Exile Leader Claims U.S. Promised Air Cover for Invasion
Antonio de Varona of the Cuban Revolutionary Council asserts the 1961 Bay of Pigs force was promised full air support, disputing Attorney General Kennedy and Senator Goldwater who say air cover did not exist. Varona says U.S. assurances were given in 1961 and calls for full investigation.
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Miami
Fla
Antonio de Varona
Cuban Revolutionary Council
Robert F. Kennedy
United States
Kennedy
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Washington
Goldwater
Varona
Cuban Democratic Revolutionary Front
Jose Miro Cardona
State budget cuts under Governor's plan hit university projects
The budget office trims four projects including Sunflower Road sidewalks, tennis and handball courts, dorm complex service roads, and Hoch Auditorium curtain replacement, totaling 108000. Governor Anderson proposes higher education spending of 21.92 million for 1964, with capital improvements down from this year.
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State Budget Office
Sunflower Road
Town Street
15Th Street
Hoch Auditorium
Regents
Anderson
Fort Hays State College
Kansas State University and Experiment Stations
Kansas State Teachers College
Emporia
Kansas State College
Pittsburg
Board of Regents
State School For the Blind
State School For the Deaf
Medical Center
Repeal of Kansas Right to Work Amendment Proposed
Nine Democratic members in the Kansas House introduced a resolution seeking repeal of the state right to work constitutional amendment. The measure would need two thirds support in both houses to go to voters, but lawmakers from the Republican majority are not expected to approve it.
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Topeka
Kansas House
Justice Department sues Sunflower County over voter registration
The Justice Department accuses Sunflower County Mississippi officials of unlawfully discriminating against Black citizens seeking to register to vote. The suit was filed in U.S. District Court at Oxford. Senator James Eastland hails from the county.
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Washington
Justice Department
Sunflower County
Miss
James O. Eastland
Department
U.S. District Court
Oxford
Matsu Scene Sees Gunboat Sinking After Naval Exchange
Three Chinese Nationalist warships engaged a Chinese Communist gunboat near Matsu Island in Formosa. The clash caused the gunboat to be hit and probably sink, according to reports from the defense ministry.
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Taipei
Formosa
Matsu Island
Defense Ministry
Variety of Items On Senate List In Monday Action
In Topeka the Kansas Senate discussed cigarettes capital punishment and paychecks. A $660000 paycheck bill boosting salaries for legislators passed with four votes against and goes to the House. The measure pays each legislator 4000 for two years. A bill to abolish the death penalty was introduced by Sen Fayette E Rowe. It would end capital punishment for first degree murder kidnapping and treason. A cigarette bill would set price floors and give revenue officials power to suspend licenses of wholesalers and retailers. Also proposed were bills to bar liquor sales to those under 21 and to reallocate 25 examiners from the license examination division to a new Motor Vehicle Department unit in the Kansas Highway Patrol.
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Kansas
Senate
House
Fayette E. Rowe
Columbus
Director of Revenue
Donald S. Hults
R-Lawrence
Tom R. van Sickle
R-Ft. Scott
Joseph H. McDowell
Dkansas
Kansas Highway Patrol
Motor Vehicle Department
States Approve Army National Guard Reorganization
Nearly half the states have accepted revamped National Guard troop lists under the Army plan. Governors of California Colorado Florida Indiana Massachusetts Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey North Carolina Rhode Island Tennessee Vermont and Puerto Rico have sent acceptance letters with more expected from others. The plan reorganizes four infantry divisions into brigades, selects six divisions for priority callup, and removes 338 outdated company detachments. Authorities aim to complete state reorganizations by May 30 with first state by February 15.
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Army
National Guard
Puerto Rico
National Guard Bureau
California
Colorado
Florida
Indiana
Massachusetts
Nebraska
New Hampshire
New Jersey
North Carolina
Rhode Island
Tennessee
Vermont
Arizona
Iowa
Kentucky
Maine
Minnesota
Nevada
Oregon
Washington State
West Virginia
Donald W. McGowan
Army’ Reserve
Douglas County Mothers March to Aid Polio and Other Ailments
The Douglas County March of Dimes campaign launches with a fund raising effort against polio arthritis and child defects. The Mothers March is set for January 29 in Lawrence and nearby towns from 6 to 8 PM with volunteers collecting door to door and at events.
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Douglas County
Gene Riling
National Foundation
Mothers March.” Riling
U.S
Drive
Chuck Hedges
Etta Beal
Beal
Eudora
Lecompton
Baldwin
Lawrence
Pinckney
Allene Bocquin
Hillcrest
United Fund
Don Hay
Lawrence National Bank
Follow Up Clinic Offers Sabin Vaccine at City Hall
The follow up clinic for Sabin oral polio vaccine continues Wednesday and Friday. Persons not yet receiving Type T1 vaccine may obtain it from 8 30 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Health Department office in the basement of city hall.
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Sabin
Health Department
City Hall
Fringe Area Growth Sparks Arkansas City Debate
Sherman Houghland and Ralph Pine Jr. voiced concerns about fringe-area expansion near a progressive city. They argued on access to city facilities and impacts on children while residents from Route 2 urged careful planning. The Board promised to consider public questions and problems.
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Arkansas
Sherman Houghland
Route 2
Ralph Pine Jr
Herb Altenbernd
Delbert Richardson
Knox
Fleeing hunter Bateson fined after chase ends in Shawnee
A 42 year old Topeka man Robert L Bateson was fined 20 dollars and costs in County Court on hunting without a license and running a stop sign. State game protector Eddie Bond and Shawnee County officers pursued Bateson from this county into Shawnee County after a high speed chase. Bateson was spotted rabbit hunting in Douglas County with a flashlight and shotgun, with his wife and child in the car. He fled when asked to stop.
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Topeka
Robert L. Bateson
Eddie Bond
Shawnee
Shawnee County
Bond
Bateson
Douglas County
Lawrence area former KU student leads Alaska safety units
Emerson C. Norton, KU alumnus, serves as safety adviser to the Army Yukon Command in Alaska, where units at Ft. Wainwright and Ft. Greely received top 1962 state safety honors for accident prevention. Norton, a former world record holder in the septathlon, later attended Georgetown and plans retirement in Lawrence.
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Kansas University
Alaska
Emerson C. Norton
Army
Yukon
Ft. Wainewright
Ft. Greely
Norton
Georgetown University
Artie Marie
Lawrence
Met Opera Auditions Set for Feb 10 in Kansas City
The Metropolitan Opera National Council Kansas City district auditions on Feb 10 in Stover Auditorium at KCU, with Midwest regional finals on Feb 23 in Pierson Hall. Entry ages 19 to 35 with brackets for soprano through bass, $5 fee, applications due Jan 31 to Peggy Fisher.
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Metropolitan Opera National Council
Kansas City
Midwest
Kansas City University
Stover
The
Music Conservatory
KCU
Pierson
Peggy Fisher
Wornall Road
Shanahan to Speak at Kansas Employment Service Dedication
Kansas Secretary of State Paul R. Shanahan will be the principal speaker at the dedication of the Kansas State Employment Service building at 839 Ky. St. in Topeka. The event includes open house at 3 p.m. with remarks by C. J. Poirier and Walter T. Johns.
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Paul R. Shanahan
Kansas
Kansas State Employment Service
Ky. St
W. Buffon
W. G. Nordstrom
George Towle
St. John’s Church
Harold Hamilton
Trinity Lutheran Church
James C. Canole
Wilson and Company
Salina
Lawrence Construction Co., Inc
Norris Brothers, Inc
Lawrence
Employment Service
Johns
Robert L. Turner
Edson Mills
Dorothy Clarke
Ralph Tusten
Josephine Miller
Cora Davin
Douglas
Jefferson
Mass. St
Apartment Sold at Ninth and Kentucky Streets
An 18 unit apartment building at Ninth and Kentucky Streets was sold by City Improvement Corp to Mark Moore Al Moore and Bruce Yeakel all of Lawrence. Associates in selling firm include L. Constant of Lawrence and Milton McGreevy of Kansas City. Remodeling plans and expansion on south side with office and commercial rentals are anticipated. No sale price announced. Douglas County Real Estate, Inc. handled the transaction. The site formerly housed Central Junior High School and three former school buildings stood at the four corners of the intersection.
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Ninth and
Kentucky Sts
City Improvement Corp
Mark Moore
al Moore
Bruce Yeakel
Lawrence
J. L. Constant
Milton McGreevy
Kansas City
Douglas County Real Estate, Inc
Agricultural output rises 39 percent in India 1950 61
India sees 39 percent growth in agricultural production from 1950 to 1961, reflecting significant gains in farming sector. The report highlights substantial increases across crops and regional yields during the period.
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India
Space station service unit could orbit by 1970
NASA planner George von Tiesenhausen outlined a two section orbiting space station to launch and service rockets. The 300 by 33 foot ship would act as a hangar and lab, with Apollo buses ferrying staff to a 98 foot laboratory section. A second Saturn V would deliver the space service station to rendezvous and attach.
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New York
United States
Cape Canaveral
Space Agency
George von Tiesenhausen
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Saturn
Farmer Confesses Land Feud Killing
Tolla D. Bolyard a 63 year old bachelor farmer from Bird City pleaded guilty to two counts of first degree murder in Norton Kansas He admitted slaying his neighbors Fritz Kehlbeck 45 and his son Larry 16 during a land boundary dispute last July 14 The change of venue from St Francis brought the case before Judge William D Ryan who will hear witnesses before sentencing The judge warned Bolyard the death penalty or life imprisonment could be imposed on one or both counts if he changed his plea
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Norton, Kan
Tolla D. Bolyard
Bird City
Bolyard
Fritz Kehlbeck
Larry Kehlbeck
Norton
St. Francis
Ryan
Truman in Good Condition After Hernia Operation
Research Hospital reported former President Harry S. Truman is up and around his hospital room and in good condition after a hernia operation. His appetite remains good and doctors expect he may go home in Independence toward the end of the week. He was operated on last Thursday.
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Kansas City
Ap)—Research Hospital
Harry S. Truman
Independence
Professor Injured In K-10 Accident Near De Soto
Raymond Loehr an associate professor of civil engineering at Kansas University was reported in fair condition at Olathe Community Hospital after a two car crash on Highway K-10 six miles east of De Soto around 6 30 p m He suffered a possible head injury and a fractured jaw The other driver Cuma M Wake Route 1 De Soto had minor injuries There were no passengers in either vehicle.
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Hallmark Cards
Robert Payne
Hallmark
Raymond Loehr
Tenn, St
Olathe Community Hospital
DeSoto
Loehr
Kansas University
Cuma M
FDR Yachts 165 Foot Potomac To Be Restored
A Newport Beach firm plans to restore the 165 foot Potomac yacht used by Franklin D. Roosevelt as an historical monument. The ship will be returned to World War II condition, exhibited on the West Coast, then brought to the Atlantic Coast for the New York World's Fair. In recent years it operated as a passenger boat in the West Indies.
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Los Angeles
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hydro-Capitol Co
Newport Beach
Calif
West
Atlantic
West Indies
Sudanese Muslims Harm Priests in Congo Report
Roman Catholic sources cite refugees from southern Sudan saying Rt. Rev. Ireneus Dud and another priest were severely harmed by Sudanese seeking to convert non Muslims to Islam. Confirmation not available. Foreign embassies in Leopoldville reported no corroborating information.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
Sudan
Ireneus Dud
Stanleyville
Congo
Doctors urge better public image at orthopedic meeting
Dr. Frank E. Stinchfield says medicine’s image has plummeted as Medicare politics exposed public distrust. He warns a few greedy doctors color the entire profession and calls for reforms to stave off socialized medicine. The address was delivered at the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons annual meeting.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Frank E. Stinchfield
New York City
American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons
Stinchfield
Dog Helps Police Find Two Teens In Coin Theft
A Richmond bus driver spotted two 16 year old boys breaking coin boxes in a laundry. Police released a dog that led to a nearby house where the youths were found with coins, confirming the driver’s sighting.
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Richmond
E. L. Robinson
R. S. Price
Seccession's End Praised by President Kennedy
President Kennedy hailed the end of Katanga secession as U N forces entered Kolwezi and Moise Tshombe's regime collapsed. He said the Congolese can now rally behind their leaders and that U S aims for Congolese self determination via the United Nations.
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Washington
Kennedy
Katanga
U.N
Kolwezi
Moise Tshombe
United States
Congo
Africa
U.S
United Nations
Bahia Felix Chile Records 325 Rainy Days Annually
Bahia Felix in Chile reports an average of 325 rainy days per year. This high rainfall pattern reflects a wet climate and frequent precipitation across seasons in the region.
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Bahia Felix
Chile
Card of Thanks for Kindness During Hospital Stay
The writer thanks friends relatives and neighbors for flowers gifts and cards during a stay at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Special thanks go to Dr Isaacs and the first floor nurses for excellent care and to all relatives friends and neighbors for kindness during sorrow.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
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