Ford as House GOP Leader Buoys Changing Image
In an AP interview Gerald R. Ford discusses headway in shifting Republican public image. He cites support for the voting rights bill Viet Nam and Dominican Republic policies and outlines efforts to offer credible alternatives on health care education and Appalachia aid. Ford notes cautious stance on excise tax cuts and potential nondefense spending reductions.
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Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Washington
Johnson
Viet Nam
Dominican Republic
Ford
White House
Ev Dirksen
Senate
Congress
Capitol
Appalachia
Rhialegy Giace Stants
House
Lawrence Girl Member of KU Quiz Committee
Judith Thompson a Kansas University junior and daughter of Mr and Mrs Rufus Thompson is on the 1965 66 College Bowl committee at KU. Terry Hammons Oswego junior chairs the committee with Henry Bisbee Toledo Ohio junior heading questions David Tilford Wichita junior handles arrangements and Janice Brenner Parsons freshman handles publicity. The College Bowl started at KU in 1961 and uses question and answer sessions like the TV show.
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Judith Thompson
Kansas University
Rufus Thompson
Terry Hammons
Oswego
Henry Bisbee
Toledo
Ohio
David Tilford
Wichita
Janice Brenner
Parsons
Atku
Dictionary Ban Shocks Kansas Jury Over Proximate
A Shawnee County District Court jury learns a dictionary is barred in court after requesting the word proximate for reference to proximate cause. Judge Alex Hotchkiss cites a state Supreme Court ruling and defers to his instructions.
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Topeka
Shawnee County
Alex Hotchkiss
State Supreme Court
Lindsborg Man Killed By a Relocated House
Theron Buehler, 36, of Moundridge Kansas, died Wednesday near Lindsborg when a house moved by his crew collapsed. The jacks slipped while the structure rested five miles west of Lindsborg, burying him beneath the house.
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Lindsborg
Kan
Theron Buehler
Moundridge
Pac
Oae
Buehler
Death penalty abolished in North Carolina duels
The North Carolina General Assembly on Wednesday ended the death penalty for killing in a duel. No duels have been reported in the state since.
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Raleigh, N.C
North Carolina General Assembly
Alumni Association votes open for four new directors
Four candidates vie for three five year terms on the Kansas University Alumni Association board. Ballots sent April 21 must be returned by noon June 5 to Strong Hall. Winners announced at the All University Commencement supper June 6 in the Union ballroom.
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Kansas University Alumni Association
Dick Wintermore
Alumni Association
Strong Hall
Alumni Association Board of Directors
Curry
Kansas Union
Union
Mary Lou Warwick
Prairie Village
Ivan Roberts
Sabetha
William Reece
Scandia
Kenton Cravens
St. Louis
Dorth L. Coombs
Wichita
Ellis Cave
Dodge City
Wintermore
Linwood Notes On Church Demolition And Graduations
Linwood reports Baptist Church members tearing down their burned structure to build a new church nearby. Baccalaureate services are set for 11 a.m. at the high school with congregations attending there. Linwood High School eighth grade graduates on May 27 and celebrants will gather at the Beall residence after commencement. Guests from Kansas City and Boulder, Dana Dixon’s family visits and notes on postmaster meetings in Topeka finish the segment.
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Tom Mustain
Washington
Homer Brown
The
Baptist Church
C. M. Dixon
Boulder
Colo
Bill Beall
Linwood
Homer Bowen
Glenn Smith
Paul Thomas
Virginia Page
Thomas Davis
Chelryn Hendricks
Kansas City
Bowen
Ways and Means Committee Approves Auto Tax Cut Plan
The House Ways and Means Committee voted to repeal the excise tax on passenger cars over four years. Four major automakers said the tax cut would be passed to buyers, lowering the average price by about $230. The move would reduce revenue by about $8 billion, exceeding Johnson's request, with swift support expected to avert a consumer slump.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Johnson
Congress
KU Students Fund Carbon Test For Lansing Man
Kansas University anthropology students and faculty raised funds to carbon date the Lansing Man specimen dug in 1902 near Lansing. Associate professor William Bass plans to use the $123 collected by 482 students in Anthropology I to cover the testing cost.
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Kansas University
Lansing
Kansas
William Bass
Bass
Anthropology I
Jayhawk
100 000 Jewel Robbery At Armour Mansion
Police report three robbers forced their way into Mrs Philip Armour home in Lake Forest Illinois and stole about 100000 dollars worth of jewels. She was awakened on her second floor and led them to the dressing room where two men selected valuables before fleeing.
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Lake Forest, Ill
Philip D. Armour
Noted Artist Benton Demands Mumbord Repudiation On Viet Nam
Kansas City AP Benton says the US policy in Viet Nam is a moral outrage and threatens to resign from the 50member American Academy of Arts and Letters unless Lewis Mumford’s antiwar speech is repudiated. He scolded Mumford for provoking applause from about 500 attendees and called the academy “holy talcum covered geniuses.”
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Kansas City
Thomas Hart Benton
Viet Nam
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Lewis Mumford
U. S
Academy
Benton
New York
Mumford
U.S
Lyndon Johnson
Soviet Russia
Cuba
National Institute of Arts and Letters
Lone Woman Sets Sails for Hawaii Solo Voyage
Sharon Sites, a 34 year old divorcee, plans a 2225 mile solo voyage from Los Angeles to Hawaii starting June 12 aboard her 25 foot sloop Sea Sharp with only her pet turtle Sarah Beth Ann for company. She will have no radio or electronic gear and aims to become the first woman to sail solo to Hawaii.
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Los Angeles
Hawaii
Sharon Sites
Sar
Beth-Ann
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