Tax Cut Group Studying Fundraising For 10-Billion Cut
The Business Committee for Tax Reduction in 1963 meets in Hot Springs to raise funds and widen its drive for a 10 billion tax cut. Henry Ford and Stuart Saunders lead a plan inviting about 1,500 businessmen to donate up to 1,000 dollars each to a proposed 120 thousand dollar budget for broad ad campaigns. The event coincides with sessions of the Business Council, which backs the tax cut and features leaders from Ford, AT&T, United States Steel, and Norfolk & Western.</s>
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Hot Springs
Business Committee
Henry Ford
Ford Motor Co
Business Council
Ford Group
Ford
Cochairman
Stuart T. Saunders
Norfolk & Western Railroad
Frederick R. Kappel
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Roger M. Blough
United States Steel Corp
William W. Scranton
Pennsylvania
Lucius D. Clay
Lehman Brothers Investment Banking House
Christian A. Herter
Kennedy
Kansas
Chamber of Commerce
Lawrence businessmen begin survey for high school vocational study
On Monday members of the Lawrence Businessmen's Association will start calling local businesses to collect information to aid vocational education curriculum planning at Lawrence High School. Personal interviews continue through the summer to determine job types, minimal employer training, and the data needed for curriculum development.
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Lawrence Businessmen's Association
Lawrence High School
KU Brass Choir Aims for 17 Touring Positions in Spring Auditions
The KU Brass Choir, organized in 1958 by Bloomquist, draws 18 to 25 year old musicians from Kansas, Oklahoma and Missouri. About 20 concerts yearly and tours across Kansas Missouri Oklahoma and Texas mark its activity as auditions continue through spring and into next fall.
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Kansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Bloomquist
Illinois University
Texas
Clothier Receives National Business Education Award
Marvin G. Clothier, Stafford senior at Kansas University, won the NBEA award of merit for outstanding achievement in business education. He graduates from the Education School next month. Clothier is president of Phi Beta Lambda and a member of Pi Omega Pi. The award includes a certificate, a year of NBEA membership, and the 1964 National Business Education Year book.
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Stafford
Kansas University
National Business Education Association
Clothier
Phi Beta Lambda
Pi Omega Pi
NBEA
National Business Education
KU Bands to Combine For Annual Spring Concert
The Kansas University Concert and Varsity bands unite Sunday for their annual spring program at 3 30 p m in University Theatre Murphy Hall. Directors are Prof Russell L Wiley and Prof Kenneth Bloomquist. Featured soloist is William Booth Sedalia Missouri junior on trombone with Kent Riley Shawnee Mission junior on clarinet and Glenda Harwell Springfield Missouri sophomore on English horn.
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University Theatre of
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Russell L. Wiley
Kenneth Bloomquist
William Booth
Sedalia
Kent Riley
Shawnee Mission
Glenda Harwell
Springfield
Outdoor Group Elects Officers
George C. Halazon a wildlife specialist at Kansas State University becomes president of Outdoor Writers of Kansas and Jack Zimmerman Journal-World news editor outdoor writer is named vice president. Rennie secretary treasurer and Fencannon and Smith win three year terms on the board. Banquet speaker George C. Moore led the Forestry Fish and Game Department. They met at Manhattan with tours planned.
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Kansas State Uniersity
Outdoor Writers of Kansas Organization
Jack Zimmerman
Journal-World
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Zimmerman
Outdoor Writers
Manhattan
Helen Ward Rennie
Montezuma
Bob Fencannon
Emporia
Thane Smith
Topeka
George C. Moore
Forestry, Fish & Game Department
Kansas
Turtle Creek
Heat Retreats Across Regions As Cold Front Spreads
Cold air sweeps parts of the United States after a heat wave. Snow falls in northern New York and New England, with five inches in Rumford Maine. Tornado and hail impacts noted in Oklahoma and Massachusetts, with power outages around Boston suburbs.
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Maine
Oklahoma
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Massachusetts
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Lynnfield
Boston
Great Lakes
Missouri
Kentucky
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Coed's Pants Rip In Elephant Race Sparks Humor
Blonde Bonnie-Lynne Volk of Sarah Lawrence borrowed the elephant’s stretch pants after her pants split during the second intercollegiate elephant race in Long Beach California. The event drew 15 000 spectators as Volk wore striped shorts to finish fastest in the women’s division for a prize while Margie the USC elephant led the promotion aided by a male mahout.
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Calif
Bonnie-Lynne Volk
Miss Volk
University of Southern California
Margie
Sarah Lawrence College
Bronxville
N.Y
Suzanne Smith
Mills College
Oakland, Calif
Kansas Lags in Attracting Industry Says Regional Study
The column reviews a Frank Magid Associates survey of industrial leaders along the eastern coast. It finds Kansas ranks low in image and company presence, with poor recognition and weak leadership affecting its appeal compared with Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.
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U.S
State of
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New Jersey
New York
Frank Magid Associates, Ltd
Wisconsin
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Minnesota
Ohio
Illinois
South Carolina
Indiana
North Carolina
Georgia
California
Pennsylvania
Kansas Development Commission
Mississippi
Negro leaders pledge no demonstrations in Nashville talks
In Nashville Tennessee Negro leaders say no new demonstrations will occur today as they seek a meeting with local businessmen to resolve racial problems. The statement follows three days of unrest in which a Negro minister and two teenage girls were wounded.
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Nashville, Tenn
Nashville
Vanderbilt Rejects Four Negro Applicants for Academic Reasons
City officials plan talks with business and Negro leaders to curb strife after demonstrations downtown. Dean T D Young says four Negroes applied to Vanderbilt undergrad program but were rejected for academic reasons.
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T. D. Young
Vanderbilt University
Vanderbilt
Wright and Paden Win National Science Fair Honors
Two Lawrence High School students earned top honors at the National Science Fair in Albuquerque. Erik Wright placed fourth in zoology for his rat auditory response display. Phil Paden received an Optical Society of America honorable mention for his photographic color sensitivity exhibit, marking a first chemistry display OS awarded. They return home today with Dan Palmquist and fair officials.
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Douglas County
Albuquerque
N. M
Erik Wright
Tenn, St
Phil Paden
Glen O. Paden
Wright
Paden
Optical Society of America
Optical Society
LHS
Dan Palmquist
Douglas County Science Fair Association
Farmers must sign by Monday to vote in wheat referendum
In Douglas County small wheat farmers of five acres or less must sign up by Monday at the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Office to be eligible to vote on the May 21 wheat referendum. The signup serves as their voter registration for the referendum.
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Douglas County
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Office
Vt. St
Arthur
Wanda
Tacoma
Wash
Air Force Enlisted Man Drives Burning Tanker Away From Jets
Airman 2.C. John W. Dickey rushed the burning tanker from two F104 jets at Edwards AFB saving both aircraft. Airman W.C. Samuel S. Ryder and Airman J.C. Kendall E. Bauer aided by dousing flames and warning control towers. No one was hurt as fuel erupted after the engine was shut off. investigation underway.
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Niles
Ohio
J.c. Kendall E. Bauer
Hutchinson
Kan
Dickey
Air Force
Yakima Soldier Survives Ten Hours In Live Ammunition Field
Pvt. Daniel J. Arthur, 17, spent ten hours alone in a mock minefield during Exercise Coulee Crest in central Washington as red artillery and tanks fired around him. He described fear and relief after jeeps arrived and an officer questioned him. General Paul D. Adams ordered an investigation and new safety procedures.
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Wash
Daniel J. Arthur
Arthur
Air Force
Washington
Los Angeles
Paul D. Adams
U.S. Strike Command
Red
Today in History highlights for May 11
Events listed include Taft signing Glacier National Park creation in 1910, Captain Robert Gray naming the Columbia River in 1792, Minnesota becoming the 32nd state in 1858, Luxembourg neutrality in 1867, Nazi offensive in 1942, Tokyo admitting wartime initiation in 1945, ten year ago tornadoes in Texas with 106 dead, five years ago US-Soviet disarmament talks, and one year ago White House staffer Salinger visiting the Soviet Union.
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Montana
Robert Gray
Columbia River
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Union
Texas
Waco
USS
Soviet Union
Moscow
White House
Pierre Salinger
United States
Russia
Air fare dispute strains transatlantic flights
London reports a midnight deadline as the U S Civil Aeronautics Board refuses to allow a 5 percent fare rise for U S airlines to Europe. British and other European carriers demand higher fares and may deny landing rights to Pan American World Airways and Trans World Airlines if the increase is not approved by midnight.
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London
United States
Britain
U.S. Civil Aeronautics Board
U.S
Europe
Pan American World Airways
Trans World Airlines
Bank Leader Selected in Kansas Bankers Association
R Charles Clevenger president First National Bank Topeka was chosen president of Kansas Bankers Association succeeding Kenneth H Peters Larned W E Lehmberg McPherson elected vice president and John R Burnside Garden City named treasurer.
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Topeka
R. Charles Clevenger
First National Bank of
Card of Thanks for Kindness at Lawrence Memorial
Eugene L. Simpson expresses thanks for cards flowers candy during hospital stay and after surgery at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. He also thanks Drs Nelson Jones and Manahan and the nursing staff and those who sent flowers or food and visits. God bless everyone. Mrs. Mabel Pettengill
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Harold Rucker
Eugene L. Simpson
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
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