Avery Senses Survey Of Highway Policies
Kansas Governor William H Avery signals openness to reevaluating highway financing and supports a feasibility study of toll roads from Kansas City to the south and from Wichita. He notes current finances are tight and cites possible options including tolled roads, bond programs, or a higher gasoline tax.
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Avery
Topeka
Kansas
Gav
William H. Avery
Kansas City
Wichita
Hays
Senate Roads and Highways Committee
T.D. Saar
Pittsburg
Missouri
Saar
Hays-Wichita
Kansas Turnpike Authority
William H. Ard
R-Marion
Alabama Marches End in Clashes Between Demonstrators and Posse
Sheriff led horseback posse in Selma clashing with about 500 white and Negro demonstrators near Independence Hall. Kuromiya and Hope were among those injured by clubs and blows. Police claimed orders were to disperse. ministers and students proceeded to the State Capitol with a biracial committee petition against discrimination and voting barriers.
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Mac Sim Butler
James Forman
Atlanta
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Forman
Antse Rep c Gells Ete Atdfonuo
Steven Kiyoshi Kuromiya
Asl
Dave Crosland
Asst
D. H. Lackey
Crosland
Kuromiya
University of Pennsylvania
Donald Hope
Juniata College
Huntingdon
Alabama State College
Selma
Kahler to Lead Lawrence High School as Principal Nominee
Knox will notify placements at Kansas and nearby states and interview applicants. He will recommend to the city School Board, which will finalize the selection. Kahler, married to Violet, has two children and expects his doctorate from Oklahoma State University in May. He formerly led Arkansas City High School and played college athletics. Dean Chance of the Los Angeles Angels aims for 1,000 career innings this season.
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Knox
Kansas
LHS
Neal Wherry
Kahler
Violet
Steven Dr
Dan Jr
Reed Poth
West Junior High
Oklahoma State University
Stillwaters
Southwestern College
Winfield
Emporia State Teachers College
Lawrence
Arkansas City High School
Arkansas City
Denver
Dean Chance
Los Angeles Angels
Reporter Injured While Covering Civil Rights Strife
NBC reporter Richard Valeriani describes risks to press during Alabama civil rights tensions in Selma and Birmingham. He recalls hostility from segregationists and limited police protection as crews wear protective groups and face paint sprayed on lenses. In Wichita, Clarence Brannum, ex-Kansas State star, survives four gunshot wounds at Spring Lakes Country Club amid a wage dispute. Gary Coltharp is jailed on felonious assault charges.
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Quinn
Veleriani
Valeriani
Selma
Valeriant
Wichita
Clarence Brannum
Kansas State University
Spring Lakes Country Club
Brannum
Gary M. Coltharp
Rock
Kan
Vern Miller
Coltharp
Winfield
Kansas State
K State Eyes Base for Technical Institute
Kansas State University proposes converting Salina Air Force base buildings valued at 5 million dollars into a technical institute. A state report estimates annual operating expenses around 600000 dollars, with regents awaiting action and legislative approval needed to proceed.
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Salina
Kanap
Schilling Air Force Base
Kansas State University
Ruling on Selma to Montgomery march awaited by group
Civil rights leaders await a federal judge ruling on the legality of a Selma to Montgomery march to dramatize voting rights demands. Negro attorneys with Justice Department support seek to bar state troopers from interfering, with a five day hearing already held and campsites along U S Highway 80 planned.
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Montgomery. Ala
Ciil
Selma
Montgomery
U.S
Johnson
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
HELP KU Contributions Total Reaches 16053 50
A list of donors including Adams, Bradley, Brinkman, Burgstahler, Carney, Chaney, Draper, Edmonds, Gilbert, Hesse, Jost, Linton, Neiswanger, Paden, Schmidt, Squier, Stevens, Stubeck, Stouffer, Stubeck Jr, Sommer, and Vickers Oil. Total contributions shown as 16053 dollars 50 cents as of today.
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James H. Stonet
B. Stouffer
J. F. Stubeck
Fred Stubeck
Vicker
Wilson Supply and Service
Mounted posse dispute over civil rights march in Montgomery
In Montgomery Alabama authorities clash over who ordered sheriff deputies on horseback to charge civil rights demonstrators. Sheriff’s posse faced accusations of club swinging while officials deny issuing the order and stress nonviolence. Prosector Crosland says he relayed an order from another source.
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Montgomery
Ala
Mac Sim Butler
Marvin Stanley
D. H. Lackey
Dave Crosland
Crosland
Stanley
Lackey
State Capitol
Job market trends show high demand across fields
Salaries range from 450 to 700 monthly for students with advanced degrees. occupational therapists start 1000 to 10000 annually with room for adjustments. Chemistry PhD candidates are highly sought, starting at 8000. Law firm salaries rise slightly while journalism shows plenty of jobs but no pay increase. Government positions rise, but many liberal arts grads pursue further study.
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Ing
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Liberal Arts
Local Firms Merge For Realty and Insurance
Two local firms combine real estate and insurance operations to form Lawrence Realty and Insurance effective April 1. The McKinney-Landreth and Decker-Coy teams will run from 838 Mass. St. with leaders Warren Decker Merle McKinney E J Coy Jack E Landreth and Ralph Dunn. Two generations of Rumsey Fine art Home. VI 3-5111.
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Lawrence Realty and Insurance
McKinney - Landreth Insurance
Decker-Coy Real Estate
Mass. St
McKinney-Landreth
Warren Decker
Merle McKinney
E. J. Coy
Jack E. Landreth
Ralph Dunn
Rumsey
Rumsey Fine Art Home
Hague Orchestra to Perform at KU Hoch Auditorium
The Hague Philharmonic Orchestra directed by Willem van Osterloo will perform at 8:20 p.m. Thursday in KU Hoch Auditorium as part of the University Concert Course. The Dutch ensemble of 102 players, founded in 1904 under Queen Juliana, makes its second American visit. Brahms Second Symphony is on the program. Tickets are at Murphy Hall box office and a free shuttle will run from Allen Fieldhouse to Hoch Auditorium Thursday night.
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Hague Philharmonic Orchhestra
Willem van Osterloo
Kansas University
Hoch
Juliana
The
Netherlands
Brahms
Murphy Hall
Allen Fielhouse
Hoch Auditorium
Thurmond Shifts to GOP in 1964 Presidential Cycle
Senator Strom Thurmond, long identified as a conservative Democrat, switches to the Republican Party during the 1964 presidential campaign becoming a Goldwater Republican. He reports he is treated well by Republicans, remains unsettled about future party ties, and notes gains in committee positions while losing some on others.
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Washington
Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Goldwater
Congress
Thurmond
Democratic Party
States Rights Party
Harry S. Truman
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
South
Republican Party
Senate
Commerce Committee
Banking and Currency Committee
GOP
Armed Services Committee
Defense Appropriations
Army Reserve
Army
KU Amended Human Rights Policy Endorsed by ASC
The Kansas University All Student Council passed an amendment to the human rights bill restricting racial discrimination in student publications. It bars ads that discriminate and requires equal offerings to all students and a published non discrimination statement. The University Human Relations Committee will handle complaints and order ad removals if violated. The measure awaits Wescoe's signature.
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Kansas University All
University Human Relations Committee
Wescoe
Mike Miner
Naismith
Public health unit visit and city meetings in Lawrence
A State Health Department mobile chest X ray unit will be in Eudora Thursday from 1 to 6 pm as part of a 13 day Douglas County tour. The unit also stopped at the PMC Corporation today and will visit Baldwin Friday morning and afternoon. The Kansas University Civil Rights Council meets at 7 30 pm tonight in the Cottonwood Room of the Kansas Union.
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State Department of Health
Eudora
Douglas County
PMC Corporation
Baldwin
Kansas University Civil Rights Council
Cottonwood
The
Kansas Union
Lawrence
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