GOP Faces Financial Flop in Feb 1 Fundraising Effort
Republicans fear a near financial flop in the February 1 nationwide fund raising event for congressional and senatorial campaigns. Invites for a Nixon Waldorf luncheon were labeled a sentimental occasion by Eugene McGovern, who denied fund raising ties. Leaders now expect modest returns, retooling plans to rely on smaller events in Des Moines and Washington as donations lag from past peak drives.
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Location Debate in 1862 on KU University Site
The 1862 Kansas legislature considered three sites for the new state university with Manhattan urging itself as the best choice. Emporia and Topeka backed their claims, while Manhattan touted its central location, strong institutions, and a ready university campus to serve Kansas youth.
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Angus Cow Rescued From Farm Well in Zero Weather
In Princeton Missouri Violet a four year old Angus cow and expectant mother was rescued from an old well after 16 men with trucks a snow plow and rope worked two hours through deep drifts. The cow collapsed but was warmed with hay and later stood on her own. A bulldozer broke down then a parts trip from Chillicothe fixed it enabling the rescue to finish.
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Exchange Heads Quit After Fire From Government
Chairman Joseph F. Reilly and three top officers resign from the American Stock Exchange amid SEC pressure over abuses of trading rules. Edwin Posner named president pro tempore as reform efforts within the exchange gain momentum following a May scandal involving specialists.
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Edwin Posner
New York City
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Posner
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Gerard Re
French Plays Planned at KU Murphy Hall
Two modern French plays will be produced in French at 8 o clock Saturday night at Kansas University Theatre in Murphy Hall. Jean-Paul Sartre’s No Exit will be presented alongside Eugène Ionesco s The Bald Soprano, advertised as an anti play.
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Army Aid Refused By Stella School
Stella Missouri district rejects Army offer to use surplus Ft Crowder barracks for temporary classrooms after a fire destroyed grades one and two. Superintendent says they will improvise with gym and two classrooms while plans for a $30000 addition to the high school proceed. The Army had previously supplied facilities after the 1959 fire.
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Ozarks
Congress
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Parsons
Annual Banquet to Open Kansas Day Activities
In Topeka the Native Sons and Daughters of Kansas hold their annual banquet Sunday at 6 15 p m as a prelude to Kansas Day events. Dr W Clarke Wescoe KU chancellor will speak and Gov John Anderson will present the Haucke Award to the winner of the annual oratorical contest.
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Native Sons and Daughters of Kansas
W. Clarke Wescoe
University of Kansas
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Two Men Charged in Baytown and Grandview Katz Robberies
Kansas City AP report says Joseph T. Ergovich and Judy V. Chaning faced $8,500 bonds after a preliminary hearing set for Jan. 31 for the Baytown Katz drugstore cash heist on June 23 and an attempted Katz robbery at Grandview on Nov. 2 in which off duty deputy sheriff Ben Mann exchanged fire with two suspects. The men are identified as laborer and sewing machine dealer respectively. Ergovich is brother to Nick Ergovich, a missing bondsman since November 14, 1955.
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Grandview
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Nick Ergovich
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Raytown
Ben Mann
Jockey Hugo Dittfach Shines Amid Canadian Wins in 1961
Hugo Dittfach ranks among nation’s top jockeys in 1961 with 195 of his 224 career victories happening in Canada, underscoring his international success and prolific race record.
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Canada
Fewer Kansas Turkeys This Year
Kansas turkey producers plan to raise 27 percent fewer birds in the current year according to the Kansas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service. Last year Kansas produced a record 1 225 000 turkeys, with two farms contributing most of the output.
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Kansas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Turkeys to be Raised This Year Surpass Million mark
A producer survey projects 895000 turkeys will be raised this year reflecting the size of the poultry industry and seasonal demand.
Reuters executive Sir Roderick Jones dies in London
Sir Roderick Jones, 84, longtime executive head of Reuters, died at his London home after a long kidney illness. He led Reuters for 26 years and shaped the agency’s global news reach.
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Roderick Jones
Reuters News Agency
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