Christmas Eve Weather Disappoints Forecasters
Elihu Allman's long range weather forecast proved off as snow and freezing drizzle appeared in parts of the state while others stayed dry. Bernadine Sitts directs the Living Christmas scenes at First Methodist Church, urging warm costumes for 200 performers in 7 to 9 pm shows tonight through Saturday. Talius Hultquist's Christmas choral concert drew 600 singers across two nights, with praise for the conductor, Larry Harris and his string symphony.
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Elihu Allman
Allman
Bernadine Sitts
First Methodist Church
Talius Hultquist
Larry Harris
String Symphony
Julius
Weather Wavers as Freezing Temperatures Hold Off
Officials report no freezing temperatures for 41 hours at the airport with readings near 32 to 35 degrees through today. Warmest prior day reached 51 degrees while recent mornings stayed above freezing and a trace of precipitation occurred over the past three days. Zone forecast calls for cloudy skies, fog, and light drizzle or freezing drizzle tonight and Friday with lows near 30 and highs in the 30s.
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Kansas State University Agriculture Experiment Station
Akron
Lalunta Sa
Dodge City
Emporia St
Garden City
Forecast Big Wheat Crop For Kansas In 1963
The Kansas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service issued a forecast of 245 million bushels of wheat for 1963. The estimate assumes 10,841,000 acres seeded, up 9 percent from this year but 6 percent below the 10-year average. Rye sowing is placed at 361,000 acres, down 12 percent. Both crops show good stands.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Kansas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Dominicans Vote in First Free Election in 38 Years
In Santo Domingo thousands cast ballots in the first free election since Trujillo’s fall in 1961.Voters chose president, vice president, 74 deputies, 26 senators, and local officials as 800,000 to 1,000,400 Dominicans age 18 plus were eligible.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Trujillo
Bosch
Rafael Trujillo
Yale program draws near capacity crowds at concert
Near capacity crowds attended Tuesday and Wednesday night performances of Yale’s annual Garden City junior high, junior college and senior high Christmas vocal program in Clifford Hope Auditorium. Principal Tom Saffell estimated about 1,000 people each night and noted more students participated than in prior years.
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Garden City
Robinson Backed for Kansas Senate Appointment in 37th District
Finney County Republican precinct committeemen approved Claude Robinson of Garden City for the state senate seat vacated by Clifford Hope. The selection will be made at a Dec. 28 convention of precinct heads from 12 counties. Robinson, a former publisher and investments manager, emphasized his time and ability to serve the large district. He is a Bucklin native and KU economics graduate with a history in farming supplies and local business. Other possible candidates include Jack Barr and Max Dice. Don Concannon is not seeking the job.
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Finney County
Claude Robinson
Garden City
Clifford Hope
Julia Stoufe
Robinson
Bucklin
Liberal High School
University of Kansas
Liberal
Tuccunicari, N.M
Hope
Jack Barr
Leon
Max Dice
Johnson
Don Concannon
Hugoton
Prisoner Exchange Effort Near Cuba Faces Logistics
The Cuban Prisoner Families Committee negotiator James B. Donovan works on a barter deal with Fidel Castro to swap 1,113 prisoners for medicines and food. The African Pilot ship carries goods to Cuba while U.S. agencies prepare to receive the prisoners if the deal completes.
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Miami
Fla
Port Everglades
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Coast Guard
Baltimore
Florida East Coast
Seaboard Air Line
American Red Cross
Opa
Locka
U.S
Immigration, Health and
State Departments
Homestead Air Force Base
James B. Donovan
Havana
Donovan
New York
Castro
Men Killed In Well Blast Near Glenpool Oklahoma
Two explosive charges failed without warning as an oil field crew prepared to complete a well north of Glenpool. Everett Wallace 52 Nowata and Jim Gay 34 Bartlesville were killed. Kenneth Burns 31 and Ronnie Burns 21 of Bixby injured in fair condition at Sapulpa hospital. Orville Cook Kiefer and Roy Schultz Oklahoma City escaped unharmed. Cook was field superintendent for Layton Oil Co Sapulpa.
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Glenpool
Okla
Everett Wallace
Nowata
Jim Gay
Bartlesville
Kenneth Jack Burns
Ronnie Lee Burns
Bixby
Sapulpa
Orville Cook
Kiefer
Roy E. Schultz
Oklahoma City
Cook
Layton Oil Co
Kennedy and Macmillan Work Toward Skybolt Compromise
In Nassau Kennedy and British Prime Minister Macmillan push toward a compromise on Skybolt amid NATO defense issues. They add sessions to their talks with aides, planning a communique after final talks and noting progress on broader Cold War challenges.
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Kennedy
Macmillan
Nassau
Bahamas
Harold Macmillan
U.S
Aidey
Phillip Talbot
W. Averell Harriman
J. Kenneth Gibraith
India
Palm Beach
White House
Pierre Salinger
Salinger
NATO
Santa Claus Faces Surprise in Moseman Family
In Lynbrook New York AP report, Mrs. Moseman, 36, expects a baby as eight daughters await a sibling. Older girls doubt Santa while four younger daughters believe, mother aims to balance doll plans, father 44, an aircraft plant worker, promises equal care for any child.
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Lynbrook
N.Y
Santa Claus
George Moseman
Annne
Colleen
Theresa
Elizabeth
Moseman
Mona Lisa arrives in Washington for unveiling
In Vault X of the National Gallery of Art the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci arrived from the Paris Louvre. President Kennedy will unveil her January 8 with a state reception before a congress and notables. She will then tour to the Metropolitan Museum and possibly other cities before returning to France.
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Washington
National Gallery of Art
Leonardo da Vinci
Paris Louvre
Kennedy
Congress
Metropolitan Museum
New York
France
Louvre
Secret Service
Kenneddy
Three Arrested on Check-Charge Ring in Garden City
Garden City police arrested William Newton Barber 28 Liberal Clifford Morton Clinard 22 Hooker Oklahoma and Drummond Ruffice Weatherford Texas for passing no account checks at local firms. The total value was under 100 dollars Barber and Clinard were taken into custody together Clinard returned to Liberal where warrants awaited. A fourth man faces similar charges with formal charges expected today or Friday.
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Garden City
William Newton Barber
Liberal
Clifford Morton Clinard
D Jr
Hooker
Okla
Drummond Ruffice
Waggoner
Weatherford
Tex
Barber
Clinard
Small Risk for Adults Urged to Use Sabin Polio Vaccine
U S Surgeon General Luther L Terry and a vaccine advisory panel warn of a very small risk that Sabin live polio vaccines may cause paralytic polio in adults. The panel cites about one in a million odds overall, slightly higher for those over 30, with 11 cases linked to Type III and 7 to Type I across all ages. They urge continuing vaccination programs focusing on children and young adults while noting progress from 650 polio cases that year to 58,000 a decade ago.
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Washington
U.S
Luther L. Terry
Surgeon General
Terry
Ferry
Airlines Merger at Showdown
New York reports a possible merger between Trans World Airlines and Pan American World Airways advancing toward a showdown. TWA directors reviewed the plan at a lengthy meeting and may reconvene, while Pan Am directors were ready to act. A potential NYSE listing issue could arise if Pan Am becomes a holding company with TWA as an operating unit.
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NEW York
Trans World Airways
Pan American World Airways
TWA
Pan Am
New York Stock Exchange
Rooms Needed for New Jaco Students
Garden City Junior College dean David I Williams calls for rooms for new students arriving for the second semester and for several present students. Anyone with a room for rent should call the Juco office at 65721.
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David I. Williams
Garden City Junior College
Williams
Juco
Garden Sass Gas Garden In The Cold Snap
Garden figures this chilly spell may curb mosquitos and grasshoppers revived by the warm spell earlier this week.
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