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University Daily Kansan
Page 0502_2 from reel: L 743 (1967-09-14 to 1968-01-12)
https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-udk/10034

Title: Mark Ethridge Recipient of White Foundation Award
Summary: Mark F. Ethridge, a journalism professor at the University of North Carolina, is receiving the William Allen White Foundation award for journalistic merit. The 11th annual citation will be presented at KU on February 12.
Category: campus news
Subjects: journalism; awards; university faculty
Named Entities: Ethridge, Mark F. [journalist]; White, William Allen [journalist]
Confidence: 0.9

Title: Groundbreaking for New Alpha Chi House
Summary: Alpha Chi Omega sorority members participate in groundbreaking ceremonies for their new house on Emery Road. The $400,000 house will house 80 girls and is expected to be completed for the 1968 fall semester.
Category: campus news
Subjects: sororities; university housing; campus construction
Named Entities: Bell, Linda [Alpha Chi Omega president]; Timmons, Robert [corporation president]; Brown, Mrs. Joe [province president]
Confidence: 0.9

Title: Borrowed Heart Stops Beating
Summary: Louis Block, the world's fifth heart transplant recipient, died 10 hours after surgery in New York. The operation used a woman's heart, and doctors cited issues with the transplanted organ.
Category: national news
Subjects: medical research; organ transplantation; healthcare
Named Entities: Block, Louis [heart transplant recipient]; Kantrowitz, Adrian [surgeon]; Krouch, Helen [organ donor]
Confidence: 0.85

Title: Army Draft Call Goes Up
Summary: The Army has increased its draft call to 39,000 men for March, up from previous months. This follows predictions of heavier drafts due to the two-year term of service for those inducted in 1966.
Category: national news
Subjects: military conscription; Vietnam War; government policy
Confidence: 0.8

Title: KU Student Takes Oath for House
Summary: Robert A. Velsir, a KU junior, was sworn in as a representative in the Kansas Legislature. He was appointed to fill a vacancy created by the resignation of W. Lee Cain.
Category: campus news
Subjects: student government; Kansas legislature; political participation
Named Entities: Velsir, Robert A. [KU student]; Price, Robert T. [Kansas Supreme Court Justice]
Confidence: 0.85

Title: Weather
Summary: The U.S. Weather Bureau predicts partly cloudy and warmer conditions for tonight and Thursday, with a chance of light rain. The low tonight will be in the 20s, turning colder Thursday night.
Category: informational content
Subjects: weather forecasts; climate conditions
Confidence: 0.9

Title: What's Inside
Summary: Teaser section highlighting upcoming articles including a VISTA volunteer working with alcoholic Indians, women's residence hall dress code changes, and heart transplant updates.
Category: other
Subjects: newspaper content preview
Confidence: 0.7

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