Washington dinners ditch forks for Arabian Nights ambiance
In Washington a shift toward informal dining sees diplomats and guests eating with fingers on low tables under tents and cushions. At the Moroccan Embassy ambassador Ahmed Larsaki hosts a party for 100 with lamb on skewers, belly dancing, and a mix of French English and Arabic. Asian diplomats increasingly use chopsticks and low tables, signaling a trend away from formal utensils.
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Ahmed Larsaki
Badia
Ali
Jackie Bengeleoun
Embassy Row
Hangmen
Barbara Howard
Luci Baines Johnson
Yolande B. Fox
Alabama
Ameritania
Ahmed-Bab Miske
Miske
Sahara
Budgets Up At Colleges In Kansas State System
State colleges and universities seek 114 million 294 thousand 764 dollars for fiscal 1968 an increase of 16.4 percent. KU and Kansas University faculty salaries rise 7.5 percent while other schools rise 9 percent. Regents approve higher student union fees at KU to help retire 2.2 million in bonds and authorize KU KU state to raise fees for construction and possible swimming pool at Kansas State University.
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Topeka
University of Kansas
Kansas University
Kansas State
Emporia State College
Pittsburg State
Fort Hays State College
Wichita State University
Board of Regents
Kansas
Kansas State University
Avery appoints Kansas Export Council to push world markets
Gov William Avery announced a Kansas Export Council to urge business leaders to expand exports. Harry Higgins of Emporia named chairman, with members from Salina McPherson Pittsburg Wichita and others representing firms with offices abroad. The council will cooperate with the Kansas Economic Development Commission to boost manufacturing and agricultural exports, building on the Mexico trade mission and Kansas current export figures of 117 million in manufactured goods and 200 million in agricultural products annually.
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Topeka
William H. Avery Friday
Kansas Export Council
Kansas
Harry Higgins
Emporia
Tom Aird
Salina
John Allen
McPherson
H. Gordon Angwin
Pittsburg
Harvey Anselm
Wichita
Willard E. Balderson
Wamego
al J. Boyer
Kansas City
George D. Butler
Independence
Howard J. Carey
Hutchinson
Jim Cross
Lewis
J.G. Dean
R. A. Gentry
Winfield
Edward J. King Jr
Olathe
Jennie Burch
Leon Mugler
Clay Center
M.G. Neuburger
Harlan Potter
Jack Zook
Avery
Kansas Economic Development Commission
Mexico
Young Kansan receives Young American Medal at White House
David Eugene Crowe, seven, of Cherokee Kansas, earns the Young American Medal for heroism for rescuing his three younger sisters from a burning home in 1964. He was five then. Also honored were Jeffrey Gallagher, 17, of Haskell New Jersey, for removing a pilot and passenger from a flaming plane, and John Hanshus, 19, of Eau Claire Wisconsin, for organizing a youth employment service. The White House Cabinet Room ceremony marked Crowe as the youngest recipient.
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Washington
David Eugene Crowe
Johnson
David
Cherokee
Kan
Jeffrey James Gallagher
Haskell
N.J
John Arthur Haneshus
Eau Claire
Wis
Gallagher
Hanshus
White House
Young Crowe
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A. G. Madison, O.D
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Homer N. Flora, D.O
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Buster Brown
Richardson’s Shoe Store
Syesa
Cheray
Ottawa
Medical Directory
J. F. Barr, M.D
Medical Arts Building
Frank A. Trump
M.D
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S, Main
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Marion Maxwell
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