Democrats Urge Swift Action On Kennedy Tax Bill
Democrats pressed for fast passage of Kennedy tax cut proposals amid a 6.1 percent unemployment rate, the highest in 14 months. They urged quicker approval of $500 million in emergency funds and additional public works, citing labor data and economic need. Republican leaders urged delaying approval and criticized the pace of New Frontier plans.
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Washington
Kennedy
Labor Department
House Ways and Means Committee
House
John W. McCormack
D-Mags
Congress
Paul H. Douglas
D-Jil
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Garden City shines at Kansas Governor's Prayer Breakfast
Garden City had the largest representation at the Governor's Prayer Breakfast in Topeka with Clyde Mercer on the program alongside Governor Anderson and Sen. Frank Carlson. Local officials and citizens attended, including Rep. George Meeker, Finney County, as Chamber of Commerce leaders urged promotion and warned: more than parks and pools are needed to stay competitive with Southwest Kansas towns. A Hutchinson News headline suggested a possible large packing plant in Garden City, but the story gave no firm site or confirmation.
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Topeka
Garden City
Clyde Mercer
Anderson
Frank Carlson
Ross Blackford
Dick Hinkle
Floyd Born
Clyde Stallsworth
Caldwell Hicks
Stewart Boone
Bob Townsend
Mercer
George Meeker
Finney County
Chamber of Commerce
Mitch Geisler
Warren Hotel
Kansas Cities
Hutchinson
Kansas
Mild Kansas Weather to Continue Then Cool Front
In Topeka and across Kansas mild conditions persist today with highs in the 50s and 60s under partly cloudy skies. A cooler air surge is expected to drop temperatures Saturday, with tonight’s lows in the 20s in northern and western Kansas and near 30 in the southeast. Thursday highs ranged from 48 at Goodland to 59 at Pittsburg, with early lows from 18 at Goodland to 33 at Pittsburg.
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Topeka
Kansas
Goodland
Pittsburg
Akros
Pree
la Junta
Dodge City
Emporia
Garden City
Thu City
Russell
SaHne
Wichita
Reds say won t force colonies of Hong Kong
TOKYO AP Red China says it will not use force to seize Hong Kong and Macao, preferring peaceful negotiations when conditions are right. It declares determination to liberate Formosa and bets on Warsaw talks to pull U.S. troops from the island.
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Tokyo
Red China
Hong Kong
Macao
Premisr
Khrushchev
Peking People’s Daily
Formosa
Warsaw
Poland
U.S
Youth Charged With Murder Freed On Bond
OLATHE Kan AP Lloyd Lee Harsh 18 a high school fullback released on 25000 bond accused of slaying schoolmate Donna Dee Bushy 17 and wounding her fiance John G Thorp 20 during a Saturday night picnic on the Harsh farm Johnson County officers said they could not question him before his release Thursday
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Olathe
Kan
Lloyd Lee Harsh
Harsh
Donna Dee Bushy
John G. Thorp
Harsh Farm
Johnson County
Annual Music Concert Tuesday by Garden City Choirs
Garden City High School Robed Choir and Mixed Chorus present Say It With Music on Tuesday night at Clifford Hope Auditorium under Julius Hultquist. Two sections feature sacred and show tune selections with solo duets by Gwen Brandes and Robert Cooper and Jeanne Phillips with David Heinemann. Curtain is at 8 p m.
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Garden City High School
Clifford Hope Auditorium
Julius Hultquist
Gwen Brandes
Robert Cooper
Jeanne Philips
David Heinemann
Garden City Robbery Suspect Nabbed After Heist
Robert Lewis Goldsberry, 33, of Gardendale near Garden City, is held for investigation in a Larned liquor store armed robbery. Police say the .22 pistol and $43 were recovered after the clerk identified him. He was arrested with a brother at their home following a return from Arkansas River target practice.
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Larned
Robert Lewis Goldsberry
Gardendale
Garden City
Goldsberry
Arkansas River
L. B. Hess
Increased irrigation to double by 1975 in Kansas
Gov. John Anderson announced at a Kansas Basin Water Management Association meeting that irrigated land in Kansas will double by 1975, lifting gross crop values by at least 40 million dollars. Dwight Metzler said the Kansas River would require quadruple water for a nine foot channel, with about 100 attendees present.
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Lawrence
Kan
Kansas
John Anderson
Kansas Basin Water Management Association
Kansas River
Dwight Metzler
Kansas Water Resources Board
Hard work praised in quirky trade talk by Gus Ganden
A short, quirky remark from Gus Ganden praises hard work as universally beneficial, dismissing any notion of it being a sales pitch. The comment underscores a practical ethos and frames effort as a virtue in work culture.
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Gus Ganden
Mahon Plea For Quiet Pleases JFK
Rep George Mahon urged officials to keep quiet about American intelligence. President Kennedy welcomed the sentiment and Congress echoed agreement. Mahon blamed both branches and parties for public disclosures while Mansfield and Jackson urged restraint on intelligence matters.
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Washington
George Mahon
Kennedy
Congress
Texas
House
Mahon
Reciprocity Added Bonus Concert Membership Deadline Near
Garden City Community Concert Assn offers memberships for 1963 64 season with Benny Goodman as headliner. Deadline is 5 pm Saturday with access to Dodge City Pratt Hutchinson Great Bend venues via local cards. New members receive a bonus concert by The Theatre Men. tickets available at Hotel Warren or by calling Bridge 6 7262.
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Garden City
Community Concert Assn
Benny Goodman
Goodman
Dodge City
Pratt
Hutchinson
Great Bend
Bayanihan Dance Co
Philippines
Dodge
Golden Curtain Quartet
Beaux Arts Trio
New York
DePaul Chorus
Roger Wagner
Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra
Frances Archer
Beverly Gile
America
Hotel Warren
Warren
Call Bridge
Theatre Men
Hope Auditorium
Pro-Nasser Forces Seize Power in Syria Coup
Beir ut Cairo reports say pro Nasser officers launched a revolt and claimed control as Damascus Radio voiced unity and socialism. Rebels held Damascus and Aleppo radios, cut Syria’s communications, while Turkey and Iraq voiced support for the uprising and warned foreign intervention.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Ankara
Damascus
Cairo
U.A.R
Iraq
United Arab Republic
Rports
Armed Forces
Abdel Karim Zahraddin
Abdel Karim Kassem
Baghdad
Aleppo
Homs
Katana
Abdullah Jabrini
Flood waters recede but flood risk lingers in spots
Surging flood waters receded across Indiana Ohio Pennsylvania West Virginia and Indiana with most rivers easing. Yet ice jams remained a threat in Fremont Ohio and Harrisburg PA evacuees were moved while officials declared a state of emergency in Fremont. Deaths reached 18 and property losses ran into millions as meltwater and rains fueled the season’s first major flooding.
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Associated Press
Indiana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Sandusky
Fremont
Richard Maier
Northwest Ohio
Quiet Discontent in Haiti Grows Under Duvalier Rule
Tense Haiti faces rising discontent under dictator Francois Duvalier as opposition groups plan to act before his May 15 1967 term limit. Leaflets from underground National Democratic Union urge overthrow in 1963 while fear of the Ton Ton Macoutes private militia silences dissent across the countryside near the Windward Passage to Cuba.
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Port AU Prince
Haiti Cap
Francois Duvalier
Duvalier
United States
Haiti
Fide
Castro
Cuba
Caribbean
Tional Democratic Union
UDN
Tonton Macoutes
New York Newspaper Shutdown Ends With Pact
Representatives of publishers and striking printers reached a two year contract totaling 12.63 with wage gains and shorter second year hours clearing the 91 day old New York newspaper shutdown. The settlement awaits union ratification and depends on remaining clean top issues and other craft agreements.
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New York
Robert F. Wagner
New York Post
Publishers Association of New York
Wagner
ITV Local 6
Bertram A. Powers
American Newspaper Guild
Bradford
ITU
Times
Daily News
Journal-American
World-Telegram & Sun
Air of Anxiety and Tension Hangs Over Damascus
The article contrasts Syria’s ancient history with its modern fragility amid Cold War pressures. It outlines Syria’s geography, oil pipelines feeding Europe, colonial legacies, and repeated invasions from Egyptians to Turks, highlighting unrest, nationalism, and clashes with Israel as drivers of enduring tension. The piece notes postwar shifts, including Soviet arms and a brief unity period under Gamal Abdel Nasser. The report shifts to a UN note on Congo accusing Ghana of flagrant interference in Patrice Lumumba’s murder probe.
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Syria
Damascus
Arab East
Mediterranean
Latakia
Iraq Petroleum Company
Europe
Fertle Crescent
Israel
Ottoman Empire
Levant
League of Nations
Gamal Abdel Nasser
United Arab Republic
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