Arabs and Israelis exchange fire as tensions rise in Middle East
Arabs and Israelis exchange fire across the Gaza Strip and Negev with one Israeli wounded. President Nasser vows to blockade shipping to Israel, while Israel braces for possible conflict. UN Security Council debates restraint as Egypt moves troops and Saudi Arabia threatens swift action.
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Man Charged In Slaying Of Senator's Aide
A 24-year-old bakery deliveryman, Lewis Charles Ecker II of Waldorf Maryland, was charged with first degree murder in the rape slaying of Judith K Robeson 24 assistant to Senator Frank Carlson. He was arrested at a Clinton Maryland shopping center after being traced by three DC detectives. Robeson a 1964 Kansas University graduate and Pi Beta Phi member daughter of trucking executive Mark Robeson Mission Kansas. Ecker held without bond with a June 6 hearing set. police call him the prime suspect with no accomplice.
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Washington
Judith K. Robeson
U.S
Frank Carlson
R-Kan
Miss Robeson
Lewis Charles Ecker II
Waldorf, Md
District of Columbia
Clinton, Md
Washinton
Henry D. Ecker
Ecker
District of Columbia Medical Society
Kansas University
Pi Beta Phi Social Sorority
Kansas
Trucking
Mark Robeson
Mission
Kan
Sam Wertleb
Sinai Invasion Likely If War Breaks Out
U S Navy officers in Athens say Israel would launch a major land assault into the Sinai Peninsula if Egypt sinks a ship bound for Israel in the Gulf of Aqaba. The plan would target Elath and rely on mechanized movement, given Israel’s limited naval strength against Egypt. The 6th Fleet operates near Crete with carriers and cruisers while the Soviet Mediterranean force expands.
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Sinai Peninsula
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Gulf of Aqaba
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Middle East
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Severe Thunder Storm Watch Near Lawrence Area
The Weather Bureau issued a severe thunder storm watch from 3 to 9 p.m. with large hail and damaging winds possible. Rain totals over the weekend reached 1.21 inches in the KU area, with additional showers forecast for tonight and Tuesday Memorial Day.
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Weather Bureau
Lawrence
15Th
Iowa
Hillcrest Iga
Austin Stedham
Kansas Power and Light
Weather outlook for northeast Kansas with showers likely
Cloudy damp conditions persist in northeast Kansas through Tuesday with a 40 to 60 percent chance of rain. Temperatures Tuesday to Saturday run 2 to 4 degrees above normal with highs upper 70s to low 80s and lows 50s to 60s. Sunrise at 6 58 am and sunset at 8 39 pm.
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Kansas
Know Selves Sundbye Says To LHS Class
Reverend Ronald Sundbye of the First Methodist Church challenged 465 Lawrence High School seniors at baccalaureate in the LHS gym. He urged them to face facts and begin a painful struggle to know themselves as the diploma ceremony approached in Allen Field House.
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First Methodist Church
Lawrence High School
LHS
William Medley
Allen Fieldhouse
Medley
James W. Paddock
Board of Education
Sundbye
Three KU coeds die in late night Iowa Street crash
A Saturday evening two car wreck on Iowa Street near 15th in Lawrence kills KU freshmen Georgia Ethridge Shannon Hyten and Suvan Akers, all three passengers in Candlin's car, with drivers William Candlin and Ronald Woelk injured. The crash marks Lawrence's worst accident in years and prompts funeral plans and scholarship fundraising.
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15Th Street
Lawrence
Georgia L. Ithridge
Midland Park
N.J
Shannon A. Hyten
Glendale
Calif
Suvan R. Akers
Tt. Scott
Candlin’s Auto
Oliver Hall
LMH
Woelk
Miss Akers
Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority
Ft. Scott
Guy Akers
Hyten
Wellington
Dale Hyten
KU Limits Out-of-State Admissions At KU for Space
James K. Hitt KU registrar and admissions director says KU is discouraging out-of-state applications as spaces fill. He notes 25 to 30 percent of KU’s student body is from outside Kansas and that admissions are more selective now though not shut. Priority favors Kansas residents, alumni families, and nearby non-residents with selective limits for others.
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Kansas University
Hitt
Kansas
Hill
Missouri
Iit
Sons and Daughters of
State of
Mount Oread
Nine Persons Hurt In Local Crashes
Nine people were injured in a series of Memorial Day weekend traffic accidents. A 3:10 p.m. collision near Big Springs injured Samuel Kennedy and Norman Wallace. Wallace’s wife Louise and their young son were hospitalized. A 7:10 p.m. one vehicle crash near DeSoto injured Richard Morriss and Rodney Myenger. A 5:15 p.m. crash near Baldwin injured William Moore and Betty Layman. Moore received facial cuts while Layman was treated for facial injuries.
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Big Springs
Samuel P. Kennedy
Richland
Norman C. Wallace
Wyandotte
Okla
Kennedy
Gary
Wallace
Louise
William
LMU
Ife
Wadora
DeSoto
Johnson County Sheriff's Office
Richard Morriss
Budora
Morriss
Rodney Mvenger
Madora
LMEP
Mvenger
Baldwin
William C. Moore
Kansas City
Kan
Senator Carlson Hurt In Auto Accident
Sen Frank Carlson of Kansas was injured slightly in a rear end collision on the south side of Newton. He received minor lacerations to his right hand at Bethany Deaconess Hospital and will be driven to Wichita for a speaking engagement. A 72 year old woman in the other car suffered a whiplash injury.
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Iowa
Woelk
Woelk Auto
LMH
R. M. Candlin
Lawrence Ave
Newton
Kan
Frank Carlson
Bill Hammer
Carlson
Bethany-Deaconess Hospital
Hammer
Highway Patrol
Wichita
U.S. 81
Goddeon B. Krause
Fulleton
Neb
Harold 2. Krause
Powell Plea Denied on House Seat Exclusion
The Supreme Court rejected today a plea by Adam Clayton Powell seeking a swift ruling on his claim that he was unconstitutionally excluded from his seat in the U S House of Representatives.
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Supreme Court
Adam Clayton Powell
U.S
House of Representatives
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