Debbie Chosen Pageant Hostess for 1969 Miss America
Deborah Bryant now Mrs Rod Wilson of Overland Park will become NBC hostess for the Miss America Pageant in Atlantic City next September. She fronts a three year option on the contract and has spent months auditioning with 50 contestants. Debbie, 23, is close to earning a KU English BA while her husband nears law school graduation.
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Overland Park
Kansas University
Debbie
Bess Myerson
Atlantic City
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New York City
Lawrence
Jamaica
Wilsons
Southwest Bible’ Church
Prairie Village
KU Law School
Eisenhower burial train to travel quietly to Kansas
The Eisenhower funeral train will depart Washington around 5 p.m. CST Monday and reach Abilene about 30 hours later with no official route released at the family’s request for safety. The train will not stop en route and is likely to pass through Lawrence, with Union Pacific and Santa Fe lines serving Abilene.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
America
Plains of Kansas
Military District of
Abilene
C & O Railroad
Kansas
Eisenhower
Union Pacific
Santa Fe
Lawrence
Final Tributes Begin Today for Eisenhower
The nation begins a five day ceremonial farewell to Dwight D. Eisenhower starting with private services at Bethlehem Chapel and a public funeral journey to Kansas. Mrs. Eisenhower and family attend the private rites as Marines provide the guard and the coffin is carried to the cathedral.
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God of Our Fathers
Local Rites Schedule After Eisenhower Death Observed
Monday hours for mourning follow holiday schedule. Post office closed with no deliveries. Banks open with potential special hours for Wednesday ceremonies in Abilene. Schools and county offices observe reduced hours and a 9:55 a.m. moment of solemnity. City offices and courthouses close Wednesday. Public library closes Monday until 1 p.m. Several district schools closed Monday. Chamber urges business observance and free prescription delivery remains.
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Kansas University
Eisenhower
Abilene
Baldwin
Wellsville
Marion Springs
Vinland
Chamber OF Commerce
Eisenhower Library Complex Closes Doors
Abilene Kansas AP The doors of the Dwight D Eisenhower Library museum chapel and boyhood home are locked after the president's death in Washington The complex remains shut until after the funeral Wednesday The site features the chapel crypt where Dwight D Eisenhower daughter and museum halls display documents and artifacts from his life.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Abilene
Dwight Doud Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Kan
Washington
Daughters of the American Revolution
Snow remains in Lawrence forecast through weekend
The weather bureau extended its snow forecast for the Lawrence area through the weekend. Snow chances rise from five percent this afternoon to ten percent tonight and Sunday with little to no accumulation expected. A trace fell Friday afternoon as the official high reached 48 degrees and the low dropped to 17.
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The
Weather Bureau
Lawrence
Kansas Legislators Split Over Sales Tax Bill
Kansas House members debate a bill to raise the state sales tax by one cent while a five percent lid on local property tax increases would apply for two years. Senator Reynolds Shultz says the measure is fair and would send about 46 million dollars to local governments, including 894,666 dollars to Douglas County and Lawrence.
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Kansas House of Representatives
Morris Kay
Lawrence
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Virginia Inn
Kay
Kansas
Senate
House
John Vogel
Vogel
Robert Docking
GOP
Reynolds Shultz
Sen. Shultz
Douglas County
Army Reserve unit to lead Eisenhower cortege at Abilene
An Army Reserve unit based in Great Bend with crews from 28 Kansas towns will represent all reserves in the Eisenhower funeral procession at Abilene. The unit's selection was announced as the preparation for the former president's tribute moved forward.
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Great Bend
Kan
Kansas
Army
Eisenhower
Abilene
Lawrence Voters Head to Polls for City Commission and School Board
Lawrence residents will vote next Tuesday to elect three city commissioners and three Unified District 497 school board members. polling hours are 7 am to 7 pm. School board candidates include Dr Helen Gilles Bob Gerard Larry Hatfield Dr W F Bradley Mrs Louise Lane Emil Heck Jr. City Commission candidates are P Everett Sperry Bob Pulliam Jesse Milan Dr Robert Hughes Fred Cooper James W Black.
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Lawrence City Commission
Lawrence
Unified District 497
Helen Gilles
Iowa St
Bob J. Gerard
Manchester Rd
Penny Ready Mix
Larry Hatfield
21St St
W. F. Bradley
Rt. 2
Louise C. Lane
Ala. Sr
Emil Heck Jr
RL 3
Farmer and Stockman
Samaritan Lodge
Bob Pulliam
Tenn, St
Terrill’s Department Store
City Planning Commission
Jesse Milan
Ala. St
Robert Hughes
Wellington Rd
Fred Cooper
W. 20Th St.Ter
James W. Black
Princeton Rd
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U.N. Security Council
Israel
Jordan
Middle East
Kansas State Society of Wash
Ington
Robert F. Ellsworth
Garner Shriver
R-Kan
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South Vietnam
P. Everett Sperry
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