China Risks War as It Plays With Asian Power
AP Special Correspondent Red reports China’s leaders menacing neighbors Hong Kong Burma India Macao Thailand Vietnam Korea and eyeing Indonesia Laos and South Korea. Beijing’s nuclear progress and hydrogen bomb claim fuel fears of a wider clash while Chen Yi cautions war can be avoided but danger remains.
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Red
China
Asia
Peking
Hong Kong
Burma
India
Macao
Thailand
Vietnam
Korea
Red China
Communist Party of Indonesia
People’s War of Liberation
Britain
U.S
Mao
Tse-tung
Lin Piao
Kang Sheng
Chen Poto
Rangoon
South Korea
Laos
Pathet Lao
Viet Cong
Chen Yi
Road Projects Under Scrutiny in Lawrence Area
Lawrence chamber leaders, via the Highways and Roads committee, outline a priority list of top highway needs for the county. Projects discussed include Highway 10 east of Lawrence modernization, a Kaw River bridge downtown, U S 9 improvements south of town, an east west bypass, and U S Highways 24 and 40 upgrades. Local officials seek Topeka action and a definite schedule of improvements for Douglas County.
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Lawrence Chambers of Commerce
Highways and Roads Committee
Lawrence
Travis Glass
Chamber Board
Topeka
Glass
Kaw River
U. S
Douglas County
State Highway Department
Ounty
Chamber
Kansas University Spring Honor Roll List Reveals 20 Local Students
Twenty Lawrence residents are named among 252 scholars on KU Education School’s Spring honor roll. The list includes Phyllis Anderson, Karen Gould, Martha Lanning, Linda Winters, Marc Carlson, Nyla Gilkerson, JoAnne Halloran, Stanley Hanson, Kathleen Jenks, Annette Jones, Patricia Kells, Julia Maddux, Jerry McCluggage, Monty Nelson, Gary Ray, Sandra Steele, Virginia Greece, Mary Wallace, Barbara Wescoe, and Billie Whited with addresses ranging from Route 4 to Lilac Lane.
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Kansas University
Lawrence
KU Education
Phyllis. Anderson
Route 4
Karen Gould
Mass
Martha Lanning
Ind
Linda Winters
Marc Carlson
Rockledge
Nyla Gilkerson
Tenn
Joanne Halloran
Belle Haven
Stanley Hanson
Ohio
Kathleen Jenks
Hillview
Annette Jones
Patricia Kells
Julia Maddux
Redbud
Jerry McCluggage
Avalon
Monty Nelson
Gary Ray
Sandra Steele
Virginia
Greece
Mary Wallace
Barbara Wescoe
Billie Whited
Ala
Two Thefts Reported To City Police Today
Lawrence Police Department reports two thefts. Ross Copeland 1609 Stratford Rd. says his unstocked auto in his driveway was broken into and golf equipment worth 134.95 stolen. Herman Cohen 2228 Given Ct. reports a burglary at Auto Wrecking and Bunk Co. 712 E. 7th with socket sets screwdrivers and about 20 taken from a cash box Tuesday night.
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Lawrence
Ross Copeland
Stratford Rd
Herman Cohen
Auto Wrecking and Bunk Co
Major Robert Schwarz Promoted at Sunflower AMP
Major Robert L. Schwarz executive officer at Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant near Lawrence was promoted from captain to major recently. He resides with his wife and son at Staff Village on the Sunflower site.
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Robert L. Schwarz
Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant
Lawrence
Maj. Schwarz
Staff Village
Sunflower
Top KU seniors named with highest distinctions and honors
Kansas University deans announce sixty graduates with Highest Distinction and 116 with Distinction. Notable honorees include John Robert Light Karen Finfrock Martha Lanning Nancy Gallup Carl Gibson Alan Hitt Linda Casebolt Nyla Gilkerson Linda Winters Thomas Aiken Mary Jill Kleinberg John Rich ard Pine Richard Warner Judith Gail Thompson Tyson Travis plus departmental honors for Judith Thompson and Tyson Travis.
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Kansas University
John Robert Light
W. 21St Terr
Law
Karen Finfrock
Kansas
Martha Lanning
Ind
Nancy Gallup
W. 21St St
Carl Gibson
Barker
Alan Hitt
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Linda Casebolt
Ohio
Nyla Gilkerson
Tenn
Linda Winters
Route 5
Thomas Aiken
Judith Gail Thompson
Tyson Travis
Fort Hays State College Gets $500000 Union Expansion Loan
The Department of Housing and Urban Development approved a $500000 loan to Fort Hays State College in Hays Kansas for a student union addition. The loan funds the expansion project and marks a significant campus improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Fort Hays State College
Hays
Kan
Big Grant List To Grad School From 7 Sources
More than 1.5 million dollars in graduate education grants come to the Kansas University Graduate School from seven federal programs for 314 students in 1967 68. Largest grant under Title IV of the National Defense Education Act funds doctoral study across 30 subjects.
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Kansas University Graduate School
Congress
National Science Foundation
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Defense
County Commissioners Discuss Road Project
The Douglas County Commission met at the Courthouse with residents seeking aid to obtain right of way signatures for a county road improvement. The road runs west from ten miles south of Lawrence on U S Highway 59 then south and touches 31 land tracts.
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Douglas County Commission
Lawrence
Commission
Luchese Dies at $100,000 Lido Beach Home at 67
Thomas Gaetano Luchese described by police as a lord of the underworld died Thursday at his Lido Beach residence valued at $100,000. Officials note he claimed to be a hardworking businessman earning $100,000 annually.
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Lido Beach
N.Y
Thomas Gaetano Luchese
Underworld
Luchese
Finley Weighs Milwaukee Move for Kansas City A’s
The Sporting News reports Charlie Finley has abandoned Oakland as a potential home for the Kansas City Athletics and is now weighing a move to Milwaukee. The Anaheim datelined piece cites high ranking sources at the All Star game as of July 22.
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ST. Louis
The
Sporting News
Charlie Finley
Oakland
Calif
Kansas City Athletics
Milwaukee
C.C. Johnson. Spink
Anaheim
Lawrence Bike Parade Week Set By Park Department
Heard in Lawrence Next Monday thru Friday has been designated Bike Parade Week by the Lawrence Park and Recreation Department. Ten playgrounds will host Bike Shows with awards for most unusual tricycle, best decorated tricycle, most unusual bicycle, and best decorated bicycle. Local winners advance to the August 11 show at the Douglas County Fair. Entries judged on originality and neatness. Children should check with their area playground director for exact show times. Playgrounds listed: New York Ballard Center Hillcrest Veterans Park Sunset Hills Edgewood Park Schwegler Pinckney McAllaster Park Hill Park.
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Lawrence Park and Recreation Department
Douglas County Fair
New York
Ballard Center
Hillcrest
Veterans Park
Sunset Hills
Edgewood Park
Schwegler, Pinckney
McAllaster
Park Hill Park
Commission lifts Sunday waterskiing ban at Lone Star Lake
The state commission waived restrictions allowing Sunday waterskiing at Lone Star Lake ten miles southwest of Lawrence. Skiing will be permitted this Sunday and on July 30 plus August 13 and August 27, from 1 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Regular ski days remain Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
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Douglas County Commission
Lone Star Lake
Lawrence
Warner Kellogg Named To Development Agency
Gov. Docking named Leigh Warner Cimarron and Jack G. Kelley Arkansas City to the Kansas Economic Development Commission. Warner will be chairman as they join Mark Robeson Mission Hills and Leonard W. Schrubin Manhattan on the nine member panel. Four year terms. Docking also appointed Dr. Joe Kimmel Mission and Dr. John Blank Hutchinson to the State Board of Health.
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Topeka
Leigh Warner
Cimarron
Jack G. Kelley
Arkansas City
Kansas Economic Development Commission
Robert Docking
Warner
Mark Robeson
Mission Hills
Leonard W. Schrubin
Manhattan
Docking
Joe Kimmel
Mission
John Blank
Hutchinson
State Board of Health
George Burker
Kingman
Thomas Taylor
Phillipsburg
Goodyear Strike Expands Across 11 Plants In 10 States
More than 20 000 United Rubber Workers at Goodyear Tire plants in 10 states join the union walkout. About 2 500 Topeka workers walk off after contract talks fail, while other Big Five plants like General Tire also edge toward ratification votes.
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Akron, Ohio
United Rubber
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Topeka
Kan
Goodyear
Robert Beagel
Cincinnati
General Tire & Rubber Co
Cleveland
United Rubber Workers
Firestone
B. F. Goodrich
Uniroyal
General Tire & Rubber
UAW
Waco
Tex
General Tire
Old Rhyme for Arrest in Fort Lauderdale Narcotics Case
A narcotics violation arrest in Fort Lauderdale. Police say the suspect possessed forged narcotics prescriptions dated June 31 1967, a date noting the calendar error in the rhyme. The incident draws on a historical verse to reflect the unusual date.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fila
Youth Hospitalized After Farm Vehicle Accident
A 20-year-old rural Lawrence youth, Mike Murray of Route 5, was injured when his leg became caught in a hay elevator at a farm about two miles north of Lone Star. He is listed in fair condition at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Cecilia A Wilhelm, 23, of Gladstone Missouri, was released after an auto crash on the Kansas Turnpike about ten miles east of the Lawrence interchange. Her passenger Michael A Hermesch was unharmed. A third incident on 10th Street involved Setsuko Yasuda colliding with a parked car owned by Claude C Cooper, causing 425 and 385 dollars in damage respectively.
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Lawrence
Gladstone
Mike Murray
Route 5
Lone Star
Murray
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Cecilia A. Wilhelm
LMH
Kansas Turnpike
Easta
Michael A. Hermesch
Seneca
Setsuko Yasuda
Tenn
Claude C. Cooper
Yasuda
West
Cooper
Cedar Vale Bank Payoffs Continue After Closure
FDIC continued paying Cedar Vale National Bank depositors with 507 accounts settled Thursday totaling 1,284,936 dollars. Officials expect the payoff to run about a week longer and then locate missing depositors. The Cedar Vale bank was closed Monday by order of the Comptroller of the Currency.
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Cedar Vale
Kan
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Cedar Vale National Bank
FDIC
Comptroller of Currency
City Commission Deliberates 1968 Budget At City Hall
The City Commission met for six hours Thursday night at City Hall to discuss the proposed 1968 city budget. City Manager Ray Wells Assistant City Manager Ray Riley and all five commissioners attended the study session.
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Ray Wells
Ray Riley
KU Orientation Center opens with 600 international enrollees
The Orientation Center at Kansas University opens Saturday and runs through Sept. 5. Director is J A Buzzle from the German department. About 600 students from 26 nations enroll, living in Gertrude Sellards Pearson Hall and studying six hours daily in Watson Library and Blake Hall. Activities include visits to Holton Aug 4–6 and Kansas City Aug 18–20.
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Kansas University
J. A. Buzzle
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Romania
Yugoslavia
Gertrude Sellards Pearson
Watson Library
Blake Hall
Holton
Kansas City
John Chandler
The
Holton Recorder
Committee For
Dents
Buzzle
U. S
U.S
Truman Library
Nelson Art Gallery
Robert Docking
Topeka
U.S. State Department
Institute of International Education
Chile
Argentina
Dominican Republic
Burundi
Peru
Mexico
Nepal
Brazil
Greece
Afghanistan
Ry‘uku Islands
Jordan
Cyprus
Japan
Spain
Okinawa
Syria
Colombia
Libya
Ecuador
Thailand
Jury rules Daniels death likely from pursuing officer shot
Coroner’s jury in Salina Kansas found that Thomas E Daniels 25 of Bird City died from a gunshot wound possibly fired by a police officer in the line of duty during a June 27 chase by two fugitives In Lawrence and Salina The ruling notes Daniels was forced to drive the suspects through roadblocks and across a long pursuit and that revolvers in the wreck did not fire the fatal bullet The two suspects Lynch and Sparks are jailed on multiple robbery and kidnapping charges Linked incidents include motel and liquor store robberies at Lawrence and Moraine Ohio backing the case to a broader spree
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Salina
Kan
Thomas E. Daniels
Bird City
Kant
University of Kansas
Daniels
Donald L. Lynch
Bruce Sparks
Dayton
Ohio
Lawrence
Jerry Dickson
Sparks
Lynch
William Maertens
Moraine
Completely air conditioned Rumsey Funeral Home ad
Rumsey Funeral Home offers fully air conditioned facilities with contact at VI 3-6111 for arrangements and services.
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Rumsey Funeral Home
Area Schools Seek Merger Plan for Two Districts
Valley Falls No. 338 and Nortonville Winchester No. 339 boards ask the State Superintendent to approve consolidating two Jefferson County districts northeast of Topeka. If approved, the question will go to voters in a general election with community meetings to explain benefits planned.
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Valley Falls
Here
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Nortonville-Winchester
Jefferson County
Topeka
Raney Drug Stores Offer Free Prescription Delivery
Ady announces free prescription delivery and immediate mail service for all Raney Drug Stores with convenient options for customers seeking prompt pharmaceutical access.
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Raney Drug Stores
Ady
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City On KU
Robert Schwarz
Big Fort Hays
Richard Cunningham
Lawrence National’ Bank
Journal- World Photo
Thomas Luchese
Finley
Warner, Kellogg
South Park Recreation Building
First Assembly Youth
Cedar Vale Bank
Long City Meeting
Lawrence’ Mills
Archie Mills
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