Medicare Plan Rewraps Kennedy Elderly Aid Push
President Kennedy outlined a $10 billion five year package to aid elderly Americans through hospital insurance tax benefits housing loans and elder care options. The plan centers on hospital insurance with a new optional benefit structure and higher Social Security taxes to fund care. The proposal also calls for more elderly housing group residences and continued employment opportunities for retirees.
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Como Plans a Cutback on TV Specials
Como known as the iron horse of television says he plans only four to six shows next season. He told reporters during a rehearsal break he is tired and wants to get off before it is too late. Final plans are not set though his sponsor supports a handful of specials.
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Perry Como
Iron Horse of Television
Como
World Day of Prayer events planned in Lawrence
Lawrence hosts the 77th World Day of Prayer with five local services at Haskell Institute and Trinity Lutheran Church plus a Prayer Vigil. Activities run from 7 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. featuring speakers Rev Harold Hamilton and Rev Robert Matthews and include meditation for workers and a family night.
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Trinity Lutheran
Robert Matthews
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Paul Moser
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Division of Foreign Missions
National Council of Churches
Powell defends funds and trip tied to housing official
Powell rejected Williams's claim that HHFA linked groups received 10.8 million for housing projects. He says HHFA deals with mortgage insurance, not loans, and the cited transactions were handled by a foundation in his late father’s name, from which he says he exited a year ago. He notes tax compliance and pending court action will determine any owed amounts. Powell confirms last summer trip included two female staffers from his Education Committee.
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State Department
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Rockefeller faces removal over Arkansas politics
Winthrop Rockefeller, Arkansas Industrial Development Commission chair since 1955, faces a move to remove him amid Democratic opposition to Republican leadership. Bills would redraw the panel and empower Gov. Faubus to name new commissioners. Faubus defends Rockefeller's record as industry growth tallies rise in the state.
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Winthrop Rockefeller
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Arkansas Industrial Development Commission
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Career Night Set At Plymouth Site
The Friday Career Night for Minority Youth moves from Community Building to Plymouth Congregational Church due to scheduling conflicts. Sponsored by the Lawrence League for Practice of Democracy, the event starts at 7 30 p m and invites the public to hear speakers in various fields with a Q A and discussion groups led by experts.
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Oliver Harris
Margaret Stanfield
Wilma Morton
Thomas Jackson Jr
Mary Townsend
Sam Adams
Jim Clark
Homer Floyd
Arthur McElhenie
Richard Rundquist
Oswald Backus
Lawrence hosts preschool story hours and area events
Lawrence Public Library kicks off a ten week preschool story hour series in the Story Hour Room starting Friday at 10 30 a m with staffers Mona Birner Nancy McCormick and Hilda Koehler reading to three to five year olds and a younger listening group. Costa Rica University KU exchange students Carmen Maria Chaves and Richard Taylor have arrived and enrolled at KU. Pi Kappa Alpha plans a 50 mile hike on the Kansas Turnpike starting 5 a m from East Lawrence interchange. The Lawrence Post Office will close Friday for Washingtons birthday with still mail collection then. Dr Otto Ravenholt suggests bulldozing or burning placarded homes under the cities minimum housing code after only two of 57 have been remodeled or destroyed. KU patrolman Orville Robertson rescues a dog from Potter Lake after it fell through thin ice. Baker University announces its 1963 yearbook queen candidates before the 8 p m Annie Get Your Gun in Rice Memorial Auditorium. Washingtons birthday will close some offices and keep others open. banks will operate normally while courthouses and city hall close. Alvin Hallmark bid 926 75 to raze or move the Emil Dade home near KU. The Kansas Senate tentatively approves allowing Douglas County to bill water use from drought relief wells at Baldwin Junction for repairs and operations.
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Nancy McCormick
Hilda M. Koehler
Otto Ravenholt
Topeka
Ravenholt
Baker University
Rice Memorial Auditorium
Baker
Baldwin
June Masters
New York City
Independent Students Association
Pam
Kansas Senate
Douglas County
Baldwin Junction
Lawrence
U.S. 59
Junction
Senate
Don Hults
Sen
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Veteran State Newsman Stricken This Morning
Perry Betz aged 64 of Glen Elder Kansas died unexpectedly this morning. He was a veteran newspaperman and for over 30 years edited and published the Glen Elder Sentinel. Survived by widow Mary and children Katherine George Perry Jr Ray and three daughters plus five grandchildren. Funeral plans incomplete.
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John Bates
Overbrook
Leonard Duroche
Binghampton
N. Y
Katherine Betz
George Betz
Madison, Wis
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Ray Betz
Ralph Reed
Ind, Sr
Nebraska Bows Out Of New York World's Fair
Nebraska will not be represented by an exhibit at the New York World's Fair next year due to a conflict with the Nebraska Centennial. Larry Shoemaker of Omaha announced the decision on Wednesday.
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Omaha
Nebraska
Larry Shoemaker
Kansas junior colleges urged to expand engineering technician programs
Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe told 20 Kansas and western Missouri junior colleges that education must seek the best methods, not the cheapest. He noted junior colleges should train technical workers and that engineering technicians could bridge the gap as industry grows.
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Kansas and
Western Missouri
Kansas University
Dr. Wescoe
Wescoe
Kansas
George McNelly
Division of Applied Technology
Purdue University
McNelly
Women door to door sellers reach 700000 in US
The National Association of Direct Selling Companies reports about 700000 women are now engaged in door-to-door selling, nearly half of the total 1.5 million direct sellers.
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National Association of Direct Selling Companies
Wright Words Stir at Convention in Atlantic City
Kansas officials say Topeka educator C. C. Wright sparked moderate reaction with remarks at the AASA convention. Dr. Carl Knox notes Wright’s comments drew Kansas breakfast attention but no deep discussion, while discussing rural education finance and district reorganization nationwide.
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Topeka
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Carl Knox
Lawrence
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Uncertainty grows over possible Soviet troop withdrawal from Cuba
Reports of empty or lightly loaded Soviet ships near Cuba fuel talk that 8000 troops may depart by March 15 based on congressional and diplomatic sources. Officials doubt the missiles and bases would be removed, keeping Castro with defensive weapons and a potential for renewed provocation. Senate committee and Cuban testimony add to the dispute over total Soviet presence, with estimates ranging from 17,000 to as high as 30,000.
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Foundation Grants 3.2 Million for 1962 Fellowships
The Rockefeller Foundation appropriated 3 200 000 dollars for fellowships and scholarships during 1962. The AP report notes significant funding allocations supporting education and research across multiple programs.
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Winter Concert at West Junior High School
The West Junior High School band will perform a winter concert at 7 30 p m Friday in the school gym. The program features 53 training band and 72 concert band members directed by David Boyle with a varied lineup of marches suites and selections. Fournished by the article is a long list of pieces and individual performers. A memorial note honors John Taylor who died nine years ago on February 21 1954.
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Frank Erickson
Robert Powers
John Morrissey
John Kinyon
Martin-Gordon Fitzwilliam
Gordon Pavana
Lonescee
Giles Farnaby
Carmen
Donna Laushmanne
Bartok
William Byrd
John Bull
Bizet
Gordon Little
Argentina
Willson-Ree
John €. Taylor
Card of Thanks for Birthday Shower and Gifts
I thank friends and relatives for the lovely card shower gifts and flowers received on my birthday. Each and everyone was greatly appreciated and enjoyed.
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