Tent concert pushes fund total near goal
Lawrence High musicians staged a 12 hour outdoor marathon in a Gibson Discount Center tent to raise funds for an April Washington tour. By nightfall $20,640 was raised toward a $22,500 goal with bake sales auction proceeds and a late Stage Band concert adding to the total.
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Lawrence High Orchestra
Gibson’s
Washington
Kennedy Center For the Performing Arts
Kansas
Ed Bartley
Paul Gray
Bartley
White House
Lawrence City Discusses Leo Beuerman Memorial Wording
The Lawrence City Commission will meet at 7 p m Tuesday to discuss action on the Leo Beuerman Memorial over proposed wording seen as a negative stereotype of the handicapped. The agenda also covers traffic violation procedures in the police department and other staff items.
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Lawrence
Leo Beuerman
City Hall
Carl Mibeck
Fairway Eleven
Heatherwood Heights No
Jayhawk Post Office
Lawrence-Douglas County
Lawrence district 497 begins fourth quarter after brief break
Lawrence district 497 schools start the final 48 days before the May 27 end of term with students on a half day Thursday and full day Friday while teachers review work. In nearby Waldrdn three one cars of a Burlington Northern freight train derailed early today north of Kansas City, Platte County sheriff's office reports.
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Waldron
Burlington Northern
Kansas City
Platte County
Island
Oahu
Waikiki
Honolulu
Polynesian Cultural Center
Volcanic Crater
Maupintour
Hawaii
Five wounded in church shooting shocks Phoenix
In Phoenix a scuffle between two black youths and two white youths led to gunfire inside and outside a Mormon church. Five church members were wounded, Dellwin Thomas 36 in serious condition, Bishop Jess Root 69 stable, others treated and released. A 15-year-old black suspect Ralph Lincoln Burr was held on five juvenile counts of assault with intent to commit murder. another black youth sought.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Ralph Lincoln Burr
Maricopa County
Jess Root
CIA documents revive Oswald plot rumors
Newly released CIA files show Yuri Nosenko a Soviet defector insisting Oswald was not a KGB agent. The Cuban defector also hinted Oswald may have contacted Cuban intelligence weeks before Kennedy's assassination. CIA notes suggest critical doubts about defectors' reliability and that the Warren Commission could have allowed more room for a foreign conspiracy scenario.
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Washington
United States
John F. Kennedy
U.S
Lee Harvey Oswald
CIA
Yuri Nosenko
Kennedy
Fidel Castro
Oswald
Nosenko
Warren Commission
Farm equipment stolen from Deems Farm Equipment Inc
More than 23000 dollars in farm equipment was taken from Deems Farm Equipment Inc in Lawrence. Burglars pried a sliding door and backed a truck into a warehouse. four mowers, 12 cutting units, 11 tillers and 11 tractors were reported stolen along with auto parts from a Wayne's Body Shop truck. A March 1964 CIA memo discusses Oswald and KGB links with limited corroboration.
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Deems Farm Equipment Inc
Lawrence
Wayne’s Body Shop
Wayne Andrews
Kansas University plans satellite union with $2 million bonds
Kansas University moves toward a satellite union to be located northwest of Allen Fieldhouse with plans reviewed by students and university officials. The Kansas Board of Regents approved $2 million in revenue bonds to be repaid by student fees, with construction planned for 1977 start and 1979 completion. Jess Stewart opposed, arguing state funding should cover campus facilities.
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Kansas University
Satellite Union
Frank Burge
The
Kansas Union
Burge
Kansas Board of Regents
Allen Fieldhouse
Lucas
Jess Stewart
Wamego
Demos prepare for sessions in Kansas county race
Democratic contenders Carter Udall and Jackson build strong local support as Kansas lays out April 3 delegate selection. Douglas County plans a 1 p.m. convention at West Junior High and a 7:30 p.m. training session at the Douglas County State Bank.
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New York
Jimmy Carter
Morris Udall
Henry
Scoop” Jackson
Harold Keltz
Douglas County
Democratic Party Central Committee
West Junior High School
Party
Douglas County State Bank
Ninth and
Kentucky
Young Democrats Club
Keltz
Kansas City
Democratic Committee
Topeka
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Wayne Osness
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New Hampshire
Taylor
Dellwin Thomas
Memorial Hospital
Lawrence Civic Choir
the Presbyterian Church
West 23Rd St
Testament of Freedom
Thomas Jefferson
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Ussr
Marina
Max Lucas
Regents
George McGovern
Schwinn Cyclery
West
6Th Street
Haverty & Hatfield Inc
Travelers Insurance Compadnes
Hartford
Connecticut
SUN ‘N Surf
Maupintour Travel Service
Massachusetts
Hillcrest
Kansas Union Building
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