Vietnam War sees heavy fighting near Khe Sanh and DMZ
U.S. commanders report a drop in shells at Khe Sanh while fighting rages near Dong Ha and Quang Tri. In two days, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces claim dozens of enemy casualties, with American losses of ten killed and twenty three wounded. B52 raids target Khe Sanh and A Shau Valley as Buddhist leader Thich Tri Quang is released from detention.
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Dong Ha
U.S
3Rd Marine Division
Demilitarized Zone
Quang Tri City
South Vietnam
Dmz
1St Air Cavalry Division
Quang Tri
Quang Ngai City
Hoi An
Quang Ngai
Khe Sanh
A Shau
da Nang
Binh Thuan
Saigon
Tuy Hoa
Thich Tri Quang
Tri Quang
Nguyen van Thieu
City Faces String of Thefts and Assaults
Police report multiple crimes including thefts an attempted break in and an assault. A youth turned over to Juvenile Court admitted stealing items from a watch and ring to be valued at 66.75 dollars plus cash. A woman named Fannie Zukowski was assaulted by a white man in his 30s. Additional thefts occurred from cars and rooms with tires rims and blankets taken. Police recovered some items and investigated details at several locations in the city.
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Jim . Good Jr
Tenn
Zukowski
Elm
Tom Shepley
19Th St
Bud .Martin
Virginia Inn
6Th St
6Th and
Ind. Sts
Kerr, former Saskatchewan minister and Regina Leader editor, dies
Regina Saskatchewan William Franklin Kerr 91 former minister of natural resources and editor of the Regina Leader died Monday night He helped organize the Western Associated Press the first news gathering service of its kind in Canada and forerunner of the Canadian Press
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Regina
Sask
William Franklin Kerr
Saskatchewan
Kerr
Associated Press
Canada
Canadian Press
Mystery Zond 4 Satellite Vanishes After Launch
Eleven days after its March 2 launch Zond 4, the Soviet unmanned satellite, remains secret as officials withhold details of its mission to study near earth space. Speculation grows it may aim for a lunar orbit and return, a milestone in the U.S.-Soviet race to the Moon.
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Moscow
Moon
Earth
Kansans Alarmed by IRS Tax Move on Revenue Bonds
Kansas officials react to an IRS proposal that would end the tax-exempt status of industrial revenue bonds. Director Jack Lacy of the Kansas Department of Economic Development cites potential loss of competitiveness as cities like Lawrence race to issue bonds before a Friday ruling. He notes hearings would follow and that Kansas will seek representation at any public hearing.
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Federal Internal Revenue Service
Kansas
Jack Lacy
Kansas Department of Economic Development
Topeka
Lacy
IRS
Lawence
All-Star Dairy
Goodrich
Lawrence Paper Co
Curtis 1000
Kansas Cities
RFK In Topeka Visit Footnotes For Topeka Event
Sen Robert F Kennedy will attend a Democratic Century of Reception in Topeka and is scheduled to speak at Kansas colleges. He plans talks at 648 State University and at the University of Kansas the following day with AP coverage.
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Topeka
Robert F. Kennedy
R-N.y
Kennedy
Kan- 648
State University
University of Kansas
Snowstorm in St Louis Area Causes 3 Deaths and Disruptions
A six inch snowfall with strong winds blamed for three deaths in the St Louis region two men died of heart attacks while shoveling snow and a third in a traffic crash. Snow disrupted travel power and business with thousands of customers losing electricity and many schools and events canceled.
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St. Louis
Sme
Lloyd E. Brewster
Normandy
Alvin Hermann
Alton
Robert Quillin
Bloomington
Ind
Union Electric
Trans World Airlines
Lambert-St. Louis Municipal
Veterans Bridge
Mississippi River
Chrysler Corp
Chevrolet Co
Ford Motor Co
Cahokia Downs
East St. Louis
Ill
St. Louis Hawks
Cincinnati
4 H Basketball Meet Opens Saturday at Central Junior High
The annual 4 H basketball tournament starts at 8 15 a m Saturday in the Central Junior High School gym. Three divisions are listed with girls entries from Kanwaka Worden Workers Stull Busy Beavers Vinland Valley and Sunflower. Younger boys teams include Cottonwood Palmyra Marion Boosters Stull Busy Beavers Meadowlark Worden Workers Kanwaka Clinton Jayhawk and Lone Star. Older boys teams feature Marion Boosters Jayhawk Worden Workers Clinton Kanwaka Clover Stull Busy Beavers and Lone Star Clubs.
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Central Junior High School
Lone Star Club
Worden Workers
Jayhawk
Sunflower
Stull Busy Beavers
Vinland Valley
Kanwaka
Cottonwood
Palmyra
Marion Boosters
Stull
Busy Beavers
Meadowlark
Clinton
Lone Star
Worden
Clover
Seismograph Invented by Palmieri Years Later
A historical note states Luigi Palmieri invented a seismograph and lived from 1907 to 1898, a contradictory lifespan indicating a misdated or erroneous detail in the record.
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Luigi Palmieri
Hijacked National flight returns to Miami after Cuba standoff
A National Airlines flight with about 580 aboard was hijacked Tuesday by two gunmen who forced a cockpit intrusion and held an elderly man, who cried I am going to be killed. The jet landed in Havana after six hours. the three hijackers and crew were separated and questioned as officials traced the event through Cuban authorities.
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Miami
Fla
South Florida
National Airlines
Clarence J. Delk
Havana
Sarah E. West
FBI
Jose Marti
Jose Abrantes
Tampa
J. Amentero
G. Carrazana
R. Donate
Donna Goldinher
Sally Jackson Kenner
Delk
Cuba
U.S
Kenner
Delta Air Lines
Lawrence Rhodes Jr
Welch
W.va
Caribbean
Memorial Hospital Obituary Fragments and Note Listings
Memorial Hospital notes list numerous residents and addresses including Mrs Ardis Connor Sunflower Village Ernest Niece Carroll Wingert Route 1 Mrs Dan Arndt Wellsville Park Lockwood 709 Ala Andre del Barco Baldwin Imogene Zimmerman McLouth Oliver Conley 922 Ward Bertha Pobjoy 742 NY Mrs Maud Harvey Route 2 Sister Patricia Mary Miller 1027 Ill Ralph Dicker 815 Ind Edward Grubb Baldwin Patricia Moore Sunflower Village Gladys Hixon 2127 Harper Trenvha Hall Eudora Emma Hird 3423 W 8th Daniel Mc Kay Jr DeSoto Birdella Woodward 850 Lyon Douglas Coole Baldwin Elven Williamson DeSoto Ruth Rehill and baby boy 837 W 22nd Terr Maria Huettig and baby boy 510 Fireside John Meyer Leol Mr and Mrs David Kasson 23 Mo son Tuesday
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Ardis Connor
Sunflower Village
Ernest Niece
Mass
Jean Jackson
Forrest Ave
Carroll Wingert
Dan Arndt
Wellsville
Park Lockwood
Ala
Andre del Barco
Baldwin
Imogene Zimmerman
McLouth
Oliver Conley
Ward
Bertha Pobjoy
N.Y
Maud Harvey
Patricia Mary Miller
Ralph Dicker
Ind
Edward Grubb
Patricia Moore
Gladys Hixon
Harper
Trenvha Hall
Eudora
Emma Hird
Daniel McKay, Jr
DeSoto
Birdella Woodward
Lyon
Douglas ‘Coole
Elven Williamson
Ruth Rehill
Maria Huettig
John Meyer
Leol
Eleven Boys Sign Up For 1968 Derby In Jayhawkers Area
Eleven area boys have registered for the 1968 Jayhawkers Soap Box Derby with officials urging more to sign up soon. The event, scheduled July 14 on 11th Street, offers a $500 savings bond and a trip to Akron for the national championships, plus potential college scholarships for top finishers.
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Carl Brown
Brown
11Th Street
Maine
Mississippi Street
Akron
Ohio
Derby
Chevrolet
N.H. St
Winter Chevrolet
Lawrence Jaycees
Journal-World
Les Kerr
Bill Kerr
Rockledge Rd
Jeff Long
Utah Ct
David Miller
Steve Warner
Ind. St
Matt Price
LaSalle St
Brad Riley
David Raley
Ala. St
Terry DaVatz
Crestline Dr
John Bodle
Tenn. St
Kenneth Ward
Chicago newscaster Julian Bentley dies after illness
Julian Bentley 59 longtime Chicago radio newscaster and news director at WLS for over a decade died Tuesday after a lengthy illness. He guided WLS news coverage through the late 1930s and early 1940s.
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Chicago
Julian Bentley
Bentley
WLS
Horowitz Named Chairman of ACLS Computer Humanities Panel
Floyd R. Horowitz associate professor of English at Kansas University was appointed chairman of the American Council of Learned Societies committee on computer oriented research training and education in the humanities and social sciences. He has studied computer applications to the humanities and lectured widely. He leads a Modern Language Association program on computing in language and literature.
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Floyd R. Horowitz
Kansas University
American Council of Learned Societies
Horowitz
Modern Language Association
Three Injured In City Traffic Crashes
Three persons sustained injuries across two incidents in the city. At 7:40 a.m. on 11th and Ky Streets Mrs. Marilyn A. Beal and Robert A. Hageman collided, injuring passenger Sister Patricia Miller who suffered a fractured collarbone and a cut forehead. Beal had minor injuries. Damages totaled 1800 dollars to Beal’s car and 2500 to Hageman’s. A second crash at 3:57 p.m. on 23rd Street involved Vera L. Burkhardt and Raymond Cunningham with minor injuries. damage to Burkhardt’s auto was about 1800 dollars and to the telephone truck 250 dollars. A third incident at 3:18 p.m. on Massachusetts Street between Josephine Peters and Harold L. Guenther caused minor damages.
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11Th
Ky. Sts
Marilyn A. Beal
la. St
Robert A. Hageman
Ousdahl Rd
Beal
Patricia Miller
Hageman
23Rd Street
Rhode Island Street
Vera L. Burkhardt
Eudora
Raymond Cunningham
Overland Park
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Telephone Company
Massachusetts Street
21St Street
Josephine Peters
Haskell Institute
Harold L. Guenther
Route 2
Peters
Guenther
Paved and Lighted Parking at Rumsey Funeral Home
Facility advertises paved and lighted parking for visitors at Rumsey Funeral Home with contact details VI 3 O111-Adv.
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Rumsey Funeral Home
LHS Students Win 13 Awards at Kansas Leadership Conference
Eight Lawrence High School students earned 13 top awards at the annual Leadership Conference of the Business Education Clubs of Kansas held over two days at Kansas State Teachers College of Emporia. First place finishers included Kathy Trybom Cheryl McNeely Linda Wisdom and Jeanne Alexander who will compete nationally in Des Moines Iowa next month. Additional awards covered office education and distributive education categories with second and third places for several students. Accompanying staff included Lois Groh Mary Gauthier and John Ames, with judges and guests from Lawrence attending the event and banquet.
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Lawrence High School
Business Education Clubs of Kansas
Kansas State Teachers College of Emporia
Stan Black
Linda Wisdom
Jeanne Alexander
John Kennedy
Linda Stewart
Kathy Trybom
Cheryl McNeely
Ruth Street
Journal- World Photo
Kansas
Des Moines
Iowa
Lawrence High Office
Lois Groh
Mary Gauthier
John Ames
Lawrence
E. J. Logsdon
Ethan Smith Jr
Nancy Trybom
Sharon Englebrecht
Karen Thoren
Old Politicians Face Threat In Prague Cabinet
In Prague two aging cabinet ministers Bohumir Lemsky and Jan Kudrna, both supporters of President Novotny, faced ouster rumors as they were ordered to report on a profiteering scandal linked to Maj. Gen. Jan Sejna who defected to the United States. Lemsky publicly denied charges of involvement in a failed military plot tied to Sejna, amid an alert of an armored division during Novotny's dual role.
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Prague
Antonin Novotny
Jan Sejna
United States
Bohumir Lemsky
Jan Kudrna
Sejna
Lemsky
Novotny
Taylor Dies in Kansas City Plaza Architect and Leader
Jo C. Taylor 85 longtime Arcane developer and planner of Kansas City's Country Club Plaza died Tuesday. He led J. C. Nichols Co. as president in 1940 and served as board chairman from 1950 after Nichols death. The Plaza was a Nichols project and Taylor began as a real estate salesman before rising to sales manager.
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Kansas ‘City
Jo C. Taylor
Arcane
Kansas City
Country Club Plaza
Taylor
J. C. Nichols Co
Nichols
Macbeth Opens at Murphy Hall With Clayton Corbin
Lawrence Kansas University Thea tre presents Macbeth opening at 8 20 p m Thursday in Murphy Hall with performances at 8 20 p m Friday and Saturday and 8 20 p m March 22 23 plus 2 30 p m Sunday March 24 Clayton Corbin star Broadway actor leads the cast.
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Kansas University Theatre
William Shakespeare
Murphy Hall
City Commission Seeks Public Review of Building Code
The City Commission asked staff to file the proposed Uniform Building Code in City Hall for builders and contractors to inspect. The Building Code Board of Appeals provided the ordinance draft, and inspectors urged industry members to review it at City Hall before adoption.
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City Commission
Building ‘Code Board of Appeals
City Hall
Tornado Drill Planned at Sunflower Armory Ammunitions Plant
The Sunflower Armaments Plant will conduct a tornado warning drill at about 3 15 p m Friday. A continuous siren for three to five minutes marks the start and workers return to their jobs after the drill. The plant lies about 13 miles east of Lawrence on K 10 Highway.
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Sunflower Army Ammunitions
Lawrence
Governor signs loyalty oath bill for public employees
TOPEKA AP Governor Robert Docking signed a law setting a loyalty oath for public employees. The oath requires affirming support for the U.S. and Kansas constitutions and faithfully discharging duties. The measure, sponsored by Sen Keith Sebelius, extends the oath to teachers and other staff following a federal court ruling.
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Topeka
Robert Docking
United States
State of
Kansas
U.S. Supreme Court
Keith Sebelius
R-Norton
Card of Thanks for hospital care and support
Mrs Ed Spielman and family thank doctors nurses and friends for care kindness and cards during their husband and father’s last illness in Lawrence hospital Also thanks for prayers visits and messages from relatives and friends Clarence Neis expresses gratitude for support during recent hospital stay
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Reed
Johnson
Lawrence Hospital
Ed Spielman
Clarence Neis
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