Watts Rioting Claims At Least Two Lives In Fresh Outbreak
Police halted a Watts riot after 600 Black residents clashed with authorities. Lawrence Gomez, 30, and a 17 year old were killed amid shootings and arson. Gov Brown declined National Guard involvement while 27 were arrested and 103rd Street was sealed off. Jordan High School vicinity was a flashpoint.
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Watts
Los Angeles
South Side
103Rd Street
Edmund G. Brown
National Guard
Lawrence Gomez
Gomez
Joe Lee Crawford
Dan Cooke
Jordan High School
Woman Denies Spy Role in Canadian Scandal
Gerda Munsinger, now in West Germany, told CBC in Munich she never acted as a spy and described her relations with former ministers Pierre Sevigny and George Hees as social. She offered to testify before a federal inquiry and immigration authorities would permit her entry if needed.
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Ottawa
Canada
Gerda Munsinger
Canadian Broadcasting Corp
House of Commons
Munsinger
West
Germany
Pierre Sevigny
George Hees
John Diefenbaker
Davie Fulton
Senate Approves Full $13.1 Billion Viet Nam Funds
The Senate Appropriations Committee today approved all $13,135,719,000 of Johnsons emergency Viet Nam war funds. The package includes $12.3 billion for military hardware for U S forces and allies in Viet Nam and elsewhere. It also allocates $415 million in economic aid for South Viet Nam and other trouble centers.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Johnson
U.S
Poth Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
GOP Editorial Calls for Shift in Foreign Policy
The National Republican Congressional Committee newsletter urges a policy shift to end drift under President Johnson. It argues the cold war is a real ongoing conflict and calls for a counteroffensive with allies, expanding nuclear and other weapons development and use.
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Washington
House Republicans
Johnson
National Republican Congressional Committee
Rep
Bob Wilson
California
Gemini 8 Flight Perfect Linkup Due by Evening
Gemini 8 astronauts Neil Armstrong and David Scott soared into orbit and pursued an Agena target satellite for the first dock. President Johnson declared the U.S. will beat Russia to the moon, as the two rocket launches marked a dramatic space milestone.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Johnson
United States
Russia
Neil Armstrong
David Scott
Agena
South America
Soviet Union
Sputnik
Tass
Scott
Earth
Moon
Armstrong
Atlas
America
David R. Scott
City indecency ordinance killed after debate
City Commission killed the proposed indecent materials ordinance at a Tuesday meeting after a failed deferral motion. Citizens opposed the proposal as unconstitutional and vague while opponents urged rejection and raised concerns about who defines obscenity.
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City Commission
City Hall
James Schubert
Pulliam
Tadpoles to Hitch Ride with Gemini 8 Astronauts
The Gemini 8 mission will carry about 60 frog eggs in separate chambers to study weightlessness effects on development. Astronauts Armstrong and Scott will supervise the eggs, timing preservation with formaldehyde to capture developmental stages, while some eggs are allowed to become tadpoles for onboard observation.
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Cape Kennedy, Fla
Earth
Neil A. Armstrong
David R. Scott
City Commission Walk Hearing Draws Packed Crowd Over Sidewalks
A packed City Commission chamber debated proposed sidewalks in the Schwegler School district after a February court ruling blocked construction. About 70 area residents urged forming a committee to craft a compromise plan for sidewalks to present at the March 29 meeting. Local opponents aired concerns that the current plan carries evils despite broad preference for sidewalks.
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Schwegler
City Commission
Ernest Pulliam
Jim Schubert
Pulliam
Frank R. Gray
Gray
Herbert J. Ellison
Kenneth C. Deemer
W. 21St St
Robert Oyler
KU's Council for Progress Set To Meet April 14
KU's Council for Progress will assemble at 2 30 p m April 14 in Swarthout Recital Hall on Mount Oread after the Centennial seminar on Man and the Future Registration opens at 1 p m in Murphy Hall lounge The meeting will hear the executive committee report on objectives for KU s second century and discuss fund raising and organizational plans A new University movie Second Century premieres and an audio visual presentation will highlight sub committee actions Members of the executive committee meet March 28 in the Kansas Union to review committee reports and draft recommendations for April 14 See KU'S COUNCIL Page 5
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Kansas University Council For Progress
The
University
W. Clarke Wescoe
Mount Oread
Stanley Learned
Bartlesville, Okla
Swarthout Recital Hall
Council
Murphy Hall
Bruce Linton
Gene Boomer
Russell A. Mosser
Lawrence
Kansas Union
Showers Could Favor the Area
Temperatures stayed warmer than normal across the state with Lawrence reaching 73 degrees, the warmest since last November. A Pacific front will reach central areas by Thursday, bringing southerly winds and a chance of showers late tonight and Thursday morning. Forecasts call for continued unseasonably warm conditions into the weekend, with modest rainfall mainly in the east.
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Lawrence
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Tass Blames Watts Riots on Living Conditions and Police Arbitrariness
Tass, the Soviet news agency, attributed Watts rioting to inhuman living conditions and police arbitrariness. It described Watts as a “black ghetto” where the lot of Watts Negroes remained desperate and unimproved since last August.
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Moscow
Tass Today
Watts
Tass
Experienced Personal Service Passes Away
A Vi 38 5111 obituary notes experienced personal service worker passing away, with funeral home reference and contact details for arrangements.
City Paves 1.5 Million Milk Plant Finance Plan
The City Commission approves 1.5 million dollars in revenue bonds to finance transfer of the Milk Producers Marketing Co primary plant from Kansas City Kansas to Lawrence. The project, centered near Hallmark building and the turnpike, would consolidate bi state operations and create about 65 jobs while expanding Lawrence Sanitary Milk and Ice Cream Co involvement. The plan includes lease purchase and bond retirement paid by the company, with 50 production and 15 farm to market staff future payroll impacts.
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Milk Producers Marketing Co
Kansas City
Kan
Lawrence
O. A. Olson
Journal-World
All Star Dairy Company
Hallmark
Olson
Robert Bingham
City Hall
Dairy Company
Kansas
City Commission
Ray Wells
E. R. Zook
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Ed Farmer
Black and Veatch
Charles Stough
Bingham
Hallmark Cards Inc
Second Street
Lawrence Sanitary Milk and Ice Cream Co
6Th and
Vt. Sts
The
Milk Producers Co
Lawrence Sanitary
Weather Summary for Northeast Kansas Mild With Showers
Weather page reports mild conditions in northeast Kansas with increasing clouds. Scattered light showers are possible tonight and Thursday forenoon. tonight’s low around 50, Thursday high about 70.
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Mike Getto
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