U S Increases Vietnam Manpower and Special Forces
The United States will boost its Vietnam presence by about 600 personnel in the coming months. Roughly half will be additional Special Forces to advise South Vietnam’s army and expand border training near Laos. Total U S Special Forces in Vietnam will reach about 1 000, with overall U S strength around 16 000. Military infiltration from the North was noted but details remain uncertain. Equipment from the Soviet Union Czechoslovakia and China has been found in the northern Vietnamese mountains.
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Washington
United States
South Viet Nam
U.S
Laos
Viet Nam
Maxwell D. Taylor
Joint Chiefs of Staff
William Westmoreland
Robert McCloskey
State Department
McCloskey
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Communist
China
South
GOP Convention Delays and Intrigue in San Francisco
Public address issues delayed Rep Halleck as Morton and Halleck clashed with schedule managers. Kansas delegates led by Dick Rogers split on civil rights and extremism votes while security crews investigated soaked wires near the stage. Mrs Rockefeller received steady smiles as protests and noisy sessions continued into the night.
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Rep
Halleck
Morton
Kansas
Dick Rogers
Kansas Republican Party
Gov. Rockefeller
Rogers
James Woodson
Topeka
National Platform Committee
Platform Committee
Nelson Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Pin Removed From Lung After Fourteen Years
Virginia Leavy of Greensburg underwent surgery at Mercy Hospital in Pittsburgh to extract an open safety pin she swallowed in about 1949 or 1950. After years of activity the pin was located in her lung and removed with forceps during a careful bronchoscopic procedure. the pin was badly rusted.
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Pittsburgh
Virginia Leavy
Mercy Hospital
Leavy
Greensburg
Baker University Controller Reports Ten Year Growth
Baker University at Baldwin presented a financial report to the Rotary Club. Robert A. Ridley, the controller and business manager, cited growth in plant investment from 1 432 000 to 4 680 000 and income up one third. Tuition share rose from 47 percent to an estimated 65 percent, while endowment grew from 85 000 to 135 000. Building and grounds costs tripled and scholarships rose from 16 000 to 65 000. The university lists 161 government loan accounts under a 10 year repayment program in effect since 1959.
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Robert A. Ridley
Baker University At
Baldwin
Baldwin Rotary Club
Local Boy Hurt Riding Bicycle After Collision At Intersection
Sneegas 11 suffered leg bruises when his bicycle collided with a car at 9th and Ind Sts around 1 PM. He was treated and released at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Driver was Jack C. Connell 20 of 929 Kg St. Minor bicycle damage. car undamaged.
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Michael
Sneegas
Walter Sneegas
9Th
Ind. Sts
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Jack C. Connell
Wilkinson Takes Spotlight With Senate Bid Speech
Bud Wilkinson, former University of Oklahoma football coach, addressed the Republican National Convention in San Francisco from the Cow Palace. The Minneapolis native and Jeffersonian Republican declared opposition to centralized government and outlined his Senate ambitions amid party talks on 1960 campaigns.
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San Francisco
Cow Palace
Bud Wilkinson
Wilkinson
University of Oklahoma
Senate
Democratic Party
Oklahoma
Minneapolis
Kansas Historian Seeks 1900s Magazine Copy
John W. Ripley of Topeka, president of the Kansas State Historical Society, seeks a copy of His Steps, a 16 page monthly Christian publication from Lawrence. Noah Cameron was listed as publisher with subscriptions at 25 cents for three months. Ripley asks anyone with knowledge of the magazine to contact the Society headquarters in Topeka.
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Kansas State Historical Society
John W. Ripley
Topeka
Lawrence
Journal- World Library
Noah Cameron
Ripley
Pravda Attacks Platform and Goldwater Allies
Pravda called the Republican platform among the most aggressive and reactionary in recent times. It accused Goldwater and his supporters of militarism, racism, and fascist tendencies while condemning U S policy toward Cuba Vietnam and the Soviet Union.
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Moscow
Pravda
Republican Party
Communist Party
Sen
Barry Goldwater
Soviet Union
Cuba
Viet Nam
Goldwater
Shawnee County Sheriff Ousted for Misconduct
The Kansas Supreme Court ordered the removal of Vernon Robinson, Shawnee County Sheriff, for willful misconduct and neglect of duty by allowing a prisoner to spend nights at home. Attorneys have 20 days to seek a rehearing as the court reversed the prior district court ruling. The opinion holds that sheriffs must confine prisoners per commitments and faithfully execute sentences.
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Topeka
Kansas Supreme Court
Shawnee County
Vernon Robinson
Robinson
Kenyatta Attacked by Fascist in Britain
In London a British Fascist rushed Kenyatta, knocking him against a car while en route to the Commonwealth prime ministers conference. A constable was injured. the assailant, linked to a Hitler-style group, was arrested. Kenya protests. Kenyatta, in his 70s, complained at the session after an apology from Duncan Sandys.
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London
British Fascist Party
Jomo Kenyatta
Kenya
Kenyatta
Duncan Sandys
Commonwealth Relations
Colby Approves 5 Mill Tax for New College
Colby voters in the Colby Community High School District approve a 5 mill levy to fund a $60 000 budget for a new Colby College in its first year. The 1201 to 161 vote is the district's largest turnout. The school will offer two years of college beginning with freshmen this fall and will transfer 18 credits to state colleges. Classes will be held in the new junior high and high school buildings.
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Colby
Colby College
Protestant Split Seen by a Leader of Baptist Group
Dr. Herbert S. Mekeel told Free Will Baptists at their 28th annual convention in Kansas City that American Protestantism will split into those drifting toward Rome and those loyal to the Bible. He warned of decline in faith and noted mergers and new movements eroding traditional authority. The convention also heard a million dollar expansion proposal for the denomination Bible college in Nashville, with a study due for vote at the 1965 gathering.
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Kansas City
Rome
Herbert S. Mekeel
Schenectady
N.Y
Bible College
Nashville, Tenn
Nashville
Nudist Club Says No Conventions Planned This Summer
Albert Adams, owner of the Sycamore Hollow Sun bathing Club west of Lawrence, states no large gatherings are planned for 1964 aside from a July 4 event and a possible Labor Day outing. He notes last year hosted Midwest Sunbeing Association and national meetings, with two evenings of nude performances. This year the Midwest convention is in Michigan and the national in Pennsylvania.
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Sycamore Hollow
Lawrence
Albert Adams
Adams
Journal-World Today
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Kansas
Midwest
Georgians Called To Obey Civil Rights Law
In Rome Georgia senator Richard Russell urged Georgians to avoid violence and live with the Civil Rights Act while its constitutionality is tested. He criticized civil disobedience and stressed a government of laws, not men, requiring obedience regardless of support or opposition.
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Rome
Richard B. Russell
Russell
Coosa Valley
Senate
Argentina's Quints Celebrate 21st Birthday On Three Continents
The Diligenti quintuplets reach their 21st birthday split across Buenos Aires Rome and Vancouver. Father Franco Diligenti, a Milan-born industrialist with 10 factories, kept them out of the limelight since age seven when he sent them to separate English boarding schools.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Diligenti Quintuplets
Franco Diligenti
Maria Fernanda
Maria Esther
Carlos Alberto
Franco Jr
University of Vancouver
Canadian Pacific
Maria Cristina
Rome
Franco Sr
Vancouver
Franco
Diligenti
Milan
Italy
Bonner Springs Priest to Lead St John Parish
Rev Michael Moriarty will assume the duties as pastor of St John Catholic Church on July 22 replacing Rev Joseph Staudinger who served since Rt Rev Msgr George Towle retired. Moriarty has led Sacred Heart Church of Bonner Springs for nine years and is an Ireland native.
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ST. John
Michael Moriarty
Bonner Springs
St. John’s Catholic Church
Joseph Staudinger
George Towle
Father Moriarty
Sacred Heart Church
Ireland
Concert to End Lawrence School Summer Music Schedule
An outdoor concert at 7 p.m. next Tuesday ends Lawrence public schools seven week summer music program. It will be held in the parking lot west of Lawrence High School with chairs for cars. Four grade school groups perform. newcomers form two groups and veterans join the orchestra and band. Don Beene conducts with Charles Kassinger and Wyatt Cooper as instructors. Over 530 students from elementary to high school participated in the program.
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Lawrence Public Schools
Lawrence High School
Don Beene
Charles Kassinger
Wyatt Cooper
Funeral Home Ad Listing Rumsey Services
Member of National Funeral Directors Association Rumsey Funeral Home VI 3-5111 Adv.
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National Funeral Directors Association
Rumsey Funeral Home
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