Viet Cong attack kills 11 U.S. soldiers near Saigon
A heavy rocket and mortar assault on an American infantry camp and adjoining airfield north of Saigon kills 11 U.S. soldiers and wounds 43. South Vietnamese and civilian casualties follow similar barrages. News notes U.S. and South Vietnamese casualty tallies, imposed air activity, and political moves toward elections.
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U.S
United Nations
1St Infantry Division
Phuoc Vin
Mount Oread Students And Professors Plan Jamaica Trip
Kansas University professors James A. Clifton Maynard Shelly and seven students will travel to Jamaica in August to study how rapid industrialization affects social structures in Ocho Rios near a bauxite mine and Reynolds Aluminum plant. The project, planned with Darwin Dakoff and funded by the university and Ford Foundation, includes anthropology and psychology students researching community changes and emigration trends.
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Jamaica
James A. Clifton
May‘nard Shelly
Ocho Rios
Reynolds Aluminum
Clifton
Darwin Dakoff
Ford Foundation
Bruce Morrison
Gretchen Dark
Katherine Rovak
Patricia Hexum
Howard Hruby
Tina Adelberg
Nadia Ramsy
Theft and break in report in Lawrence city
Lawrence police report one theft and one break in. Earl Wagner of 1045 University Drive said someone entered his home after 11 30 p.m. Wednesday, nothing was taken. Robert Campbell of 1632 Indiana Street reported clothing worth 86 stolen from his parked car after midnight Wednesday.
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Earl Wagner
University Dr
Robert Campbell
Ind. St
12Th
Ind. Sts
Juveniles Picked Up Near Atchison Limits
Police early this morning detained three juveniles from the Kansas Children’s Receiving Home in Atchison. The youths, two aged 16 and one aged 15, were picked up at 3 54 a.m. at the west edge of the city on 6th Street and were being held for Atchison authorities.
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Atchison
6Th Street
Shakey's Pizza Parlor Opens Friday in Wichita
The new Shakey's Pizza Parlor at 544 W. 23rd St will debut Friday as part of a chain of more than 200. It serves 21 kinds of pizza in two dining rooms Black Bavarian Beer in one and a Collegiate Room for youths with soft drinks. Old English pub decor features piano entertainment and costumed servers. Manager Bob Lewis and pianist Skip DeVol are noted staff.
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Skip DeVol
Kansas Board of Tax Appeals Restores County Tax Cuts
The Kansas Board of Tax Appeals sustains a 20 percent across the board cut in Hodgeman County property valuations. The decision upholds the state director of property valuation and aims to equalize statewide assessments under a 1963 reappraisal law. Sam Brookover dissented, warning of state overreach.
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Erucka
Harold Grauerholz
Kensington Democrat
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William H. Avery
Ronald F. Dwyer
Brookover
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Board of Tax Appeals
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Hodgeman
Board of Commissioners
First National Bank Razing Bids For Site
Bids from Coffman and Sons and two Kansas City firms are for razing five buildings on the southeast corner of 9th and Mass Streets to clear the site for a new six story bank building. Low bidder to be announced next week. demolition starts after contract signing and lasts up to 60 days. The project plans include drive in banking and upper office space.
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Mass. Sts
Bill Lienhard
Coffman and Sons
Kansas City
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Massachusetts Street
9Th Street
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Australian girl Bronwyn Pannell chosen as Baldwin Rotary exchange student
Bronwyn Pannell a 15 year old from Fulham South Australia has been named the Baldwin Rotary exchange student for 1968. She will arrive in January to live with Rotary families attend Baldwin public schools without credit and will pursue tennis basketball and nursing interests while in Bates. Merlin Ford of Baldwin handles housing arrangements.
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Henley Beach
Classes End Friday For Summer Pupils
The elementary drivers education and secondary summer school programs will end Friday. Lawrence High School enrollment dropped to 151, about 100 fewer than last summer. The instrumental summer music program concluded last week.
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Lawrence
Champagne with Skitch: Nine KU coeds dismissed from camp
Nine Kansas University coeds employed at a Midwestern music and art camp were dismissed after champagne was consumed with conductor Skitch Henderson in Oliver Hall. Camp founder Russell Wiley said the incident occurred last Thursday night during a concert rehearsal week, with seven coeds moving to McCollum Hall and two returning home. Henderson apologized and the counselors were let go but may return next year.
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Oliver Hall
Wiley
Henderson
Oliver
McCollum Hall
Lawrence graduate John Davis wins VFW scholarship
John Davis, a 1967 Lawrence High School graduate, receives a $200 VFW scholarship from Alfred Clark Post No. 582 of Lawrence to help fund his first year at Kansas University this fall. Curtis Dalton cited Davis’s scholarship, personality and need as reasons for the award. The grant has been given annually since 1957.
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John Davis
Lawrence High School
Alfred Clark Post
Lawrence
Kansas
Bus sparks fatal crash on Mexico City outskirts
A high tension wire fell onto a bus near Mexico City when it knocked down a power pole. The bus caught fire, killing seven people aboard and injuring 24 others.
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Mexico City
Kansas Turnpike Toll Increase Tied to 1967 Growth
The Kansas Turnpike reports first half 1967 net revenues of 4 064 738 dollars up 308 326 from 1966 and 1 54 times the semi annual interest requirement of 2 631 960 dollars L W Newcomer chief engineer manager notes June revenue 1 140 027 dollars and net after expenses 939 450 dollars with 2 14 times interest coverage marking a strong start toward another record year for travel and revenue.
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Kansas Turnpike
L. W. Newcomer
Quiet Room Opens at KU Medical Center for Families
A new quiet room at Kansas University Medical Center offers a secluded space for meditation and family conferences with physicians. The room is a gift from Mr. and Mrs. John W. Starr of Shawnee Mission via the KU Endowment Association, designed to spare families the bustle of regular waiting areas during critical patient care.
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Fort
Kansas University Medical Center
John W. Starr
Shawnee Mission
KU Endowment Association
Oklahoma University president retires after 24 years
Dr. George L. Cross, retiring after 24 years as president of the University of Oklahoma, shares a philosophy of never losing one's cool. The tribute honors Dr. Jamies C. Harlow who becomes West Virginia University president on Sept. 1. Cross cites campus challenges such as missing funds, student protests, kiss-ins, marijuana on campus and art school nudity accusations as tests of composure.
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Oklahoma City
George É'l. Cross
Cross
University of Oklahoma
Jamies C
NASA Chief Warns Soviets Lead In Space Race
NASA head James E. Webb told Congress that the Soviet Union leads in most major space programs. Senator Spessard Holland expressed surprise at Webb's claim of Soviet superiority. Webb warned of potential heavy payloads overhead every hour and a half implying missiles or weapons.
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Senate Appropriations Committee
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Obstetrician Henry Buck Joins Lawrence Practice
Dr. Henry Buck, 33, KU and KU Medical Center graduate, begins as obstetrician and gynecologist with Dr. R. L. Hermes and Dr. Howard L. Wilcox in Lawrence. He completed residency at KU Center and Air Force duty at Westover Mass. He and his wife Barbara reside in Westridge Lawrence.
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Kansas University
KU Medical Center
R. L. Hermes
Howard L. Wilcox
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Oklahoma University Medical Center
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Rough Landing for Governor Docking in Wisconsin
Governor Robert Docking escaped injury after a rough landing of an F105 fighter jet at Yolk Field Wisconsin during a demonstration flight. Maj. Ted Coukoulis of the 127th Tactical Fighter Wing piloted the craft and brought it to a stop after the drag parachute failed to deploy.
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Robert Docking
Docking
Yolk Field
Wis
Air National Guard
Ted Coukoulis
127Th Tactical
Wichita
Coukoulis
Police Learn New Rules For Kansas Officers
Assistant U S attorney told 130 Kansas policemen that recent Supreme Court decisions have invalidated training they received within the last three years. He spoke at the 21st Annual Kansas Peace Officers Training School at Kansas University, detailing how investigations must conform to rulings on confessions, search and seizure, and juvenile cases.
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U. S. Supreme Court
Kansas Peace Officers Training School
Kansas University
Guy Goodwin
Wichita
Free Prescription Delivery Adv for Raney Drug Stores
Advertisement touts free prescription delivery and immediate mail service offered by Raney Drug Stores.
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Raney Drug Stores
Long Beach Buys Queen Mary for 3 Million Tour Icon to Star in Waterfront Plan
Long Beach won the bid to purchase the Queen Mary from Cunard Lines for 3.444 million dollars and will spend 3 to 5 million to convert the ship into a maritime museum hotel and convention center. Mayor Edwin Wade says the liner will rival Disneyland as a tourist draw attracting about two million visitors annually. The purchase funds come from tideland oil revenue funds and the ship will host 1957’s final transatlantic voyage and 1,957 passengers aboard with 1,200 crew.
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Elizabeth
City proposes uniform tow policy for KU events
Kansas City officials plan a fall tow-off policy during high attendance events at the university. A bidding process will designate a single insured lot where illegally parked cars are moved, with releases needed at the police department to reclaim vehicles.
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Police Department
City to Analyze Traffic Study in Joint Meeting
City Hall will host 7 30 p m discussions with the state Highway Commission and Bucher and Willis of Salina to review a Salina firm traffic study of Lawrence. The report, submitted June 19, identifies two possible second bridge sites and outlines improvements through 1984.
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6Th Street
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2Nd Street
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Bid Date Set for 6th Street and Local Highway Projects
The state Highway Commission schedules August 17 as the bid date for several highway works including widening 6th Street from Iowa Street to Rockledge Road and the local improvement project approved by the City Commission. The projects cover grading and asphalt work with seeding. One tenth of a mile of US Highway 40 will be screened from an unsightly area, about three quarters of a mile north. The listed Douglas County bids cover these two projects only.
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6Th Street
Iowa Street
Rockledge Road
City Commission
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