Palme Chides U S Over Viet Nam Destruction At U N
Stockholm AP reports Prime Minister Olof Palme denounces U S action in Vietnam before the U N conference on the human environment. He cites indiscriminate bombing and herbicide use as ecocide needing urgent international attention. Brasil and Canada discuss development and environmental cooperation.
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Stockholm
Olof Palme
Sweden
United States
U.N
Vietnam
Palme
Brazil
Carlos Calero Rodriguez
Callero Rodriguez
Jack Davis
Canada
Van Overturns Near Eudora In County Road Crash
Eudora resident Frank H. Gage 47 of Rt. 1 was treated and released from Lawrence Memorial Hospital after his van overturned on County Road 458 at 5:45 p m Monday. Gage swerved to avoid a left turning car. no collision occurred. Driver of the other vehicle was Mary K. McBride 43 of Rt. 1. Damaged van owned by Feld Chevrolet Leasing Co Kansas City Kansas.
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Eudora
Frank H. Gage
Rt. 1
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Douglas County Sheriff's Department
Here
Gage
Mary K. McBride
Feld Chevrolet Leasing Co
Kansas City
Kan
No Casualties In Agnew Match
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew and the governors of Virginia and Michigan played tennis in Houston. No injuries were reported after a May doubles match at the Republican Governors Conference in White Sulphur Springs when a return shot struck Governor Milliken in the ear.
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Houston
Tex
Spiro T. Agnew
Virginia
Michigan
White Sulphur Springs
W.va
Linwood Holton
William G. Milliken
Agnew
C.D. Ward
Milliken
Lansky Indicted in Tax Conspiracy Ties to London Club
Washington AP Mey er Lansky aged 69 and Dino Cellini were indicted by a federal grand jury in Miami on conspiring to evade taxes on money from gamblers on junkets to George Raft s Colony Sporting Club in London. They allegedly obstructed the Internal Revenue Service and Cellini faced two false tax return charges.
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Washington
Meyer Lansky
George Raft
Colony Sporting Club
London
England
Lansky
Dino Cellini
Grand Jury
U.S. District Court
Miami
Internal Revenue Service
Cellini
Car Fire on U S 40 near Lawrence injures no one
Mr and Mrs Steve Martin of Perry owned the car that burned under the hood on U S 40 about a mile west of Lawrence at 5 50 p m Monday. Douglas County Sheriff reports damage not estimated and a passing motorist with a fire extinguisher helped extinguish the blaze. Mrs Martin was driving and stopped when smoke appeared.
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Steve Martin
Perry
U.S. 40
Lawrence
Douglas County Sheriff’s Department
City paving plan outlines Massachusetts Street retrofit
The project covers repaving Massachusetts from Seventh to 1Hth, lowering the center hump, and adding sawtooth curbs. It includes new sidewalks, enlarged corner areas, lighting, landscaping with trees and bushes, mid-block crossings, benches, drinking fountains, crossing ramps, traffic signals, and trash containers.
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Massachusetts
Band Concert Set By Lawrence Park Recreation Dept
The Lawrence Park Recreation Department and Band Local 512 present a one hour concert at 8 p.m. Wednesday. William Kelly will direct the group at the South Park bandstand.
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Lawrence Park and Recreation Department
American Federation of Musicians Band Local 512
South Park
William Kelly
City Asks Condemnation For U S 59 Project
The State Highway Commission seeks eminent domain to acquire the remaining 57 tracts for the rural stretch of U S 59 south of 23rd Street in Lawrence. Court action will begin for 30 tracts while utility lines are being moved or prepared.
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Lawrence
State Highway Commission
U.S. 59
23Rd Street
Robert Hagen
Hagen
DeSoto
K-7
Federal Highway Administration
Renner Road
Kansas City
Parking Time To Be Enforced In Off Street Lots
Assistant City Manager Dennis Kallsen warned that two hour off street parking limits will be strictly enforced to maximize turnover. Employers are urged to have staff park elsewhere to reduce Massachusetts Street parking impact during downtown construction.
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Dennis Kallsen
Massachusetts Street
Cycle Racetrack Review Slated Near Big Springs
Douglas County will reexamine a conditional use permit to establish a motorcycle racetrack on 80 acres near Big Springs after initial denials. The Lawrence Douglas County Planning Commission supported the permit, facing opposition from nearby landowners. The final hearing also covers a private airstrip, a water tower project, a boarding house, and a printing operation expansion with approvals recommended.
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Big Springs
Douglas County Commission
Lawrence-Douglas
Lawrence
Floyd Grant
U.S. 40
Kanwaka
Harvey Bogert
U.S. 59
31St Street
Broken Arrow Park
Primary Election Under Way At Girls' State
The 439 senior girls at Sunflower Girls' State Lawrence Kansas vote by precincts starting 11 a.m. in Lewis Hall on the KU campus. Results expected this afternoon as mock candidates Nationalist and Federalist plan strategy for the general election. Trips to the KU Museum of Natural History offer respite from campaigning. Governor candidates speak this evening followed by rallies and face-to-face campaigning.
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Lewis and Templin
Kansas University
Journal-World Photo
Girls
California
Sunfower Girls’ State
Lawrence
American Legion Auxiliary
Lewis Hall
KU Museum of Natural History
Guilt Admitted In CAP Case Faces Sentencing For Forgery
Glenn G. Bickle 42 of Indiana Street was in Douglas County District Court Monday to plead guilty to attempted forgery. A sentencing date 1:30 p.m. June 16 was set and he may remain free on bond. Two counts of obtaining property by deception were dismissed. Bickle, the fiscal officer for the North Central Region Civil Air Patrol Cadet Staff College, allegedly took 1306 dollars. Penalty for the forgery offense ranges one to five years in prison with fines up to 5000 dollars.
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Glenn G. Bickle
Ind
Douglas County District Court
Bickle
North Central Region
Civil Air Patrol Cadet Staff College
RFK Gravesite Service Draws Kennedy Family In Arlington
More than 100 Kennedys friends and followers gathered on the granite terrace at RFK’s grave in Arlington National Cemetery for a four year anniversary folk mass. Ethel Kennedy and Jacqueline Onassis attended as Caroline Kennedy placed a rose on John F. Kennedy’s grave. The service honored peace and hope at the new gravesite with quotes carved in a marble ledge.
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Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
Albert F. Pereira
St. Luke’s Roman Catholic
McLean
Kennedy
Msgr
Gene C. Baroni
National Center For Urban Affairs
Robert Kennedy
Ethel
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Man faces gun charge after boarding incident
Michael Joseph Vaught was charged with unlawful possession of an unregistered sawed off shotgun by ATF agents at Kansas City Municipal Airport. Authorities say $1,650 in savings bonds and Colorado stolen coins were found with him as he attempted to board an airliner and asked the ticket agent to hand the weapon to the pilot.
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Kansas City
Michael Joseph Vaught
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Unit
Vaught
Littleton
Colo
Youth claims world record for longest shower
Hal Halloway, a 20 year old Texas Tech student from Dallas, emerged at 3 31 am claiming a world record after 169 hours in his shower bath. He slept on an air mattress and refused meals during the stint while in his Lubbock apartment.
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Lubbock
Tex
Hal Halloway
Texas Tech
Dallas
Halloway
Peter Schell
Munich
Germany
Apple Valley Boats Adds Evening Hours Seven Days
Advertisement notes Apple Valley Boats now open until 7 30 p m daily. The extended hours apply seven days a week.
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Apple Valley
Grant to Indians Of State Aimed At Job Training
The U S Department of Labor approved a 373767 grant for training and employment opportunities for Indians in northeast Kansas. Indian Enterprises Inc will administer the program with the Kansas Employment Security Division and Haskell Indian Junior College providing training over two semesters and a summer session for up to 100 participants.
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Topeka
Kan
U. S. Department of Labor
Kansas
Indian Enterprises, Inc
Kansas State Department of Labor
Haskell American Indian Junior College
Lawrence
Levy Boost Keeps Special Education at One and Half Mills
Lawrence district leaders approve a half mill increase for special education outside the tax lid. Cooperating districts Baldwin Eudora Wellsville and Tonganoxie show interest, with most students from Lawrence and June Smith noting improved groupings. A bid is approved for a metal building at the senior high to house a small engines class, permitting the portable to be moved and used as another special education classroom. One board member opposed the bid, citing misaligned priorities between the special ed program and the small engine course.
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Lawrence
Baldwin
Eudora
Wellsville
Tonganoxie
Knox
June Smith
Spearman
Medley
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