Powers Tells Story and Returns to Silence
Francis Gary Powers testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee and said he still works for the CIA after his Moscow trial and prison stint. He appeared poised and unchanged, describing harsh interrogation and a mission that failed, leaving him an enigma.
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Stanley Johnson
Moscow
Francis Gary Powers
Associated — Prens
Washington
Senate Armed Services Committee
Central Intelligence Agency
Soviet Union
Powers
Girl 4 Seeks New Leg Surgery After Amputation
Susie Stuck, a cheerful four year old from Battle Creek Township, is preparing for a second leg amputation and years of therapy to use artificial limbs. Surgeons in Chicago earlier removed her right leg at the knee to treat a congenital condition. Her parents Clyde and wife visited in Chicago and plan another trip. Susie has drawn nationwide attention and letters from supporters.
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Susie ‘Stuck
Clyde Stuck
Battle Creek Township
Chicago
Shrine Hospital
Susie
Chanute Teachers Get $200 Raise for 1962-63 Term
The Chanute board of education approved a $200 annual pay raise for teachers in the public school system to take effect with the 1962-63 term starting in September.
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Acadia Lodge Stated Meeting March 8 at 7:30 PM
Acadia Lodge No. 9 AF and AM announces a stated communication Thursday March 8 at 7 30 PM All Master Masons are welcome Refreshments provided Harold E Blitch W M Joseph K Gorbutt Sec Adv
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AF & AM
Harold E. Blitch
W.M
Joseph K. Gorbutt
Powers recalls U2 mission near miss and interrogation
Senator Powers describes the U2 overflight near Soviet territory as a near miss with no hit. He explains why he could not use the ejection mechanism and notes hours of questioning without mistreatment. He denies misquotation about being sorry, saying his real sorrow was the mission failure and resulting adverse publicity.
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Powers
Soviet Union
Sertomans hear on rising costs for government
State Senator Don Hults told Lawrence Sertoma Club that government costs are rising and tax policy must adjust next year. He outlined sales tax usage, local school funding, and ad valorem tax impacts, noting KU will gain 47 new instructors next year from legislative appropriations.
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Space career veteran who served in WWII and NASA bio notes
He played on the FFA basketball team and raised Oxford sheep with Future Farmers. After high school he joined the Air Force on his 18th birthday and flew 56 missions over Germany and seven over Japan. He earned an aero nautical engineering degree at Minnesota and later worked at Boeing before quitting for grounded reasons.
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Nei Barger Seeks Reelection As State Printer
Jean M Nei barger 38 Republican of Tonganoxie filed for reelection as state printer. A former editor and publisher of the Tonganoxie Mirror, he is finishing his first term in the office.
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Coastal storm sweeps East with fires and floods
A fierce East Coast storm driven by 35 mph winds hit ports from Boston to Norfolk. Fires in Philadelphia and Wildwood caused extensive damage as flooding and power outages disrupted thousands. evacuation efforts saved several and several deaths were reported in Delaware and New Jersey.
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Vandals Damage Cars and Buildings in City
Nighttime vandals have damaged cars and buildings across the city, painting vehicles and breaking windows. Morton's Building Materials at 900 E. 15th Ct. was hit twice, with windows needing replacement. Residents report obscene messages and damaged antennas. police urge witnesses to report incidents.
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City considers street repairs and parking plan changes
Commissioners approved about 030,000 of a 100,000 street resurfacing program for this year including New Hampshire from 19th to 23rd and Massachusetts to Barker on 21st Street. They denied Jack Vincent’s offer to sell 100 ft for 82,000 to create a downtown parking lot. They discussed multi lane approaches and a wider 7th and New Hampshire crossing to ease congestion and potential parking lot site. They purchased 1,000 gallons of methoxychlor for tree spraying at 2,920 and heard first readings on zoning and ordinances affecting Miss. St rest home, ditch insurance, tree surgeon, building wreckers, and South Hills rezoning.
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New Hampshire
20Th
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22Nd
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Kansas State Student Wins Rotary Scholarship
Michael Schafer of Norton Kansas, a Kansas State University senior, receives a $1900 Rotary Club scholarship to study in Germany next year.
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Michael Schafer
Norton
Kan
Kansas State University
Germany
KU Professor Studies Nicotine’s Heart Danger
Kansas University grants Dr. Duane G. Wenzel a one year renewal of $4950 to continue nicotine heart damage research. The project, begun in 1955 and funded by Life Insurance Medical Research Fund, Tobacco Industry Research Committee, and U S Public Health Service, studies how nicotine damages heart tissue and aims to quantify and evaluate the damage while exploring mechanisms and related vitamin depletion effects.
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Life Insurance Medical Research Fund
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Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Snow to discuss Red China In Side Out at KU Fraser Hall
Lawrence Edgar Snow veteran foreign correspondent on the Red China beat will speak at Kansas University Fraser Hall Theater tonight at 8 o clock on Red China In side Out The lecture is sponsored by East Asian Area Studies and the Journalism School Snow has covered the Communist movement in China for nearly 25 years and his Mao Tse tung interview in 1947 was the last by a western reporter Ash Wednesday services are held by local churches to begin Lent.
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Three Traffic Accidents Reported In City On Tuesday
Police investigated three traffic collisions in Lawrence Tuesday with no injuries. At 1 15 p m at 23rd and La Sts a collision involving Lewis C Brown ing and Joseph L Stavas caused 695 dollars in damage. At 12 20 p m in the 1000 block on Massachusetts Street Nelson E Greene and Gwenyth T Kitos collided causing 190 in damage. At 12 05 p m at 6th and Mass St Mae M Mitchell and Frieda D Basel collided causing 180 in damage.
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Frieda D. Basel
Linwood
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International Club Banquet Showcases 61 Nations at KU
Kansas University's International Club prepares its annual banquet on April 15 in the Kansas Union Ballroom. Exotic foods and dinner music from 61 nations will be featured for up to 500 attendees with 300 tickets for townspeople and 200 for students and faculty. A. Abdul-Reahim of Syria leads the club as president.
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Greeley
Colo
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Bartlesville
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Trade Expansion Backing Is Sought in Kennedy Appeal
President Kennedy urged advertisers and publishers to back a trade expansion program describing it as a vital national service. He praised the Advertising Council for its $100 million annual campaigns and noted US aid to Europe supports freedom and global stability amid debates over tariff reductions. He warned that US overproduction contrasts Khrushchev's agricultural underproduction and stressed bipartisan support for foreign economic policy.
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Attorney General Talks To KU Faculty Forum
Kansas Attorney General William Ferguson addressed the KU Faculty Forum saying the Legislature deserves credit for enabling seizure of obscene books. He noted a test before the state Supreme Court on confiscated books from a Junction City newsstand last summer. Ferguson added he was not too disappointed after losing his Sunday closing laws case.
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Kansas University Faculty Forum
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Junction City
Drainage District Votes In Six Douglas County Areas
Six Douglas County drainage districts elected three member boards Tuesday. Winners include Wakarusa led by William Meairs S R Reynolds and Carl Clifton. Mud Creek Leo Ousdahl Fred Ousdahl J W House. Kaw Elmer Altenbernd Albert Pendleton John Strong. Maple Grove Marl Nehrbass Roscoe Pine Chester Thompson. Kaw Wesley Brune William Cain Emil Heck. Clinton Kanwaka Wakarusa G A Weeks Jess Sutton Charles Banning.
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Eudora
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S.R. Reynolds
Carl Clifton
Mud Creek
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Fred Ousdahl
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Emil Heck
Clinton
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Jess Sutton
Charles Banning
Card of Thanks for Myrtle Wotan Family
We thank friends neighbors and relatives for cards flowers food and kindness during illness and death of our loved one Mrs Myrtle Wotan and her family express gratitude to all who cared for us
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Myrtle Wotan
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