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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1966
Page
11
AP correspondent Edwin Q. White describes a South Viet Nam split between war weariness and a hustling boom town mindset in Saigon. Some praise U S efforts and fear Communist takeover, while others lament rising prices, shortages, and corruption amid a cautious hope for Ky’s government survival.
The Kansas University fine arts program has earned national praise for its concert halls and planning. Critics note KU's theater department and facilities as leading in the field with recognition from Washington critics, Christian Science Monitor, and Rockefeller Panel. The 1928 Fraser Hall conversion gave KU an early theatre edge unmatched by most peers.
KU associate dean Dr. Dale P. Scannell earned a Fulbright educational exchange grant from the U.S. State Department to lecture on educational and psychological testing at the Stockholm School of Education in Sweden for the 1966 87 academic year. The Board of Foreign Scholarships made the appointment. Scannell joined KU in 1959 and became associate dean in 1963 after teaching at the University of California Berkeley.
A Kansas University Center for Regional Studies booklet presents 1965 data on population education precipitation employment income government finances agriculture mining and trade. It notes low illiteracy, county population shifts, and state achievements in milling and agriculture with figures from 1660 to 1964 and plans for annual updates.
Marine pilots evacuated four Americans and 65 Montagnard tribesmen from a besieged camp as 15 to 20 Americans and about 360 local fighters faced a midweek assault by a much larger Communist force. Pentagon figures show rising US casualties with 2,491 Americans killed since 1961 and 12,028 wounded overall.
Noted American composer Douglas Moore will present the seventh KU Humanities Series lecture at 8 p.m. Tuesday March 15 in Swarthout Recital Hall. The free talk covers The Opera in America. Moore, Pulitzer Prize winner, discusses his operas and KU Centennial premiere of Carry Nation scheduled April 28.
David Lee Shelton, 38, of Mount Vernon Illinois, was sentenced to 10 days in jail and two years probation after pleading guilty to dispensing amphetamine pep pills without prescriptions. Judge Arthur J. Stanley Jr. highlighted the pills' link to traffic accidents and warned others to deter similar crimes.
Cal Boyd a 17 year old Charlotte high school senior delivers telegrams after school and on weekends. He recalls delivering a Defense Department telegram to a man who could not read stating his son was killed in Viet Nam. The man cried as Cal read the notice aloud. Defense officials noted notices would shift to personal delivery by officers starting March 14.
In La Paz Bolivia at 11 900 feet the world’s highest capital boys race homemade coasters down a 12 mile downhill course without a stop. The event showcases daring youth and urban hill steepness attracting local spectators.
Democratic hopeful Robert Docking denounces tax increases on lower income groups as unfair. He urged Kansas to uphold decent commitments to its citizens and criticized past board appointments in remarks to the Democratic Women's Federation of Sedgwick County.
A readable caption notes that the Republic of Viet Nam resembles California in outline but is about half its size.
Spottyagains concern over nonreportable childhood illnesses. Clinton warns of possible epidemics if absenteeism hits 25 percent and urges parents to seek red measles shots for preschoolers at city clinics or private doctors.
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