Gang Like Slaying Leaves One Dead In Kansas City Tavern
In Kansas City at the Carasal II tavern on West Ninth Street two masked men executed H. C. Kennedy, owner of On the Beam Enterprises, after forcing Kennedy and three barmaids to lie on the floor. Kennedy was shot in the men’s room. the attackers fled.
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Kansas City
H. C
Jack) Kennedy
Carasal
West Ninth Street
Kennedy
On the Beam Enterprises, Inc
Eugene Mansfield
Deloris Studebaker
Lawrence High honors 28 social scholarship recipients
Lawrence High School held honors assemblies naming Nancy Gallup as Frank Hart Olney scholar and recognizing 27 sophomores for top one quarter exam performance in National Educational Development tests. Principal Neal Wherry praised the awards as reflecting credit to students and school.
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Frank Hart Olney
Lawrence
Nancy Gallup
Alfred F. Gallup
W.est St
Gallup
Kansas American Legion
First Presbyterian Church
Kansas
LHS
Neal Wherry
Karen Tucker
Gay Cook
Nancy Pinet
Stephen Ridgway
Johanna Branson
Roy Browne
Nomi Camin
Mike Edwardson
Angela Elniff
Cynthia Erhart
Judith Henry
Suki Hinman
Nancy Hitt
Vic Jacobson
Gaylene Killinger
Rosemary King
Patricia Kuhn
Rowe McKinley
Mike Mersmann
Linda Metzler
George Milleret
Robert Neth
Laura Platt
Eric Stinson
Gregory Thomas
Robert Whitaker
Pamela Zwink
Final Plans Made For Wherry Event
Preparations are underway for a community reception honoring Neal Wherry on his 25 years as Lawrence High School principal. The Sunday event at the Crystal dining room of the Eldridge Hotel runs 3 30 to 6 00 p m with refreshments. Contributions to a travel fund for the Wherrys are being collected via Post Office Box 572.
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Neal Wherry
Lawrence High School
Crystal
Eldridge Hotel
Earl Farris
Route 4
Jones
Lawrence
Sheriff’s Office
Big Eight to Compete For College Bowl
The Big Eight College Bowl championship will be held Sunday at the Kansas University Union with KU among five or six teams. Competing schools include Colorado Oklahoma State Kansas State Missouri and possibly Nebraska. The Stephenson Scholarship Hall team will represent KU after its recent local and KU championship wins. Rounds begin 1 45 p m with finals at 3 15 p m in the Forum Room. Admission is free. The public is invited.
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Kansas University Union
Colorado
Oklahoma State
Kansas State
Missouri
Nebraska
Gary Smith
Stephenson
Beta Theta Pi Fraternity
Meadowlark
Cottonwood Rooms
Forum Room
Navy ROTC Spring Review and Color Ceremony
The Kansas University Naval ROTC holds a Spring Review and Color Ceremony at 7 tonight in front of Allen Fieldhouse. Color Girl Carol Whipple, a Sedan freshman, participates in the transfer of colors and review. Richard H. Hartman is presented a sword by the Lawrence Council of the Navy League as top midshipman for four years.
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Kansas University Naval Rotc
Allen Fieldhouse
Carol Whipple
Sedan
Richard H. Hartman
Lawrence Council
Navy League
NATO Seeks 200 Missile Navy for Europe
Washington officials say the United States and European allies plan a 200 missile surface ship based force in European waters. The move aims to advance NATO actions amid De Gaulle’s nationalist stance and follows talks on trade barriers and long term defense plans.
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Washington
State Department
United States
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Charles de Gaulle
Pentagon
Britain
NATO
Europe
London
Washington Post Foreign Service
Robert S. McNamara
Pearson Accuses Udall of Political Motives on Prairie Park Talk
Sen. James Pearson accuses Secretary Udall of making political statements about Kansas handling of the Prairie National Park. He says the Interior report is delayed for a land-value reappraisal and hopes release will allow Senate committees to act. Bills for park creation have been introduced by Pearson, Carlson, and Avery.
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Washington
James B. Pearson
R-Kan
Interior
Stewart L. Udall
Kansas
Prairie National Park
Udall
Pearson
Interior Department
National Park Service
Senate
Sen
Frank Carlson
Kan
House
William H. Avery
Reuther backs Barry Goldwater for 1964 GOP nomination
Walter Reuther says Goldwater should be the Republican nominee to offer a clear choice between Democratic and Republican philosophies. He also predicts President Kennedy will win re election decisively.
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Detroit
Walter P. Reuther
Barry Goldwater
Reuther
Kennedy
State Radio Men Open 2 Day Convention Here
The Kansas Association of Radio Broadcasters began a two day convention at the Hotel Eldridge and Kansas University. President James A. McCain of Kansas State University, Lee Fondren of Denver, William J. Kaland of Westinghouse, Frank E. X. Dance of KU, and Carl E. Bolte of Kansas City Insurance are among the featured speakers.
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Kansas Association of Radio Broadcasters Today
Eldridge
Kansas University
Max Falktenstien
Topeka Radio
Lawrence
James A. McCain
Kansas State University
Lee Fondren
Denver Radio
William J. Kaland
Westinghouse Broadcasting
Frank E. X. Dance
KU Department of Speech and Drama
Carl E. Bolte
Kansas City Insurance
Kennedys Rent Home In Virginia Hunt Country
President and Mrs Kennedy have rented their Virginia hunting country home to Mr and Mrs A Dana Hodgdon for four months from June to September. Hodgdon is a Washington broker. The rental is reported at 1000 dollars per month. Andrew T Hatcher announced the arrangement. The house sits on Rattlesnake Mountain near Atoka Virginia.
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Hyannisport
Mass
Kennedy
Virginia Hunt Country
Dana Hodgdon
Hodgdon
Washington
Andrew T. Hatcher
White House
Hodgdons
Rattlesnake Mountain
Atoka
Wherry Kiwanis Guest Retiring Lawrence High Leader Honored
Neal Wherry was the special guest at the Lawrence Kiwanis Club luncheon in the Eldridge Hotel. R Wayne Nelson directed seven LHS students who performed after winning the state music festival: Connie Shaver Linda Winters Alan Hitt Ken Whitenight Nancy Hitt Nancy Gallup and Nancy Maloney.
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Lawrence High School
Neal Wherry
Lawrence Kiwanis Club
Eldridge Hotel
R. Wayne Nelson
LHS
Connie Shaver
Linda Winters
Alan Hitt
Ken Whitenight
Nancy Hitt
Nancy Gallup
Nancy Maloney
Poems from Black Africa includes KU student work
Lawrence and KU figures gain mention as Augustine G. Kyes a KU senior in engineering is featured in Langston Hughes edited Poems from Black Africa from Indiana University Press. Hughes has local ties to Lawrence and KU Library hosts extensive Hughes materials.
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Kansas University
Ghana
Langston Hughes
Indiana University Press
Augustine G. Kyes
Louisiana
Hughes
Lawrence
Mamie Eisenhower Undergoes Neck Tumor Surgery
Former First Lady Mamie Eisenhower undergoes surgery at Walter Reed Hospital Washington DC to remove a small non malignant neck tumor. A hospital spokesman says she is making a good recovery and expected to leave hospital in a few days. She has been a patient since last Monday.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington, D.C
Eisenhower
Death sentences asked in Penkovsky spy case trial
In Moscow a military prosecutor urged the death penalty for Oleg Penkovsky, accused of spying for U.S. and British intelligence. He also sought 10 years for British contact Greville Wynne, with testimony highlighting alleged sex and drinking parties. Verdicts were due after Saturday’s court session.
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Moscow
Oleg Penkovsky
U.S
Greville Wynne
Penkovsky
Artem Gorny
Foreign Affairs Department
Izvestia
Wynne
Political Science Internship Program Dropped by Council
The Kansas Legislative Council killed a controversial political science internship program with 50 50 cost sharing from the state and Ford Foundation. The rules committee reversed earlier approval for three students including KU applicant George Blackwood Jr. Baldwin a first year law student.
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Kansas Legislative Council
Kansas University
Ford Foundation
George Blackwood Jr
Baldwin
Wheat Yield Forecasts For Kansas and Nation
Washington AP The Agriculture Department forecasts this winter wheat crop at 884.519 million bushels, down 42.481 million from last month. It compares with 816.379 million last year and the 1957-61 average of 997.73 million. Kansas figures show 8.447 million acres harvested at 21 bushels per acre for a production of 77.506 million bushels.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Kansas
Stassen hints at NH bid after Minnesota speech
Former Minnesota governor Harold E. Stassen said he may run in the New Hampshire presidential primary and other state contests if things go well in New Hampshire. He spoke at the Minnesota Historical Society annual meeting in St Paul while practicing as a Philadelphia lawyer.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Minnesota
Harold E. Stassen
New Hampshire
Stassen
Philadelphia
Minnesota Historical Society
Topeka Merchants Battle Parking Meter Rate Hike
Topeka merchants met with city officials to block a proposed meter rate increase. Finance Commissioner Charles W. Ransom indicated he would push Tuesday to approve raising rates from five cents per hour to five cents for 30 minutes.
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Topeka
Finance Comm
Charles W. Ransom
Young Muggers Kill Man On Brooklyn Subway
In Brooklyn a man about 50 was killed when two youths clubbed him on a subway platform and pushed him into an oncoming eight car train. Witnesses heard him cry for help as he resisted the attack. The victim carried little cash and had no ID. The assailants fled.
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New York
Brooklyn
Kennedy Keeps Green Lawn Care Redesigns Bluegrass Plot
President Kennedy tends a White House rose garden redesigned under his direction with National Park Service staff. The rainbow of flowers blooms April to November, with a weed free Melton bluegrass lawn protected early on by boards now removed as the lawn matures.
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Washington
Kennedy
White House
Woodrow Wilson
National Park Service
Melton
Haskell Gym Renovation Won by B A Green Co
The Bureau of Indian Affairs awards a 52558 dollar contract to B A Green Construction Co of Lawrence for Haskell Institute girls gym renovation. Work includes balcony removal, oak flooring on the court, rebuilt entry, new sash windows and a tiled basement with shuffleboard and volleyball courts. Completion is planned 90 days after start.
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Bureau of Indian Affairs
Washington
D. C
Haskell Institute
B. A. Green Construction Co
Lawrence
Hiawatha Gymnasium
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