McNamara and Gilpatric Face Senate TFX Scrutiny
The top Pentagon civilian leaders, Secretary McNamara and Deputy Secretary Gilpatric, testified before a Senate Investigations subcommittee on the disputed $28 million TFX fighter-bomber contract to General Dynamics. The hearing examined potential biases and sought details on connections to Gilpatric's former law firm Cravath Swaine Moore.
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Washington
Pentagon
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Roswell L. Gilpatric
Evening Star
Air Force
Subcommittee
Senate
Jerome S. Adlerman
Eugene Zuckert
Defense Department
General Dynamics Corp
Fort Worth
Tex
Boeing Co
Seattle
Wash
Navy
McNamara
General Dynamics
Mili
Boeing
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Gilpatric
Cravath
Postmen Seek Love Potion To Stop Dog Bites
Postmaster General J Edward Day explores a dog taming potion tested by Allen W Fields and tested at the University of Georgia. The aim is to cause dogs to back off without harming them, reducing the thousands of annual postman bites across the service.
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Washington
J. Edward Day
America
Day
Allen W. Fields
Fields
University of Georgia
Department
South Carolina
Washington Post News Service
Colorado Springs Editor Speaks on Private Property
Robert LeFevre editor of the Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph and founder of Freedom School spoke at the Lawrence Cosmopolitan Club meeting in the Hotel Eldridge. He argued that a free society requires private ownership of property as a moral foundation and cited the Freedom School's two week courses in economics philosophy ethics history and political science near Colorado Springs. Morris Kay introduced him.
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Robert LeFevre
Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph
Freedom School
Lawrence Cosmopolitan Club
Hotel Eldridge
LeFevre
Colorado Springs
Colo
German Says Time Ripe For U S to Take Lead
Former German Foreign Minister Hein rich von Brentano told the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the United States should seize the initiative from the Soviet Union on all issues including Berlin. He said Washington’s concern over the Franco German treaty is unfounded and that de Gaulle raised points not to be dismissed, even though he erred in vetoing Britain’s EC membership.
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Washington
Heinrich von Brentano
United States
Soviet Union
Berlin
Charles de Gaulle
Great Britain
von Brentano
Bonn
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Pre Sentence Checkup On Mail Theft Action
John Clinton Thomas 29 of Lawrence was found guilty in U S District Court Topeka of stealing a U S mail bag containing 2000 in Social Security checks. The bag tied to a street collection box was stolen Nov 3 and recovered soon after in his rented room. Maximum penalty five years in prison 2000 fine or both. Lawrence police and sheriff officers testified during the three day trial.
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John Clinton Thomas
Lawrence
U.S. District Court
Topeka
U.S
George Templar
R. Stanley Ditus
U. S
Thomas
Lawrence Police Department
Sheriff’s Department
Kanwaka Seeks Annexation to Wakarusa Valley District
Kanwaka School District No. 15 votes 44 to 11 to join Wakarusa Valley District No. 98, with 2 abstentions or non annexation. Wakarusa Valley plans to accept Kanwaka debt free, avoiding existing bond indebtedness. Marion Springs enrollment rising as new school consolidates districts this September.
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Kanwaka
Wakarusa Valley
Lecompton
Douglas County
Deer Creek
Twin Mound
Earl Wilson
Brackett
Riverside
India
Big Springs
Vinland
Eudora
Kaw Valley
Grant
Marion Springs
KU Seniors Gift Antique Coffee Service to Museum
The Kansas University Art Museum receives a second gift from the 1963 senior class, a silver coffee service funded from 1,000 dollars of their remaining gift money after a 3,000 dollar endowment loan. The gift, approved by seniors by a 60 percent vote, will be decorative and useful.
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Kansas University Art Museum
Endowment Association
Marilyn Stokstad
Fire crews respond to string of trash fires in Lawrence
The Lawrence Fire Department rushed to three trash fires within 20 minutes after noon, causing no damage. Calls were at 1806 Vt, 1604 University Dr, and 310 Maine St. The Wakarusa Fire Department also tackled a grass fire at the Art Weidler farm near the KP&L Cameron Bluff plant.
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Lawrence
Moon
1806
University Dr
Maine St
Wakarusa
Art Weidler
Kp&l
Cameron Bluff
Reward of audience praise drives actors in Albert Herring
Tom Winston notes audiences shape a play's success as actors respond to laughter and applause. He recounts Kansas University Theatre's Albert Herring opening with 450 spectators, saying performance energy grows with audience reaction and the actors’ effort follows.
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Benjamin Britten
Albert Herring
Kansas University Theatre
Upford
Loxford
East Suffolk
KU Leaders Laud HELP KU Effort and KU-Lawrence Ties
Chancellor Wescoe and KU leaders praise the HELP-KU program and the strong KU Lawrence town gown relationship. They urge volunteers to report promptly and stress education as a common goal. Al Dorow note: former MSU quarterback held Spartan pass record with 64 completions in 1951.
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Lawrence
Simons
Help-Ku
Wescoe
Ku-Lawrence
University
U.S
Williams
al Dorow
Michigan State
Spartan
Bali Volcanic Eruption Kills at Least 400 in Bali
AP reports Bali’s Agung volcano has killed at least 400 people with 125 injured, as 250000 residents flee a 20 mile radius. President Sukarno declares disaster zone while lava, ash and dark skies complicate relief near Besakih temple and Denpasar.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Bali
Agung
Indonesian Civil Defense Organization
Sukarno
Mecca
Red Cross
Civil Defense
East Java
Besakih
Denpasar
Nazarene Church Hosts Quartet With Bethany College Members
Justin Rice of Lawrence sings with the Bethany Nazarene College quartet at the Church of the Nazarene in 1942 Mass. Rice, a Bethany junior in religious education, joins Larry Lewis, Wayne Rice, and Ray Cook as they perform for church groups and civic events. The quartet performs Friday, Saturday, Sunday sessions and has appeared at national events and on media outlets. Bethany College, in Bethany Oklahoma, enrolls about 1200 students across 30 states.
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Justin Rice
Lawrence
Bethany Nazarene College
Church of the Nazarene
Mass. Rice
Frank L. Rice
Ohio St
Lawrence High School
LHS
Bethany College
Bethany
Oklo
Larry Lewis
Kansas City
Wayne Rice
Tulsa
Ray Cook
Maysville
Fate of Turner and a TV Remain in Keach Slaying
Alvin Russell Turner, a 35 year old Kansas City soldier, faces life in prison after a Fulton County jury convicted him of first degree murder in the killing of John R. Keach. The case centered on a stolen television and a chain of events leading to a fatal confrontation in Fairway, Kansas. Turner admitted driving Roy Jack Loren to the Keach home but said he did not know Loren planned the crime or enter the house. A new trial motion was set for April 17 as Turner awaits sentencing.
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Clathe
Kan
Alvin Russell Turner
Kansas City
John R. Keach
Roy Jack Loren
Beaches
Loren
Turner
Arlington
Keach
Earl E. O'Connor
House Bill Targets Powell Family Staff Jobs
The House Administration Committee approved a bill to bar using federal funds to pay staff who do not work in Washington or in the representative's home state. It would force Powell's wife, earning 13308 a year in Puerto Rico, and Meader's daughter, earning 2010, to resign those posts. The action targets employees serving from outside home districts.
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Washington
Adam Clayton Powell
Puerto Rico
House Administration Committee
House
George Meader
University of Florida
Powell
New York
Exceptional Voter Turnout Seen for City's Election
City Clerk Harold Fisher predicts an exceptional turnout for the April 2 city election in Lawrence as 8 600 voters are registered with over 12 000 eligible. A $195 000 Broken Arrow Park pool bond appears on the ballot along with 10 candidates for City Commission and School Board. Polling places are reduced from 21 to 13 with several site changes noted.
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Lawrence
Harold Fisher
City Hall
Broken Arrow Park
Fisher
School Board
Oscar Rumpsey
Ethan Allen
Ray Culbertson
C. C. Nauman
City Commission
Fred Cooper
Emory Scott
James Schubert
James Titus
Donald Binns
Ernest Pulliam
Sanders Motor Co
Hillcrest School
Allen Fieldhouse
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Lawrence High
Schwegler School
Centennial
East Heights
Opal Jayne Kennedy
New York School
Lawrence students praised for Capitol visit and more local notes
Thirty two pupils in Mrs. Carol Garcia's fourth grade class from Opal Jayne Kennedy School were commended by State Sen. Don Hults for their classroom behavior after visiting the State Capitol State Office Building and Governor's mansion in Topeka. Homeroom mothers were Mrs. Robert Gillmore Mrs. John Holt and Mrs. Dick Mulally. Lawrence residents may take a Peace Corps placement test at 8:30 a.m. Saturday at the Lawrence Post Office with tests also set for April 27 and June 8. About 70 advance entries are received for the World Twirling Association national open baton twirling contest at the National Guard Armory with Lawrence entrants. Bob Skahan from Columbus signed a Kansas University football letter of intent, becoming KU coach Jack Mitchell’s first high school signee.
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Carol Garcia
Opal Jayne Kennedy School
State Capitol
Topeka
Don Hults
Lawrence
Robert Gillmore
John Holt
Dick Mulally
Lawrence Area
Peace Corps
National Guard Armory
2Nd
Iowa
Douglas County
Sandra McCall
Sharon Spence
Anita Wilson
Teresa Wilson
Sandra Wilson
Brenda Moon
Kathy Spence
Bob Skahan
Kansas
Columbus
Kansas University
Jack Mitchell
Skahan
Mitchell
Sherman Lewis An MSU Co-Captain For 1963 Teams
Sherman Lewis of Louisville will co-captain Michigan State University football and track teams in 1963. The dual role places him at the forefront of MSU athletics as the Spartans pursue strong seasons in both sports.
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Sherman Lewis
Louisville
Michigan
Card of Thanks for Julie Ann Johnston
We thank the nurses and doctors Wilcox Hermes Gilles Branson for care at the hospital title. We also thank friends and relatives for cards words and help during the loss of our precious daughter and sister Julie Ann Johnston who was with us briefly but will live in our hearts forever from Mr and Mrs Roy Johnston Bruce and David Johnston
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Hermes
Gilles
Branson
Julie Ann
Roy Johnston
Bruce
David
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