Three Cubans Charged In Bazooka Blast At U N Building
Three Cubans officials of an anti Castro exile group were charged in a December bazooka attack aimed at the United Nations building. They allegedly missed the 38 story tower to obtain headlines about Ernesto Guevara. The men were booked in Queens after the rocket blast over the river near the UN Secretariat. No injuries reported. The trio identified themselves as Julio Carlos Perez Ignacio Novo and Guillermo Novo members of the Cuban Nationalist Movement. They said they bought a deactivated bazooka for 35 dollars and built a firing device from an auto ignition.
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New York
United Nations
East River
Ernesto Guevara
U.N. General Assembly
Guevara
Fidel Castro
Queens
U.N. Secretariat
Manhattan
Stanley Ross
el Tiempo
Ross
U.N
Cuban Nationalist Movement
Miami
Julio Carlos Perez
The
Bronx
Ignacio Novo
Guillermo Novo
North Bergen
N.J
Christmas Eve and Day Church Services Across Town
Christmas Eve celebrations occur at St. John's 1229 Vt. St with a new organ and choir led by Richard Wright followed by a midnight mass led by Father Michael Moriarty. First Christian hosts a candlelight carol service led by Rev Benton Hanan with trumpeters Nelson and Smith assisting. Trinity Episcopal offers a 11 p m choir program and 11:30 p m communion. First Presbyterian features Adlai Wallace lecturing on In Remembrance with Brahms pieces by Willcox and Allen.
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St. John’s
Vt. St
Clarence Adamson
Richard Wright
Michael Moriarty
First Christian
Benton Roy Hanan
Steve Nelson
Philip Smith
Kenneth C. Walker
First Methodist Church
10Th and St. Sts
Trinity Episcopal Trinity
Hubert Brown
Thomas B. Woodward
Harvard Wilbur
Trinity Episcopal
Plymouth Congregational Church
Clayton Krebbiel
Wayne Replogle
First Presbyterian
Adlai Wallace
Robert Willcox
M.C. Allen
Brahms
KU Dormitory Plan Faces Zoning Hurdles Near University
The proposed dormitory on the KU area faces a zoning variance for yard space as the Board of Zoning Appeals weighs designation changes from C-1. City officials note the decision is appealable only to the District Court and could hinge on reclassifying the site to allow a high rise. Developers emphasize university alignment and tax benefits while residents voice concerns over neighborhood character and traffic.
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Board of Zoning Appeals
Planning Commission
City Commission
District Court
Charles Stough
City Hall
Milton P. Allen
Strong Ave
Lee Nicholson
Nicholson
Memphis
19Th and
Naismith Drive
Pulliam
Lawrence
Gordon Collister
Ind. Sr
19Th
Louisiana
Collister
University Place
University Place Annex
Springer
Kenneth Thompson
13Th
Louisiana Streets
Donald Renz
Virginia Beach
John Emerson
West Dr
Dog Survives Eight Days Sealed in Trailer
A thin floppy-eared hound escaped from a trailer after eight days sealed in Dayton Ohio. Bill Rector a Post Office dock employee fed the dog water and a coffee roll then watched it eat raw hamburger. The truck carried January McCall's magazines from the Ohio plant to Kansas City yards before arrival at the post office.
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Kansas City
Bill Rector
Dayton
Ohio
McCall’s Magazine
Pearson Calls for Burch Departure as GOP Chairman
Sen. James Pearson of Kansas says it is not in the party’s best interest to keep Dean Burch as national chairman. He suggests reorganizing the Republican National Committee to unite governors and legislative leaders under a single structure to resolve differences.
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Kansas City
James B. Pearson
R-Kan
Republican Party
Dean Burch
Pearson
Prairie Village
Kansas
Republican National Committee
House
Senate
Eudora Man Injured When Truck Leaves Road
Albert Harris of Eudora suffered extensive cuts and bruises when his truck left the road and hit a culvert about 50 miles south of Eudora on a blacktop road. He was admitted to Lawrence Memorial Hospital with condition not available. Deputy Sheriff John Miller of Eudora was also admitted after falling eight feet and hitting a retaining wall. he remained under observation. Kirk Johnson noted Harris’ truck burned.
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Albert
Shorty) Harris
Eudora
Blacktop
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
LMH
John Miller
Miller
Rex Johnson
Escape From Hospital in Painesville Counterfeiting Run
A 29 year old counterfeiter identified as Robert Bennett fled a hospital in Painesville after disarming a guard during a confrontation with Treasury agents. He was wounded in the shoulder and hip, and officers pressed a wide search with roadblocks and lock down warnings. Bennett’s wife Nora Bennett, 25, was jailed after the gun battle that yielded about 50000 in counterfeit twenties and hundred dollar bills.
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Painesville, Ohio
Treasury
David
Marion Macur
Bennett
Painesville
Nora
Christmas of Yesteryear Is Celebrated by Islanders
Monhegan Island Maine keeps an old fashioned Christmas with a 100 year old church, gaslight and kerosene lamps. Islanders travel to the mainland or shop by mail while Santa visits the village church on Christmas Eve. With a winter population of about two dozen, the community shares gifts and scripture in a close knit holiday gathering.
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Monhegan Island
Monhegan
Maine
Gertrude Anderson
Belgian Congo
Burma
Santa Claus
Port Clyde
Sertoma Club Screens Centron Film on Kansas
At the Sertoma Club meeting in the Holiday Inn the color film Any Number Can Play highlighting Kansas resources, recreation, education, research and culture plus Lawrence scenes was shown. Walter Heck chaired with E. J. Allison assisting. Charles Johanneson was inducted. Jim Williams gave a biographical sketch. Guests included Ray Shackleford, Ron Buchannan, and B. J. Softley.
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Kansas
Midway U.S.A
Sertoma Club
Holiday Inn
Kansas Department of Economic Development
Centron Corporation
Lawrence
John Cameron Swayze
Walter Heck
E. J. Allison
Charles Johanneson
Jim Williams
Ray Shackleford
Ron Buchannan
Topeka
B. J. Softley
Freemont
Neb
In Memoriam Oatman-Alice and Roy
In loving memory of my mother and father. Your memory lingers in my heart with tender fondness. Not a day passes that I do not think of you. Sadly missed by daughter Bernice.
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Oatman
Alice and
Roy
Bernice
Pilotless Navy plane crashes into Florida home
A Navy drone exploded over a retirement community in DeBary Florida demolishing one house and damaging several others. One man was killed and the second man reportedly jumped from the craft with the parachute and was unhurt. The crash started a large fire in the neighborhood.
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Debary
Fla
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Kansas University
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Haworth Hall
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Journal-World Photo
Allen
Winter Chevrolet
John Haddock Ford
Winter
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Haddock
Dodge
Sanders Motors
Kuhn
Human Relations Commission
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Hartford Co
Don McConnell
Ohio St
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Lawrence Memorial Co
Norman Endacott
East 13Th
Christian Perch
Disciples of Christ
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22Nd
Burch
Eudora Man
Harris
Johnson
Robert Bennett
Harold Williams
Yesteryear
Memoriam
Lawrence Paper CO
6Th & N.H
Lawrence Mills
Archie Mills
Lawrence Impl. CO
Kaw Valley
IMPL
Johanning Bros. Impl. CO
Dominion
Increst
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