Kennedy heads to Latin America to press aid pledge
President Kennedy and Mrs Kennedy depart from Andrews Air Force Base on a trip to Puerto Rico Venezuela and Colombia to highlight the Alliance for Progress a 10 year 20 billion program for regional development The visit coincides with anti U S demonstrations in Venezuela but officials deem them radical minority actions likely to be contained by stable governments and a popular welcome En route Kennedy keeps in touch with Vice President Johnson while away from the White House
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Whitney Shoemaker
Washington
Kennedy
Venezuela
Colombia
U.S
Andrews Air Force Base
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Alliance For Progress
White House
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Johnson
U.N. Says Major U.N. Op in Katanga Reaches First Objective
U.N. forces launched a major operation against Katanga in Elisabethville delaying a cease fire. The spokesman reported the first objective was reached with no casualties as U.N. reinforce ments arrive to restore movement and law and order in the Katanga capital.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N
Katanga
Elisabethville
United Nations
Brooklyn Bank Robbers Kill Guard and Flee With Cash
In Brooklyn, two bandits described as a wild machine gunner and companion stormed the Lafayette National Bank on Kings Highway. Guard Henry Kraus, 53, was killed. the attackers fled in a white car with an estimated 20 000 to 30 000 dollars. Officer Salvatore Accardi was wounded but shield saved his life.
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New York
Brooklyn
Salvatore Accardi
Lafayette National Bank
Kings Highway
Henry A. Kraus
John Condon
Kraus
Tshombe seeks talks with Adoula to end Congo bloodshed
The United States said fighting in Katanga could pause after Moise Tshombe leaves Elisabethville for a meeting with Congo Premier Cyrille Adoula. Tshombe telegrammed President Kennedy asking Kennedy to designate a suitable negotiator to halt the bloodshed.
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United Nations
N. Y
United States
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
Elisabethville
Congo
Cyrille Adoula
Tshombe
Kennedy
Adoula
Congo Crisis Talks Loom as Tshombe Opens to Negotiations
President Kennedy prepared a response to Tshombe’s plea for mediation to end Congo fighting. Tshombe expressed readiness to meet Premier Adoula and to negotiate under a plan to prevent a return to hostilities, with Amb. Edmund Gullion named as U S liaison. A Belgian senator cited Tshombe’s offer to meet in a neutral Francophone nation with Senghor as possible mediator.
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Katanga
Moise Tshombe
Congo
White House
Kennedy
Tshombe
Cyrille Adoula
Central Congo
U.S
Edmund Gullion
Brussels
Adoula
Senegal
Leopold Senghor
Christmas gift subscription to the Journal- World
A Christmas gift subscription to the Journal- World is offered with a free gift card sent to the recipient. Order line provided with a phone code and number for placing orders.
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Journal- World
Kennedy orders increased aid to Viet Nam defense
President Kennedy announced expanded noncombat assistance to South Vietnam to bolster its defense against North Vietnamese aggression. Officials stressed no American combat troops will be sent, with focus on helicopters, communications gear, technical advice, and expanded U.S. air force support and training programs.
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Kennedy
South Viet Nam
Viet Nam
Saigon
U.S
United States
U.S. Air Force
Chancellor Plans Repeat World Crisis Day At KU
Kansas University Chancellor W Clarke Wescoe praised World Crisis Day as a success and said a similar program will likely be held next year. The event featured a morning convocation with Alexander Fomin and Arthur Schlesinger Jr and 38 seminars as faculty guided student discussions on global issues.
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Kansas University
W. Clarke Wescoe
Alexander Fomin
Washington, D. C
Arthur Schlesinger Jr
Kennedy
Wescoe
Schlesinge
Washington
Fomin
Lawrence
KU Offi
KU Vespers Set For This Sunday
The 37th Kansas University Christmas Vespers concerts draw over 6 000 to Hoch Auditorium with two shows at 3 30 and 7 30 p m A 30 minute color TV film of the program will be produced by KU Radio and Television Department led by Dr Bruce A Liton and shown on area stations this winter Nearly 400 Fine Arts students contribute to the Yuletide production with 11 performers from Lawrence The concert will feature the University Concert Choir University Symphony and a choral ensemble led by Robert Schaaf with Laurel E Anderson opening organ pieces and a candle lighting ceremony
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Kansas University
Hoch Auditorium
KU Radio and Television Department
Bruce A. Liton
Wdaf-Tv
Wibw-Tv
Hays
Dodge City
Goodland
Wichita
Fine Arts School
Lawrence
Mary Sudlow
Gretchen Sudlow
Robert Sudlow
W. 7Th St
Bryant Green
Robert B. Green
W. 20Th St
Ruth Bramble
Mass. St
Herbert Schumacher
W. 23Rd St
Stanley Schumacher
Dorothy Lockwood
Ind. St
Robert Isle
Seabrook Pl
Marilyn Grantham
E. 15Th St
Tom Alderson
Dean
Donald Alderson
Maine St
Joe Regier
Herold Regier
Terr
University
Clayton Krehbiel
University Symphony
Robert Baustian
Robert Schaaf
Laurel E. Anderson
Handel
Robert Green
Hadl Denies Signing with Chargers in Bowl Week Rumor
KU quarterback John Hadl rejected reports he signed with the San Diego Chargers for 17500, saying no contract exists. Coach Jack Mitchell and Chargers coach Sid Gillman also denied the deal, while Hadl awaited a formal statement to confirm he can play in the Bluebonnet Bowl against Rice.
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Kansas University
John Hadl
San Diego Chargers
Hadl
Detroit Lions
Edwin J. Anderson
Jayhawk
Chargers
Sid Gillman
Hadi
Jack Mitchell
Kansas
Rice
Houston
Gillman
San Diego
Mitchell
Had
Curtis McClinton
Clyde Brock
Utah State
Baylor
Chicago Bears
Detroit
Mitchel
Walter Byers
NCAA
Byers
Anderson
A. C. Lonborg
Lonborg
Jess Hadl
Forrest
Art Theft Reported At KU Museum
The Kansas University Art Museum reports the loss of a 54 by 8 inch 17th century Italian bronze toad sculpture valued at 500 dollars. The theft appears premeditated with six inch bolts and snow footprints left behind. The piece, donated via Watkins fund, remains unrecovered with prior thefts noted last year.
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Kansas University Art Museum
A. D. Weaver
Marilyn Stokstad
Watkins Fund
Stokstad
Ku's
Death Penalty Sought for Eichmann by Israeli Court
Adolf Eichmann was sentenced to death by hanging by a three man Israeli court for crimes against the Jewish people humanity and war crimes. The ruling followed his conviction as Israel’s first Nazi trial. An appeal window opens with 18 days to file and five more days to present reasons.
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Jerusalem
Adolf Eichmann
Germany
Israel
Moshe Landau
Gestapo
Eichmann
Robert L. Servatius
West Germany
Supreme Court
Servatius
Izhak Ben-Zvi
Landau
Eicchmann
Local Weather Mix Braces Area For Ice and Snow
The region endures a SNAFU with intermittent snow drizzle sleet and freezing rain as temperatures hover 5 to 10 above zero. Ice around snowpack may hinder weekend travel while highs near 20 Saturday. Sub zero readings persist in Kansas with eight below in Phillips County and Pittsburg reaching 39 degrees.
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Kansas
Kerwin Dam
Phillips County
Pittsburg
Man Hijacks Boat Aimed at Fidel Castro in Miami
A 19 year old named William Stoner of Mercersburg Pennsylvania hijacked a 40 foot charter boat in Miami with intent to reach Cuba to kill Fidel Castro. He was shot by a Miami police officer aboard a Coast Guard craft and listed in serious condition after airlift to a hospital.
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Miami
Fla
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Coast Guard
William Stoner
Mercersburg
Dope Suspects Indicted in Three Kansas Cities
A federal grand jury returned narcotics indictments against 15 defendants for heroin and marijuana dealing in Topeka Junction City and Lawrence. U.S. Attorney Newell George said the raids two weeks earlier prompted one of Kansas' largest drug roundups. Names include Maude Lawton Alice Hancox Napoleon Sud duth Melbourne Lawton Richard Lawton James Johnson Delores Del Rio McGee Frank Mitchell Harold Jr James Sanders Vandera Wilson Donald Tucker Ernest Keeling Scott Harvey Warren Harvey.
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Wichita
Topeka
Junction City
Lawrence
Newell George
U.S
Kansas
Maude Esther Lawton
Alice Marie Hancox
Napoleon R. Sudduth
Melbourne B. Lawton
Richard Lawton
James R. Johnson
Delores del Rio McGee
Frank D.R. Mitchell
Harold Francis Jr
James Sanders
Vandera Bee Wilson
Donald Frederick Tucker
Ernest N. Keeling
Scott Ward Harvey
Warren Douglas Harvey
Weather summary fragment with scattered data
Fragmentary weather notes show temperatures and timings with multiple garbled values. Readable items include a low around 12 and a high near 25 with unspecified units and mixed references to days and times such as Saturday.
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Dee Lee
Northeast Kansas Snow and Sleet Forecast With Freezing Rain
Intermittent snow sleet and freezing rain tracked through Saturday across northeast Kansas. Lows tonight range from 5 to 10 above, with highs near 20 on Saturday. Union Cab number V13 2800 listed for advisory services.
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Kansas
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