Vancouver sniper charged with murder in university area
A 35-year-old farmer and service man Arthur John Towell was charged with two counts of capital murder and two counts of attempted murder for a shooting spree that killed David Webster and Marlene Webster near Simon Fraser University. Patti Barriss and Helda Baxter were wounded. police seized more than 10 guns. Towell surrendered after firing from his attic window in Vancouver British Columbia.
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Vancouver
B. C
Arthur John Towell
Towell
University
Jeons
David
D A. Webster
Marlene
Patti Barriss
Helda Baxter
Julia A. Donald
Come Back Irving Jennie Misses You in Brooklyn
Jennie Epstein pleads with Rep. Emanuel Celler to urge former mailman Irving Dulberg to return to Brooklyn. She says her fiancée or former fiancé stopped coming to work two years ago after a romance soured at the post office and asks English language media to help them reconnect.
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Washington
Irving Dulberg
Jennies
Brooklyn
Jennie
Irving ‘Dulberg
Jennie Epstein
N. Y
Celler
Ike Tests Planned For Gettysburg Visit
Former President Dwight D Eisenhower, age 76, will enter Walter Reed Hospital in Washington on Monday afternoon for dental work and routine physical tests and examination officials announced. He recently underwent gall bladder surgery in December at Walter Reed.
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Gettysburg
Dwight D
Westmoreland urges more troops to press Vietnam gains
General Westmoreland told Secretary McNamara that allied forces are winning slowly but steadily in Vietnam and urged sending up to 100000 more troops. He warned North Vietnam is paying a heavy price with little to show, as briefings in Saigon shape the war’s course amid a growing North Vietnamese buildup and renewed fighting near the Central Highlands and DMZ.
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Saigon
William C. Westmoreland
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Vietnam
McNamara
U.S
North Vietnam
U.S. Army
Tan Son Air Base
Demilitarized Zone
South Vietnam
Westmoreland
United States
Mekong
Joint bond plan eyed for city county facilities
City and Douglas County officials at the Virginia Inn breakfast discussed a combined judicial building in the South Park area and a new fire station with relocation of Fire Station No. 2. They favored a shared records system but dropped plans for an $11 million package bond this fall, awaiting further architect input.
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South Park
City Commission
Douglas County Commission
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6Th
Kasold
23Rd
Haskell
Frank Sullivan
Sullivan
Ray Wells
Miss Kansas Pageant opens with preliminary wins in Pratt
Miss Pittsburg State Debra Dene Barnes and Miss Barton County Karen Schlapper were named preliminary winners as the Miss Kansas Pageant began in Pratt drawing 1,500 fans. Contestants split rounds in swimsuit and formal wear and talent with the second round set for tonight.
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Barton County
Pratt
Karen Schlapper
Lawrence
Kansas University
Prairie ‘Village
Schlapper
Pratt Jaycees
Lawrence Mayer
Susan Carey
Ellinwood
Debra Dene Barnes
Moran
Robert Docking
Federal grant funds Baldwin long term nursing facility
A $180 000 Hill Burton grant from the Department of Health Education and Welfare will help finance a six acre six room 30 bed Baldwin nursing home off 13th Street and High Street. The facility will be staffed by registered nurses 24 hours a day and licensed through Lawrence Memorial Hospital. It will be run as a city owned non profit home with a six member board headed by Martin. operation will begin with 30 rooms and may add 12 to 15 later. Funds for the first year will come from the bond issue and local pledges totaling $35 000 with more donations expected. The home will accept Medicare patients and will serve non Baldwin residents.
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Department of Health, Education ,and Welfare
Baldwin
Frank Carlson
Hill-Burton
Federal
HEW Department
Baldwin Meyeris
Martin
13Th Street
High Street
Paul Luckens
State Board’ of Health
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Mild Weather Forecast Extends Through Next Wednesday
The weather bureau forecasts continued mild conditions through next Wednesday with temperatures near normal. Weekend highs near 90 with mid 60s lows and scattered thundershowers totaling about .10 to .20 inch are expected, along with southerly winds of 15 to 20 mph.
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Weather Bureau
Bridge Election Likely Delayed for Engineering Studies
County Engineer L D Rice said a spring vote on the second Lawrence Bridge is unlikely as Finney and Turnipseed must finish geological studies that could affect the cost of the proposed 3 million structure. The study must be approved by the Army Corps of Engineers and local drainage boards before any construction. The groups also agreed to split the preliminary plan costs and extend Clinton Parkway studies to Town Street at county expense.
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Lawrence Bridge
L. D. Rice
Virginia Inn
Finney and Turnipseed
Topeka Consulting
Rice
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
Maple Grove
Kaw Valley
State Water Resources Board
Topeka
Lawence Bridge
Clinton Parkway
Clinton Reservoir
Town Street
Finney and Turnipseéed
23Rd Street
Kasold Drive
Kasold
Jayhawker Investments to Build 300-Unit Apt Project
Jayhawker Investments announces immediate construction of a four building six story 300 unit apartment complex on West 15th Street near Kansas University's Allen Fieldhouse. The project cost exceeds 2 million dollars and targets student occupancy with some units for faculty and public rent.
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Jayhawker Investiments, Inc
West 15Th Street
Kansas University
Allen Fieldhouse
Lawrence
Kansas
E. R. Zook
Jayhawker Investments
Zook
Coonrod, Walz and Voller
Wichita
Huxtable and Associates
Woodard, Cape and Associates
Dallas
15Th Street
W. A. Hensley
Bartlesville
Oklo
Phillips Petroleum
Stanley Learned
Phillips
Kenneth S. Adams
William Keller
Charman
Phillips Executive
Weather Plus Warmth Hits Northeast Kansas This Weekend
The region will be mostly clear and partly cloudy with warmer temperatures tonight and Saturday. Lows in the 60s tonight, highs in the upper 90s Saturday. Past records show yesterday’s high 81 and a record high 106 in 1989. Sunrise 6 01 am, sunset 8 50 pm. Journal-World vacation pak service offered.
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Kansas
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