Dominican Sanctions Lifted Boosts Caribbean Aid and Trade
The Organization of American States voted 20 to 0 with Cuba abstaining to end sanctions on the Dominican Republic, paving the way for higher U S sugar purchases and resumed relations. President Balaguer said the move opens economic opportunities while noting 600 000 to 700 000 unemployed. Jose A Mora of the OAS planned to visit Santo Domingo to discuss technical aid.
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Dominican Republic
Caribbean
Council of the Organization of American States
United States
Cuba
U.S
OAS
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Balaguer
Costa Rica
Rafael L. Trujillo
Romulo Betancourt
Trujillo
Jose A. Mora
Santo Domingo
KU Student Advocates Teaching Youth to Think
KU junior Allen Wicker from Independence Kansas praised by the Saturday Evening Post for urging U S youth to think independently rather than just accept facts He values KU’s culture of challenging ideas and aims to work in the Foreign Service Wicker has been tithing at church since ninth grade and hopes to help others through cross cultural exchange and service.
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Kansas University
U. S
Allen Wicker
Independence
Kan
Wicker
Saturday Evening Post
George Gallup
Evan Hill
Post
Buses Roll Again in Gotham After City Settlement
New York City restores full bus service after a four day strike by 6800 drivers and maintenance workers. Mayor Wagner brokered a one year contract with the Fifth Avenue Coach Lines and Surface Transit Inc. The agreement includes 13 cent wage rises, a fourth week of vacation after 15 years, and a $4.5 million annual subsidy in exchange for transfer eliminations and school fare moves.
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New York City
Robert F. Wagner
Transport Workers Union
Fifth Avenue Coach Lines Inc
Surface Transit Inc
Bronx
Manhattan
Fifth Avenue
Wagner
Topeka Couple Killed In Thursday Accident
A car rammed a stopped truck on U S 24 six miles east of Topeka in rain Thursday night killing Frank Cosgrove 36 and his wife Ethel. Their infant Shirley seven months and Earl Edmunds 62 of Silver Lake were critically injured. Walter Traphagen of Topeka suffered minor injuries. The truck had stopped behind a school bus unloading children at a narrow bridge to let eastbound traffic pass.
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Frank Cosgrove
Ethel
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Colprave
Earl Edmunds
Silver Lake
Kan
Walter Traphagen
Rotary Will Hear State Patrol Head
Col Lawrence E Hughes superintendent of the Kansas Highway Patrol will address the Lawrence Rotary Club on Monday. Appointed February 1 1961 by Gov John Anderson he previously served as a Federal Bureau of Investigation special agent for twenty years. He studied in Stockton Salina Plainville and attended Kansas State University and Alabama University.
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John Anderson
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Salina
Plainville
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Anti Communist Activity Rising in North Viet Nam
Saigon report says anti Communist rebel activity in North Viet Nam is increasing sharply with strongholds in the highlands and Red River delta, damaging plants and defenses. Nghean province, a mainly Roman Catholic area, is a listed major center and reprisals against residents have intensified.
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Defense cut cuts U S draft calls to two months
The Defense Department announced a sharp cut in draft calls for February and March as the Army reaches its buildup goal. The February call was 8,000 and March 6,000 with January at 15,000, reflecting reduced needs amid Berlin tensions.
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Springer Gets Anderson Okay For Young Lawrence Rep
Gov. John Anderson appointed Byron E. Springer, 29, of Lawrence to the Kansas House seat in the 14th District to fill the vacancy created by George Peppercorn's resignation. Springer's selection followed Douglas County Central Committee action and was praised as making him possibly the youngest Douglas County legislator.
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Douglas County
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Democratic Central Committee
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Republican Central Committee
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Doomed Man Names Heir After 43 Years Of Gratitude
Richard Tyler of Norwood Ohio plans to leave his 12000 dollar estate to Mrs Elmer Schumaker of Pom pano Beach Florida who nursed him through brain fever in Dayton in 1919 doctors have given him up to 18 months to live Tyler located the nurse after the Dayton Daily News sought help in finding her Schumaker recalls nursing him and plans to write to him for confirmation of the will plans.
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Elmer Schumaker
Pompano Beach
Fla
Richard Tyler
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Tyler
Cincinnati
Ohio
Norwood
Armadillo Traverses Creek by Air Inflation and Paddling
An armadillo crosses a creek by inflating its insides to float and paddle across. When the stream is narrow, it walks along the bottom.
Army Car Pursuit at Berlin Checkpoint Involves Soviet Commander
An American Army car chased a Soviet sedan six blocks at Checkpoint Charlie to verify Col. Andrei Solovyev and his adviser were not in the US sector. The Soviet vehicle then fled, and guards confirmed no Soviet officials were aboard before releasing the car.
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Charlie
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Col. Solovyev
Col
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Albert Watson II
Watson
Snowbound Roads Strain Kansas Turnpike and County Routes
A heavy snowstorm closed major routes across the region and hampered travel toward Kansas City.County and township roads were drifting shut and city streets hard to clear. L. D. Rice said patrols would run around the clock until openings resumed. Schools faced only an immediate issue with the storm as classes end for the week, with policies set for early pickups. Lawrence logged its first snow of the year, part of a wintry pattern that includes 11.3 inches in December and the 1945 record of 12.4 inches.
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Kansas Universiy
Iowa Street
Lawrence
W.D. Wolfe
Journal- World
KU Chancellor Wescoe to address International Club
Lawrence KU Chancellor W Clarke Wescoe speaks to the KU International Club at 7 30 p m in the Big Eight Room Kansas Union The storm brings heavy winds and deep drifts with several areas outside the city reporting three to four foot snow accumulations Rumsey Funeral Home lists Adv contact VI3 5111
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W. Clarke Wescoe
KU International Club
Kansas Union
Rumsey Funeral Home
Jewish group to hold first meeting at new Lawrence center
An organizational meeting of a B n ai B r ith focal chapter is set for 7 30 p m Monday at the new Lawrence Jewish Community Center in the 900 block on Highland Dr Business will include officer elections by laws approval and naming of the chapter The state convention of B n ai B r ith will be held in Lawrence in October 1962
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B'nai B'rith
New Lawrence
Tice Improves at Bethany Hospital
Jim Tice managing editor of the Kansas University Alumni Magazine is ill in Bethany Hospital Kansas City Kansas and reportedly showing improvement. He is expected to be released within the next few days to convalesce at home.
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The
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Bethany Hospital
Kansas City
Kan
Two Lawrencians Chosen for ROTC Unit
Two Lawrence students selected as Pershing Rifles members in the Army ROTC unit at Kansas University. James L. Giarrusso and Richard M. Wheeler, sons of local residents, join the drill team that performs at basketball halftimes ushers events and joins parades and ceremonies.
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Pershing Rifles
Kansas University
James L. Giarrusso
James Giarrusso
Knox St
Richard M. Wheeler
Donald Eugene Wheeler
Highland
LSU Board Grants Dietzel Release for Army Football Post
Louisiana State University officials approved coach Paul Dietzel's release so he could accept Army's head football job. The 37 year old coach had four years left on his LSU contract.
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Baton Rouge, la
Louisiana State University Board of Supervisors
Paul Dietzel
Army
Diezel
Los Angeles Mirror ceases publication amid Examiner collapse
Los Angeles Mirror announces it will cease with today’s issue as Hearst’s Examiner reportedly folds after next Sunday. Chandler says Mirror will merge with the Times, with many workers losing positions and severance offered while an employment service is created.
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Pioneer Washer Creator John H. Doub of Walnut Kans
Walnu t Kansas born inventor John H. Doub helped spark home automation with the Doubs Family Washer. The simple tub and rocking dasher cut knuckle work, selling for three dollars via traveling salesmen who sometimes accepted pigs or poultry. Doub’s livery stable plant grew to six workers before being sold to J F Fantz. Fantz later moved to screen doors as sales declined, while some Doub washers remain as antiques or novelty planters.
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Walnut
Kan
John H. Doub
Doub
Midwest
Kansas
J. F. Fantz
Fantz
KU Art Museum Announces Acquisition of Four Works
The Kansas University Art Museum announces the addition of four works found in Spain this summer by Dr. Marilyn Stokstad. The gifts from the Class of 1961 include a 14th Century St. Mary Magdalene limestone statue, a gilded altar column follower of Jose Churriguera, two Spanish Baroque silver candlesticks, and a late Medieval Spanish sword. The pieces will not be displayed until February’s second semester after mounting.
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Kansas University Art Museum
Spain
Marilyn Stokstad
Stokstad
University of Kansas
Jose Churriguera
Cowgirl Champ to Appear on To Tell the Truth
Clarice Richardson daughter of Delbert and Mrs Richardson Route 2 has been invited to join a television panel show To Tell the Truth in New York City. The Lawrence High School junior won the 1961 national high school all around cowgirl title at finals in Douglas Wyoming last summer. She plans Midwest rodeos and the national finals at Valentine Nebraska next summer.
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Delbert Richardson
Route 2
Clarice
Midwest
Valentine
Neb
Early 17th Century God Save the Queen Variant by John Bull
An early form of God Save the Queen was written in 1619 by organist John Bull though the piece is not the work of a single composer.
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God Save the Queen
John Bull
Golden Anniversary Remembrance and Sympathy Note
The family of Lottie Harris thanks neighbors and friends for help and kind acts during her time with them and at her passing. They express appreciation to relatives and friends for cards gifts flowers and church gifts and remember the Golden Anniversary memory cherished by Lota and Will Winters.
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Lottie Harris
Paul Athey
Church of Christ
Lota
Will Winters
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