Electric Firms Near Settlement On TaxDeductible Damages
The bulk of the nations electrical equipment industry faces final settlement costs around 460 million dollars for antitrust price fixing. A July IRS ruling lets the firms deduct damage settlements as ordinary business expenses, sparking a clash with lawmakers over potential tax savings.
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New York
Internal Revenue Service
General Electric
Westinghouse
Justice Department
Philadelphia
Associated Press
Internal Revenue , Service
IRS
Philip Hart
D-Mich
House Judiciary
Emmanuel Celler
D-N.y
31 Dead in Iberia Airlines Crash in Canary Islands
Consuls and officials from six nations identified 31 people killed when Iberia Airlines Flight from Madrid crashed on landing at Los Rodeos Airport Tenerife. The four engine Convair broke in two and burned in fog with 40 passengers and eight crew. Survivors were reported in grave condition.
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Santa Cruz DE Tenerife
Canary Islands
Iberia Airlines
Madrid
Los A Rodeos
Iberia
Police Roll Out Carpet To Halt Burglary Spree
Newark officers chased a burglary suspect from a second floor into an attic where a dusty carpet lay rolled up. They unrolled the rug and found Donald Wilson 19 concealed inside. He was charged with breaking and entering.
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Newark
Donald Wilson
Sokal Elected President of Local Jewish Center
Robert Sokal was elected president of the Lawrence Jewish Community Center for the coming year at a meeting on Wednesday night at the Center. Ralph Wolfson was named vice president Manuel Schonhorn secretary and Harold Stein treasurer. Aaron Rabinovitz Sidney Feldman and Hugh Swartz joined the board. High Holidays planned to begin Sept 27.
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Robert Sokal
Lawrence
Highland
Ralph Wolfson
Manuel Schonhorn
Harold Stein
Aaron Rabinovitz
Sidney Feldman
Hugh Swartz
Supreme Court May Hear Case on Sheppard Appeal
Attorney F Lee Bailey plans to pursue a U S Supreme Court appeal to keep Dr Sam Sheppard free after the 6th Circuit ordered his return to Ohio Penitentiary Bailys arrival from Boston and immediate conference with Sheppard and colleagues followed the decision Sheppard, jailed for his wifes 1954 Bay Village murder, was released in July after a ruling of unfair trial He faces a potential parole two months from now if kept out of prison during the appeal window.
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Cleveland, Ohio
F. Lee Bailey
Sam Sheppard
Ohio
U.S. Supreme Court
Bailey
Boston
Sheppard
6Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Cincinnati
Bay Village
Lake Erie
U.S
Carl Weinman
Weinman
Supreme Court
Ariane Tebbenjohanns
Rocky River
Ariane
Chicago
Labor Party Faces Toughest Commons Test on Steel Nationalization
Prime Minister Harold Wilson’s Labour government seeks backing in a House of Commons vote on a white paper outlining steel nationalization principles. MPs were recalled from distant joins including San Francisco and India, with expectations of a narrow win possibly by two votes out of 630, though illness or delays could alter the result. Defeat would not immediately topple Wilson.
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London
Harold Wilson
House of Commons
Wilson
Britain
Commons
San Francisco
India
Draft Cards Burned By 40 Youths at Berkeley
Forty UC students burned their draft cards in front of the Berkeley Draft Board to protest the invasion of the Dominican Republic. Police photographed the event as the group squatted in a huddle and piled burning cards while hundreds marched after a noon rally on the UC Berkeley campus.
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Berkeley
Calif
University of California
Dominican Republic
UC Berkeley
United States
Davis to Serve On Camp Faculty at KU
British violinist Michael Davis, winner of the 1957 International Carl Flesch Competition, joins the 28th Annual Midwestern Music and Art Camp at Kansas University from June 20 to August 1. He will teach KU students and campers and give two recitals after a season with Wooster College.
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Michael Davis
Kansas University
Davis
London Philharmonic
City of
Long Hot Summer Warning From Race Leader In Syracuse
James Farmer national director of CORE warned a 1500-strong Clinton Square crowd that a long hot summer lies ahead in the North and South unless segregation ends. The Selma to Syracuse reverse Freedom Ride group led a seven-block march with orderly traffic control by police amid protests of northern hypocrisy.
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Syracuse
N. Y
James Farmer
The
Congress of Racial Equality
South
Farmer
Clinton Square
Selma
Ala
Erie Boulevard
Upstate
Eudora Road-E-O Winners Set for State Contest
The first Eudora Junior Chamber of Commerce Road-E-O winners are David Tuggle and Violet Gray who will compete in the State Road-E-O on June 12 in Augusta. Twenty five teen drivers under 19 with licenses entered the local contest judged by state patrol and county sheriff officials. Bill Englebrecht, Road-E-O chairman, praised the turnout and hopes for an annual event.
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Eudora
State Highway Patrol
Douglas County Sheriff's Office
Bill Englebrecht
Area Boy Awards Third in All Kansas Spelling Bee
Warren Stroud of Leavenworth County, an eighth grader at Mackey Grade School, placed third in the 12th annual All Kansas Spelling Bee at Washburn University in Topeka. He spelled words such as lackadaisical apterous apocryphal tracheotomy potpourri and missed phylogeny. He received Britannica sets and an atlas.
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Warren Stroud
Leavenworth County
Washburn University
Topeka
Stroud
James Helpley
Route 4
Mackey
Lawrence
Phyllis Daniels
Leonard Stroud
U.S. Navy
Andrew Jackson
Rota
Spain
Warren
Pitcher beer ban tightens drinks in Junction City
Junction City officials passed an ordinance limiting on premise beer to 10 ounces per serving after reports of pitchers holding up to a half gallon. The move targets taverns where oversized servings were common.
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Junction City
KU Choir Plans Sunday Event
The 85 member Kansas University Concert Choir will give an hour long concert at 3 30 p m Sunday in University Theatre. James Ralston calls the program a semester project with varied works from Palestrina Bach Halffter Cervantes and Poulenc featuring soloists Judy Howell and Lee Hawke.
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Kansas University Concert Choir
University Theatre
James Ralston
Ralston
Rodolfo Halffter
Judy Howell
Hinsdale
Ill
Lee Hawke
Manhattan
Miguel Cervantes
Francis Poulenc
Local Bank Plans New Branch at Hillcrest Shopping Center
A local bank seeks to expand by establishing a new branch at the Hillcrest Shopping Center located at 8th and Iowa Streets in Lawrence. Lawrence currently hosts two national banks and one state bank, with growth expected to attract a wider area population.
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Hillcrest
8Th and
Iowa Sts
Lawrence
Lawrence National
First National
Douglas County State
KU conference gathers about 400 law officers on crime issues
About 400 law enforcement officers met at Kansas University for a conference on crime and police problems. James S. Kline, KU Government Research Center police training coordinator and president of the Kansas Missouri chapter of the FBI National Academy Associates, led the event at the Kansas Union.
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Kansas University
Kansas Union
James S. Kline
KU Government Research Center
Kansas-Missouri
Federal Bureau of Investigation
National Academy Associates
British Jazz Tour Clash Escalates US Visa Spat
Britain’s Musicians Union moved to halt Louis Armstrong’s June tour in response to the suspension of the UK US exchange, after Kenny Ball’s Jazzmen were blocked at London Airport for lacking sufficient visas. Armstrong’s band had been slated for an exchange visit.
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London
Britain
Musicians Union
Louis Armstrong
Kenny Ball
Jazzmen
U. S
Ball
Moscow
America
Tulane University
Harry Francis
Musicians’ Union
Immigration Authority
Armstrong
British Union
American Federation
The
Animals
Francis
Charleston
S. C
Beatles
Stan Kenton
Duke Ellington
American Musicians Union
Communion Event At Trinity Site
Trinity Lutheran Church hosts the first of a three summer communion services at 9 and 11 am. Pastor Harold Hamilton delivers the message. David Johnson assists as liturgist. Church leaders Les Beguelin and George Anderson help administer the sacrament. Choirs sing. a leadership course session on Helping Children Worship runs 10 to 10 45 am with 15 members enrolled.
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Trinity Lutheran Church
Harold Hamilton
David Johnson
National Lutheran Council
Kansas University
Les Beguelin
Church Council
George Anderson
Don Nelson
Lutheran Church In America
English honors winners named at KU luncheon
First prize in English honors awarded to Great Bend senior Honorees English Howard Eaton and Hildreth Hoecker who live at 1503 Haskell. KU English professor W. D. Paden said the committee expanded the annual prize because the written examinations were excellent this year. Each winner received 50 dollars at a Kansas Union luncheon.
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Howard Eaton
Great Bend
Kansas University
Hildreth Hoecker
Haskell
W. D. Paden
Kansas Union
KU Grid Coach Joins New Life Insurance Board
Kansas University football coach Jack Mitchell was named a board member of American Investors Life Insurance Co. in Topeka. The firm, organized by Kansas and Missouri natives, plans headquarters in Topeka’s White Lakes Shopping Center with 250 stockholders buying 500000 shares for 1 million dollars in capital. James H. Carter is president and Bob Speake is vice president and training director.
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Kansas University
Jack Mitchell
American Investors Life Insurance Co
Topeka
Mitchell
Lawrence
Frank Sullivan
White Lakes
James H. Carter
Modern American Life Insurance Co
Springfield
Bob Speake
San Francisco Giants
Chicago Cubs
Civil Air Patrol Plans Large Eastern Kansas Exercise
Civil Air Patrol and Civil Defense outline a two day exercise in eastern Kansas for May 22 23 with about 20 units and 25 aircraft. Douglas County Red Cross first aid instructors will operate under a disaster plan. The event is approved by the U S Air Force and Civil Defense will rate performance.
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Lawrence
Civil Air Patrol
National Guard
CAP
George S. McAnany
John H. Lehr
Kansas City
Kansas
Civil Air Patrol Squadron
D. P. Welling
Douglas County Red Cross
U. S. Air Force
Civil Defense
House approves VA facility closings and public works funding
The House Appropriations Committee backed President Johnsons plan to close veterans facilities and approved 105.6 million dollars for public building construction in 31 cities as part of a 14.086 billion dollar federal appropriations bill for the new fiscal year. The panel left room to reconsider the proposed shutdown of 11 veterans hospitals amid strong opposition.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Johnsons
Doorkeepers and Pages Target of Rhode Island Bill
Rhode Island state Rep. Robert Breslin Jr. filed a bill to cap doorkeepers at 13 and pages at 21 in the legislature. The measure, introduced Wednesday, would save about $61,800 in salaries per session.
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Providence
R.I
Robert Breslin Jr
Rhode Island
Breslin
Windy 1965 Spring Rattles Lawrence Gardens
In Lawrence residents report an unusually windy spring with persistent early morning gusts that last into night. Gardeners say wind limits spraying and harms blooming mums and daylilies, hindering fertilizing and planting across the season.
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Lawrence
Lawrence Spring Cleanup tops week with 147 truckloads hauled
City crews gathered 147 truckloads of refuse through Wednesday in the Lawrence Spring Cleanup. Sanitation Superintendent George Hutchinson praised resident cooperation, noting the program runs twice yearly with free curbside removal.
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City
Lawrence
City Sanitation Department
George Hutchison
In Memoriam Charles C Nelson May 6 1963
In loving memory of Charles C Nelson who passed away two years ago today May 6 1963. He is sadly missed by wife Ella Mae Nelson Carlene and Dennis Thompson.
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Charles C. Nelson
Ella Mae Nelson
Carlene
Dennis Thompson
Card of Thanks from KU India Club and Hospital Well Wishes
The KU India Club thanks the Lawrence business community for support during its fund raising. P C Gupta President India Club also expresses gratitude to doctors Frink and Holladay nurses and friends for care, cards, flowers and gifts during a hospital stay. Mrs Faye Christian thanks well wishers. O T Davis thanks friends for cards letters and calls during a Topeka VA Hospital stay.
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KU India Club
Lawrence
P. C. Gupta
India Club
Frink & Holladay
Faye Christian
Topeka VA Hospital
O. T. Davis
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