Kennedy Studies Defense of U.S.
President-elect John F Kennedy leads a study of the Defense Department for streamlining in the nuclear age. Sen Stuart Symington charts reorganization and may be named defense secretary. Kennedy seeks efficiency and Pentagon economies while considering a big defense spending hike. He also receives a Caribbean briefing with Allen W Dulles and Richard Bissell.
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Palm Beach, Fla
John F. Kennedy
Defense Department
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Air Force
Truman
Kennedy
Symington
Caribbean
Eisenhower
Guatemala
Nicaragua
Central America
U.S
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Alien W. Dulles
Central Intelligence Agency
Richard Bissell
Seven Killed In Car Crash In Rochester Minnesota
A Minnesota pastor Rev. John Eastman 28 and his six children Pamela 7 Mary 5 James 4 Carol 3 Thomas 2 and John 6 months died when his car hit a concrete bridge abutment on a county road near Dover. The crash occurred as the family was visiting another pastor’s home in Plainview. An autopsy will check for heart attack or seizure.
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Rochester, Minn
Minnesota
Gerald E. Cunningham
John Eastman
Pamela
Mary
James
Carol
Thomas
John
Dover
Here
Eastman
Plainview
Young man killed in Emporia car crash near bridge
J L Mendenhall 20 of Emporia died Friday night when his car struck a bridge abutment on U S 99 just north of Emporia. Passenger Ursula F Andrews of Overland Park was hospitalized. He was the son of Roscoe Mendenhall, an oil operator and former Southeast Kansas Oil & Gas Assn president.
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Emporia
J. L. Mendenhall
U. S. 99
Ursula F. Andrews
Overland Park
Emporia State Teachers College
Roscoe Mendenhall
Chanute
A. C.mendenhall
N. Highland
Kansas Oil
Southeast Kansas Oil & Gas Assn
Cold front Moves Through Kansas Forecast Brightens Soon
Topeka reports a moving cold front bringing windy cooler air across Kansas. Forecasters expect increased clouds and much colder temperatures with possible rain and snow in parts Sunday. Friday's highs ranged from 35 at Topeka to 65 at Goodland, with overnight lows from 25 to 45.
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Topeka
Kansas
Olathe
Goodland
Hill City
Garden City
Salina
Huge Cuban Arsenal Built by Soviet Bloc
Washington officials disclosed Cuba under Fidel Castro has imported 28 000 tons of Soviet bloc arms including tanks guns and eight MIG fighters along with ammunition and 93 000 automatic rifles to crown the largest Latin American army. The State Department said the Soviet Union and China back the arms supply to Castro to fuel Caribbean tensions and aid revolutionary movements while burdening Cuba’s economy. Officials warned the Communist powers use Cuba as a base to arm subversion across the region.
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Washington
USS
Cuba
Caribbean
State Department
Fidel Castro
Soviet Bloc
Castro
Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union
Red China
Hemisphere
Hutchinson Man Stabbed by Son
Richard Petz a 68 year old retired farmer was stabbed to death at his Hutchinson Kansas home Friday night. Norman Edward Petz 29 admitted stabbing his father and was held for investigation according to police.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Richard Petz
Norman Edward Petz
Larned State Hospital
Traffic Fatalities Report For Topeka Area
Topeka traffic fatality log shows 24 hours to 9 am Saturday with 3 deaths. November figures indicate 27 year to date in 1960 compared with 435 for the comparable 1959 period.
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Topeka
Kansas
Muted Castro boasts spark speculation of Soviet restraint
Havana reports suggest Moscow advised Castro to temper his anti U S rhetoric amid Caribbean tensions. Analysts note Cuban press quiet on Soviet rocket support while Soviet diplomats push peaceful coexistence. Sources say Kremlin hopes Castro shows less belligerence to keep channels open with Washington.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
United States
Moscow
Washington
Kremlin
John F. Kennedy
Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Castro
U. S. Navy
Guatemala
Nicaragua
Caribbean
Sergei M. Kudryavtsev
U. S
Topeka Woman Found Severely Beaten and Shot
Mrs. Dorothy Sieben, 42, was found in the driveway beside her home in Topeka Friday night with a gunshot wound to the back and severe head injuries. She was in extremely critical condition at a hospital with a fractured skull and paralysis from the shoulders down. Police suspect robbery. her wallet was missing and the case is being investigated with the Kansas Bureau of Investigation assisting.
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Topeka
Dorothy Sieben
Joe Sieben
Santa Fe Railroad
Eagles Lodge
Sieben
Leiben
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Kansas City Raids by Treasury Agents
Treasury agents arrested four people and seized 15 coin operated gambling machines in raids on 13 business places in Kansas City. The operations were part of a nationwide drive against illegal gambling and stamp tax evasion.
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Kansas City
Treasury
Kan
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Sam Dixon
Wasser
Latin America
United Nations
Miguel Ydigoras
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