Israeli Jets Bomb Jordan Gun Sites Across Border
Israeli jets again over Jordan firebombed artillery nests along the Jordan River valley from Galilee to Jericho amid heavy gun and mortar battles. Jordan claimed it shot down four jets and hit Israeli tanks. three planes reportedly crashed in Israeli territory. The attack coincides with a U.S. Jordan arms deal and follows recent cross-border clashes and raids in the region.
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Yardena
Cairo
Beirut
Damascus
Bagdad
The
Syria
Sinai Desert
Lebanon
Federal Court Sets Its Own Guidelines In Reapportionment
A special federal court panel in Topeka issued a stop gap Kansas Senate reapportionment for the 1968 elections after the legislature failed to enact a valid plan. The ruling directs six Sedgwick, four Johnson, and three Wyandotte/Shawnee–Wabaunsee seats at large, with 24 single seat districts remaining, using population maps and compact boundaries as the guide.
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U.S. Circuit
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U.S. Dist
George Templar
Wesley E. Brown
U.S. Supreme Court
Sedgwick
Johnson County
Wyandotte County
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Wabaunsee
Delaware
Prairie
Wyandotte
Bonner Springs
Edwardsville
Leavenworth County
Senate
Glee Smith
R-Larned
Board of Education
Kansas
Smith
Attorney General
J. Richard Foth
Secretary of State
State Senate
Wreek Drugstore Offers Prescription Delivery and Mail Service
Local drugstore expands services to include prescriptions delivered to homes and an immediate mail service. Store notes convenient options for customers needing quick access to medications and mail handling.
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Raney
Lawrence High School Festival of Music Tonight
This evening at 7 30 the Lawrence High School gym hosts a patriotic themed festival. The Symphonic Wind Ensemble Concert Band Orchestra A Cappella Choir and multiple choirs conductors include David Catron Charles Axton and Duncan Couch with about 400 students performing.
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Charles Axton
Duncan Couch
Memphis Riot After Beale Street Demonstration
Memphis residents faced continued patrols after a Thursday riot that left one dead. Troop protected firetrucks patrolled the city as curfew eyes warn of possible new marches led by Negro leaders backed by Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Fire alarms mounted during the night, with two-alarm blaze at a feed mill and sniping at Beale Street and Hernando Avenue.
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Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant Lands $14 Million Rocket Contract
The Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant near Lawrence won a 14,361,873 dollar contract for 2.23 inch rocket production and plant maintenance. Hercules Inc of Wilmington Delaware received the award through the Army Procurement and Supply Agency in Joliet Illinois. Governor Docking's office released the news to the Journal-World.
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Lawrence
Robert Docking
Journal-World Today
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Wilmington
Del
Army Procurement and Supply Agency
Joliet, Ill
KU Fraternities Lose Tax Fight on Personal Property
Judge Frank Gray ruled that KU fraternity and sorority house furnishings are used in the production of income, rejecting the claim that non profit house goods are not taxable. The decision applies to five related cases challenging personal property tax assessments in Douglas County.
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Frank Gray
District Court
Gray
Kansas
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City of
Lawrence
School Board of Unified District No. 497
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Fraternity House
Unseasonably Warm Weather Forecast Ahead
The weather bureau expects continued unseasonably warm conditions with near record highs around 80 degrees. A five day forecast shows readings about ten percent above normal and the Journal World thermometer neared 80 degrees after reaching 76 at noon.
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Journal-World
Citywide Clean-Up Planned as Lawrence Mobilizes
Public works director George Williams urged residents to place out any trash Monday for city crews to haul away next week during Lawrence Clean-Up Week. Six crews from street and park departments will operate citywide with help from the Chamber of Commerce. containers should be limited to 200 pounds and placed three to five feet from the curb.
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George Williams
Williams
Lawrence
Chamber’ Ofommerce
Wes
Baker Work Detail Formed After Panty Raid Foiled
About 25 Baker University men were up until 4 a.m. cleaning red paint from the Zeta Tau Alpha sorority house and a foreign car on campus in Baldwin after a disturbance by 150 to 175 students. Deputies supervised a work detail in which the student repaired damage and helped move on, with no raid evidence found.
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Baldwin
Baker
Douglas County Sheriff's Deputies
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Fifth St
Baldwin ‘Fire Department
East
Demons Halls
Baker Sorority
Zeta Tau Alpha
New NSF Ship Hero Launched At South Bristol Maine
The National Science Foundation launched Hero, its first Antarctic research vessel, in South Bristol Maine. The vessel costs about 1 million dollars, measures 126 feet, and uses two 380 horsepower diesel engines yet carries 1700 feet of ketch rigged sail as a contingency for power failure.
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Bristol
Maine
Hero
National Science Foundation
City Delays Public Pool Plan Amid Funding Uncertainty
Lawrence City Commission staff and architects said no public pool will open this summer due to timing shifts after a $52000 federal grant was announced for Central Park pool. City Manager Ray Wells noted optimism was too high and final plans will push opening to around June 10 or later, with fire station projects progressing.
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Lawrence
Virginia
City, Commission
Associated
Washington, D. C
Central’ Park
Ray .Wells
Noaes
Wells
Ce Wells
Weather Outlook Northeast Kansas Five Day Forecast
Five day forecast shows clear to partly cloudy skies for the Northeast Kansas region. Temperatures will be near normal with highs in the 70s and upper 80s, lows in the 40s to 50s, and light precipitation expected at times.
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