Rebels Warned By Junta Head About Attacks
In Santo Domingo the junta warned rebel holdouts they will be bombed again if needed. Gen Francisco J Rivera Caminero said he ordered Thursday strafing of the rebel radio station after rebels violated a cease fire by broadcasting propaganda and attacking a junta transport center.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Francisco J. Rivera Caminero
Armed Forces
Associated Press
Rivera Caminero
Junta
United States
Elias Wessin Y Wessin
San Isidro Air Base
U.S
Organization of American States
Hector Aristy
OAS
United Nations
Marine Killed In Viet Fight Near Da Nang
Viet Cong ambushed two Marine reconnaissance patrols eight miles from Le My, triggering an hour long firefight that left one Marine dead and six or seven wounded. Jets and helicopters supported the patrols as an Army helicopter ferried wounded to Da Nang. | Note: names Cpl Terry Cochran and Gary Thomas cited among the injured.
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DA Nang
South Viet Nam
U.S
Ca de River
le My
da ‘Nang
Terry Cochran
Houston
Tex
Gary Thomas
Gadsden
Ala
Burcham to Accompany Kansas Group on Tour
Lawrence National Bank president Riley Burcham will be one of 50 Kansas businessmen joining Gov. William H. Avery and the Kansas Economic Development Commission on a tour to Houston and New Orleans next Wednesday and Thursday. The trip aims to acquaint officials with Kansas agriculture and manufactured exports and to help Kansans become better acquainted with the two ports.
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Riley Burcham
Lawrence National Bank
Kansas
William H. Avery
Kansas Economic Development ‘Commission
Houston
Tex
New Orleans
Educators Gather for Kansas Credit Transfer Conference
About 50 educators from Kansas junior and senior colleges attend a statewide conference at the Kansas University Union on guidelines for the transfer of credit. The meeting is part of a nationwide effort addressing credit problems from increasing student mobility among colleges.
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Kansas
Kansas University Union
Melodrama to Open at Lawrence High Tonight
The Lawrence High School theater group presents Gold in the Hills The Dead Sister's Secret at 8 p.m. in the LHS Auditorium under Millard Denny. A cast of over 40 students performs the first of two shows with a second performance set for Saturday.
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Hills
Moderate KU CRC leader vows harmony with university and community
Sims Stokes, KU junior and new KU Civil Rights Council president, promotes a moderate CRC agenda. He cites cooperation from the university and aims to show CRC is not radical, praising Wescoe's Human Relations Committee as negotiations continue. New officers include Mike Jamison, Elene Beth Cox, and Margaret Hughes.
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Sims Stokes
Mobile. Ala
Kansas University
KU Civil Rights Council
Stokes
People of Law
Rence
CRC
University
State of Kansas
W. Clarke Wescoe
Industrial Production Gains Slow in April Report
The Federal Reserve said April industrial production rose to 140.8 from 140.5, a record level but below recent monthly averages. Output was 40.8 percent above the 1957-59 average, with a typical monthly gain of over one point since October and a March rise of 1.3 points.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve
New Manager Named for J. C. Penney Store
George Hess formerly of Salt Lake City Utah is named the new manager of the J C Penney Store here. A Pueblo Colorado native he graduated from Denver University in 1950 and has worked for Penney since then. Hess and his wife Dorothy have four children George 11 Sandra 9 Brett 7 and Gordon 5. The Hess family will move to Lawrence at the end of the current school term.
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George Hess
Salt Lake City
Utah
J. C. Penney
Pueblo
Colo
Hess
Denver University
Penney Organization
Dorothy
George
Sandra
Brett
Gordon
Lawrence
Kansas Woman Named Pittsburg State Dean
Mary Frances Watson assistant dean of women at the University of Kansas was named dean of women at Pittsburg State College. Dr. Leonard H. Axe president announced the appointment on Friday. She succeeds Mrs. Alice Sprinkle Baker who resigned before her recent marriage and will begin her new duties in June.
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Pittsburg
Mwan
Mary Frances Watson
University of Kansas
Pittsburg State College
Leonard H. Axe
Pittsburg State
Alice Sprinkle Baker
Miss Watson
Drought Disaster Declared for 25 Western Kansas Counties
Gov William H Avery recommends a drought disaster area covering 25 western Kansas counties. The plan allows grazing on soil bank land in June and July with a $1 per acre deduction from soil bank payments. Relief options include CCC feed grain purchases and subsidized hay for cattle owners.
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Topeka
William H. Avery
Kansas
Kansas State Disaster Committee
Avery
Orville Freeman
Sheridan
Finney
Decatur
Lane
Gove
Gray
Meade
Hamilton
Seward
Greeley
Morton
Stevens
Stanton
Kearn
Scott
Wichita
Logan
Wallace
Thomas
Sherman
Rawlins
Cheyenne
Haskell
Grant
Commodity Credit Corp
Senate Rejects Literacy Test Amendment in Voting Bill
The Senate 53 14 rejected an amendment allowing Southern states to require voters to read and write under the Negro voting rights bill. Senator Sam J. Ervin urged it would aid constitutional government. The bill would register voters in Alabama Georgia Louisiana Mississippi South Carolina parts of North Carolina and Virginia regardless of literacy tests and authorize federal examiners for registration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Sam J. Ervin
D-N.c
Aubama
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
South Carolina
North Carolina
Virginia
KU Band Plans Concert This Sunday Afternoon
The Kansas University Concert Band will present its annual spring concert at 3 30 p m Sunday in University Theatre. The public may attend without charge. Selections include Symhny for Band by Robert Jager Variations on a Theme by Haydn Brahms Capriccio Italien Morceau Symphonique Guilmant William Byrd Suite Jacob and Finale from Symphony No 4 Tschaikowsky.
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Kansas University
University Theatre
Robert Jager
Haydn
Johannes Brahms
Peter Tschaikowsky
Morceau
Alexandre Guilmant
William Byrd
Gordon Jacob
Vina Concert by Indian Visitor at Kansas Union Forum Room
S Ramanathan of India, visiting professor at Wesleyan University, will present a vina concert at 6 45 p m Saturday in the Forum Room of the Kansas Union. Sponsored by the Kansas University India Club, the event follows his UN Human Rights Committee appearance. He will stay with N Anthantharanayan and spouse at 1946 La St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Ramanathan
India
Wesleyan University
Middletown
Memorial Day Observed on May 31
Memorial Day falls on Sunday May 30 this year so most Americans will have the holiday on Monday May 31. The Post Office Department says there will be no mail deliveries that day and government offices will be closed.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Engineers Gather at KU Structural Conference in Kansas Union
About 100 engineers attended a Kansas Union conference on structural engineering. Speakers included Edwin J. Runyan of Burns and McDonnell in Kansas City and Ivan Viest, engineer for Bethlehem Steel, with sponsorship by Kansas University Civil Engineering and Mechanics and Aerospace Engineering Departments.
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Kansas Union
Kansas University Civil Engineering and Mechanics
Edwin J. Runyan
Burns and MacDonell
San Kansas City
Ivan Viest
Bethlehem Steel
KU Play Continues The Play's the Thing at Murphy Hall
Kansas University Experimental Theatre presents The Play's the Thing with an 8 20 tonight showing in Murphy Hall. Additional performances run 8 30 p m Saturday and next Tuesday through Saturday.
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Kansas University Experimental Theatre
Murphy Hall
Bomb scare shadows Indiana school showdown
In South Bend Indiana police searched the home of School Superintendent Jardine after an anonymous call threatened to blow up the house if he fired the 360 striking teachers. No explosion found. The teachers vote to continue boycott over negotiating rights.
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South Bend, Ind
Alex Jardine
Jardine
American Federation of Teachers
Afl-Cio
George T. Bull
Teachers Union Local
Federation
Viet Cong Defeated in Bac Lieu Engagement
Government forces, after trapping five Viet Cong companies, reported 215 Viet Cong killed near Bac Lieu in the Mekong Delta. Two U.S. Marine patrols were attacked west of Da Nang, with one Marine killed and six or seven wounded. U.S. planes struck targets in South Viet Nam while North Viet Nam saw no strikes.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Bac Lieu
Mekong River
Dalta
da Nang Air Base
U.S
Oriskany
North Viet Nam
Philip Stevens
McLean
Open House at Church of Christ Sunday
An open house at the Church of Christ will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday. The new facility is located at 25th and Mo. Sts.
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Church of Christ
25Th and
Mo. Sts
Pioneers Trek North From Texas Toward Canada
A small group of five adults and eight children journey from Olney Texas toward McBride British Columbia seeking a better life in Canada. Wagon master Don Cunningham leads two homemade wagons with horses goats and dogs past Kansas towns amid friction with juvenile officers over schooling and local tensions.
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Dodge City
Kan
United States
Canada
Don Cunningham
Cunningham
Olney
Tex
Cordell
Okla
C.L. Freeman
Iowa Park
Lone Wolf
Norman Dougherty
McBride
B.C
Two Young Men Face Break-Enter Charges
Veeder Van Dorn aged 18 from Denver Colorado and Brian Harold Collins aged 20 from Beloit were arrested in the 600 block on Indiana Street for unlawful breaking into Peterson Liquor Store at 910 N. 2nd St. They broke a south side window to enter and allegedly took two half gallon bottles of liquor. They are to appear in County Court this afternoon. Five other persons with them were released after questioning. The pair were in Lawrence to perform with a musical group.
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Indiana Street
Peterson
N. 2Nd St
Veeder van Dorn
Denver
Colo
Brian Harold Collins
Beloit
Lawrence
Melson Sentenced For Auto Action
James Melson, 22, of 422 Hl. St., was sentenced in Federal District Court to three years in the penitentiary for driving a stolen car across state lines. He had been jailed since Aug. 27 on a kidnapping and forcible rape charge in Douglas County and was released to federal officers with a county detainer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Melson
Hl. St
Melson
Douglas County
Ralph King
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
King
Kosygin rules out nuclear war amid tensions
Premier Alexei Kosygin told Indian journalists that despite world tensions he did not expect a nuclear war, commenting on China's recent nuclear test and the situation in Viet Nam.
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Moscow
Alexei N. Kosygin
Viet Nam
City Track Meet Set on Saturday
Lawrence hosts a Junior Olympics qualifying meet for boys and girls ages 8 to 15 at Lawrence High School track starting 8 30 am Saturday. Winners in most events advance to the state meet at Kansas University stadium May 28 29. Girls compete May 28 with boys the following day.
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Lawrence
Lawrence High School
Kansas University Stadium
Lawrence summer reading program enrollment tops 290
Nearly 300 Lawrence elementary pupils enrolled in the summer reading program directed by Helen Shaw. A total of 292 signed up for sessions from June 7 to July 16 at Centennial New York East Heights Pinckney and Wood lawn schools. Letters will inform parents of each child’s school and time. Classes run 8 30 to 9 45 and 10 to 11 15 a.m. Also boys aged 15 to 17 aiming to join the C C Carl baseball league must file a registration card at the Recreation Commission office by 5 p.m. Tuesday, per Wayne Bly.
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Lawrence
Helen Shaw
Centennial
New York
East Heights
Pinckney
Woodlawn
C. C. Carl Baseball League
Recreation Commission
Wayne Bly
Commission
Nesmith Named State Coordinator for Poverty Programs
Gov. Avery appointed Ole Nesmith of Leawood as state coordinator for federal Economic Opportunity programs. Five projects exist in Kansas with two in Kansas City area two in Wichita and one in Topeka. Norton Reservoir area proposed. Federal 90 percent funding. state 10 percent. Nesmith will run office in the statehouse.
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Topeka
Ole Nesmith
Leawood
William H. Avery
Kansas City
Wichita
Norton Reservoir
Avery
Agriculture, Interior and Health
Education
Welfare
Credit Card Binge Ends For a Girl
Ann Ayleen Foley spent about 1500 dollars in a month using a free bank credit card and rented a convertible after a Disneyland visit. The Bank of America selected the Watertown South Carolina secretary for an experiment to test credit card versatility.
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San Francisco
Ann Ayleen Foley
Disneyland
Ann Ayleen
Sacramento
Fresno
Los Angeles
Santa Barbara
Monterey
Calif
Watertown
S. C
Bank of America
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Ruaisey Funeral Home
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