Kennedy fields questions at KU about Vietnam and politics
Senator Robert F. Kennedy spoke to more than 19 000 at Allen Fieldhouse about Vietnam policy and open housing. He urged negotiating with North Vietnam, defended his stance against Johnson's war, and discussed McCarthy, race, jobs, welfare, and open housing before returning to Haskell Institute for another address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Robert’ F. Kennedy
D-N. Y
Quesiina
Allen’Fieldhouse
Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Chicago
U.S
California
Oregon
Nebraska
John Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
New York
South Vietnam
Vietnam
Poland
Romania
Allen Fieldhouse
James Gunn
McCarthy
Eugene J. McCarthy
D-Minn
Johnson
New Hampshire
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
James G. Blaine
Chester A. Arthur
Blaine
Grover Cleveland
Arthur
John Tyler
Millard Fillmore
Franklin Pierce
Republian
Sen
Carlson
Sen. Pearson
Haskell Institute
Haskell Auditorium
Womack Promoted to Post at Douglas County Bank
William J. Worhack named vice president at Douglas County State Bank with duties in public relations loans and new accounts. Joseph Kelly becomes vice president and cashier. both appointments effective April 1. Womack, Lawrence resident and former Army colonel, has led chamber relations and real estate efforts in Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Worhack
Douglas County State Bank
Joseph Kelly
George M. Clem
Womack
Lawrence
Kansas State Chamber of Commerce
Topeka
Clem
Kelly
Dougas County State Bank
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Gill Agency
State Chamber
Bank
Bill
Kansas
Lawrence Board of Realtors
Lawrence United Fund
Lawrence Kiwanis Club
Van Doren Opens KU Festival of the Arts
Poet Mark Van Doren appears at 4 p.m. Friday in Hoch Auditorium to open the second annual KU Festival of the Arts. Subsequent 8 p.m. events in Hoch feature Oscar Peterson Thu and other guests through March 30 including Ed Emshwiller Henry Geldzahler Al Capp Ella Fitzgerald and Bill Cosby with SUA sponsors announcing additional appearances and talks around April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark van Doren
Kansas University
Hoch
Art Films
Ella Fitzgerald
Bill Cosby
the Temptations
Benjamin Spock
Cosby
Lech Auditorium
Pentagon calls for 44000 draft in May
The Pentagon announced a May draft call of 44,000 men the third straight month above 40,000. An April tally listed 48,000 draftees as the total demand.
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Washington
Pentagon
Livestock Association Directors OK Three Fall Sales Schedule
The Sunflower Feeder Livestock Assn directors approved three fall sales for next year with contracts set for Oct 9 at Kansas City Stockyards Oct 10 at St Marys Livestock Auction and Oct 12 at Overbrook Livestock Auction. State agribusiness specialists discussed uniform grading methods and rules. The group formed to aid small producers and secure uniform graded sales for large distributors. Don Pamlateer is contact for Douglas County producers.
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Sunflower Feeder Livestock Assn
Fairgrounds
Kansas City
St. Mary’s
Overbrook
Jim Pett
Ken Boughton
State Board of Agriculture
Kansas
Richard Casteel
Tonganoxie
Duane Putnam
Topeka
Douglas County
Don Pamlateer
Route 4
KU Student Driver Causes $1000 Zone X Accident
KU police reported a single car crash on the service drive to Zone X lot. Engelbert Ssekasozi said his 1962 car suffered $800 damage after a left front tire blew out and the car struck a tree, a sidewalk stairway and damaged the curb. No injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas University
Zone X
Engelbert Ssekasozi
Stouffer Place
Uganda
East Africa
Mrs. Wayne Lady Dies After Traffic Crash
The first 1968 city traffic fatality occurred with the death of Mrs. Wayne Lady of 535 Elm St. She died at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka from injuries after being struck March 5 on Massachusetts Street. Cooley, 22, of Route 1, drove the auto. Funeral services are pending. survivors include her husband, three daughters, two sisters, one brother, and six grandchildren. She was active in church and local clubs.
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Wayne Lady
Elm St
Massachusetts Street
13Th Street
Lady
Stormont Vail Hospital
Topeka
Leroy A. Cooley
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Stormont Vail
Douglas County
Rumsey Funeral Home
Wayne
David McManness
Overland Park
Norman Redford
Woodland Hills
Calif
Robert Jones
W. 22Nd St. Terr
Mark Davenport
Northridge
Homer Rule
Homer Hamerman
Weatherford
Tex
Bessie Hamerman
Ottawa
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Assembly of God
Lawrence Polly Painters Club
H.D.U
St. Joseph, Mo
County and City Agree to Share Highway Striping Machine
On March 12 the City Commission authorized spending 4744 for a highway striping machine. City Manager Ray Wells discussed joint use with the Douglas County commissioners. County officials agreed to contract with the city to use the machine to avoid duplicate spending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Wells
Douglas County
Wells
Travis Glass
FFA Team Places Twice In Contest At Topeka
The Lawrence High School FFA team won first in entomology with Carl Miller as top individual and Don Whitehead as second. They also placed third in horticulture while team members Mark Willits and Mike Hemphill finished fifth and sixth. Advisers Stan Larson and Earle Simmons accompanied the team at Seaman High School in Topeka.
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Lawrence High School
FFA
Kansas
Seaman High School
Teka
Carl Miller
Don Whitehead
LHS
Mark Willits
Mike Hemphill
Stan Larson
Earle Simmons
Marines Overrun North Vietnamese Rocket Band Near DMZ
U.S. Marines reported killing 67 North Vietnamese soldiers four miles north of the Dong Ha base after overrunning a rocket firing unit. Sixty-seven enemy dead boosted March to date Allied casualties near Dong Ha past 900. Twelve Marines died and 24 wounded in the action four miles north of the Marine supply base.
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Saigon
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Dong Ha
3Rd Marine Division
Dmz
North Vietnam
Khe Sanh
U. S
Ban Me Thuot
Central Highlands
U.S. 11Th Light Infantry Brigade
Tan Son Nhut
Panhandle
Dong Hei
Kien An
Haiphong
Hanoi
America
United States
Moscow
Soviet Merchant Marine Ministry
Atoly Goldobenko
Chancellor Wescoe leaves for funeral of his father
Kansas University Chancellor W Clark Wescoe travels from Lawrence to Allentown Pennsylvania for the funeral of his father Charles Herbert Wescoe 84 who died Sunday after a heart attack. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 pm at J S Burkholder Funeral Home in Allentown. He leaves a widow Hattie Gilham who died in 1958 and is survived by a daughter and two sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas University
W. Clarke Wescoe
Lawrence
Allentown
Charles Herbert Wescoe
Wescoe
J. S. Burkholder
Walter F. Benning
Washington, D. C
Lawrence Chamber banquet to feature NASA official and congressmen
The Lawrence Chamber of Commerce mails reservation forms for its annual banquet at KU Union on April 1. NASA official James E Webb will speak, joined by Sen. Carlson and Rep. Winn, with Gov. Docking also attending. Reservations due March 29. Webb to help dedicate the $2.3 million NASA research center west of Iowa Street earlier that day. Public invited to dedication at 3:30.
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Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
KU Union
James, E. Webb
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Washington, D.C
Lawrence
Frank Carlson
James Pearson
Larry Winn
Robert Docking
Special Chamber
Kansas
Dolph C. Simmons Jr
Negro history film shown at Ballard Center
The second film in a Negro history series will play at 7 30 p m Wednesday at the Ballard Community Center 708 Elm. The program features Brazil The Vanishing Negro and admission is free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ballard Community Center
Elm
Brazil
Kansas University pledge pins first Negro Greek at KU
Lawrence report notes Willie Ray McDaniel, KU sophomore guard from Haines City Florida, received a pledge pin from Alpha Kappa Lambda, believed first Negro pledged by a Greek group at KU. He maintains a 2.5 average as a pre med student. Edgar Snow will speak April 3 at Hoch Auditorium sponsored by People to People. An organizational meeting for Kennedy for President is set for March 27 in the Jayhawk Room, Kansas Union. John Case from Arlington Virginia leads the KU student effort.
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Willie Ray McDaniel
Kansas University
Alpha Kappa Lambda
McDaniel
Haines City
Fla
Edgar Snow
China
Hoch Auditorium
Snow
Kennedy
Jayhawk
Kansas Union
John Case
Arlington
National Campaign
St Peters to face Jersey City foe in NIT semi finals
St Peter's Kansas University's semifinal opponent in the National Invitation Tournament is in Jersey City New Jersey and has 3162 students. The Peacocks compiled a 22 2 regular season mark with wins over Hofstra American University St Francis of Pennsylvania St Francis of New York Seton Hall Manhattan Niagara and LIU. Meanwhile two KU students Jill Wright and Gary Sallee met U S Senator Robert Kennedy after following his motorcade to Kansas City and spoke briefly with the senator aboard his plane before Kennedy autographed a keepsake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Peter’s
Kansas University
Jersey City
N. J
Peacocks
Hofstra
American University
St. Francis of Pennsylvania
St. Francis of New York
Seton Hall
Manhattan
Niagara
Long Island University
U.S
Robert Kennedy
D-N.y
Kansas City
Jill Wright
St. Louis
Gary Sallee
Greeley
Colo
Kennedy
Allen Fieldhouse
Miss Wright
Sallee
Pinckney residents call meeting on school issues
Residents in the Pinckney School area invite the public to a 7 30 p m meeting at the school library to discuss problems facing junior high age youngsters. Teachers and parents will attend.
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Pinckney School
Card of Thanks from Joan Powell
I thank friends and fellow employees for the cards flowers and lovely gifts during my hospital stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Powell
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Livestock Association
Journal-World Photo
By Robert D.ohdan
Chancellor
Dre Willard. Taylor
First Church of the Nazarene
Curtis “Brown
Pinckney
Lawrence Monument Co
Clif Calvin
Bill Eddy
Glen Kappelman
Calvin
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