Key Viet Nam leader Toys and food,not husbands, assassinated by Cong sold at Law Wives' auction
SAIGON—(UPI)—A prominent politician being groomed for the presidency of South Viet Nam's civilian government next year was assassinated today in a hail of bullets fired by two men on a red motorbike.
Police captured one of the gunmen, and he said later at a news conference that he was a Viet Cong agent who had a specific mission to assassinate the politician, Tran Van Van.
Van, a strong anti-Communist, was a member of South Viet Nam's constituent assembly and led political opposition to Prime Minister Nguyen Cao Ky. He
was against military rule of the nation and was regarded a top contender for the presidency when control is turned over to civilian government next year.
Van was en route to the assembly in his black sedan when the two assassins pulled alongside on the motorbike. Eight or nine bullets were fired, four of them striking the assemblyman.
Van was considered one of the major driving forces in keeping the assembly from becoming a rubber stamp lawmaking body. One delegate described his assassination as a "blow to the chances of democracy in South Viet Nam."
A pretty blonde in a brown corduroy suit was standing behind the podium saying, "Who will open the bidding at 50 cents?"
Singing nuns made of paper cups, Christmas carolers made of Reader's Digests, hand-made cigarette boxes and stamp holders, tiny toys imported from East Germany, saffron spice from Spain, stick horses, and dozens of brownies and cookies were sold last night at the Law Wives' auction.
Syria ready to send arms to Jordan revolutionaries
BEIRUT, Lebanon — (UPI)
Syria offered arms today to Jordanian revolutionaries to overthrow King Hussein.
Syrian President Dr. Noureledin Atassi told thousands of anti-Hussein demonstrators in the streets of Damascus that Syria was ready at any time to provide arms to Jordanian "revolutionaries" and urged them to continue their struggle until Hussein was overthrown.
HIS SPEECH—an almost unprecedented appeal by the ruler of one country for the overthrow of the ruler of another—came as military leaders of 12 of the 13
members of the Arab League met in Cairo to discuss possible military measures against Israel.
Observers said however the morning conference was more likely to focus on charges by hard-line states—notably Syria and the U.A.R. that Jordan had betrayed the Arab world by not being firm enough against Israel.
Jordan has been swept for days by anti-Hussein rioting fanned by Damascus and Cairo radio broadcasts accusing Hussein of being soft on Israel and urging Palestine refugees to rise against him.
Berkeley officials crush strike of students, teachers
BERKELEY, Calif.—(UPI)—University of California officials crushed a strike by students and teaching assistants Tuesday, bringing an end to a four-day boycott of classes.
The rebel students and teaching assistants, who grade papers and aid professors in large classes, gave in to a blunt threat by the Board of Regents that any faculty member who continued the strike would be fired.
FACED WITH the loss of support by the junior faculty members, the students also voted officially to declare a "temporary recess" to the boycott. The approximately 600 students who attended the late night meeting said they reserved the right to "organize and prepare for the resumption of the strike" after the Christmas holidays.
The crisis erupted last Wednesday when demonstrators conducted a mass sit-in at the Student Union Building to protest Navy recruiting activities on the campus.
News At A Glance
LAWRENCE — (UPI) — J. Rex Duwe, state highway commissioner from Lucas, Tuesday rejected a proposed turnpike system and recommended instead an increase in vehicle registration fees.
The increase, he said, would average out to $22 for each 1.4 million vehicles in Kansas and provide an estimated $30 million annually.
He said motor vehicle registration in the state was $19.90 below the national average and added, "It is apparent that we are operating nearly $28 million per year below a level of highway user tax financing which would be only average among other states."
"Kansas is doing a miserable self-deluling job in the financing of her state highway system," Duwe said.
THE HIGHWAY commissioner outlined three needs of the state;
No one sold her husband's law books but one woman was heard to say, "I should have brought Tina and Timmy to sell."
outlined three needs of the state:
—Provide the major improvement needed for the 4,000 miles presently deficient.
—Provide a level of financing which would enable the State Highway Commission to keep any
of the 10,000-mile state system from becoming deficient in the future.
—Build the Kansas freeway system.
GLOUCESTER, England — (UPI)—Clive Adams told a judge that since an auto accident in 1962 he has been unable to tell the difference between beer and water.
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"This is a very serious matter," said the judge—and awarded Adams $12,437 in damages.
BUT TINAS and Timmys don't sell very well because more than half of the wives of law students already have children.
BRIGHTON, England—(UPI)—Bald-headed patrons of a Brighton barber shop are finally getting a break.
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The auction was held to raise money for a fund to buy a gift for the new law school, Mrs. Vernon Vorhees, president of the organization, said. About $60 was raised.
A sign in the shop window said, "Haircuts 56 cents, 50 cents for bald-topped men."
"This is the most we have ever made with an auction," she said. About 50 of the 150 membership were in attendance.
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Mrs. Charles Oldfather, whose husband is a professor of law, went home with a Christmas wreath decorated with snow-sprayed toothpicks.
Daily Kansan Wednesday, December 7,1966
MRS. JOHN SUTTER'S hand-painted bread board was so popular that she began taking orders for them while another woman clutched a whimsical-looking Raggedy Ann doll she had just bought.
Law Wives, an organization composed of wives of students and professors in the law school, and women law students, is a fairly diverse group.
The median age is 22 and about half of them have undergraduate degrees. A few are working on or have obtained graduate degrees, many are secretaries in university offices, and some commute to Kansas City and Topeka for their jobs.
For example one of them Mrs. Anton Uhlrich is 23 years old, teaches math 2C here at KU, is working on a master's degree and has two children.
LAW WIVES was founded in 1946 by Dean Frederick Moreau's wife. Mrs. William Scott, wife of a law professor and one of the group's sponsors, said, "It is amazing how this group has remained so active since its founding. Many lifetime friendships have been formed through Law Wives."
The group, which meets the second Tuesday of every month, has a three-fold purpose—to provide service to the law school and the community, educational entertainment and social activities.
Among annual events they sponsor are a spring beer party, a Christmas party for their children, and a spring tea for wives of graduating law students at which time they receive their
Ph.T. (put hubby through) diplomas.
They also sponsor style shows, monthly speakers, and a study group where they hear lectures from law professors on their husbands' profession.
Mrs. Vorhees said, "Law Wives not only unifies the wives of students but it unifies a lot of the whole school as most of the law students are married."
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