Riots erupt in Watts after high school clash and race unrest
In Watts Los Angeles a riot followed a Tuesday arrest near Jordan High School. Two killed 26 injured 49 arrested. Shootings earlier Monday night and a Mexican American and several Black suspects linked to the violence. police noted a pattern of race tension.
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Los Angeles
Watts
G.H. Riley
Riley
Jordan High School
C. L. Larson
Larson
Duane Graves
Bob’s
E. 103Rd St
George Sanders
John Newman
Graves
Sanders
Newman
Francis Keyes
Keyes
Gilbert Yousefe
Los Angeles County General Hospital
Ag Hall of Fame to Im pose Admission Fee
The Agricultural Hall of Fame in Bonner Springs Kansas will begin charging admission on Saturday to help hire staff and manage crowds. Adults pay 75 cents and students 25 cents, with family groups at $2 and educational groups free by advance arrangement. After a second exhibition hall opens this summer, fees rise to $1 for adults and 50 cents for students.
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Bonner Springs
Kan
Agricultural Hall of Fame
Fred B. Leighton
Leighton
Doty Resigns as Democratic Chairman to Lead Herd Campaign
Ottawa attorney Jules Doty announced he will resign as Democratic chairman for the 3rd district to become state campaign chairman for Sen Harold S Herd who seeks the Democratic nomination for U S senator. He said Kansans can make the state two party with Herd and strengthen Kansas voice in national government.
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Topeka
Jules Doty
Ottawa
Harold S. Herd
U. S
Harold Herd
Kansas
Doty
Rabies Cases Hit Record High in Kansas 1965
Record total 150 laboratory confirmed rabies cases in Kansas during 1965. Note mentions Dr Kenneth D and Kansas State University as background references to prior records and context.
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Manhattan
Kan
Kansas
Kenneth D
Kansas State Univer
Greek Units Get Singing Awards During KU Greek Week
Representatives of eight Kansas University fraternities and sororities received trophies Wednesday night for Greek Week Sing at Mount Oread. Awards covered large and small groups and mixed units, with a banquet and lecture by Curtis McClinton planned in the Kansas Union Ballroom.
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Kansas University Tau Kappa Epsilon
Stewart Ave
Mount Oread
Sam Jordan
Wichita
Jeff Guenther
Quincy
Larry Hargreaves
Solomon
Journal-World Photo
Kansas University
Alpha Phi
Alpha Chi Omega
Alpha Tau Omega
Alpha Kappa Lambda
Beta Theta Pi
Delta Tau Delta
Alpha Delta Pi
Tau Kappa Epsilon
Kappa Alpha Theta
Delta Upsilon
San Diego Chargers
Jay Roberts
Canada
Memorial Stadium
Potter Lake
Eudora Plans Summer Reading Program Expansion
Eudora Unified School District plans an eight week summer reading course from June 6 to July 29 funded by a 7724 federal grant under the Elementary Secondary Education Act. Gary Condra will administer and teach part of the program aiding grades three through 12 including private school students. The project aims to improve speed and accuracy in reading, vocabulary, comprehension, and overall reading efficiency across participating students.
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Eudora Unified
Gary Condra
Eudora
Joe R. Hargrave
Mt. Oread Locates Missing Rhodes Scholar
Kansas University traced its Rhodes Scholars from Mount Oread since 1904 and 18 of them are known. Only 1916 honoree Lewis Rex Miller remained with no current information until Richard D. MacCann provided details. Miller, a Christian Science practitioner, once edited the Christian Science Monitor and lived in Los Angeles at 828 Beverly Glen Blvd. He previously attended Westport High School and KU.
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Kansas University
Mount Oread
Lewis Rex Miller
Richard D. MacCann
Pacific Palisades
Calif
Lewis
Rex Miller
Los Angeles
The
Christian Science Monitor
West Coast
Beverly Glen Blvd
Miller
Westport High School
Kansas City
Opera Susannah Opens KU Centennial Series
The Metropolitan Opera National Company presents Susannah at 8 20 p.m. March 31 in Hoch Auditorium KU marks its centennial with this first event in a series. The tour features 25 principal singers 32 choristers 45 orchestra members before residency at the Kennedy Center.
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Metropolitan Opera National Company
Kansas University
Hoch Auditorium
Thomas Gorton
KU School of Fine Arts
Mount Oread
John F. Kennedy Center For the Performing Arts
Washington
Music events at KU next week in School of Fine Arts
The Kansas University School of Fine Arts schedules three concerts next week. The Renaissance Quartet opens at 8 p.m. Monday in Swarthout Hall with Tadone Maeser Newman and White, performing Renaissance and Middle Ages works. Also on Monday pianist Thomas Schumacher appears at 8:20 p.m. in University Theatre. The KU Concert Course features the Carl M. Roeder and Morris Loeb prize winner. A Sunday concert at 3:30 p.m. in University Theatre presents the University Symphony under Robert Baustian, including Pozdro Third Symphony and Moore Pageant, free to the public.
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Kansas University School of Fine Arts
Renaissance
Swarthout Recital Hall
Joseph Tadone
Barbara Maeser
Morris Newman
Robert White
Thomas Schumacher
University Theatre
Carl M. Roeder
Morris Loeb
School of Fine Arts
Robert Baustian
John Pozdro
P. D. Barnum
Douglas Moore
Mount Oread
Logan Moore Expands Announces Gigantic Sale
Logan Moore Lumber Company expands its yard at 1011 North 3rd Street with a remodeled office and display area and a newly built storage shed. Yard manager Bill Leib announces a gigantic spring sale starting Saturday March 19 to clear odds and ends for new merchandise. The sale runs several weeks in a large tent south of the office and aims to attract large crowds for spring projects.
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Logan-Moore Lumber Company
North 3Rd St
Bill Leib
Leib
Lawrence
Kansas
CJHS Students Conduct Annual Clothing Drive
Central Junior High School students run an annual clothing drive through 3:30 p.m. Monday collecting bedding and clothing for all ages. Items aid Lawrence nurses and will be shared with the Social Service League Salvation Army and Save the Children Federation. A top-honors prize motivates homerooms with a per pupil lead. Last year the drive totaled 12 tons, led by Seleen Engelson's math class with 1½ tons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Junior High School
Lawrence
Social Service League
Salvation Army
Save the Children Federation
CJHS
Seleen Engelson
Douglas Lashes Some Dam Work at Chicago Speech
U S Supreme Court Justice William O Douglas condemns the engineering approach to dam building saying reservoirs fill valleys with water while destroying natural beauty. He told attendees that many dams provide little benefit and threaten recreation and wildlife.
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U. S. Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
Chicago
Douglas
Lawrence
James C. Bredemus
Crestline Drive
Birchwood
Minnesota
Bredemus
Damage Report From City Crashes
Early this morning a car swerved into a light pole near Naismith Crescent causing 1700 in damage. Driver Gary E Kostner 20 of Emery Street suffered bruises with no treatment. Earlier Wednesday two cars driven by Augusta H Patton 33 of J Street and Wendall O Landon 25 of Eu dora collided at 14th and N J Streets causing 500 in damage with no injuries.
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Naismith-Crescent
Gary E. Kostner
Emery
Augusta H. Patton
N. J. St
Wendall O. Landon
Eudora
14Th
N. J. Sts
Bond Wins John W. Cargavel Foundation Scholarship
Kansas University pharmacy student Billy Joe Bond of Bonner Springs receives the John W. Cargavel Foundation Scholarship worth $200 for the spring semester. The award is sponsored by the National Association of Retail Druggists. Bond is a fourth year student from Bonner Springs.
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Billy Joe Bond
Kansas University
Bonner Springs
John W. Cargavel Foundation
National Association of Retail Druggists
Bond
Burke to speak at Kansas University on Language as Symbolic Action
Kenneth Burke renowned author and critic will discuss Language as Symbolic Action in a public lecture at Kansas University. The talk is set for Monday at 3 30 p m in the Jayhawk room of the Kansas Union.
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Kenneth Burke
Kansas University
Jayhawk
Kansas Union
Gemini Flight Drama Prompts Revisions Ahead of Gemini 9
NASA officials review televitry data after Gemini 8 incident as Gemini 9 moves toward May launch. AGENA docking tests continue while Kranz notes target satellite in good condition. Scott’s planned 2.5 hour space walk was canceled by the emergency landing ending the mission.
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Gilruth
Gemini
Eugene Kranz
Agena
Earth
Scott
Armstrong
Injured Man Released After Hospital Treatment
Thomas Eaton 20 of Route 3 was treated at Lawrence Memorial Hospital ER Wednesday for a left knee injury from a fall and released after care.
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Thomas Eaton
Route 3
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Lawrence fixes price lines as Kansas City raises haircuts
Lawrence holds the $2 haircut price while Kansas City increases to $2.25. Lawrence drivers face cautious advice from mail carriers noting more children outdoors as warm weather returns and urging care to prevent accidents. KU distance runner John Lawson will miss the Kansas State Indoor Relays after a knee exam at KU Medical Center.
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Lawrence Area
Jack Harris
Harris
Bob Timmons
John Lawson
University of Kansas
Kansas State
Manhattan
Lawson
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City
Topeka Man Hurt In Fall At Baker University
A 47 year old Topeka man, brick mason foreman C Burt Powell, fell 13 feet from plywood covered hole in the first story of Baker University dormitory under construction in Baldwin. He suffered a concussion and cuts and was taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital and later to Stormont Vail Hospital. Nobel Lathrom witnessed part of the incident. The dorm is at Sixth and Dearborn Streets.
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Topeka
Baker University
Baldwin
C. Burt Powell
Powell
Nobel Lathrom
North St
Lawrence
Lathrom
Wayne Schmille
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Citizens Ambulance Service
Stormont Vail Hospital
Schmille
Sixth and
Dearborn Streets
Gratitude From W C Boardman Family After Death
The W C Boardman family expresses thanks to neighbors and friends for kindness and concern shown after the death of husband and father. They appreciate flowers food and messages.
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W. C. Boardman
Thanking all for kindness during illness
A note of gratitude expresses thanks to friends for cards and other acts of kindness during illness, and to doctors and nurses for care and support.
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Galloway
Philip Scheidecker
77Th Street
103Rd Street
Maurice Michels
Lawrence Gomez
Gomez
Jimmy Smith
Dan Doyle
Joseph Lee Crawford
Crawford
John A. McCone
Central Intelligence Agency
Samuel W. Yorty
Ag Hall of Fame
Eudora Unified School
Mt. Oread
Rhodes
Susannah
Deane W. Malott
Cornell University
University of California At Los Angeles
Franklin D. Murphy
State University
Loren Lhiseley
Philip Abelson
Science
Geophysical Laboratory
Carnegie Institute
Charles Whittaker
R. Buckminster Fuller
Prospects For Humanity
Arthur Larson
Rule of Laws Research Center
Duke University
Harold Clurman
Karl Menninger
Menniger Foundation
Arthur C. Clarke
Kansas Union Ballroom
Sylvester Weaver
Ashley Montagu
Harlow Shapley
Harvard Astronomical Observatory
Fairfax M. Cone
Dwight Macdonald
Montagu
Jules Feiffer
Harry Bernstein
Brooklyn College
Weaver
Robert Lewis Shayon
Mark Hiebert
Lawrence Memorial Co
Gor Nath
Logan-Moore
Lawrence Public
Burke
NASA
Elemon
Block
America
Massachusetts ST
Baker
West Side Greenhouse
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