U S Says Comm battalion destroyed in Viet Nam fighting
U S command reports heavy losses among Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces in central Viet Nam during two days of combat near Bong Son. Officials say 416 enemy dead, 40 captured, 515 suspects taken, with 12 U.S. air sorties and light allied casualties. Prime Minister Ky vows to stay.
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U.S
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Viet Nam
Bong Son
South China Sea
1St Cavalry
Nguyen Cao Ky
U.S. Air Force
Bao Giang
Hanoi
China
Air Force
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
Senator Dodd Sues Pearson and Anderson Over Libel Charge
Sen. Thomas J. Dodd files a 5 million dollar conspiracy and libel suit against columnists Drew Pearson and Jack Anderson in U S District Court. The suit accuses them of portraying him as corrupt and tied to foreign interests and bribes. It seeks records via the Senate Ethics Committee probe and questions Dodd’s tax returns and campaign funds injections.
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Washington
Thomas J. Dodd
Drew Pearson
Jack Anderson
U.S. District Court
Dodd
Connecticut Democrat
West Germany
Chicago
Julius Klein
Senate
Klein
Senate Select Committee On Standards and Conduct
Senate Ethics Committee
Pearson
Johnson
Hubert H. Humphrey
Internal Revenue Service
Pearson and
Anderson
Units May Move Out From France Soon
Authoritative sources say ranking officials believe U S forces should be removed from France as soon as possible though no decision has been made.
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Washington
U.S
France
Army Jeep Junked For Minor Ailments
Senate investigator Joseph Lippman testified that the Army junked a 1952 Jeep repairable for about 4.47 dollars despite a Jeep shortage in South Vietnam. He said hundreds of used- equipment are discarded in Asia while needs remain unmet and Marines seek the gear.
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Washington
Senate
Viet Nam
Joseph Lippman
Agency For International Development
Lippman
Defense Department
Asia
Army
Pentagon
Subcommittee
Ernest Gruening
Alaska
Gruening
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Kansas University Varsity Band To Play First Annual Concert
The Kansas University Varsity Band presents its inaugural concert at 3 30 p m Sunday in University Theatre directed by associate professor Kenneth Bloomquist. The 65 member band performs about an hour of music by Clifton Williams Wagner Rimsky Korsakov and Don Gillis with free admission for the public.
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Kansas University
Kenneth Bloomquist
Clifton Williams
Wagner
Rimsky-Korsakov
Don Gillis
Woman Says Servicemen In Viet Nam Too Busy to Sin
American visitor Mary Pillsbury Lord reports U S troops in Viet Nam are occupied with humanitarian work in orphanages and rehabilitation centers. She disputes Senator Fulbright's claim that Saigon is an American brothel and urges him to visit the region to observe GI activity firsthand.
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Viet Nam
Washington
U.S
Saigon
Mary Pillsbury Lord
Fulbright
Viet Cong Strength Grows to Regular-Army Levels
In Saigon, authorities note Viet Cong forces shifting from guerrilla bands to a more regular army structure. Sixty base areas train and supply insurgents while 120 mm Soviet design mortars, mostly made in China, enter regiments. Despite shortages, bases continue large scale training and aid.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
China
U.S
Now Open on Sunday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Hillcrest Drug
Local ad notes Hillcrest Drug is now open Sundays from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. for weekend shoppers and convenience.
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Hillcrest Drug
China urges world to crush U S Soviet plot
In Tokyo AP reporting, Teng Hsiao ping of the Chinese Communist Party calls for a united front of revolutionary peoples to isolate the United States and Soviet Union. He says the Soviet group cannot be part of the front and urges a fight to the finish against Soviet leadership.
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Tokyo
Teng Hsiao-peng
Chinese Communist Party
China
Albania
Teng
Shanghai
Mehmet Shehu
Chou En-lai
New China
U.S
Communist Party of the
Soviet Union
Viet Nam
United States
Hysni Kapo
Communist Party
Thieves Loot Maine Police Chief Barn
Police Chief Lester Dobbins found his barn burglarized with six chairs a wood ice chest and tools stolen. The incident occurred in Sabattus Maine as investigators reviewed the break in.
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Sabattus
Maine
Lester Dobbins
KU Graduation Reservations Rapidly Climbing
KU Alumni Association reports about 300 reservations for the all University centennial program on June 4 in the Kansas Union Ballroom. A second 4:30 p.m. June 5 commencement dinner in the same hall will feature Chancellor Wescoe and his State of the University address. An estimated 3,000 attendees are expected for class reunions June 4 to 6 with many staying in campus residence halls.
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Kansas University
Dick Wintermote
KU Alumni Association
Wintermote
Kansas Union
Union
W. Clarke Wescoe
Wintermore
Gertrude Sellards Pearson
McCollum
Gertrude Sel
Miss Lawrence KU 1966 crowned at Central Junior High
Kansas University sophomore Jan Monsees of Leawood won Miss Lawrence KU 1966 at a Friday pageant attended by about 225 at Central Junior High School. Liz Harris and Nancy Miller were first and second runners-up. Harriet Smith won Miss Congeniality representing Haskell Institute.
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Jan Monsees
Center
Lawrence KU
Central Junior High Auditorium
Kansas University
Leawood
Liz Harris
Lawrence-Ku
Central Junior High School
Lawrence
Jack Harris
Nancy Miller
Topeka
Harriet Smith
Haskell Indian Institute
Miss Monsees
Melford Monsees
Omio Babino Caro
Puccini
Daddy
Hallmark Cards
Kansas City
Miss Harris
Blevins Honda
Miss Miller
Douglas County State Bank
Miss Smith
Montgomery Ward
Judy Howell
Kathy Melcher
Jo Anne Johnsmeyer
Dee Dee Davis
Roxanne Griesel
Shirley Williams
Jayne Simon
Unseasonable Warmth Persists in Lawrence Area
Unseasonably warm temperatures lingered across Kansas with downtown Lawrence hitting 90 Friday while KU station logged 89 matching a 1955 date record. Forecasters expect moderation Sunday with cooler air bringing a high near 80 and only a slight chance of northeast tonight showers. Low tonight mid-50s.
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Kansas
Weather Bureau
Lawrence
Kansas University Weather Station
Commencement Reunion Events Planned for KU Classes
Mrs. Lucile Ellsworth will chair the committee planning commencement period reunion events for KU classes 1917 to 1923. The 1921 group marks its 45th anniversary with an all-university centennial program and dinner at 6 p.m. June 4 in the Kansas Union Ballroom, an after-dinner party at the Hawk's Nest, and a June 5 luncheon at 11:30 a.m. in Ellsworth Hall dining room with speaker Keith Lawton.
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Lucile Ellsworth
W. 20Th St. Terr
Kansas University
Kansas Union
Hawk’s Nest of the Union
Ellsworth Hall
Keith Lawton
Six Successor Named to Area Six in Douglas County
Dan L. Pherigo a 1954 Kansas State University graduate named as Douglas County Agriculture Agent effective November 1 by the Douglas County Extension Council Executive Board. He succeeds Deal Six who retires July 1 after 31 years in the job. Six, a 34 year old Cottonwood Falls native, is married with three daughters aged 10 8 and 6.
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Dan L. Pherigo
Kansas State University
Douglas County
Douglas County Extension Council
Pherigo
Deal Six
Six
Oklahoma State University
Air Force
Butler
Butler County
Cottonwood Falls
Cuban Aid for Wives Eases Household Chores Promise
The Cuban government pledges to spare wives from cooking by asking them to pick coffee beans and cut sugar cane instead, announced in Miami Florida. The move aims to shift domestic duties to women as part of labor assignments during the ongoing policy.
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Miami, Fla
Northeast Kansas Weather Report
Clear to partly cloudy for tonight and Sunday as temperatures ease. Lows near mid-50s tonight with highs around 80 on Sunday. Readings show daily peaks and lows, with sunrise at 6:41 a.m. and sunset at 7:20 p.m.
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Prober
Mrs. Lord
United Nations
V.C
International Front
Journal- World Photo
Monsees
Woods Lumber Co
Parmelee Bates
New York City
South Park Recreation Center
Bill McCauley
Countryside Lane
Jimmie Brooks
Park
Pat Read
Tenn. St
Journal-World Photo
Sat
Sun
Hillcrest Sowll
aAdv
Russell Stover
Key Rexall
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