Army Division Ends Buddhist-Driven Campaign in Viet Nam
South Viet Nam's 1st Division ends three days of fierce fighting near the Quang Tri frontier with 319 Communists killed, 96 captured and 68 weapons seized. U.S. advisers say the unit achieved a major government victory amid political dissension at home.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
1St
Viet Nam
U.S
N. E. Andersen
Cranston, R.I
Joffre Boston
Falls Church
814Th
Quang Tri
Nguyen Cao Ky
Hue
Thich Tri Quang
U.S. 101St Airborne Division
U.S. 1St Cavalry
Tuy Hoa
Mo Duc
Brach Estate Valued At 8.7 Million Inheritance Return
Edwin J. Brach chairman of H. J. Brach & Sons Co. reported an estate valued at 8,668,351 dollars on an inheritance tax return filed in Circuit Court.
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Chicago
Edwin J. Brach
H. J. Brach & Sons Co
Four Treated After Emergencies At Lawrence Memorial
Four people were treated and released at Lawrence Memorial Hospital after incidents. Andrew Bolin, 33, 1132 Conn., was bitten by a brown spider on his right arm. Drexel Stogsdill, 44, 321 Ind., sustained head and shoulder injuries when a ladder fell at work. Nathaleen Bamber, 42, 1240 Ohio, was bitten on the leg by her pet rabbit. Irene Kitsmiller, 18, Route 2, was bitten on the upper right arm by a pig.
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Andrew Bolin
Drexel Stogsdill
Nathaleen Bamber
Ohio
Irene Kitsmiller
Route 2
Sheriff Probes Shooting of Lawrence Man in Nebraska
A 23-year-old Lawrence Kansas man identifying as Elmer J. Payne drove to a Clay County farm in Nebraska with wounds to both arms and said he was shot by a hitchhiker he picked up. Payne, treated at a Hastings hospital in good condition, described the shooter as a large man with black crew cut hair.
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Harvard
Neb
Lawrence
Kan
Clay County Sheriff's Office
Clay Center
Elmer J. Payne
Here
Sheriff's Office
Payne
Hastings
Clay County
Ray Dieringer
Sutton
Highway 6
Ridglea
Regents Begin Budget Checks
Topeka heads of the Kansas Board of Regents began submitting a 1968 budget totaling 115,665,849 for the year starting July 1, 1967. University and Medical Center requests are itemized with percent pay hikes, guiding later recommendations to the governor and legislature.
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Topeka
Kansas Board of Regents
Kansas University
Kansas City
Kan
Mt. Oread
Troops May Leave Dominican Region
U S and Latin American troops in the 8000 member inter American peace force will begin leaving the Dominican Republic before July 1. Withdrawal not expected to finish before September and could take longer. Starting date to be fixed Friday in Washington at an OAS meeting. President elect Joaquin Balaguer to be inaugurated July 1.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
U.S
Washington
Organization of American States
Joaquin Balaguer
Unemployment in Kansas Holds Steady This Week
The Kansas Employment Security Division reports unemployment steady this week with a 9 percent rate of insured joblessness, unchanged from last week. Benefits were paid to 3,445 persons, compared with 3,440 the prior week.
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Pera (Ap
Kansas
T He Employment Security Division
Selective Service Chief Opposes Lower Draft Age
Washington AP The director of Selective Service opposes lowering the draft liability age from 26 to 24 and favors using some men over 26 for service He testified before the House Armed Services Committee Lt Gen Lewis B Hershey said he would resist a central computer lottery and questioned student deferments while defending local boards authority and current education and minor defect standards Rep Rivers noted possible inquiry into reducing the draft age in light of more available younger men Schweiker called the system antiquated as a horse and buggy in a jet age.
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Washington (Ap
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
House
Armed Services Committee
Hershey
Rep
L. Mendel Rivers
Ds.c
Tee
Richard
Schweiker
R-Pa
Burt Lancaster Reflects On Hunger And Risk From Early Years
New York AP profile of Burt Lancaster recalls a rough East Harlem upbringing and a life of risk taking and hard work. The actor describes childhood fun, car accidents, and his belief that life requires enthusiasm and curiosity despite fame. He details past jobs from circus performer to GI and stoker before Hollywood success.
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New York
Burt Lancaster
Lancaster
Lawrence Brady Wins Standard Oil Geology Fellowship
Lawrence L. Brady, a Kansas University graduate student from Topeka, receives the Standard Oil Co. of Texas Fellowship in Geology for 1966 67. The award supports master’s degree students with a stipend of 1800 to 2400 dollars plus tuition and general fees, based on scholastic achievement extracurricular activities and citizenship.
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Lawrence L. Brady
Kansas University
Topeka
Standard Oil Co. of Texas
Dole Blames Johnson Admin For Watershed Program Halt
Rep. Bob Dole claims the Johnson administration deliberately killed the small watershed program, halting 12 years of progress in soil and water conservation.
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Washington
Bob Dole
R-Kan
Johnson
Army Tackles Malaria With DDS Breakthrough In Viet Nam
Army researchers report that the drug diamino diphenylsulfone DDS cuts malaria cases by half among troops in Viet Nam. Treated soldiers recover faster and relapse risk falls, with DDS to be stockpiled for all high risk areas. The program, led by Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, targets falciparum malaria in the Vietnamese highlands.
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Washington
Viet Nam
Surgeon General’s Office
U.S
Armed Forces Epidemiological Board
Food and Drug Administration
Walter Reed Hospital
Army Institute of Research
Army
Highlands
Rights Group Off for Canton
The Mississippi civil rights marchers split into white and Negro participants, about 70 whites and 90 Negroes, heading to Canton where a Negro leader, C. C. Chinn, 45, was charged with assault and battery with intent to kill after a drive-in incident. William Longgrear, 26, sustained a flesh wound and was treated. Chinn denied the shooting. Separate plans for Philadelphia include a church rally and a march led by Martin Luther King Jr. with federal protection sought from President Johnson.
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Benton, Miss
Canton
C. C. Chinn
Civil Rights Headquarters
China
William Longgrear
Philadelphia
Miss
de Martin Luther King
Fuiay
White House
King
Johnson
Mississippi
Cuba Defection Report Baseless Says Immigration Agency
SAN JUAN Puerto Rico AP Reports of mass Cuban girl athlete defections are unfounded according to the U S Immigration Service After a driver claimed 12 to 17 girls defected during transport to a Cuban freighter officials found no evidence and questioned the bus escort and arrival records The Cuban Games delegation head denied any jump occurred.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
U.S. Immigration Service
Immigration Service
Jose Llanuza
Pilot Jockeys Twin Engine Plane Under St Louis Arch
Authorities search for an unidentified pilot who maneuvered a twin engine private plane through the 630 foot Gateway Memorial Arch near downtown St Louis on the Mississippi River. The stunt was witnessed by guide John Kinworthy.
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ST. Louis, Mo
Gateway Memorial Arch
St. Louis
Mississippi River
John Kinworthy
Ramsey Attends National Foreign Policy Conference for Educators
Dr. Robert Ramsey, Lawrence assistant superintendent of schools in charge of curriculum, joined 1,600 educators at the First National Foreign Policy Conference for Educators in Washington. Delegates explored interpreting U S foreign policy for students and integrating it into studies with topics on teaching world affairs and new international education initiatives.
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Robert Ramsey
Lawrence
U. S. Department of State
Sec. of State
Rusk
U. S
Ramsey
Governor Avery Urges Aerospace Education Push
Gov William H Avery told the National Conference on Aerospace Education that educators should embrace space oriented learning and modernize high school and college curricula to include aerospace education.
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Wichita
William H. Avery
Avery
National Conference On Aerospace Education
Boeing Wins $5.6 Million Air Force Contract
Boeing Co in Wichita announced a five point six million dollar Air Force research contract for studies on aircraft load alleviation and mode stabilization. The contract covers flight control technology air frame life ease of handling and flight safety in future large airplanes.
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Wichita, Kah
Boeing Co
Wichita
Air Force Research
Training Outback Slated for Units In Reserve Force
Washington AP units in the 150000 man first line Army Reserve will cut training from 72 drills to 58 per year starting July after eight months of intensive drills. They must pass combat readiness tests and summer active duty training to qualify. The goal was mobilization readiness by June 30 with rapid deployment capability to a mobilization station and eight weeks of brigade and division training.
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Washington
Army
National Guard
Secretary of Defense
Robert 8. McNamara
Winston P. Wilson
National Guard Bureau
Horton’s Octogenarian Tennis Rules Stun Local Pro
In Moorestown New Jersey 81 year old actor Edward Everett Horton plays tennis under special rules. He stands center court never backhands and requires opponents to return every ball. Club pro Jim McCaffrey has yet to win as Horton claims he always wins and enforces the unusual format.
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Moorestown
N.J
Edward Everett Horton
Horton
Haddon Wood
Jim McCaffey
McCaffrey
Firemen’s slowdown averted in Kansas City talks
AP reports a threatened work slowdown by Kansas City firemen was averted after a meeting between City Council representatives and Firefighters' Union officials. No deal was reached on the issues, but the firemen said they would remain on duty if future meetings are scheduled.
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Kansas City
Firefighters’ Union
Hardy Writings to be Published by Kansas University Press
Lawrence item notes Kansas University Press will publish Thomas Hardy's Personal Writings edited by Prof. Harold Orel. The volume gathers prefaces reminiscences and comments, including less significant minor writings, with a focus on Hardy's view of England as portrayed in his fiction. Mississippi Street in Lawrence will be resealed today and Friday for the Jayhawk Soap Box Derby preparations led by Jaycee Maj. Phil Ramsey.
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Thomas Hardy
Kansas University Press
Harold Orel
KU English
Hardy
England
Mississippi Street
Kansas Union
11Th Street
Stewardess Dies In Beating Case In Seattle
Two United Air Lines stewardesses from Portland were beaten in their Seattle basement apartment on Queen Anne Hill. Lonnie Trumbull aged 20 died, Lisa E. Wick aged 20 was gravely injured. They had recently graduated from the airline’s stewardess school in Chicago and been flying about a month.
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Seattle
United Air Lines
Portland
Ore
Lonnie Trumbull
Lisa E. Wick
King County Hospital
Joyce Bowe
Queen Anne Hill
UAL
Meredith to rejoin civil rights march in Canton Mississippi
James Meredith announced plans to rejoin civil rights marchers in Canton on Friday. He will fly to St Louis then proceed to Mississippi and resume the march when the route returns to Highway 51 near Hernando where he was shot.
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New York
James Meredith
Canton
Miss
Meredith
St. Louis
Mississippi
Highway 51
Hernando
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Karen Olson
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Okla
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Broadway
Burt
Hollywood
Manhattan
Standard Oil
Off For
Cuba
Immigration Agency
Reynaldo Feliciano
Olympic Village
Montgomery Ward
S.L. Arch
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Treup
Lawrence Memorial Co
Norman Endacott
East 13Th Vi
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Phil Ramsey
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Illinois
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