor Docking's office that the Air Force awarded Boeing Co. of Wichita a contract valued at $1,073,880. The action marks a major federal procurement involving a key state employer.
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Topera
White House
Robert Docking
Boeing Co
Wichita
Air Force
In Memoriam Leroy Rowland “Pappy” Passes Two Years Ago
In loving memory of our father and grandfather Leroy Pappy Rowland who died two years ago today. We do not need a special day to bring you to mind. The day we do not think of you is hard to find. Sadly missed by his children and grandchildren.
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Leroy
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