U S Forces Repel Major Vietnamese Assault in Central Highlands
About 1 000 North Vietnamese troops attacked a U S artillery base 19 miles west of Kontum in the heaviest central highlands fighting in four months. U S Command said 135 NVA and 19 Americans were killed with 51 American wounded. Viet Cong losses were 284. U S air cavalry supported reinforcements as battles raged near Saigon and Kontum.
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Saigon
U.S
Central Highlands
Highytands
U.S. 4Th Infan
Kontum City
Cambodia
Dak To
Kontum
Dak
Trang Bang
Ta Khu
Thailand
Dong Hoi
North Vietnam
Oklahoma State Senator Gene Stipe Indicted for Tax Evasion
Federal Grand Jury indicted State Senator Gene Stipe and former aide Whit Pate on income tax evasion charges. The case ties to Stipe's legal fees on the Atoka to Oklahoma City pipeline project. If convicted, Stipe faces up to 11 years and $30,000. Pate up to five years and $10,000.
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Muskogee
Okla
Gene Stipe
Whit ‘Pate
Jo Stipe
McAlester
Oklahoma
Pate
Stipe
Earl Welch
N.S. Corn
Supreme “Court J
House
J. D. McCarty
Welch
McCare
War Not an Issue in Spock Indictment, Government Says
The government argued in U S District Court that the Vietnam War is not an issue in the indictment of Dr Benjamin Spock and four codefendants for conspiracy to counsel draft evasion. It contended the U S presence abroad is constitutional, and no wartime declaration is required.
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Boston
Vietnam
Benjamin Spock
U.S. District Court
Spock
Justice Department
United States
Tham
Pnland Congress
Rpment
Nixon favors Russian talks to end Vietnam war
The Christian Science Monitor reports former Vice President Nixon would push for an immediate summit with the Soviet Union if elected president. He would avoid escalating U.S. military commitment, seek tough bargaining, and offer East West trade including consumer goods in exchange for a reduction of Soviet arms supplies to North Vietnam.
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Boston
Christian Science Monitor
Richard M. Nixon
Washington
Godfrey Sperling Jr
Monitor
Nixon
United States
Vietnam
Soviet Union
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Landon urges decisive 1968 policy amid Vietnam crisis
Former governor Alf Landon at Fort Hays State College condemns Vietnam war as a pivotal test of national survival. He cites distrust of President Johnson and global economic strain, arguing for deescalation by Kennedy and McCarthy or escalation by Johnson and Nixon. He warns of need for space program funding and better terms with North Vietnam to avoid war.
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Landon
Johnson
D-N.y
Eugene McCarthy
D-Minn
Richard Nixon
U.S
Sen. McCarthy
Sen
Kennedy
China
Russia
McCarthy
Vietnam
Nixon
America
North
Advisory Commission
United States
Congress
The
College
William S. Picken
William A. Lewis
Clarence E. Rarick
Lyman D. Wooster
M. C. Cunningham
Artist Ed Emshwiller Frames Movies Without Words
Filmmaker Ed Emshwiller spoke at Hoch Auditorium as part of the Festival of the Arts week. He argued that movies should convey meaning visually rather than through dialogue and described his frame-by-frame, wordless technique and films Lifelines Thanatopsis and Relativity. The audience debated symbolism while some attendees walked out and others applauded at the end.
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Ed Emshwiller
Emshwiller
Hoch Auditorium
Stead
Relativity
Kansas Teachers Reclassified 1-A in Draft Shift
State Selective Service Maj. Gen. Joe Nickell says most teachers recently moved to 1-A will be inducted. Lawrence district 497 lists 12 teachers in this category with several deferred or reclassified. Topeka area also has numerous cases as hundreds statewide may have shifted. Local boards may grant occupational deferments if in community interest.
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State Selective Service
Joe Nickell
Kansas
Lawrence
Robert Raimsey
Topeka
Selective Service
Nickell
State Selective Service Appeals Board
Schwaller Named to Kansas Highway Commission
Gov. Docking appoints Henry Schwaller of Hays to succeed Rex Dawe on the Kansas Highway Commission. The move creates an all Democrat panel as of March 31, joining Robert Hagen of Lawrence and Fred Burr of El Dorado who were appointed to replace Republicans Timberlake and Armstrong. Other members include Bob Kent, Karl Brueck and Louis Kampschroeder with Chairman John Montgomery.
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Topeka
Robert Docking
Henry Schwaller
Hays
Rex Dawe
Lucas
Kansas Highway Commission
Docking
Highway Commission
Schwaller
Robert P. Hagen
Lawrence
Fred W. Burr
el Dorado
Hagen
Harry
Timberlake
Leavenworth
Burr
E. W. Armstrong
Wichita
Dane
Armstrong
Bob Kent
Salina
Karl A. Brueck
Paola
Louis Kampschroeder
Garden City
John Montgomery
Junction City
Planning Group Approves Parkmar Estates Plan
The City Planning Commission approved the planned unit development for Parkmar Estates after adding open space on two sides of the proposed apartment complex southeast of 23rd and Kasold Dr. The plan now goes to the City Commission next week.
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City Planning Commission
City Hall
Parkmar Estates
23Rd and
Kasold Dr
City Commission
City Worker Hurt In Scooter Crash
A city water department employee, Roger A. Borland, 21, was injured around 1 20 p m today when his three wheel scooter collided with a 1956 car at Sixth Street and Vermont. Borland was taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital for observation. The car driven by Gary D Dicke, 27, of Harper Street, was westbound and turning left. police say Dicke did not see Borland. The scooter overturned and the vehicle was demolished.
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City Water Department
6Th
Roger A. Borland
Miss. St
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Borland
Sixth
Gary D. Dicke
Harper
Vermont
Lawrence
Dicke
Ulrich Group Seeks Support for Pleasant Grove Cemetery
Persons interested in the maintenance of the Ulrich Cemetery two miles east of Pleasant Grove are invited to a 7 30 p m Friday meeting at the Baldwin American Legion Hall to discuss efforts and plans.
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Ulrich Cemetery
Pleasant Grove
Baldwin American Legion Hall
County Building Topic of Parley With Architects
Douglas County Commissioners to meet with Architects Associated to discuss the county’s proposed building program east of the Courthouse. Preliminary site studies on the land between 11th and North Park Street and Massachusetts and New Hampshire may be requested.
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Douglas County Commissioners
11Th and
North Park Sts
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Spelunkers Club Rescues Lost Soldiers From Missouri Cave
In Waynesville Missouri six University of Missouri at Rolla spelunkers guiding a cave search rescued three young soldiers missing since Sunday afternoon. Pfc David H Box of DeLeon Texas Pfc Steven D Lasky aged 20 of Ilion New York and Spec 4 Albert Perswill 21 of Houston Texas were brought out after five hours in the cave and taken to Fort Leonard Wood hospital for exposure treatment.
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Waynesville, Mo
Spelunkers Club
University of Missouri At Rolla
Waynesville
David H. Box
DeLeon
Tex
Steven D. Lasky
Ilion
N.Y
Albert Perswill
Houston
Ft. Leonard Wood Hospital
Fire Burns Four Acres On Vinland Blacktop Road
Douglas County Sheriff's deputies say a brush fire about 6:30 p.m. Monday scorched roughly four acres two miles north of Baldwin on Vinland black top road. Investigators believe the land was set and left unattended with no injuries or damage reported. The blaze reportedly flared later and burned out on its own.
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Douglas County
Baldwin
Vinland Blacktop Road
Great Salt Lake’s Saltiness Defies Body Sink
Great Salt Lake in Utah has no outlet and its extreme salinity is so high a human body cannot sink. This unusual property highlights the lake’s distinctive chemistry and elevation.
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Great Salt Lake
Utah
Mount Dort Named for KU Geologist in Antarctic Peak
Lawrence records Mount Dort in the Queen Maud Range near the South Pole named for Wakefield Dort Jr. KU associate professor who led three Antarctic visits in 1965–67. NSF funded his field work and he also worked with Japan's Antarctic expedition. Kansans for Alternatives hosts an 8 pm meeting at the Jayhawk Room KU Union with Edgar Wickberg speaking on Vietnam Today.
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Antarctica
Queen Maud Range
Kansas University
Dort
South Pole
Wakefield Dort Jr
Victoria Land
U.S
National Science Foundation
Dr. Dort
Vietnam
Jayhawk
Kansas Union
Edgar Wickberg
Harkness Ballet to perform tonight at KU Hoch Auditorium
The Harkness Ballet will appear in concert at 8 tonight in Kansas University's Hoch Auditorium as part of the KU Concert Course and the KU Festival of the Arts. Shuttle bus service will run from the Allen Fieldhouse parking area to the venue.
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Harkness Ballet
Kansas University
Hoch Auditorium
KU Festival of the Arts
Allen Fieldhouse
Kansas University International Festival Opens Sunday
The 15th annual KU International Festival begins at 6 p.m. Sunday on the second floor of the Kansas Union. Exhibits open at 6 and a program starts at 8 p.m. KU hosts 640 foreign students from 88 nations to acquaint Americans with diverse cultures on Mount Oread.
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Kansas University International
Kansas Kansas Union
Mount Oread
Break-In Report At Terrill's Department Store
Police were summoned about 7 30 this morning to Terrill's Department Store at 803 Mass St after a door was found open. Manager Bob Pulliam said nothing was missing and the door was likely left open by a custodian.
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Terrill’s Department Store
Mass. St
Bob Pulliam
Pulliam
Greiner to Speak at KU Business School Alumni Day
Laurence T. Greiner assistant to the president of B F Goodrich will be luncheon speaker November 8 at the Virginia Inn for Kansas University Business School Alumni Day activities. Greiner KU Business School graduate spoke here March 8 at a Chamber of Commerce luncheon.
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B. F. Goodrich Company
Kansas University Business School
Virginia Inn
Laurence T. Greiner
Akron
Ohio
Greiner
KU Business School
Chamber of Commerce
Holiday Inn
Card of Thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Taylor
The Taylor family thanks all for kindness and generosity shown during their time of trouble with appreciation from Mr. and Mrs. Robert Taylor and boys.
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Robert Taylor
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Ulrich Group
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Bill Smell
Round Corner
Round Corner Drug Store
Round Conner Doug Store
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