Castro Given Deadline on Tractors Trade Proposal
Fidel Castro has until Wednesday to respond to Tractors for Freedom about exchanging 1,200 Cuban prisoners for 500 tractors. The group led by Eleanor Roosevelt and Milton Eisenhower urged Castro to confirm the May 17 offer, warning a failure to respond would be seen as a retraction. The plan envisions 450 general-purpose and 50 heavy tractors with cargo, and release of 100 prisoners per 100 tractors.
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Detroit
Fidel Castro
Tractors For Freedom
Castro
The
Free World
Eleanor Roosevelt
Milton Eisenhower
Johns Hopkins University
Walter P. Reuther
United Auto Workers
Joseph M. Dodge
Personnel Officers Seminar At Kansas University
About 40 personnel officers from Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Nebraska will attend a seminar at Kansas University Tuesday through Thursday. The program aims to acquaint Merit System personnel with public personnel administration. Principal speaker James R. Watson will speak at 6 p.m. Wednesday in the Eldridge Hotel Crystal Room. Leaders include George Stark, Mari lee Frame, Ralph J. Turner, Allan Blackman, James R. Watson, Thomas E. Miller, Edward E. Haynes, William H. Cape and Jim Yount.
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Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Kansas University
Merit System
Joseph R. Pearson
James R. Watson
National Civil Service League
New York
N. Y
Eldridge Hotel
George Stark
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Kansas City
Marilee Frame
Macy’s
Ralph J. Turner
Cooperative Farm Chemicals Association
Lawrence
Allan Blackman
Lawrence-Leiter, Inc
Thomas E. Miller
KU Business School
Edward E. Haynes
Department of Corrections
State of
Dues Hike Proposed for Chamber Members
Chamber of Commerce members will vote at 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday June 14 at the Hotel Eldridge on a proposed dues amendment to the constitution. The plan raises basic commercial dues to 50 with graduated increments and adds a 25 basic civic tier for non commercial members. a two thirds vote is required with prior notice.
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Chamber of Commerce
Eldridge
Warren Rhodes
Chamber
Milk Marketing Change For Kansas City Area Under Review
A proposed amendment to the federal milk marketing order for the Kansas City area was reviewed by the Agriculture Department on Friday. The current order allows price changes up to 45 cents per hundred pounds. the Pure Milk Producers Association urged limiting reductions to the prior year’s level or suspending the adjustment factor for 12 months for study. Support came from Shawnee Milk Producers Association Topeka Producers Creamery Springfield Missouri and Harrison County Missouri Milk Producers Association. Clarence H. Girard USDA examiner chaired the hearing with about 35 attendees and gave no timetable for a decision.
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Kansas City
Agriculture Department
Pure Milk Producers Association
Shawnee Milk Producers Association
Topeka
The
Producers Creamery ,Co
Springfield
Harrison County
Missouri
Electra Back In Service As Modifications Resume
Lockheed says 144 Electras have been modified at its Burbanx California plant with 21 remaining. The Electra, once involved in three major crashes including the 1960 Tell City disaster, is returning to normal cruising speed after a $25 million overhaul to eliminate the wobble in turbulence.
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Washington
U. S
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Burbanx
Calif
Lockheed
KU Professor to Spend Summer in Salt Mines
Dr. Louis F. Dellwig of Kansas University geology will spend summers in Detroit Michigan and New York sampling Salina salt deposits. A $9,400 NSF grant funds his study of deposition conditions and comparisons with Kansas and Gulf Coast salts. He previously studied Salina salt in the Michigan Basin and won the Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralologists best paper award.
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Louis F. Dellwig
Kansas University
Detroit
Mich
New York
National Science Foundation
Salina
Kansas
Gulf Coast
Deliwig
Michigan Basin
Why People Fish Locally Says Reasons Vary Widely
George Latham surveys locals at sports shops for why they fish and their favorite methods. He quotes Jack Armstrong, George Francis, Howard Wiseman, Ed and Marge Utter, Challis Shaffer and Bob Charlton, detailing bass, carp, catfish, trout, bluegill and their tactics. Flooded Ozark lakes and muddy Kansas reservoirs affect fishing conditions as reports note improvements and ongoing high water.
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Jack Armstrong
Channel Cat
George Francis
George
Marge Utter
Sportsman’s
Bluegill
Challis Shaffer
Lone Star
Mo-Kan- Okla-Ark
Ozark Lakes
Table Rock
Grand Lake
Lake of the Ozarks
Kansas
Kirwin
Tennessee Promotion Sparks Big Tourist Revenue Figures
Officials report 14 cents in publicity yields 10 000 dollars in tourist trade revenue. The 1960 legislature appropriated 300 000 dollars for out of state promotion as 5 000 tourist venues grossed 697 million dollars, about 230 million from out of state visitors.
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Tennessee
National Wildlife Federation
Deer Struck and Killed on Kansas Turnpike
A deer was struck and killed by an automobile Friday, 11 miles south of the South Topeka interchange on the Kansas Turnpike.
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South Topeka
Tommy Heath Guides Honolulu Islanders in Pilot Season
Veteran Pacific Coast League manager Tommy Heath leads the Honolulu Islanders as he pilots the team through a season in progress.
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Tommy Heath
Honolulu Islanders
Summer Reading Enrollments Hit 400 At Public Library
Lawrence students from first grade to junior high flooded the public library to enroll in the Santa Fe Trail summer reading program. Registration continues all summer as participants earn stamps for each book and aim for 25 books to receive a Centennial certificate and seal.
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Lawrence
Santa Fe
Donna Peterson
Bullene Ave
Jimmy Gregg
Ark, St
Pat Sillix
Mike Sillix
Dakota St
Vd Howard
Nis
al Lawrence Studens
Douglas County
Traat
Dodge
Kan
Lawrence Parsent-Teacher Association
The
Public Library
PTA Council
Howaggd
Glue May Be Key To Boy's Ailment
Seven year old John Michael Bader, son of a Washburn University professor, suffers plastic anemia possibly from inhaling fumes from model airplane and car glue. Doctors cite toxic hydrocarbons as a likely cause and the boy remains reliant on blood transfusions for survival.
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John Michael Bader
Washburn University
Randolph
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W. 19Th St
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Lawrence National Bank
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Bob Charlton
White River
Bull Shoals
Bob
Dr. Gottschalk
Leavenworth
le Pew Studio de Portra
Massachusetts
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Polret
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Aubal
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserve System
Eagles Lodge
AERIE
Mt. Oread Aerie No. 108
Mt. Oread Ladies Auxiliary
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Worthy Pres
Cook's Paints
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