Arson Suspected in Brussels Department Store Fire Toll
Brussels officials say arson is suspected after a five story Innovation department store fire left about 200 missing. Twenty one dead and 100 injured. only 13 identified including a Spanish woman. Firefighters worked through debris with witnesses and police aiding the investigation.
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Brussels
Fire Brigade
Niteroi
Brazil
Innovation Department
Pierre Bolle
Voix du Peuple
Belle
Winn Seeks Prosecution for Draft Evasion Counsel
Rep. Larry Winn calls on the House to urge the President to direct the attorney general to prosecute those who advise others to evade the draft. He also seeks enforcement of laws against willful subordination and disloyalty in the military, criticizing the Justice Department for not pursuing violators.
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Washington
Larry Winn
R-Kan
House
Winn
United States
Bhat
Justice Department
Supreme Court
King Denies Free dom House Peace Charge
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr denies a Freedom House paper accusing Communists of influencing his antiwar movement. He calls the charges McCarthyite and says the group has adopted tactics that darkened the nation in the past. Freedom House directors include Paul Douglas Roy Wilkins and Edward Brooke.
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Frogmore
S.C
Martin Luther King Jr
Freedom House
South Carolina
U.S
Illinois
Paul Douglas
Roy Wilkins
NAACP
Edward Brooke
Langston Hughes Dies in New York at 65
New York AP report says Langston Hughes, famed Negro poet and author of Simple, died in a hospital Monday night at age 65. His works include Black Nativity Mulatto and lyrics for Street Scene. He was born February 1 1902 in Joplin Missouri and lived in Mexico Paris and Italy during early years.
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New York
James Langston Hughes
Simple
Hughes
Joplin
Mexico
Paris
Italy
Hughes Raised in Lawrence by Grandmother During Youth
Hughes spent much of his early years in Lawrence where his grandmother resided, shaping his upbringing and early development.
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Hughes
Lawrence
Final LHS performance closes dramatic season tonight
Lawrence High School presents the final show of its drama season with No Mother to Guide Her and More to be Pitied Than Censured. The 7:30 pm auditorium presentation caps the school’s theatrical run.
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Lawrence High School
LHS
Middies Investigated For Use of Marijuana At U S Naval Academy
Five midshipmen allegedly experimented with marijuana at the U S Naval Academy. two dismissed for unsatisfactory conduct unrelated to marijuana, three under restriction. The three juniors and sophomore admitted usage and attend classes on academy grounds pending a Naval Investigative Service report. No names released. no habitual use found. marijuana use violates military law.
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Secretary of the Navy
Secretary of Defense
Naval Investigative Service
Raney Drug Stores Offer Free Prescription Delivery
Ad reads free prescription delivery and immediate mail service from all Raney Drug Stores.
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Raney Drug Stores
Adyv
Eudora Seniors to Get Diplomas on Thursday
Forty two graduates of Eudora High School will receive diplomas in an 8 p m commencement at the school gym. Rev Ronald Sundbye of First Methodist Church Lawrence will speak on Eighteen Is a Time. Invocations and benediction follow with musical numbers from the Girls Glee Club and the Tripe Trio.
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Eudora High School
Ronald Sundbye
Sundbye
First Methodist Church
Lawrence
Willis Hankey
Richard Benton
Hunt Continues for Lost Plane Near Cuba
Eighteen aircraft searched waters off South Florida for Maj. Richard H Pearce and his five year old son after a noon Sunday flight from Houston. Pearce, 36, a security cleared Army officer at Ft. Sam Houston, is considered missing with the small plane that took them toward Cuba. An FAA employee described the officer as shy and under strain before departure.
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Key West
Fla
South Florida
Cuba
James Dunn
Federal Aviation Agency
Key West International Airport
Richard Harwood Pearce
Ft. Sam Houston
Tex
Richard Jr
Houston
Methodist Youth Camp at Baker Campus in Baldwin
The Methodist Youth Fellowship Institute will be held on Baker University campus Baldwin July 16 to 29. Two sessions of one week each. Rev. Al Bramble and Rev. Richard E. Johnson will serve as deans for sessions one and two. Theme This Revolting Generation with daily sub the mes papers speakers films and discussions. Ends with candlelight service and Holy Communion. Registration $24. Deadline July 3 for first session and July 10 for second.
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Methodist Youth Fellowship Institute
Baker University
Baldwin
al Bramble
Independence District
Richard E. Johnson
Fort Scott
Witness
Plan To Add Girl Cheerleader Eases Southeast High Tension
Police intervened as students scuffled after a protest by Black students at Southeast High School over the defeat of a Black girl in cheerleader elections. Principal Harry R. McMillan arranged to add the girl as a seventh cheerleader, a plan approved by Black students but opposed by white students.
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Kansas City
Southeast High School
Harry RR. McMillan
Barr elected Optimist Zone 6 lieutenant governor
Robert E. Barr of 2444 Missouri Street was chosen lieutenant governor of Zone 6 in the Kansas District Optimist International at the district convention in Hutchinson. Zone 6 includes nine clubs in Lawrence, Overland Park, Olathe, and Prairie Village, with Barr of the Lawrence Breakfast Optimist Club serving as club president and former officer. Barr and his wife Mary Alice have a son Peter and daughter Margaret Ellen. He also serves as local representative for Blue Cross Blue Shield. Other Lawrence optimists at the convention included Frank O. Raley Jr and several colleagues.
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Robert E. Barr
Mo. St
Kansas
Optimist International
Hutchinson
Lawrence
Olathe
Overland Park
Prairie Village
Barr
Lawrence Breakfast
Boys’ Work Committee
Mary Alice
Peter
Margaret Ellen
G. Barr
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Frank O. Raley Jr
O. Warren Mitchell
Robert L. Stewart
Richard Holzmeister
Gale Gordon
Paul L. Willingham
Donald G. McDow
Kermit Beal
Robert Walters
Huge Plastic Bubbles Challenge Placement for Art Exhibit
New York. Sculptor Les Levine creates a 2600 square foot sea of plastic bubbles for the Museum of Modern Art causing a space problem. The 7 foot high bubbles overwhelm a terrace then ship to Minneapolis for a Walker Art Center show.
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New York
Les Levine
Levine
Museum of Modern Art
Walker Art Center
Minneapolis
American Cyanamid Co
Youth Injured In Car Cycle Mishap At Local Intersection
A 20 year old youth, Kenneth J Peters of 2619 Harvard Rd, suffered minor injuries after his motorcycle collided with a auto driven by Leroy T Pittet of 1603 Harper St. Peters was treated at Lawrence Memorial Hospital and released. Vehicle damage totaled 200 to Peters cycle and 75 to Pittet's car.
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17Th
N. H. Sts
Kenneth J. Peters
Harvard Rd
Leroy T. Pittet
Harper St
Peters
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Pittet
Freda C. Stalkfleet
E. 18Th St
Raymond C Schimmel
Route 1
W. 6Th St
Starkfleet Auto
Schimmel
Two Speakers Selected For LHS Commencement
Margaret McBride and Steve Thurston, Lawrence High School seniors, were chosen by a faculty committee to speak at commencement at Allen Field House on May 29. McBride will discuss a memory arc from childhood to senior year, while Thurston will address the Supreme Importance of the Individual and society’s complexities.
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Margaret McBride
Steve Thurston
Lawrence High School
Allen Fieldhouse
Miss McBride
Thurston
Bomb blast hits Cuban exile office in Miami
A time bomb ripped through the Miami office of Cuban unity group Cuban Exile Representation hours after its head urged workers to drop plans for today’s general strike. The 24 hour strike, protesting Felipe Rivero’s detention, continued as Rivero held a hunger strike in Dade County jail.
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Miami
Fla
U.S
Felipe Rivero
Rivero
Dade County
Little Havana
Cuban Exile Representation
Tulsa Firm Buys Fish Farm In Lawrence Area
Kaw Valley Fish Farms of Lawrence sells to Ozark Fisheries effective May 1. The deal includes 90 acres northeast of Lawrence Airport and stock in Kaw Valley. John Vogel and Howard Heck led Kaw Valley with other shareholders. Walter Massey will remain as local manager.
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Tulsa
Kaw Valley Fish Farms, Inc
Lawrence Today
Ozark Fisheries
Kaw Valley Fish Farms
Lawrence
John Vogel
Howard Heck
Howard Hurwitz
Howard Joseph
Dale Sillix
Jack Maxwell
Oklahoma
Lawrence Airport
Walter Massey
Roeland Park man bound over in double robbery case
The 24 year old Roeland Park man Von J. Greathouse was bound over to the District Court for two counts of armed robbery. He faces first degree robbery charges for Rusty’s Hillcrest Suppermarket holdup May 15 and an April 26 robbery of Daniels Jewelry at 914 Mass. St. Bond set at $10 000 for each charge and he remained jailed after failing to post.
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Roeland Parkman
von J. Greathouse
Rusty’s
Hillcrest Suppermarket
Douglas County
Charles C. Rankin
Greathouse
Daniels Jewelry
Mass. St
Rankin
Lawrence
Topeka
DuPont Road
Docking Seeks Turnpike Financing Session Details
Gov. Robert Docking said he wants the Kansas Turnpike Authority’s letter requesting a special finance council meeting before deciding on a session. The authority seeks 240 000 to fund a bond prospectus and a 40 000 feasibility study from Kansas City area to Leavenworth, with timing tied to a June 5 finance council meeting that may shift due to commencements.
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Topeka
Kan
Robert Docking
Kansas Turnpike Authority
State Finance Council
Kansas City-Midcontinent International Airport
Leavenworth
Turnpike Authority
Docking
Finance Council
Morgan Guaranty Trust
Robert Duncan
Atchison
Kansas City
New York
The
Highway Commission
Heated GOP governor race highlights Kentucky primary
In Louisville voters faced a tight GOP gubernatorial primary between Marlon Cook, 40, a moderate Jefferson County judge, and Louie B. Nunn, 44, a Glasgow attorney and the conservative candidate.
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Louisville
Kentucky
Marlon Cook
Jefferson County
Louie B. Nunn
Glasgow
Head Start Plans Summer Class Sessions for 18 Children
A summer session of the Head Start program for children entering kindergarten this fall will be funded with 10 926 dollars from the U S Office of Economic Opportunity. The Children’s Hour Nursery School at 7th and Elm will host morning and afternoon groups of 18 children for three hours daily. Mrs Walter Blackledge, former Cordley School teacher and past Children’s Hour president, is named director. For enrollment contact Mrs Richard Himes at VI 30678.
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U. S. Office of Economic Opportunity
Roland Hurst
Children’s Hour
7Th and Elm Sts
Walter Blackledge
Cordley School
Blackledge
Richard Himes
Admissions
Ohio Family Plans Yearlong Getaway to South Seas Island
The Richard Ault family of Wooster Ohio leaves for a year of solitude on Tau Island in the South Pacific. They travel by car to San Francisco then fly to Hawaii to finalize plans. The expedition includes a year’s supply of birth control pills and limited gear for a three member group headed by 29 year old former Akron radio announcer Richard Ault.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Richard Ault
South Pacific
Ault
Akron
Lois
Tracy
Wooster
San Francisco
Hawaii
Tau
Pago Pago
American Samoas
Emporia Students Stage Second Panty Raid At College
Reports from Emporia Kansas describe a second night of vandalism by male students at Kansas State Teachers College. Police noted dormitory window breakage car window damage and a midnight flag burning with 30 to 80 officers courting the disturbance. Estimates of participants varied from 30 to 500 including some College of Emporia students.
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Emporia
Kan
Kansas State Teachers College
12Th Avenue
Lyon County
College of Emporia
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Pentecostal World Conference
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