Douglas County rural schools finish annual meetings unification talks linger
County rural districts completed annual meetings with unification plans only in early stages. Baldwin and Vinland will unify July 1, while Lecompton disbands its rural high school to join the Lecompton common district. Several districts consider a new high school in Douglas County. A meeting at India School on Thursday will gauge interest from Wakarusa Valley India Grant Riverside Lecompton and others.
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Douglas County
Baldwin
Vinland
Lecompton High School
Lecompton Common
Pete Bahnmaier
Harold Keating
Lecompton
Perry
Twin Mounds
Earl Wilson
Wilson
Riverside
Leo Smith
India
Richard Anderson
Paul Meseraull
Delbert Richardson
Big Springs
Wesley Wulfkuhle
Eudora
Donald Bagby
Kaw Valley
W. F. Bradley
Wakarusa Valley
Paul Johnston
Howard Lynch
Gene Miller
Gene Nunemaker
Grant
Arthur Heck
Marion Springs
Donald Reppard
Charles Faw
Lawrence
India School
Pilot Escapes Injury During Belly Landing
Wichita Kansas AP report says pilot Robert Turner 51 Norton Kansas escaped injury after a belly landing at Wichita municipal airport. The Cessna 210 sustained under 300 dollars in damage due to hydraulic fluid loss and gear not fully extending. FAA cited rare mechanical failure not pilot error.
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Wichita
Robert Turner
Norton
Kan
Municipal
Turner
Federal Aviation Agency
Luna 6 Working Well as Soviet Moon Probe Advances
Tass reports Luna 6, the Soviet moon rocket, is functioning well as it speeds away from Earth and aims for a soft landing. At 4 p.m. Moscow time the craft stood 142 915 miles from Earth with four radio updates in the first day. Jodrell Bank noted strong signals from the probe, while plans indicate a lunar touch down Friday night.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Tass
Earth
Britain
Jodrell Bank Observatory
Jury Recommends Death For Admitted Murderer French
James D. French 28 was found guilty of the Oct 21 1961 strangulation of cellmate Eddie L Shelton in Oklahoma. Judge Robert Bell set sentencing for June 18. French had previously escaped the electric chair as appellate courts reversed prior verdicts.
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James D. French
Oklahoma
Eddie L. Shelton
Robert Bell
State Court of Criminal Appeals
French
Shelton
National Park Service to restore Independence Hall complex
After ten years and four million documents reviewed the National Park Service plans a major restoration of Independence Hall and 25 historic buildings across more than six city blocks. The project could span twenty years.
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National Park Service
Independence Hall
White House clarifies Viet Nam troop authority
The White House said General Westmoreland has had authority since Marines arrived in Vietnam to use U S forces in support if the South Vietnamese request, but not to initiate an offensive. The statement tempered earlier State Department remarks that suggested offensive actions were possible.
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Washington
White House
U.S
William C. Westmoreland
State Department
Viet Nam
Robert J. McCloskey
George E. Reedy
Simmons Fund Gifts Still Being Received
Contributions to the Hazel Lee Simmons Fund at Cordley School PTA continue as the fund honors retiring principal Miss Simmons after 28 years. The fund benefits children and accepts gifts at Lawrence National Bank with no deadline for several months.
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Hazel Lee Simmons Fund
Cordley School
PTA
PTA Group
Miss Simmons
Cordley
Lawrence National Bank
Turcotte Leads Tom Rolfe to Preakness Victory
Ron Turcotte rode Tom Rolfe to a Preakness win at Pimlico. Turcotte ranked seventh among riders at Aqueduct with 22 victories in 147 mounts.
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Ron Turcotte
Tom Rolfe
Pimlico
Aqueduct
Crime in Big Cities Shows Net Rise Nationwide
FBI reports first quarter 1965 crime up 2 percent across major cities. Topeka registers a net decrease in four of seven categories, while Kansas City Kan Wichita Kansas City Mo and St Louis show increases in burglaries and other crimes.
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Washington
Topeka
Kansas
Missouri
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Kansas City
Kan
Wichita
St. Louis
Hair Altars in Cambodian Village Eyed as Spirit Shields
Eight foot wooden thrones on stilts with umbrellas mark village hair cutting sites in Cambodia. The local explanation cites hair as a favored hiding place for evil spirits.
Ingrate Held In K C For Resistance
Michael Farr 22, already charged with resisting police in three cities, is held in Kansas City after biting a responding officer. He fled a service station scene, entered Brush Creek, submerged, and was pulled from the water after a dog search failed. Farr faces charges of being drunk in public resisting arrest and destroying city property.
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Kansas City
Michael Farr
Olathe
Kan
Portland
Maine
Chicago
Charles Boone
Farr
Boone
Brush Creek
Farry
Thomas McLaury
James Glenn
McLaury
Redskin defensive back Jim Steffen praised for hard hitting
Washington coach Bill McPeak says Jim Steffen weighs 195 pounds but hits as hard as players fifty five pounds heavier, highlighting his tackling intensity and impact on the defense.
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Washington Redskin
Jim Steffen
Bill McPeak
Henry and Frances Laws Memorial Scholarship Named at Baker
The Henry and Frances Laws Memorial Scholarship will be established at Baker University Baldwin by the estate of the late Hope Laws Overbrook. Baker treasurer Virgil Wood announced the gift to aid superior students entering medicine with the first stipend for the 1965 66 year. Miss Laws was a practical nurse at Lawrence Memorial Hospital before her death.
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Henry and Frances Laws
Baker University
Baldwin
Hope Laws
Overbrook
Virgil Wood
Baker
Miss Law
Miss Laws
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
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