Congress Faces Viet Nam War and Aid Bills After Break
Congress returns from a 10 day recess to tackle a $17.4 billion defense package and a $4.1 billion foreign aid bill. The defense bill covers military hardware, a nuclear frigate, a bomber program, and the Nike X system. Senate action includes civil service pay raises and pollution programs. A watchful debate over CIA oversight and Foreign Relations Committee membership looms.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
Central Intelligence Agency
Armed Services and
Appropriations
Then and Now Forty Five Years Later in Lawrence
A 1939 Journal-World photo shows four Brunett School graduates who came to Lawrence in 1894 at age 21. Only Charles G. Husted, 92, remains alive. others are Monte Painter, C A Zimmerman, and Orry W. Owen. Pony Express Reading Club enrolls 1,500 in five weeks. 20 book goal with stamps and mail bags. City Clerk Vera Mercer warns final voter registrations for Aug 2 primary. City Hall extended hours tonight and Tuesday. A new gas price war prompts price cuts at local stations. City Hall flagpole, a gift from Sertoma, now flies US and Kansas flags. brick base marks 1936 center of Lawrence.
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Fred Reynolds
Barker
Journal-World
Charles G. Husted
Monte Painter
Drummond
Idaho
C. A. Zimmerman
Topeka
Orry W. Owen
Lawrence
Brunett School
Midland School
Cap Shane
Alfred Lawrence
Pony Express Reading Club
Lawrence Public Library
Sacramento
St. Joseph
Pony Express
Lawrence Council of Parents and Teachers
Vera Mercer
City Hall
Mercer
Lawrence Sertoma Club
United States
Kansas
New York Police Board Named by Lindsay
Mayor John V. Lindsay and Police Commissioner Howard R. Leary appointed a civilian dominated police review board. Four civilian members were named, including a Negro and a Puerto Rican, amid civil rights pressure and police opposition.
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New York
John V. Lindsay
Howard R. Leary
Lindsay
Weekend injuries at Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Nineteen people were treated and released from Lawrence Memorial Hospital ER over the weekend for minor injuries. The list includes children and adults with cuts, nails, glass, and other accidents, plus a dog bite reported for Frank Kerns.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Eric Stucky
Pioneer Rd
Gerald Thompson
Dawn Milburn
Harper
Ruby Shaw
Bill Wilson
Oskaloosa
William York
Highland Dr
Kathleen King
Miss
Martin Hastert
Eudora
Lone Star Lake
Angela Rodriguez
R. I
W. M. Stalcup
S. H. Elliott
Lecompton
Jo Deborah Allen
Jerry Gibler
Ohio
Ralph Chavez
John Owens
Route 3
Baldwin
Nancy Potter
Marjorie Freeman
Tonganoxie
Jim Mack Jr
Frank Kerns
Strikebound Winfield Student Faces Draft
Winfield Kansas AP report notes Southwestern College student David Shick may face draft due to airline strike. His draft board requires six credit hours before September to maintain student status. The Pacific Area seminar, co hosted by the college and East West Center, includes a study trip to Honolulu. strike threats could cancel it leaving Shick short of credits and losing the trip and visit to his parents.
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Winfield, Kan
David Shick
Southwestern College
Honolulu
Hawaii
Chich
William Shick
Poipu
Firemen Shift Changes In KC Partial Strike
Kansas City firemen on a partial strike since Friday shifted the C shift after 96 hours on duty. National Guardsmen and police manned all 44 stations with no incidents reported. Local 42 President Gladden urged an impartial binding arbitration, while the city seeks contempt proceedings against union officers for violating a court order.
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Kansas City
National Guardsmen
Stanton Gladden
International Association of Fire Fighters
Warren E. Hearnes
Ilus Davis
Local 42
Gladden
China Says It Will Not Send Volunteers To Vietnam
Peking urged the Vietnamese Communists to rely on their own strength in fighting the United States in Vietnam. The People's Daily quoted by New China News Agency said outside aid cannot replace their struggle and that any such aid is only auxiliary.
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Tokyo
China
United States
Viet Nam
Peking
People’s Daily
New China News Agency
Educational TV Station Considered For Lawrence Schools
Lawrence officials and Dr. Philip Lewis discussed a 2 500 megacycle educational TV station to serve 19 attendance centers and three special sites. The project would cost about 150 000 dollars and aim for the 1967 68 school year, with federal Title IIT approval due by fall and potential staff of 32 full or part time positions including cameramen engineers and classroom workers.
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Lawrence
Philip Lewis
Bureau of Research, Development and Special Projects
Chicago
Carl S. Knox
Robert Ramsey
Robert Lowther
Lewis
St. John’s Parochial School
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Lawrence Education Association
Lowther
Rusty Springer delays third Hillcrest store opening
Rusty Springer, owner of two Lawrence supermarkets, says the Hillcrest Shopping Center third store is progressing but no opening date is set. The Hillcrest blaze on March 17 caused 506,939 total damage with Rusty’s Supermarket losses at 490,818.
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Rusty Springer
Lawrence
Hillcrest
Rusty
Colorado Student Killed on Campus
A 21 year old Colorado University coed, Elau ra Jeanne Jaquette, was found bludgeoned to death in a Mackey auditorium music room on the campus. Police say the room showed glass and blood, she was nude from the waist down and appears to have been raped. The campus music rooms are normally locked and keys are restricted to authorized students.
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Teegarden
George Howe
Boulder County
Rex Scott
Scott
Telephone Executives Begin Sessions at KU
Telephone executives from over 40 companies in more than 20 states start a four week management development program at Kansas University. Sponsored by the KU Business School and the United States Independent Telephone Association, it is the ninth year at KU with over 400 alumni. Courses cover American business climate marketing human relations control and financial administration and rate regulations.
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Kansas University
KU Business School
United States Independent Telephone Association
Steinbeck Answers Yevtushenko on Vietnam War
John Steinbeck replies to Gevgeny Yevtushenko in an open letter in Newsday. He denounces all war, calls Vietnam a Chinese-inspired conflict, and urges opposing the entire war rather than half measures.
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Garden City
N.Y
John Steinbeck
Gevgeny Yevtushenko
Viet Nam
Long Island
Newsday
Nobel
Steinbeck
Yevtushenko
Two Injured In City Traffic Crashes Sunday
Two traffic accidents Sunday left three people injured and caused 2,400 dollars in damage. Robert N. Van Noy, 58, suffered minor injuries after his southbound car at 9th and Tennessee was hit by Opal A. Euilsizer, who then struck Carl D. McElwee. A second crash at 5th and Fla injured Amy L Roberts and Virginia J. Hoffer. Doris F. Roberts and her passenger were hurt minor.
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Robert N. van Noy
Ama St
9Th and
Tenn
Sts
van Noy
Tennessee
Opal A. Euilsizer
Salina
9Th Street
Carl D
Fla
Amy L Roberts
Roberts
Hoffer
GOP Proposes U.N. Reforms Including 1000-Strong Peacekeeping Brigade
In Washington, Republicans unveiled six steps to modernize the United Nations, proposing a first brigade of 1,000 technicians for peacekeeping, expanded military advisers, selective membership screening, special status for small units, improved financing, and a U.S.-driven charter modernization. The plan aims to boost U.S. leadership while preserving equality among states.
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Washington
United Nations
Republican Coordinating Committee
U.S
United States
U.N
GOP
Congress
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Journal- World Photo
K.C
Ross Disney Men
Mr. Clyde Elder
Colorado
Lawrence Area
Rumsey Funeral Home
New Hampshire
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
Lawrence Memorial Co
Norman Endacott
East
13Th Mi
Montgomery Ward
New York Stock Exchange
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