Railroads Plan New Rules Amid Strike Threat
Washington AP reports the nation’s railroads will enforce new operating rules at 12:01 a.m. Thursday amid a strike threat. National Railway Labor Conference chief Le Wolfe says negotiations broke down after unions rejected presidential board recommendations. Secretary of Labor Wirtz intends to rejoin talks to seek a resolution before July 10.
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Washington
Congress
Kennedy
Wolfe
National Railway Labor Conference
Kennedy S
Secretary of Labor
W. Willard ‘Wirtz
Mallland Duckwall's store names Harlan M Mall new manager
Harlan M Mall 33 a former Lawrence resident has become manager of the Duckwall variety store in Lawrence. He previously managed in Junction City then Topeka before returning to Lawrence to take over the position after Walter Grigg’s death. Mall and his wife have two daughters Nancy Kay and Julie Ann.
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Harlan
Herb) M. Mall
Lawrence
Duckwall
Mall
Junction City
Walter A. Grigg
Grigg
Topeka
Duckwall's
Mrs. Mall
Nancy Kay
Julie Ann
Oil Tank Blast Destroys Homes In Oklahoma City
An oil storage tank exploded near northeast downtown Oklahoma City causing blazing oil to pour through an alley. Five apartment houses were ruined along with a grocery store laundry and other businesses. One minor injury reported as a fireman slipped on a roof. Champlin Oil spokesman said a worker was atop a tank when it ruptured.
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Oklahoma City
Champlin Oil and Refining Co
Leo Gradwell
Miss Ricardo
Ward
Miss Keller
KU World War II Memorial Carillon Rings 53 Bells
Bells at the Kansas University World War II Memorial Carillon will join a nation wide observance with 53 bells. At noon the carillonneur will play Ameri ca and The Star Spangled Banner. Other tolls include Eudora and a grade school bell coordinated by local officials.
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Earle Higgins
Lincoln St
Kansas University
KU Carillonneur
America
Eudora
Alf Olsen
Sertorians
W. G. Holloway
Lodge Notice to Eagle Members on By Laws Amendments
Third and final reading of proposed by laws amendments to be made at the regular meeting on Monday July 8. Voting on amendments to occur at the same meeting. Harold OBrien Worthy President.
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Eagle
Harold Obrien
Citizenship Contest Blanks Now Available
Applications for the Douglas County Farm Bureau Citizenship Contest are open for juniors and seniors. Four winners will attend the Rock Springs seminar in August 2024 after delivering a speech, a spoken presentation, and a personal interview judged on character, scholarship, and leadership. Contact Mrs. Jesse Sutton for details.
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Douglas County Farm Bureau
Rock Springs
Jesse Sutton
Ward to Stand Trial on Vice Charges in London
London AP Magistrates Court orders Dr Stephen Ward to stand trial on charges from living on earnings of prostitutes to procuring abortions. Ward, 50, linked to the Profumo Keeler sex scandal. bail set. Trial set at Old Bailey in September with Ward maintaining innocence.
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Britain
London
Stephen Ward
Ward
John Profumo
Christine Keeler
Leo Gradwell
Old Bailey Court
Miss Keeler
Profumo
Khrushchev ties test ban to nonaggression pact offer
The Soviet leader linked a major step toward easing tensions to a nonaggression pact between NATO and Warsaw Pact states. Western officials doubt the two issues are to be settled together and seek clarity on East Germany terms and on-site inspections for underground blasts.
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Khrushchev
NATO
Washington
East Germany
Moscow
Kremlin
Red China
St Louis Stores Rocked by Blasts In Pre Dawn Hours
Two supermarkets in East St Louis and St Louis were damaged by pre dawn explosions, part of a Kroger linked chain of blasts since March. Witnesses say a man placed a bomb at National Food Store and fled with an accomplice before the car was lost in traffic.
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St. Louis
National Food
East St. Louis
Mississippi River
Kroger
Alton
Ill
Florissant
National Food Store
Hearing Opens in Landon Case in Douglas County
Preliminary hearing started in Douglas County Court for Claude B. Landon Jr. 49 charged with first degree murder in the June 22 rifle slaying of Robert Chester Ball near 13th and Haskell. Dr. Reed and Dr. Robinson testified as medical experts, with county attorney presenting photos of the scene.
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Douglas County
Claude B. Landon Jr
Robert Chester Ball
13Th
Haskell Ave
Charles Rankin
Jim Reed
Corbin Robinson
Reed
Ralph King
Wes Norwood
Gene Riling
Lawrence High Receives Top Kansas Rating
Lawrence High School has been accredited as a Comprehensive high school by the Kansas State Department of Public Instruction for the 1962-63 year. The school retains the highest rating since accreditation began and will be reviewed by a state committee within three years to confirm or adjust the designation.
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Lawrence High School
Kansas State Department « Public Instruction
Lawrence High
Kansas
State Department
Dan Kahler
Lawrence
Animal Hunter and Medic Face Kansas City Lawsuit
A 400000 civil suit in federal court in Kansas City pits veteran animal hunter Philip Joseph Carroll of University City Missouri against Dr Deets Pickett Leawood Kansas over alleged losses to Carrolls business and unpaid loans The case notes Carrolls early Africa work and Yaounde Cameroon past while Pickett testifies his gorillas came via Cameroon government contracts and not from Carroll Also claim seeks 5250 for room and board 755 loan repayment 22500 actual damages and 50000 punitive damages The trial is in U S district court before Judge Floyd R Gibson with no jury.
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Kansas City
University City, Mo
Leawood, Kan
Philip Joseph Carroll
Africa
Deets Pickett
Swope Park Zoo
Carroll
Yaounde
Cameroons
Pickett
Picketts
Floyd R. Gibson
Dr. Pickett
Cameroon
Game Warden
U.S. Air Force
Romanians Meet With Soviets Amid Growing Dispute
In Moscow two Romanian officials confer with Soviet leaders amid strains in Soviet Romanian relations. Deputy Premier Birladeanu and Armed Forces Minister Salajan press COMECON plans while Romania pushes industrial expansion against Soviet curbs. Western observers doubt a full anti Soviet shift in Bucharest.
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Moscow
Romania
Soviet Union
Alexandru Birladeanu
Council For
Armed Forces
Leontin Salajan
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Birladeanu
Comecon
Khrushchev
Bucharest
Seven Civil Rights Groups Plan Coordinated Campaigns
Seven major civil rights organizations announced a plan to coordinate campaigns against racial discrimination and to create an emergency fund targeting 1.5 million dollars. Leaders from groups including NAACP SCLC and CORE met to seal the accord in New York. Over 100 civic labor and religious groups backed a Washington march on August 28 in support of JFK's civil rights program. </s>
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New York
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Congress of Racial Equality
Washington
Kennedy
Wor den area June rainfall and Fourth of July closures
Wor den observer Walter Schwarz reports June rainfall 4.16 inches versus 5.14 normal and year to date 10.83 inches versus 18.18 normal, a deficit of 7.36 inches. Lawrence merchants will close Thursday for the Fourth of July with banks offices and the Post Office also shut. No mail delivery, though pickup from boxes continues. stores may stay open until 8 30 p m Friday.
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Walter Schwarz
U.S. Weather Bureau
Worden
Lawrence
New York Men Charged in $1.5 Million Securities Theft
A federal grand jury charged Arnold D. Naidich John B. Sullivan and Henry Messenger with possessing stolen stocks and bonds valued at up to 1.5 million dollars. FBI agents found the securities spread on a bed spread in a Chicago hotel room during a warrant search for Naidich who had jumped bond on a prior theft charge. Bond was set at 10000 dollars for each suspect.
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Chicago
New York
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Chicago Loop
Arnold D. Naidich
Naidich
John B. Sullivan
Brooklyn
N. Y
Henry Messenger
U.S. Atty
William O. Bittman
Rites Held for Mrs Laura Paulen Howell in Pittsburg
Mrs Laura Paulen Howell sister of the late Kansas governor Ben S Paulen was buried Tuesday after dying Sunday at age 92 in Pittsburg Kansas. The service honored a long civic figure and relative of a former state governor.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Laura Paulen Howell
Ben S. Paulen
Kansas
Howell
Weather Seen As Factor In Crash Of Mohawk Plane
In Rochester an Air Mohawk twin engine flight with 40 passengers and crew of 3 crashed seconds after takeoff amid a violent storm. Investigators cite extreme rapid weather changes and wind gusts as the likely cause. Survivors describe fighting the sudden turbulence as the craft broke apart near the runway.
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Rochester
N.Y
Civil Aeronautics Board
Newark
N.J
White Plains
N. Y
Rochester-Monroe County
Federal
Richard M. Dennis
Fairview
John W. Neff
Wilmington
Del
Roy E. Drew
Pelham
Sylvania Electric Products Inc
Richard Baldwin
Danbury
John L. O’brien
Joseph Pearson
Tonawanda
Pearson
Loren Wagner
Beckwith Faces Arraignment in Evers Murder Case
Byron de La Beckwith, 42, goes before a state judge in Jackson for arraignment on murder charges in the sniper slaying of Medgar Evers. A Hinds County grand jury indicted him after he was arrested June 22 in Greenwood. Beckwith faces possible death penalty. Evers, NAACP field secretary, was shot June 12 as he approached his home.
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Jackson, Miss
Byron de la Beckwith
Medgar W. Evers
Hinds County
Beckwith
Marine Corps
Tarawa
Bill Waller
Jackson
FBI
Greenwood
Evers
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Ike Appears to Enjoy His Visit to Abilene
Former President Eisenhower toured his boyhood town Abilene with no set schedule and planned to end his two day visit that evening before heading to Denver. He visited Junction City to see Roy Eisenhower’s widow and a niece, then return to Abilene to meet Dr Wayne Grover at the Eisenhower Presidential Library to discuss library papers. Kansas Governor John Anderson and library commissioners accompanied him.
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Abilene
Kan
Eisenhower
Denver
Junction City
Roy Eisenhower
Roy Fegan
Wayne Grover
Eisenhower Presidential Library
Grover
Kansas
John Anderson
Eisenhower Library Commission
Gettysburg Clash Part of Civil War History Recounted
A marked reissue recounts the decisive Gettysburg battle. Union forces under Meade repelled Lee’s invasion with 23 049 Union and 28 063 Confederate casualties reported. Armistead fell amid Pickett’s assault as Lee’s army retreated toward Virginia amid rain and mud.
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Gettysburg
Pennsylvania
North
Robert E. Lee
George E. Pickett
Lewis A. Armistead
Virginia
Cemetery Ridge
Armistead
John D. Imboden
Gen. Lee
Army of the Potomac
Northern
Pickett
Johnston Pettigrew
Isaac R. Trimble
North American
Trimble
Pettigrew
Seminary
Cemetery Ridges
Frank A. Haskell
H. T. Owen
Winfield
Handock
John Gibbon
Gibbon
Lee
George G. Meade
Alfred Pleasanton
Meade
City awards contracts for street resurfacing and water lines
Allen Drive Inc. of Lawrence wins a 16814 bid to resurf ace 13th Street and 14th Street projects while Weibel Excavating Co. of Topeka secures a 7322 bid for water line works. A Barker Avenue paving proposal is dropped after residents protest citing taxes.
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Lawrence
13Th Street
Massachusetts
Oreadith Street
Mississippi
Tennessee
14Th Street
Connecticut
Fraternity Place
Nathan Drive
West 9Th Street
Kasold Drive
Weibel Excavating Company
Topeka
Barker Avenue
20Th
23Rd Street
Carl Amyx
Barker
Jack Riley
Fire men halt 200 acre blaze near Griffith Park cats row
A 200acre brush fire threatened the cat row at Griffith Park Zoo housing lions tigers and cougars. Firemen contained the flames Tuesday before any cages were reached, keeping animals safe.
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Los Angeles
Griffith Park Zoo
Center Receives 58227 Health Service Grant
The Kansas University Medical Center in Kansas City is awarded a 58 227 U S Public Health Service grant for a training and service program in home care and community health. Senator James B Pearson announced the funding in Washington D C.
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Kansas University Medical Center
Kansas City
Public Health Service
James B. Pearson
Washington, D.C
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