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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1969
Page
1
U.S. Marines sweeping the Laotian frontier seized about 600 tons of rice 11 miles south of Khe Sanh. The haul could feed 8,000 North Vietnamese troops for three months and hinder their offensive in the northwest Vietnam region.
Lawrence High School faculty plan a fun April production in the auditorium around April 23. Cast, date, and committees are being finalized. Director Harold Marcum says the aim is socializing and teamwork beyond the classroom.
Washington officials hope Nixon and Trudeau have settled doubts about a U S missile defense system. Trudeau, arriving Monday, plans more talks before returning to Ottawa. Critics fear radioactive fallout near the border. Trudeau rejects moving sites south and seeks Nixon's rationale on provocation versus world peace.
Earl Eugene Green Jr., 18, of Leavenworth, was found not guilty of first degree robbery by a District Court jury. He faced charges over a $2,666 cash take and an undetermined amount of checks from Rusty’s Food Center on Oct. 5, with two or three accomplices involved and one seen in a car, according to Lawrence police at the time.
A Kansas family of three died in a single engine plane crash west of Byers Colorado. The victims were Mr and Mrs Ralph McGowan and their 11 year old daughter Char lene who were returning from Denver to St Francis Kaw. Civil Air Patrol units located the wreckage and identified the bodies.
Opera and concert soprano Beatrice Krebs will give a public recital at 8 p.m. Wednesday in Swarthout Recital Hall. KU faculty pianist Richard Reber will accompany. Krebs teaches at Carnegie-Mellon University and has sung with the New York City Center Pittsburgh and NBC opera companies.
Kansas University seniors and parents will view a color film June 2 documenting senior activities and attitudes. John Hill of Prairie Village directs with a $2000 budget. copies will be kept at the KU Alumni Association for future reunions. Cameramen are Rick Geary and Jim Bird. Hill wrote the script.
In Belgium near La Louviere two commuter trains carrying about 1,500 workers collided in dense mist. One train failed to stop for a red light at a level crossing, sparking the deadly crash. Steel plant workers aided in the rescue with cutting and burning tools.
Alaska covers 586 400 square miles about one fifth of the remaining United States in area. The fact compares the vast state to the rest of the nation highlighting its size.
Greathouse, an escapee from the Kansas State Penitentiary at Lansing, has been identified as living in an apartment at 215 Tyler St Topeka using the alias John Bryan Peirce He fled Monday night after assaulting Keith C Bliss and stealing his 1962 brown Chevrolet Bel Air license SN 44857 The suspect previously escaped from guards at KU Medical Center and is sought by Shawnee County authorities with no new location information available.
Army doctors said former President Dwight D. Eisenhower remained guarded in his condition after a new episode of congestive heart failure. Brig. Gen. Frederic J. Hughes Jr. noted the 78 year old appeared to reach a plateau, with outlook uncertain as to survival or recovery.
Prof Kenneth E Rose KU metallurgist speaks on metals used in Peru before Columbus and native metal work. Public Sigma Xi lecture at 7 30 p m Thursday in Dyche Auditorium Kansas University. Rose served as Fulbright lecturer in Lima Peru in 1960 and advised on rural industry in Brazil.
Missouri Senate panel debated a resolution to back campus officials in enforcing order. Jeb Prince of Missouri Southern warned the measure could be misused by tyrannical administrators. A subcommittee was formed to redraft and remove objections while supporters from universities and state colleges testified.
Two people injured Sunday near Lawrence on the Kansas Turnpike are in poor condition at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Linda Beck 28 formerly Linda Louw Meck and James P Jordan 45 of Finksburg Md reported in poor condition today with skull fractures, leg fractures and a concussion. Mrs Beck died in a head on collision with Darlene Moore.
Gen Westmoreland told the Senate committee that a January decision is needed on whether and how to extend the Safeguard antiballistic missile system beyond Montana and North Dakota. Secretary Resor and Westmoreland backed the Nixon plan to proceed, with initial deployment at Montana and North Dakota and 10 more sites contemplated. The $900 million request covers construction of the two sites and procurement for ten additional sites as strategic arms talks continue.
The Labor Department reports a 0.4 percent February rise in consumer prices the largest in four months. Housing clothing medical care and transportation led gains while groceries fell 0.2 percent. Wholesale prices also climbed 0.4 percent with lumber and plywood surging over the year.
About 250 persons are expected to attend the third annual meeting of the South Central Section of the Geological Society of America at Kansas University March 27 29. States in the section include Kansas Oklahoma Arkansas and Texas with attendees from industry universities and state and federal surveys including entries from other states and from Mexico and Canada.
South Vietnam signals willingness to hold private talks with the National Liberation Front, Nguyen Van Thieu stating readiness at a Saigon news conference. The move mirrors prior secret indications given to Paris peace negotiators.
Colene M. Marks 18 of 1909 Vt. St and Teresa L. Puckett 15 of 1914 Ky. St were treated and released at Lawrence Memorial Hospital after a 2:50 p.m. crash on North Town near the 6th Street underpass. Marks said the southbound car slid on a curve and struck a guard pole and a highway marker. Damages were $800 to the car and $10 to the sign. A second collision on West 23rd St involved William K. Whiteman 28 and Harold D. Shultz 18 with damages of $85 and $235 respectively.
Peace groups plan a large march and rally in Chicago on April 5 to protest Americas war machine and to respond to the indictment of eight leaders of antiwar demonstrations during last years Democratic National Convention.
U S delegate Gerard C Smith told a U N disarmament subcommittee that Washington backs barring nuclear arms from seabeds but opposes banning conventional weapons or peaceful military installations. Soviet delegate Roschin signaled openness to negotiation as the draft is discussed. Smith argued seabed aids serve both military and civilian uses.
Stencel Aero Corp unveils a jet assisted ejection seat with engines that can carry a downed pilot up to 50 miles at 85 mph, deploy a parawing, reach 10 000 feet, and allow return to safety before parachuting. Field testing is planned after feasibility demonstrations.
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