Voting Against Vaccine Picture Sparks County Controversy
A unanimous 10:30 am vote among children refusing the measles vaccine using an electric hypo jet spray gun highlights anger at adults and Dr. David Laury in Franklin County. The scene at the county courthouse drew protests as pictures of the event were discussed amid concerns over photography.
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Zeke Wigglesworth
David Laury
Kansas Public Health Department
Associated Press
Ohio
Gov. Docking
Franklin County
County Commission
Climate Is Better In Korean Talks
U S president ial envoy Cyrus Vance said talks with South Korean leaders were good and very useful as he left for Washington. South Korean officials expressed general satisfaction while government and opposition spokesmen criticized. Vance offered immediate consultations on security threats but refused a pledge of immediate retaliation. DPRK officials questioned whether the communique would quell public worries about North Korean provocations.
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Seoul
U.S
Cyrus Vance
Washington
Vance
Democratic Republican Party
Memphis Strike Strands City as Hired Replacements Fall Short
Memphis police backstop the sanitation effort as 1,300 workers strike over pay and conditions. Only five replacements joined seven active garbage trucks, leaving 60,000 tons of trash on streets. Residents were urged to haul waste to dumps, a plan later retracted for safety concerns.
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Memphis, Tenn
Memphis
Sanitation Deepartment
Police Department
Sanitation Department
First Time US Planes Hit Hue Citadel
U S Marine jets bombed Hue Citadel walls for the first time in the 16 day battle to crush the Communist attack. Ground gains were not confirmed. North Vietnam loss reports included planes, missiles, and airfield strikes near Hanoi and Haiphong.
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Saigon
Hue
North Vietnam
U.S
Hanoi
Casual Des Rapides
Hanoii
United States
Pentagon
China
Hai
Nan Island
Perfume River
Ottawa Man Raises Alarm Over City Water Contamination
Ottawa resident J B Mickey testified before the city commission about the open city landfill on West Second Street and its possible leakage into Nugent Creek and the Marais des Cygnes river. He warned that chlordane and other insecticides stored at the dump could seep into the water supply, urging immediate action such as building a ditch and dike to divert seepage before rains.
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Ottawa
J. B. Mickey
W. 5Th
Mickey
Marais Des Cygnes
West Second Street
Vern Wadkins
Nugent Creek
Wadkins
U. S
Ilse
Murphy
Don Capper
State Board of Health
Weather County Forecast and Records
Clear to partly cloudy tonight and Friday with colder air. Low tonight in the mid teens, high Friday 35 to 40. Record highs and lows for this date are 75 in 1911 and 14 in 1905. Today’s high 33, low 27. a year ago the high 61 and low 56. Precipitation for the past 24 hours ending 7 a.m. is trace. Hourly temperatures end at 8 a.m. today.
Ring Stolen From KU Art Museum in Lawrence
An 18th century English ring described as a valuable teaching aid and work of art was stolen from the University of Kansas Art Museum in Lawrence. The ring, a gold band about 54 inch in diameter with a miniature painted eye, was kept in a hinged display case under guard. A bronze sculpture by Auguste Renor missing since December 2 is insured for $4,500.
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Lawrence
Kan
University of Kansas
K.U. Art Museum
Bret Waller
Auguste Renoir
Mid-East clash erupts as Israeli forces strike Jordan
Across the Jordan River a fierce artillery and tank battle raged between Jordan and Israel with Israeli jets bombing Jordanian positions in Beisan Valley and Gesher and Beit Yosef farms. Both sides blamed each other as reinforcements and heavy fire continued, prompting warnings from Prime Minister Levi Eshkol and Defense Minister Moshe Dayan.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Jordan River
Jordan
Beisan
Sea of Galilee
Gesher
Beit Yosef Collec
Amman
Sheikh Mochammad
Levi Eshko
Moshe Dayan
Charlie Watson Built Homes Since 1950 In Town And Ottawa
Charlie Watson retired in 1950 and has since built eight houses largely by himself. He tore down older structures to reuse lumber, moved to Manhattan briefly near his college son, then returned to Gare Nett where he remodeled a house and built new ones on West Walnut Street. He does carpentry and most plumbing, hires electricians, and cites no labor problems or unions as advantages.
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Kenneth Mac& Garnett
Charlie Watson
Watson
Clara
Manhattan
Garenett
West Walnut Street
Ottawa
Anderson County
Anderson County Hospital Board
KU student posts ad for coed cook stew over meals row
Lawrence AP reports University of Kansas law student Bob Jenkins 24 from Kansas City Missouri sought a coed to cook meals for a bachelor tenant. He later said he would invite one or more of his friends for dinners as needed not just one person.
Nice Deal Lights Contract With Santa Fe Railroad
City commission signed a contract with Santa Fe Railroad allowing street lights to hang on Santa Fe poles from First to Fifth on Walnut Street at a nominal charge of $1 waived by the railroad. Lights have hung for about six months and the contract was approved.
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Don Capper
Santa Fe Railroad
Santa Fe
Walnut Street
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Valley Forge Military Academy
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New Democratic Party
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South Korea
Choi Kyuehah
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Canton
N.Y
5Th Marine Regiment
Rosie Lister
Mid-East
Israel Army
Beisan Valley
Charlie
City Commission
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