Castro Backs Khrushchev as Cuba Aligns with Soviets
In Moscow Fidel Castro pledged Cuba’s support for Khrushchev in the Sino Soviet split. A Cuban Soviet communique lauded Soviet aid of over 2.6 billion for Cuban sugar and endorsed peaceful coexistence and disarmament steps. Castro signaled willingness to restore neighborly ties with the United States.
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Fidel Castro
Cuba
Khrushchev
China
Castro
Kremlin
Ukraine
Soviet Communist Party
International Communist Movement
Soviet Union
U.S
Panama
United States
Fraudulent Promotion Cited In Campaign For Regimen
New York AP report details a Manhattan ad agency and two drug firms indicted on federal fraud charges over a multimillion dollar campaign promoting Regimen weight loss pills. The scheme allegedly featured rigged demonstrations and falsified medical tests to claim appetite suppression.
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New York
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Eastor, Hilton, Chesley, Clifford and Atherton, Inc
U.S. Atty
Martin R. Polmer
Madison Avenue
Drug Research Corp
John Andreadis
Saul Miklean
New Drug Institute
Arthur D
Polmer
Lone Ocean Raft Sighting Triggers Coast Guard Search
The Coast Guard searched Wednesday night for a raft sighted about 250 miles northwest of Johnston Island where an Air Force Globe master with nine crewmen vanished on January 2. Five crew reported seeing a lone man in an orange yellow raft and three Navy planes plus ships were dispatched to the area.
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Honolulu
Coast Guard
Air Force
Johnston Island
Tokyo
Unsellable Shoes Lead Youth Burglary Sentences
In Miami two 17 year olds Eddie McQueen and Bernard Cannon were found guilty of burglary and sentenced to a year in jail after a merchant identified a stolen pair of shoes as evidence. Samuel Greenstein, owner of the department store, testified he had long tried to sell the specific shoes among other stolen goods.
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Miami
Fla
Samuel J. Greenstein
Eddie McQueen
Bernard Cannon
Auditor Details Baker Net Worth Jump Over Nine Years
Government auditor Lorin H. Drennan Jr testified that former Senate aide Robert G. Baker reported net worth rising from 11025 in 1954 to 2166886 on February 1 1963. Baker, aged 35, resigned October 7 amid probe into outside business dealings and possible improprieties. He listed 456666 in real estate and 1582630 in 14 company stocks including 2850 Serv-A Corp shares valued at 1 million, with a $300000 damage suit filed against him and Serv-U.
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Washington
Senate
Robert G. Baker
Lorin H. Drennan Jr
Government Accounting Office
Senate Rules Committee
Baker
Drennan
Federal Savings and Loan Association
Balltimore
Serv-A Corp
Serv- U
No Soviet Budging On Weapons
In Geneva the Soviet Union demanded scrapping of the proposed multilateral nuclear force before any pact to curb nuclear spread. Soviet disarmament negotiator Tsarapkin said the multilateral force must be cleared away, while the US plan for a nuclear restraint excluding NATO's proposed force remains under study.
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Geneva
Soviet Union
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
Johnson
United States
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Tsarapkin
State Court Judge Plans Retirement Over Disability
Topeka Kansas Supreme Court Justice Scuyler W. Jackson filed for retirement due to permanent physical disability. He has been in poor health since a fall on ice two years ago and has undergone two hip surgeries.
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Topeka
Kansas Supreme Court
Scuyler W. Jackson
Jackson
TAX PLAN TO BE NO BIG BOOST TO PEKA
Kansas revenue officials told the Legislature that using a withholding system for income taxes would cost about 250000 dollars yearly yet bring in roughly 2 million dollars annually after the first year. The plan would require about 30 additional employees and extra equipment.
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PEKA
Kansas
Department of Revenue
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
Merrill Receives Honor in Science
Merrill, a Lawrence High School senior, named one of the nation’s most promising young scientists in the 23rd Westinghouse Science Talent Search. His project, Determination of Locus of the Gene Causing Baldness in Drosophila Melanogaster, is among top entries judged for scholarships and possible all expense trips to Washington for further awards totaling 34,250 dollars.
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Russell Blair Merrill
Lawrence High School
William M. Merrill
Dakota St
Westinghouse
Merrill
Watson Davis
Washington, D.C
Science Service
Washington
Indian Population Growth Brightens Hopeful Outlook
The Associated Press reports a shift from the “vanishing American” idea to a growing Indian population now about 650,000, increasing 20 percent faster than whites. President Johnson pledges focus on poverty while leaders note unemployment at 49 percent and life expectancy around 42. Education and credit access remain key issues as few Indians gain wealth, though a few oil and desert land owners show rare success.
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Washington
National Congress of American Indians
White House
Johnson
Indian Congress
Robert Brunette
Montana
Alex LaForge
Brunette
Oklahoma
Agua Caliente
Palm Springs
Calif
Storms Target Area Tonight With Snow and Cold
The weather service warns of two storms affecting the Plains with rain tonight changing to freezing rain sleet or snow. Snow and colder air are forecast Friday with lows 25 to 30 and highs in the 30s. A heavy snow warning covers western and northwestern Kansas, with alerts spreading to surrounding regions.
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Plains States
US Weather Bureau
Topeka
Wyoming
Montana
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Mississippi Valley
Bureau
Texas
Plains
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Missouri
Kansas
Northwest
Rush Week Group Named By Dean of Women at KU
KU announces Rush Week counselor list chosen by Panhellenic Council after sorority nominations. Counselors will reside in freshmen halls to assist rushees during events from opening dinner to late February and March pledges. Notable names include Marilyn Grantham and Julia Jenkins among others across Pearson and Lewis Halls.
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Rush Week
Kansas University
Dean of
Panhellenic Council
Rush
Dean of Women
Sorority
Emily Taylor
Avalon Rd
Marilyn Grantham
W. P. Grantham
E. 16Th St
Corbin Hall
Cynthia Childers
Merriam
Leta Cathcart
Kansas City
Karen McCarty
Wichita
Judy Morrell
Charles City
Beverly Brown
Pratt
Nancy Cline
Julia Taylor
Paola
Linda Machin
Ottawa
Gertrude Sellards Pearson
Julia Jenkins
Karen Cornett
Bellevue
Neb
Patty Postlethwaite
Sherry Harrell
Nancy DeFever
Independence
Loring McMorran
Huntington
N. Y
Dana Hayes
Overland Park
Kay Walker
Park Ridge
Ill
Judy McCahill
Alton
Woman Robs Buffalo Bar Kills Deaf Patron
A white woman 23, identified as Anita Farrow then Carla Leach, robbed Iggy’s Tavern in Buffalo. She shot and killed Johnkins, a 35 year old deaf mute who could not hear orders, after letting others lie on the floor. Police filed first degree robbery charges against her and a lookout, Robert Hayes 97.
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Buffalo
N.Y
John Johnkins
Johnkins
Anita Farrow
Robert Hayes
Carla Leach
Columbus
Ohio
Sheriff’s Unit Buster in 1963 By 71 Arrests
Douglas County sheriff Fred Broeker reports 537 arrests in 1963 up from 466 in 1962. Forgery and offenses against family and children show the largest gains, with 25 and 30 arrests respectively, as the department expanded a check program and stepped up patrols and radar use.
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Douglas County
Fred Broeker
FBI
Broeker
Rex Johnson
Recognition Due for Red China to Be Announced
Paris reports France will recognize Red China early next week and name Jean Chauvel as ambassador to Peking. The formal announcement is expected Tuesday, paving the way for President de Gaulle to outline his Far East policy at the January 31 news conference.
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Paris
France
Jean Chauvel
Peking
Charles de Gaulle
Van Johnson shows no cancer recurrence after thigh surgery
Doctors at Memorial Hospital inform actor Van Johnson there is no recurrence of the cancer treated ten months earlier. He recently underwent an exploratory operation on a lymph gland in the thigh following a prior skin cancer removal.
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New York
Memorial Hospital
van Johnson
Johnson
Northeast Kansas Weather: Rain to Mixed Wintry Mix Tonight
Light rain tonight in northeast Kansas changing to light freezing rain sleet or snow. Friday brings snow and colder with lows 25 to 30 and highs in the 30s.
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Kansas
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