Price for Prisoners Cuba Ransom Offer Will Be Negotiated
Cuban exile negotiators plan to fly to Havana to urge Fidel Castro to cut the $62 million ransom for 1,179 prisoners captured at the Bay of Pigs. The Castro regime indicated openness to talks while families raise funds and weigh options amid varied exile opinions.
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Cuba
Miami
Fla
Havana
Fidel Castro
Bay of Pigs
Ing
Castro
New York
International Rescue Committee
Leo Cherne
Cherne
Families Committee
International Rescue Group
Antonio de Varona
Cuban Revolutionary Council
Oscar Night Forecast for 1962 Academy Awards
Hollywood previews Oscar night with West Side Story favored to sweep 11 nominations including Best Picture. Sophia Loren and Geraldine Page vie for best actress. Paul Newman and Maximilian Schell lead best actor, with supporting nods for George Chakiris and Rita Moreno among others.
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Hollywood
Santa Monica
Civic Auditorium
Liz Taylor
Rome
ABC Radio and Television
Armed Forces Radio
Televiewers
Smart Money
Nuremberg
Arone
Fanny
Natalie Wood
Sophia Loren
Garbo
Geraldine Page
Piper Laurie
Audrey Hepburn
Maximilian Schell
Paul Newman
Grandma
Academy
Spencer Tracy
Charles Boyer
Stuart Whitman
George Chakiris
Chakiris
Montgomery Clift
Jackie Gleason
Rita Moreno
Judy Garland
Local Weather Outlook With Light Showers Tonight
A few showers are likely tonight with partial clearing and warmer temperatures arriving Tuesday. Variable clouds persist with some showers possible. tonight’s low in the 30s and Tuesday’s high near 60. Sunday reached 49 degrees with early morning rain totaling .04 inches.
Linwood votes down $87,000 sewer plan
Linwood residents voted 44 to 29 against a proposed $87,000 sanitary sewer system at a Saturday night city council meeting. Mayor Paul Jones had scheduled the session to explain the program and gauge public sentiment amid talk of a real need for a complete sewer system in the 350 resident community.
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Linwood
Paul Jones
Weather data snapshot with historical highs and rainfall
A dated weather summary reports yesterday high 49 and low 38, Saturday high 65 and low 32, with rainfall of 0.04 inches. It notes record highs of 75 in 1939 and 1954 and a low of 30 in 1969, plus hourly readings at several times of day.
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Leme Rarine
Rainy Then Warmer Outlook for Northeast Kansas
Rain showers are unlikely tonight with partly cloudy skies then warmer Tuesday in northeast Kansas. Tonight’s low in the 30s and Tuesday’s high in the 60s.
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Kansas
French Vote Endorses De Gaulle Algerian Policy in Paris Ballot
In Paris metropolitan France 65 percent of 26,983,275 voters approved President Charles de Gaulle’s peace pact with Algerian nationalists, with 90 percent of valid ballots in favor. Algeria had no vote, while SOS terrorists raided Oran presses, yet Paris welcomed the outcome as a strong show of confidence in the policy.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Secret Army
Algeria
France
de Gaulle
Oran Echo
Oran Republican
Metro
Algiers
OAS
De Gaulle Faces Narrow Majority In Referendum Vote
In France and Corsica the yes tally reached 17 505 473 with 1 794 553 no. De Gaulle supporters hailed it as a signal of broad support for his regime while Socialists and Communists framed it as backing only the Algerian policy. The two point plan included confirming the Evian cease fire and granting blank check powers for a potential independent Algeria.
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France
Corsica
Nne
de Gaulle
Evian
Algeria
Nebraska student death under coroner review
Lincoln coroner still investigates the death of 20 year old University of Nebraska student John Melvin Abrahamzon. An autopsy was performed and specimens sent for analysis while officials review his health history and previous medical records.
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Jim Reed
John Melvin Abrahamzon
Nebraska University
State Laboratory
Topeka
Reed
Abrahamzon
Lincoln
Three De Soto Men Die In Highway Wreck
The bodies of Wesley Rowe Ronald Warsop and Leslie Spiering were found after a 1961 Chevrolet left Highway K 10 east of Sunflower and plunged into Kill Creek. Warsop the driver likely died instantly. Rowe and Spiering survived briefly. Funeral plans were pending.
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DeSoto
Sunflower
Lawrence
Wesley Rowe
Ronald K. Warsop
Leslie Spiering
Clarence Johnson
Kill Creek
Johnson
Warsop
Johnson County
Fairfax
Kansas City
Kan
Ruth Es
Spiering
Rumsey
Rowe
Bruce
Gardner
Lions Run Loose In Omaha Bar District Escape Nabs by Officers
Two circus lions escaped a truck near downtown Omaha sparking a citywide scare. Carmen roared on Sgt. Mollner’s cruiser and prowled the Ace Bar while crowds and police dogs held back 500 onlookers. Trainer Gossing finally netted Carmen and later coaxed Diane into her cage.
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Carmen
Omaha
Sgt. Mollner
City Auditorium
Charles Mancuso
Guy Gossing
Mollner
Gossing
Ace Bar
Diane
Weather teletypes to aid Lawrence storm warning system
Lawrence airport hosts a new weather teletypes setup for storm tracking with a second unit due soon and a radar system planned. Dr. F. C. Bates of Kansas University leads the research project and will make the equipment available to Civil Defense and private pilots. The system enhances the local storm watch and gives Midwest coverage. operation scales with indicated severe weather.
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Lawrence
F. C. Bates
Aeronautical Engineering
Kansas University
Douglas County Civil Defense Storm Watch Group
Bates
Lawrence Field
Midwest
Erhart Flying Service
KansasHome Demonstration elects Alice Beesley president
Alice Beesley of Hays is named president of the Kansas Home Demonstration Association amid a shortened report noting sponsors including Kentucky Fried Chicken, Russell Stover Candy and Key Rexall.
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Manhattan
Kan
Kansas Home Demonstration Association
Alice Beesley
Hays
Russell Stover
Key Rexall
Modern Art and Its Revolts A KU Professor’s View
Raymond James Trnstwood, KU drawing professor, surveys modern art from its roots in academic aims to its many revolts. He contrasts representation and expression, notes the spectrum from Albers to Dali, and warns against aimless experimentation. The piece ends with a critique of speed over contemplation in modern culture.
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Raymond James Trnstwood
Kansas University
Bridgeport
Conn
Lengue
New York
Yale School of Fine Arts
Beaux Arts of
Crank DuMond
Ossip Linde
Estwood
Bulletin
IKU
Air Force
Albers
Mondrian
Dali
Tanguy
Action School
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Cuban Families Committee
Enrique Llaca
Jose Santiago
Family Committee
Raney Hillcrest
Adv
Rumsey Funeral Home
Call Union
U.S
United States
Japan
Kamakura
Tokyo
Elbert N. Carvel
Delaware
Iwataro Uchiyama
Kanagawa Prefecture
Archie Gubbrud
South Dakota
David L. Lawrence
Pennsylvania
Grant Sawyer
Nevada
William W. Barron
West Virginia
John Anderson
Farris Bryant
Florida
Steve McNichols
Colorado
Nebraska
Rex Johnson
Vernon Harrell
Abrahamton
Panhellenic Council
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Campus Rd
Neb
Sgt. Bernard Mollner
Big Buy
Smithtown Bay
University of Kansas
Kenyon Cox
National Academy of Design
University Art Museum
Cox
French Academy
Raymond J. Eastwood
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