Soviet court sentences Penkovsky to death in espionage case
In Moscow a military tribunal sentenced former Soviet official Oleg Penkovsky to death for espionage. British co defendant Greville Wynne received eight years with three in prison and the rest in a corrective labor camp. The verdict followed a five day trial as spectators applauded.
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Moscow
Oleg Penkovsky
Greville Wynne
Viktor Borisoglebsky
Wynne
Penkovsky
Andrew
England
Washington
London
Nikolai Borovik
Soviet Bloc
Borovik
Alabama Negroes Prepare Voter Drive After Integration Win
Jubilant African American leaders plan a door to door voter registration drive in Birmingham following a six week integration campaign. City officials reject the agreement’s binding power while Police Commissioner Eugene Connor denounces it as a lie. The group outlined steps for desegregation of lunch counters and facilities, nondiscriminatory hiring, and release of arrestees, though the pact has no official status.
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Birmingham
Ala
Martin Luther King Jr
Atlanta
Eugene Connor
Connor
King
Sidney Smyer
Smyer
Albert Boutwell
Cooper Plans Final Rendezvous Prep For Space Flight
Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr enters the ready room at Cape Canaveral for a 72 hour lead up to the Faith 7 mission. He will follow a stringent diet, receive medical checks, and review flight plans as Alan Shepard may join for a systems test.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
U.S
Cooper
Alan Shepard
Committee of 100 to survey Lawrence plan report
Lawrence's committee of more than 100 leading citizens meets at 7 30 p m May 21 in the Lawrence High School Little Theater to hear the first report on the city's comprehensive plan. John Cofer of Harland Bartholomew Associates will speak.
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Committee of 100
Lawrence
Lawrence High School
City Commission
Harland Bartholomew & Associates
St. Louis
John Cofer
City Commission and Planning Commission
Floods Kill 50 in Iran Port City Khurram Shahr
Heavy floods hit Khurramshahr on the Persian Gulf killing more than 50 people. Eyewitnesses report many corpses seen in the Karoun River flowing into the gulf near the port city.
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Iran
Tehran
Khurramshahr
Persian Gulf
Karoun
Kennedy Pearson finish talks on defense pact at Cape Cod
President Kennedy and Canadian Prime Minister Lester B Pearson closed their two day conference at Kennedy summer home. They promised an early statement on the U S Canadian nuclear defense issue and said progress was made on six other mutual questions. The Laotian crisis and East West relations were also discussed during the talks.
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Hyannisport
Mass
Kennedy
Lester B. Pearson
Canada
Pearson
John G. Diefenbaker
Kennedy-Pearson
Cape Cod
Otis Air Force Base
Laos
Kansas Supreme Court affirms Woods rape conviction
The court upholds Gerald Lee Woods former Fort Scott Junior College football star in a case where he and others kidnapped an 18 year old white girl and rap ed her repeatedly in a Fort Scott park. Woods receives life imprisonment with the Supreme Court noting a fair trial.
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Pera
Kansas Supreme Court
Gerald Lee Woods
Fort Scott
Woods
Bourbon County District Court
Supreme Court
Syria names new premier amid crisis over federation talks
Syria's National Revolutionary Council accepted Prime Minister Salah Bitar's resignation and appointed Dr. Sami Jundi to form a new government. The change follows a week of political turmoil and riots surrounding Syria's federation talks with Iraq and the United Arab Republic led by Nasser.
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Damascus
Syria
National Revolutionary Council
Salah Bitar
Sami Jundi
Iraq
Gamal Abdel Nasser
United Arab Republic
KU Brass Choir Plans Four Month Far East Tour
The 17 member Kansas University Brass Choir under Kenneth Bloomquist will tour the Far East for four months starting February 1964. They will perform in Karachi Colombo Rangoon Bangkok Phnom Penh Saigon Canberra Kuala Lumpur and Singapore among others. The trip aims to introduce Southeast Asia to Western brass music as part of the State Department Cultural Presentations program.
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Kansas University Brass
Far East
U.S. State Department
Kenneth Bloomquist
Karachi
Pakistan
Wellington
New Zealand
Colombo
Ceylon
Rangoon
Burma
Bangkok
Thailand
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Saigon
Viet Nam
Canberra
Australia
Kuala Lumpur
Singapore
Malaya
Thomas Gorton
KU Fine Arts School
State Department
Baghieri
Moteverdi
Bloomquist
Expansionist Beep Up Is Likely Soviet Policy Shift
State Department officials predict Moscow will revise foreign policy and push harder on Communist expansion abroad. Khrushchev faces domestic economic trouble but aims to focus on have not nations, while Red China pressures stronger action in Africa Asia and Southeast Asia. Potential shifts include closer ties with China and more aid criticism in Mali Guinea Iraq Congo and Laos and South Vietnam.
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Washington
State Department
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Red China
Africa
Southeast Asia
Russia
Moscow
Peking
Laos
Viet Nam
Royal Dog Show Dazzles At Jayhawk Kennel Club Event
Dogdom's royalty crowds the 4-H Fairgrounds for the annual Jayhawk Kennel Club show with 563 canines from about 20 states. Spectators note high quality entries across 60 breeds as poodles afghans and other favorites prep for the 4:30 p.m. best in show.
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Jayhawk Kennel Club
Bill Webster
Mammoth St. Bernards
Webster
Lawrence
LHS Stages Old Time Melodrama Deadwood Dick at the Auditorium
Lawrence High School presents the melodrama Deadwood Dick or A Game of Gold at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday May 17 and 18 in the LHS auditorium. The cast includes Cathy Griswold Calamity Jane Jim McCalla Blackman Redburn and many others with eleven musical numbers and guitar and piano accompaniment.
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Lawrence High School
LHS
Deadwood Dick
Tom Taggart
Cathy Griswold
Jane
Jim McCalla
Blackman Redburn
Karen Mills
Lily Blossom
Patty McGrew
Fred Emmons
Ron Bishop
Miners
Sharon Klingler
Sandra Eisele
Angela Elniff
Sue Giffin
Janice Mitchell
Ann Weir
Janet Usas
Berta Smith
Liz Neelley
Geraldine Maddocks
Temperance Women
Lawrence Art Festival Opens With Strong Early Crowd
The three day Lawrence Art Festival began Friday in the Community Building. Sponsored by the Lawrence Art Guild and the Lawrence Recreation Commission, the event runs until Sunday with free admission. Local artists display 160 original creations. last year’s two day show drew 1,800 visitors, a figure officials expect to exceed easily.
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Lawrence
Lawrence Art Guild
Lawrence Recreation Commission
Area Military To Show Might Next Weekend
Three Lawrence area military installations plan Armed Forces Day shows May 18-19 drawing local residents to see air and ground displays. At Ft Leavenworth and Richards Gebaur the Army Golden Knights parachute team will perform with other exhibits including B 47 RB 47 U 6A missiles and interceptor jets and an air ground communications demo.
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Lawrence Area
Ft. Leavenworth
Forbes Air Force Base
Topeka
Richards-Gebaur
Olathe Naval Air Station
Richards. Gebaur
Army
Golden Knights
Forbes
Air Force
Washburn University
Civil Air Patrol
Kansas National Guard
Sherman
Olathe
Navy
Ft. Bragg
N. C
Iron Curtain
U.S
U.S.S.R
Chance of Rain Sunday in Lawrence Area
Lawrence area to be partly cloudy with a warming trend and a chance of thundershowers Sunday. Brief sprinkles reported Friday. Tonight winds continue with lows near 60 and Sunday highs in the 80s. Friday record highs and recent temps noted.
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Lawrence
Weather brief Northeast Kansas winds and warmup
Partly cloudy Northeast Kansas tonight with winds easing then a warming trend. Sunday brings bright skies, thundershowers possible, highs in the 80s and cooler evenings, record highs noted from 1962.
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Key Rexall
Ady
President
Sharon Miller
Kansas University
St. Joseph
Penny
Frank Pickering
Kansas City
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Journal-World Photo
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