KU Centennial Commencement Draws 8000 Visitors
About 8,000 guests are expected for Kansas University centennial events at Mount Oread. The weekend slate includes a 9 a.m. Saturday registration at the Kansas Union, 40 distinguished service citation recipients, a 4:30 p.m. Sunday State of the University address by Chancellor Wescoe, and Monday 7 p.m. commencement at Memorial Stadium led by notable honorees such as Forrest C. Allen and Clyde Tombaugh.
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Kansas University
Mount Oread
Kansas Union
Campanile Hill
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Craig Stevens
KU Alumni Association
Memorial Stadium
Clifford P. Osborne
Board of Directors
Country Club
Kansas Room
Union
Watkins Room
Big Eight
Hawks Nest
Holiday Inn
Eldridge Hotel
Pizza Pub
Red Dog Inn
Endowment Association Board of Trustees
English Room
Pine Room
McCollum
North
Gertrude Sellards Pearson
Ellsworth
Art Museum
Strong
Watkins Hall
Myers Hallawn
W. Clarke Wescoe
Air Force
Army, Marine and Navy
Murphy Hall
Charles M. Eisenhart
Strategic Air Command
Offutt Air Force Base
Neb
McCollum Hall
Pharmacy School
Wescoe
Kansas
William Avery
A. H. Cromb
Mission Hills
Kansas Board of Regents
Henry Bubb
Topeka
Clement Hall
Coffeyville
Myers Hall Lawn
Forrest C. Allen
la. St
Merrill W. Haas
Houston
Tex
Humble Oil and Refining Company
Charles S. Haines II
New York City
Elmer B. Staats
Washington, D. C
United States
Clyde Tombaugh
Las Cruces, N. M
Pluto
Graduation theme echoes Frost on paths not taken
Lawrence High School graduates 447 at Allen Fieldhouse with about 4500 attendees. Speakers Betsi Nelick and Ellen Meisels urged choosing meaningful paths, recognizing alternatives, and maintaining moral choices while pursuing personal goals.
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Lawrence High School
Allen Fieldhouse
Bill Medley
Betsi Nelick
Terrace Rd
Ellen Meisels
Redbud Lane
Frost
LHS
Woody Wright
Tenn
Richard Whitley Jr
Country Club Ct
Kathy Binns
Wellington
Nelick
Miss Nelick
Missiles and Space Developments Highlight Rotary Talk
John M. Martin of Hercules Powder Co vice-president and former Sunflower Ordnance Works manager will speak to the Lawrence Rotary Club at noon Monday at the Eldridge Hotel. He will discuss new missile developments and future plans, flying in from Wilmington and departing for New York. Jack Brand arranged the visit.
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John M Martin
Hercules Powder Co
Lawrence
Sives Department
Wilmington
Del
Hercules
Martin
Rotary Talk
New York
Rotary
Jack Brand
Football Bill Paid With $3 Cash Note Theft Claim
In Jacksonville the City Recreation Department received 3 in cash mailed with an unsigned note confessing a long ago football theft. Authorities investigated the unusual payment and note as a potential ransom or joke.
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Jacksonville, Fla
Jacksonville City
Black cat sought after dog-bite incident in Lawrence
Lawrence residents seek a frequent黑 cat seen near Engel Road and 15th Street after it bit their nine year old son Paul. Mr and Mrs John Fisher ask anyone who sees the cat to call UI 20494 at Meadow Lane. Charles Kincaid of Route 4 joined 447 graduates at Lawrence High School Thursday night after completing Pittsburg State College coursework with a transferred English credit.
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Engel Road
15Th Street
John Fisher
Meadow Lane
Paul
Charles Kincaid
Route 4
Lawrence High School
Kincaid
Pittsburg State College
Pittsburg
New Leader For Curriculum Unit In Lawrence PTA
Mrs. Gordon Wiseman was named president of the Curriculum Committee of the Lawrence Parent Teacher Association Council at a Lawrence High School meeting with 11 present. Officiating officers for 1966 67 include Mrs. Al Gallup as vice chairman and Mrs. Don Miller as secretary. An open discussion titled How Should Parents Con cern Themselves With the Schools addressed the committee's role as a liaison rather than policy maker, with Robert Taylor noting the group aims to improve school community relations.
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Gordon Wiseman
Stratford
Lawrence Parent Teacher Association Council
Lawrence High School
al Gallup
W. 21St
Don Miller
1604
Tenn
Robert Taylor
East German Mother and Son Escape to West Berlin
An East German mother and her son slipped past Communist guards and barbed wire on Thursday night to enter West Berlin, according to customs police. The incident highlights ongoing border tensions and escapes across the Berlin frontier.
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Berlin
West Berlin
U S Seeks Clarification On Red China Nuclear Stance
Washington reports State Department says it seeks clarity on Red China’s statements on a no first use pact and test ban talks. Spokesman Mc Closkey notes no sign of serious disarmament move but hints at renewed outreach and consideration of a partial test ban.
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Washington
United States
Red China
State Department
Robert J. McCloskey
China
Warsaw
Poland
U.N
U Thant
McCloskey
U.S
Three Treated After Emergency Room Visit at Local Hospital
Three patients were treated and released Thursday in the emergency room at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Dean Henderson eight from 1618 Pa punctured foot by stepping on a toy Harold Potter thirty two of Bonner Springs cut right wrist on slate roof Drury Honeycutt twenty from 1213 Pa St cut right leg while cutting a rope.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospstal
Dean Henderson
Harold Potter
Bonner Springs
Drury Honeycutt
Five Hurt In Five-Way Mishap On Kansas Turnpike
Five people were injured in a westbound Kansas Turnpike crash on the Lawrence Kaw River Bridge morning, none seriously. Elizabeth Dunn of Maryland drove out of control, colliding with a gasoline truck and triggering a chain of rear end impacts involving Bernard Harper, James Teat, John Lane Jr., Gary Lyman, Sylvia McHenry, and Larry Hoffman. All victims were hospitalized with non life threatening injuries. two additional city crashes caused minor injuries. Demolished Dunn and Lyman vehicles. total damage exceed four thousand dollars.
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Kansas Turnpike
Lawrence
Journal-World Photo
Lawrence Kaw River
Elizabeth Dunn
Silver Springs
Clarence Anderson
Silver Lake
Bernard Harper
Kansas City
James Teat
Charlotte
N. C
Gary Lyman
Butler
Teat
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
John Lane Jr
Lyman
Sylvia McHenry
Larry Hoffman
Butler, Mo
McHenry
Hoffman
6Th and
Fowa Sts
Thomas M. Stephens
Topeka
Graydon Clark
Mich
Clark
Stephens
Sandy L. Morgan
19Th
Mass. Sts
Delores A. Sooby
Davis Rd
Edward Marcus
DeSoto
Dunn
Lyman Ars
Oficers
Panamanian Troops Fire Tear Gas in Student Protest
Panamanian troops used tear gas Thursday night to disperse students accusing the government of killing leftist student Juan Navas Pajaro after his return from Moscow. Navas, 20, was found dead near Colon with head trauma. officials urged an inquiry while denying custody.
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Panama
Moscow
Juan Navas Pajaro
Colon
Panama City
J.D. Bazan
Navas
Luis
Student Federation of
Soviet Union
Canal Zone
Two Vehicles Stolen Then Recovered in Ottawa Area
Police reported two thefts on Thursday with both vehicles recovered later that night. Russell Heller from Route 2 said his car was stolen from 19th and Naismith Drive and found by the Ottawa Sheriff’s Office northwest of Ottawa. Ollie Rider of 933 Kentucky reported his truck stolen from in front of his house and recovered in the 1300 block of Kentucky by Lawrence police.
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Russell Heller
Route 2
Naismith
Pulliam Returns to KU After Brief Hospital Stay
Lawrence City Commissioner Ernest Pulliam, a former mayor, resumed duties as KU housing assistant director after a short stay at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. He fell ill during a trip to Grand Junction Colorado where he and other officials studied a mall project.
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Ernest Pulliam
Kansas University
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Pulliam
Grand Junction
Colo
Grand Junction Mall
LMH
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