McGovern Solidify Victory Shapes Kansas Delegation
Kansas insiders react to California votes restoring 151 McGovern delegates as Sen. George McGovern gains momentum. Gov. Robert Docking stays neutral yet hints some uncommitted Kansans may defect if Wednesday night marks a clear winner.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Robert Docking
George McGovern
South
McGovern
Docking
Kansas
Burton
Bud” Buser
Buser
Humphrey
Nixon
Ken Marshall
Topeka
California
Marshall
Harold Herd
Coldwater
Herd
Credentials Committee
Miss Edison
State Senate
McGovern Tide Rising at Democratic Convention
The article notes tight security at the convention with daily credentialing to prevent forgery and new tags for delegates. Reporters there include many first timers while press coverage and costs remain immense. Kansas delegates faced long nights, with a noon caucus planned to reveal Gov Docking’s preferred candidate ahead of Wednesday’s vote.
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Kansas
Lawrence
Docking
POWs Deliver Messages on Film From Hanoi
CBS telecast a film from Hanoi showing four U S Air Force captains believed missing delivering messages to families. They described treatment as good and health as satisfactory while a wounded captain appeared in a hospital bed and another provided minimal information. The broadcasts cited captures between April and June and identified captains Jackson Grant Dingee Beekman and Cerak plus wounded Francis with limited hometown details.
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CBS: Evening News
Walter Cronkite
Denpa
Tokyo
Sue
Charles’ Allen Jackson
Littleton
Colo
David Ryan Grant
Chattanooga
Tenn
Linda
Capt
David Dingee
Homestead
Fla
William David Beekman
Toledo
Ohio
Tina
Bill
CBS
Hanoi
John Cerak
New Jersey
St. Paul’s Hospital
Richard Logan Francis
California
Francis
Cerak
Democratic National Convention Tonight Schedule
The Democratic National Convention announces tonight's CDT schedule with sessions opening at 6 p.m. and the Platform Committee report considered at about 7 p.m.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Platform Committee
Voter Signup Closes Today in Douglas County
Unregistered voters in Lawrence must register by 9 p m to vote in the August 1 primary. Douglas County Clerk Delbert Mathia reports a record 702 new registrations on Monday, including 76 from Lawrence and 16 for ages 18 21. Total Douglas County registrations reach 26 311 with about 21 700 Lawrence residents. Outside Lawrence first time registrants may register today or election day. Requirements: be 18, reside in Kansas, and live in the precinct 21 days.
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Lawrence
Douglas County
Delbert Mathia
Mathia
Kansas
Space scientists study eclipse from Arctic jet
Scientists from Los Alamos intercepted a solar eclipse at 39 000 feet over the Arctic Circle in a converted Air Force cargo jet carrying 15 tons of gear. The shadow moved 1 000 miles per hour as the plane crossed totality for 3 minutes 45 seconds, yielding nearly two extra minutes of sun observations before darkness. Major Dan Yergler, the pilot, called it the most fantastic sight he had ever seen.
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Earth
Air Force
Los Alamos
N.M
Arctic Circle
Hudson Bay
Canada
Northwest Territories
Maj
Dan Yergler
Aide Hired By Chamber
A 1972 Kansas University graduate named by Bill Gant of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce will become Chamber administrative assistant effective August 15. Kirk McAlexander of Hoisington will replace Martin Owens who departed July 6 to head the Ottawa Chamber. He was KU English honors student and led Grace Pearson Scholarship Hall, with his wife Suzanne also a KU student.
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Kansas University
Bill Gant
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Kirk McAlexander
Hoisington
Martin Owens
Ottawa Chamber
McAlexander
Grace Pearson
Hoisington High School
Suzanne
Three-Pound Cucumber Grows in Lawrence Garden
Clarence Deskins in Lawrence displays a three-pound twenty-inch cucumber, calling it one of the best and biggest he has seen. He bought the seed locally from an unknown variety, plans to save seed for next year, and notes the fruit stands out in his garden.
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Clarence Deskins
Deskins
Peterson
Ambulance Firm Owners Face Theft Charges in Topeka
The owners of C C Ambulance Co. Eben W. Carpenter and his brother Jan faced 31 and one counts respectively. Darrell Moffett Donald Brenner and James Belgle, all of Topeka or nearby, were charged with multiple counts of theft by deception from an Olathe insurer after a Lawrence license denial aimed at limiting competition.
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C & C Ambulance Co
Topeka
Olathe
Lawrence
Lawrence City Commission
Eben W
Bill” Carpenter
Jan
Darrell Moffett
Meriden
Donald Brenner
James Belgle
Funeral Service Staged Today For Patriarch
Funeral services for Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras were held in Istanbul with officials from many nations and Christian churches in attendance. The election of a successor to the 86 year old leader sparked protests from Greece and a controversy over election conditions under Turkish governor notary approval and final government consent. The Patriarchate, a Turkish institution under the Lausanne treaty, remains in a Muslim country amid official neutrality remarks.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Athenagoras
Meliton
Patriarchal Holy Synod
John Tsounis
Greece
Ferit Melen
Vera Poyraz
Foreign Ministry
Compliance Letters Still Not Written
Lawrence city officials plan to mail 30 letters detailing violations to 77 houses found in violation of the city minimum structures code. Gary Montague said 10 to 15 letters remain to be typed and mailed in the 16 block target area east of Kansas University Campus. no deadline for repairs was set.
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Lawrence
Kansas University
Gary Montague
Lawrence Youth in Softball Collision Stable at Hospital
Fred Gentry eighteen of 413 Yorkshire collided with Eddie Daub sixteen during a Lawrence Recreation League game Monday night. Gentry suffered a concussion and is listed in stable condition at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Daub's address is not given.
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Lawrence Recreation League
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Fred Gentry
Yorkshire
Merle A. Gentry
Young Gentry
Eddie Daub
John Ross
City Recreation Department
Lawrence Memorabilia On Display in Museum
Lawrence, Kansas residents are invited to view temporary displays at the Police Station museum before they move to the Elizabeth Watkins Community Museum in the former City Hall building. The Watkins museum will reopen weekends 1 to 5 p.m. with rotating highlights from the collection.
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Lawrence
Kansas University
Historical Society
Journal-World Photo
Elizabeth Watkins
11Th
Massachusetts
Eighth
Vermont
Gail French Peterson
Watkins Museum
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