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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1963
Page
9
Fidel Castro’s dictatorship in Cuba marks five years on New Year’s Day. The regime faces shortages, high prices, low wages, and growing confusion amid efforts to enforce military service. Beijing and Moscow ties shape survival as Castro balances international pressures.
A fresh arctic air mass spreads across the North Central, bringing sub zero temperatures in many areas. Snow and sleet hit Texas with six inches in Sweetwater and mixed precipitation reaching Waco and the Red River valley. Hazardous driving warned in southern Oklahoma and north western Texas.
Patriarch Athenagoras I urged Pope Paul VI to convene a pan Christian conference against atheism and tyranny. The leaders plan to meet on the Mount of Olives in the Holy Land next week, first such encounter in five centuries, with no date set for the conference. The Pope begins a three day Palestine pilgrimage.
Bonn reports Chancellor Ludwig Erhard returning from the United States where President Johnson urged new West German ideas to ease Cold War strains with the Soviets. Erhard noted proximity to Russia and avoided specifics. He and Johnson agreed to push efforts without complicating Berlin, focusing on extending the holiday visitation arrangement for West Berliners.
Composer Frederick Loewe, famed for My Fair Lady, has given Desert Hospital about 1 million dollars in music royalties. He arranged to donate 50 percent of his royalties for the life of the copyright, saying Palm Springs is his favorite place in the world.
In Moscow Khrushchev said there are reasonable prospects for 1964 agreement on slowing the arms race and easing tensions. Proposals include armed force reductions, military spending cuts, a non aggression pact between NATO and the Warsaw Pact, no dispersal of nuclear weapons, and zones free of nuclear arms. He noted foreign force reductions and cited President Johnson’s foreign policy as welcome.
Fort Worth Texas state senator Don Kennard received a 635 pound baby elephant as a gift. A $1400 shipping charge and a 10 day quarantine at $38 daily applied. The elephant came from Bill Newbold a former local cameraman now with the State Department in Cambodia. He questioned how Cambodia could ship such a C O D gift.
Mr and Mrs M R Pete Thompson move to Lawrence today from Kansas City Kansas Thompson manages Pay Less shoe store in the Malls Shopping Center They lived in Kansas City prior to moving to 1601 Cadet Lawrence and Thompson comes from Ottawa native background He and Wilma attend the Methodist Church
Dublin AP report says playwright Brendan Behan, 40, was found unconscious with head injuries in a street near his parents’ home. He underwent emergency surgery at Meath Hospital and was listed in fair condition. police offered two possible causes, a hit-and-run or a fall, amid recent diabetes treatment.
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is named Time magazine Man of the Year, the first Black recipient in 37 years. The award credits him as the unchallenged voice of the Negro people and the disquieting conscience of whites.
West Haven AP Thomas E Devine says a high ranking U S military officer supports his search for Amelia Earhart. He reports Saipan sightings in 1945 and graves he alleges contain Earhart and Noonan. He accuses government efforts to hide details of the aviators fate.
Devine refused to name the officer now personally involved in the case, stating the matter originates from Washington and that the officer's identity is not being disclosed.
John V. Tunney 29 year old attorney from Riverside California plans to seek the Democratic nomination for Congress in California's 38th District. The seat is held by Republican Pat Minor Martin. Elder Tunney said at a Palm Springs party he wants his son nominated and elected.
Mrs. John F. Kennedy attended a private Mass Sunday at the Palm Beach home of her father in law Joseph P. Kennedy. Richard Cardinal Cushing, Boston Archbishop, announced the service.
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