Wirtz Urges Resumption of Dock Negotiations Amid Strike
Labor Secretary Wirtz pleads for talks to end the six day East and Gulf Coast dock walkout. ILA chief negotiator says only a new ship owner proposal can break the deadlock. Violence flares as a nonunion worker is shot in Galveston.
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No Dinner Tab Not Set For Democratic Dinner
Dallas AP reports Bedford Wynne, chairman, said no definite price for the Democratic dinner has been announced. He said he follows the Democratic National Committee guidance and has no information that the dinner will cost $1,000 per plate.
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Bedford S. Wynne
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Topeka adopts higher parking rates and on street fees
The Topeka City Commission approved higher garage and on street parking fees. Garage rates at 7th and Jackson and the 600 block Quincy lot rise two hours to 35 cents and three hours to 45 cents with evening charges. On street meters go from five cents per hour to five cents per 30 minutes with a one hour or 14 hour limit. Safety passports will be issued to Kansas Turnpike travelers for a coffee at six turnpike restaurants during an eight hour period as a New Year safety incentive. The union News Company cooperates with the Turnpike Authority on the program. City hall and Douglas County courthouse close for New Year holiday. emergency offices maintain service.
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Supreme Court stays ruling on railroad work rules
Justice Douglas granted a stay on a lower court order allowing railroad workers changes, extending the pause to January 9 to permit a formal appeal to the full Supreme Court.
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Douglas
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Circuit Court
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Factor denies buying pardon in interview
John Factor tells Chicago American via Beverly Hills phone that he did not buy his presidential pardon. He said records show the pardon was open and above-board and he would have paid $1 million if asked. Factor links no connection between his and wife’s $20,000 Democratic donations and party politics.
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Robert Kennedy
William E. Miller
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KU and CU hold weekly Russian history and culture sessions
Kansas and Colorado universities expand Russian studies with weekly KU CU lectures and cultural events in Helsinki and Finland. Programs include three day Leningrad bus tour and extended Moscow Novgorod trips, housing in Jarvenpaa, and cross campus exchanges with KU CU staff and Finnish partners. Enrollment at KU rose from 37 to 207. CU languages center opened in 1960.
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Trip to KU Museums Ideal For Homebound Children
An open letter suggests a Christmas outing to the Kansas University Art Museum and Natural History Museum. It notes hours, closures, and highlights such as Dyche Hall's Panorama of North American Mammals, Comanche sculpture, ancient to modern art, and a Central American painting exhibit, encouraging mothers to inspire curiosity in children.
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John Quincy Adams
Dwight Eisenhower
County to hire professional firm for tax equalization project
County commissioners plan to hire a professional firm to handle an equalization project with public meetings before bidding locally. They set aside 40 000 four years ago and must raise 60 000 more via taxes. after completion a full-time county assessor will be hired to keep the books in order.
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Controlling Stock In First National Will Be Shifted
Keystone Corporation plans to dissolve its holding in the First National Bank of Lawrence under a federal act, shifting control to individual stockholders. James M. Kemper Jr. said the holding company will liquidate or restructure, with 5,745 shares in the bank likely to be acquired by Kemper interests. Keystone assets total about $5.59 million. Warren Rhodes is bank president. Keystone bought the bank in 1956 from Kelvin Hoover and Gov. George Docking.
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Atomic Fallout Not Trouble For Kansas Officials Say
Kansas State Board of Health official Stanley J. Reno states atomic fallout in water air and milk is not a problem for now. He notes Soviet testing has little effect on Kansas with most fallout in the upper hemisphere and from U.S. testing. He adds milk radioactivity has declined as cattle are fed dry feed.
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State Board of Health
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Chapel of Simple Beauty and Spaciousness
Funeral home advertisement notes Rumsey Funeral Home and contact number Vi3 5111 for services.
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Expense Allowances Tightened Under New Tax Rules 1963
Washington AP outlines the 1962 tax revision changes tightening expense account deductions. Substantiation records become required for entertainment travel and business gifts while club and yacht expenses face new limits. The Cohan rule is reversed and noted exemptions include employee recreation and public entertainment provisions. The measure aims to curb personal living expense deductions and takes effect in 1963.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
Congress
Kennedy
Mortimer Caplin
Internal Revenue Commissioner
George Cohan
Cohan
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Caplin
Mission Youth Killed In Kansas City Car Wreck
Michael Bowling 17 of Mission Kansas died in a hospital after surgeons failed to revive him following a car crash. His vehicle skidded into a utility pole and he was pinned in the wreckage for about 20 minutes.
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Kan
Michael Bowling
Mission
Skybolt test accuracy questioned after postflight figures
New computations suggest Skybolt missile last week would have missed target by 100 miles and did not impact the target area. Officials had not prioritized accuracy, though it was initially viewed as a possible bonus.
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Washington
Skybolt
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