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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1961
Page
7
Washington dispatch portrays John F Kennedy as a product of the nuclear age. The piece highlights his toughness discipline efficiency and single mindedness while tracing his rise from Boston congressman to president and noting his habit of doing homework and building a powerful strategic team.
President Eisenhower said federal farm programs will cost more in the 1962 fiscal year than the current year due to Congress not cutting price supports. Expenditures, including nonfarm protections, are forecast at 5.782 billion, with stabilization of farm prices and income at 3.4 billion. He urged program reforms and highlighted a need for a new wheat program amid a surplus.
At a Kansas City awards congress ten young men were named 1960 Outstanding Young Men by the U S Junior Chamber of Commerce. Winners include Dr Mac C Adams Robert A Bicks Doyle E Conner Dr Richard L Garwin Rafer L Johnson George Cabot Lodge Harry W Morgan John H Nelson Dr Robert S Schwartz and Lt Don Walsh.
President Eisenhower urged Congress to study creating a first secretary of the government to act as a presidential deputy. The plan would outrank Cabinet members and advise on national security, but Kennedy is not expected to back it.
The first degree murder trial of Theodore C. Link of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch begins in Circuit Court Hermann Missouri. Link, 55, is charged with killing Clarence W. Calvin 35, a farmhand, at Link’s summer home near St. Albans. The state will present 16 to 200 witnesses including Link’s 12 year old son.
President-elect John F. Kennedy takes a lunch break with Baptist evangelist Billy Graham in Palm Beach Florida as he continues consultations on appointees and his inaugural speech. Kennedy plans to depart Palm Beach Tuesday afternoon for Washington and New York to advance his oath of office. He announced John M. Leddy as assistant secretary of the Treasury, a 46 year old career bureaucrat with State Department experience.
The article states that the secretary of the Treasury will remain the president's top advisor and continues in his role as chief aide, reinforcing the administration's financial leadership.
DESOTO Kan AP A 3 year old South American llama named Willie is being trained to pull a cart at Ed Ryan’s farm near DeSoto. Ryan bought Willie through Lincoln Park Zoo Chicago and believes the animal shows mixed traits, including cud chewing and potential for strong loads. On the 160 acre farm he also keeps 45 named animals, three deer, 40 peafowl, 15 horses and 12 cats, with Willie noted for its size, humidity tolerance, and wool quality.
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