Kennedy Admin Considers Emergency Plan for Hong Kong Refugees
The Kennedy administration weighs emergency action to admit Chinese refugees from Hong Kong possibly up to several thousand. Officials aim to maximize resettlement in other countries with discussions on parole admissions and broader relief efforts amid growing border congestion.
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Washington
Hong Kong
United States
Kennedy
China
Formosa
Canada
State and
Justice Department
Robert F. Kennedy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Congress
Capitol Hill
Senate Judiciary
State Department
Stock Market Summary and Oddities From New York
AP reports closing averages for 60 stocks at 231.8, down 3.9, near a new 1962 low. Mentions Kentucky Fried Chicken Big Buy Adv and a string of quirky notes including Bollow That Dream and K's Hilarious, with a Saturday start.
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New York
Estes Case Sees Possible High Level Official Ties
Investigative sources say evidence in Billie Sol Estes case points to prominent figures in Washington across the Kennedy and Eisenhower administrations. A separate probe into Henry Marshall death in Texas raises murder questions, with autopsy details awaited and possible shift from self-inflicted death to homicide. Estes invoked the Fifth Amendment repeatedly in El Paso as creditors’ meeting and asset schedules loom, while prosecutors press Section 11 procedures.
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Washington
Billie Sol Estes
Kennedy
Eisenhower
Sparks
Franklin
Tex
Henry Marshall
Agriculture Department
Estes
Harris County
Joseph Jachioczyk
Marshall
Texas Agricul
Tural Stabilization and Conservation Office
Dist. Atty
Bryan Russ
Russ
el Paso
Countdown for Carpenter Opens Successfully Today
AP reports Project Mercury reaches go for Atlas rocket and Aurora 7 capsule as Carpenter prepares for a three orbit flight. Smoke from fires near Cape Canaveral could trim orbits and delay launch, with daylight requirements guiding countdown timing. Carpenter, 37, shows readiness and plans new experiments including a color balloon release and a green dyed water sphere to study fluid behavior in weightlessness.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Malcolm Scott Carpenter
Here
Everglades
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Carpenter
Col
Glenn
Navy
Judge Won't Dismiss Hoffa Indictment for Mail Fraud
A federal judge in Tampa refused to dismiss a 16 count mail fraud indictment against Teamsters President James R. Hoffa and Detroit banker Robert E. McCarthy Jr. The judge ordered them to stand trial in September for using the mails to promote a private Florida housing project with Union funds.
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Tampa
Fla
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Detroit
Orlando
Hoffa
Robert E. McCarthy Jr
Teamsters Union
Continentals Jet Crashes Near Unionville Killing 45
A $5 million Continental Airlines jet crashed near Unionville, killing all 45 aboard after a night of violent storms across southern Iowa. Authorities reported possible debris from a second plane, while FAA officials cited radar showing one aircraft. The only known survivor died shortly after rescue. Among the dead were Chrysler Dodge Division officials and other notable business figures. The flight departed Chicago O Hare at 8 25 p m CST and was due in Kansas City at 9 35 p m CST. Temporary morgues were set up in Unionville.
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Unionville
Continental Airlines
Iowa
Kirksville
Kansas City
J. M. Newman
FAA
Takehiko Nakano
Oak Park
Ill
Los Angeles
Chrysler Dodge Division
Fred P. Herman
Dearborn
Mich
Dodge
Virgil W. Mourning
Franklin
Roger Welch
Grosse Point
Philip E. Giberson Sr
Jackson
Gibberson Sand Co
Jack Alexander
Futursonic Productions, Inc
Dallas
William C. Chapin
Vanilla Laboratories, Inc
Rochester
N.Y
United States Golf Association
Chicago
O'Hare
1962 Journal-World Scholarship Award For Tim Sommerville
Timothy Sommerville a Lawrence High School senior is named the 1962 Journal-World Scholarship winner. He will use the $275 prize at Kansas University. The announcement was made by LHS principal Neal Wherry after a school faculty committee selected him.
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Timothy Sommerville
Lawrence High School
Journal-World
Kansas University
Sommerville
LHS
Neal Wherry
Timothy
William Sommerville
Miss. St
Tim
James
East Heights School
David
South America
John
Reading University
England
Penny
Mary
Memphis
Tornadic Winds Spare City as Storm Ravages Area
A tornadic storm clipped Lawrence but damaged Topeka Lake Shawnee Perry Leavenworth and surrounding towns. A radio tower toppled in Topeka, two Leavenworth farms were damaged, and Perry saw a trailer destroyed. Power outages hit Jarbalo and Basehor. Temperature cooled after brief rain.
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Lawrence
Topeka
Perry
Leavenworth
Lake Shawnee
Here
Keith Worthington
Pedestrian Traffic Plan Bans Cars on KU Campus Core
Kansas University will pilot a campus traffic system restricting vehicles in peak pedestrian areas during main class hours 7 30 am to 3 30 pm this fall. Five control stations will monitor Jayhawk Boulevard Oread Myers Sunflower and Sunnyside corridors. permits will be issued to red campus-pass holders and six other categories. Construction starts next month with a July trial and September full operation.
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Kansas University
Keith Lawton
Mt. Oread
Board of Regents
Jayhawk Boulevard
Oread
Chi Omega
Lawton
Sega
Summer baseball setup to field 750 plus youths
More than 750 Lawrence youngsters ages 9 through 18 join the Recreation Commission summer baseball program starting in June. Four leagues will operate with 14 teams in Jayhawk, Recreation, and South Park and eight in C. C. Carl. at least 15 players per team. Practices begin Saturdays at specified times, with league play planned for the first week of June through the first week of August.
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Lawrence
Recreation Commission
Jayhawk
Recreation League
South Park
C. C. Carl
Recreation and
Jayhawk and Recreation League
Hillcrest
Municipal
Schwegler Diamonds
Edgewood Park
Reney Hillcrestier Adg
Ers
Wayne Bly
Bly
Ken Hopkins
Martin Owens
Jim Clark
Rick Samson
Carroll Crochon
Schwegler
Stan Patterson
McAllaster
Samson
Baker University 104th Commencement Honors Slater Address
Eugene Slater bishop of the Kansas area will deliver Baker University’s 104th commencement address on Monday June 4 with a June 8 library wing and devotional chapel dedication. Alumni events include an alumni luncheon film showing and reunions on Alumni Day June 2.
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Eugene Slater
Kansas
The
Methodist Church
Baker University
Baker
First Methodist Church
William J. Scarborough
Spencer-Quayle
Baker Library
Filley
Scarborough
Collins House
Weather Forecast Northeast Kansas Fair and Warm Thursday
Fair skies and rising temperatures for northeast Kansas with a warmer Thursday. Low tonight around 60 degrees and daytime highs expected in the 80s. Public weather notice from Onion Cab advertising contact VI2000.
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Lawrence
Kansas
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Basehor
Fred
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