Heavy fighting across Central Vietnam raises tolls near Pleiku
U S and Vietnamese forces clash nine miles north of Pleiku and nine miles northeast of Saigon. Reports say 48 North Vietnamese regulars and Viet Cong guerrillas killed, 12 Americans dead, eight wounded, with light losses for Vietnamese armor crews. Bombers report surrounding Khe Sanh area under attack as siege tolls rise.
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Saigon
Centra Highlands
U.S
Pleiku City
Solier
Khe Sanh
Dien Bien Phu
South Vietnam
Vo Nguyen Giap
Giap
U.S. Marine Command
Dak To
A Shau
A Shau Valley. At the Eastern End of the Demilitarized Zone
Dong Ha
Hue
Mekong
Templeton Named Radiology Chairman at KU Medical Center
Dr Arch W Templeton has been named professor and chairman of radiology at Kansas University Medical Center. He comes from Missouri University Medical Center where he was acting chair. Appointment starts this summer. Born Madison Wisconsin he studied at Omaha University and Nebraska Medical School. He served in the U S Navy and previously headed the diagnostic radiology section at Washington University. He and his wife have four children. The post fills the vacancy left by Dr Nels M Strandford.
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Arch W. Templeton
Kansas University Medical Center
George A. Wolf Jr
School of Medicine
Missouri University Medical Cen
Ter
Columbia
Wolf
Omaha University
Templton
Nebraska University Medical ‘School
Omaha
Lima Memorial Hospital
Ohio
Henry Ford Hospital
Detroit
Mich
U.S. Navy
Madison
Wis
Templeton
Washington University
St. Louis
Nels M. Strandford
CBS Official Joins KU Seminar Speakers for Free Society
Theodore F. Koop of CBS becomes a principal speaker at Kansas University April 28 30 for the Williams Allen White Centennial seminar on mass media in a free society. He joins leaders Carl Rowan Bill Moyers Stan Freberg Bosley Crowther and Ben Bagdikian. Koop leads opposition to tighter crime news coverage rules proposed by the Reardon report now before the American Bar Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore F. Koop
Columbia Broadcasting System
Kansas University
Williams Allen White
Koop
Carl Rowan
Bill Moyers
Newsday
Stan Freberg
Bosley Crowther
New York Times
Ben Bagdikian
American Bar Association
Lawrence man charged with grand larceny in county court
Douglas County sheriff s officers arrested Howard Lee Allen 25 of 929 Conn St Lawrence on a grand larceny charge. He is accused of stealing a revolver from the Arlis Allen residence in Eudora on March 7 and was scheduled for arraignment today in County Court.
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Douglas County
Lawrence
Howard ‘Lee Allen
Conn
Arlis Allen
Eudora
Sounty
Nudism Talk Sets Kansas Union Event Tonight
Lawrence residents hear Ahman Karr discuss Nudism and Modern Morality at 7 in the Kansas Union Ballroom. The talk is sponsored by the Minority Opinions Forum. KU Theatre presents Macbeth at 8 20 tonight with Gayl Corbin leading. additional shows listed through April 23 and a Sunday matinee.
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Kansas Union Ballroom
Ahman Karr
Echo Valley
Kansas University Theatre
William Shakespeare
University Theatre
Gayl Corbin
King Vidor Talks Forty Years of Hollywood Directing
King Vidor will discuss his career in a 7 30 pm talk at Kansas University's Dyche Auditorium. The director, active since 1918, will screen excerpts from The Crowd (1927) and War and Peace (1955) starring Audrey Hepburn and Mel Ferrer.
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King Vidor
Hollywood
Kansas University
Dyche Auditorium
Vidor
Audrey Hepburn
Mel Ferrer
Ex Local Man Charged in Prison Escape Case
A complaint in Douglas County Court charges former Lawrence man Bob Joe Ward, 20, with aiding the escape of prisoner Allen Wayne Fry on March 13, 1967. Ward allegedly conveyed hack-saw blades and aided Fry’s jailbreak from a second floor cell. Fry later received 5 to 10 years in Kansas State Penitentiary. Ward faced a second count for aiding another prisoner in attempting to escape. Ward had been paroled March 6 after a grand larceny conviction. a warrant has been mailed to Minnesota where he now lives. The penalty for aiding escape before conviction is up to 15 years. Fry was recaptured Jan 10 in Wisconsin and pleaded guilty to second-degree robbery and jail escape.
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Douglas
Lawrence
Bob Joe Ward
Rex Johnson
Minnesota
Ward
Allen Wayne Fry
Fry
Dan Young
Wisconsin
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Douglas County
Kansas State Penitentiary
Lansing
Thieves Strip Car From Local Garage
Jerry Taylor of Elms and Taylor reports theft at 540 W 23rd St garage. Robbers removed bucket seats carburetor alternator and stereo tape unit from a car parked there between Sunday and Wednesday morning. Total loss valued at 400 dollars.
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Jerry Taylor
Elms and Taylor
W. 23Rd St
Apply Early For Summer Passport
Dougas County residents planning summer international travel should apply now at the District Court clerk office with Lucille Allison. Bring a certified birth certificate, two recent signed photos 2.5 by 3 inches, light background on lightweight paper, and 2 to 3 inch square. processing takes about 30 days. After May 1 a special handling fee applies. base passport fee is $11.
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Lucille Allison
Dougas County
Allison
Ryan Named Rotary Club President in Lawrence
George Ryan, Lawrence National Bank executive, was selected by the board as the new president of the Lawrence Rotary Club, taking office July 1 for 1968 69. He succeeds J W Newsom as president. W Keith Kelley becomes vice president with Karl Klooz as secretary. Robert M Candlin is assistant secretary with John W Brand Sr as treasurer, Ray Roberts as assistant treasurer, and Don Conrad as sergeant at arms.
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George Ryan
Lawrence National Bank
Lawrence Rotary Club
Ryan
J. W. Newsom
W. Keith Kelley
Karl Klooz
Robert M. Candlin
John W. Brand Sr
Ray Roberts
Don Conrad
Baker University Plans New Academic Program The Baker Plan
Baker University faculty finalize details for a fall term rollout of The Baker Plan a unique program featuring a tutorial method and a new Core curriculum centered on Man's Search for Meaning. The 4-1-4 calendar allows accelerated graduation after three years plus summers with interterm private study tours and seminars.
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Baker University
Baker
Oxford
Cambridge
England
Bellard Center Youth Dance St Patrick Event
The Ballard Community Center Youth Council sponsors a St Patrick's Day Dance from 8 p.m. to midnight on Saturday at the Ballard Center 708 Elm. A small admission fee applies and the public is welcome.
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Ballard Community Center
Ballard Center
Elm
Two Leavenworth Men Released to Wichita Police
Two Leavenworth men Marion Redman age 45 and Charles Winston age 18 were arrested on the Kansas Turnpike near Lawrence and released to Wichita authorities on burglary and larceny warrants. Redman faces firearm possession charges while Winston is charged with possession of stolen goods. They await county court arraignment. Troopers by morning had responded to a 1960 model station wagon call.
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Leavenworth
Kansas Turnpike
Lawrence
Douglas County
Wichita
Marion Redman
Charles Winston
Wichita Psychiatric Center
Redman
Winston
Turnpike
Car Stop Reveals Boxes of Medical Goods in Suspect Vehicle
Troopers halted a vehicle on the turn piké and found several boxes of doct ors' equipment pills and office supplies. Sheriff Rex Johnson ordered the men under arrest. The owner’s family notes John Charles Dohm’s memory on March 14 1961.
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Rex Johnson
Thanks to Dr Nelson staff at Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Virginia Hawkins thanks Doctor Nelson and the North 2nd Street staff at Lawrence Memorial Hospital for wonderful care during her stay. She appreciates friends’ kindness and prayers and asks God to bless each person involved.
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Nelson
North 2Nd of Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Virginia Hawkins
Thanks to Doctors Jones and Manahan
A patient expresses gratitude to Doctors Jones and Manahan for their help and kindness, to the third floor nurses for prompt cheerful care, and notes the excellent food. Signed by Mrs. Bess B. Jones.
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Jones and Manahan
Bess B. Jones
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Lawrence High School
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Lawrence High
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Journal-World Photo
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Ryan Rotary
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Bellard Center Dance
Lawrence Mills
Archie Mills
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Pike
Lawrence Monument Co
Memoriam
John Charles Dohm
A. L. Tarpy
Clifford
Marvin Dennis Allen Dohm
George Francis
Legionaires
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Capitol
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