Bombing Pauses Revealed as Public Pressure Tactic
Washington Post reports secret Pentagon study shows Johnson aides doubted pauses would trigger peace talks between 1965 and 1968 but aimed to placate domestic and world opinion. It details internal debate over using lulls to escalate war and pressures on North Vietnam and the Soviet bloc.
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Washington
Washington Post
Pentagon
Johnson Administration
North Vietnam
Post
Defense Department
Vietnam
Murray Marder
U.S
North
South Vietnam
Dean Rusk
Rusk
Johnson
Clifford
United States
The
McNamara
Soviet Union
Viet Cong
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Rotary Speaker Wesley Sowers to address Lawrence luncheon
State Sen. Wesley Sowers of Wichita will speak at the Lawrence Rotary luncheon Monday at the Holiday Inn on executive reorganization of Kansas government. Local legislators are expected to attend as Sowers discusses his broad business and professional background and his advisory role at the Kansas University School of Business.
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Rotary
Wesley Sowers
Richita
Lawrence
Kansas
Holiday Inn
Sowers
Kansas Unniversity School of Business
New Nursing Setup Studied Under HEW Grant
University of Kansas Medical Center launches a five year experiment funded by a 182184 grant from HEW. Dr. Stanley Butts leads 144 patients to compare single nurse care versus standard multi nurse care in a medical ward with nurse Lily Larson directing the study.
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Kansas City
Kan
University of Kansas Medical Center
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Stanley Butts
PSEA
Butts
Lily Larson
Service Members Stationed in Southeast Asia and California
Airman First Class Fielden R. Bundy of Tonganoxie is on duty at Da Nang AFB Vietnam. Airman Munday, an air freight specialist, is assigned to a Pacific Air Forces unit in Southeast Asia. Before Vietnam he served at Travis AFB California. Spec. 4 Michael Sedlak lists 281st MP Co APO San Francisco CA 96232.
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Fielden R. Bundy
Melvin L. Bundy
Tonganoxie
da Nang Afb
Vietnam
Munday
Pacific Air Forces
Southeast Asia
Far East
Pacific Area
Travis Afb
Calif
Tonganoxie High School
Seaman Apprentice Sedlak Returns Aboard Reeves at Pearl Harbor
Seaman Apprentice Donal Sedlak resumes duty aboard the USS Reeves DLG-24 at Pearl Harbor Hawaii after a 30 day leave. The ship plans a western cruise. Sedlak hopes to visit his brother Spec 4 Michael Sedlak of the 281st Military Police Company in Bangkok Thailand who has recovered from injuries suffered May 9 in Da Nang Vietnam.
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Seaman Appren
Donal Sedlak
USS
Reeves
Pearl Harbor
Honolulu
Hawaii
U.S. Navy
Appren
Sedlak
Spec
Michael Sedlak
281St. Military Police Co
U.S. Army
Bangkok
Thailand
da Nang
Vietnam
Motorcycle event at Lawrence Dragstrip draws big field
One of the largest motorcycle fields in years is set to race tonight at the Lawrence Dragstrip west of the city. The sportsman short track event is scheduled to start at 7 30 p.m., planners said this morning.
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Lawrence Dragstrip
Apollo 15 Names Endevor and Falcon For Crew Ship and LM
Commander David R. Scott announced Apollo 15 will launch July 26 from Cape Kennedy. The crew named their command ship The Endeavor after Cook's scientific voyage and the lunar module Falcon, reflecting the mission's science focus. Scott Irwin and Worden spoke at the final news conference as the mission aims to land in the Apennine region near Hadley Rille on July 30.
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Scott
James Cook
England
Cook
Tahiti
South Pacific
Sea of Space
James B. Irwin
Alfred W. Worden
Cape Kennedy
Air Force Academy
Moon
Air Force
Irwin
Apennine Range
Hadley Rille
Federal judges demand Volpe and Schultz in court over highway funds
In Kansas City a federal judge ordered John Volpe and George Schultz to appear and explain why the full federal highway funds should not be released to Missouri. The case centers on a $26,222,400 reduction from an annual $112,322,400 appropriation and tests the 1968 act on federal aid withheld.
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Volpe
Kansas City
John A.volpe
Secretary of Transportation
George P. Schultz
Office of Management and Budget
William H. Becker
Shultz
Missouri
Nixon
Robert Lnyder
Missouri Highway Commission
Hyder
Jefferson City
Youths Qualify for Missouri Valley Junior Olympic Finals
Nine Lawrence boys and two girls have qualified for the Missouri Valley Junior Olympic track and field finals in Kansas City Missouri at Southeast High School on Saturday June 26. They should report to coach Tom Waller at Lawrence High track on Monday June 21 from 9 to 11 a.m. or Thursday June 24 from 7 30 to 9 p.m. Local boys listed: Verner Newman Robert Chestnut Greg Wingert David Johnson Frank Reilly Scott Gannon Stanley Hardin John O Neal Terry Barker. Local girls: Carolyn Coleman in bantam 50 and Ann Heinrich in midget 220.
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Lawrence
Kansas City
Southeast High School
Tom Waller
Lawrence High
Verner Newman
Robert Chestnut
Greg Wingert
David Johnson
Frank Reilly
Scott Gannon
Stanley Hardin
John O'Neal
Terry Barker
Carolyn Coleman
Ann Heinrich
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