Kennedy and Mac Meet to Set Western Strategy Today
President Kennedy and Prime Minister Macmillan meet at the White House for two hours to discuss NATO issues and Western unity amid Soviet pressure. Talks focus on an Laos cease-fire proposal and broader Southeast Asian policy as the first in a series of Western consultations.
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Kennedy
Mac
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
White House
Pierre Salinger
NATO
Macmillan
Salinger
John Russell
Charles E. Bohlen
State Department
White House Rose Gardens
Presidential
Russia
Job Market Full Work Force Jump Puzzles U.S.
The Labor Department reports a puzzling rise in the work force in March with unemployment near 5.5 million despite a strong payroll gain of 861000 to 65.516 million. Experts warn high employment and high unemployment may persist, aided by students entering the job market for summer work.
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Washington
Labor Department
Walter W. Heller
Kennedy
Seymour Wolfbein
Underworld Chieftain Faces Guatemalan Arrest
Carlos Marcello the No 1 U S law violator faced possible arrest or deportation in Guatemala after arriving on a border patrol plane. Immigration officials sought him with Col Antonio Batres while Marcello disappeared at Guatemala’s air force base. Officials vowed to arrest or deport him if he is Guatemalan, or expel him otherwise.
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Guatemala
Carlos Marcello
New Orleans
United States
Marcello
Col
Antonio Batres
Ramon Alvarado
Immigration Office
Air Force
Air Force Base
Alvarado
Louisiana
Jefferson Parish
Alabama
Mississippi
Texas
Arkansas
Sen. Estes Kefauver
U.S
Ment
U.S. Supreme Court
Calogérs Minacore
Palo Blanco
Calopers Minacore
Deadline Planned For Legislature
Legislature leaders prepared to push a resolution making Friday the final day of the 1961 session. Sen. Paul Wunsch held the measure and was to introduce it, halting bill consideration from Friday onward. If past sessions are any guide, lawmakers may extend their work by a token session as clocks are stopped and the governor acts on late bills.
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Topeka
Paul Wunsch
R-Kingman
Senate
Quiet discreet surroundings Rumsey Funeral Home Adv
Local funeral notice notes Rumsey Funeral Home offers discreet arrangements in quiet surroundings. Contact VI3 5111 for details and service planning assistance.
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Rumsey Funeral Home
Perry Dam Projected Cost Tops Thirty Million to Forty
Rep. William H. Avery told a Perry audience the total cost will range from 30 million to 40 million dollars. The increase stems from 100 000 additional acre feet of storage approved last month by the legislature. He noted 185 000 dollars in the 1962 federal budget to finish planning and said construction funds may come from Congress in 1963.
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Perry Dam
William H. Avery
Perry
Avery
Congress
Strained Jurors For Finch Trial
Los Angeles AP reports evident strain among jurors entering the third round of life or death deliberations over Dr. R. Bernard Finch and Carole Tregoff. Finch faces first degree murder and conspiracy convictions. Tregoff is convicted of conspiracy and second degree murder.
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Los Angeles
Finch
R. Bernard Finch
Carole Tregoff
Miss Tregoff
Scouts Plan Weekend Conservation Event at Camp Bromersick
Douglas County Boy Scouts and Explorers, over 200 participants, gather seven to four miles southwest of Lawrence for annual conservation field days. The new Camp Bromersick site will host activities Friday to Sunday with ceremonies by the Order of the Arrow and speeches by George Lowman.
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Douglas County Boy Scouts
Lawrence
Alfred Bromersick Committee
Lawrence National Bank
Douglas County Sportsman's Club
Joe Sillman
Pela
George Lowman
Lowman
Alfred Bromelsick
Robert Peterson
Camp
Bromersick
Melvon Wertzberger
County
Order of the Arrow
Girl Scouts of
Lowell Risk
K. O. Plumb
Wesley Keltcher
George Towle
Local forecast calls for clouds and cool temperatures
Weather in Lawrence shows clouds and only a slight cool down tonight. Readings reached 540 degrees by 2 p.m. under hazy skies after a 40 degree morning low and a 78 degree high yesterday afternoon. Lows tonight in the 30s with highs Thursday 55 to 60.
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Lawrence
Longtime Lawrence City Manager Jim Wigglesworth Dies
Jim Wigglesworth 53 former Lawrence city manager died in Bethesda Maryland from cancer. Graveside services set for Friday at Arlington National Cemetery. Survivors include wife Thelma and two sons Russell and Bill. He served as city manager in Durango Colorado and Russell Kansas before guiding Lawrence from 195? to 1957.
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Jim Wigglesworth
Lawrence
Bethesda
Naval Hospital
Arlington
National Cemetery
Thelma
Russell
Bill
Kansas University
Wigglesworth
Durango
Colo
Kan
Iran
International Cooperation Administration
U.S. State Department
Colorado University
Private Plane Forced Landing Near Kansas City
A Kansas City family flying back from Easter vacation landed in a muddy Douglas County field about one mile south of 2nd and La Sts due to throttle trouble. No injuries occurred. only the throttle was damaged. They await dry weather to decide how to recover the plane.
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T. R. Graybill
Kansas City
Ward and
la. Sts
Graybill
Journal-World Photo
Thomas R. Grayhill
Douglas County
J. A. Sconce
Coy Collins
Sheriff's Office
Kansas Highway Patrol
National C ofC Leader Chosen
Richard Wagner, 64, a Champlin Oil board chairman and former bank runner, was named president of the U S Chamber of Commerce. He will take office May 2 for a one year term and is known as an articulate advocate of tax reform.
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Washington
Richard Waener
Champlin Oil and Refining Co
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Chicagoan
Chamber
Wagner
Chicago Ailfirm
Republican House backs $5 pupil aid hike in Kansas
Topeka AP reports Republicans in the Kansas House approved a $5 per pupil increase in state education aid for grade and high schools. The plan would fund the rise through higher taxes on cigarettes beer and liquor.
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Topeka
House
Lawrence Voters Choose Kennedy Springer and Cooper
More than five thousand Lawrence residents elected Dr. Ted Kennedy V C Rusty Springer and Fred Cooper to the City Commission and kept incumbents on the School Board. Mayor Weatherwax lost his bid as Kennedy and Springer tied for top votes at Lawrence High.
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Lawrence
Ted Kennedy
V. C
Rusty) Springer
Fred Cooper
City Commission
Board of Education
Dr. Kennedy
Springer
Lawrence High School
Kennedy
Cooper
J. Penfield Jones
J. 2
Wilson
Carl Althaus
Commission
Weatherwax
Odell Shaver
Alvin Parker
Jones
Althaus
J. C. Maloney
Fayetta Brown
Sinal
Pam
Don McConnell
Ben Barteldes
Prof. Maloney
Med Center Public Health Station Dedicated In Kansas City
A $600000 field station of the U S Public Health Service at the University of Kansas Medical Center was dedicated in a special ceremony. The Maurice L Breidenthal Laboratory houses the disease control center and will study fungus and virus diseases. Speakers urged broader research into air and water pollution radiation and food poisoning to protect public health as the environment changes.
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Kansas City, Kas
U. S. Public Health Service
University of Kansas Medical Center
Maurice L. Breidenthal
University of Kansas Endowment Association
John E. Fogarty
Rhode Island
Fogarty
House
John D. Porterfield
U. S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
America
Len
Frank Carlson
William Avery
Robert Ellsworth
Kansas
Clarke Wescoe
University of Kansas
Breidenthal
Kansas City
Kan
C. Arden Miller
KU School of Medicine
Commission Approves Law On Obstructions At Intersections
The city commission gave final approval to a traffic obstruction law tightening rules for trees and shrubs near intersections. The ordinance sets a 35 foot hazard zone, 15 day owner notice, and up to 100 dollars fine or 90 days jail. Gas rates cut three cents per thousand cubic feet with $126000 refunds planned.
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Valers
George Williams
Williams
L. C. DeMoss
Bill Collinson
Library Board
George Clem
Recreation Commission
21St Street
Louisiana
Massachusetts
20Th Street
Kentucky
Vermont
Ohio
Northwood
4Th Street
New Hampshire
7Th
North Park
Rose Lane
16Th Street
Cadet Ave
Edgewood Park No. 4
Edgewood No. 5
South Hills
Stinson Hills
Indiana
Alabama
Weather Outlook Northeast Kansas Turns Cloudy and Cooler
Northeast Kansas will see considerable cloudiness through Thursday with cooler nights. Lows around the 30s and highs Thursday in the 55 to 60 range. The five day forecast calls for 6 to 10 degrees below normal temperatures, with possible rain or snow at the period start and again over the weekend.
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Kansas
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Ethan Allen
Oscar Rumsey
Hillcrest
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Church of the Nazarene
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New York
Woodlawn
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Kansas Public Service Co
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