Ghana’s Quaison-Lackey Chosen U N General Assembly President
Ghana’s Alex Quaison-Lackey is slated to become the U N General Assembly president, the youngest ever at 40 and the first African Negro in the post in 19 years. He heads Ghana’s U N delegation since 1959 and has Oxford ties, Lincoln’s Inn legal training, Western attire by day, Kente cloth at night, and a knack for African drums.
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United Nations, N.Y
Alex Quaison-Lackey
Ghana
U.N. General Assembly
Quaison-Sackey
Paul-Henri Spaak
Eign
Belgium
U.N
Oxford
Lincoln’s Inn
London
Ghanaian diplomat Quaison-Lackey’s career spans UN service
Quaison-Lackey, born August 9 1924 in Winneba Gold Coast, rose through Ghana’s civil service to represent Ghana at the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade in 1957 and served on the United Nations until 1969. He was vice president of the General Assembly in 1961 and Ghana’s Security Council member in 1962-63. He and his wife live with five children in a large house in suburban New Rochelle.
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Quaison-Lackey
Winneba
Accra
Gulf of Guinea
Gold Coast
Ghana
London
Geneva
United Nations
General Assembly
Security Council
New Rochelle
Pope arrives in Bombay amid crowd unrest and heavy security
The Pope's arrival in Bombay drew about 100000 Indians at the airport with 8000 admitted. About 2000 broke through police lines for a closer view while 2000 officers kept order with bamboo poles. He then traveled 13 miles to Oval Park under the guard of more than 16000 officers for the congress opening.
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Asia
Bombay
Oval Park
Comatose Girl Dies After Eighteen Years Sleep
Kath erine Sue Grace, who fell into a coma at 18 months, died at her home after nearly eighteen years in a coma. The lingering illness and its long duration drew attention to the mysterious condition.
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Joseph, Mo
Katherine Sue Grace
Theis to attend White House dinner with Wilson
Frank Theis a Democratic national committeeman and his wife will travel to Washington Sunday for a White House dinner Monday honoring British Prime Minister Harold Wilson. Theis said they were invited to join President and Mrs. Johnson. Theis served as Kansas coordinator for the Johnson Humphrey campaign.
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Arkansas City
Kan
Frank Theis
Theis
Lyndon B. Johnson
Kansas
Johnson-Humphrey
Senate hearing exposes kickback claims in stadium funding
Reynolds testified he added 35000 to a fees, with 25000 slated for the Kennedy Johnson campaign fund and 10000 as a broker fee. McCloskey and Baker deny knowledge of any payoff while Baker faces a grand jury probe into his outside activities.
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McLendon
Reynolds
John J. Williams
R-Del
Baker
Senate
Williams
McCloskey
Kennedy-Johnson
Democratic National Committee
Ireland
Democrats
Rules Committee
Dry spell sets Lawrence as fifth driest year on record
Lawrence recorded extreme precipitation deficits making 1963 the fifth driest year in history. November brought general moisture with a first snow on November 18 and total precipitation of .14 inch from sleet and rain over two days. Wheat prospects improved across central Kansas while harvesting of sorghum, corn and soybeans neared completion.
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Kansas
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