Congo Crisis Deepens as Katanga Seizes Airport Standoff
Katanga leader Moishe Tshombe threatened to mobilize 10,000 supporters and ordered the airport siege after a failed bid by Katanga troops to seize the Elisabethville airfield. Swedish U.N. troops were attacked by mobs as Belgian officers and Katanga forces tried to protect the Swedes and maintain control.
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Elisabethville
The
Congo
Katanga
Moishe Tshombe
U.N
United Nations
Anders Kjellgren
Tshombe
Belgium
Unemployment Drops in March After Six Months
Washington reports unemployment fell by 210000 in March to 5495000, the first decline in six months and below expectations. Labor Department says employment rose by 861000 to a record 65516000, with the labor force increasing to 71011000.
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Washington
Labor Department
Kennedy Foreign Aid Plan Faces Congress Cutbacks
Senate leaders warn Kennedy may see a reduced foreign aid package. Mansfield says Congress could trim the three year program and the 4 billion requested for next year, with the development loan fund under scrutiny for Treasury borrowing.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Congress
Kennedy
Treasury
Mansfield
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Africa
Latin America
Middle East
Asia
Voters urged as city election heads to polls
Larry Lawrence notes nearly 13 000 Lawrence citizens eligible to vote but expects less than half to cast ballots. Polls stay open until 7 p.m. and he urges all eligible residents to vote, arguing that 50 percent turnout is poor when others are denied this privilege.
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Lawrence
Massachusetts Street
West Campus Road
13Th
19Th Sts
Seeger Receives A Year In Jail For Contempt
Folk singer Pete Seeger, 42, was sentenced to one year in prison for contempt of Congress after refusing to answer questions about possible Communist affiliations. Convicted on 10 counts, he faced Judge Thomas F. Murphy as spectators watched. He declined to discuss political beliefs when testifying before the House HUAC in 1955.
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New York
Pete Seeger
Congress
Seeger
U. S. Dist
Thomas F. Murphy
Murphy
House Committee On Un-American Activities
JFK Rushes His Shots Hooks Pair on First Tee
President Kennedy played a brisk round at Palm Beach with two strong tee shots that veered into the rough. Photographers were allowed limited access for the first time since his July nomination. He departed for Washington aboard an Air Force jet with his wife and two children after a long Easter weekend in Florida.
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Palm Beach
Fla
Kennedy
White House
Washington
Air Force
Pleasant Weather For Voters In Lawrence
Voters enjoyed pleasant conditions in Lawrence with a 68 degree reading by 2 pm. The Weather Bureau anticipated a few evening showers near closing time around 7 pm and possible fair or partly cloudy skies tonight. Tomorrow's high is expected around 55 to 60.
U S Presses Cuba to Break Links With Communists
The United States urged Fidel Castro's regime to sever ties with world communism. The 36 page State Department pamphlet accuses Castro of betraying the Cuban revolution and turning Cuba into a Communist base in the Americas. Havana relations grow worse as Castro boosts military force to ten times that of any Cuban army.
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Washington
United States
Fidel Castro
U.S
Cuba
Americas
State Department
Lincoln White
U.s.havana
Latin America
Organization of American States
International Organization of the 21 American Republics
United Nations
Castro
Westinghouse Develops Portable X-ray for Luggage Checks
Edwin H. Seim of Westinghouse X ray division announced a portable unit to screen airline baggage for bombs. He warned that baggage film would be ruined by exposure, noting the device’s potential and its current limitations.
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Baltimore, Md
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Edwin H. Seim
Westinghouse X-ray Division
Lawrence Voters Cast Ballots for City Commission and School Board
Lawrence voters totaled 2 200 by 1 p m today in the race for three city commissioners and three school board seats. Incumbents Kennedy and Weatherwax seek reelection to the commission, with three vacancies to fill.
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Edu
Lawrence HELP KU fund surpasses fourteen thousand dollars
Kansas University officials report the Lawrence HELP KU fund for student scholarships has reached 14 023.50 with 583 gifts in 935 names. Total KU gifts from Lawrence residents this year will be about 39 000 to 40 000, with loans already issued to students.
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Kansas University
New Fund
Lawrence Area
Endowment Association
Outland Fund
Greater University Fund
Lawrence Help KU
Lawrence
Kansas
Maurice Barker
Barker
Bandleader Spade Cooley Suspected After Wife Slain
The estranged wife Ella Mae Cooley, 37, was beaten to death at the Water Wonderland Ranch near Rosamond California. Sheriff Leroy Galven said bandleader Spade Cooley, 50, would be booked for murder investigation after admitting he slapped his wife with an open hand. Cooley remained under questioning as deputies and the coroner assessed the death scene and timing.
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Tehachapi
Calif
Spade Cooley
Leroy Galven
Cooley
John Howard
Howard
Ella Mae Cooley
Stanley Newman
Vincent Troy
Water Wonderland Ranch
Rosamond
Los Angeles
California
March building boom lifts Lawrence permits above year ago
City records show $749 198 in permits in March, more than double 1960's $329 000. Twenty three new homes valued at $309 232, plus $211 200 for new businesses including the Douglas County State Bank building, Robertson & Ericson office, and Dillon Bakery, plus six four family apartments and fourplex plans signal a strong rental demand and rising construction activity. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints building at University Drive noted at $64 000.
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Journal-World
Commission
Fred Cooper
Ted Kennedy
Alvin Parker
Odell Shaver
V. C
Rusty) Springer
John Weatherwax
Kennedy
Weatherwax
Russell Mosser
Carl Althaus
Fayetta Brown
H. Penfield Jones
James Maloney
Joe Wilson
Althaus
Jones
Chairman Wilson
Woodlawn
Pinckney
Hillcrest
Fire Police Building
New York
Community Building
Fire Station No
Central Junior High
East Heights
Lawrence High
Centennial
Church of the Nazarene
Lawrence
Stone
Douglas County State Motor Bank
9Th
Kentucky
Robertson & Ericson Architects
Iowa St
Dillon Bakery
N.H. St
University Drive
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Rhodes Elected C of C Leader in Lawrence
Warren Rhodes president of the First National Bank was elected president of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce succeeding Justin Hill. The vote followed today’s board meeting with new officers Clifton Calvin and R R Zurbuchen named and a slate of new directors sworn in for three-year terms.
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Warren Rhodes
First National Bank
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Justin Hill
Chamber of Commerce
Board of Directors
R. R. Zurbuchen
Clifton Calvin
William Collinson
Frank Burge
Robert Payne
Shipman Winter
Mike Getto
Corlett Cotton
John Vopel
Robert Oyler
Rhodes
Tampa
Kan
Kansas State University
Kansas State Extension Service
Lawrence
Commerce Trust Co
Kansas City
Chamber
Hill
Dolph C. Simons Jr
Delbert Erhart
Walter Heck
George Noland
William Willee
Ken Whitenight
Senate committee weakens Civil Rights Commission powers
The Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee revised a fair employment practices bill to curb the Civil Rights Commission. Amendments remove the commission’s subpoena power, allowing subpoenas only via county attorneys or the attorney general for district court hearings, reducing attend enforcement. Senators Clark Kuppinger and Ford Harbaugh defended the changes, saying they shift authority to district courts.
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Topeka
Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee
Senate
Civil Rights Commission
Clark Kuppinger
Prairie Village
Ford Harbaugh
Wellington
Fidel Castro Extends Youth Regimentation to 7-Year-Olds
The Cuban government announces expansion of its youth program with a Union of Rebel Pioneers to be organized in all primary schools, extending regimentation to children as young as seven.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Weather Update Northeast Kansas Showers Fair Skies
A few showers in the eastern area this evening with otherwise partly cloudy to fair conditions. Cooler on Wednesday with lows near 40 and highs 55 to 60. Temperature readings show scattered numbers for Pe, BL, penn, and acm with yesterday's high 59 and a record high of 93 in 1945.
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Kansas
Penn
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