Giant Echo 2 Satellite Orbits Earth From Vandenberg
The world’s largest satellite Echo 2, a 135 foot diameter balloon, launched from Vandenberg AFB aboard a Thor Agena B rocket, is planned to relay first US Soviet conversations via space. It will orbit about 800 miles high and become visible as sunlight strikes it. The project marks a landmark cooperative experiment using a communications satellite with tests between Zemenky Observatory in Moscow and Jodrell Bank in England.
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Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
United States
U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Space Agency
Pretoria
South Africa
Malagasy Republic
Madagascar
Richard Slater
G. T. Schjeldahl Co
Northfield
Minn
Agena
Soviet Union
U.S. Space Agency
Zemenky Observatory
Moscow
Jodrell Bank Observatory
England
Home Destroyed By Fire Near Lawrence
The Harvey Boyd home four miles northwest of Lawrence was destroyed Friday night by an unde termined origin fire. The family was away at the dime and nothing was saved. Fire Chief Albert Smith and the state fire marshal investigated the blaze after the Wakarusa department arrived around 7 15 p m. Grass fires were fought to prevent spread to two nearby houses. no damage estimate yet.
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Harvey Boyd
Lawrence
Dime
Wakarusa Township
Wakarusa
Albert Smith
Castro Denies Panama Instigation in Canal Violence
In Havana Fidel Castro denied Cuba helped instigate Panama events and offered to aid Panama financially. He cited a six year 3.2 billion sugar deal with the Soviet Union and said Cuba would sacrifice to help Panama while criticizing U S actions and the Panama crisis.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Panama Canal
Cuba
Panama
Castro
United States
Moscow
Latin America
Khrushchev
Californians Seek New Life in Utah Camp
A group of 26 disillusioned Californians, mostly women and children, settle in remote southwest Utah to escape open schools and crime. Sheriff Fife demands school attendance for kids and health inspections as the group plans to move to Idaho before settling elsewhere.
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Kanarraville
Utah
California
Mrs. Brown
Otto Fife
State Health Department
No Reason Found For Drowning Of Local Residents
Lawrence police and the county coroner concluded both James Hamm and Connie Smith drowned in the Kaw River near the City Water Department intake. Autopsies by Dr. Jim Reed found air and water in their lungs with no foul play suspected. Hamm and Smith were last seen at the river site Wednesday evening.
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Lawrence
Kaw River
City Water Department
Indiana Street
Jim Reed
James L. C. Hamm
Tenn. St
Connie Smith
Mich
Reed
Tanganyika Mutinies Quelled by British Troops Amid Kenya unrest
British commandos suppressed a Tanganyika mutiny at Dar es Salaam Calilo Barracks with 400 troops and helicopter support. Three African soldiers were killed and 20 wounded. Previously a wider revolt hit Nyerere’s forces. Kenya also faced mutinies with British airlifted troops restoring order and guarding shops against attacks.
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Dar ES Salaam
Tanganyika
British East Africa
Kenya
Centaur
Lulius Nyerere
Nyerere
Tanganyika Rifles
Calilo
Caboru
Commonwealth Relations Office
London
Mombasa
Nairobi
Nakuru
Kenya Army
Proud New Papa 80 Years Old in Opelika
William Jordan Raughton, 80, welcomes his first child in 47 years with wife Josie and newborn son born January 16 by Caesarean section. He has three grown children, 12 grandchildren, and 17 great grandchildren. The father says he is proud beyond words.
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Opelika
Ala
William Jordan Raughton
William Jr
Josie
Jan
Raughton
KU Growth Forecasts Enrollments Doubling by 1975
Kansas University officials released a report predicting Lawrence campus enrollment will nearly double this year’s record in ten years. Full time enrollment stands at 11 194 and total enrollment at 12 468. The plan envisions a master layout with a hub and spokes to balance growth with campus beauty and accessibility.
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Kansas University
Lawrence
Board of Regents
W. Clarke Wescoe
Wescoe
Mount Oread
Engineering
Summerfield Hall
Kansas Union
Kenneth Anderson
School of Education
John North
Constant Construction Company
Keith Lawton
Blake Hall
Blake
Journal-World
Direct Approach Pays Off For Two Students at LHS
Two Lawrence High School juniors Erik Wright and David Leonard used ingenuity and electronic gadgetry to check up on their teacher while completing a senior English assignment. They submitted their papers a day late, provoking curiosity about their method and timeline.
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Lawrence High School
Erik Wright
David Leonard
Wesley Keltcher
Arthur M. Schlesinger Sr
Harvard University
Schlesinger
Keltcher
Wright
Leonard
Sukarno Calls Cease-Fire Amid Border Tensions
Indonesian President Sukarno ordered a cease-fire along the Malaysia Indonesia border to take effect at midnight as Kennedy prepared to brief Prime Minister Douglas-Home on the peace mission. Officials warn it may take a week to organize given jungle terrain and dispersed troops. Kennedy visited the Hartington grave before flying home with Ethel Kennedy.
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London
Robert F. Kennedy
Alec Douglas-Home
Sukarno
Malaysia-Indonesia
Indonesian Borneo
Sarawak
Sabah
British North Borneo
Jakarta
Indonesia
Philippines
Malaysia
Derbyshire
Duke and Duchess of Devonshire
Kathleen
Hartington
France
Kennedy
Ethel
United States
Warming Trend Arrives Here in Lawrence
Warmer weather and sunny skies returned to Lawrence after a brief snow and cool spell. Friday’s high reached 32 with a 26 low, noon today at 38 and rising, 21-degree overnight low at 8 am. Tonight’s low mid 20s, Sunday high near 50. All time highs and lows for this date are 62 in 1942 and minus 8 in 1940.
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Lawrence Area
Old Spice Cosmetics and Key Rex Ad
Sundown hours listed 9 a m to 7 p m for Raney Hillcrest Plaza. Complete service advertised.
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Old Spice Cosmetics
Key Rexall
Adv
Raney Hillcrest & Plaza
Sun
Parking Lot Work Nears City Commission Hearing
A key step toward Project 800 completion will be taken at Tuesday's City Commission meeting with a public hearing on alley improvements in the 800 block of Vermont. If approved, the plan may finish by next fall, pairing a new municipal parking lot with a long block of canopy and underground utilities tied to a single parking shopping complex downtown. The work would be funded by a benefit district with the city covering about 4500 dollars of alley paving and storm sewer costs.
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City Commission
Massachusetts
Vermont
Vermont Street
Harold Horn
Huddle
Vt. St
John Emick
Horn
Liquor-by-Drink Move Headed to Kansas Senate
A resolution to permit liquor by the drink in Kansas is set for introduction Monday in the Kansas Senate. Sponsors announced the measure on Friday.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kansas Senate
Weather Forecast For Northeast Kansas Turns Warmer
The forecast calls for fair skies and warmer conditions in northeast Kansas with a windy afternoon. Highs today in the upper 40s, tonight's lows around the mid 20s, and Sunday expected to reach about 50.
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Kansas
Tell More Sell More Journal World Classifieds Adv
An advertisement copy urges readers to use the Journal World Classifieds to list goods and services for sale and attract more buyers. The text promotes concise listings and broad reach through the classifieds section.
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San Luis Obispo
Dick Stanwix
John Kasberger
Larry Stemmerman
Miss Smith
Hamm
Bill Cox
Cox
Annette
Henry Smith Sr
Papa
LHS
Lill Moorhead
The
U.S. Weather Bureau
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