Youth Is Target In Poverty War Plan for Job Corps
President Johnson urged Congress to fund a 962.5 million poverty program centered on a Civilian Conservation Corps style Job Corps for up to 100,000 youths aged 16 to 21. The plan includes work on conservation projects, job training, and education, with an Office of Economic Opportunities and a Volunteers for America corps to coordinate efforts.
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Official Claims Railroad Strike Threatens U.S.
Chief railroad negotiator J E Wolfe said five unions bypassing national talks threaten a nationwide strike against Southern Pacific and Louisville and Nashville. He warned other railroads would post wage and work rule changes within 24 hours if the two are hit.
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Supreme Court
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Johnson says US ready to work with Panama on canal dispute
President Johnson stated the United States is ready today if Panama is, to work out a solution to the Panama Canal disagreements. He noted no meeting of minds with Panama and questioned coordination between the State Department and White House amid a temporary diplomatic mixup.
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Johnson
United States
Panama
Panama Canal
Pan- American Union
Alliance For Progress
U.S
State Department
White House
Organization of American States
Panama City
Roberto F. Chiari
OAS
Thomas C. Mann
inter-American Affairs
Weather forecast for northeast Kansas turns cooler tonight
Clearing skies bring diminishing winds and colder air in northeast Kansas. Tonight lows dip to the upper 20s, Tuesday highs near 40 with continued cold conditions. Weekend readings show a high of 57 and a low of 42, records note a 1945 high of 82.
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Festival of Music at Lawrence High School
Lawrence High School chorus band and orchestra present Festival of Music at 8 tonight in the gymnasium. The program includes 15 numbers with all three groups uniting for the closing Battle Hymn of the Republic.
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Lawrence High School
Rumsey Funeral Home Ad Promotes Modern Facilities
An advertisement for Rumsey Funeral Home highlights spacious, modern facilities and a contact number Vi 3-6111 for service inquiries.
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Rumsey Funeral Home
Canadian Troops Reach Cyprus for U N Peace Mission
In NICOSIA Cyprus AP reports 223 more Canadian troops arrived to join the U N peacekeeping force. The island remained unusually quiet and tranquil during the ongoing mission.
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Cyprus
U.N
Poison Prevention Meeting Set For Lawrence High Auditorium
KU student chapter of the American Pharmaceutical Association and the Lawrence PTA Council co sponsor a public poison prevention meeting at 7 30 p m Thursday in the Lawrence High School auditorium. Slides and talks by KU pharmacy students and staff will outline home safety measures during National Poison Prevention Week. Ed Burrichter is chapter president and will lead the session.
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American Pharmaceutical Association
Lawrence Pta Council
Lawrence High School
KU Pharmacy
Ed Burrichter
Shenandoah
Iowa
KU American Pharmaceutical Association
One of Three US Fliers In Red Military Hospital
Washington reports the Russians notified U S military authorities that one of the RB66 crewmen shot down over East Germany is in a Soviet hospital. He is not in serious condition and an American doctor may visit Magdeburg. Captain John Monroe is named as the flight surgeon slated to travel.
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KU Sets Peace Corps Week Events at KU Campus
Peace Corps Week runs March 23 to 28 at the University of Kansas with John Fairhurst leading planning. Five Peace Corps officials will interview prospective volunteers daily from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Kansas Union and visiting volunteers will share experiences. A banquet with keynote by Robert Swan is set for March 25 at 5 30 p.m. in the Kansas Union, followed by coffee and a meeting.
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Kansas Room
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Topeka
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Novato
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Peace Corps Board
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Astoria
Jim Murray
Leawood
Karl Kuhlman
Lauri Fitzgerald
Independence
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Junction City
Robert Crosier
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Connie Kosfeld
St. Louis
Carole Clancy
W. 11Th St
Fred Slicker
Tulsa
Okla
Donna Hunt
Kansas City, Mo
Lewis Hall
Potter Lake
Templin Hall
Ducknaping Ducks Stir KU Spring Fling Races
KU students guard 14 live ducks brought to Potter Lake for Spring Fling duck races on Saturday at 2 30 pm. Ducks are housed near several residence halls as organizers enforce ducknapping rules while Dan Wanamaker coordinates events and notes several ducks already vanished then returned.
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Potter Lake
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Lewis Hall
Kansas Union
Ernest Rosenthal
Kansas City
Dan Wanamaker
Salina
Johnson vows full U S aid to any threatened American nation
President Johnson in a Pan American Union address pledges the United States will aid any American country whose freedom is endangered by outside forces. He rededicates U S partnership in the Alliance for Progress and calls for closer cooperation, self-help, and social justice across the hemisphere.
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Johnson
United States
Alliance For Progress
Naceira
Ernest
Peryaentres
John F. Kennedy
Latin America
Pan American Union
Carlos Sanz de Santamaria
Colombia
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Americas
U.S
White House
Temperature Drop Feared As Drought Persists In Lawrence
Lawrence forecasts call for a sharp fall tonight and Tuesday with clearing skies. High near 40 and low in the 20s. five day outlook shows near normal temperatures and light showers late week. The region remains in a serious drought with precipitation well below normal. Farmers report reduced oats area and early corn planting planned for April.
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Deal Six
Douglas County
Leonard Kasky
Soil Conservation Service
Six
Kansas University
McNown to Step Down as Kansas Engineering Dean
Kansas Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe announced that Dean John S. McNown of the University of Kansas School of Engineering and Architecture will leave his dean post at the end of the 1964-65 academic year to return to full-time teaching and research. He credited McNown with raising the school’s academic stature and research capability since 1957.
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Kansas Board of Regents
John S. McNown
Kansas University School of Engineering and Architecture
Wescoe
Kansas State University
Manhattan
McNown
School of Engineering and Architecture
Emory Lindquist
Wichita University
Lindquist
Henry Bubb
Aeny
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State Finance Council
Regents
Regents Ban Cigarette Sales on State College Campuses
The Kansas Board of Regents voted to ban cigarette sales on all state operated colleges and universities effective April 15. The move follows a University of Kansas Medical Center report citing health hazards from smoking. Applies to KU, Kansas State, Wichita State, Emporia State, Pittsburg State, and Fort Hays State.
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