Hope Rises For Release Of Prisoners
Havana reports potential Christmas release of 1,113 Bay of Pigs prisoners in exchange for U S food and medicines. New York attorney James B Donovan leads talks with Fidel Castro after arranging past prisoner swaps. Donated drugs and food stockpiles form near Miami in case the swap succeeds.
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Fla
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Rudolph Abel
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Opa-Locka
Lions in the Rob inson home and weather news collide
Mrs Dick Robinson struggles to keep Kimberly the lion cub as a pet while six months old and 75 pounds. The Lions occupied cages at home with heat cables installed for winter by Park Supt Claude Owens.
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Kimberly II
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Kimberly
Robinson
Mary Oweng
Park
Claude Owens
Tillie
East End
Raymond Ladd
U Jr
Finnup Park Zoo
Robinson Home
Jaycees Urge Local Contributions for Christmas Aid
Garden City Jaycees appeal for small boys clothing toys canned goods and money to aid needy families. Distribution at the old Methodist Church basement 8th and Chestnut open 2 to 4 pm and 6 30 to 9 pm through Dec 2. Pickup for families 6 30 to 10 pm Dec 2 21 22 and 2 to 5 pm Dec 24. Call BR 6 7971 to contribute.
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Garden City
Telegram weekly Hobby Club contest winners announced
Winners named for Jumping Fleas color clues prize include Terry Wilson Shannon Gesterslager Casey Jones Mark McMillan Sandra George and Daniel Murray. Book title puzzle winners are Marla Holmes and Shannon Gestenslager. Another contest appears on page 3.
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Telegram
Terry Wilson
Shannon Gesterslager
Stoeckly
Casey Jones
Mark McMillan
Rt. 1
Sandra George
Lakin
Daniel Murray
Marla Holmes
Davis
Shannon
Deerfield Plans Yule Program at High Gym
About 220 Deerfield students from first through 12th grade will perform in a Christmas music program at Deerfield High Gym Thursday at 7 30 p.m. MST. Admission is free and the public is invited. The event lasts about one and a half hours and features vocal and instrumental pieces, including a candlelight procession for the Singing Christmas Trees. New staff Mia Reynolds and Alvin Wilken lead the program. the band opens with a Christmas prelude.
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Deerfield
Deerfield High
Mia
Marie Reynolds
Alvin Wilken
Weather Outlook From Topeka Low Pressure Spreads
Cloudy foggy conditions cover Kansas with colder air and a chance of snow by Thursday. A weak low pressure system over southwestern Kansas will move in, bringing light snow to the northeast with widespread rain sprinkles in places. Temperatures fall to near normal for the season as highs reach upper 40s to 60 in western areas.
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Kansas
Pittsburg
Shaws
Lawrence
Garden City
Southwest Kansas Braces for Growth Through Local Action
Kansas State University specialists led a regional meeting with 15 counties to spur economic development. They discussed trade area data from a postcard survey, highlighted factors reshaping rural trade, and outlined a plan for advisory committees to use area resources for new ventures.
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Southwest Kansas
Kansas State University
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Kansas State
Finney
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Ringler
Southwest Area Development Advisory Committee
Kstate
School Vacation Starts Friday for Garden City and St Marys
County and St. Marys public schools end classes Friday marking the longest break of the year. Most county schools resume January 2, with a few returning January 1. St. Marys presents a Christmas operetta When The Stars Looked Down at 7:45 p.m. in the St. Marys Center auditorium, with Sister Mary Carmelita noting a small admission. The entire 500 pupil student body will join a Christmas party and gift exchange Friday afternoon at St. Marys. County schools plan Christmas programs, including Garden City’s annual vocal concert, final show at 7:45 p.m. today in Clifford Hope Auditorium featuring multiple music departments.
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County
St. Mary’s
Ruth Towles
St. Mary‘s
St. Mary’s Center
Mary Carmelita
Riot Kills 23 Inmate Prison in Argentina
Mutinous guards attacked Villa de Voto penitentiary in Buenos Aires province, killing 23 inmates and wounding others after a mass breakout attempt. Police reported 10 guards killed and 4 critically injured as 400 convicts joined the riot, which ended after hours of gunfire and a guard-led manhunt.
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Argentina
Villa de Voto
Kansas Agencies Seek $430 Million Budget Increase
TOPEKA AP Requests from state agencies to the legislature total about 430 million dollars, about 30 million more than last session. Gov. John Anderson said the budget office will trim requests to fit anticipated revenue or urge new taxes when the legislature meets in January. He noted further cuts and said final recommendations depend on available funds. Emphasis will go to education and mental health, including social welfare, with Kerr-Mills medical care for indigent persons to be implemented based on the adopted program and funding.
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John Anderson
Anderson
Kerr-Mills
Kennedy Macmillan Begin Congo Crisis Summit in Nassau
In Nassau Bahamas President Kennedy and British Prime Minister Macmillan opened their summit facing a possible Congo crisis. They planned rapid talks on Skybolt missile tensions and broader Cold War dangers as U.N. survey forces prepare to assess Congo needs and potential American involvement.
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Bahamas
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Harold Macmillan
Congo
Defense
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George W. Ball
Lord Home
Neverun
U.S
Katanga
Leopoldville
Macmillan
U.N
United States
Louis W. Truman
Marty §. Truman
Truman
Moscow
Britain
Inflation in Brazil Major Concern to U S
Atty Gen Robert F Kennedy’s unheralded Brazil trip underscored U S worry over Brazil’s inflation and political turmoil. Kennedy met with President Joao Goulart in Brasilia and discussed Washington’s concern that inflation is spiraling amid Brazil’s reforms planned after the January plebiscite.
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U.S
Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
Brasilia
Joao Goulart
Goulart
Kennedy
South America
United States
Death date set for York and Latham in Kansas
The Kansas Supreme Court set midnight January 31 for the executions of killers George Ronald York and James Douglas Latham. Sentenced to hang for the slaying of Otto Ziegler, the Oakley railroad man, in June 1961, the two, aged 18 and 19, faced six additional state charges and were AWOL from Fort Hood at the time. Their lawyers plan to appeal to federal courts, which would stay the execution until federal disposition.
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Kansas Supreme Court
George Ronald York
James Douglas Latham
Otto Ziegler
Oakley
Latham
Mauriceville
Tex
York
Jacksonville
Fla
Ft. Hood
Supreme Court
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