GOP Hopes Nixon Leads In Final Vote Totals
GOP aides say Nixon may gain a popular vote lead after recounts and absentee ballots in 11 states, though Nixon was not consulted on Morton’s request. Latest AP tally shows Kennedy ahead in electoral votes. California absentee results barely inch Nixon closer.
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Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
GOP
Thurston B. Morton
Morton
Kennedy
Herbert G. Klein
Robert Finch
Associated Press
Kenendy
Finch
Klein
Illinois
Texas
Delaware
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Nevada
New Mexico
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Miami
Fla
Finch and Klein
California
Mississippi
Alabama
Duck Hunter Drowns in Makeshift Boat Accident
Wayne Lovelady thirty of Hiawatha drowned in a farm pond four hundred forty four miles west of Wil lis while building a duck blind in a pond. Gerald K Wagner also of Hiawatha survived, reaching shore as the auto hood boat sank. rescuers failed to save Lovelady.
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Hiawatha
Wayne Lovelady
Willis Friday
Gerald K. Wagner
Lovelady
Wagner
Election year politics and the quest for fair coverage
The columnist argues newspapers strive to be unbiased in political news despite critics. He notes campaigners, readers, and critics demand equal space and accuse papers of bias, while editors expect to report fairly and ignore repeating charges of a one party press.
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Kansas
Ple
State Democratic Party
Toe Ok Om
Pike Rate Boost Studied by Kansas Turnpike Authority
The Kansas Turnpike Authority approved a traffic and revenue study to examine toll increases for the Kansas City Oklahoma state line superhighway. Opened in 1956 the turnpike has not yet generated enough revenue to cover operating costs interest and bond retirement. Officials say changes may vary by vehicle type.
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Kansas Turnpike Authority
Kansas City-Oklahoma State Line
Adams Attends Workshop and Seminar in California
Dr Ralph N Adams KU associate professor of chemistry attended the fourth annual Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Workshop in Palo Alto California. He also gave a Riverside campus UC seminar on KU electroanalytical chemistry. Dr Theodore Kawana KU researcher under Adams is a Riverside chemistry staff member.
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Ralph N. Adams
Kansas University
Palo Alto
Calif
Riverside
University of California
Theodore Kawana
Adams
KU Professor Delivers Lecture Series on Polymer Chemistry
Dr Earl S Huyser, KU assistant professor, presented a full Kansas City section of the American Chemical Society lecture series on polymer chemistry hosted at the College of Saint Teresa. The program ran from Oct 18 to Nov 8. Huyser joined KU in 1959 after graduate work at Chicago and Columbia Universities and research at Dow Chemical.
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Earl S. Huyser
Kansas University
Kansas City
American Chemical Society
College of Saint Teresa
Huyser
Chicago University
Columbia University
Dow Chemical Company
Army Recruiter Schedules Tour in Lawrence and Douglas County
M/Sgt. William Vanderbrink of Topeka will visit the Lawrence and Douglas County area every Tuesday and Thursday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. The sites include Draft Board 10-10:30, Post Office 10:30-11, National Guard Armory 1-2, and U S Army Reserve Training Center 2:30-4. Call Topeka-Central 3-3231 on other days.
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U. S. Army
William Vanderbrink
Topeka
Lawrence
Douglas County
National Guard Armory
U.S. Army Reserve Training Center
Topeka—Central
Memorial Hospital Admits and Births Report
Memorial Hospital admissions include Donald Thiry, Louise Mertz, Janice Werner, Nancy Cain, Chris Hobson with addresses noted. Dismissals include Emma Kasberger, Patrick Waters, Karen Croke, Marie Hudson, Reba Gardner. Births list three daughters for Lawrenz, Cain, and Werner families.
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Donald Thiry
Route 4
Louise Mertz
N.H
Janice L. Werner
Tenn
Nancy J. Cain
W. 20Th
Chris G. Hobson
Baldwin
Emma Kasberger
Eudora
Patrick Waters
Iowa
Karen Kay Croke
Oskaloosa
Marie Hudson
Ohio
Reba Gardner
Sports Car Club Hosts Trials At Mountain Top
About 30 sports cars enter the Mountain Top Khana Sunday in the Fred S. Alford quarry four miles NW of Lawrence on U S 24. Rallymaster Roger Williams says the event is a strictly driving contest with no passengers. Course length from three quarters to a full mile.
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Fred S. Alford
Lawrence
U.S. 24
Roger Williams
Jayhawk Sports Car Club
16 LHS Seniors Top Among 125 Honored Friday
Sixteen Lawrence High School seniors led a list of 125 students honored at Friday’s assembly for high performance on national tests. Certificates of commendation from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation were awarded to the seniors, along with awards for underclass students in the National Educational Development Tests.
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LHS
Lawrence High School
National Merit Scholarship Corporation
William Argersinger
Margaret Eaton
Barbara Ericsson
Evelyn Fearing
Fred Hartman
Janet Heck
Pat Kennedy
Judy Kleinberg
Charles Lanning
Byron Leonard
Jan Loofbourrow
Mike Milroy
Martha Murphy
Lary Schiefelbusch
Roy Sisson
Roger Torneden
United States
Jack Maloney
Carol Rose
Bob Shenk
Jeff Shook
Susan Smith
Jim Wortham
Kansas
Pete Arpersinger
Sharon Brandt
David Brune
Mary Lymn Iune
Steve Campbell
Robert Cohen
Mike Corbett
Ronnie Dyimmer
Janet Doane
Sue Wehart
Bonnie Fletcher
Elizabeth Njeim
Terry O'Connor
Raheth Paden
Jeremy Paretsky
Jean Phillips
Chris Pinet
Richard Richardson
Rick Samson
Kathy Schultz
Eric Shulenberger
Steve Smndt
Carol Smith
Joyce Smith
Mary Smithmeyer
Timothy Sommerville
Dianna Sparks
Sharon Stalcup
Darry Stone
Gary White
Nancy Whitaker
Howard Wilcox
Robert Williams
Pete Youngberg
Tom Aiken
Janet Milleret
Karen Noland
Mary O'Connell
Timothy Oldfather
Marquaret Peterson
Richard Pine
Nancy Sanders
Gwen Stuart
Ray Suffran
Carol Sullivan
Judith Thompson
Mary Thompson
Nancy Ulmer
Dick Warner
Ken Whitenight
Whittie Willams
Fred Winters
Linda Winters
Mary Wortham
Colleen Wright
Missouri GOP Eyes Absentees To Boost Nixon
In Missouri, GOP leaders claim absentee ballots could erase Kennedy's lead though Democrats dispute this. Kennedy led Nixon with 925,081 to 902,906 across 99.9 percent of precincts. absentees may total 60,000 to 100,000, depending on faction. U S Attorney Webster called the election clean with isolated complaints and no organized vote stealing evident.
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ST. Louis
Missouri
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
GOP
H. Kenneth Wangelin
Poplar Bluff
Nixon
Democratic National
Kansas City
St. Louis County
Wangelin
U. S
William Webster
Homecoming at Kansas prompts parade of days
The author critiques the rise of themed game days at Kansas University noting Band Day Parents Day Chancellor's Day and many others. He argues for honoring overlooked staff and students but laments the crowded schedule with only five home games leaving few days for Football Players Day and a general homecoming.
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Kansas University
Sopho
Kansas Union
U.S. Defeated by New Vote Bloc at United Nations
At the United Nations in New York the Soviet and Asian African blocs blocked U.S. aims as 16 new African members joined the General Assembly to curb what had been an automatic West majority. The latest defeat came when the Assembly postponed elections to the Security and Economic Social councils with nine abstentions led by Nigeria.
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General Assembly
Congo
U. S
Nigeria
Rebel coup in Saigon challenged by loyal forces
Reports say pro Diem and insurgent factions clashed with gunfire in Saigon as rebels tried to seize key sites. Within 45 minutes loyal forces, led by Maj. Nguyen Minh Man, recaptured the radio station and security offices, promising to restore order under Ngo Dinh Diem. Thousands reportedly mobilized, with loyal land and naval units massing toward the capital.
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R ‘Tio
Tryong Vinh le
National Assembly
Diem
Viet Nam
Liberation Forces
Ngo Dinh Diem
Nguyen Minh Man
Mytho
Saigon
Royal Air Force Leader to Speak at KU
Air Vice Admiral W C Sheen commander of the RAF staff in the United States will discuss The Need for Military Cooperation in the Free World at Kansas University Monday. The Naval Science Department sponsors the public lecture at 4 15 p m in University Theater.
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W. C. Sheen
Royal Air Force Staff
U. S
Free World
Kansas University
Naval Science Department
Kansas University Nine Seniors Named Phi Beta Kappa
Nine KU seniors including three from Lawrence honored by election to Phi Beta Kappa in fall semester. Chancellor Wescoe elected to honorary membership. Initiation set for December 5 in Kansas Union Forum Room. KU chapter founded 1891.
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Lawrence
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Kansas University
Paul W .Gilles
W. Clarke Wescoe
Charles D. Aldrich
Osborne
Robert E. Barnhill
Ala
St. , Lawrence
Ellis B. Barnhill
John E. Brown
Ohio
Lawrance
E. L. Brown
N.H. St
Nancy D. Craven
Hillsdale
Therese Davis
Pocatolo
Ida
Barbara K. Foley
W. 20Th Terr
F. C. Foley
John H. Jewell
Garden City
John D. Moyer
Hamlin
Cheryl Ann Payer
el Dorado
Kansas Union
Mississippi River
Matzkes Face Turmoil as Congo Strife Spills Over
The Howard Matzke family, a KU anatomy professor and his wife with two children, pursue a Uganda research project while Congolese tensions rise. In a letter dated Oct 28 the professor describes a growing independence push, violence threats, and chaotic political shifts affecting education, governance, and daily life. He recounts barter with locals, including a village chief, and notes the difficulty of obtaining bush babies for his studies.
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Howard Matzke
Congo
Kansas University
Uganda
Lawrence
Warren Rhodes
First National Bank
Prof. Matzke
Cosmopolitan Club
Matzke
Matzkes
Prof
Deernarrows West Junior High Open House Scene
A deer appeared near the northwest wing of West Junior High School during the week startling students. Open house is scheduled Sunday from 2 to 4 30 p m with teachers administrators board members and contractors present. The school opened this fall with an enrollment of 485.
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West Junior High School
Diana Davis
Virginia Urbanek
Lawrence
WJHS
Board of Education
Kansas Union hosts homecoming events and royal parade
Chancellor Wescoe hosts a noon luncheon with Gov elect John Anderson and state officials at the Kansas Union. A 1910 football team reunion, homecoming buffet, and a marvin grove chuck wagon feast accompany the day. The halftime ceremony crowns Miss Janice Guyot with attendants. CU bands form the heart with KU ROTC guiding the procession. Count Basie Orchestra performs after the game and KU Theater presents The Most Happy Fella starring Norman Atkins at 8 p.m.
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Kansas Union
Memorial Stadium
Board of Regents
Marvin Grove
Janice Guyot
Arkansas City
Sherry Duckworth
Fredenia
Sharon Grace O'Neal
Kansas City
Colorado
Officer Training Corps
Joy Godbehere Bates
Wescoe
Count Basie
KU Theater
Norman Atkins
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