Quake Devastates Skopje as Death Toll Rises
A dawn earthquake wrecked Skopje in Yugoslavia killing over 1,000 people with thousands more injured. Radio Belgrade reported widespread fires in a technical school and a boys' high school while many residents fled in night clothes.
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Yugoslavia
Skopje
Radio Belgrade
Tanjug
Nis
Belgrade Radio
Macedonia
New
Aleksander Blagojevic
Convicts Flee in Gun Battle at Venezuelan Prison
In Caracas 86 inmates broke from Reton La Planta prison amid a fierce firefight. 12 killed, 51 wounded as guards, troops pursued escapees wearing stolen police uniforms. FALN incited the breakout, with further robberies and attacks reported across the city.
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Caracas
Reton la Planta
Armed Forces of National Liberation
FALN
Romulo Betancourt
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Nation to Hear JFK on Treaty
President Kennedy addresses the nation to rally support for a nuclear test ban treaty reached in Moscow. The pact would bar tests in the atmosphere and outer space and under water, with ratification by the U.S., Britain, and the Soviet Union pending Senate approval.
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Dean Rusk
Britain
Lord Home
Soviet Union
Andrei Gromyko
Senate
Rusk
Capitol Hill
Foreign Relations and Armed Services
House Atomic Energy Committee
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Congress
Japan
Yasumi Kirogane
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
France
Watchdog Body to Examine Test Ban Treaty Carefully
Senate defense watchdog John Stennis announces a 7 member Armed Services subcommittee will study the proposed ban on most nuclear testing with Britain and the Soviet Union. Opposition from Barry Goldwater could delay ratification as Harriman reports to committees behind closed doors.
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John Stennis
D-Miss
Senate
Britain
Soviet Russia
Moscow
Stennis
Armed Services Subcommittee
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Dean Rusk
W. Averell Harriman
Weather Summary Northeast Kansas Turns Poised for Heat
The forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies with little temperature change through Saturday and widely scattered thunderstorms mainly on Saturday. Tonight's low around 70 with a high near 98 on Saturday. temperatures show 4 am 94, 6 pm 91, 6 am 70s, and readings through the day. Also notes yesterday’s high 81 and record high 107 in 1952. The New York Stock Exchange closes with the Dow up 0.8.
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Kansas
Private Family Entrance at Rumsey Funeral Home VI 3511
Private family entrance arrangements announced for Rumsey Funeral Home. Details indicate restricted access and private services with contact for special accommodations.
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Rumsey Funeral Home
Khrushchev Sees Path to Disarmament After Test Ban
In Moscow Khrushchev said the nuclear test ban agreement opens favorable chances for total disarmament. He cited progress toward a nonaggression pact and potential talks on troop cuts, budget reductions, and German reunification, insisting Germany’s status be settled by a peace treaty.
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West Germany
Moscow
Slight Cooling Expected In Lawrence Weather Update
The Lawrence area saw a 95 degree high Thursday ending a run of three 100 degree days. A near 90 degree high is forecast for Saturday with overnight readings around 70. Scattered thunder showers may add moisture after a dry period, with rainfall for the year lagging by over seven inches.
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Lawrence
Mercury
Delegate Nancy Gallup heads to Girls Nation in Washington
Nancy Gallup of Lawrence High School leaves for Washington with Sandra Arnold of Concordia to represent Kansas at the 1963 Sunflower Girls Staters program. The two were chosen from 395 Kansas high school seniors and will study national government, visiting the White House and Capitol during their week in the capital. Heavily touted as an honor surpassing a state governor election, the trip includes train travel and extensive sightseeing in the nation’s capital.
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Nancy Gallup
Capital
Lawrence
Washington, D.C
Kansas
Miss Gallup
Washington
Journal-World
Lawrence High School
A. F. Gallup
Sandra Arnold
Concordia
Kansas City
Girls State
White House
Capitol Building
Growth Strains Lawrence Schools As Population Surges
Lawrence faces doubled and tripled municipal costs as a booming 1950s industrial buildout brings thousands of residents and hundreds of new pupils. The school levy jumps to 44.90 mills this year plus 1.75 state mills, totaling 94.797 mills per $1 000 valuation, one of the state’s highest.
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City
Kansas City
Kan
Wichita
Topeka
Perry Reservoir Seen as Future Recreation Mecca
Col. Miles Wachendorf of the Corps of Engineers told the Perry Rotary Club that the Perry Dam and Reservoir, a 12 200 acre lake about four miles northwest of Perry, will become a major recreation site. The project costs about 41 million dollars and will span Jefferson County with 160 miles of shoreline and 12 200 surface acres. Plans call for multiple public use areas around the lake, with land purchases and relocations underway. Ozawkie will be relocated and the project name may change to Ozawkie Reservoir.
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Perry
Miles L. Wachendorf
Corps of Engineers
Perry Rotary Club
Lawrence
Topeka
Kansas City
Leavenworth
Atchison
St. Joseph
Kansas River Basin
Col. Wachendorf
Perry School
Jefferson County
Tuttle Creek
Delaware Valley
Corps
Wachendorf
Ozawkie
Congress
Perry Reservoir
Ozawkie Reservoir
Music Camp Ends at KU with Record Talent
The 26th Midwestern Music and Art Camp at Kansas University wraps six weeks of sessions in music art speech theater ballet journalism engineering and science for more than 800 students. Final concerts and exhibitions run tonight through Sunday as camp closes. The junior high group of 250 finished two weeks of activities on July 13. Camp director Prof. Russell Wiley praises the summer as tremendously successful.
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Kansas University
Russell Wiley
Open Lanes Tonight Hillcrest Bow Adv
Open lanes hosted by Hillcrest Bow tonight with activities and events. The advertisement notes venue details and upcoming programs for local patrons.
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Hillcrest Bow
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