Fireworks Spoofs Opera Troubles At University Theater
Kansas University Summer Production Fireworks opened with light crowds and several miscues due to scarce English script and late score arrival. Kathy Melcher as Anna impressed with clear singing while L J Smoot Verna Pierce Kip Niven and Paul Ciano provided humor and strong performances. Cast will rehearse and improve for July shows.
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Kansas University
London
Kathy Melcher
Anna
L. J. Smoot
Gustave
Verna Pierce
Smoot
Kip Niven
Robert
Paul Ciano
Obolski
Melvin Ollar's jail escape delays release
Melvin Ollar, 24, failed to leave jail as scheduled after escaping from Cutter County Jail last Saturday. His cellmate became trapped during the escape and had to be freed by the Yuba City Fire Department rescue squad. Ollar attempted to slip back in but a door was locked, and he now faces an escape charge.
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Calif
Melvin Ollar
Ollar
Cutter County
Question Raised On Claims Made by US on Red Loss
SAIGON AP reports experts question the 200000 body count claim and 43000 allied losses this year. They cite inflated tallies and a virulent Viet Cong threat needing far more troops to contain or defeat. Estimates show Viet Cong growth from 5000 in 1960 to 230000 fighters plus 60000 North Vietnamese, with desertions and undercounted casualties.
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U.S
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Laos
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Associated Press
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Westmoreland
Woman Dies Saving Boy From Oncoming Train
In Monrovia California Allie Mae Johnson 58 died Thursday while rescuing Bobby Cole 4 from a passenger train bearing down on their car. She stopped on railroad tracks when traffic halted and barriers closed. Johnson pulled the child from the vehicle and tossed him to safety before the train struck her.
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Monrovia
Calif
Allie Mae Johnson
Bobby Coleman
First Woman Commissioner of Banks in Massachusetts
Rep Frey da P Koplow of Brookline takes office as banker commissioner in Massachusetts. Governor Volpe swore her in, succeeding former Boston Mayor John B Hynes who retired.
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Brookline
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Massachusetts
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John B. Hynes
Queen honors Francis Chichester with public knighthood
Queen Elizabeth II knighted Francis Chichester for his solo circumnavigation in the Gipsy Moth IV. The ceremony on the Thames drew two thousand guests and millions on television, recalling Drake’s historic dubbing upriver in 1851.
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England
Britannia
Francis Chichester
Francis Drake
Chichester
Prince Philip
Royal Naval College
Thames
Elizabeth
Drake
Deptford
Golden
Queen Elizabeth II
Neeling
Sir Francis
Order of the British Empire
London
Sir Francis Drake
Docking Family Holds One Fourth of KPS Interest
An error in a Topeka report misstated Gov. Robert Docking’s family stake in Kansas Public Service Co. The Docking family shares total one fourth, with Mrs. Virginia Docking owning one eighth and Gov. Docking and his brother each holding one sixteenth. Two Wichita owners own a combined half, and Mrs. Hilda Holmes of Lawrence holds the remaining quarter.
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Robert Docking
Docking
Kansas Public Service Co
Lawrence
Dick Docking
Lawrence Kps
Glenn Dunne
Wichita
Ed Dunne
Hilda Holmes
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