Pan American cool toward Cuban plan
Havana reports a cool response to Castro's offer to let more Cubans go to the United States if Pan American Airways resumes Havana to Miami flights. Pan American says it has little desire to restart Cuba service due to heavy losses and travel restrictions. The Cuban government says departures will resume when flights restart. Donovan claims Castro agreed to release 2,500 additional relatives as ransom deliveries continue.
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Havana
United States
Pan American Airways
Miami
Pan American
New York
Cuba
State Department
Revolutionary
Fidel Castro
Castro
James B. Donovan
Lake Placid
N.Y
Donovan
United Nations
New Year Toll Rises Amid Weekend Tragedies
Traffic deaths totaled 184 over the four day New Year observance along with 50 fire fatalities and 51 other accident deaths, as a bus-truck crash near Superior Montana killed at least six and a Long Island Sound tug disaster drowned nine crew members.
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Superior
Montana
Long Island Sound
Illinois
Washington
Prince Georges County
Iowa City
Iowa
Midwest
National Safety Council
Ayers Delivers Blindfold Memory Act At Rotary
Dr Solon Ayers former Haskell Institute superintendent and new Indian schools director in Portland spoke at the Lawrence Rotary Club. He performed a memory act blindfolded reciting 50 words from a blackboard upon audience request.
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Solon Ayers
Haskell Institute
Portland
Ore
Lawrence Rotary Club
Lawrence
Ayers
Haskell
Anadarko
Okla
Washington, D. C
Hatfield-Jackson Revamp Set With Jan 2 Incorporation
The Hatfield-Jackson Oil Co. of SIL N. 2nd St. will incorporate January 2. Alex Donnelly joins the business. Edward N. Jackson becomes president. Otha Hatfield treasurer. Donnelly vice president in charge of sales. The firm began September 1944 at 6th and Locust then moved to 311 N. 2nd St. Donnelly, formerly with National Alfalfa Dehydrating and Milling Co., relocated to Lawrence in 1943 and led the Kan sas City alfalfa meat company in March 1959. He remains a Lawrence resident and has held Rotary and Chamber posts.
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Hatfield-Jackson Oil Co
Sil N. 2Nd St
Alex Donnelly
Edward N. Jackson
Otha Hatfield
Donnelly
6Th and Locust Sts
N. 2Nd St
Lawrence
National
Alfalfa Dehydrating and Milling Co
Midland
Kansas City
Alfalfa Meat Company
Lawrence Rotary Club
Chamber of Commerce
Bartle Seeks Third Term In Kansas City Mayoral Race
Mayor H Roe Bartle announced his bid for a third term in the upcoming spring election. He first ran in 1955 under the Citizens Association and has won endorsements from both the association and the Democratic coalition. Councilman Charles Shafer Jr. has also filed to run, having led the coalition to victory in 1959.
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Kansas City
H. Roe Bartle
Bartle
Citizens Association
Association
Democratic Coalition
Charles Shafer Jr
Coalition
Cookingham Retires After Long Fort Worth Tenure
L. P. Cookingham, Fort Worth city manager, announced his retirement at age 66. He arrives from Kansas City where he served 19 years, and has held city manager roles for a total of 36 years.
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Fort Worth
Tex
L. P. Cookingham
Kansas City
Cookingham
Time Names Pope John XXIII Man of the Year
Time magazine selects Pope John XXIII as man of the year for his role in calling the Ecumenical Council in Rome to promote Christian unity. The editors praise his vision of humanity and unity beyond science and diplomacy, noting his influence on healing Christian divisions.
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Pope
New York
Time Magazine
John XXIII
Time
Rome
God
Man
Leavenworth prisoner dies after knife attack in skirmish
Leon Gene Harris 26 of Kansas City was stabbed to death at the U S penitentiary on Sunday. Warden J C Taylor said four or five inmates were involved in the slaying in the recreation building and an investigation continues. Harris was jailed July 1961 for seven years on narcotics charges after a prior 214 year Missouri sentence for larceny. His landscape paintings sold for over $800 during one term and he later showed art in Kansas City venues including Plaza Art Fair.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Leon Gene Harris
Kansas City
U. S
J. C. Taylor
Harris
Missouri
Plaza
Brenda Lee Home Fire Destroys Interior in Nashville
Firefighters raced to Brenda Lee’s Nashville residence where a fast moving blaze gutted the interior of the $24,250 home early today. Authorities said an electrical appliance sparked the fire forcing the singer and her family to evacuate.
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Nashville, Tenn
Brenda Lee
Wirtz Seeks Understanding as Longshore Strike Drags On
Secretary of Labor W. Willard Wirtz reported more understanding on both sides though the eight day longshoremen strike remains stymied. Negotiations on money and fringe benefits would continue as union chief Thomas Gleason rejected the employers’ offer. The dispute involves 60,000 AFL-CIO longshoremen and a plan to study work gang size from 20 to 17 men across Maine to Texas.
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New York
W. Willard Wirtz
Wirtz
Maine
Texas
New’s
Afl-Cio International Longshoremen’s Association
Thomas Gleason
New Year's Accidents Reported. Several Harms and a Safety Offer
Several New Year incidents are reported around Lawrence and nearby areas. Charlie A. Davis remains in fair condition after an early Sunday crash on Highway 24. Edward S. Nelson and Bertha Marshall are injured in separate two car wrecks on U S 39 and at 9th and Vt Streets. Donald E. Dean and others are involved in a third collision near Independence. Minor crashes on U S 40 require police notes. Predicted freezing drizzle raises hazardous driving concerns. The Kansas Turnpike offers safety passports for a cup of coffee at six restaurants in an eight hour New Year promotion. nearly 1,000 participants joined last year.
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Charlie A. Davis
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Brown
Highway 24
Lawrence
Kvasnicka
Edward S. Nelson
Tenn. St
U.S. 39
Bertha Marshall
Tonganoxie
9Th
Vt. Sts
Elsie A. Marshall
Marshall
Donald E. Dean
Independence
Kan
John Wooden
N. H
Thomas Parker
Mass
U. S. 40
Kansas Turnpike
Local Man Burned In Gas Stove Explosion
Glenn Anderson of 226 N. 4th St. suffered a slight burn to the left side of his face Saturday afternoon when his gas stove oven exploded. He had not known the gas was on and the oven had been set at 275. The blast happened as he opened the door to light it with a match. the stove suffered no damage.
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Glenn Anderson
N. 4Th St
Highway Attacker Blizzard Knifes Collegian
A 19 year old Penn State sophomore Nick Cascario of Bangor Pa was killed on a highway near Baxley Ga after a car bumped his vehicle and another man forced it to the roadside. The assailant fled and no arrest had been made.
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Baxley
Penn State
Florida
Appling
J. B. Carter
Nick Cascario
Bangor
Carter
Cascario
Dan Fioret
U.S
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Here
JFKs Going To a Party
President and Mrs Kennedy attend a New Year’s Eve party in Palm Beach hosted by Charles B Wrightsman and his wife Jan. The Wrightsman couple, prominent oilman and art collector and fine arts committee member, host the yearly social event with Lester Lanin’s orchestra at the Wrightsman residence.
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Palm Beach
Fla
Kennedy
Charles B. Wrightsman
Wrightsman
Jan
Lester Lanin
Society
New Telstar Planned by AT&T for Longer Spacecraft Life
AT and T announces a second Telstar satellite launch planned for spring to extend life of future space vehicles. The first Telstar was launched by NASA on July 10. Separately, immigration data show 30,000 immigrant engineers and 14,000 physicians entered the U.S. between 1952 and 1961.
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New York
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Labor Department
Makeshift Rocket Fatal to a Youth
In Rolling Hills Estates Los Angeles County two 14 year olds built a two foot rocket from 1 2 inch pipe stuffed with match heads. The device exploded injuring one boy Mark Hopkins and killing his friend Mike Regan. Neighbors say both aspired to be space scientists. The blast caused fires and damage to the living room.
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Los Angeles
Mark Hopkins
Rolling Hills Estates
Palos Verdes Peninsula
Mark
Mike Regan
George Clark
Poison Apparent Cause In Two Lansing Deaths
Two prisoners died and three others at the Kansas penitentiary hospital show the same symptoms. Officials say a poison appears involved. Freeman L. Paden aged 30 died Saturday. Alvin Biving aged 32 died Sunday. Paden was jailed for auto theft. Biving for robbery. Autopsy cited poison but not named pending state Health Board investigation.
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Lansing
Kan
Kansas Penitentiary Hospital
Freeman L. Paden
Alvin Bivins
Paden
California
Sedgwick County
Biving
Betesville
Miss
Geary County
State Board of Health
Lawrence Stone Entrance for Broken Arrow Park Planned
A cooperative city county project builds a stone entrance for Broken Arrow Park south of the city limits on Louisiana Street. Gifted to the city county and school board by Haskell Institute, the entrance will feature a named sign and park history. Construction is by the city with county financing. surrounding roads are already in place.
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Broken Arrow Park
Louisiana Street
Haskell Institute
Sim
Fred & Oscar Rumsey Sole Owners Funeral Home
The Rumsey Funeral Home advertises sole ownership by Fred and Oscar Rumsey with contact shown as V13 5111 and company name Rumsey Funeral Home.
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Fred
Oscar Rumsey
Rumsey Funeral Home
Adv
Anchor Savings assets jump 30 percent in 1962 rise
Harry T. West, president of Anchor Savings Association, announced that total assets as of December 15, 1962 rose to 56,474,373.98 from 43,417,634.60 in December 1961, a gain of over 30 percent for 1962. The credit union has more than 27,500 members and has financed more than 2,219 homes in two years.
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Harry T. West
Anchor Savings Association
Anchor Savings
Anchor
KU seniors vie for Woodrow Wilson fellowships
Three area students led a 22 Kansas University seniors cast for the Woodrow Wilson national fellowships 1963 64 with Lawrence’s John Robert Light and Baldwin County duo Catherine Zeliff Rog er Doudna among finalists. Interviews set for January February with March results.
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Lawrence
Baldwin
Kansas University
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Woodrow Wilson
Carbon Monoxide Still Causes High Death Toll Each Year
Carbon monoxide remains the leading poison killer with higher annual deaths than any other toxin. Public awareness and preventive measures are urged to reduce exposure risks in homes and workplaces.
Newspaper blackout grips New York and Cleveland
The nation’s two largest cities face New Year without major papers as strikes shut 11 dailies. In New York the drop in tourism activity is blamed on the stoppage. talks show no quick end. Cleveland’s Plain Dealer and Press News are out with deadlocked negotiations and union security issues.
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New York
Cleveland
City Convention and Visitors Bureau
W. Willard Wirtz
Morning Plain Dealer
Afternoon Press
Teamsters Local 473
Ind
Anthony DePalma
Cleveland Guild
Card of Thanks from Grace Morrow
Grace Morrow expresses gratitude to friends and relatives for cards flowers and gifts received during her stay at KU Medical Center.
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KU Medical Center
Grace Morrow
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