Indonesia Army Cracks Down to Thwart Aerial Coup
Indonesian army seizes air bases over the weekend and damages aircraft to stop a possible air force coup against Lt. Gen. Suharto. Former air force chief Suryadarma arrested. Omar Dhani linked to October plot. Nasution to speak this week as anti communist stance remains.
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Jakarta
Air Force
Suryadarma
Omar Dhani
Sukarno
Dhani
Cambodia
Suharto
Subandrio
Abdul Haris Nasution
Nasution
Art Guild Will Meet Thursday in Lawrence
The Lawrence Art Guild will meet at 6 30 p m Thursday for a covered dish supper in the South Park Recreation Center. Mrs Robert Nunley will demonstrate Liquitex acrylic paints and show works done in the medium.
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ART Guild
Lawrence Art Guild
South Park Recreation Center
Robert Nunley
Lute Song Presented by Lawrence High School Students
Lawrence High School students perform the Chinese comedy Lute Song at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday in the high school auditorium. The 1904 Kao-Tong-Kias play, arranged by Ruth Sergel, features 52 actors in a three act production in the traditional Chinese theater style with scenery changes between acts. Millard Penny directs. cast includes Tim Kelly Steve Kesler Elwyn Luther Kathy Nugent Teresa Ferris Paul Whaley Nancy Knox and others in roles such as Tsai-Yong Madame Tsai Tchao-Ou-Niang Prince Nieou-Chi and Princess Nieou-Chi.
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Lawrence High School
Kao- Tong-Kias
LHS
Ruth Sergel
Middle Kingdom
Millard Penny
Tim Kelly
Thang
Steve Kesler
Tsai-Yong
Elwyn Luther
Tsai
Kathy Nugent
Madame Tsai
Teresa Ferris
Tchao-Ou-Niang
Paul Whaley
Route
Prince Nieou-Chi
Nancy Knox
Princess Nieou-Chi
Wisconsin antitrust case against baseball drags into spring
Milwaukee Wisconsin AP. Judge Elmer Roller grapples with long defense presentation in Wisconsin antitrust suit against baseball over Braves move from Milwaukee to Atlanta. Trial began Feb 28 with 14 days of state case. defense could extend to April 5 if five day weeks hold. Braves open April 12 in Atlanta.
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Milwaukee, Wis
Wisconsin
Elmer W. Roller
Bowie Kuhn
Roller
Kuhn
Baseball
Braves
Milwaukee
Atlanta
LHS Speech Unit Earns Nine I Ratings at District Festival
The LHS Speech Unit earned nine I ratings at the District Speech and Drama Festival held Saturday at Seaman High School in Topeka and will advance to the state contest April 15-16 in Manhattan. Winners include multiple students in prose interpretation, informative speaking, poetry interpretation, oratory, and extemporaneous speaking, plus a one act play by Lawrence High School with an all senior cast.
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Lawrence High School
Seaman High School
Topeka
Manhattan
Betsi Nelick
Lance Williams
Brad Stuewe
Schwarz Dr
Steve Thurston
Almira
Miles Zimmerman
Queen Candidates For Relays Due March 31
Nominations for the Kansas University Relays queen are due March 31. Rick Harrington, co-chairman, says each KU women's dormitory may nominate three candidates and each sorority or scholarship hall may nominate one. Judging is April 14 in the Kansas Union. The queen and attendants will appear in the Relays parade April 23 and sit in a special Memorial Stadium section during Relays events.
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Kansas University
Wreck causes over 150 dollars in damage at KU lot
Kansas University police and traffic officers reported more than 150 dollars in damage to two cars after a Friday afternoon collision behind Malott Hall. Russell sophomore Fred Smith cited 150 dollars in damage to his vehicle, while driver Daryl Preston, a Saint Jo Texas graduate student, had not yet estimated damage to his car.
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Kansas University
Malott Hall
Fred Smith
Russell
Daryl Preston
Saint Jo
Tex
Wrecks Leave Several Hospitalized and Injured
Two people were admitted to Lawrence Memorial Hospital for observation and later released. Constance Sundet and James C. Chaar, both 17 or 18 from Leavenworth, were involved in a two-vehicle crash east of the Lawrence Service Area. Ellen C. English, 17, also from Leavenworth, was treated and released. Other accidents near 23rd and Naismith left bruises for Mr and Mrs James Schrader and James Zimmerman. A fire damaged a car on the Turnpike near Lawrence and a semi-trailer struck a deer near Bonner Springs with light damage. Several non-injury accidents were reported in Lawrence.
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Douglas County
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Constance Sundet
Leavenworth
James C. Chaar
Turnpike
Don Lindensmith
Miss Sundet
Norman Gulledge
Beaverton
Ore
Gulledge
Lawrence
Sunder
Ellen C. English
LMH
James Schrader
Murphy
Naismith
James Zimmerman
Lecompton Bridge
Clarence Hatch
Lecompton
Charles Holliday
Route 1
Perry
Don Hartter
Charles Thorson
Ft. Riley
Cecil Simms
Edwardsville
Bonner Springs
Minimum Pay Bill Advances In House Labor Panel
The House Labor Committee approved a bill to raise the minimum wage from $1.25 to $1.60 an hour and extend coverage to about 7 million more workers. The measure, to be voted on next month, adds blue collar federal workers and farm workers to minimum wage rules with staged increases beginning at $1 next Feb and rising to $1.60 by 1971.
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Washington
House Labor Committee
House
Fringed Owl Wings Silence Flight and Hunting
Owls rely on sound over sight to catch prey. Their fringed wing edges muffle noise, allowing silent flight like a shadow.
Local Obituary and Birth Notices Gathered from Memorial Hospital Area
A compendium of names and addresses showing memorial hospital affiliations and residents receiving notices of births and family announcements. Entries include multiple names across towns such as Eudora Leavenworth Baldwin Topeka and Oskaloosa with mentions of babies born on Saturday and Sunday to unspecified parents.
Four Lawrence High seniors win top ratings at district science meet
Lawrence High School had the most first place awards at the Kansas Junior Academy of Science district meeting at Shawnee Mission East. Four LHS seniors Ned Greene Mary Sonneborn Donna Hewett and George Sheng earned first places for research on grainary beetles Venus Fly Trap plant hormones and rabbit tick immunity respectively.
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Lawrence High School
Kansas Junior Academy of Science
Shawnee Mission East High School
LHS
Kansas
Ned Greene
Mary Sonneborn
Donna Hewett
Danbury
George Sheng
Ind
Fred Winter
Tim Honn
Route 3
Marilyn Buller
1628
Terr
Stan Roth
Lawrence
Series of Rumbles Mystifies Florida
A long string of unexplained rumbles rattled windows along a 50 mile East Coast stretch in Florida. Reports described them as explosions tremors and sonic booms but authorities could not verify any match. No damage was reported and the noise lasted up to ninety minutes in some areas.
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Daytona Beach
Fla
Florida
Longest Canasta Game Ends in Newport Oregon
In Newport Oregon AP reports a record long canasta session ended Saturday night after players kept the game running for 120 hours. A dozen teenagers began the marathon at Mo's Cafe last Monday taking turns and staying active with at least four players present at all times. Some parents joined in for stretches to supervise and keep the game going.
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Newport
Ore
Oregon
Mo's
Six U S Planes Lost in Weekend Action Over Vietnam
AP reports six American planes lost in weekend air operations over North and South Vietnam. Two pilots killed, two captured, two missing. Marines launch two ground offensives near Hue and Quang Ngai City with 46 Viet Cong killed. B52 bombers hit escape routes toward Cambodia. Vietnamese and U S forces claim heavy Viet Cong losses in multiple engagements. One Phantom from Enterprise down with crew captured.
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Saigon
United States
Viet Nam
U.S
Oregon
Texas
Hue
Quang Ngai City
Leathernecks
An Hoa
U.S. Strategic Air Command
Cambodia
Vo Xu
U. S. 173Rd Airborne Brigade
Central Highlands
Ban Me Thuot
Tuy Hoa
U. S. 101St Airborne
North Viet Nam
Enterprise
Vinh
Navy
North
Thanh Hoa
Lawrence Jayhawk Joggers extend workouts and KU events
Warmer weather boosts Jayhawk Joggers with 4 45 p.m. workouts extended to 6 p.m. in Lawrence. KU pompon tryouts open to freshmen to juniors with good averages. festival events feature English grad David Finch as master of ceremonies. Kansas Relays parade plans and scholarship hall Bowl champions noted.
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Jayhawk
Ed Young
Bill Easton
Young
Lawrence High
LHS
David Finch
Kansas University
England
Hoch
Francis Heller
KU College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Dale Sprague
McPherson
Bases in Thailand Gain Power From U.S. Planes
Hong Kong AP reports U.S. has expanded air power at Thai bases enabling strikes over North Vietnam. Bangkok officials insist bases are for training, while airmen on leave describe participation in raids. Thai authorities suppress briefings and press access amid anti Communist sensitivities.
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Hong Kong
United States
Thailand
Viet Nam
U.S
Bangkok
American Press Association
Son of Missouri Governor Elliott W Major Jr Dies
Elliott W Major Jr 67 son of former Missouri governor died in a Kansas City hospital after a two week battle with a heart ailment. He ran a Johnson County rock quarry and construction firm for four decades retiring in 1964. Born in Bowling Green Missouri he enrolled at Westminster College in 1915 then joined the Navy in 1917 and later studied law at Washington University in St Louis.
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Kansas City
Elliott W. Major Jr
Missouri
Elliott W. Major Sr
Johnson County
Kansas
Bowling Green
Westminster College
Navy
Washington University
St. Louis
In Memoriam for Jim Brewer One Year Later
Frank Hines memorializes Jim Brewer who died one year ago today and notes he is sadly missed by friends and family.
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Jim Brewer
Frank Hines
Family expresses thanks for support after loss of Charlotte Hodge
The family of Charlotte M. Hodge thanks friends and neighbors for cards flowers and meals offered after their mother passed away.
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Charlotte M. Hodge
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Indonesia
Singapore
Tony
Lute Song
David R. Scott
Ann
Tracy
Ellington Field
Houston
Scott
Neil Armstrong
Cape Kennedy
Melvin Benschoter
Prospect
Mary Ann Bereiter
Eudora
Etta Taylor
Ruth Vickers
Baldwin
James Chaar
Constance Sunder
Florence Mooney
Taylor Hall
N. H
Margaret Crady
Elmer Husted
Lila Rogers
Oskaloosa
Mary Gentry
E. 19Th
Norma Parks
Maple Lane
Ralph Robertson
Emma Simmons
Samaritan Lodge
Charlotte Clark
Valleyview Home
Charlie Mitts
James Williams
Sunflower Village
Elizabeth Reese
Lil
Karen Miller
Linwood
David Ferris
Haskell Institute
Kendall Freja
Dorothy Coffman
Maud Arnett
1604
University
Joseph Allen
Rich Schutte
N. Y
Kent Balyeat
Victor Harrod
Mont
Gail Brewster
Janet Harper
Kan
Bertha Meyer
Tonganoxie
Andre Lauret
Dale Dibble
Brook
Mary Brown
Audrey Jones
Laticia Foster
Darlene Hunt
Donna Confer
Verda Molby
Naomi Klamm
Fern Sherman
Harry Zook
Hobart Parks
Ottawa
Neil Gibler
Gary Anderson
Schwarz Rd
Wesley Hedden
Learnard
Seee Funeral Home
Mortuary Home
New Hampshire
Ged
13Th
Massachusetts
Kansas University Pompon
Allen Fieldhouse
Vince Bilotta
KU Alumni Association
Bilotta
Ted Haggart
Salina
Haggart
Massachusetts Street
6Th Street
Stephenson
Templin Hall
Kansas Union
Gary Gregg
Coldwater
Ray Kopsa
Mulvane
Jim Girard
Satellite Beach
Jim McCalla
Sellards
Lawrence Memorial Co
Memoriam
Bethany P. Ate Christian Church
Disciples of Christ
Centennial School
22Nd
Louisiana
Charles E. Warren
Alem
America
Massachusetts ST
Sat
Sun
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