KU Enrollment Reaches Record 10 036 Students at Lawrence
KU announced a record 10 036 students at its Lawrence campus including 3 453 new freshmen and 2 038 fresh men entering at upper class or post graduate levels. The medical center in Kansas City reports 711 students. The 1960 total surpasses 1959 by 601 and exceeds the old 1948 record of 9 751. Visitors from 105 Kansas counties 50 states the District of Columbia Puerto Rico and 62 foreign countries are represented.
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Garden City
University of Kansas At
Federal Tax Revenue Up in Kansas in 1960
Kansas federal tax collections for the first 11 months of 1960 reached 605.87 million, about 31 million above the same period in 1959. November collections stood at 45.5 million, up nearly 10 million, with individual income taxes up over 9 million and corporate taxes up over 2.5 million, while withholding and social security taxes rose 23 million.
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Wichita
Kansas
Gus F. Koehler
Internal Revenue
Kansas City Group Wins Approval to Purchase A's
A Kansas City businessman group won conditional American League approval to buy the Athletics for 3.5 million dollars. Byron Spencer and Bill Morris signed for the buyers, Park Elliott and Ed Wollers for the A's. Pending shareholder and probate approvals, the deal could close soon.
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ST. Louis
Kansas City
Kansas City Athletics
Byron Spencer
Athletics of Kansas City, Inc
Bill Morris
Park Elliott
Ed Wollers
A’s
Chicago
St. Louis Group
Wollers
Fringe benefits rise as share of labor costs in US unions
Fringe payments now average about one fifth of the $2.22 US manufacturing hourly wage, with legally required social insurance at 4 percent and private pensions 6.8 percent. Other fringe items include 7.1 percent for vacations, 1.7 percent for bonuses, and 1 percent for work accident insurance. International comparisons show Europe paying higher shares in some nations but lower hourly wages overall, with Sweden the highest US wage relative to fringe levels.
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New York
United States
Italy
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bismarck
U.S
National City Bank of New York
Britain
Sweden
Switzerland
Europe
United Kingdom
Bank Robbers Plead Guilty in Federal Court
Two Mangum Oklahoma men Ernest R. Tillman and Robert C. Wyatt pleaded guilty to bank robbery charges in federal court. They admitted robbing an Oklahoma Sentinel bank in July and a Kansas Walton bank in June. Judge Ross Rizley delayed sentencing for probation review after formal pleas. The pair were arrested in Mexico last October.
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Oklahoma City
Sentinel
Okla
Walton
Kas
Ross Rizley
Ernest R. Tillman
Robert C. Wyatt
Oklahoma Bank
Kansas Bank
Mangum
Mexico
Boeing 86 Jet Airliners Bought By Two U S Lines
Eastern Air Lines and United Air Lines agreed to buy 86 Boeing jet transports for about 350 million dollars with delivery promised by end of 1963. Each airline ordered 40 jets costing over 4 million dollars per plane. The three engine rear mounted design aims to fly 600 mph, carry 70 to 114 passengers, and range about 1700 miles.
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Eastern Air Lines
United Air Lines
Boeing Airplane Co
Boeing
William M. Allen
Europe
Allen
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