Kennedy predicts new round of nuclear testing
President Kennedy warned of a renewed U S and Soviet test series unless a comprehensive testing ban treaty is reached this year a scenario he doubts will happen He stressed Birmingham racial tensions must be addressed yet optimism remains about progress and he called for better race relations across the nation He noted Khrushchev's Laos pledge but cited a Laos helicopter attack as a sign not living up to commitments He praised the OAS role in stabilizing Haiti and the Dominican Republic He outlined plans for a Hyannisport weekend with Lester Pearson and defended Adm George W Andersons replacement as naval chief He acknowledged dissatisfaction among Pentagon civilians with civilian leadership while defending the administrations decisions He urged limits on constitutional changes to curb Supreme Court powers and said a grain subsidy bill is unlikely if wheat growers resist curbs He endorsed aid for an India government steel mill to support its need for steel
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Kansas Radio Broadcasters Convene Two Day Meeting
The 13th annual Kansas Association of Radio Broadcasters convention will be held Friday and Saturday at the Hotel Eldridge and Kansas University. President Max Falkenstien leads about 200 attendees with speakers from Kansas State University KU Westinghouse Denver and more.
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Eldridge
Kansas University
Topeka
Max Falkenstien
Lawrence
KARB
James A. McCain
Kansas State University
Lee Fondren
Denver
William J. Kaland
Westinghouse Broadcasting Co
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Carl E. Bolte
Kansas City Insurance
KU Radio-Tv
KU Union
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Carl Sisskind
W. Earl Dougherty
Owen Sadler
Joseph M. McDonald
Bob Schmidt
Richard Garrett
Hugo Matoush
Pentagon cites Greenland Thule cable breaks not deliberate
The Defense Department listed six Thule Greenland ocean-bottom cable breaks since 1961 with causes including icebergs, trawlers, and storms. It said no deliberate acts by any nation’s vessels and that alternate circuits kept contact with Thule.
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Pentagon
Thule
Greenland
Defense Department
Color Girl to Lead NROTC Events at Kansas University
Carol Whipple a Kansas University freshman will serve as Color Girl for the NROTC at the Navy Spring Review and Color Ceremony Friday evening in front of Allen Fieldhouse. She will oversee the color transfer and midshipmen review and then preside over the Ring Dance Saturday at the Kansas Union with the Corpus Christi band providing music.
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Miss Whipple
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Tex
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Alpha Company
Health Board weighs 10 acre site for new elementary school
The Health Board, awaiting legal opinion, considers a 10 acre tract one mile west of Hallmark Cards as the potential elementary school site. Board actions include a $400000 investment in 90 day treasury bills and several resignations and teaching appointments across elementary and secondary levels.
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Hallmark Cards, Inc
General Fund
Treasury
Audrey J. Blackledge
Frances Fisher
Charlotte Bell
Marlene Novotny
Glenda Reid
Eleanor Stuart
Louise Hough
Claudine Long
Janet Knapp
Jerelean Krehbiel
Mary Mahieu
Walter Lyle Redman
Carolyn Solera
Clarice Swisher
Kathryn Wallis
Kenneth Graham
Lois Beal
LaWanda Burkett
Gene Calgaard
Lois Cerne
Mary Gordon
Erma Heisler
Celia Jeffers
Juanita Leslie
Mary Ellen Kolka
Richard P. Kringen
Mary Quigley
Shirley M. Roberts
Marcia
Houston Minister To Head Baptists
Rev. K. Owen White pastor of the First Baptist Church of Houston was elected president of the Southern Baptist Convention on the third ballot. White, a 60 year old London native, leads a fundamentalist bloc pushing liberal doctrines from six seminaries. He has served in Gainesville Georgia Atlanta Washington and Little Rock before Houston.
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Southern Baptist Convention
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Imanuel Baptist Church
Little Rock
Mc. White
London
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Southern Baptist Seminary
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Houston
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Atlanta
Washington
Olathe Naval Air Station To Stay Active says Navy
Kansas Senators James B. Pearson and Rob ert Ellsworth report assurances from the Navy that the Olathe Kansas Naval Air Station will remain an active installation. They say the Navy has no plans to close the station and its operational usefulness will remain firm amid doubts raised by a Navy analysis.
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Washington
James B. Pearson
Robert Ellsworth
Kansas
Navy
Olathe, Kan., Naval Air Station
Olathe Station
Starvation Diet at LOS ANGELES Hospital Attracts Patients
At Wadsworth Veterans Hospital an obesity study uses starvation to induce rapid weight loss. Twelve patients have reduced weight, led by Elaine Johnson who has dieted 101 days and dropped from 315 to 200 pounds. Leland Poe has shed 10 pounds in two days from 444, aiming for 230 in six months.
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Los Angeles
Wadsworth Veterans Hospital
Wadsworth
Elaine Johnson
Dr. Drenick
Leland Poe
Poe
Hudson Kansas Bank Break-In Leaves Money Unclear
Hudson State Bank was entered during the night and president John Payne said the amount taken, if any, was not yet determined this morning. He awaited FBI agents to inspect the vault after finding it open and papers scattered at 7 45 a m. Hudson, a Stafford County town of 200, sits about 20 miles southeast of Great Bend.
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Hudson, Kan
Hudson State Bank
John Payne
FBI
Payne
Hudson
Stafford County
Great Bend
Duncan Named to Kansas Turnpike Authority
Gov John Anderson appoints Robert F Duncan Atchison attorney to the Turnpike Authority filling the vacancy after Ivan Wassbergs death Duncan previously served as Atchison County prosecutor and is a former county attorney.
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Topeka
John Anderson
Robert F. Duncan
Atchison
Kansas Turnpike Authority
Duncan
Atchison County
Ivan Wassberg
Kansas Building Stone Association Names Officers
Allison Hornbaker of the Kansas University State Geological Survey will serve as temporary corresponding secretary for the newly formed Kansas Building Stone Association. Hornbaker heads the mineral resources division. Charles Lardner of Topeka is elected president, Harold Born of Wichita treasurer, and Max H. Bayer of St. Marys secretary.
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Allison Hornbaker
Kansas University State Geological Survey
Kansas Building Stone Association
Hornbaker
State Survey
Charles Lardner
Topeka
Harold Born
Wichita
Max H. Bayer
St. Marys
Pershing Rifles Group At KU Wins in Drills
Army ROTC students at Kansas University in the Pershing Rifles fared well at the regional drill meet hosted by Oklahoma State University. Kenny Whitt won first in the freshman drill, Jim Hamilton tied for first among sophomores, Wheeler tied for fourth, McCain and Dickinson took second and fifth in juniors, KU placed second overall, Dickinson led the exhibition drill, and soloists included Tom Wright and Whitt.
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Pershing Rifles
Oklahoma State University
Kenny Whitt
Parsons
Leavenworth
Jim Hamilton
Richard Wheeler
Lawrence
Kent McCain
Akron
Ohio
Bill Dickinson
Kansas City
Dickinson
Tom Wright
Mission
Whitt
College Bowl Contest Set For Sunday At KU
Kansas University hosts the Big Eight intramural College Bowl Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Kansas Union. Four man teams from KU Kansas State Colorado Nebraska Iowa State Missouri participate with Oklahoma State absent. Iowa State headlines with an all star squad while KU’s team from Stevenson Hall features Chris Hadley Dave Scott Willard Hiebert and James Girard.
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Kansas Union
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Colorado
Nebraska
Iowa State
Missouri
Oklahoma State
Oklahoma
Stephenson Hall
Chris Hadley
Prairie Village
Dave Scott
Jackson Heights
Kennedy shows bandaged finger after bread slicing mishap
President Kennedy arrives at a news conference with a small bandage on the middle finger of his right hand. He jokes that cutting bread caused the wound and aides say it happened a week earlier during a raid on the icebox.
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Washington
Kennedy
White House
Auditing Probe Ordered Over Lost State Bond Case
Gov. John Anderson ordered a probe into auditing procedures after a former state employee was arrested in Seattle trying to cash a 10,000 dollar U S government bond missing from the Kansas state treasurer vault. Bond was held as security for bank deposits. audit officials say they cannot explain the loss.
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Topeka
Treasury
John Anderson
Seattle
U.S. Secret Service
David Johnson
Post-Audit Department
State Auditor's Office
Kansas
Walter H. Peery
U.S
Citizens State Bank of
Mayor Describes Alleged Kickback in City Contract
STREATOR Ill AP Mayor Ray Sopher 48 father of four says a $3000 payment from a Kansas firm on a $30000 contract was a political contribution. He faces a federal charge of interfering with interstate commerce by extortion and is free on 1000 bond awaiting a hearing. FBI seized him in a Chicago hotel after collecting the money in a sealed envelope from Smith Loveless Inc Lenexa Kan.
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Streator
Ill
Ray Sopher
Kansas
Sopher
FBI
Chicago
Smith & Loveless, Inc
Lenexa, Kan
B. Alden Smith
Latin students at LHS shine in national test
Lawrence High School Latin students place highly in a national exam by the Association for the Promotion of the Study of Latin. Mary Backus and Donald Simpson win medals with top scores. The LHS team earns its second trophy since 1958, with multiple certificates of merit and honorable mentions.
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Lawrence High School
The
Association For Promotion of Study of
Mary Backus
Donald Simpson
Miss Backus
Simpson
Gay Cook
Nancy Pinet
Martha Berry
Cynthia Hubbard
William Moorhead
Connie Adams
Ricky Tindle
Bob Flannery
Jeanne Moore
Tom Murray
Ken Wertzberger
Sandra Crumer
William Knox
George Milleret
Anne Shulenberger
Shirley Hemming
Doris Lanning
John Moore
Mary Higley
Thomas Johnson
Connie Sabol
Gertrude Ruttan
Kansas University
Schweiker Drops Plan for Szili Investigation
Rep. Richard Schweiker announced he would not pursue a congressional probe into the case of former Marine officer William A. Szili who claims he was ousted for helping hide a Cuban spy. The move leaves the Guantanamo Bay bus driver Ruben Lopez death and burial case under secrecy, with Szili and his attorney to decide next steps.
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Washington
Richard S. Schweiker
R-Pa
William A. Szili
Szili
Marine Corps
Schweiker
Ruben Lopez
U.S. Naval Base
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Szill
John J. O’brien Jr
Philadelphia
In Memoriam Elmer E Taylor 1953 May 9
In loving memory of our beloved husband and father Elmer E Taylor who entered eternal life ten years ago on May 9 1953. He is sadly missed by Mrs Taylor and their children and grandchildren.
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Elmer. E. Taylor
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