Peace Talks Stall as Santo Domingo Battles Rage On
Heavy gunfire and explosions shook Santo Domingo as the Dominican civil conflict escalated. Rebels and the junta clashed for days with U.S. troops in the city, while a U.N. delegation prepared to assess the situation and seek a ceasefire. A rebel radio station was knocked off air amid the fighting.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Ozama_ River
U.S
82Nd Airborne Division
United Nations
U.N. Secretariat
New York
Security Council
Indarjit Rikhye
U.N
U Thant
Antonio Imbert
Weekend Weather Outlook for Lawrence Clouds Suppress Rain
Partly cloudy skies are forecast in Lawrence this weekend with no significant moisture expected. Winds 25 to 35 mph today veer northwest and diminish tonight, with cooler temperatures tonight and Sunday. Highs near 80 today, mid 40s tonight, and 60s Sunday.
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Lawrence
U. S. Weather Bureau
Topeka
Kansas University
Breakthrough Hopes Dim for Asian War
In Vienna the Big Four foreign ministers meet on Viet Nam peace prospects but Western officials report Gromyko unattracted to talks at this stage. Rusk and Stewart hope privately to press Soviet openness. Couve de Murville agrees. Only Quaison-Lackey speaks optimistically about an early UN financial compromise.
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Vienna
Dean Rusk
Michael Stewart
Andrei Gromyko
Red China
North Viet Nam
Gromyko
Soviet Union
Maurice Couve de Murville
Rusk
Alex Quaison-Lackey
United Nations General Assembly
United Nations
Landslide Buries Dozens at Zugspitze Ski Area
A massive snowslide on Mt Zugspitze in Garmisch Partenkirchen buries a hotel and ski area. Police report over 50 feared dead with up to 80 possible. hundreds searchers, of whom four bodies were recovered in the first hours. West German army helicopters assist with rescuers and dogs.
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Garmisch- Partenkirchen
Germany
Mt. Zug- Spitze
Schneefernerhaus
Zugspitze
Zugspitzplatz
First Trial Near For Sit-In Group
The first District Court trial for participants in the March 8 Kansas University sit-in is set for 9 a.m. Monday. Defendants Elbert Jean Rinkel Scott City Pamela C Smith Kansas City Kan and Walter Scott Egoya Ngara Tanganyika appear among 110 arrested. Eighteen are slated for District Court while 92 face County Court. County Court trials delayed to June 14 per defense request.
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Kansas University
Elbert Jean Rinkel
Scott City
Pamela C. Smith
Kansas City
Kan
Walter Scott Egoya
Ngara
Tanganyika
Lawrence officials head to D.C. for federal budget hearings
A delegation from Lawrence will depart Sunday for Washington to seek approval of 13 million dollars in extra funds for Perry Reservoir 1.325 million for Clinton Reservoir and 1.5 million to start levee work on the Kaw River. Attending are Mayor Ernest Pulliam City Commissioners John Emick Mike Getto Richard Raney City Manager Ray Wells Assistant City Attorney Jack Brand and Emil Heck of the Douglas County Raw Drainage Board. They plan to return Tuesday but a quorum shortage may halt Tuesday's council session.
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Perry
Clinton
Kaw River
Lawrence
Ernest Pulliam
John Emick
Mike Getto
Richard Raney
Ray Wells
Jack Brand
Emil Heck
Douglas County Raw Drainage Board
City Commission
Big City Dog Show Sets Entry Record
The 10th annual Lawrence Jayhawk Kennel Club Dog Show opens at Douglas County 4-H Fairgrounds with 756 entries, the largest turnout since the event began in the Community Building. Officials include Robert Laushman president Virgil Cooper secretary Louise Harrison vice president Ruth Blossom treasurer Ray Stancliff show secretary and Bill Webster chief ring steward. An estimated 1,500 to 2,000 spectators are expected for the one day affair.
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Lawrence Jayhawk Kennel Club
Douglas County
Fairgrounds
Lawrence
Robert Laushman
Kennel Club
Virgil Cooper
Louise Harrison
Private club rules hearings set for Topeka and Wichita
The state Alcoholic Beverage Control Office plans public hearings on proposed rules to implement the 1965 private club law. Director J. R. Cheney said hearings will be in Topeka on May 21 and Wichita on May 27. Open Bowling Saturday and Sunday at Hillcrest Bowl.
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Topeka
State Alcoholic Beverage Control Office
J. R. Cheney
Wichita
North Viet Nam Rejects Indian Cease Fire Plan
North Viet Nam rejected an Indian proposal for a nationwide cease fire and peacekeeping force, calling it an offense to Viet Namese people and criticizing Indian authorities. China also dismissed the plan as preposterous. US aircraft conducted 150 sorties in South Viet Nam as air strikes north of the 17th Parallel paused. Soviet leader Kosygin urged nonaligned nations to condemn US actions in Viet Nam and the Dominican Republic at a Kremlin rally for Shastri.
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South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Viet Nam
U.S
Edward C. Outlaw
7Th Fleet
17Th Parallel
Song Be
Moscow
Alexei N. Kosygin
India
Dominican Republic
United States
Kosygin
Johnson pledges U S aid for Dominican Republic
President Johnson said the United States will provide all available assistance toward rapid economic development in the Dominican Republic. He urged that the OAS mission in the country find a solution ensuring a democratic constitution and national unity.
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Washington
Johnson
Dominican Republic
United States
OAS
Organization of ‘American States
Heritage tracing in Lawrence: a stranger's tough visit
A new Lawrence resident describes the city’s fading historic sites and the Chamber of Commerce’s scant help for tourists. He notes streets and buildings changing, a lack of organized visitor information, and the need to develop a tourist-friendly history program.
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Bob Tenry
Kansas University
The
Journal-World
Lawrence
Kansas
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Three Hurt in Freak Jefferson County Car Crash
A three vehicle crash eight miles north of Lawrence on Wellman Road left one person hospitalized and two others injured. Victims were Jerry Garrett 17 Alice Clem 20 and Ted Grady 18. A second incident involved a cow strike on Highway 40 near Lawrence with minor injuries to Victor Allen 19 and Dianne Desmond 19.
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Lawrence
Wellman Road
Jefferson County
Jerry Garrett
Route 2
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Alice Clem
Lancaster
Ted Grady
Vinland
Douglas County
Garrett, Grady
Erick Smith
Ala
Victor J. Allen
Topeka
Highway 40
M. L. Coleman
Route 1
Allen
William E. Look
Olathe
Dianne Desmond
Eudora Bond Election Sees Brisk Morning Turnout
More than 110 voters had cast ballots by 11 a.m. in a $175,000 grade school bond election at Eudora City Hall. If approved, 15-year bonds fund a new grade school for grades 1-3 and kindergarten at 14th and Church Streets to ease crowding.
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Eudora
Leo Lauber
Lauber
Nuclear Weapon Test Reported for Nevada
The U.S. Atomic Energy Commission announced another nuclear weapons test explosion at its underground Nevada site. It was the 11th test this year and occurred the same day as China reported its second atmospheric blast. The detonation was described as low intermediate yield, equivalent to 20 000 to 200 000 tons of conventional explosives.
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Washington
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Nevada
Commission
China
Kansas University Concert Band Spring Concert Set
The Kansas University concert band will perform Sunday at 3:30 p.m. in University Theatre. Russell Wiley directs and conducts a program lasting about an hour featuring works by Rogert Jager Brahms Tschaikowsky Guilmant and Gordan Jacob.
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Kansas University
University Theatre
Russell Wiley
Rogert Jager
Johannes Brahms
Peter Tschaikowsky
Alexandre Guilmant
Gordan Jacob
Records Break For KU Giving The Past Year
KU reports record Giving to the Greater University Fund for the year ending April 30 with 14 403 donors and gifts totaling 44920678 dollars. Previous highs were 13161 donors and 401032 dollars. Odd Williams of Lawrence and Stanley P Porter of Tulsa were elected GUF chair and vice chair for 1965 66. Chancellor Wescoe lauded Mrs Clevenger and retiring vice chairman William Lienhard. The Medical Teaching Endowment has 578000 of a 1000000 goal.
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Greater University Fund of Kansas University
R. Charles Clevenger
Topeka
Odd Williams
Lawrence
Stanley P. Porter
Tulsa
Okla
GUF
W. Clarke Wescoe
Clevenger
William B. Lienhard
Wichita
Medical Alumni Association
James Valentine
Endowment Association
KU Medical Center
Maurice E. Barker
KU Endowment Association
Todd Seymour
Wescoe
L. Perry Bishop
Paola
C. C. Calvin
Dolph C. Simons Jr
Robert M. Carr
Junction City
A. H. Cromb
Mission Hills
Andrew S. Glaze
St. Joseph
Clay Hedrick, Jr
Newton
Milton Isern
Ellinwood
Homer C. Jennings
Hutchinson
Lloyd M. Kagey
Donald Lang
Scott City
Robert Larrabee
Liberal
Stanley Learned
Bartlesville
James B. McKay
el Dorado
George E. Nettels Jr
Pittsburg
Arthur L. Nichols
Hiawatha
Glenn Smith Jr
Larned
J. Milton Sorem
Concordia
Mary Turkington
Harry Valentine
Clay Center
Paul Ward
Hays
Weather Forecast Northeast Kansas Cooler Turn Inland
Partly cloudy this afternoon through Sunday with winds 25 to 35 mph shifting to NW and diminishing tonight. Cooler tonight and Sunday with highs around 80 this afternoon and 60s Sunday. Low tonight in mid to upper 40s with sunrise at 3:06 a.m. and sunset at 7:29 p.m. Rainfall and records noted for date.
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Kansas
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