Santa Maria hostage ship may turn toward Brazilian port
Reports say the captive liner Santa Maria could seek a Brazilian port to release 588 passengers including 42 Americans. Admiral Dennison would meet rebel Captain Henry Galvao as negotiations continue with Belem ready to assist. Navy says ship altered course and may avoid west Africa toward Brazil.
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Recife
Brazil
Santa Maria
U.S
Atlantic
Saul Pettrecife
U. S. Navy
Henry Galvao
Cmdr
William Webster
Galvao
U. S
Webster
Adm
Robert L. Dennison
U.S. Atlantic
Navy
Allen E. Smith Jr
Caribbean Sea Frontier
Naval
San Juan
Belem
Smith
Dennison
James Harrington
U.S Navy
West Africa
Big Republican Crowd Celebrates Kansas Centennial Dinner
In Topeka an overflow crowd of nearly 1,000 Republican office holders, party officers and workers attended the Kansas Day Club dinner marking the state's centennial. Sen. Gordon Allott condemned Kennedy's inaugural as a continuation of Eisenhower policies and warned of liberal pressure while noting Republicans won all state offices and seats in Congress.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kansas Day Club
Gordon Allott
R-Colp
Kennedy
Eisenhower
Allott
Senate
Washington
William Avery
Robert Kennedy
Republican Club
C. Wayland Brooks
Illinois
Cloudy and Cold Northeast Kansas Weather Update
The forecast calls for cloudy skies and strong north winds tonight, with a colder Sunday and a low near 10 after a high around 20. Record temperatures note a high of 58 in 1950 and a low of 0 in 1951.
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Kansas
Freed Airmen Return Home After Russian Prison Stay
Air Force Captains John R. McKone and Freeman B. Olmstead arrived in Washington after nearly seven months in a Soviet prison. President Kennedy led the welcome at Andrews AFB as families and Kansas officials prepared a homecoming in Topeka. Guards will protect the pilots at their Forbes AFB area homes while interviews were restricted to avoid straining Soviet relations.
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Kennedy
Siberia
Washington
Olmsteads
McKones
McKone
Olmstead
Barents Sea
Andrews Air Force Base
White House
Topeka
Kan
John Anderson
Kansas
Ed Camp
Forbes Air Force Base
Pierre Salinger
State Department
Soviet Union
Salinger
Kansas celebrates centennial with beard contests and parades
Kansas marks its 100th state birthday with a beard theme and public festivities. Lawrence hosts a centennial program with a beard contest co chaired by Ralph King and Lupene M Nune maker. The event features costumes, prizes, a KU musical, and a range of activities from parades to wagon trains across the state through August.
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Kansas
Chuck
Quantrill
Lions Club
Cials
King
Jim Clark
Independence
Baldwin
Lawrence
Kansas City
You CAN Get Better Grades series begins in Journal-World
USC expert Dr. Leslie Nason starts a Journal-World feature on improving grades. She covers penmanship neatness, exam preparation and taking exams, plus other vital schoolwork topics. A booklet of the same title is available for $1 at cost through the paper.
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Leslie Nason
University of Southern California
Journal-World
Journal- World
Exams End At KU Campus Finals Near Semester Break
Exams at Kansas University wrap up with more than 9,000 students completing tests today. Final exams run 3:40 to 5:30 p m for 4 p m classes, as the semester break begins and orientation and registration resume Feb 2 6 with classes set to start Feb 6.
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Pete Abbott
Washington, D.C
Potter Lake
Kansas University
Journal-World Photo
Dean of Women’s Office
Colder Air Forecast for Sunday With North Winds
The forecast calls for colder air tonight and Sunday as winds shift to the north bringing clouds. No significant warmth is expected today. if skies clear tonight and become partly cloudy tomorrow the low will near 10 and Sunday highs around 20.
Local Democrats kickoff 1962 campaign at Hotel Eldridge
Frank Theis headlined a Douglas County Democratic dinner joined by Central Committee chairman Frank McDonald and State Senator Joseph McDowell. The group praised local campaigns, noted gains like Harvey Booth’s county seat, and expressed optimism for the 1962 state elections under Kennedy era leadership.
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Douglas County
Eldridge
Central Committee
Frank McDonald
National
Frank Theis
Joseph McDowell
State Senate
Newell George
Democratic Women's Club
Theis
John Kennedy
McDonald
Harvey Booth
Earl Wilson
George Peppercorn
Washington D. C
George
Lawrence
Robert Ellsworth
Murrow Chosen to Lead U.S. Information Agency
CBS news reports Edward R. Murrow has been selected by President Kennedy to head the USIA. The announcement, carried on CBS from New York and confirmed by sources here, notes Murrow's fame with See It Now and Person to Person. Kennedy aims to use USIA to shape America's image abroad.
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Washington
Edward R. Murrow
CBS News
Kennedy
U.S. Information Agency
Murrow
White House
Pierre Salinger
New York
USIA
America
Music and Art Camp Opens June 18 at KU
The 24th annual Mid Western Music and Art Camp runs June 1 to July 8 on the Kansas University campus. Founding director Prof. Russell J. L. Wiles notes a larger, more rigorous program for high school students with divisions in music art ballet theater and speech. The Science and Mathematics Camp is linked, sponsored by the National Science Foundation, with its director Dr. R. W. Baxter. Ten conductors including Guy Harrison Victor Alessandro Lucien Caillier Daniel Moe Donald Johanes Leo Kucinski Lloyd Plautsch and Eugene Kenney lead ensembles and weekly concerts.
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Kansas University
Russell JL. Wiles
Interlochen
Mich
Wiley
TV Prep
Lawrence
National Science Foundation
R. W. Baxter
Guy Fraser Harrison
Oklahoma City Symphony Orchestra
Victor Alessandro
San Antonio Symphony Orchestra
Lucien Caillier
Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Moe
Denver University
Donald Johanes
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Leo Kucinski
Sioux City Symphony Orchestra
American Legion Band
Lloyd Plautsch
Southern Methodist University
Eugene Kenney
Texas Tech College
Robert E. Bell
Robert Bell School of Ballet
Oklahoma City
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