Slain rescuer and Marine father react to rescue mission
The father of Air Force Lt. Richard Vandegeer says his son was doing his job as a helicopter rescue pilot and was killed during the Mayaguez operation. In Albany, Virginia Loney mourns her son Ashton N. Loney, a Marine machine gunner from Trinidad killed in the same evacuation.
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Air Force
Mayaguez
Richard Vandegeer
Army
Vandegeer
Buckland
Mass
Phnom Penh
Saigon
High Seas
Ford
Albany, N.Y
Virginia Loney
Lance Cpl
Ashton N. Loney
Trinidad
Judith Loney
South Vietnam
Loney
Okinawa
9Th Marines
Frog Ex Lax wins Calaveras Jumping Frog Jubilee title
In Angels Camp California a bullfrog named Ex Lax leaps 17 feet 634 inches to win the Calaveras County Jumping Frog Jubilee. Retired operating engineer Bill Moniz of Gustine collects 300 dollars. Angel entered by Angels Hotel places second with 17 feet 4 inches and 200 dollars.
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Angels Camp
Calif
Eix-Lax
Calaveras County
Bill Moniz
Gustine
Angel
Angels Hotel
Sierra Foothills
Dan’l Webster
County debates use of levy funds for extension building
Douglas County wraps a one year levy plan around a new extension building costing about 130000 to 140000 dollars. Officials seek opinion on using funds after year one rather than waiting for year two. The extension office sits in the old post office. KU owning the building wants space for its audiovisual department.
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Kansas
Douglas County
Kansas Attorney General’s Office
Seventh and New Hampshire
Kansas University
Walter Hicks
Sato Improves After Stroke at Tokyo Restaurant
Former Japanese prime minister Eisaku Sato, 74, who collapsed from a stroke at the Shinkiraku restaurant Monday night, showed improved signs this afternoon. Doctors noted the left side reacted to stimuli while his eyes responded to light as family and officials gathered at the scene.
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Tokyo
Eisaku Sato
Shinkiraku
Sato
Nobusuke Kishi
Kishi
Japan
Groups seek sponsors to send youths to camp
Local social service agencies seek civic groups to sponsor youths for the Summer Career Interest Program camp run by the Reserve Officers Association in Alexandria Virginia. The two week program visits multiple military installations across eight states and costs 48.50 plus transportation. Floyd Cobler and Lawrence Austin are coordinating with community centers and groups to place eligible youths and urge interest by contacting them soon ahead of June 15 start date.
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Reserve Officers Assn
Alexandria
Arkansas
California
Pennsylvania
Utah
Virginia
Washington
Wisconsin
Edgewood Homes
Floyd Cobler
Lawrence Austin
Penn House
Ballard Center
Ecean Multi Purpose Center
Cobler
Austin
Portugal shuts Republica newspaper as tribunal weighs seizure
Lisbon government closes the Socialist party paper Republica pending a special press tribunal ruling on its seizure by Communist workers. Paratroopers and soldiers bar Socialist entry as Mario Soares and party leaders demand the paper’s return and defend press liberty.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Socialist Party
Republica
Information Ministry
Mario Soares
Soares
First Lady Betty Ford Receives Art Award in Beverly Hills
First Lady Betty Ford accepted the Distinguished Woman of the Year Award at a Beverly Hills dinner for her arts advocacy. The event drew 450 guests, including Bob Hope and Mayor Tom Bradley, and featured a portrait unveil honoring Ford.
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Los Angeles
Betty Ford
California
Ronald Reagan
Ford
Francis O’farrell
Legislators move to close gap on malpractice furor
California New York and Tennessee lawmakers advance measures to curb rising malpractice insurance rates and preserve coverage. New York creates a patient rights pool, while Tennessee-backs a claim review board and Florida sees a judge order Argonaut Insurance to maintain Jan 1 rates for the rest of the year.
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California
New York
Tennessee
Florida
San Francisco
Bay Area
Argonaut Insurance Co
Menlo Park
Albany
Senate
Ker
U.S
Gerald B. Troffat
Argonaut Insurance
Argonaut
Beech official Ron Cook to speak at LCC breakfast
Ron Cook supervisor for space communications at Beech Aircraft Corp will be featured speaker at the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce General Membership Breakfast May 29. The event starts 7 15 a m at the Kansas Union Ballroom KU with a presentation General Aviation Benefits the Nation. Cook a Wichita State graduate and Toastmaster of the Year travels the country on aviation talks. Reservations cost 15 50.
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Ron Cook
Space Communications
Beech Aircraft Corp
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Kansas Union
Cook
Wichita State University
Kansas
Missouri
Beech
Chamber
FTC Announces Rules Limiting Endorsements and Testimonials
The Federal Trade Commission released five guides on advertising testimonials. Two guides take effect now, regulating expert and organizational endorsements. Three proposed guides await public comment, covering general endorsements, consumer testimonials for drugs, and disclosure of endorsement connections. Also noted are a Red Cross blood drive tally and a county meeting on street vacating for hospital expansion.
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Federal Trade Commission
Commission
Ser
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Lawrence High
Millard Denny
Homeowner Services Co
Don Brewster
Typographical Union
Raul Rego
Rego
Armed Forces Movement
AFM
Art Linkletter
Linkletter
Cambodia
Bob Hope
Tom Bradley
William P. Rogers
Health, Education and Welfare
Robert Finch
THE
Associated Press
Califoria
Sacramento
San Francisco Bay
Midwestern Properties, Inc
Massachusetts
Beech of
LCC of
LMH
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Red Cross
Jo Byers
Third Streets
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