Hawaii's Damp Beauty Beckons Visitors From Lawrence
The article highlights Hawaii as a lush, varied paradise with snowcapped peaks and dramatic coasts. It notes frequent rain and humidity, high car rental costs, taxi tricks, and air service from the mainland, with prices for United and Pan American flights. Lawrence visitors are among the growing winter vacationers drawn to the islands.
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Hawaii
of the Union
Pacific Ocean
Pike’s Peak
Islands
United Airlines
Pan American
Honolulu
Lawrence
Man Dead After Fall From Train Near Lecompton
A 75 year old Los Angeles man identified as Henry A. Hanson died after apparently falling from a moving Santa Fe Super Chief near Lecompton Kansas guards reported. The eastbound train left Topeka at 1 55 a m and reached Lawrence at 2 19 a m. The body was found half a mile west of Lecompton by a westbound freight crew. The coroner had not ruled a cause. He had recently been released from a California hospital. The body was sent to Cooper Warren Mortuary.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Lecompton
Henry A. Hanson
Michigan
Santa Fe
Topeka
Lawrence
Doug McCleery
McLeery
California
Jim Reed
Cooper-Warren Mortuary
Engineering Exposition Chooses Queen Candidates
Queen candidates for the Centennial Engineering Exposition were announced by Gene Bollin of Raytown Missouri. Candidates represent nine colleges and include Peggy Wratil Phyllis Howard Carole McConnell Karen Wight Joan Danielson Sue Ketcham Barbara Burnett Barbara Gyulavics Sheryl Rickard Jackie Babcock Mary Smart Mary Allen Rita Rosander Carol Krivo Donna Mitchell Sherri Coleman Deborah Campbell Beverly Smith Diane Anderson Nan cy Hull Kathryn Peuter Gertrude Sellards Sandra Fike Tobi Jones.
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Gene Bollin
Raytown
Kansas University
Peggy Wratil
Larned
Miller Hall
Phyllis Howard
Gardena
Calif
Carole McConnell
Bartlesville
Okla
Kappa Alpha Theta
Karen Wight
Tulsa
Pi Beta Phi
Joan Danielson
Leawood
Alpha Chi Omega
Sue Ketcham
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Barbara Burnett
Parsons
Lewis Hall
Barbara Gyulavics
Topeka
Chi Omega
Sheryl Rickard
Lyons
Sellards Hall
Jackie Babcock
Overland Park
Ellsworth Hall
Mary Smart
Lawrence
Corbin Hall
Mary Allen
Ralston
Neb
Alpha Delta Pi
Rita Rosander
Shawnee Mission
Alpha Omicron Pi
Carol Krivo
Kansas City
Douthart Hall
Donna Mitchell
Engineering Council
Sherri Coleman
Prairie Village
Alpha Gamma Delta
Deborah Campbell
Milwaukee
Wis
Delta Delta Delta
Beverly Smith
McPherson
Delta Gamma
Diane Anderson
Sigma Kappa
Nancy Hull
Sedgwick
Watkins Hall
Kathryn Peuter
Gertrude Sellards Pearson
Sandra Fike
St. Louis
Hashinger Hall
Tobi Jones
Coffeyville
Alpha Phi
Schwegler School Addition Bid Award Decision Expected
Lawrence Construction Company appears to have the lowest bid for the Schwegler School addition at 108178. Bids opened Thursday afternoon at the Administration Center and the Board of Education plans to award the contract at 7 30 p m Monday at the Administration Center.
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Lawrence Construction Company
Schwegler School
Board of Education
Viet Nam combat deaths top three prior wars total
The U S combat dead in the Viet Nam war rose to 2335 for the week ended last Monday. The toll surpassed the totals from the War of 1812 Mexican War and Spanish American War, with an increase of 130 from the prior week dating to Jan 1 1961.
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Washington
U. S
Heart of America Debate at KU Draws 48 Teams
Forty eight teams from twenty states will compete March 10 to 12 at the Heart of America tournament in the Kansas Union. KU participants include Richard Hoskins Judson Briegel Sharon Mahood and Jim Klumpp. Final round set for 3 30 p m March 12 in the Forum Room with judges from Georgetown Wayne State and Southwest Missouri State.
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Kansas University
Heart of America
Kansas Union
Richard Hoskins
Bonner Springs
Judson Briegel
Kansas City
Sharon Mahood
Springfield
Jim Klumpp
Coffeyville
Donald W. Parson
The
Union
William Reynolds
Georgetown University
George Ziegelmueller
Wayne State University
Holt Spicer
Southwest Missouri State College
Dartmouth
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Harvard
University of the Pacific
Arizona University
KCC Approves Lawrence Phone Rate Reductions
The Kansas Corporation Commission approved a rate cut in Lawrence starting last November. The change affects 167 customers in the northwest area and saves about 1960 annually. Non recurring color phone charges drop April 1 with several set reductions and a 25 cent monthly cut for impaired hearing devices.
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Kansas Corporation Commission
Lawrence
Pocket Watch Stolen From KU Student Vehicle
Donald J. Raidt, Shawnee Mission graduate student at Kansas University, reports the theft of a $100 pocket watch from the glove compartment of his car parked in Zone N lot. The incident was reported to KU police.
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Donald J. Raidt
Shawnee Mission
Kansas University
Raidt
KC Pilot Rescued With FAA Aid in Midwest Air Rescue
Kansas City AP report describes FAA flight crew and air traffic controllers coordinating from Kansas City Chicago and Davenport to save William A Collet who was flying at 17000 feet without oxygen above Illinois. The Chicago center guided an FAA DC3 crew into the area then helped Collet descend and land safely at Moline Davenport vicinity.
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Kansas City
Federal Aviation Agency
Chicago
William A. Collet
Air Traffic Control Center
Olatha
Kan
Quincy
Ill
Collet
Ivan F. Evans
Robert Brown
Fairfax, Kane
Moline
Evans
Davenport
Iowa
Language program upgrade eyed for Lawrence schools
The Curriculum Committee of the Lawrence PTA recommended an expanded foreign language plan at Lawrence High School meeting attended by about 28. The report urges limiting Spanish in elementary to sixth grade, daily seventh and eighth grade classes, and yearlong high school offerings with fourth year German and first year French for progression, plus later additions like Russian Chinese and Greek as funds allow.
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Lawrence Public Schools
Lawrence Parent Teachers Association
Lawrence High School
Charles D. Michener
Dan Palmquist
Joseph Camin
Kevin Jones
Albert Burgstahler
School of Education
Kansas University
The
KU In
Salina Welcomes Second Plane Plant at Former Air Base
Salina Kansas gained a second aircraft plant as D D Funk Aviation of Broken Arrow Oklahoma announced it will occupy a hangar at the former Schilling Air Force Base within a week. Production of single engine planes for agricultural spraying may begin in six weeks, with 40 to 50 employees expected within 18 months. Beech Aircraft of Wichita also plans a manufacturing center in Salina.
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Salina
Kan
Schilling Air Force Base
D. D. Funk Aviation Co
Broken Arrow
Okla
Beech Aircraft Corp
Wichita
Funk Aviation
Burial Today for Astronauts in Arlington
Navy and Air Force services were held in Arlington National Cemetery for two astronauts killed in a St. Louis jet crash. Elliot M. Lee Jr. 38 and Charles A. Bassett II 34 were training for Gemini 9 aims next May. Their coffins were moved to graves near that of Theodore C. Freeman.
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St. Louis
Chapel Ground
Navy
Lees
Washington
Theodore C. Freeman
Ellington Air Force Base
Tex
Why Not Change Your Thinking Lecture at CJHS
Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the Central Junior High School auditorium features Roy J. Linnig of Chicago speaking. He serves on the board of lectureship for the Mother Church First Church of Christ Scientist Boston Massachusetts.
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Central Junior High School
Roy J. Linnig
Chicago
Mother Church
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Boston
Mass
Brimmer Confirmed to 14-Year Fed Board Term
The Senate confirmed Andrew F Brimmer for a 14 year term on the Federal Reserve Board by voice vote. Brimmer, then assistant secretary of commerce for economic affairs, becomes the first African American named to the board.
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Washington
Senate
Andrew F. Brimmer
Federal Reserve Board
Brimmer
Denial of Atom Smasher Site Finalists Report
National Academy of Sciences denied a Milwaukee Sentinel report that five finalists have been chosen for the 375 million atom smasher site. The academy said the committee has not finished its work and has not picked sites in Wisconsin Michigan Illinois California and Colorado. Rep. Hosmer said there is no information on finalists and suggested the process may be stalled to save money.
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Lawrence
Hawaii
Washington
National Academy of Sciences
The
Milwaukee Sentinel
Academy
Atomic Energy Commission
Wisconsin
Ann Arbor
Mich
Barrington
Inl
Berkeley
Calif
Denver
Colo
Craig Hosmer
Joint
Senate House Atomic Committee
Johnson
Population bump forecast for KU ducks in Lawrence
Mrs. Mary DesChamps of 1029 Del. reports three ducks taken from Potter Lake for winter at her home. One duck laid an egg and she plans to return the Spring Fling leftovers to Potter Lake when spring arrives.
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Mary DesChamps
Del
Potter Lake
Johnson to Fly to Texas Ranch for Weekend Visit
President Johnson will fly to his Texas ranch this afternoon for his first weekend visit of the year, marking a return to the western retreat after a busy period in Washington.
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Washington
Johnson
Texas
Bitter Campaign Ahead of Guatemala Election
Guatemala City AP reports a bitter campaign as the nation heads to Sunday elections with two of three presidential candidates warning that another Santo Domingo could develop. Voters will choose a president in a contest also selecting a vice president, 54 National Assembly members, and over 300 mayors and municipal councils.
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Guatemala City
Guatemala
Santo Domingo
Suspect Arrested in Threat to President Johnson
FBI agents detained Oswald S. Pick, 27, in Philadelphia after an anonymous call challenged them to find him before he could act. He was taken into custody aboard a Washington-bound train and held for transfer to the capital.
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Philadelphia
FBI
Johnson
Oswald S. Pick
Verdun Council Rejects Clay Terrell Fight Site
Verdun city council turned down a proposal to hold the Cassius Clay versus Ernie Terrell heavyweight title fight in Verdun suburb. The decision blocks a potential venue clarification for the bout.
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Montreal
Verdun
Teal Season Approved in September for Kansas Hunters
Kansas Forestry Fish and Game commission confirms a September teal season across Kansas and other Central and Mississippi flyway states. A nine day season allows four teal per day with an eight bird possession limit after opening day. Free special teal season permits will be issued. applications expected mid summer.
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Pratt, Kan
Kansas Forestry, Fish and Game Commission
Central
Mississippi
Kansas
Dave Coleman
Tissue Exchange Performed Today
Two former athletes with osteogenic sarcoma exchanged three quarter inch malignant tissue cubes in a Roswell Park Memorial Institute procedure. Robert F. Allen 28 from Tucson Arizona and Harry T. Griffith 63 from Flourtown Pennsylvania, both O type blood, each received tissue and hoped the transplant would slow their cancer.
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Buffalo, N.Y
Robert F. Allen
Tucson
Ariz
Harry T. Griffith
Flourtown
Griffith
Allen
Roswell Park Memorial Institute
Officials Break Bad Check Ring in Nevada Missouri
Vernon County Sheriff Wayne Pursley and Nevada Police Chief Leon Dowdy broke up a bogus check ring. Six Nevada residents were arrested for writing bad checks. warrants issued for two others. The ring reportedly passed over $2,000 in bogus checks across Nevada and nearby towns in Missouri and Kansas.
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Nevada, Mo
Missouri
Kansas
Vernon County
Wayne Pursley
Nevada
Leon Dowdy
Bennie L. Ellis
Larry Brooks
Joseph C. Olson
Carol Jaquis
Judy Kolb
Terry Gonterman
Joe Edd McReynolds
Lana Olson
Ase
Pursley
DeSoto Girl Hurt After Basketball Injury
Susan Tripkos, 14, of DeSoto was treated at Lawrence Memorial Hospital for an injury to the middle finger of her left hand sustained while playing basketball. She was released after treatment.
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Susan Tripkos
DeSoto
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Artist Uses His Head In His Painting
Glendale residents view Pat Paulsen 35 perform cranial painting using beard nose and hair as brushes. He spreads pigment on canvas, then paints upside down with his head dipping into color while suspended by a rope. A reviewer calls him a good paint brush though not a great painter.
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Glendale
Calif
Pat Paulsen
Paulsen
Parades Relays Parade Applications Due Early
KU living group members will receive application blanks to join the Kansas Relays parade on Saturday April 23. All applications must be submitted to the Relays committee by April 1. Centennial theme planned. parade route from South Park along Mass to 7th Street.
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Kansas University
Kansas
Mike Grady
Leawood
Martin Holmer
Wichita
James Whitaker
Nortonville
Card of Thanks from the Simrock Family
Bereaved family of Elva M. Simrock thanks friends and relatives for sympathy and assistance after their loss. Floral expressions offered silent tribute.
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Elva M. Simrock
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