Fights at KU praise lawmen for quick action at tourney
Nine Lawrence and three KU officers handled postgame disturbances after Great Bend upset Wichita Southeast in a state Class AA basketball tournament at Allen Fieldhouse. Chemical Mace deterred one combative spectator as officials, staff, and police dispersed ongoing skirmishes and cautioned fans to stay off the court.
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Lawrence
Great Bend
Wichita Southeast
Allen Fieldhouse Court
Southeast
Journal- World
Wichitans
Poison Prevention Week Reminder and Safety Tips
Local city officials urge Poison Prevention Week awareness noting the Poison Control Center at Lawrence Memorial Hospital as the emergency option for poisonings. Emphasis is placed on following medicine directions and consulting a doctor or pharmacist. historical reference contrasts colonial and modern medical guidance.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Poison Control Center
Council On Family Health
New York
America
St Patrick and the snakes myth in Irish legend
A fragmentary account recounts St Patrick banishing snakes from Ireland and the legend of a final snake defying him. It notes his miracles and a claim that he was born around 87 A.D., with various tales surrounding his life and firemaking on a cold night.
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Ireland
St. Patrick
Patrick
Birth of St Patrick Deepens Irish Catholic Roots
The article recounts St Patrick's kidnapping at 16 in Scotland, his enslavement by Irish marauders, his escape to Europe, and return to Ireland as priest and bishop. It notes his missionary clashes with Druids, 12 captures, church foundations, and death at Saul in 461. It links St Patrick's Day to serious religious observance beyond lore.
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Scotland
County Antrim
Ireland
Europe
Celestine
Saul
Strayford Lough
Credibility Gap On Gold Scene
New York AP reports a widening credibility gap between U S policy on gold and the dollar and a disbelieving global audience. Market speculators and foreign banks doubt U S inflation control and balance of payments moves and fear a loss of faith in the $35 ounce gold price.
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New York
United States
Europe
U. S
St Patrick's Eve photograph of Towle siblings
In old home town notes Msgr Towle posed with sister Mary Towle on St Patrick's Eve after a visit to Ireland where they kissed the blarney stone. Wyandotte earned Class AA basketball crown this year in a retrospective item.
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Msgr
Towle
Mary Towle
Ireland
Wyandotte
England
Churchill
House of Commons
Randolph
North Africa
Douglas County Farmers Union Bank
C. C. Gerstenberger
Bible Message and Prayer on Holiness
The excerpt urges holiness by following Peter's call to be holy as God is holy and asks God to forgive sins. It closes with a prayer for Christ to be seen in believers as living letters dedicated to the Master's use.
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Peter
Christ
Henry Ford Model T’s 1908 arrival reshapes industry
The piece recalls Henry Ford’s 1908 announcement of a Model T on its way to dealers, a turning point that surprised many. It notes the success of the Model N at $600, the dealer backlogs, and foreshadows how franchises would soar in value, calling Ford an inspired tinkerer who transformed ideas into practicality.
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Henry Ford
Henry
Jones
Ford
Newcomen
Faraday
Otto
Palm Beach
Canton
Ohio
Volkswagen
America
Dimensions of LBJ Setback Reflected in 2 Big States
Washington reports show Democratic leaders in Wisconsin and California shifting toward Senator Eugene McCarthy as Johnson faces a tough primary fight. Kennedy contemplates a candidacy amid McCarthy momentum while Johnson advisers seek a softer war stance to blunt McCarthy and avert Kennedy’s rise.
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Washington
Johnson
New Hampshire
Wisconsin
California
Sen
Eugene McCarthy
McCarthy
New York City
State Assembly
Mr. Johnson
LBJ
Kennedy
A Man For Our Season Eugene McCarthy Advocated
Letters criticize leadership in wartime and domestic policy urging McCarthy as the man to end Vietnam and address city misery. They contrast Kennedy with McCarthy and urge electing a capable leader. A Kansas reader endorses Docking while criticizing party obstruction and legislative protests.
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Vietnam
Eugene McCarthy
John F. Kennedy
Bobby
David C. Brain
Orchard Lane
You Gotta Have Heart In Morality Debate
A humorous interview with Dr. Heinrich Applebaum on an International Heart Transplant Authority. He proposes a Hartford based body to decide who gets donor hearts and whether symbolic phrases about hearts have medical validity.
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Washington
Hartford, Conn
Applebaum
International Heart Transplant Authority
Dr. Applebaum
Doctor
The
Inguinal Herniorrhaphy Explained for Readers
Dear Dr. Mother answers that inguinal hernia repair is surgical repair of a groin rupture. The groin location distinguishes it from other hernias and the procedure aims to correct the weakness to prevent complications.
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Dr. Mother
C. B
Ss. L
New Books at City Library Selections
A catalog of new library titles includes Behind Japan's Surrender by Lester Brooks and Forts of the Upper Missouri by Robert G. Athearn, along with This Land of Israel by Andrei Sedykh and Herod Profile of a Tyrant by Samuel Sandmel.
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Japan
Lester Brooks
Hiroshima
Upper Missouri
Robert G. Athearn
Upper
Missouri
Upper Plains
Rocky Mountains
Israel
Andrei Sedych
Herod
Samuel Sandmel
Sandmel
Francola
Ruffut
Alfred Hitchcock
Francois ‘Cruffaut
Hitchcock
Wilmarth Sheldon Lewis
Lewis
Horace Walpole
Rome
Euphrates
Verera
Loman
Agia Minor
Prim
James Whitfield Willson
National Magazine
U. S
Lucifer Cell
William Fennerton
England
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Lizzie
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Robert Novak
Robert F. Kennedy
Joe Dolan
Oregon
Eugene
Journal-World
Robert Docking
Kansas
Opposiion
E. W. McHenry McLouth
Kan
Art Buchwald
Heinrich Applebaum
Daddy
International Monetary Fund
City Library
Thelma Helyar
Waters
Elisabeth Ogilvie
Thora
Lyle Ritchie
Marshall Terry
John Slimming
Malaya
Ronald Clark
Waterloo
Viet
Whiteall
Publishers’ Weekly
Topaz
Uris
Nat Turner
Styron
Knebel Christy
Marshall
Sutton
Ginott Nicholas and
Alex
Andra
Massie the Naked Ape
Morris Our Crowd
Birming
Tolstoy
Troyat
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