Heavy Fighting Flares in Viet Nam Front Near Bac Lieu
Heavy contact with a Viet Cong battalion erupted near Bac Lieu as 16 South Vietnamese soldiers and one American were wounded. Viet Cong casualties were reported as 16 killed with 10 weapons captured. Air strikes neutralized Viet Cong positions after a brief setback for government forces.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Mekong River
Bac Lieu
Thu Duc
Bien Hoa
U.S
da Nang Air Base
Highlands
North
Viet Nam
Sed
Song Be
S. Army
le “My
da Nang
le My
Ran
U. S
Washington
Sara Vepalsi Radhakrishnan
Lindsay Announces Run for New York City Mayor Nomination
Rep. John V. Lindsay of Manhattan, a Republican, declared his bid for the New York mayoralty to challenge incumbent Democrat Robert F. Wagner. With party leaders backing him, Lindsay appears assured of the GOP nomination amid Johnson’s nationwide victory.
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New York
John V. Lindsay
Manhattan
Johnson
New York City
Robert F. Wagner
Lindsay
Eudora Votes on 175000 Elementary Bond Issue
Eudora voters will decide a 175000 bond to build a new grades one through three facility at 13th and Church Streets. If approved, construction could start next fall with occupancy in 1966. minor mill-rate impact expected as current bonds retire.
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Eudora
13Th
Church Sts
Kansas
Leo Lauber
Lauber
Johnson urges Western unity for Southeast Asia development
President Johnson calls on industrialized nations including the Soviet Union to join in a large cooperative development effort for Southeast Asia. He notes over $2 billion in U S aid to South Vietnam since 1954 and promises increased assistance despite Communist attacks on aid programs and personnel.
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Soviet Union
Southeast Asia
Johnson
United States
South Viet Nam
Wiley Elected Leader of Douglas County Association for Retarded Children
Mrs Lyman Wiley was elected president at the Douglas County Association for Retarded Children meeting held at the Bess Stone Activity Center. Officers slated for July 1 include Mrs Robert McCabrin first vice president Keith Colman second vice president Mrs G K Whitenight secretary and Mrs Laurence Rice treasurer. Board members listed are Dr Branson Mrs Fred Black Richard A Brown Mrs John Glinka and Archie Welch.
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Lyman Wiley
Cambridge Rd
Douglas County Association For
Bess Stone
Ohio St
Wiley
Vernon Branson
Broadview
Robert McCabrin
Edgelea
Keith Colman
Eudora
G. K. Whitenight
Miss. St
Kansas Colleges Sign Non-discrimination Pledge
Thirty nine Kansas colleges and universities signed non-discrimination pledges guaranteeing no racial discrimination in use of federal funds. Harry Levinson, chair of the Kansas advisory committee to the U.S. Civil Rights Commission, announced the signings on Wednesday.
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Topeka
Kansas
Harry Levinson
U.S. Commission On Civil Rights
Meeker Restores Old Cars For Mom And Future Plans
KU student Meeker works on a 1925 Model T sedan and a 1931 Ford sports coupe to aid his mother’s grocery trips. He aims to enter Law School after earning an engineering degree and becomes a patent lawyer while pursuing the old car craze. He seeks a luggage rack for loading during moves and contemplates trading luggage space for passengers, hoping they are girls.
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Meeker
Garden City
Senate Rejects Carb on Vote Registrars Amendment
The Senate voted 66 to 19 against an amendment by Senator Sparkman to have federal registrars in Southern states enroll voters per state law. Southern opponents condemned the literacy test suspension as unconstitutional, while Hart noted the bill preserves age and residence requirements not conflicting with the 15th Amendment.
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Washington
Senate
John Sparkman
D-Ala
Sparkman
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Lawrence Vehicle Safety Day On May 22 In City
Lawrence Mayor Ernest Pulli am proclaims May 22 Vehicle Safety Check Day with free voluntary inspections between North and South Park streets on Massachusetts. The program offers wind shield stickers for passing vehicles and checks brakes lights signals steering tires exhaust glass wipers mirrors and horn. Ron Peters chairs the project joined by Austin Gay Frank Day and Norman Leary. Also at Lawrence High School the theater group presents Gold in the Hills or The Dead Sister's Secret at 8 p m Friday and Saturday directed by Millard Denny in the LHS auditorium with over 49 students in the cast and more than 55 people involved in the production.
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Lawrence Jaycees
North
South Park Streets
Massachusetts
Lawrence
Ernest Pulliam
Ron Peters
Austin Gay
Frank Day
Norman Leary
Lawrence High School
Hills
Millard Denny
LHS
West Germany and Israel Establish Diplomatic Ties
West Germany announced the establishment of diplomatic relations with Israel. The move, made public by chief government spokesman Karl Guenther von Hase, became effective Wednesday, prompting Syria Saudi Arabia and Iraq to break off relations with West Germany in retaliation.
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Bonn
Germany
West Germany
Israel
Karl Guenther von Hase
Syria
Saudi Arabia
Iraq
Broncos Plan More Seats Denver
AP reports Denver Broncos president Gerald H. Phipps proposes a 50 000 seat stadium by enlarging Bears Stadium where Bronco home games are played. Current seating exceeds 34 000.
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Denver
Gerald H. Phipps
Denver Broncos
Bears
Bronco
Many Kansas Districts Appeal Budget Limits
Adel F. Throckmorton state superintendent said more than 100 Kansas school districts have appealed 1966 budget limits under the 1965 school foundation finance law. He expects about 100 more to follow. Appeals will be heard by Throckmorton Budget Director James Bibb and Controller Roy Shapiro.
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Topeka
Adel F. Throckmorton
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Kansas
School Foundation
Throckmorton
James Bibb
Roy Shapiro
Avery Urges Cautious Charter Policy For Banks
Gov William Avery told Kansas Bankers Association in Kansas City Kansas that the state should curb excessive bank charters. He cited 595 banks today versus 1102 in 1928 and warned against a closed banking system while arguing for healthy competition and higher capital needs for rural and urban loans.
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William Avery
Kansas State Bankers Association
Kansas City
Kan
Avery
Kansas
Gov
Journal-World Editor Re-Elected MRI Trustee
Dolph Simons, editor and president of the Journal-World, is one of three Kansans re elected today as a trustee of the Midwest Research Institute. Harry Darby and William Muchnic also were re elected, with Mrs Kenneth Spencer as the sole new Kansan trustee. Dr Charles Kimball is MRI president with about 80 trustees at the Kansas City meeting.
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Dolph Simons
Journal-World
Midwest Research Institute
MRI
Harry Darby
Kansas City
Darby Corp
William Muchnic
Atchison
the Valley Co., Inc
Kenneth Spencer
Shawnee Mission
Kansas
Independent Research Organization
Charles Kimball
Package kills a girl in Gilbert Islands drop
A 10 year old girl was killed when a package dropped from a plane struck her at Butaritari near Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands. The plane was delivering supplies to American personnel conducting a geodetic survey of island groups.
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Sava
Fiji
Butaritari
Tarawa
Gilbert Islands
Little Frame House Preserves Lyndon Johnson Memories
The Johnson family restored the boyhood home of Lyndon Baines Johnson in Texas into a public historic site. It houses family memorabilia, photographs, and letters, and is operated by the Johnson Family Foundation. The site showcases his early life from 1913 to 1926 with period furnishings and a front parlor preserved as in the Victorian era.
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Johnson City
Tex
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Rebekah Baines Johnson
Lyndon
United States
Johnson
Lady Bird
Lucia Johnson Alexander
The
Texas Historical Society
Texas
Johnsons
Johnson Family Foundation
Sam Ealy Johnson
Rebekah Baines
Congress
Southwest Texas State Teachers College
Kittie Clyde Leonard
Opera House
Tts
Reed quits Waddell and Reed after 25 years as president
Cameron K. Reed, long time Kansas City securities salesman and president, resigns from Waddell & Reed after 25 years. He sold his 48 850 shares valued around 2 million dollars to the DuPont family and associates in Wilmington Del. Joe Jack Merriman 38 becomes president and William A. Armstrong joins the board as director, with Waddell & Reed distributing United Funds, a major mutual investing company.
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Kansas City
Cameron K. Reed
Waddell & Reed
Chauncey L. Waddell
New York
Reed
duPont Family and Associates
Wilmington
Del
Joe Jack Merriman
William A. Armstrong
United Funds
CJHS Spring Choral Concert Tonight at 7 30
Central Junior High School presents its annual spring choral concert at 7 30 in the CJHS auditorium. About 250 students sing in the combined eighth and ninth grade choruses and the concert choir under director Mrs Sheila Brown with Cary Hack on piano. Soloists include Marsha Beers John DeWeese Gay Luck Neal Pease Jane Phelps Bob Spencer and Ted Talman.
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Central Junior High School
CJHS
Sheila Brown
Cary Hack
Marsha Beers
John DeWeese
Gay Luck
Neal Pease
Jane Phelps
Bob Spencer
Ted Talman
Plautsch
Rodgera and
Hammerstein
Lateren Woodchuck
Madrigals
Kansas City Delayed Highways Spur Mayor Demand
Kansas City mayor Ilus W. Davis charged Missouri has denied the city its share of modern highways and urged a dual-lane expressway to Clinton, Springfield, and the Ozark lakes region. He cited limited routes from Kansas City to Ottawa, Wichita, Oklahoma City, St. Joseph, and Excelsior Springs, warning against loss of tourism and business.
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Kansas City
Ilus W. Davis
Missouri
Clinton
Springfield
Ozark Lakes Country
Kan
Ottawa
Wichita
Oklahoma City
Colorado Line
St. Joseph
Excelsior Springs
State
Des Moines
Jefferson City
Joplin
Card of Thanks for Henry Leslie Perry
The family expresses gratitude to friends for prayers kindness gifts flowers food cards calls and visits in memory of Henry Leslie Perry Ks.
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Henry Leslie Perry
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