Katanga Leader Gives Up Fight Ends Secession Move
Katanga President Moise Tshombe said he would end Katanga's secession and cooperate with the United Nations amid U Thant's approval. Thant welcomed the move as Congo reunification moves forward, with amnesty sought for Tshombe and followers. U.N. forces advanced toward Kolwezi under heavy fire, while a mob attacked the British Embassy in Leopoldville in protest.
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Kolwezi
Tshombe
Katanga
U.N
Congo
Cyrille Adoula
Thant
New York
United Nations
Joseph Kasavubu
Adoula
Jadotville
Dikulwe River
Leopoldville
Reappraisal Meet Set for Tonight in Douglas County
A public meeting on the planned Douglas County property re appraisal project will be at 8 o clock tonight at the Lawrence High School Auditorium. Sponsors include the Kansas League of Women Voters with talks by Alvin Jones and Robert Taul of the Department of Property Valuation and Douglas County Commissioner Elmer Quidahl. John Weatherwax will moderate a written Q A session. The commission plans to hire a professional outside firm and supports modernizing property appraisal structures and assessment procedures.
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Douglas County
Lawrence High School
League of Women Voters
Alvin Jones
State Department of Property Valuation
Robert Taul
Elmer Quidahl
John Weatherwax
Lawrence
League
Douglas County Commission
Kansas League of Women Voters
Kennedy to detail tax plan in a January 24 message
President Kennedy plans to outline a 13.5 billion tax rate cut and 3.5 billion in tax reform in a special message to Congress on January 24. House leaders said Ways and Means will move quickly, with tax legislation top priority, while Medicare details wait for later. Byrd warns of a potential three year deficit.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
House
John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
White House
McCormack
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Ulbricht Fires Up Red Growth in Western Hemisphere
East German leader Walter Ulbricht told the Sixth Communist Party congress that communism would flourish in Cuba and spread through the Western Hemisphere. He praised Khrushchev for handling the Cuban crisis and urged UN flags to replace NATO in West Berlin while asserting East German sovereignty on access routes. He urged China and India to resolve their border dispute and said the “burial of capitalism” would come in each country, with Khrushchev predicting he would still be alive to cheer.
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Berlin
Walter Ulbricht
Cuba
Khrushchev
Red China
Kennedy
East Germany
Communist Party Congress
Ulbricht
United Nations
NATO
West Berlin
Peking
India
Party Congress
Governor outlines broad Kansas program for legislature
Gov. John Anderson presented a wide program for education social welfare penal reform and economic development to the 1963 Kansas Legislature. He urged a relief program for ad valorem property taxes and outlined new agencies and initiatives while deferring financing to next week in his budget message.
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Anderson
House
Senate
Wichita University
Kansas Board of Regents
Kerr- Mills
Kansas
Kansas Industrial Development Commission
Brazilian airliner crashes minutes after takeoff from Rio
An airliner operated by Cruzeiro do Sul crashed shortly after lifting off from Rio de Janeiro. Unconfirmed reports say the plane struck houses in a southern suburb. Officials at Congonhas Airport could not yet confirm passenger numbers aboard.
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Sao Paulo
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
Congonhas
Cruzeiro Do Sul
Lawrence City CommissionOKS Annexation Plan for 2200 Acres
The Lawrence City Commission endorsed plans to annex about 2,252 acres expanding the city by roughly 40 percent from 8.7 to around 12.1 square miles. The initiative could span up to 48 weeks with first readings on areas including 40 acres north of the 4 H Fairgrounds and a broad spread across the Kaw River and surrounding sectors. Total land value exceeds 1.1 million dollars.
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Lawrence
Castle Tea Room
23Rd Street
Harvard Road
Iown
Harvard
Kaw
Sabin Polio Clinics Open Amid Strong Early Turnout
Lawrence reports 722 people attended the first day of Sabin oral polio vaccine clinics at the Community Building. County sites at Eudora, Baldwin Fellowship Hall, and Lecompton Grade School opened with about 4000 total participants across cities and colleges. Health officials aim for 25 000 participants with weather blamed for lower turnout.
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Lawrence
Dale Clinton
City
Lawrence Clinic
Kansas University
Eudora Municipal Building
Fellowship Hall
Baldwin Methodist Church
Lecompton
Clinton
County to Add Eight Miles To Blacktop Road Network
Douglas County plans to add about eight miles of high grade blacktop to its 191.12 mile network this year. L. D. Casey Rice county engineer cites a $370,100 road and bridge budget with roughly $70,000 from state and federal aid and weather as a key factor in completing the program.
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Douglas County
L. D
Casey) Rice
Rice
New Congressmen Learn Tribal Rites of Washington
Freshman lawmakers study House taboos in a Pier 9 style guide of rituals. Udall and a bipartisan group host sessions on phone use costs, constituent expectations, and strategic speech edits. Ford cautions against overreach while Moss notes intraparty generosity differences. O’Hara sums up a culture of cautious messaging.
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Washington
Morris K. Udall
D-Ariz
House
Weather Synopsis For Northeast Kansas
Cold tonight with partly cloudy skies in northeast Kansas. Low temperatures range from 5 below to 5 above, mid 5s to 6s expected. Wednesday’s high in the 20s with mixed readings noted. Historical data shows yesterday’s high 8 and low 1, year ago high 29 low 3, and record high 64 and low -2 for the date.
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Kansas
Pan
Sam
Assistance Approved For Wakarusa Sheds
The Agriculture Department approved help for local groups to survey and develop work plans for two Kansas watershed projects. Senator Frank Carlson announced aid for the lower Wakarusa watershed in Douglas County and the upper Wakarusa watershed spanning four counties.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Kansas
Frank Carlson
R-Kan
Lower
Wakarusa
Douglas County
Kan
Upper Wakarusa
Wabaunsee
Douglas
Osage
Shawnee
KU Endowment Invests in KP&L Headquarters in Lawrence
The Kansas University Endowment Association deeded land at 9th and Tenn. Streets for a new 6000 square foot Colonial style building to house Kansas Power and Light Co. division headquarters. Construction begins soon with completion slated for late summer. Investment totals about 300000 with tax status as property owned by the Endowment. Constant Construction Co. of Lawrence serves as general contractor.
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9Th and
Tenn. Sts
Kansas Power and Light Co
Kansas University Endowment Association
Douglas County Register of Deed
KU Association
Kp&l Division
Irvin Youngberg
Endowment Association
Youngbero
Ep&l
Constant Construction Co., Inc
Lawrence
Manet Portrait Stolen From KU Recovered in Santa Monica
FBI arrested William R. Basham, 31, of Santa Monica, California, on a federal warrant for theft of a 19th century Manet oil sketch titled Portrait of Line Campineanu from the KU Art Museum in Spooner Hall. The painting, valued between 40 000 and 70 000 dollars and insured for 40 000, was found undamaged in Los Angeles.
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William G. Simons
Los Angeles
FBI
Kansas University
Line Campineanu
Santa Monica
Edouard Manet
KU Art Museum
Calif
Spooner Hall
William R. Basham
FBI arrests Basham on receiving stolen property charge
Basham was to be arraigned today by the U.S. Commissioner in Los Angeles on receiving stolen property charges. If convicted, he could face a $10,000 fine and 10 years in jail. The picture was found at Basham's home and is held at the Los Angeles FBI headquarters. The FBI declined to provide further details of the arrest.
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Basham
U.S
Los Angeles
FBI
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East Lawrence
Eudora
Stull
Vinland
Blacktop
Douglas County State Lake
Jerry Doolittle
John E. Moss
D-Calif
Baltimore
San Francisco
Gerald R. Ford Jr
R-Mich
Ford
State of
Texas
James G. O’hara
D-Mich
Moss
O’hara
Washington Post Mewes Service
Key Rexall
KPL
KU Endowment Association
Youngberg
Association
Sunflower
Kh and
Mo. Sts
Kansas City
Katz Drug Co
Minnesota Avenue
Samuel Dodsworth Printing Co
Fairfax District
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