Kennedy orders crackdown on shipping to Cuba
President Kennedy directed a broad economic crackdown on trade with Cuba and the Soviet bloc, aiming to close U S ports to arms shipments and deny government cargo to foreign flag ships used in Cuban trade. The move follows an inter-American condemnation of Castro and emphasizes restricting Soviet arms and goods to Cuba.
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Washington
Kennedy
Cuba
U.S
United States
Dean Rusk
Americas
Soviet Union
Houston
Egypt
Two Still at Large After Gun Battle in Kansas
Two Missouri and Oklahoma men linked to a burglary spree in Kansas were still at large after a Wednesday gun battle with a policeman during a store break in Marion. A signed statement by Mary Ann Arnold of Maysville and Cameron implicated the two suspects and another girl, who were also under arrest.
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Marion
Kan
Missouri
Oklahoma
Bill Hatterman
Earl Pankratz
Mary Ann Arnold
Maysville
Cameron
Kansas
Miss Arnold
Billie Jean Osborn
Paul Wood
Elmdale
Kaw
Council Grove
Fowler
Greensburg
Frans
Allen State Board Post Appoints Robert N Allen to Four Year Term
Gov John Anderson named Robert N Allen to a four year seat on the State Savings and Loan Board succeeding Nels C Greenland whose term expired. Allen, president of Home Savings, has long been active in savings and loan circles and with the local firm. Savings and loan assets in Kansas exceed one billion dollars.
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Robert N. Allen
State Savings and Loan Board
John Anderson
Allen
Nels C. Greenland
Atchison
Home Savings
Kansas
Court Action To End Longshoremen Strike
President Kennedy ordered government court action to halt the half dock strike tying up Atlantic and Gulf ports. A three man Taft Hartley board report prompted the move to seek an 80 day cooling off period and likely suit in New York to restore longshoremen to work.
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Washington
Kennedy
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Robert F. Kennedy
Justice Department
New York
Jobless Dip in September Disappoints with 5.8 Percent Unemployment
Unemployment fell by 420000 to 3512000 in September while the idle rate held at 5.8 percent of the civilian labor force. Labor Department cites more job seekers among women and teens, with total employment dropping 1.1 million to 68.668 million, a September record but larger than expected from August.
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Washington
Labor Department
Zoning Board Grants Two Appeals in City Hearing
The zoning board of appeals granted an exception to yard space rules for Frank Colletts residence addition at 221 W. 3rd after a public hearing. An adjoining owner signed a statement with no objections. Manuel Lopez withdrew his appeal to combine cafe use with a residence at 1125 S. Steuben, noting the site is not zoned for business.
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Zoning Board of Appeals
Frank Collett
W. 3Rd
Manuel Lopez
S. Steuben
Senate Okays Water Project Passage of large water program bill
The Senate approved by voice vote a bill authorizing about 1.0 billion in water projects nationwide after amendments adding about 115 million. A similar House bill would authorize roughly 2.25 billion in projects.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Public Works Committee
House
Bond and Fine Totals Rise in September Police Summary
The September police monthly report shows bond and fines totaling 877, up from 380 in August and a nine month year total of 5302 through Oct 1. Parking meter penalties fell to 367 from 447, with 1506 meter tickets issued in September versus 1951 in August.
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Police Department
Congress Warms To Adjourn As Trade Bill Passes
Congress races to adjourn as the House clears a trade expansion measure with a 255 to 91 vote. The Senate, expected to act quickly, moves toward sending the compromise tariff policy to the White House amid other pending bills on postal pay and drug controls.
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Washington
Benton
Senate
House
Kennedy
White House
Congressional
Tighter Drug Controls Pass Congress in Bipartisan Vote
Washington AP reports a bill tightening production and sale of prescription drugs cleared Congress with 3470 approval and moved to the President for signature.
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Washington
Congress
House
Traffic Fatalities Log From Topeka Area
Kansas traffic death log reports 2 fatalities in the 24 hours to 9 am Thursday for October 1962 and 6 for 1962 overall, compared with 434 and 407 in the comparable 1961 period.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather forecast and conditions for Topeka area
Mostly clear skies and rising temperatures across Kansas with no rain expected before late Friday. Forecast highs 75 to 80, lows in the 50s. Topeka 75 to 80 today, 55 to 60 tonight, with early lows from 43 at Topeka to 57 at Hutchinson and Wichita.
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Topeka
Kansas
Goodland
Olathe
Salina
Hutchkinson
Wichita
Driver Killed in Lucas Bridge Crash
A car ran into a bridge abutment on a county road east of Lucas killing the driver. The victim was Albert Root, 21, of Ellsworth, who was alone in the vehicle.
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Lucas, Kan
Lucas
Albert Root
Ellsworth
Kan
Schirra Recalls Dazzling Nine-Hour Orbit Flight
Walter M. Schirra Jr. recounts the nine hour six orbit Mercury flight from Cape Canaveral aboard Sigma 7. He landed aboard the USS Kearsarge near Midway Island after about 160000 miles of weightlessness. NASA officials praised the mission as flawless and forward looking.
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Schirra
Cape Canaveral
Fila
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Kearsarge
Project Mercury
Florida
Honolulu
Midway Island
Kear Sarge
Soviet Union
Yuri Gagarin
D. Brainerd Holmes
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Walter C. Williams
NASA
Washington
Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Josephine Schirra
Houston
Tex
John H. Glenn Jr
Mercury
California
Scott
Carpenter
United States
John Glenn
Glenn
Venus
Indian Ocean
Space Flight Center
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Rusk
State Department
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
State Board
Joe Doyle
New York Yankees
San Francisco Giants
Joe
C. W. Doyle
George Riker Jr
Tribune
Lois Erickson
Zoning Board
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Otto E. Passman
D-La
George A. Smathers
D-Fla
Dawson
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
mid-Pacific
Sigma 7
Europe
Iron Curtain
Telstar
Moscow
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