County Historical Society Seeks 9900 for Year Budget Request
The Douglas County Historical Society asked the county commissioners for 9900 to fund historical work. The request exceeds the 1968 historical fund budget by 400. Don Schaake Ethan Smith R M Raney and Glenn Kappelman sponsored the plan which outlines 9000 for personnel and a proposed Gilmore home headquarters at 7th and N Y streets.
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Douglas County Historical Society
Don Schaake
Ethan Smith
R. M. Raney
Glenn Kappelman
7Th and
N. Y. Sts
Historical Society
Santa Fe Trail Historical Society of
Baldwin
Commission
Travis Glass
Wakarusa Main
Johnson Chain Takes Pike Bid For Turnpike Food Service
The Kansas Turnpike Authority accepted Howard Johnson's bid from Wollaston Massachusetts to operate six restaurants on the Kansas City Oklahoma toll road starting April 1. Johnson's will fund $400,000 in remodeling plus $300,000 of its own.
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Topeka
Kansas Turnpike Authority
Howard Johnson
Wollanston
Mass
Kansas City-Oklahoma
Turnpike
Howard Johnson’s
Brazilian Art Focus At KU Museum Lecture Series
Jose Gomez Sicre, chief of the Union’s visual arts division, will discuss contemporary Brazilian art in a Kansas University Museum of Art lecture hall program at 8 p.m. Thursday. A reception follows as part of a Brazil month series sponsored by the Brazilian Studies committee and the Museum of Art.
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Penici
Singin
Kansas University Museum of Art
Jose Gomez Sicre
Division of
Visual Arts
Union
Sicre
Brazil
Museum of Art
Body Removed From Kansas City Grave By Vandals
A body exhumed at Lincoln Cemetery in Blue Summit near Kansas City was found Sunday near a fence. Detectives from Jackson County Sheriff’s Patrol treated it as vandalism, reburied the corpse, and noted the body had been buried Saturday afternoon.
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Kansas City, Mo
Lincoln Cemetery
Blue Summit
Jackson County Sheriff's Patrol
Eldon White
Senate Passes Civil Rights Bill 71 to 20
Washington AP reports Senators Long and Symington of Missouri and Carlson and Pearson of Kansas voted for passage as the Senate approved the civil rights bill 71 to 20 and sent it back to the House.
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Washington
Long and Symington
Missouri
Carlson and Pearson
Kansas
Senate
House
Fulbright and Rusk clash over Vietnam war sources
Fulbright told Rusk the war reports show striking discrepancies between events and the administration's account. He warned provocations by Communist warboats were slight and could signal a U.S. attack. Fulbright rejected Chiang's intrusion claim while noting a crisis over the war. Rusk described U.S. actions as not world policing.
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Fulbright
Rusk
Thailand
North Vietnam
U.S
Southeast Asia
Fulbright and Rusk Clash Over Vietnam War At Hearing
The hearing opened with Fulbright urging renewed senatorial scrutiny of Vietnam policy and Rusk asserting broad US consensus for a peaceful settlement. Rusk outlined failed proposals, noted North Vietnamese obstructions, and warned of regional spillover in Laos Thailand and Cambodia. Sparkman pressed Tonkin Gulf doubt while Hickenlooper sided with him on the attack claim.
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Fulbright
Rusk
Vietnam
John. Sparkman
D-Ala
South Vietnam
Southeast Asia
Laos
Thailand
Cambodia
United States
Sparkman
Tonkin Gulf
U.S
Rourke B. Hickenlooper
R-Iowa
KU students report thefts and a police chase incident
A KU junior from Lawrence reported the theft of a $120 endorsed check from his car in Corbin Hall lot after a vandalism night. A KU graduate student from Ness City described a separate early morning encounter where a man posing as a lawman’s son tried to obtain her driver’s license and fled after she yelled for help. A budget note references a five percent salary increase proposal for city workers amid unfilled positions and merit raises, with details on current pay and staffing.
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Corbin Hall
Richard Freeman
Barker Ave
Lawrence
Deborah L. Mattix
9Th St
Ness City
Kansas City
City Pay Scales Raise Questions in Lawrence Budget
Five city officials including Mrs. Mercer and Maxwell earn below the state’s 10 largest cities’ average, but a proposed five percent raise would lift Mercer above it. A new staff plan would also widen salary ceilings and push most top administrative pay above the survey average, Wells excepted. The commission recently approved a $5.5 million budget of almost 34.5.
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Lawrence
League of Kansas Municipalities
Wells
Maxwell
Allen
McCarthy Seeks Strong Showing Amid Vietnam Policy Critique
Minnesota senator McCarthy, a challenger to President Johnson, withdrew as a presidential candidate on February 28. He said a 25 percent Tuesday vote would signal strong criticism of Johnson administration policy on Vietnam and other issues, and he hopes to exceed 30 percent.
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McCarthy
Minnesota
Johnson
Vietnam
McCarthy Sued to Address Primary and Vietnam Plans
McCarthy planned a Boston tv program then return to New Hampshire to seek a primary verdict. He argued administration plans to send 200000 more troops to Vietnam should be made known to voters. Gov. John King predicted Johnson would win by three to one while denying a rift with Sen. McIntyre.
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McCarthy
Boston
New Hampshire
Vietnam
John W. King
Johnson
King
Thomas J. McIntyre
Sen
Hanoi
McCarthy Forces
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Engineering students lead local ceremony and poster drive
A group of engineers led by Beth Méle linger and awardee Hatt quet organized the opening ceremonies and publicity. Chairs included Jim Binn from Prairie Village and Andrews from Lawrence with routing by Wilson Weisert of Glendale Mo. Judges Carl Brainerd, Weisert, Hoople, and Myrl Wear handled program duties and newsletter work in Kansas City and Arkansas City.
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Beth Mélelinger
Topeka
Awarda’ Hattquet
Jim ‘Binn
Prairie Village
Allinst Andrews
Lawrence
Routing
Wilson Weisert
Glendale
Douglas Hoople
Buffalo
N.Y
Alslen Gipson
Kansas City
Carl Brainerd
Shawnee
Shawnee Mission, and Weisert, Publicisty; Hoople
Myrl Wear
Arkansas City
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