Doctor Disarms Bank Robber During 100-Mile Georgia Chase
Dr Robert Demos a Chattanooga obstetrician was held hostage by bank robber James P Davis in a wild chase through northwest Georgia. Demos wrestled the gun from Davis, police closed in on a dead end in Rome, and Davis was arrested. Demos escaped unharmed and returned home with his family. Davis faced $100000 bond on bank robbery and kidnapping charges.
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Rome
Chattanooga
Tenn
Georgia
James P. Davis
Robert Demos
Demos
Associated Press
Davis
J. P. Smith
U.S
Robert Swords
Cartersville
Marietta
Cobb County Sheriff’s
Demps
Atlanta
Dallas
Alabama
Doc
Klan Plans Response After Four Arrests in Liuzzo Case
Ku Klux Klan leader Calvin F. Craig in Atlanta says the group will fight the presidential attack after four Klansmen were arrested on federal conspiracy charges in the highway killing of Viola Liuzzo, a 39 year old Detroit mother of five, during a civil rights march near Montgomery. President Johnson announced the arrests and vowed war on the Klan.
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Montgomery
Ala
Ku Klux Klan
Johnson
South
Calvin F. Craig
Georgia
Craig
Atlanta
FBI
Viola
Gregg Liuzzo
Detroit
Liuzzo
Lowndesboro
Alabama
Washington
Selma Negro
Leroy Moton
Selma
Eugene ,Thomas
Wiliam Orville ‘Eaton
Bessemer
Grary Tommy Rowe Jr
Birmingham
Collie Leroy ‘Wilkins Jr
Fairfield
Explosion Blasts U S LST Hull at Da Nang
Da Nang Viet Nam AP A massive 500 pound blast from Viet Cong frogmen tore holes in the hull of a U S LST docked at a Da Nang pier. One Japanese crewman injured. ship did not sink. Da Nang air base fortified by Marines and Hawk missiles. additional Marine squadrons planned.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
da Nang
LST
da Nang Air Base
U.S
Viet Nam
Marine 9Th Expeditionary Brigade
17Th Parallel
No. 550
Military
Nha Trang
House Passes Historic Setup For School Aid
Congress approves a 1.3 billion school aid measure in a 263 to 153 vote. The bill targets districts with children from low income families and could benefit about 90 percent of the nation’s 25 991 districts. Private school students may access aid under certain provisions.
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New Yorker
John W. McCormack
D-Mass
McCormack
Senate
Mansfield
House
Soviet Local Elections Draw 99.93 Percent Voter Turnout
In Moscow 99.93 percent of eligible voters participated as 208 of 2,010,540 unopposed candidates were rejected. Voters could cast an unmarked ballot to approve the Communist party choice or scratch to oppose.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Communist Party
Dr Russell Frink for Board of Education
Political advertisement urging voting for Dr Russell Frink in the Board of Education race with election date April 6.
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Russell Frink
Board of Education
Pol
Area Legislators Vote On Bill 263 153 Passage
The House approved a 1.3 billion dollar federal aid for schools bill sending it to the Senate after a party line vote. Democrats for Bolling Hun gate Ichord Randall Sullivan of Missouri and Albert Edmondson Johnson Steed. Republicans for Ellsworth Mize Shriver of Kansas. Dole Shubitz Curtis Hall Belcher. Hall of Missouri was recorded for the bill but did not vote.
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Washington
House
Senate
Hall
Missouri
Miss Lawrence KU Crowned Local Pageant Winner
Patricia Ann Wise 20, a KU junior from Oklahoma City, won the Miss Lawrence KU title at Lawrence High School Auditorium. First runner up Parmelee Bates, second runner Cheryl Costa, and Miss Congeniality Mary Ann Bollini were named among 30 contestants. The event drew about 700 attendees and serves as a Miss Kansas precursor with Wise set to compete in Pratt July 8 to 10.
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Patricia Ann Wise
Kansas University
Oklahoma City
Lawrence- KU
Wise
Lawrence
Jaycees
Lawrence High
Journal-World Photo
Lawrence KU
Pratt
Alpha Delta Pi Social Sorority
Lawrence High School
Parmelee Bates
Bronxville
N.Y
Gertrude Sellards Pearson
Cheryl Costa
Wichita
Kappa Kappa Gamma Social Sorority
Mary- Ann Bollini
Ferguson
Delta Delta Delta Social Sorority
Jaycee
Dick Randolph
Melvin Wise
Leslie Demeritt
Route 4
Fred Demeritt
E. 11Th St
Miss Wise
Santa Fe Opera Company
Mu Phi Epsilon
Music Honorary
All Student Council
Cathy Bergstrom
Resealing Planned for U.S. 40 Section Between Cities
The State Highway Department will reseal a 14 mile stretch of U.S. 40 from the west edge of Lawrence to the Douglas Shawnee county line this summer. Bids are due for opening at 9 a.m. April 9. The maintenance work involves resurfacing with asphaltic oil and a sand gravel or hard rock cover, not road widening or major rebuilding.
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Lawrence
Douglas-Shawnee County
State Highway Department
Investigation Finds No Narcotics at Emporia Colleges
A probe prompted by anonymous tips found no evidence of illegal narcotics use at Emporia State Teachers College or the College of Emporia. Attorney General Robert C. Sonderholm announced the result on Friday after the inquiry into claims that marijuana and pep pills were sold and used on campus.
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Topera
Emporia State Teachers College
College of Emporia
Robert C. Sonderholm
Preliminaries Under Way House Agency to Probe Klan
President Johnson urged a congressional probe into the Ku Klux Klan as the House Un American Activities Committee moved from a preliminary inquiry toward a full investigation. FBI arrests linked to the slaying of Mrs. Viola Gregg Liuzzo underscored calls for action against the Klan and its violent acts across the nation.
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Waselington
Johnson
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Ainder
FBI
Viola Gregg Liuzzo
Detroit
Alabama
Samuel Early Johnson Jr
Texas
United States
Hooded Society of Bigots
Nicholas Katzenbach
Congressional
J. Edgar Hoover
Liuzzo
Justice
Warming in Lawrence Short-Lived Then Cooler Weekend
Temperatures rise today in Lawrence with milder readings and southerly winds 20 to 30 mph. A sharp cooldown arrives Sunday with cloudy skies and a 40 percent chance of showers in northeast Kansas. highs reach the lower 50s today and near 40 Sunday.
KU Spring Fling full weekend of jazz and events
More than 5 000 KU students faculty and Lawrence residents join a campus wide Spring Fling with the Second Annual Oread Jazz Festival duck race on Potter Lake and a day of gymkhana concerts and games. The Clare Fischer Trio Phil Woods Count Basie band and Jay McShann headline performances with a Hoch Auditorium concert drawing about 2 000.
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Kansas University
Lawrence
Mount Oread
Oread
Potter Lake
Templin Hall
Association of University
Elaine Rinkel
Scott City
Kansas Union
Clare Fischer
Phil Woods
Municipal Auditorium
Kansas City
Count Basie
Will Fischer
Dick Buedebusch
Jay McShann
KU Kicks
Kevin Condon
Herb Smith
Memphis
Tenn
Clarence Awaya
Honolulu
Hawaii
Roger Worthington
New York City
David Boyd
Leavenworth
Hoch Auditorium
Dale Sprague
McPherson
Dread Jazz Festival
Sprague
Hoch
W. Clarke Wescoe
Lewis Hall
University Theatre
Happy Professors At Kansas University Share Positive Views
The Journal-World reports from Page 5 on Kansas University teachers who describe their work as satisfying and adequately paid. They say they enjoy teaching, value freedom, and are willing to express their positive opinions, offering an upbeat take on engineering education.
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Journal-World Today
Kansas University
Open Bowling Saturday and Sunday Hillcrest Bowl Adv
A note announces open bowling at Hillcrest Bowl on Saturday and Sunday. Details such as times and rates are not provided in the fragment.
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Sun
Hillcrest Bowl
KU Students Scatter for Spring Holiday Plans
KU students map spring break with trips to Acapulco and Colorado while others attend Young Republicans events in Chicago and a Democrats conclave in Kansas City. About 25 join the Acapulco tour departing Friday, with chaperones from KU houses. Several plan local activities at home between noon Saturday and April 12.
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Kansas _ University
Mount Oread
Kansas Union
Florida
San Francisco
Los Angeles
L. C. Woodruff
Acapulco
Mexico
Young Republicans
Chicago
Ill
Young Democrats
Kansas City
Delta Upsilon Fraternity
Colorado University
Boulder
Aspen
Colo
Louisiana
Richard Whitaker
Lawrence
Dallas
Tex
Norma Peterson
Marjorie Nation
Sigma Chi Fraternity
Kenneth Johnson
Delta Chi Fraternity
Maude Thuman
Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity
Brian Flora
Syracuse
N. Y
Whitaker
Europe
Sam Evans
Salina
Bill Porter
Topeka
Gip Dupree
Oklahoma City
Okla
Priscilla Osborn
Independence
Weather Outlook For Northeast Kansas Sunday
Cooler conditions move in Sunday with a high near 40 while showers affect over 40 percent of the area. Today’s high in the low 50s with southerly winds 20 to 30 mph, tonight’s low in the mid 30s, and a mix of clouds and cooler air.
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Lawrence
U.S. Weather Bureau
Topeka
Kansas
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Robert M. Shelton Jr
Tuscaloosa, Ala
United Klans
George C. Wallace
Richmond Flowers
Flowers
Thomas
Esaton
Rowe
Wilking
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Charles E. Goodell
R-N.y
Goodell
Emick
BIG
Jarman
Oklahoma
Patricia Wise
House Agency
Edwin E. Willis
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