Kennedy plans tax cuts to spur recovery and aid campaigns
President Kennedy unveiled a five point tax package including personal and corporate cuts effective Jan 1 aimed at reviving the economy. He urged quick action by Congress while pledging to campaign for Democrats and defend against Republican attacks. He praised Nixon's California win and signaled possible trips to key states in the fall. Posturing against GOP leaders followed a dispute over remarks about race.
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Ways and Means
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Kentucky
Oregon
Utah
South Dakota
William F. Miller
John M. Bailey
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Miller
Auditors Probe $5 Million Missing From Estes Estate
Auditors tracing $5 million vanished from Billie Sol Estes bank accounts over 14 months. Estes, a Pecos promoter under fraud and theft probes, faced a receiver's control of assets and FBI action. Ernst & Ernst leads the audit. Sheriff Moore oversaw the receiver in Plainview Texas where Estes’ grain storage and related interests operate.
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Billie Sol Estes
Dallas News
Switzerland
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Estes
Pecos
Tex
FBI
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Robert F. Kennedy
Brazil
Ernst & Ernst
Maynard C. Wheeler
Commercial Solvents Corp
Harry T. Moore Jr
Plainview
Chanute Pastor Named to Lead Lawrence First Methodist
Rev. Charles Wesley Garrett of Chanute will become the new minister at Lawrence's First Methodist Church succeeding Rev. Albert Bramble who moves to Independence district duties. The Kansas Conference meets in Emporia for yearly assignments ending tonight with formal announcements. Bramble expected to move June 15 and Garrett and his family will relocate to fill the vacancy after local approval and Bishop Slater’s final consent.
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Lawrence
Journal-World
Albert Bramble
Independence
Kansas
Kansas Methodist
Garrett
Bramble
Emporia
Chanute Methodist Church
Texas
Eugene Slater
Kansas Methodist Conference
city manager named for El Dorado appointment
Richard D. Thomas 32, formerly Slater Missouri city manager for two years, is named El Dorado city manager effective July 1. A Ottawa University and Kansas city manager course graduate, he is a native of Kingman Kansas.
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EL Dorado
Richard D. Thomas
Slater, Mo
Thomas
Ottawa University
University of Kansas City
Kingman, Kan
Rumsey Funeral Home Announces Spacious Modern Facilities
Rumsey Funeral Home unveils new spacious modern facilities in V13 5141 Adv advertising copy outlining enhanced spaces and services for families planning arrangements.
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Rumsey Funeral Home
Weather Recap and Historical Highs
Yesterday high 86 and low 61. A year ago today highs not listed and rainfall trace by noon. Record highs on this date: 2000 peaked at 66 in 1958 and 1955.
Weekend Forecast for Northeast Kansas Scatters Rain
Scattered rain and thunderstorms are expected across northeast Kansas through Saturday. Tonight’s low near 60 with Saturday’s high around 80, and lingering showers possible into the weekend.
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Kansas
Estes money orders tied to Kennedy dinner tickets in Estes case
Testimony reveals former assistant secretary James T. Ralph received two $100 money orders from Billie Sol Estes for a Kennedy inaugural anniversary dinner. Ralph and assistant William Morris believed the orders funded dinner tickets, not a direct political contribution. Robert Manuel accuses others of similar payments amid calls that the investigation is distorted.
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Billie Sol Estes
William IE. Morris
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Subcommittee
Agriculture Department
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Washington
Democratic National Committee
California
Democratic Committee
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L. H. Fountain
Dn.c
Post Office Department
Fountain
Russians Warn West Berlin as Tension Rises
In Moscow the Soviet Union warned Britain France and the United States it will not allow West Berlin to continue as a base for revengist and militarist circles. Notes delivered to embassies call for withdrawal of Allied garrisons and cite violent clashes at the Berlin wall including the May 23 shooting between West Berlin police and East German guards.
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New York Stocks End Lower on Mixed Trading
Major indices closed modestly down as 60 stocks averaged 221.8 with a minor 0.1 point decline amid fluctuating trading in New York equities.
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New York
Vaccination Drive Falls Short in Douglas County
Nearly 14 000 residents have received oral polio vaccine in Douglas County clinics, far from the 25 000 target. Three clinics in Lawrence, Eudora, and Lecompton stay open late as officials urge greater turnout amid a pending first Kansas polio case in 1962.
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Lawrence
Eudora
Lecompton
Dale Clinton
Safety on Lawrence streets becomes critical problem
Police Chief Bill Cox says pedestrian bicycle and vehicle safety on Lawrence streets is a growing concern. He cites careless bicycle riding and failure to yield as immediate issues, notes speeding and radar patrols, and stresses citizen responsibility and parental involvement to restore normal safety.
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Lawrence Streets
Bill Cox
Cox
Lawrence
Chief Cox
Marshall Estes Conspiracy Claims Tie Slain Official to Fraud
Texas Attorney General Will Wilson asserted there is no doubt Henry H. Marshall aided Billie Sol Estes in cotton allotment dealings. Marshall, a federal agriculture official shot June 3, 1961, was under grand jury review to determine if murder or suicide. a pathologist later suggested murder. The probe continues amid conflicting evidence and newly released Agriculture Department material.
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Tex
Texas
Will Wilson
Henry H. Marshall
Billie Sol Estes
Marshall
Federal Agriculture
Estes
Atetempt
Wilson
Jet Plant for Wichita
Muskegon Chamber of Commerce reports industrialist William P. Learer will locate his proposed jet plane manufacturing plant in Wichita, Kansas. No final decision date announced. report cites plan to leave Muskegon area this summer pending final site confirmations and local approvals.
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Muskegon, Mich
Muskegon Chamber of Commerce
William P. Learer
Wichita, Wan
FAA proposes expansion. Lawrence airport eyed for grants
FAA chief N. E. Halaby unveils a national airport plan costing about 1.135 billion dollars. It would fund land purchase and runway, taxiway, and parking apron work at about 250 non air line airports, with federal grants matched by cities like Lawrence. Williams notes current unpaved east west runway and needs for better tower lighting and hangar space.
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Federal Aviation Agency
N. E. Halaby
FAA
Congress
Halaby
George Williams
Williams
Rain Lingers Through Saturday Across Kansas
Rain continues through Saturday with scattered showers and storms in Kansas. Heavier precipitation expected this afternoon and tonight, easing to intermittent by Saturday as temperatures hold near 60s. statewide overcast caused floods in Logan and Sherman counties with showers near 6 inches in McAllaster and 5.65 inches in Edson. Weather bureau says the storm front is waning as Missouri sees partly cloudy skies.
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McAllaster
Logan County
Edson
Sherman County
Weather Bureau
Missouri
Dairy Day Set At Fairgrounds In June Dairy Month Observance
Douglas County observes national June Is Dairy Month with a Dairy Day program at the 4-H Fair grounds on Wednesday. A Dairy Princess will be chosen at 7 30 p m among four entrants Dorothy Spencer Karen Houk Sara Rodewald and Jean Phillips. Contestants listed with ages addresses and school ties. Judging emphasizes beauty poise and dairy knowledge. Dairy Day includes butter cake custard and cream based demonstrations and two judging groups. Co chairmen are Mr and Mrs Ernest Johanning.
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Sara Rodewald
Jean Phillins
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Frank Neer
North Street
Lawrence High School
Jayhawk 4-H Club
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Marvin Houk
Route 1
Richland
Clinton Busy Bees
Clinton Presbyterian Church
Lawrence High
Miss Rodewald
Douglas County
Mary Rodewald
Eudora
Kansas State University
Miss Phillips
J. D. Phillips
LHS
Job’s Daughters
West Side Presbyterian Church
Elmer Ousdahl
Oletha Yates
Alvin Fishburn
Lyle Clark
Kansas County
Ernest Johanning
Baldwin
Publisher's Wife Dies Unexpectedly in Hutchinson
Mrs. John P. Harris, 52, died at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Hutchinson Thursday night from a lung infection. She was born in Oklahoma City and raised in Kansas City, educated at the University of Missouri and Radcliffe College. Cremation will follow a memorial service at 4 p.m. Saturday.
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John P. Harris
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Hutchinson Publishing Co
American Press Institute
Columbia University
Harris
Oklahoma City
Kansas City
University of Missouri
Radcliffe College
Cambridge
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