School unification proposals submitted to state official
School planners present two district plans for Leavenworth and Jefferson counties to State Superintendent Adel Throckmorton. Leavenworth would form two districts with specified towns, areas, valuations, and enrollments, while Jefferson County would group Winchester Nortonville Valley Falls District A, Meriden Perry District B, and Oskaloosa McLouth District C with defined enrollments and valuations. Planning boards list named members for both counties.
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Adel Throckmorton
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Leavenworth County
Jefferson Coun
Ty Leavenworth
Leavenworth
Jefferson County
Winchester
Nortonville
Valley Falls
Meriden
Perry
Oskaloosa
McLouth
Perry Dam
Family Strayers Turn Heads at KU Tradition Grows
Attending man on the family totem pole joins sisters Barbara and Susie, KU upperclassmen who graduated in 1962. Joan, Kathy and Jay followed, with Michael a Kansas City high school junior and Marilyn a freshman at St. Teresa Academy. The Strayers expect more KU students in the near future as another generation joins the Lawrence campus.
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Barbara
Susie
Joan
Kathy
Lawrence
Jay
Michael
Kansas City
Marilyn
St. Teresa Academy
Strayers
Hoffa to be sentenced after jury fixing conviction
Teamsters President James R. Hoffa faces up to 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine after his conviction for attempting to fix a federal court jury.
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Chattanooga, Tenn
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Senate Rejects Beef Import Cutback Amendment
Washington The Senate delivered a foreign trade win for President Johnson by defeating a Republican amendment to the farm bill that would have limited imports of beef and other meats.
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Washington
Senate
Johnson
Wallace Files Candidacy for Wisconsin Democratic Primary
Alabama Governor George C Wallace became the first candidate to file for Wisconsin's Democratic presidential preference primary on April 7. He arrived in Madison to submit his paperwork and begin campaigning in the state.
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Madison
Wis
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Wisconsin
Curriculum Aims Of Social Units At Lawrence Schools
A Lawrence Council of Parents and Teachers meeting reviews social studies aims across elementary to high school. Mrs. Howard Brown outlines kindergarten to sixth grade goals emphasizing community, democracy, and world awareness. Junior High covers geography, current affairs, and skills. High School requires American government for seniors and offers world history. The next Curriculum Committee meeting is April 2.
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Lawrence
Lawrence Council of Parents and Teachers
Howard Brown
Cordley
Western Hemisphere
United States
Mrs. Brown
Jeanette Roberts
Frieda Cowles
Central Junior High School
Ted Finkelston
Lawrence High School
NAACP Group Meets Tonight at Trinity Episcopal
The Lawrence NAACP chapter meets at 8 p.m. in Trinity Episcopal Church parish hall. The survey committee reports on housing education and employment in Lawrence with discussion by Jesse Milan and David Jones. Harold Stagg chairs the registration committee leading a get-out-the-vote talk. Rev. H. C. McMillan is chapter president.
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Lawrence
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Trinity Episcopal Church
10Th and St. Sts
Jesse Milan
David Jones
Harold Stagg
H. C. McMillan
Drake Wichita clash at KU Allen Fieldhouse amid sellout hopes
Night game at Allen Fieldhouse set for 8 p.m. with Drake facing Wichita as a 17 000 sellout. Tickets are general admission and doors open at 6 p.m. No ticket lines by 2 p.m. Junior High Lions Den plans a 8 15 to 10 30 p.m. dance at South Park Recreation Center. Sig the KU St Bernard welcomes eight newborn puppies born to Roy and wife at 1229 Pa St.
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Kansas University
Allen Fieldhouse
Drake
Wichita
Lions den
South Park Recreation Center
Sig
St. Bernard
Sigma Chi Fraternity
Roy Channel
Pa. St
Carefree Arizona grows as desert town with golf course and Inn
Carefree expands with two acre residential lots selling for five thousand to twelve thousand seven hundred fifty dollars. Forty homes exist or under construction, each averaging over fifty thousand. A new 18 hole golf course, shops, a supermarket, a large sun dial, a heliport, a paved airport, and the International Restaurant attract visitors. The Inn opened December twenty seven, rates range twenty four to eighty five dollars. Valley National Bank buys land for a branch at Wampum Way and Easy Street. Delegated planners aim to retain wide open spaces as Carefree builds toward a 1965 boom.
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Carefree
Palm Beach
Carefree Drive
Easy Street
Valley of the Sun
Valley National Bank
Arizona
Wampum Way
Elbow Street
Scottsdale
Phoenix
Disneyland
Rifle Incident Now Is Funny
Dallas insurance man John Russell 41 laughed at FBI and state police questioning in Newark after being seen with a rifle at the airport from which President Johnson departed. Russell said he was not laughing when questioned and released after police verified the rifle was a gift from a Philadelphia friend amid diversions due to fog.
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Dallas
Tex
FBI
Newark
N.J
Johnson
John Russell
Washington
New York
Robert F. Wagner
Russell
Philadelphia
Lawrence High enrollment remains steady at 1 406 students
Lawrence High reports a current enrollment of 1 406 with 706 boys and 700 girls. At Sept 15 the total was 1 429. Principal Dan Kahler notes about 30 dropouts this year, roughly at normal levels. Seniors 400, juniors 520, sophomores 486. The school lists sections and students by subject: Egalish 57/1 349, foreign language 20/379, mathematics 30/798, music 12/702, science 30/627, social studies 48/1 222, industrial arts commerce and vocational 65/1 251, physical education 20/920.
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Lawrence High
Dan Kahler
Egalish
Tanker Explodes and Sinks Near Puget Sound
An empty tanker exploded and sank 15 miles from Whidbey Island. Coast Guard rescued 26 survivors, 18 of 44 crew from the Bunker Hill still missing. Survivors with severe burns and injuries were transported to hospitals on the mainland and Whidbey Island. Cause not yet determined.
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Anacortes, Wash
Whidbey Island
Puget Sound
Coast Guard
Bunker Hill
Whidbey Island Naval Air Station
Peru Fish Plants Process Six Million Tons of Anchovetas
Peru’s sardine processing sector converts about six million tons of anchovetas into fish meal annually, highlighting a major industry driver for the country’s marine catch.
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Peru
Service of Quiet Dignity Rumsey Funeral Home
A brief funeral service notice indicates arrangements through Rumsey Funeral Home with contact details VI 3-5111 and the Advance advertisement.
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Rumsey Funeral Home
Representative Is Charged on Deal As Commissioner
Fresh man Congressman George Duke Senner is accused of agreeing to accept funds for a favorable 1958 State Corporation Commission ruling while he served as a commissioner. Joseph Adams of Mesa testified Adams paid $10 000 total after a Williams indicated approval. Senner denied the charge calling it a lie and offered to testify. Williams declined comment.
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Phoenix
Ariz
George
Duke) Senner
State Corporation Commission
Joseph Adams
Mesa
Senner
E. T
Eddie) Williams
Arizona House
Adams
Apache Junction Water Company
Williams
Commission
Arizona
Washington, D.C
Joe Adams
Handbills Approved On Campus By University Senate
Kansas University students may resume distributing handbills and leaflets on campus after the Senate approved in principle the right for student organizations to publicize views. Regulators will craft rules to prevent litter while preserving free expression.
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Kansas University
University Senate
Senate
Bus Plows Dirt Bank Injuring Nebraska Tour Group
A chartered Nebraska farmers tour bus leaving Lawrence Kansas City area veered off U.S. 36 near Seneca Kansas and hit a dirt bank injuring most of the 37 passengers and the driver. Thirteen were admitted to Seneca hospital with several seriously hurt. The driver said a front tire blew out causing the loss of control. The group was returning from a two day Consumer Co-Operative Association plant tour in Lawrence.
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Seneca, Kan
Nebraska
U.S
Seneca
Seneca Hospital
Thayer and Bradshaw, Neb
Consumer Co-Operative Association
Lawrence
Kan
Kansas City
G. O. Dewey
Hastings
Neb
Dewey
Roy Kaiser
Bradshaw
Kansas Highway Patrol
Ralph Pfannenstiel
Herbert Opfer
Ernie Ridge
York
Iowa
Consumer Co-Operative
Princeton
KU Sophomore Fencer Selected for Junior World Championship
Claudia Reeder of Overland Park, KU sophomore fencing only a year, is chosen as the lone U S woman competitor for the Junior International Fencing Championships in Budapest. She must raise 900 for travel, with support mostly from KU scholarships for a French and Spanish major aiming at diplomacy and interpretation work. Her GPA stands at 2.25.
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Kansas University
U.S
Budapest
Hungary
Claudia Reeder
Overland Park
Kaw Radio Unit Plans Test Run and a Tour
The Kaw Radio Emergency Group met with eight members one guest and six wives. They planned a Communication Test Run with date tbd and a tour of Precision Devices Inc. in the near future.
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Kaw Radio Emergency Group
KREG
Bob ‘O’trimble
Precision Devices Inc
Memorial Hospital Notices and Dismissals
Memorial Hospital lists several individuals and addresses including Mrs. Hanna Reiffenstein and Mrs. Etta Taylor with multiple locales. Dismissals include Ellen Wilson and Charles Hanna among others. Birth announcements note two newborn daughters for Duvail and Jahn couples.
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Hanna Reiffenstein
11Th and
Mo. Sts
Etta Taylor
Lecompton
Mildred Green
Linwood
Phebe Wagnon
Bascom Fearing
Loretta Boring
N. H
Leora Peck
Tenn
Clyde Franks
Maine
Alta Poland
Wichita
Donna Fox
Hudora
John DeWitt Phillips
Route 1
Herbert Knabe
Eudora
Ruth Anne Yaussi
Naismith
Sharon Lee Parsons
Almira
Ellen Wilson
Charles Hanna
Bill Sorensen
Tonganoxie
Doris Churchbaugh
Linda Joyce Athey
Ohio
Marian Betterton
Ala
Juanita Had
J. Fred Brown
Hedwig Schmidt-Bleek
Mich
Clifton Roark
Ind
Ethel Martin
DeSoto
Johnson urges restraint in Cyprus dispute via Khrushchev message
President Johnson told Soviet Premier Khrushchev that outsiders should strive not to inflame passions in the eastern Mediterranean. The 200 word letter dated Wednesday states the United States will avoid heightening tensions over the Cyprus dispute.
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Washington
Johnson
Khrushchev
Mediterranean
U.S
Cyprus
Public thanks to Legion and friends for Pix Moore
The Moore family expresses sincere gratitude to the American Legion Reverend Barr Rumsey Funeral Home and many friends for kindness during Pix Moore illness and after his death. Signed by Mrs. Dorothy Moore Mrs. Katherine Spayer Mrs. Bette Kennedy.
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American Legion
Barr
Rumsey Funeral Home
Pix Moore
Dorothy Moore
Katherine Spayer
Bette Kennedy
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