Divers Hunt Lethal Gas Barge in Mississippi River
In Baton Rouge, divers from Army Navy and civilians searched the Mississippi for a missing barge carrying 600 tons of chlorine. The vessel ripped from mooring by Hurricane Betsy, formation area closure, and a 40 mile river stretch shut to shipping. Dumas urged residents stay calm and listen for evac orders.
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Bruce J. Bowen
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Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co
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Denver Hit by Series of Earth Tremors
A series of earthquakes shook the Denver area with no injuries or damage reported. The first and strongest quake struck at 3:58 a.m. MDT, measuring 4.5 on the local scale according to Rev. Joseph Downey of Regis College.
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Joseph Downey
Regis College
Lodge Notice Honors 25 and 50 Year Members
Acacia Lodge 9 and Lawrence Lodge 6 AF & AM announce a joint communication on Monday September 13 with a grand visit by Most Worshipful Owen E Hodgson Grand Master. Buffet dinner 6:30 p.m. meeting 8:00 p.m. Open to Masons wives and guests. Officers Travis Hodgson Mole Kerns secretary.
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Lawrence Lodge
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Owen E. ‘Hodgson
K. A. Travis
W. G. Hodgson
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C. E. ‘Kerns
Secy’s
Pool Meeting Tuesday At High School Meet
Members of the city school board committee studying proposals for a jointly operated swimming facility in Lawrence will meet at 7 30 a m Tuesday in the School Board Administration Building at Lawrence High School. James Schubert of the City Commission is chairman and will preside. He says the pool idea is not dropped and the group will consider many plans before acting.
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Atom Site Areas Narrowed to 30 by Local Bids
Washington report says the Atomic Energy Commission narrowed 300 million facility sites to 30 areas. Over 100 bids were placed as Kansas City area contenders include five sites near Sunflower Ord nance Works east of Lawrence and near Mid Continent airport. Officials noted no finalist list by end of August and possible sites planned for Colorado or Midwest locations.
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India seeks to curb wider war in East Pakistan crisis
In India efforts aim to prevent escalation beyond East Pakistan and keep fighting away from Kashmir. In Kansas City a Trans World Airlines Convair 880 training plane crashed at Mid-Continent International Airport but all four crew members escaped unharmed.
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East Pakistan
Kashmir
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Mid-Continent International
Mystery Death Of 21 Year Old Miss Trickett Found
In Kansas City Kansas the nude body of Linda Trickett aged 21 was found in her apartment. Chief Walter Millstead said the victim appeared to have been strangled and noted a dark mark around her neck.
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Walter Millstead
Multiple Vehicle Collision In Eudora Highway 10 Damages
A two car crash on Highway K 10 in Eudora caused about 600 in damage with no injuries. Drivers include Ronald G Hardy 58 Overland Park and Leland G Massey 29 Eudora. Deputy notes westbound Hardy stopped for a pickup, others failed to stop and collided. Nearby on Turnpike two miles west of West Lawrence interchange Peggy Jones Stallings 27 Nashville escaped injury when trailer hitch broke causing furnishings spill. Late Sunday night Sarah Leapher 67 of 1708 Ky St struck a parked car owned by M S Gordon 406 FE 10th St. no injuries but 750 in damage.
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Leland G. Massey
Eudora
Lawrence V. Nixon
Robert M. Oxler
Kansas City
John Miller
Hardy
Peggy Jones Stallings
Nashville, Tenn
West Lawrence
Prison anthropology classes at Leavenworth Penitentiary
Dr. William Bass of Kansas University outlined the prison education program at Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary to the Lawrence Rotary Club. He has taught anthropology there four years and says inmates, paying ten dollars per credit hour, are well educated and on par with KU students. He notes inmates range from murder to extortion cases and even Billie Sol Estes studied there, with Estes teaching him a business course in return.
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Lawrence
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Four Lawrence Men Attend Knute Rockne Memorial Dedication
Four Lawrence figures prominent in athletics attended the dedication of the Knute Rockne memorial at the Matfield Green service area on the Kansas Turnpike. Frank McDonald athletic director at Haskell Institute. Dr. Forrest C. Allen former KU athletics director and basketball coach. Ad Lindsey KU football coach. and former Kansas track coach Bill Easton participated.
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Haskell Institute
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Forrest C. Allen
Kansas University
Ad Lindsey
Notre Dame
Kansas
Bill Easton
Alonzo J. Ambler Class Sets Eight Week Scottish Rite Reunion
The 134th Lawrence Scottish Rite reunion begins Wednesday and runs for eight Wednesdays with dinner at 6 30 p m and degree work at 7 30 p m A banquet for the Ambler class will be held November 10 at 7 30 p m alongside the event.
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Alonzo J. Ambler
Local Man Improves After Walnut Tree Fall
A. B. Ewing of 703 North 3rd Street remains in slight improvement in the intensive care unit at Lawrence Memorial Hospital after a fall from a ladder Saturday afternoon. He was cutting a limb when the rope attached to the limb broke, causing him to topple with the ladder and injure his left shoulder. Surgery Saturday evening repaired a shattered shoulder ball and wrenched socket.
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N. 3Rd St
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Ewing
Farewell Coffee Set for Edwin A Bullock in Lawrence
Mr and Mrs Willard Doores host an informal farewell coffee for Edwin A Bullock a longtime Lawrence businessman. Visitors may stop by the Doores stationery store at 927 Mass St from 2 to 5 p.m. Bullock sold his shop at 2 KE 7th St in 1963 and will reside in Harvey Illinois with daughter Helen Bullock.
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Edwin A. Bullock
Lawrence
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Bullock
KE. 7Th St
Harvey, Ill
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MH Association In Annual Event
The Douglas County Association for Mental Health will hold its annual dinner at 6 45 p m Wednesday Sept 29 in the Eldridge Hotel A panel of speakers will be available only for floor questions on each panelist s field The lineup includes Police Chief William Troelstrup attorney John Emerson Supt of Schools Carl Knox Rev Benton Roy Hanan and others A pre event talk will be given by Dr Robert Bloomberg Reservations can be made by calling the center VI3 9192 between 8 a m and 5 p m
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Eldridge Hotel
William Troelstrup
John Emerson
Douglas County Bar Association
Supt
Robert Bloomberg
Mental Health Center
Lawrence residents spot KU alum in Shenandoah and TV
Lawrence reports Jim McMullan, a 1961 Kansas University graduate, seen in the film Shenandoah and slated to appear on the first eight Ben Casey episodes opening tonight. He is also cast in a new Desilu Studios series for the 1966-67 season. Also notes KU traffic control stations operate 7 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. on weekdays.
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Lawrence
Jim McMullan
Kansas University
Revival Planned Here at Pentecostal Church
Revival services will be held at the Pentecostal Church at 19th and Tenn Sts from Tuesday through Saturday. Evangelist Elder Harris of St Louis Mo will lead the meetings beginning Tuesday evening at 8 oclock.
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Tenn. Sts
Harris
St. Louis
Service Day or Night Funeral Home Vi
Funeral home notice for Rum sey, listing service day or night arrangements and Adv. details on visitation and contact at Rum sey Funeral Home.
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Rumsey Funeral Home
State Board to Survey Charter for University State Bank
A State Bank Board committee will visit Lawrence on Tuesday to review the charter application for University State Bank. Local organizers include R. M. Raney Richard H. Raney Ben Barteldes Paul Smart and Jack Mitchell. The plan places the bank at Raney Hillcrest Shopping Center with hearings at the Virginia Inn Motel at 9 a.m. and 1 p.m.
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State Bank Board
Lawrence
R. M. Raney
Richard H. Raney
Ben Barteldes
Paul Smart
Jack Mitchell
University State Bank
Raney
Hillcrest
Virginia Inn
Escapee Kelch Remains At Large From Douglas County Jail
Bill Ray Kelch, 20, of Missouri Street, escaped from the Douglas County jail Friday afternoon by squeezing through a small window. Sheriff Rex Johnson said no concrete clues exist on his whereabouts, believed out of state, amid criticism of jail facilities from County Attorney Ralph King and the three county commissioners who will study the jail and consider repairs.
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Mo. St
Douglas County
Rex Johnson
Kelch
Harvey Booth
Johnson
Doug McCleery
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