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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1965
Page
9
President Johnson formally asks Congress to repeal or reduce many excise taxes totaling about 4 billion dollars. He asserts defense needs won t derail the plan and urges immediate pass through lower prices for consumers while outlining staggered rollouts through 1967 and beyond.
In Santo Domingo, tanks lead a renewed three day battle as the Dominican junta presses rebels from the north toward the Ozama and Isabella rivers. U.S. troops report injuries from heavy fire while high level White House talks push for a peaceful solution. A U.N. observer team tours rebel held areas as crowds protest foreign presence.
Kansas traffic death log lists figures through 9 a.m. Monday May 2 1965 showing 208 deaths for 1965 and 210 for 1964, with Topeka as the filing city.
Partly cloudy conditions persist tonight with shifting winds from the northeast. A cooler day awaits Tuesday as southwest winds 20 to 35 mph push in, with high around 86 and low tonight mid 60s. Temperature readings show typical daily variations and past comparisons for context. Rumsey Funeral Home ad appears at the end.
Fair skies and warmer but cooling trend expected tonight in Lawrence with little precipitation. Tonight's low mid 60s and Tuesday high around 80 with southwest winds 20 to 35 mph. Sunday record highs 89 set in 1964 and record low 43 from 1945.
Lawrence High School hosts a drive in band concert at 7 30 PM in the rear parking lot. The concert band and symphonic wind ensemble perform with car seating or chairs. If rain occurs the concert moves to the LHS auditorium.
In New York the Dow Jones average finished at 340.8, down 2.7 points as 60 stocks contributed to a broad decline. Investors faced mixed signals and lingering concerns over economic data and policy outlook.
Wladislaw Tyko cinski, Poland's chief military representative in West Berlin, defected seeking political asylum in the United States. His wife and 17 month old son stayed in East Berlin as U.S. forces transported him to West Germany for talks with U.S. officials.
Brian Robson, 19, a homesick Welsh traveler, sealed himself in a box labeled Ajax junior computer to reach Britain cheaply. After 92 hours in transit including a long stopover, immigration authorities found him in Los Angeles and booked him on federal charges as a stowaway and illegal entrant.
Three defendants Elbert Rinkel Walter Bgoya and Pamela Smith went to trial in District Court over a March 8 sit in at Kansas University 110 demonstrators were arrested after refusing to leave Strong Hall and Wescoe administration building The first state witness photographer Doug McCleery testified that the photos show students in the Chancellor's office waiting room after officers announced arrests Two jurors are Black and trial before Judge Frank R Gray covered two days of protests against sorority and fraternity discrimination off campus housing access and campus ads more broadly.
Voters in the Eudora School district approved a $175000 bond for a new grade school by a 207 to 195 margin. Construction planned at 14th and Church Streets with a fall 1966 occupancy target, housing grades one through three and kindergarten to ease crowding.
A station at 72 Mass Ave advertises Six Photo Finishing and Fast Color Service offered by Hixon Studio. The listing markets rapid processing and color options for customers seeking quick portraits and prints.
About 20 KU students forming Students for Better Campus Architecture picketed Fraser Hall plans. They marched along Jayhawk Boulevard and planned rallies through the day, hoping to influence campus master planning discussions with Chancellor Wescoe and Dean Surface.
Kansas University track coach Bill Easton will be honored May 24 in Union Ballroom as he ends an 18 year KU tenure with a Big Eight outdoor title. Wes Santee leads arrangements and fundraisers aim to buy Easton and his wife a new car. Rev. Dale Turner will speak. event is open to all. Tickets are $2. proceeds fund the gift and are coordinated with Santee and KU officials.
Mimi Frink a Kansas University junior and daughter of Dr and Mrs Russell Frink was chosen Law School Fun Day queen by a panel including Charles Oldfather and Lawrence Blades. She led Fun Day events at Oldfather farm and previously served as queen of the American Royal Livestock and Horse Show in Kansas City.
The Journal-World seeks help to locate the dog involved in a bite that will force six year old David Bird to undergo 14 rabies shots unless the animal is found and tested. David was bitten on the leg near railway tracks east of Haskell Institute by a large black dog after a man with two hunting dogs handed him a turtle. If found, tests may avoid the shots. call Dr. Bird or Dr. Fay with information.
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