Hijacked Anzoategui Found by U S Planes South of Dominican Republic
U S Navy aircraft sighted the 3 127 ton Venezuelan freighter Anzoategui about 200 miles south of the Dominican Republic after it was seized Tuesday by members of the Communist Armed Forces for National Liberation. The Venezuelan government declared piracy and urged international help.
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Venezuela
U. S. Navy
Dominican Republic
Caribbean Sea
Romulo Betancourt
Pablo Milani
U.S. Navy
Puerto Rico
Anzoategui
Communist Armed Forces For National Liberation
FALN
New Orleans
Milani
Venezuelan
Government
Betancourt
Anzotegui
la Guaira
Regent Proposes 76 Million Budget for Kansas Higher Education
Kansas Board of Regents chair Clyde Reed told the Senate Ways and Means Committee in Topeka that a 76 million dollar budget is the minimum to meet the needs of Kansas five colleges and universities. The plan includes 21.93 million for KU and relies on student fees and other revenues. Reed urged targeted funding for staff, research, and distinguished professorships while criticizing requests for long range building plans.
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Kansas Board of Regents
Topeka
Clyde M. Reed
Senate
Ways and Means
Kansas
Regents
John Anderson
Anderson
Regent
W. Clarke Wescoe
Raymond Nichols
Reed
W. F. Danenbarger
Parsons
Danenbarger
Concordia
Institutions of Higher Learning
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Board of Regents
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Kansas State University
Bars Stop Break-In Attempt at Sportsman's Shop
Police said an early Wednesday burglary attempt at Sportsman's Shop on Mass Street failed when bars across a rear window blocked entry after a window and screen were damaged. No injuries reported and no arrest announced.
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Sportsman's Shop
Mass
Chamber Resolution Urges Stable Climate to Attract Jobs
The Chamber calls for careful study before annexation, rezoning, or school district changes within a three mile radius to protect the business climate. It warns that instability or unrest can deter existing plants and hinder attracting new manufacturers, commending current cooperation while seeking further support.
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Chamber Board
Chamber
Backers Set Back In Committee Bid
The Senate Democratic Steering Committee voted to keep the Finance Committee at 11 Democrats and six Republicans despite Kennedy backers and hopes for enlarging the panel. Sen. Ribicoff will fill Kerr’s Democratic seat, while Dirksen is expected to fill the Republican vacancy. Mansfield reported the failed bid by a very substantial margin.
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Senate Finance Committee
Kennedy
Senate
Democratic Steering Committee
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Connecticut
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Finance Committee
Deadline set for entries in Douglas County Science Fair
The 12th annual Douglas County Science Fair runs March 28–31 at the Lawrence Community Building. Entries must be filed by March 15. Divisions span primary to senior, with 40 volunteers offering technical help. Awards include a trip to Albuquerque and a Navy science cruise for eligible winners. Capt. R. D. Gruber presides.
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Douglas County
Lawrence
Fair
Recreation Commission
Albuquerque
N. M
Navy
R. D. Gruber
The
Fair Association
Mystery Man Pickets At County Club North Sewer Project
An unknown man with a picket sign appeared Wednesday at the County Club North sanitary sewer project west of Hallmark Road and south of Peterson Road. Contractor Carl Hird Jr. said he saw him briefly. no one else knows who he is, and no workers were on site due to a machinery breakdown. The sign’s message and the protest were not disclosed, and officials at Carpenter's Hall were unaware of the incident.
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Country Club North Sanitary
Carl Hird Jr
Hallmark Road
Peterson Road
Hird
Carpenter's Hall
Kansas bill seeks higher education building levies
A Kansas House bill proposed by Rep. Tom Crossan would raise educational and dormitory building fund levies to 2 mills, doubling the prospective funding from about 4.5 million to 9 million dollars yearly and allowing Wichita University potential admission to the state system.
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Topeka
Kansas House
Wichita University
Tom Crossan
Independence
Two Car Crash Injures Carl Brace Near Lawrence
Carl Brace 23 of 2437 Rosebud Lane was reported in good condition at Lawrence Memorial Hospital after a Wednesday morning two car collision eight miles northeast of Lawrence on U S 24 40.
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Rosebud Lane
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Lawrence
U.S. 24
Heart experts applaud Pierre Salinger canceling 50 mile march
Washington heart specialists welcomed Pierre Salinger's withdrawal from the planned 50 mile White House march citing stress risk. Reporters who planned to cover the event expressed mixed reactions, while doctors warned against hiking as a fad and stressed prudence for unconditioned hearts.
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White House
Carleton Kent
Chicago Sun-Times
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Salinger
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Washington Heart Association
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Lake Barcroft
Sarah McClendon
Texas
New England
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Merriman Smith
United Press International
Washington Post
Carroll Kilpatrick
Edward Folliard
Outdoors
Aubrey Graves
Graves
Theodore Roosevelt
Dr. Pierpont
Lawrence February Story Hour at Public Library
The February Story Hour for grade school children will be held at 10 30 a m Saturday in the Lawrence Public Library Children s Department. Miss Nancy Reed will narrate the tale as drama students from Kansas University perform. Addison Meschke announced no change to I 35 from Ottawa to Emporia and discussed U S 75 59 four lane plans connecting to the Kansas Turnpike pending funds and Legislature action.
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Children’s Department
Lawrence Public Library
Department of Speech and Drama
Kansas University
Nancy Reed
Addison Meschke
State Highway Commission
Ottawa
Emporia
Oklahoma
Commission
Kansas
Linwood Area Oil Well Set to Produce 25 Barrels a Day
An oil well on the Glenn Pardee farm two miles west of Linwood in Leavenworth County is expected to start pumping Monday. The 680-foot well near Lawrence should yield about 25 barrels daily, possibly the county’s only producer. Sand cracking begins Saturday and the crew plans further drilling on Pardee land.
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Glenn Pardee
Linwood
Leavenworth County
Lawrence
Leroy Belisle
Wichita
Pardee
Lynn Drilling Company
Paola
Pardee Farm
Douglas County
Eudora
Baldwin
The Evolving Story of Valentine's Day Across Time
The piece traces February 14 as a lovers date from gloves exchanges to modern gift trends. It cites Shakespeare’s influence in 1595 and a Cupid statue find by a Napoleonic archaeologist, noting shifts from religious connotation to playful, romantic imagery and ongoing expressions of affection today.
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William Shakespeare
Cupid
Kansas higher education building funding proposals
Regents general revenue funds and the educational building fund finance major projects across state universities and colleges. KU Fraser Hall replacement 1.75 million, Gym first phase 1.2 million. KSU Auditorium 1.03 million, Willard Hall remodel 0.6 million, Waters Hall 0.2 million, power distribution 0.27 million. ES College humanities building 0.596 million. Fort Hays Library unspecified. Pitt State Carney Hall remodel 0.05 million. Regents planning funds 0.1 million. Medical Center Laboratory building 1.3 million. School for the Deaf dormitory 0.2 million. School for the Blind 0.071 million.
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Educational Building Fund
University of Kansas
Lawrence
Fraser Hall
Kansas State University
Willard Hall
Waters Hall
Emporia State College
Butcher Hall
Fort Hays State College
Pittsburg State College
Carney Hall
Board of Regents
Medical Center
School For the Deaf
School For the Blind
Committee Seeks to Scrap Ceiling on Loan Program
A presidential Dillon Committee urges dropping fixed interest caps on FHA and VA loans and giving FHA and VA authority to set and adjust mortgage rates. Current caps are 5 percent on both FHA and VA. measures would apply only to future loans and aim to better reflect credit conditions. The panel includes Walter Heller, William McChesney Martin, and David E. Bell.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Kennedy
Federal Housing Administration
Veterans Administration
Congress
Dillon Committee
Dillon
Walter W. Heller
Council of Economic Advisers
William McChesney Martin
Federal Reserve Board
David E. Bell
U S Syncom Satellite Flight Faces Communication Loss
CAPE CANAVERAL AP A Syncom communications satellite launched at 12 35 a m reached orbit but radio contact was lost about 5 42 a m after the apogee motor ignited Sparked speculation that a small rocket motor knocked the craft off its spin axis The failure would deal a setback to U S efforts to begin high altitude synchronous satellite experiments and world wide communications coverage.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
U.S
Dr. Coan Seeks African Students for U.S. Study
Dr. Clark Coan of Kansas University travels to Africa for a month to interview applicants for study in the United States. He joins a four two man team sent by the African Scholarship Program of American Universities to screen candidates for next year. Coan and Edward Sanders of Pomona College plan visits to Northern and Southern Rhodesia Bechuanaland Basutoland and Swaziland with a return set for March 15.
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Clark Coan
Kansas University
Africa
U.S
Sub- Sahara Africa
Coan
New York
Johannesburg
Republic of South Africa
Edward Sanders
Pomona College
Claremont
Calif
Rhodesia
Bechuanaland
Basutoland
Swaziland
Americ an tanker Sulphur Queen still missing
The 524-foot tanker Sulphur Queen with 39 crew members disappeared February 3 after leaving Beaumont Texas. The Coast Guard has called off active search though patrols continue during normal operations. A 500 hour air search across the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico failed to locate any trace near Key West Florida.
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New York
Coast Guard
Atlantic
Gulf of Mexico
Beaumont
Tex
Norfolk
Key West
Fla
Diabetes Blamed In Youths Death
16 year old Buddy Dean Brewer of Route 1 Eudora died at Lawrence Memorial Hospital after slipping into a diabetic coma Wednesday. He had no prior diabetes history and was a sophomore at Eudora High School. Funeral services are set for Saturday at the Eudora Assembly of God Church. Burial will be in Eudora Cemetery. He is survived by his parents a brother and five sisters and two sisters in law.
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Route 1
Eudora
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
LMH
Eudora High School
Bud Brewer
Dynamite explosion from grass fire at strip mine signals injuries
A grass fire near a strip coal mine shed ignited stored dynamite, blasting over 20 acres nine miles south of Pittsburg. Four injured include Morris Wilkinson and his family. Crane, a passerby, severely hurt. Vehicles and a power shovel damaged. Firefighters stopped the blaze from reaching more explosives. Crane and Mrs. Wilkinson were hospitalized in Columbus Kaw.
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Pittsburg
Kan
U.S
Kansas
Missouri
Morris Wilkinson
Marie Wilkinson
William
John Crane
Oklahoma City
Crane
Wilkinsons
Wilkinson
Patty Beecham
Clifford Becham
Weir City
Lawton
Miami
Okla
Hailstone Record Falls in Bowenville January 1958
Australia records its largest hailstone with a twelve inch circumference striking Bowenville on January 26 1958. Weather observers note the massive hailstones caused damage to property and crops though no injuries are reported.
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Australia
Bowenville
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