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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1963
Page
1
The Associated Press reports fiscal data for 1963 and 1964 showing income rising to 85.5 and 86.9 billion dollars, spending at 94.3 and 98.8 billion, deficits of 8.81 and 11.90 billion, and national debt ending at 303.494 and 315.604 billion respectively.
President Kennedy unveils a midyear budget plan totaling 98.8 billion dollars for the year starting July 1. He argues tax cuts will boost deficit temporarily but stimulate employment production and purchasing power. The plan calls for 55.4 billion in defense, 4.2 billion for space, 4.945 billion in foreign aid, and a push for a Cabinet level Urban Affairs department.
A comprehensive map of the City Commission annexation program appears on page 18 of today's Journal-World. It outlines current city limits and legally annexable areas, with more than 2000 acres surrounding the city involved in the plan.
A special school matinee titled Jumbo is scheduled for Friday at 2 p.m. at the Granada Theatre as advertised.
Treasury Secretary Douglas Dillon says the first tax cuts under Kennedy's $13.5 billion plan should begin this summer but not before July 1. He notes no early-year retroactive date and warns Congress may delay beyond July 1 due to deficit concerns and tax overhaul workload.
Washington critics across parties assailed President Kennedy's $98.8 billion budget as too large and risky to tax cuts. Republicans led the charge predicting higher deficits and higher living costs, while Democrats warned the deficit could reach $14 billion and spending top $100 billion without cuts.
Winthrop Rockefeller, 51, investment leader of Winrock Farms in Morristown Ark, will be the featured speaker for the 1963 Lawrence Brotherhood Banquet on February 26 at the Kansas Union Ballroom. Chairman Mrs. Clayton Krehbiel confirmed the visit. Rockefeller is noted for civil rights work and is Nelson Rockefeller’s brother.
Former President Harry S. Truman will undergo a routine hernia operation Friday morning at Research Hospital after entering Monday for a physical checkup. The surgery is scheduled between 8 and 9 a.m. and details were not disclosed.
Lawrence High School blitzed Colby 57 to 5 in the opening round of the Dodge City Invitational Tournament setting a commanding early lead and signaling title hopes.
President Kennedy proposed a 1964 defense outlay near $56 billion with $51 billion for military spending and $2.6 billion more than the prior year. He cited Minuteman ICBMs 950 total, 24 Polaris subs with 384 missiles, improved air and missile defenses, Civil Defense shelters, strengthened counterinsurgency, and increased Army and Navy budgets.
More than 2,700 Douglas County residents received Sabin oral polio vaccine on Wednesday boosting the three day total to just over 10,000. Dr. Dale Clinton says reaching 25,000 by Friday will require a strong turnout at the Lawrence clinic and KU students are urged to participate.
A three man board named by President Kennedy steps in to settle the 26 day East and Gulf Coast dock stoppage. The panel must secure a settlement by Monday or propose steps to move over 500 idle ships. Morse traveled from Washington to discuss mediation with Labor official Reynolds.
AP Special Correspondent reports East Berlin leaders fear a split in world Communism as Khrushchev faces Chinese pressure and Castro signals support for a Chinese path. The rift could polarize authority and widen divisions between Moscow and Peking, with Latin American ideologues watching closely.
Light snow flurries expected tonight with little accumulation. A sharp cooldown follows with temperatures dropping to around five above zero tonight and near ten above Friday. Downtown hit 40 degrees today, the warmest since Jan 10, before a state cold air surge and subzero readings return.
Heat returned to Templin Hall at Kansas University around 2 a.m. after a boiler explosion left 460 students without heat for nearly 12 hours. Two workers suffered minor burns. a third-degree burn was later reported. Estimated damage set at 15000 dollars.
Benjamin M. McKelway resigns as president of The Associated Press after five years. Paul Miller of Rochester becomes AP president, the first former AP employee to head the service. Bernard H. Ridder Jr. is named first vice president. Miller to speak in Lawrence on Feb 11 for the William Allen White Foundation award.
Washington report says the federal deficit for the year will reach 8.6 billion dollars up from prior estimates. The change adds about 1 billion dollars to the shortfall since the last forecast in November for fiscal 1963.
Light snow begins tonight in northeast Kansas with much colder temperatures. Expect lows around 5 above zero and highs near 10 above zero as the cold air settles in.
President Kennedy includes 60000 for Clinton Reservoir planning near Lawrence Kansas in his budget marking its first appearance in a budget message. The Clinton project would cross 6650 acres normally and 13250 at full flood with total cost 25.2 million as four reservoir sites are considered by the Corps of Engineers.
Senator Barry M. Goldwater of Arizona will address a KU All-University convocation in Hoch Auditorium on March 1. Vice Chancellor Raymond Nichols announced the plan, with the time and topic to be announced. the event may begin around 9:30 or 10:30 a.m. Goldwater, a 54-year-old Republican leader, is a former Army Air Corps colonel and Goldwaters Inc. president. Hoch Auditorium seats about 4,000.
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