Baker May Get 2-Way Deal For Meat Kickback
Senate investigators revealed testimony showing Bobby Baker profited from a Haitian meat deal with both seller and buyer. Key figures Jose Benitez, a Puerto Rico Democrat, Francis Law, and Thomas Webb Jr. described payments tied to Hampco and a Haitian plant, with Baker receiving portions of profits amid ongoing Rules Committee scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Bobby Baker
Baker
Jose Benitez
Puerto Rico
Law
Webb
Benitez
Lopez
Haiti
Ander
Murchison
William Kentor
Chicago
Hampco
Kentor
Albert D. Gore
D-Tenn
Rules Committee
Kansas House Considers Constitutional Apportionment Change
A new plan to amend the constitution would drop the one representative per county rule. Democrat sponsors Jerry Griffith of Derby and Bill Grawley of Wichita say the measure gives the legislature freedom to apportion and lets voters express opinions on the existing limit, though it faces doubtful support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
House
Jerry Griffith
Derby
Bill Grawley
Wichita
Sheriff Probes Party Line Complaints Amid Emergency Calls
Sheriff Fred Brooker says officers are examining reports of people refusing to give up telephone party lines for emergencies. Offenders face up to 1000 dollars and 90 days in jail, while misusing an emergency claim brings a 100 dollar fine and 10 days behind bars. One complaint involved a fire emergency line refusal at his office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Brooker
Brooker
Lawrence board approves contracts and unification discussion
The Lawrence school board unanimously awarded a two year contract to Supt Carl Knox and approved one year contracts for key administrators. A 5 to 1 vote backed these hires while President Rumsey opposed. The board also discussed Douglas County school unification and studied a two district plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl
Knox
Lloyd Schurr
Armin Woestemeyer
Richard Johnson
Robert Taylor
Dan Kahler
Lawrence High
Orvel Criqui
Central
C. D. Hargadine
West
Vesta White
al Cerne
Kenneth Fisher
Robert Lowther
Calvin Rice
Harold Siegrist
Hazel Lee Simmons
Ira Williams
Cecilia Pearson
Mildred Kirkham
Doris Johnson
Helen Norwood
Edna Galladay
Beard
Oscar Rumsey
Ethan Allen
Lesh, Bradley and Barrand
Lawrence
Logan Moore
Ray Culbertson
Capitol Federal Savings and Loan Association
Lawrence Public Schools Memorial Fund
Lawrence Education Association
Capitol Federal
Farmbrush and state officials named in county farming notes
A 5 Farmbrush to clear pasture area and a retired state board member who served 18 years and was state chairman in 1963 are mentioned along with the State Fair Board. Albert Grosdidier and son Bernard operate a 160 acre farm south of Eudora as a partnership. Bernard is a Kansas State University graduate and both have USC county committee ties. The Crosdidiers raise beef cattle and hogs on a 160 acre Beeghley farm southwest of Lawrence growing Angus cattle wheat and sorghum. The Vaughn dairy farm spans 220 acres south of Lone Star Lake with land rents nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Agriculture
McNabb
State Fair Board
Albert Grosdidier
Bernard
Eudora
USC
Kansas State University
Manhattan
Crosdidiers
Beeghley
Lawrence
Lone Star Lake
Vaughn
New Phi Psi Unit Nears Completion After Ground Breaking
The Phi Kappa Psi fraternity held a ground breaking for a new 1602 West 15th St KU chapter house in Lawrence. The 16 000 square foot red brick three story building is a 340 000 project including land and fees and should be completed by September.
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Phi Kappa Psi
West 15Th St
Thomas Higgins
Kansas City
C. 0. Nauman
West 22Nd St
W. Clarke Wescoe
Donald Alderson
F. C
Phog
Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity
Kansas University
Larry Winn Jr
Delta Delta Delta Sorority
Pi Beta Phi Sorority
Kansas
Allen Fieldhouse
Phi Psi
Wescoe
Phog) Allen
Thomas M. Higgins
Francis D. Franklin
Shawnee Mission
Greg Turner
Seattle
Wash
15Th Street
Mount Oread
Lawrence
Building Association of Kansas Alpha
Jim Roark
John P. Peters
Tom Yee
E. L. Winn Sr
Larry Winn III
Bob Winn
Congo rebellion uses witchcraft and Moscow echoes
In Kwilu Province Congo rebels led by Pierre Mulele expand with Chinese backed aid and guerrilla tactics. Missionaries and priests are killed as government forces seize a rebel notebook linking tactics to Mao and Guevara. About 150 provincial officials have been slaughtered.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
Congo
Kwilu
Pierre Mulele
Moscow
Peking
Mulele
Belgium
Lawrence Retail Sales Rise in 1963 11 Months
State figures show Lawrence retail sales increased from January through November 1963 with only February down vs 1962. The Chamber of Commerce report highlights broad gains across months, stronger local economy, and optimism for 1964.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department of Revenue and Taxation
Lawrence
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Kansas
Senate panel weighs amendments on term limits and printer
The Senate Judiciary Committee, with Gov Anderson's proposal, will examine three amendments and a fourth to abolish the state printer. Proposals include removing two term limits for county sheriffs and treasurers and placing the printer under legislative control. A fourth change would convert the off year session to a regular 30 day session with bills limited to standing committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Judiciary Committee
Anderson
Sen
Paul R. Wunsch
R-Kingman
Wunsch
Senate
Judiciary
Unlucky No 13 Stars for KU Player as Season Ends
Lawrence notes include Walter Wesley wearing number 13 for Kansas University in a 58-55 loss at Kansas State. He scored 32 points but ends season due to scholastic deficiencies. Additional items cover vehicle tag penalties, local tag sales, and Saturn Echo II satellite sighting schedules for Lawrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Wesley
Kansas University
Kansas State
Wesley
Kstate
Dallas Dobbs
Wilt Chamberlain
Three IRS workers and two accountants arraigned in bribe case
In New York three IRS Manhattan district employees and two accountants faced arraignments on bribery charges. Names include Herbert Frank Leopold Weisberg Saul Wolf Louis Irwin and Sol Myers. Alleged payments ranged from 50 to 400 dollars to secure favorable audits. The case followed an IRS led investigation announced by Attorney General Robert F Kennedy.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
New York
IRS
Manhattan
Tax Agency
Robert F. Kennedy
Herbert Frank
North Valley Stream
N.Y
Leopold Weisberg
Jericho
Saul Wolf
Floral Park
Louis Irwin
New Rochelle
Sol Myers
New York City
Irwin
Myers
Weisberg
Wolf
Frank
Installation Services Conducted for Good Shepherd Church
Rev I M Gjellstad led installation services for Good Shepherd Lutheran Church members. Key officers named include Dr Ronald Calgaard as president and Robert Fryer as vice president of the church council, with other council and women’s group leaders listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church Council
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
I. M. Gjellstad
Ronald Calgaard
Robert Fryer
Charles McMullen
Marvin Franklin
Dayton Hawkins
F. E. Lindenman
American Lutheran Church
William Rutherford
DeWayne Nymann
David Daniel
Henry Horak
C. M. Brostrom
Everette Bowman
Jack Conrad
Lather League
Gary Showalter
De-Arta Fryer
Tim Gjellstad
Lawrence High Team Wins East Central Kansas Crop Contest
Lawrence High School and Osage City hosted the East Central Kansas District Crop Judging Contest with seven teams. Lawrence placed first. Osage City second, Ottawa third, Emporia fourth. Individual scorers included Jim Trybom first, Lynn Kring second, Jim Shultz fourth, Mike Wempe sixth, Gary Brink tied for seventh, Richard Ice tenth. team coached by vocational agriculture teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence High School
Osage City
Ottawa
Emporia
Lawrence
Jim Trybom
Lynn Kring
Jim Shultz
Mike Wempe
Gary Brink
Richard Ice
Lawrence Team Wins District Contest in Agricultural Judging
Roy Cropp and Walter Gehl rank among Lawrence contestants who claimed top honors as members received a trophy and certificate. Judging covered five categories: economic importance, weed and plant identification, foliage and crops, USDA grading of wheat corn and grain sorghums, and seed purity analysis for planting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Cropp
Walter Gehlbach
Lawrence
United States Department of Agriculture
Testimony in Kennedy Case Focuses on Oswald Wife
Mrs. Oswald, Russian born and wife of Lee Harvey Oswald, described her husband’s activities in the United States. She testified for a day on September travels to Mexico and attempts to obtain visas for Russia or Cuba. Mrs. Oswald, deemed cooperative, provided new information and movements during questioning by the Warren Commission’s general counsel J Lee Rankin.
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Sed
Soviet Union
Russia
Cuba
Oswald
Kennedy
United States
Commission
J. Lee Rankin
State Department
Rankin
Card of Thanks from Milburn and Dicker Families
Anna May Smith thanks doctors and nurses and friends for kindness while in hospital. Florence Milburn's family gratefully acknowledges flowers cards food calls from friends relatives and neighbors during illness and after her death. Claud R. Dicker family offers sincere thanks for flowers messages and sympathy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna May Smith
Florence Milburn
Milburn
Claud R. Dicker
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Agriculture and State Departments
Haitian American Meat & Provision Co
Murchison Interests
Texas
Port Au Prince
Lodge
Lawrence Lodge
Perfection
E. Gene Puckett
L. J. Alber
Journal-World
Lawrence Memorial Co
Rman Endagco
Green Bros. Hardware
William G. Cain
Douglas County
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
City
Good Shepherd Church
LHS
The
Bank of Friendly
LS Waite
Tsunnovine Zone
Douglas County State Bank
F.D.I.C
Kentucky
Ana
Lawrence Mills
Archie Mills
poveLas
Eaunty
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