KU Grad Quits Top U S Post LBJ Bid Slips
President Johnson’s campaign to place more women in senior government roles loses another figure as Dr Leona Baumgartner resigns as assistant administrator of the Agency for International Development. She is replaced by a man. The White House cites compelling personal reasons and notes she helped advance population policy overseas.
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Washington
Times-Post
Johnson
White House
Leona Baumgartner
Agency For International Development
Baumgartner
Kennedy
Mary I. Bunting
Atomic Energy Commission
Radcliffe College
Albert H. Moseman
Rockefeller Foundation
Dr. Baumgartner
Patricia Roberts Harris
Luxembourg
Aileen Hérnandez
Equal Opportunity Commission
John W. Macy Jr
State university budget requests trimmed by board
The board cut requests to 4.5 million for new faculty and related costs and approved just over 400 thousand for new programs from a 1.5 million demand. Total increases for all purposes amount to 9,934,702 with 8,244,786 financed by the general revenue fund for the upcoming legislature. Proposed operating cost rises cover KU Medical Center, KU, K state, Wichita State, Emporia Teachers College, Pittsburg, Fort Hays, the School for the Deaf and the School for the Blind with capital improvements also listed for each institution.
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General Revenue Fund
University of Kansas Medical Center
University of Kansas
Kansas State University
Wichita State University
Kansas State Teachers College
Emporia
Kansas State College of Pittsburg
Fort Hays Kansas State College
School For the Deaf
School For the Blind
Medical Center
Fort Hays State College
Bob Eberly Disappears Before Singing Stint
Chicago AP report notes singer Bob Eberly vanished Wednesday night about 20 minutes before a supper club show at Mangam's Chateau in Lyons. Police searched the area as Eberly did not return to his motel after visiting a nearby restaurant and telling a waitress he felt unwell.
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Chicago
Bob Eberly
Lyons
Mangam
Ed Klodhoski
Mangam’s
Eberly
Minor Injuries In Wednesday Crash In Lawrence
A seven year old Lawrence girl Jean Schiefelbusch of 2145 Ohio St sustained a minor head bump in a two car crash at 24th St and Ridge Ct. She was treated and released from Lawrence Memorial Hospital. The Schiefelbusch car driven by Carol Schiefelbusch 16 collided with Harold W Mick 31 of 1727 W 24th St. The 1955 Schiefelbusch auto was a total loss. Mick's car damage estimated at 250 dollars.
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Lawrence
24Th St
Ridge Ct
Jean Schiefelbusch
Ohio St
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Carol Schiefelbusch
Schiefelbusch
Harold W. Mick
Paratroops Score Heavily in Viet Nam Dzone Fights
U S paratroopers engaged Viet Cong near Saigon in D zone jungle with more than 100 enemy casualties reported and 25 guerrillas dead. An ambush in Binh Duong Province near Xom Dua involved about 300-man Viet Cong force and four U S advisers with unknown fate. A Thunderchief jet was shot down near Vinh with pilot captured.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
U.S
Xom Dua
Binh Duong
Tri Tam
173Rd Airborne Brigade
Kontum
North Viet Nam
Vinh
Public flood losses seek 53.6 million for Kansas repairs
Gov. Avery asked in Topeka for 3.6 million dollars in federal aid to repair public property damaged by last month's floods. The request follows appraisals by the Corps of Engineers and other agencies and targets Arkansas Walnut Cottonwood rivers and Sand Creek at Newton.
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Topeka
William H. Avery
Kansas
Corps of Engineers
Public Health Service
Bureau of Public Roads
Department of Interior
Arkansas
Walnut
Cottonwood
Sand Creek
Newton
Fred and Oscar Rumsey Owners Huey Funeral Home Ad
Funeral home advertisement lists Fred and Oscar Rumsey as owners with phone line VI 39 5111 and advertises funeral services and arrangements.
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Fred and
Oscar Rumsey
Huey Funeral Home
Kansas Housewife Clinches Powder Puff Derby Title Again
Mrs. Mary Ann Noah of Mission Kansas won the all women transcontinental Powder Puff Derby for the second straight year, topping 70 rivals in the 2400 mile race from El Cajon California to Chattanooga Tennessee. Co pilot Mrs. Mary Akins of Wichita joined her. Frances Bera of Long Beach California finished second with Margaret Head, also of Long Beach, as her escort. Third went to June Douglas of Palm Beach Florida, and Merle Ann Shallow of Bucknell University placed fourth solo.
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Mary Ann Noah
Mission
Kan
el Cajon
Calif
Chattanooga
Mary Atkins
Wichita
Frances Bera
Long Beach
Calf
Margaret Head
Noah
Mary Akins
Bera
Margaret A. Head
June Douglas
Palm Beach
Fla
Here
Savannah
Merle Ann Shallow
Bucknell University
Montgomery
Ala
100 Degree Mark Still Skips Area
The Lawrence area, 18 days into summer, has not reached 100 degrees, with only seven days at 90 or higher this year and a peak of 93 on June 29. Last year had more hot days, including a 102-degree reading on July 6, while records show 38 days reaching 100 degrees as a historical high. The first seven July days show consistent highs around 86 to 89 and lows from 64 to 68.
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Lawrence
Soldier on 17 day hunger strike sent to hospital
Pvt. David Ovall from Los Angeles is in Patterson Army Hospital suffering malnutrition after a 17 day hunger strike begun when his request to be discharged as a conscientious objector was denied. The Army reports his condition as failing and states the order to hospital was necessary and lawful.
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Ft, Monmouth
N.J
David Ovall
Patterson Army Hospital
Ovall
Army
Los Angeles
Pentagon identifies eight KIA in Vietnam including Holt case
The Pentagon released identifications for eight service members killed in Vietnam. Among those named is Army Chief Warrant Officer Allen K. Holt, husband of Wanda C. Holt, as part of the casualties announced today.
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Washington
Pentagon
Army
Air Force
Viet Nam
Army Cwo
Allen K. Holt
Wanda C. Holt
Citizen Guards Vault Left Open at a Bank
Roger L. Pruitt of Greensboro walked into a North Carolina National Bank branch after hours to find an open vault door with the room unoccupied. He alerted police using the manager's phone and remained on guard until officers and bank staff arrived.
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Greensboro
N.C
Roger L. Pruitt
North Carolina National Bank
Pruitt
Jim Pearce
Lawrence Man Fined and Sentenced in Police Court
Harvey Jones of 115 East 17th Street was fined 660 and given five months in jail after a morning arrest on multiple traffic and related charges. He was chased for weaving on East Fifteenth Street drove into a ditch fled but was captured. Charges include driving under the influence three months, leaving scene 30 days, left of center 50, no license 30 days 10, improper registration 10, drunk 100, vagrancy 50 plus a prior vagrancy 50. The car was said to be taken without permission, owned by Mike Koehler of 1612 North H Street.
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Harvey Jones
17Th St
Jones
East Fifteenth Street
Mike Koehler
N.H. St
Interviews Set for Miss World Contest in Topeka
Interviews for the Miss World contest in Topeka will be held at White Lakes Shopping Center Friday 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. and Saturday 1 to 3 p.m. plus Monday 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Miss Lawrence and Miss Topeka for Miss World are slated for July 21 at White Lakes. Dorothy Lee and Terri Blewitt will interview applicants.
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White Lakes
Topeka
Kansas City
Asbury Park
N.J
Dorothy Lee
Terri Blewitt
19Th
Lawrence schools plan playground repairs citywide
Lawrence public elementary schools will be repaired and improved before the new school year. Contracts were approved for Hillcrest Centennial Sunset Hill New York East Heights and Woodlawn playgrounds with more work expected at McAllaster.
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Lawrence
Carl S. Knox
Board of Education
Hillcrest
Centennial
Sunset Hill
New York
East Heights
Woodlawn
Knox
McAllaster School
Dick Johnson
McAllaster
Johnson
Girl Missing After Home Robbery in Kansas City
Police describe a home invasion in Kansas City where a girl disappeared after a man left the room. About 80 uniformed officers and 10 plainclothes detectives, plus air search, are combing the area. FBI consultants assist as Chief Kelley notes no motive yet apparent.
Flames Spur Mass Evacuation Near Amcel Plant In North Carolina
About 2 000 people were evacuated from a wide area near the Amcel propulsion plant in Swannanoa Valley North Carolina as a jet fuel explosives storage building burned. Fire crews contained the blaze by dawn and operations were set to resume Friday. Separately a Lawrence area Boy Scouts and Explorers planned a multi state 600 mile hike to Santa Fe New Mexico with sessions starting July 24 and continuing through November with units invited along the route.
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N.C
Carolna
Amcel Propulsion Laboratory
Asheville
Fred Cooper
Amcel
Cooper
Civil Defense
Buncombe County
Lawrence Area
Santa Fe
N. M
Dirksen Reenters Hospital After Stomach Cramp Tests
Sen Everett Dirksen, 69, Illinois Republican leader, reentered Walter Reed Army Hospital after a two day round of tests for stomach cramps. He had left hospital Monday from his Virginia farm home near Leesburg, with staff saying doctors found no clear cause and suggested tension might trigger the cramps.
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Wasshington
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Illinois
Leesburg
Dirksen
Goof Balls and Pep Pills Targeted by Bill
Congress sent to the White House a bill to crack down on bootleg goof balls and pep pills. President Johnson supported tougher controls on barbiturates amphetamines and related drugs saying illicit use fuels lawlessness and violent crime. The measure expands federal oversight to intrastate traffic and strengthens record keeping and inspections.
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Washington
Congress
White House
Johnson
United States
House
Food and Drug Administration
Youngsters Complete First Leg to Santa Fe
Thirty young riders aged 6 to 13 completed the first leg of an 850 mile Santa Fe Trail journey. They traveled in miniature prairie schooners and on ponies, expressing fatigue but intent on reaching Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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Santa Fe
Clathe
Kan
Santa Fe Trail
N.M
Bever a Delegate On Missions Tour
John E. Bever of 506 Utah has been named a delegate to the 1965 Kansas Christian Churches Youth Missions Tour representing Bethany Park Christian Church. The tour departs Hutchinson by chartered bus August 8 for two weeks of mission work at Disciples of Christ sites in Mexico including San Antonio and Fort Worth. Bever is the son of Rev. and Mrs. George Bever and a Lawrence High School sophomore.
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Leona Baumgartner
Lawrence High School
Kansas University
Yale
W. Gl RB Atun
Lawrence
Washington
New York
Schwegler School
John Garcia
Lawrence Recreation Commission
John E. Bever
Utah
Kansas Christian Churches Youth Missions
Bethany Park Christian Church
Hutchinson
Christian Churches
Disciples of Christ
Mexico
Inman Christian Center
San Antonio
Tex
Texas Christian University At
Fort Worth
Bever
George Bever
Card of Thanks from Anna Gabriel
Mrs Anna Gabriel thanks neighbors friends and relatives for cards flowers and kindness during her stay. She also thanks Rev Kurth Old Friends Club and Hesper HDU for visits and birthday wishes.
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Rev. Kurth
Old Friends Club
Hesper Hdu
Anna Gabriel
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