Kennedy TV showing Cuba weaponless claim aids crisis
The Kennedy administration aired an extensive intelligence briefing to prove Cuba lacks Soviet offensive weapons. Officials including McNamara and McCone testified that missiles and bombers were removed and that reconnaissance shows no major offensive systems in Cuban caves. Penalties were ordered against foreign shipowners carrying cargo to Cuba.
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Cuba
White House
Central Intelligence Agency
John A. McCone
Senate
Armed Services
McCone
McNamara
Pentagon
Free Cigarettes Banned on State College Campuses
A memorandum requires presidents of all state colleges to halt distribution or sale of free cigarettes on campus amid a minors ban. Dr. W. Clarke Wescoe supports the ban, noting medical authority disagreements on cigarettes and lung cancer and confirming campus rules already barred sales to anyone under 21.
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PEKA
Board of Regents
W. Clarke Wescoe
University of Kansas
Secrets From Spy Job On Open Display
The Kennedy era briefing by Defense Secretary McNamara and John Hughes publicly revealed intelligence methods and surveillance photographs about Cuba. The two hour session showed sensitive information to counter claims of a larger Soviet buildup and acknowledged the risk to intelligence capabilities.
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Washington
Cuba
Iicerns
Pentagon
State Department
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Secretary of Defense
John T. Hughes
Joseph Carroll
Defense Intelligence Agency
Weather Reverses with Clouds Drizzle and Chilly Temps
The forecast describes a reversed weather pattern with clouds drizzle and chilly temperatures locally. A stalled storm front now lingers with cloudy skies fog and occasional drizzle through Friday with highs in the 40s and lows in the 30s.
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Weather Bureau
McNamara Says No Cuban Offensive Threat After TV Presentation
The defense secretary argued Soviet forces in Cuba pose no threat to the United States citing aerial evidence. Senator Keating acknowledged some changes in his prior claims but questioned whether Cuban forces could threaten Latin America.
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Cuba
United States
Robert S. McNamara
Keating
Kenneth B. Keating
R-N.y
McNamara
Associated Press
Khrushchev
Fidel Castro
Kennedy outlines health plan and Medicare push
President Kennedy presents a $1.6 billion health funds plan for the next fiscal year detailing allocations for training more doctors nurses and expanding hospitals while proposing stronger federal control on cosmetics drugs and health devices. He urges enactment of Social Security health insurance this year and signals a renewed Medicare push next week alongside aging policy and NIH research funding.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Capitol Hill
White Foundation to Meet on Monday in KU Hall
William Allen White Foundation set for Monday at Fraser Hall with Paul Miller of Rochester N Y as national award recipient and speaker on Inside a Newspaper Group. The event includes a second journalism merit award, photo exhibit Face of Russia, and a 12 30 luncheon at the Union with Sigma Delta Chi and Theta Sigma Phi sponsors.
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William Allen White Foundation
Dean Burton Marvin
Kansas University Journalism School
Marvin
Paul Miller
Rochester
N. Y
Associated Press
Miller
Gannett Co
Rochester, N. Y
Times-Union
Rochester -Democrat
Chronicle
Diamond
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
White Foundation
Ernest Johnson
Olathe
Foundation
Bernard Kilgore
The
Wall Street Journal
Fraser Hall Theater
Kansas
Dolph Simons
Journal- World
Hickey
Gannett
Jayhawks
William Allen White
Flint Hall
Dean Marvin
Kenzas Union
Sigma Delta Chi
Theta Sigma Phi
Paul Jr
Jean
KU Summer Session to Draw About 9500 on Campus
KU expects about 9500 people on the Lawrence campus this summer for classes workshops and conferences. Approximately 4500 regular students are anticipated with overall attendance up nearly 600 from last year. Regular session runs June 7 to August 3 with registration June 7-8 and exams August 1-3.
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Kansas University
George B. Smith
Lawrence
Ads brief 9500 Page 2 notices and specials
An entry notes 9 500 Page 2 Amazon Nail Care and Key Rexall with an anniversary special advertised for Friday in the Journal Way column. Also mentions Happy Hal's Steak House advertisement.
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Amazon Nail Care
Key Rexall
Adv
Happy Hal's
Lawrence Guard unit faces uncertain reorganization plan
Lawrence's rifle company assignment under Kansas National Guard changes remains unsettled Brig Gen Philip Smith topeka said the Lawrence unit may receive a new type of unit rather than a straight rifle company The overall Kansas Guard strength rises from 6696 to 7076 and Gov Anderson orders accelerated recruiting to fill 1000 vacancies Capt Karl Reber currently commands the unit which has 11 officers and now acts as a support group with armored equipment guided missiles radar and a 4 2 mortar
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Lawrence
National Guard
Philip Smith
Topeka
Journal-World
Kansas
John Anderson
Karl Reber
KU Bomb Report Fake Wednesday at Lewis Hall
KU police and city authorities conducted a floor by floor search of Lewis Hall after a call claimed a bomb was planted there. The 24 hour sweep found no explosive device and no evacuations were ordered. Officials conclude the call was a hoax aimed at prompting students to wait outside.
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Kansas University
Lewis Hall
Beverly Brown
Engel Road
Joe Skillman
Skillman
Indians Reject One Volume At Sherman Institute
Junior Red Cross officials in Riverside collected a large box of gifts for Nav ajo, Apache and Hopi students at Sherman Institute. While sorting the gifts they rejected one book titled How to Ride Like a Real Indian.
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Riverside
Calif
Red Cross
Sherman Institute
Senate grants Wichita University state system admission vote
The Senate approved a bill to admit Wichita University to the state higher education system by a 21 to 19 margin with Rep Alvin Bauman casting the deciding vote. The measure now goes to the House amid uncertain prospects as factions split along party lines and regents backs Earth report.
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Topeka
Senate
Wichita University
House
Wichita
State Board of Regents
The
Earth Report
University of Kansas
Kansas State University
Stayton Promoted to Superintendent of Indian School
Floyd E Stayton longtime Haskell Institute principal named superintendent of the Indian school in place of Solon G Ayers. Stayton will earn 11150 annually while Ayers receives 13340 in Portland. A new principal will be chosen after candidates are reviewed.
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Floyd E. Stayton
Haskell Institute
Interior Department
Solon G. Ayers
Indian Bureau
Portland
Ore
Stayton
Urich
Ayers
Haskell
Missouri
Appleton City
Archie
Missouri University
Kansas University
Slayton
Oregon
Indian Service
Penalties on License Tags Take Effect in Douglas County
Douglas County motorists face a 50 cent penalty on motor vehicle tags starting Monday February 18 with another 50 cent penalty on March 2. Law enforcement will begin summonsing drivers still using 1962 tags before the second penalty. Through today 9,704 car tags and 2,293 truck tags have been sold, with over 17,000 car tags expected this year. First-half personal property taxes must be paid before tag purchases, or full amount is due if the December 20 deadline was missed.
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Douglas County
Kansas Highway Patrol
Downtown Lawrence eyes huge new parking area
Merchants in the 800 block meet to preliminarily approve plans for a 425 by 117 foot lot on the east side of Vermont Street that would hold 153 cars. The city would fund half the $264000 project with a benefit district covering parts of Massachusetts and Vermont streets. Final decisions await City Commission approval and landlord signups.
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Vermont Street
Chamber of Commerce
C of C
E. R. Zook
Standard Life Insurance
8Th and
Vt. Sts
Standard
Zook
Lawrence
New Hampshire Street
Weather Snapshot Northeastern Kansas Cloudy With Drizzle
Weather notes show cloudy conditions and light drizzle through Friday in northeast Kansas. Tonight's low near 30 and Friday's high in the 40s. Temperature readings list scattered values across early morning and noon.
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Kansas
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