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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1967
Page
10
In Zaragoza Spain one member of the U S Air Force Blue Masters skydiving team was killed and another suffered several broken ribs after colliding during an exhibition jump at about 6500 feet.
ST LOUIS AP Senator Edward V Long of Missouri rejects Life magazine charges that he manipulated a subcommittee inquiry to help James R Hoffa. He says agencies threaten him and notes his ties to Morris Shenker, denying improper influence while planning re election and citing other income.
The Kansas Turnpike Authority votes unanimously to seek 200000 from the Kansas Finance Council to sell revenue bonds for the 118 mile Kansas City to Galena toll road and to study a Kansas City area route to Mid-Continent International. Governors Hearnes and Rockefeller discuss a western Arkansas route to New Orleans and potential cross-state pike plans with Missouri and Louisiana in coming months.
Lawrence residents enjoyed a near 30 degree Sunday start and a 73 degree high as clouds cleared after a chilly Saturday. The KU Weather Station logged a May 21 low of 39, beating the 1895 record of 44, with downtown readings as low as 31 to 34 early morning.
Bulldozer driver Richard Friend of Oakland Maryland leaped from a burning jeep during a Viet Cong ambush on Route 1 near Xuan Loc. With only a hunting knife he stabbed a sapper, saving an armored carrier and earning a Silver Star nomination.
AP reports Grant J Lane, 51, postal employee at Hoisington and World War II veteran, was elected state commander of the Kansas American Legion at the annual convention held Sunday.
Eleven planes scoured over 8000 square miles of open water from Key West to Cuba seeking a red and white Cessna 150 carrying Maj. Richard Harwood Pearce and his 5-year-old son. The 36-year-old Pearce, from Fort Sam Houston, Texas, filed a flight plan before leaving Sunday.
Lawrence Police Court undergoes major reforms under Judge Jack Maxwell since March. A Traffic Violation Bureau with a full time clerk will handle most ticket cases without court appearance, and bond procedures for residents and non residents change to allow recognizance bonds or cash bonds. Regular Tuesday trials continue to aid working defendants.
Major Frank J. Self of the U S Air Force will be honored as the Outstanding Haskell Alumnus at an all school awards program set for 8 p m Tuesday in the Haskell auditorium. More than 65 students will receive achievement awards during the event.
Rev Harold Mallett urged about 325 Haskell Institute seniors at bac calaureate in Haskell Stadium to consider the price of service. He cited polio cures and other sacrifices, stressing gratitude, worship, and duty to future generations. Commencement follows Wednesday with speaker Glenn R. Landbloom of the Minneapolis BIA.
The forecast calls for fair and warmer conditions through Tuesday with light variable winds. Low tonight 50 to 55, Tuesday highs in the 80s, and little risk of rain. Five day forecast projects temperatures 2 to 6 degrees above normal with minimal rainfall and a few showers or thundershowers.
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