Evans Apollo Room named at KU auditorium
Kansas University renames the auditorium in Nichols Hall the Ron Evans Apollo Room after astronaut Evans presented with a KU flag plaque at the Senior Parent Luncheon. Evans, Apollo 17 command module pilot, spoke to 1100 graduates emphasizing space program prestige and the joy of spaceflight.
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Raymond Nichols
Nichols Hall
Kansas University
Ron Evans Apollo
Nichols
Evans
Evans Auditorium
Space Technology Center
Journal-World Photo
Skylab repair duo rehearses sunshade deployment in water tank
Skylab 1 astronauts Charles Conrad Jr and Joseph P Kerwin practiced deploying sunshades in a 1.4 million gallon water tank at the Marshall Space Flight Center to simulate space weightlessness. Flight controllers wrestle with thermal balance as countdown to a Friday launch advances.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Charles Conrad Jr
Joseph P. Kerwin
Marshall Space Flight Center
Huntsville
Ala
Orbiting Laboratory
Paul J. Weitz
William C. Schneider
Conrad, Kerwin
Weitz
NASA
Brezhnev Leaves Germany to Prep for U S Trip
Brezhnev flies from Bonn to Moscow to prepare for a Nixon visit next month. He and Brandt signed a 10 year economic cooperation pact to expand trade and cooperation, pledging German assistance on a Soviet steel mill and expanded production in chemicals and machinery.
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Brezhnev
Germany
U.S
Bonn
West Germany
Leonid Brezhnev
Moscow
Nixon
Willy Brandt
Soviet Union
Vietnam
Brandt
Kissinger Tho Meet Fifth Time in Paris Talks
Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho held their fifth Paris meeting after reporting some progress in reviving the Vietnam cease fire. The daylong talks followed long sessions by aides and a Sunday night session as negotiators pressed for an interpretive annex to the January cease-fire amid a friendly atmosphere.
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Paris
Henry A. Kissinger
le Duc Tho
Kissinger
Vietnam
Nixon
Tho
U.S
South Vietnam
United States
Gif Sur Yvette
Officials to Review Clinton Lake Land Use Plans
City and county officials meet at 6 30 p m Thursday at the Ramada Inn to review preliminary Clinton Lake land use maps prepared by Ron Jones. They will decide which lake area lands fit for early development and outline steps for public hearings before final adoption this summer.
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Clinton Lake Area
Ramada Inn
Douglas County Commission
Lawrence City Commission
Lawrence- Douglas County
Ron Jones
Planning Commission
Clinton
McClanathan
Clinton Landowners Assn
County Commission
Lawrence High shows heat tough, audiences praise concert
A 1500 strong crowd in the Lawrence High gym braved about 90 degrees to applaud the spring windup concert by the Lawrence High musical and choral groups led by Tilford Bartley and Williams. The finale combined all groups in Battle Hymn of the Republic, bringing tears to some observers. Meanwhile KANU at Kansas University faced outages from a lightning hit antenna, delaying broadcasts. KU graduates left campus while summer session plans began with 6200 anticipated students and June 1 enrollment.
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Lawrence High
LHS
Lewis Tilford
Ed Bartley
Larry Williams
Tilford
Kansas University
Lawrence
Memphis gunman slays five and a officer amid Tennessee shooting spree
David Sanders, 30, opened fire along a Memphis street injuring four others and killing five residents, including a federal parole officer. Police said he fled to a house but was killed by a tear gas raid after shooting Patrolman David Wayne Clark in the head. Sanders had seven prior arrests and a 1963 rape conviction.
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Farmer
Memphis
David Sanders
Sanders
Love Sanders
Tennessee
Lendora Farmer
William
Bill Price
David Wayne Clark
Price
Rainfall totals from overnight storm across multiple towns
Overnight rainfall figures show Tonganoxie 1.65 inches, Lecompton 1.55, Worden 1.20, Overbrook 3.60, and Topeka airport 0.97 with a Topeka Wanamaker station at 3.17 inches. Cooler weather continues with highs in the low 70s and lows 40s to 50s, and little rain expected Thursday through Saturday. some hail reported northwest of Topeka Monday night but not in Lawrence today.
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Tonganoxie
Lecompton
Worden
Overbrook
Topeka
45Th
Wanamaker Road
Lawrence
Lawrence High Stage Band Ball Set for Wednesday Night
Lawrence High School hosts its second annual Stage Band Ball at 7 p.m. in the school cafeteria. The all city junior high stage band will perform, followed by Baldwin High School Stage Band as a guest, then the LHS Stage Band closes the program.
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Lawrence High School
Baldwin High School
LHS
Nichols urges grads to seize top without sitting down
At a rainy Kansas campus commencement, Nichols quotes Cliff Cushman on finding room at the top and getting up after setbacks. He cites Apollo 17 pilot Ronald Evans, Florida A&M’s William Foster, and Cessna chair Dwane Wallace for distinguished service. Degrees are conferred as rain threats shorten the ceremony and grads prepare for graduate study, professions or uncertain employment.
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Evans
Jayhawk
Nichols
Cliff Cushman
Cushman
Ronald E. Evans
William P. Foster
Florida A & M University
Dwane L. Wallace
Cessna Aircraft Co
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Kansas Board of Regents
Archie Dykes
John F. Michel
HOPE
Susie Cowden
Frank Anneberg
Manhattan
Skylab
J W Saffi
KANU
Steve McComas
Law School
Memphis, Tenn
William Edward Farmer Jr
East 7Th Street
Warren Mortuary
West
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