Lawrence board approves district boundaries and transfers
Local Board approved 00 boundary changes for District 497 with two exceptions to be resolved under law. Major shifts affect New York East Heights Cordley Kennedy as McAllaster closes in June and pupil transport plans await. Junior high boundaries debated. a South assignment favored by two members was rejected 4-2. A policy to keep juniors in assigned schools passed, with a failed amendment on ninth graders with leadership staying at their present school. Additional items included resignations and retirements, extended retirements, audit firm selection, supplies purchases, truck purchase, and next meeting set for April 8.
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21St and
la. Sts
Sunset Hill
Schwegler
Wakarusa Valley
Lawrence
U.S. Highway 59
New York
East Heights
Cordley
Kennedy
McAllaster
23Rd Street
Central
South
James Owens
21St
23Rd
Massachusetts
Naismith
Owens
Emil Heck Jr
Rees Jackman
Jackman
James Paddock
A. E. Woestemeyer
Margarett Lowman
E. J. Logsdon
Belle Morrow
Lesh, Bradley and Barrand
Nationwide Papers Inc
Kansas City
Bowlus School Supply Co
Pittsburg
Kuhn Truck and Tractor Co
Florence Drury
Hazel Nitcher
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Haskell Institute Students Plan Three Days Of Social Events
Haskell Institute hosts three days of fund-raisers and activities beginning Wednesday through Friday to crown junior and senior king and queen candidates. Senior candidate Mandy Harjo and Wilfred Bird lead the seniors. juniors Verna Ahhaitty and Homer Party lead the juniors. Events include booths, games, car washes, and a Barn Dance on Saturday with a Curtis Hall Chuck Wagon afterward.
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Haskell Institute
Mandy Harjo
Sasakwa
Okla
Wilfred Bird
Gros Ventre-Mandan
New Town
N.D
Hiawatha Hall
Hiawatha
Colombian airliner hijacked to Cuba with presidential aide aboard
An Avianca DC4 carrying 96 people including Emilio Urrea, a close aide to President Carlos Lleras Restrepo, was hijacked shortly after takeoff from Barranquilla at 6:30 a.m. CST and forced toward Santiago in eastern Cuba.
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Bogota
Colombia
Carlos Lleras Restrepo
Cuba
Avianca
Emilio Urrea
Santiago
Barranquilla
Caribbean
Riohacha
Havana
Narcotics Hearing Set for Jackie Robinson Jr in Stamford
Jackie Robinson Jr. was released on 5000 dollars bond after being arraigned on narcotics charges in Stamford. Detectives said they found heroin packets and marijuana on his person and a .22 caliber pistol in the case. His father Jack Sr. commented that authorities have failed somewhere.
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Stamford
Jack Jr
Italy
Burn Victim Shows Gains After Skin Graft
Six year old Brenda Floyd of Tonganoxie is reported doing real fine after a skin graft at Shriners Burns Hospital in Galveston Texas. She was flown to the hospital February 20 by Shriners accompanied by a nurse from Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Brenda had begun therapy after the graft and may return home in about 10 days.
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Brenda Floyd
Tonganoxie
Shriners Burns
Galveston
Tex
Leroy Gross
Crippled Children’s Committee
The
Lawrence Shriners
Brenda
Shriners
Mary Shambaugh
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Gross
Eva Warsen
LMH
Texas Hospital
Three Inmates Charged in Prisoner Stabbing Death
Leavenworth county attorney filed first degree murder charges against Calvin Johnson Basil Terry and Steve Boster in the stabbing of William E Barfield at the Kansas Penitentiary Barfield died February 27 two days after the attack.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Atty
Joseph J. Dawes Jr
Kansas Penitentiary
William E. Barfield
Calvin Johnson
Basil Terry
Steve Boster
Barfield
KU Officer Moomau in Fairly Good Condition After Surgery
E P Moomau head of the Kansas University traffic and security force is listed in fairly good condition at KU Medical Center Kansas City. He underwent major surgery last weekend and is expected to remain a Medical Center patient about ten more days.
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E. P. Moomau
Kansas University
KU Medical Center
Kansas City
Moomau
Nevada Is Driest State With 8.99 Inch Annual Rainfall
The article notes Nevada as the driest state in the nation, averaging 8.99 inches of rain each year, highlighting arid climate conditions and regional water concerns.
Danforth Honor To Kenneth Gray at KU
Kenneth Gray of Ulysses majoring in economics and Soviet studies at Kansas University won a Danforth Fellowship and was named a Woodrow Wilson designate for 1968 69. He holds a 2.97 GPA and has Phi Beta Kappa honors along with departmental scholastic awards in economics and mathematics.
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Kenneth Gray
Ulysses
Kansas University
Danforth
Gray
Woodrow Wilson
United States
Canada
Paul B. Lawson
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Summerfield
Phi Beta Kappa
Alabama Among Wettest States With High Rainfall
Alabama ranks as the second wettest state in the union with an average annual rainfall of 53.73 inches. This figure highlights the state's pronounced rainfall pattern and its impact on regional weather statistics and water management considerations.
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Alabama
The
Union
Final plans for Lecompton Kaw River bridge in final stage
Plans for the Lecompton bridge over the Kaw River near Topeka are to be finished within one week. Finney and Turnipseed of Topeka will submit the plans to four state and local agencies for final approval before bids. The agencies are the State Highway Commission Secondary Roads Department Water Resources Board and Kaw Halfbreed Drainage District.
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Lecompton
Kaw River
John Frazier
Finney and Turnipseed
Topeka
State Highway Commission
Secondary Roads Department
Water Resources Board
State Board of Agriculture
Jefferson County
Zambezi Journey Revisited by Quentin Keynes at LHS
Quentin Keynes will trace Livingston's Zambezi River expedition in Africa during the Travel Adventures program at Lawrence High School Auditorium tonight at 7 30. He will narrate The Zambezi I Presume comparing his trip with Dr Livingston's possible 19th century route.
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Quentin Keynes
Livingston
Zambezi River
Africa
Lawrence High School
Keynes
Zambezi
Dr. Livingston
Jacobsen Lecture on Excavations at Porto Cheli
Prof. Thomas W. Jacobsen of Indiana University will give an illustrated lecture on Excavations at Porto Cheli in the Argolid at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the KU Art Museum lecture hall. The Kansas Society of the Archaeological Institute of America sponsors the event.
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Thomas W. Jacobsen
Indiana University
Porto Cheli
Argolid
KU Art Museum
The
Kansas Society of the Archaeological Institute of America
Antiriot Rider Attached to Rights Bill in Senate Vote
The Senate approved an antiriot amendment 82 to 13, despite Johnson administration objections. The Thurmond Lausche proposal would make crossing a state line with intent to incite a riot a federal crime punishable by up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Johnson
Sens
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
School Projects Progress at Lawrence High and Area Schools
Lawrence High School cafeteria library addition is ahead of schedule and enclosed for interior work. Officials aim to finish by June 1 to move books from the current library. The cafeteria should be enclosed within a week. Broken Arrow elementary has 75 percent brick and block work done with roofing next week. Deerfield foundations are done and one slab poured. South Junior High lags about three weeks due to weather, with plans to catch up when it improves.
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Lawrence High School
Dist
Asst. Supt
al Cerne
Cerne
Broken Arrow
Deerfield
South Junior High
Body found under Topeka bridge in Kansas City area
The body of a man identified as Myron Hood in his late 40s was recovered Monday from the Kansas River bank beneath the Topeka Avenue bridge. An official at a nearby nursing home said Hood had been staying there. the cause of death was not immediately determined.
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Topeka
Kansas River
Topeka Avenue
Myron Hood
Death ruled accidental in Ottawa car fire death
Sheriff Joe Ferns and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation ruled the death of Henry J. LeValley 33 of Aurora Nebraska an accident. Dr L N Speer conducted the autopsy. LeValley had been visiting Ottawa since Feb 19 and died between 1130 pm and midnight after attempting to start his car.
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Ottawa
Kan
Joe Ferns
Henry J. LeValley
Aurora
Neb
Sheriff's Office
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
L. N. Speer
LeValley
Ferns
le Valley
Nixon Pledges End to Vietnam War and Peace
Richard M. Nixon vowed in Manchester New Hampshire that a Republican administration would end the Vietnam War and achieve peace in the Pacific. He said President Johnson could end the war by February if a coordinated military political economic and diplomatic offensive were pursued. otherwise a new administration would win the peace.
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Hampton, N.H
Richard M. Nixon
Vietnam
Pacific
Manchester
N.H
Johnson
Nixon
University of Kansas among top Woodrow Wilson Fellows producers
A 1968 report by the Woodrow Wilson Fellowship Foundation ranks the University of Kansas among the top dozen undergraduate producers with 182 total fellows including 163 since 1945. Other items note a summer seminar in Salisbury Connecticut directed by L Wendell Hayes, a Humanities Series lecture at University Theatre, and Kansas student design exhibits at the Lawrence Public Library. The Lawrence County Commission debates counting Kansas University Baker University and Haskell Institute students in the 1968 census, with potential salary implications.
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Kansas University
Woodrow Wilson Fellowship Foundation
Princeton
N. J
University of Kansas
Woodrow Wilson
Harvard
Cornell
Yale
Toronto
California At Berkeley
Chicago
Columbia
Stanford
Oberlin
Kansas
Institute of World Affairs
Salisbury
Conn
Wendell Hayes
Brookings Institution
Washington, D. C
Clark Coan
Strong Hall
Lawrence Public Library
James W. Hawes
Lawrence Art Guild
Baker University
Haskell Institute
Douglas County
Darwin Rogers
Hollingshead Dies at 64 in Camden New Jersey
W Stewart Hollingshead board chairman and chief executive officer of the R M Hollings head Corp died Monday in Camden New Jersey at age 64.
Bede Aims for World Distance Record Flight
Jim Bede, 34, Cleveland aeronautical engineer, launches a refueled two week delay flight from Wichita to Baltimore Jacksonville Miami Corpus Christi and back to Wichita to chase the closed course light aircraft distance record. His Schweizer 2 32 sail plane carries 565 gallon fuel. the attempt is a precursor to a 64 day nonstop world flight with NAA sanction.
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Wichita
Kan
Jim Bede
Cleveland, Ohio
Baltimore
Jacksonville
Miami
Corpus Christi
Bede
Wichita State
National Aeronautic Association
U.S
Federation Aeronautique Internationale
Card of Thanks for Mrs. Selma Davidson
The family of Mrs. Selma Davidson thanks Doctors Holladay and Belot, Mrs. Lesch, Memorial Hospital staff on the first floor west wing, Rev. Talley for visits and prayers, and relatives and friends for flowers gifts cards and letters. Your thoughtfulness will be remembered. May God bless you all.
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Selma Davidson
Holladay and
Belot
Lesch
Memorial Hospital
Rev. Talley
Thanking Friends After Hospital Stay
A note from French Thomas thanks friends and relatives for flowers cards and visits during hospital stay and expresses appreciation for the support received.
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Antiriot
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Senate
Lawrence Monument Co
E.lath
APT
Robert B. Palmer
Scripps College
Claremont
Calif
University Theatre
Hollingshead
Max Conrad
French Thomas
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Sherry J. Kennedy
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Simmons
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Bill Eddy
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