Hope Dims for Prisoner Contact With Viet Cong
Washington AP report says American Red Cross officials lose hope of contacting prisoners in South Vietnam held by Viet Cong. They cite no progress on mail delivery and reference Sgt. Harold B. Bennett's Dec. 29 capture and alleged execution. Bennett was one of 13 detained Americans.
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Washington
Red Cross
South
Viet Nam
Viet Cong
Harold B. Bennett
International Red Cross
Bennett
Perryville
Ark
U.S
Switzerland
American Red Cross
North Vietnamese Red Cross
South Viet Nam
GOP Eyes Vote On 5.5 Billion Housing Bill Challenge
GOP leaders see a chance to curb President Johnson's wins as the House prepares to vote on a $5.5 billion housing bill likely late next week. They target a new subsidy program for moderate income families while backing existing and some new housing initiatives. Debate begins Tuesday with a expected two day session to decide on the measure.
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Washington
Johnson
House
Dedication Today For the Old West
Oklahoma City hosts the dedication of the National Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Center atop Persimmon Hill after two years of planning and 2.5 million dollars in concrete. A two mile parade led by John Wayne opens festivities with governors and dignitaries from 17 states. Wrangler trophies will be given at an evening banquet to honor authentic portrayal of the American west in literature film and the arts.
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Oklahoma City
National Cowboy Hall of Fame
Western Heritage Center
Persimmon Hill
John Wayne
Arizona
California
Colorado
Idaho
Nevada
New Mexico
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Oregon
South Dakota
Texas
Utah
Washington
Wyoming
Wakarusa Valley Plans to Keep Seventh Graders Local
The Wakarusa Valley Board of Education decided to house 47 seventh graders at the district next fall instead of sending them to Central Junior High. They will study housing options, including two rooms possibly underground, without a bond issue.
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Wakarusa Valley Board of Education
Central
Wakarusa Valley School
Wakarusa Board
Lawrence Board of Education
Don Breithaupt
Washington Creek
Wakarusa Valley
Breithaupt
Lawrence
Lieutenant Refusal Fails War Duty in Viet Nam
NAHA Okinawa AP Lt Richard B Steinke 27 Milwaukee Wis was sentenced to dismissal from the service and forfeiture of all pay for refusing to join a counter guerrilla unit in South Viet Nam He could have faced five years in prison Steinke a West Point graduate class of 1962 said the war was not worth one American life and refused to obey a written order citing hostile elements and hazardous conditions
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Naha
Okinawa
Richard B. Steinke
South
Viet Nam
Steinke
Milwaukee
Wis
West Point
U. S
Music Man opens KU summer season with large cast
The Kansas University Theater Department begins its summer season with Meredith Willson's The Music Man. Tom Rea is the lead. cast includes Wynne Goff and 12 others from across the country. Co directors are William Reardon and Durwood Redd. Cast heads on July 20 for a USO tour of the Northeast Command in Greenland and Iceland.
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Kansas University Theater Department
Meredith Willson
Tom Rea
Wynne Goff
Lewin Goff
Hilltop Dr
Paul Hough
Topeka
Norma Sharp
Arkansas City
Linda Eckard
Indianapolis
Ind
Brenda Currin
Rockville
Mary Lou Groom
Arlington
Northeast Command
Greenland
Iceland
Pope Informed Death Is Goal In Nebraska Bank Robbery Case
Duane Earl Pope, 22, charged with slaying three people during a June 4 bank robbery at Big Springs Nebraska, faces a possible death penalty after U.S. Attorney Theodore Richling indicated the option. The six count indictment was read in federal court with former Nebraska Gov. Robert Crosby named chief defender and Wallace Rudolph as assistant. Pope, a former McPherson College football player, appeared briefly as Crosby and Rudolph met him in the Nebraska Penitentiary.
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Lincoln, Neb
Duane Earl Pope
Big Springs
Neb
Federal District Court
U.S
Theodore Richling
Pope
Robert van Pelt
Nebraska
Robert B. Crosby
Wallace M. Rudolph
University of Nebraska
Rudolph
University
Law College
Crosby
Lincoln
Possie
McPherson, Kan
Omaha
Kansas City
Nebraska Penitentiary
Jet crewmen safe after F101 crash near Billings golf course
Two Air Force crewmen ejected before their F101 Voodoo crashed about 500 yards from a Billings golf course and homes. Pilot Captain Elmer Ehrlich, 33, and radar observer Lt Ted Olson, 31, parachuted to safety. Both from Malmstrom AFB, Great Falls, they were returning from Richards-Gebaur AFB in Missouri.
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Billings
Mont
Elmer Ehrlich
Ted Olson
Malmstrom Air Force Base
Great Falls
Richards-Gebaur Afb
Missouri
U S Ready to Make Large Gift to United Nations
Western diplomats report the United States will soon donate a substantial sum to the United Nations despite President Johnson not announcing it at the U N meeting. Amb Adlai Stevenson to stress ending deadlock over Soviet voting rights while avoiding pledge details on Article 19 enforcement.
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San Francisco
United States
United Nations
Johnson
U.N
U.S
Adlai E. Stevenson
General Assembly
Soviet Union
Russ Missile Launchers Reported for Viet Nam
Harrisburg Patriot reports U S authorities have evidence of launching sites for Soviet medium range missiles in North Viet Nam near Hanoi Haiphong about 100 miles from the Chinese border. Equipment allegedly moved from Russia to Hai Phong and unloaded in recent weeks.
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Harrisburg
United States
Viet Nam
The
Patriot
Washington
Edward W. O’brien
Russia
Haiphong
Hanoi
Anonymous gift funds Baker University psychology lab
President W. J. Scarborough announced an anonymous donor provides 2400 dollars for scientific psychology lab equipment at Baker University. Matching funds include 1000 dollars from the United States Steel Foundation and 1000 dollars from the Union Pacific Railroad Foundation to equip the lab.
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W. J. Scarborough
Baker University
Scarborough
United States Steel Foundation
Union Pacific Railroad Foundation
Good Shepherd Scouts Work at Camp Bromelsick
Eleven Boy Scouts from Troop 157 of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church are on an extended outing at Camp Bromelsick six miles west of Lawrence. They arrived midweek to skip sessions at Camp Theodore Naish and, led by Scoutmaster Robert Sheard, are staking and digging around tree seedlings to protect them during mowing.
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Boy Scouts
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
Camp Bromelsick
Lawrence
Camp
Bromersick
Robert Sheard
Ohio St
Metropolitan Opera National Company to Stage Susannah at KU
The Metropolitan Opera National Company adds a second Centennial event at KU Hoch Auditorium. The 25 singers 32 chorus members and a 45 piece orchestra will perform Susannah by Carlisle Floyd at 8 20 p m March 31. The company tours 70 cities next year and will be resident at the Kennedy Center in Washington D C.
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Susannah
Carlisle Floyd
Hoch Auditorium
Metropolitan Opera National Company
United States
Canada
John F. Kennedy Cultural Center
Washington, D. C
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell
Carry Nation
Douglas Moore
Baby Doe
First Baptist Church Celebrates 110th Anniversary in Kansas
First Baptist Church at 801 Kentucky celebrates its 110th anniversary during the 11 a.m. worship. Founded June 25, 1855, it is Kansas’s oldest Baptist church in continuous existence. A silver communion service from Boston 1859 is on display. Members with long service are honored, followed by a reception in the Fellowship hall and a shared birthday cake.
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First Baptist Church
Lawrence
Kansas
Boston
Alice Davis
W. R. Gorrill
F. W. Phillips
Paul Winter
Fellowship Hall
Ross Cole
Walter Wagner
Kansan Named Among 84 Died In El Toro Jet Crash
Government releases list of victims from the C135 crash near El Toro California. Among the dead are Marine Lance Corporals Howard D. Hall Jr. of Winfield Kansas and James C. Tischer of Hannibal Missouri.
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Camp Pendleton
Calif
Marine Corps and
Air Force
el Toro
Marine Corps
Lance
Howard D. Hall Jr
Hazel Grant
Millington St
Winfield
Kan
James C. Tischer
James F. Tischer
Park Ave
Hannibal
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