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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1967
Page
13
Cairo reports Egypt has achieved its aims in the Middle East crisis and warns Israel may start a war. Soviet and Western officials urge restraint while Egypt notes it could endure a blow if Israel attacks. Civilians rush evacuations as tensions rise around Aqaba and Elath.
U S Army units fighting in the central highlands endured a three hour ambush by North Vietnamese troops in red berets and snipers. Five Americans killed and 46 wounded per Saigon, with battlefield estimates higher. North Vietnamese losses listed as 71.
18 year old Kansas University freshman Ted Allen Adams of Topeka was arrested in the KU Ellsworth Hall lobby on a federal charge of possessing and selling LSD to an agent in Lawrence. He was arraigned before US Commissioner Milton P. Allen, released on $1,000 bond, with trial set for June 29. Local agencies aided the federal probe.
Temperatures in the Lawrence area are expected to dip as a cool front travels southeast across the state. The weather bureau predicts seasonal readings with a low in the mid 50s tonight and a high near 80 Saturday.
Advertisement for Raney Drug Stores offering free prescription delivery and immediate mall service. Mentions Suvhenes Rumsey Funeral Home with contact VI 3 5111.
The Banks of Lawrence will be closed for business on Tuesday May 30 1967 in observance of Memorial Day, a legal holiday.
In Ottawa Prime Minister Pearson and President Johnson voiced complete agreement on maintaining the right of peaceful passage through the Gulf of Aqaba stalled by the United Arab Republic. They urged a United Nations presence along Israel and Egypt borders and discussed four power talks and a UN backed border patrol plan as a path to peace.
The Defense Department said a U S Navy aircraft operating near Kep North Vietnam may have inadvertently crossed the Chinese Communist border before safely returning to its carrier in the Gulf of Tonkin. Pilots are instructed to avoid a border belt to prevent China related incidents.
KU alumni events mark reunions for classes of 1917 1927 1942 1923 1928 with glee clubs. Wescoe to lunch with 1942 and present citations. Hashinger to MC 1917 luncheon. Gold Medal Club session features James Gunn and others. photos drawings reminiscences planned in Union facilities.
Lawrence High School senior Robert Winchell was named the Journal-World Scholarship winner during the senior awards assembly. He will receive 425 dollars, including 150 base plus 5 per month on his paper route, after four years as carrier of the month and Carrier of the Year honors. He plans to study mathematics or physics at Kansas University and will work as a Boy Scout canoe trip guide in Ely Minnesota this summer. He is active in cross country track and Scouting and is the son of Mr and Mrs Art Winchell. Previous winners are listed from 1950 onward.
Steve Langhofer, 18, Lawrence High School senior, received the Citizenship Award during the annual senior awards assembly. He is active as Hi-V treasurer, Biology Club secretary, Explorer Scouts president, DeMolay officer, and participates in A Cappella Choir and tennis. Langhofer plans to study teaching or medicine at Kansas.
Partly cloudy and turning cooler tonight and Saturday with scattered thundershowers late tonight or Saturday morning. Lows in the mid 50s, highs in the 80s. Includes historical highs and lows for today and sunrise sunset times.
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