Tough Highlands Battle Continues Near Dak To
AP reports heavy U.S. infantry clashes with North Vietnamese forces in the Dak To sector of central Vietnam. Marines fought fiercely near Da Nang and Loc Ninh with casualties and enemy bodies counted, while air strikes targeted rail links and shipyards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
U.S
Dak To
North Vietnam
da Nang
Loc Ninh
Highlands
Vietnam
Mekong
Cao Lanh
Red China
China
An Ninh Ngoai
Haiphong
Bob Ohman
5Th Marine Regiment
Lawrence Sertoma hears details of $2.25 million bond issue
Odd Williams outlines the city four point capital improvement program to be voted on November 28. Funds cover two new fire stations a municipal pool a central service center and an air terminal complex. Pool bonds run ten years all others twenty years. Brochures totaling 24 000 will be mailed to water customers and distributed by Citizens for Progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Sertoma Club
Eldridge
Odd Williams
Williams
Kansas University
Program For Progress
Lawrence
Citizens For Progress Committee
Art Heck
Bill Myers
The
Jayceees
Lawrence Achievement Place
Byron Brooks
Cy Anderson
Walter Hicks
Jerry Cunningham
Warren Hornsby
al Hack
Sertoma Club
United Fund Drive
King's Food Host Opens Here Soon in Lawrence
King's U S A plans its first family restaurant in Lawrence at 1601 W 23rd with 180 seats and drive in car service for 14. The unit will be the 61st in the nation and third in Kansas joining Topeka locations. Steve Belden as manager announced opening in about a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King's
U.S.A
Lawrence
Steve Belden
U. S
Kansas
Topeka
King’s
Larry Price
Belden
Beloit
Wise Buyers Read the Classifieds Acacia Lodge Notice
Acacia Lodge 29 AF and AM calls a stated communication on Thursday November 9 at 7 30 P M Sojourners welcome W M E Richard Carter and C E Kerns secretary provide details for members and guests in the notice
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acacia Lodge
AF & AM
Sojourners
E. Richard Carter
W.M
C. E. Kerns
Service members to receive holiday remembrance list
The Journal-World asks readers to send names and mailing addresses of Far East service personnel, especially in Vietnam, to Armed Forces Editor in Lawrence. A first list will publish next week, with updates as more names are added. mailings should arrive soon.
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Areca
Far East
Journal- World
American Legion
Vietnam
Lawrence
Nursing Home Possible Here in Douglas County
Independence man Jim Griffith representing Midland Investment Company told the Douglas County Commissioners he hopes to locate a new 40 bed nursing home in Lawrence within six months if a suitable site is found. The plan calls for a one story brick ranch building with 24 bedrooms and about 20 employees, serving private and welfare patients at an estimated $225 per month.
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Independence
Kan
Douglas County
Lawrence
Jim Griffith
Midland Investment Company
Kansas
Griffith
Emporia
Fredonia
Columbus
Girard
Caney
Eureka
Concordia
Harvey Booth
County Commission
Grffith
Crooked Justice Corn Dies at 83 in Oklahoma City
Former Oklahoma Supreme Court justice N. C. Corn died at 83 in Oklahoma City. He served nine months in federal prison for income tax violations tied to a 20 year bribery scheme totaling 150000 dollars. His testimony implicated others in a wide corruption scandal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Vandals Crack Fountain Group Outdoor Art at KU
Kansas University police report vandals tipped the outdoor sculpture Fountain Group by Pierre LeGros the Elder, cracking it on Saturday night. The piece stood in the KU Art Museum courtyard valued at $400. owners Kred and Oscar Pusey of Kutirey Funeral Home are involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas University
Today
Pierre LeGros
KU Art
Troelstrup Cited At Dinner Here
Lawrence Police Chief William Troelstrup, honored at a Tuesday dinner, will leave Thursday to head Florida’s new Bureau of Law Enforcement. The bureau begins Oct 1 with a $3 million two year budget and regional offices in Tallahassee Tampa Jacksonville Orlando and Miami. Capt. Richard Stanwix will become acting Chief Friday.
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Lawrence
William Troelstrup
Troelstrup
Florida
Bureau of Law Enforcement
Sirloin
William Reed
Reed
Kansas City, Mo
Tallahassee
Tampa
Jacksonville
Orlando
Miami
Richard Stanwix
Mrs W P Ames Donates Books to New Balard Center Library
Mrs W P Ames widow of the late Rev Ames former Lawrence minister donates her husband’s books to the Balard Center library. The collection includes an 11 volume reference set and complete works by Alfred Tennyson and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The library opens afternoons and evenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P. Ames
Ames
Lawrence
Ballard Center
Alfred Tennyson
Henry Wadsworth Longefellow
Santa Fe Plans 200 Temperature Control Cars at Topeka
Santa Fe Railway announced plans to build 200 multipurpose mechanical temperature control cars at Topeka Kansas shops. The project costs about 6.5 million dollars with delivery slated to begin early next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Santa Fe Railway
Topeka
Kan
Oread Theatre Opens Tonight at Murphy Hall KU
KU Experimental Theatre debuts Theatre Today tonight at 8 20 in Murphy Hall running through Nov 19 Curtain time is 8 20 The show features excerpts from plays and musicals and will tour Poland Czechoslovakia Yugoslavia and Romania next spring Cast includes Carol Wilcox Sherelyn Romeiser Jeri Walker Mike Fisher Holmes Osborne and Earl Trussell The tour continues KU five year run with a State Department demonstration team support
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas University Experimental Theatre
Europe
Murphy Hall
Theatre Today
KU Experimental Theatre
Tom Rea
KU Theater Division
Kate
Carol Wilcox
Kansas City
Sherelyn Romeiser
Salina
Jeri Walker
Shawnee Mission
Mike Fisher
Wichita
Holmes Osborne
Bates City
Earl Trussell
Rea
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
Rumania
U.S. State Department
20 Paintings by Kansas Artists Shown at LHS
Lawrence High School hosts a display of 20 paintings by 10 artists from the Kansas Three-Eyes Art Society. Works in casein, polymer and oil cover realistic, near abstract and non objective themes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
LHS
Kansas Three-Eyes Art Society
Lawrence High School
Helen Buro
Tom DeVito
Marie Haines
Dorothy Ramsly
Bluma Nathan
Sue Platt
Jean Sherr
Marianne Spalty
Ursula Marie
Ilya Youle
Kansas State Federation of Art
Housing Action Delayed by Wichita Commission
Wichita City Commission deferred action for one week after a two hour public hearing on a fair housing ordinance. City Manager Russell E McClure noted the proceedings were orderly and required full time to hear proponents opponents and rebuttals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Wichita City Commission
Russell E. McClure
Finance Leader Dies Chicago AP Day Heads Midwest Stock Exchange
James E. Day, 62, president of the Midwest Stock Exchange, died today after a heart attack. A U.S. Public Health Service study counted 60 scuba diving deaths and 24 skin diving deaths in the U.S. in 1965.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
James E. Day
The
Midwest Stock Exchange
U.S. Public Health Service
U.S
Indiana Professor Delivers Memorial Lecture at KU
W. J. Shiner Jr of Indiana University will give the 20th annual Davis memorial lecture at 8 p m Friday in Room 124 Malott Hall Kansas University. He will discuss Deuterium Effects on Solvolysis Rates. The talk is sponsored by KU Chemistry Department and Alpha Chi Sigma. Shiner holds a Ph D from Cornell and was a Fulbright Fellow at University College London in 1950 51. He joined Indiana faculty in 1952.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Shiner Jr
Indiana University
Bloomington
Davis
Malott Hall
Kansas University
KU Chemistry Department
Alpha Chi Sigma, Chemistry
Shiner
Cornell University
University College
London
Indiana
Budget for Kansas Highway Commission tops 148 million
Bibb proposed a 1969 highway budget of 148.68 million matching the commission's request for July 1 start. The plan exceeds this year’s 133.69 million outlay and falls short of agency requests for several line items. Gov Docking attended the hearings as the administration shapes its 1968 session recommendations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
James W. Bibb
Highway Commission
Bibb
Highway Patrol
Patrol
Fire Marshal
Kansas Research Foundation
General Revenue Fund
Foundation
Robert Docking
Johnson to tour US military bases on Veterans Day
President Johnson plans a Veterans Day tour of military installations across the United States, with no itinerary released. Veterans Day is Saturday, and officials left open the possibility the trip could extend beyond that single day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Johnson
United States
White House
Pike Warns Drivers To Watch For Deer On Turnpike
The Kansas Turnpike Authority issues a dusk to dawn warning after three deer were struck on the turnpike, causing about 1200 dollars in vehicle damage. Incidents occurred near Lawrence, Topeka, and Emporia, with 54 deer killed in Douglas and Shawnee counties last year and about 40 this year. George Schletty, game warden, notes deer movement peaks during this period and urges caution.
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Kansas Turnpike Authority
Douglas County
Wesley Duncan
Tecumseh
West Lawrence
Topeka
Emporia
George Schlecty
Douglas
Shawnee
Schlecty
Leavenworth Club Stabbing Fatality In Downtown Venue
Thomas Eugene Denney, 20, of Leavenworth was stabbed to death Tuesday in a downtown club. Louise Sanders, 22, of Denison, Tex., was arrested and charged with first degree murder. She appeared before City Court Judge Austin Neal Wyrick and posted a $7,000 bond with a preliminary hearing set for Nov. 15.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Thomas Eugene Denney
A. C. Mistler
Louise Sanders
Denison
Tex
Co. Atty
Joseph J. Dawes Jr
Austin Neal Wyrick
Woman Injured After Car Hits Parked Truck
A 34 year old Lawrence woman, Alice Schimmel, was hospitalized in good condition after a 8 45 a m collision on West 23rd Street with a parked George J Duncan truck. Her car sustained 425 dollars of damage and the truck 200 dollars. Her head cuts were treated at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
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Lawrence
W. 23Rd Street
Iowa Street
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Alice Schimmel
Route 1
George J. Duncan
Spring Hill
Imminent Call Up for Protestors Sparks Draft Action
Washington AP college students who turned in draft cards face immediate call ups as deferments may be denied to those who refuse to carry their classification cards or obstruct recruiting officers on campuses. Hershey directed boards to re classify registrants without cards and push them to the top of draft lists.
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Washington
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service Boards
Armed Services
Hershey
Government Sets Date for Schools To Desegregate
Washington AP The government will set target dates for Southern school systems to desegregate, aiming for most to finish by fall 1969. Some districts may complete earlier, others after 1969, with dates varying by system as plans move beyond freedom of choice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Peter Libassi
Office
Cvil Rights
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Libassi
U.S. Civil Rights Commission
HEW
Student Awaits Decision on Murder Trial in Berkshire
Bruce McConnell 21 formerly of Ottawa Kansas is back at Berkshire County Jail awaiting a ruling on whether he will stand trial for the murder of Bonnie Pearson 19. A mental observation order from October requires a defense attorney and psychiatrist present. The victim’s body was found August 22 in a Williamstown garage from blunt force injuries. Witnesses placed McConnell with Pearson near the Fire Flies Discotheque just over the state line in North Hoosick New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield
Mass
Bruce McConnell
Ottawa, Kan
Berkshire County
Pretty Bonnie Pearson
McConnell
Northampton State Hospital
Miss Pearson
Williamstown
Berkshire Mountains
State Line
North Hoosick
N.Y
North Adams
Community notes on holidays and local events in Lawrence
Lawrence notices report court and city hall closures for Veterans Day and Thanksgiving. A Topeka boy suffered a fish hook accident in a hayloft, treated at St Francis Hospital and released. KU fine arts recital features eight students, and a trip to Mexico City is planned by KU International Club with deadline November 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Francis Hospital
Kansas University School of Fine Arts
Swarthout Recital Hall
Judith Struck
Abilene
Jane Fager
Topeka
Charles Lawson
Muskogee
Okla
Jean Barnes
Kansas City
Barbara Rundle
Clay Center
Nancy Hitt
Lawrence
Nancy Watson
Charles Rader
Kansas University International Club
Mexico City
International Club
Kansas Union
Said Adra
Beirut
Lebanon
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King's Food Host
Lodge
Crooked Justice
Kred
Oscar Pusey
Kutirey Funeral Home
Adv
Ames Books
Santa FE
Oread Theatre
Pike
Cash & Carry
Alexander
Lowa
Haskell Institute
City Hall
City Commission
State Farm
Way Insurance
Auto, Life & Fire Inst
M. R. Carlson
Vermont
State Farm Insurance Companies
Bloomingtom
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