KU Plans Record Costa Rica Faculty Exchange for 1963 64
Seventeen Kansas University faculty members will join the KU Costa Rica exchange, with an 18th from Kansas State. The group includes tenured professors and associates, returning scholars, and first timers, funded by a Carnegie Corp grant of 100000 dollars expanding the program. Next August Costa Rica will host KU personnel and related Peace Corps volunteers, boosting regional academic ties.
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Kansas University
John P. Augelli
Latin American Studies Center
Kansas State University
Costa Rica
Robert Casad
Harold Krogh
Charles Michener
Raymond O'Connor
Eden Tefft
William Albrecht
Jack Brooking
E. Gordon Erickson
Elliot Gillerman
Stuart Levine
Leland Miller
Felix Moos
Robert Nunley
Kenneth Rose
Betty Sanders
Vernon Troxel
T. Howard Walker
R. J. Agan
Carnegie Corp. of
New York
Foundation
CRU
Peace Corps
Augelli
Kansas
Nunley
Levine
Angelli
Midwest State University
Powell a Hollywood star and Four Star founder dies
Legendary actor and producer Dick Powell dies from cancer in Beverly Hills at age 61 after a career spanning singing on stage in Arkansas to early talkies and later creating the Four Star film and TV company with David Niven and Charles Boyer. Funeral services are set for Friday at All Saints Episcopal Church.
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Powell
Hollywood
All Saints Episcopal Church
Beverly Hills
Forest Lawn
KP&L Reports 1962 Profit Rise and Higher EPS
Kansas Power and Light Company shows net profit of 8.605 million for year ending Sept 30 1962 after preferred stock costs up from 7.583 million. Earnings per share increase to 2.72 from 2.40 on sales of 61.422 million versus 57.975 million prior year.
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Kansas Power and Light Company
Hearings Waived For 2 Local Men
Two Lawrence men waived preliminary hearings in County Court and were bound over to the February term of District Court on burglary and grand larceny charges. Rex Sterrett, 19, posted no bond and was jailed. Harold Ross Brown, 21, posted 1500 dollars and was released. A juvenile will be tried in Juvenile Court. Items valued at 258.55 were taken from Guys Nuts and Chipware House on East 11th Street, near Haskell, the night of December 29. The trio were arrested after officers found the goods at 913 R I Street, the home of Mrs Brice Allen.
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Lawrence
Rex Sterrett
R. I. St
Harold Ross Brown
Brown
Guys Nuts and Chip
East 11Th Street
Haskell
Bank of England Cuts Rate Sharply to 4 Percent
Britain lowered its official bank lending rate by half a point from 4 14 to 4 per cent, the sixth cut since 1961. The move follows Maudling's money‑injection policy and sets the pattern for rates across banks in Britain and the sterling bloc.
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London
Britain
Bank of England
Reginald Maudling
Sterling
Florida Citrus Hit Hard by December Freeze
Florida crop officials report more than 90 percent of the early and mid-season orange crop damaged by the December chill with 68 percent of the late crop hurt. The stretch December 12 13 caused the worst cold wave since 1889, based on 1100 groves surveyed. Some damaged fruit remains usable for fresh markets. The loss reportedly exceeds damage from the 1957 freeze.
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Lakeland
Fla
Florida
Florida Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Crowder to Have Clean CU Sweep
Eddie Crowder, 31, named Colorado football coach, plans a clean staff purge. He notified Ed Farhat and Don Stimack they will not be retained, aims to name his assistants within a week, and may bring in Rudy Feldman Jay O Neal and Chet Franklin from Oklahoma. O Neal was a Sooner quarterback in 1954 56.
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Boulder
Colo
Eddie Crowder
Colorado
Buffalo
Ed Farhat
Don Stimack
Sonny Grandelius
Bud Davis
Crowder
Oklahoma
Rudy Feldman
Jay O'Neal
Chet Franklin
O'Neal
Clothier Named Starter for North in Senior Bowl
Marvin Clothier of Kansas was chosen to the North team starting offensive lineup for the Senior Bowl in Mobile Alabama. The 6-3 tackle was named most valuable by KU teammates and started the North in its 10 6 Shrine game win over the South. He has been drafted by the NFL Dallas Cowboys.
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Mobile
Ala
Marvin Clothier
Kansas
Clothier
Kansas Star
NFL
Dallas Cowboys
Topeka Inaugural Ball Promises Large Crowd and Strict Dress
Gov inauguration party may draw 13 000 to 14 000 invitations with 2100 seated and 2000 dancers inside City Auditorium. Estimated crowd outside could reach 24000 including officials and Republican leaders. Formal dress optional as organizers expect many invited guests to skip the event.
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Topeka
Dean E. Yingling
Slide destroys two Brentwood hillside homes in Los Angeles
Nine Brentwood families were evacuated as a hillside slide on Kenfield Avenue caused two $60,000 houses to drop 15 feet and twist beyond repair. Earth filled up to roof lines on nearby homes while another row on Travis Street showed cracks. Authorities cited springs and lawn watering as causes.
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Los Angeles
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Kenfield Avenue
Kenfield
Travis Street
Travis
Kennedy Warned Hoffa Trial Story Could Spoil Case
In Nashville AP dispatch, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy told Nashville Banner publisher James G. Stahlman he feared publishing questions asked of jurors could risk a mistrial in Hoffa conspiracy trial. Stahlman said the paper would not jeopardize the case and noted a Banner reward for the arrest of a false reporter.
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Nashville
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James G. Stahlman
The
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James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
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Stahlman
Kennedy
Hoffa
Steele
FBI
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Don Meeker Joins AT and T Legal Unit in KC
Lawrence attorney Don Meeker, long associated with Petefish and Postma, moves to AT&T in Kansas City to serve as an attorney in the Long Lines Department. A KU graduate, he earned political science and law degrees in 1960. The Meekers, with two children, plan to move from Lawrence to Kansas City.
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Petefish and
Postma
Long Lines
At&t
KU Law School
Anne Marie
Donald Lynn
Meekers
Lawrence
Kansas City
Turnpike Coffee Giveaway Draws New Year Crowds
The Kansas Turnpike gave away almost 1,000 cups of coffee to New Year travelers during its second annual one for the road service. Lawrence restaurant near East Lawrence Interchange handed out 220 cups, Matfield Green stop the fewest. From Dec 28 2 p.m. to Jan 2 8 a.m., 95,828 vehicles traveled the turnpike for 5,000,750 miles with only minor accidents reported.
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Kansas Turnpike
Road
Turnpike
Lawrence
East Lawrence
Matfield Green
el Dorado
Emporia
NU Still Unhappy Over Bowl Take
Nebraska University plans a financial accounting before deciding on collecting the remaining 20000 dollars from the Gotham Bowl after beating Miami Florida 36 to 34 in Yankee Stadium. Athletic director Tippy Dye said the team had a 35000 dollar certified check for expenses and the game drew 6166 paid admissions. Dye will report the Gotham Bowl situation to the NCAA special events committee in Los Angeles.
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Lincoln
Nebraska University
Tippy Dye
Miami
Fla
New York City
Nebraska
New York
Dye
NCAA
Los Angeles
Rescue crews tally deaths after Terre Haute plant blast
In Terre Haute Indiana rescue crews recovered two more bodies raising the death toll from Wednesday's Home Packing Co plant explosion to 15. One victim remains buried in rubble as search continues and 55 workers were injured with six in critical condition. Nearby Chicago totals show over 1 000 holiday traffic deaths and 598 total fatalities from fires and miscellaneous accidents during New Year’s periods.
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Terre Haute, Ind
Home Packing Co
Chicago
Banks Asked to Report Condition of National and State Banks
The comptroller of the currency urged a statement of condition for all national banks as of Dec 28 1962. FDIC called for insured state banks not in the Fed system to report as of the same date. The Federal Reserve Board sought reports from state member banks of the Federal Reserve System.
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Washington
Comptroller of the Currency
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Federal Reserve System
Federal Reserve Board
The
Bankers Endorse Loans for Kansas Students
The Kansas Bankers Association endorsed 410 long term low cost loans for freshmen Kansas students. Sixty six banks submitted loans totaling 222183 dollars, under a program launched last summer with United Students Aid Funds Inc. The association cited progress and noted the plan supplements bank specific student loan programs.
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Kansas Bankers Association
Kansas
Association
United Students Aid Funds Inc
Carl A. Bowman
The
Bankers Association
United Student Aid Fund
Carson comedys star actor dies with two film roles
Carson, noted for two memorable performances in A Star Is Born and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, married four times. His first wife Betty Alice Linde, second Kay St Germaine with whom he had two children, third Lola Albright, and fourth Sandra Tucker. Funeral Friday at Forest Lawn alongside rites for Dick Powell.
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Four Star
David Niven
Charles Boyer
Ida Lupino
Niven
Mildred Maund
Miss Blondell
Allyson
Betty Alice Linde
Kay St. Germaine
Lola Albright
Sandra Tucker
Carson
Forest Lawn
Dick Powell
Fire Insurance Rates Changed in Kansas
A new schedule of fire insurance rates took effect in Kansas on Wednesday, with increases up to 50 percent on some single family dwellings and premiums rising for policies under 10 000 while decreasing for most above that amount. The change, approved by state Insurance Commissioner Frank Sullivan, aims to align costs with policy size and losses, eliminating the wood shingle roof charge and commercial exposure factors.
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Topeka
Kansas Insurance Department
Kansas Inspection Bureau
Kansas
Frank Sullivan
Sullivan
Funeral Services Today For R. O. Burgert, 78
Funeral services were held at the Evangelical United Brethren Church for R O Burgert 78 of 1321 N H St a Lawrence resident since 1912 Burial followed at Oak Hill Cemetery Burgert born in Winston Missouri grew up in Osborne Kansas taught school there and later founded Burgerts Shoe Shop in Lawrence retiring in 1954 He served on the city council from 1935 to 1951 was active in parks cemeteries and was a long time Odd Fellows Noble Grand He was a trustee and building committee chair for the E U B Church Survivors include his wife Cuma three daughters two sons two sisters two brothers and 14 grandchildren.
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Evangelical United Brethren Church
R. O. Burgert
N. H. St
Lawrence
Oak Hill Cemetery
Mr. Burgert
Winston
Osborne
Kaw
Burgert
Mass
Cuma
Celesta Koch
Mojave
Calif
Ruth Green
Indianapolis
Ind
Phyllis Kupfer
Fresno
Earlin Burgert
Ohio St
Lloyd Burgert
Vt. St
Esther Boehringer
Lucas, Kan
Irma Burgert
R. I. St
Alice Nelson
Barker
Chester Burgert
Hanover
Kan
E. O. Burgert
Colorado Springs
Colo
Bicycle taken from residence reports at KU
Brien Allen Liebart of 1215 Oread Ave. reported to Kansas University police that his blue boys bicycle was taken from his residence Tuesday.
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Brien Allen Liebart
Oread Ave
Kansas University
Card of Thanks for Mamie Hayter and Thelma Silvers
Family expresses sincere thanks for flowers cards and sympathy in the loss of husband and father Mamie Hayter and Thelma Silvers are thanked for support and condolences.
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Mamie Hayter
Thelma Silvers
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