Sinatra's Son Kidnapped From Famous Resort
Frank Sinatra Jr the singer and son of the star was abducted at gunpoint from a Nevada California border resort motel near Stateline. Two suspects Joseph Sorce and Thomas Keating, ages 23 and 21, were later identified and linked to a Long Beach bank robbery and a Tracy youth camp escape. FBI involvement followed as roadblocks were set amid heavy snow.
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Stateline
Calif
Frank Sinatra Jr
Joseph James Sorce
Thomas Patrick Keating
San Francisco
Keating
Sorce
Long Beach
Youth Authority
Tracy
FBI
Lake Tahoe
George Byers
Douglas County
Nev
California - Nevada
Sinatra
Sinatra Sr
Palm Springs
Warner Bros. Studio
Los Angeles
Robin and the Seven Hoods
Gene Doane Seeks Insurance Agent Role
Gene Doane seeks appointment as your insurance agent in a candid Adv advertisement on Sinatra's Page 2. He promotes personal service, local knowledge, and tailored coverage.
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Gene Doane
Winds Rip Through Lawrence Causing Widespread Damage
Strong winds gusting to 70 mph battered Lawrence from Saturday into Sunday, damaging downtown decorations, tearing awnings, toppling trash barrels, and scattering debris. City crews began repairs, counting widespread trash and limb damage across parks and streets, with the 600 and 700 blocks hardest hit.
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A. T. Hodges
Massachusetts Street
Hodges
Street Department
George Hutchison
Park Department
Vernon Cooper
Centennial Park
Snow Possible Tuesday In Lawrence Area
December 1963 forecast suggests a chance of snow Tuesday with rain or snow likely by evening. Highs around 40, lows in mid 20s. Last measurable rain was November 22. Lawrence precipitation trails normal by about 12 inches for the year.
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Lawrence
Kansas University
Weather outlook for northeast Kansas
Fair tonight in northeast Kansas with increasing clouds Tuesday. Rain or snow possible by late Tuesday evening. Lows mid 20s tonight and highs around 40 Tuesday.
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Kansas
Lightning Bolt Suspected In Maryland Air Crash
Federal investigators pursued causes after a Pan Am Boeing 707 with 81 aboard plunged near Elkton Maryland. Officials weighed in on lightning and possible in flight explosion while wreckage spanned a one mile area. Only 65 survived the Baltimore stop.
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Elkton
Robert Allen
Civil Aeronautics Board
Pan American World Airways
Allen
Episcopal Funds Taken Slugged Secretary in Church Heist
A secretary at Trinity Episcopal Church was struck and robbed of a bag with 164 in currency 27.41 in silver 932.50 in checks at about 12 45 p m. The bag was found at Kansas University Memorial Stadium about an hour later. The injured secretary Mrs Margaret Souther 58 was taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital for observation. Police described the suspect as a young to middle aged Negro in a black overcoat and white cap who fled toward Tennessee. Witnesses saw a car used in the escape and a potential license number. The robbery occurred during the Kansas Flower Show in the parish house. See EPISCOPAL Page 2.
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Trinity Episcopal Church
10Th and St. Sts
Margaret Souther
Kansas University
Memorial Stadium
Souther
7Th St
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Vermont
Tennessee
KU Stadium
Lawrence
Trinity Parish House
Clinton Dam and Reservoir Planning Funds Advance
The $60,000 Kennedy recommended planning money for Clinton Dam and Reservoir cleared another hurdle with the Senate Appropriations Committee approval awaiting full Senate action. If approved, construction could start by 1966 and finish by 1969 or 1970, with Perry Reservoir nearby seeking $3 million in construction funds and a $40 million price tag. The two projects involve federal and state officials and a joint effort with the Wakarusa Watershed board, a new cooperative approach.
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Kennedy
Clinton
Congress
Senate
Senate Appropriations Committee
Lawrence
Perry Reservoir
Perry
Corps of Engineers
Wakarusa Watershed Board
Lawrence Stores to Observe Late Christmas Hours
Most Lawrence stores will open at 9:30 a.m. during the Christmas rush and stay open until 8:30 p.m. on weeknights through Monday, Dec. 23, with 12 late closings counted from now. On Tuesday, Dec. 24, stores close at 5:30 p.m. and normal hours resume afterward.
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Lawrence
Charge Filed in Wreck Death Near Lawrence Kansas
A 28 year old Ottawa man Maynard England faces a fourth degree manslaughter charge in Douglas County Court after a two car crash on U S 59 south of Lawrence Sunday night killed Harold E Burroughs 46 also of Ottawa. The Mills couple from McPherson were injured and hospitalized along with Burroughs wife Virginia 47 and Cleo Hills 40 all from Ottawa. The England car struck the Mills car when attempting a left turn into oncoming traffic. England Neva Smiley Pauline Hills and Michail Mills were treated and released. Burroughs was pinned in the wreckage and died before services at an Ottawa funeral home. Six in the England car were reported in the crash. Ten people have died in Douglas County traffic accidents this year.
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Ottawa
Douglas County
Lawrence
U.S. 59
Ralph King
Maynard England
Harold E. Burroughs
England
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Michail T. Mills
McPherson
Neva Smiley
Pauline Hills
Mills
Kansas Highway Patrol
U.S.59
Burroughs
Highway Patrol
Opiniors ff i 4 Ail Editor's Note and Philosophy
Editor's note introduces Peter Caws a Kansas University philosophy professor born in 1931 in England. The piece discusses opinions in democracy, virtue in education, and dangers of orthodoxy, manipulation by mass media, churches and schools, urging reasoned belief and open debate.
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Peter Caws
Rose Morgan
Kansas University
Southall
Middlesex
England
London University
Yale
Wilmington College
North Carolina
Michigan State
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Caws
Mo. St
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