Nixon Seeks Strong Civil Rights Plank in GOP Platform
Vice President Richard M. Nixon said the civil rights plank approved by the Republican Platform Committee is unsatisfactory. He urged including a robust stand supporting lunch counter sit ins and rights for Negro customers, and he noted Rockefeller does not want the No. 2 spot.
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Richard M. Nixon
Republican Platform Committee
Nixon
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Rocke
Feller
KU Faculty Faces Turmoil as Research Hit by Central America Unrest
KU zoology professor Dr. William E. Duellman reports his Central American amphibian study interrupted by martial law in Guatemala. Riots, post office bombing, and curfew hinder fieldwork and safety concerns force a planned move to Mexico. assistant John Wellman accompanies him.
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Congo
Howard K. Matzke
Guatemala
William E. Duellman
KU Museum of Natural History
KU Museum
E. Raymond Hall
Central America
Duellman
John Wellman
Detroit
Mich
Coban
Guat
Hall
Mexico
Matzke Message Short and Sweet
Dr. Howard A. Matzke Kansas University anatomy professor left the Congo amid recent violence. He reports all safe via cable received by Dr. Irwin L. Baird as his wife and two children reached safety in Uganda.
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Howard A. Matzke
Kansas University
Congo
Republic
Irwin L. Baird
Matzke
Institute For Scientific Research
Central Africa
Kampala
Uganda
U.S. Army
Kennedy Seeks Harmony in New York Faction Strife
Sen. John F. Kennedy predicted harmony could be found among rival New York Democratic factions and aimed to bolster his support ahead of the November election. Mayor Robert F. Wagner projected a large victory in New York, and Kennedy noted Wagner’s helpful advice after a two hour talk at his summer home. He also sent Edward M. Kennedy to California with a Brown administration message stressing voter registration and campaign plans for New York and California as key to success.
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Mass
John F. Kennedy
New York
New York City
Robert F. Wagner
Wagner
Kennedy
Edward M. Kennedy
California
Edmund G. Brown
Brown
Heaid
New York Stocks Close Down Amid Broad Decline
Closing averages show 60 stocks at 211.6, down 2.4 points. Milton P. Allen emerges as an aggressive candidate for State Senator with an active campaign in the news.
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New York
Milton P. Allen
Adv
Floor Fight Possible On Rights Plank
The Republican convention opened amid clashes over the civil rights plank with Vice President Nixon aiming to mediate. Nixon backs a strong civil rights plank and faces GOP governors seeking an open contest for the vice presidential nomination amid party tensions and Rockefeller associations.
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Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Washington
Tricia
Julie
California
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Platform Committee
GOP
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Sen
Thruston B. Morton
Kentucky
Wakarusa Valley Pupils Enroll Friday Afternoon
Enrollment for the new Wakarusa Valley School will be held Friday from 1 to 4 p.m. in the Pleasant Valley School building. Principal Veda Stanton announced. The district formed by nine rural schools is located about five miles south west of Lawrence. The fall session begins by the second week in September. About 200 pupils are expected. an enrollment schedule lists each district and time slot.
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Pleasant Valley
Veda Stanton
Banning’s Corner
Lone Star Road
Lawrence
Stanton
Grace Waner
Ruth Perry
LouElla Salisbury
Lorena Brown
Verna Ellsworth
Agnes Shockley
Lila Haas
Lulla Shermis
Oldsters
Tamra Lea Marihugh
Malcolm Marihugh
Tammy
Torganoxie
Marihugh
Mitzi
Marvin Miller
Wendy
Elaine
Ind. St
Bob Cummings
Rain Threat Fails to Dampen Lawrence Weekend
Rain threatened the Lawrence area, but only brief sprinkles occurred. A moderate morning shower yielded no measurable rainfall. Skies stay partly cloudy through Tuesday with warm humidity. Tonight’s low 65 to 70, Tuesday high 85 to 90. Sunday high 86, Saturday 83. This morning low 72. Sunday 69. At 2 p.m. today the temperature was 84.
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Lawrence
Kansas
High St
Leith
Cabaret Tour Opens Kansas Delegation at Convention
Kansas delegates rested after a Sunday of sightseeing and a four star cabaret tour. Lanny Unruh and Ned Cushing are among Kansans slated for prominent roles in opening sessions and demonstrations by the Young Republicans.
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Kansas
Sunflower State
International Amphitheatre
Lanny Unruh
Newton
Kan
American Legion
Andrew Schoeppel
Ned Cushing
Downs
Young Republicans National Federation
U S Says Reds Forced Jet Off Course and Attacked
United States charged Soviet fighter planes forced an RB47 off its course and shot it down over international waters. Ambassador Lodge called the action piracy and proposed a fact finding mission or referral to the International Court of Justice.
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United Nations
N. Y
United States
U. S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Soviet Union
Lodge
Vasily V. Kuznetsov
Russia
John R. McKone
Tonganoxie
Kan
Europe
England
Barents Sea
Kola Peninsula
Kuznetsov
Moscow
U.S.S.R
International Court of Justice
Svatoy Nos
Lucy Draws Cartoon Special in Journal-World
Lucy, a star from the Journal-World comic strip Peanuts, draws a political cartoon on page 4. The piece humorously claims to solve most of the world’s big troubles in its own special way.
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Lucy
Journal-World
Peanuts
Virginia Coach Killed in Area Car Crash
Charles J. Harrington 34 assistant football coach at Washington and Lee University died after a car pickup collision at a county road intersection near Eudora. Richard L. Van Horn 49 survived with multiple injuries. Harrington, Naval Reserve lieutenant, was en route to Auburn Nebraska where his family spent summers. funeral planned in Auburn.
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Washington and Lee University
Lexington
Eudora
Harrington
Naval Reserve
Olathe Naval Air Station
Auburn
Neb
Pearl Harrington
Richard L. van Horn
DeSoto
van Horn
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
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John Wolfe
Sibleyville
Olathe
Eudora Township
Cooper-Warren Mortuary
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Adriane Jean
Charles Stephen
Tommy Lou Greenrod
Nebraska City
Jimmie Lee
Westminister
Colo
Douglas County
Weather notes for Northeast Kansas forecast
Partly cloudy and warmer in Northeast Kansas with highs near the low to mid eighties and lows around 65 to 70. Skies brighten Tuesday with a similar warm humidity level and a chance of rain remains uncertain as records show varied rainfall totals.
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