Debt ceiling debate alarms on national finance
U S Secretary of the Treasury Henry Fowler asks Congress to raise the temporary debt ceiling to 332 billion while predicting a four billion dollar deficit this year. The House Ways and Means Committee backs a 330 billion ceiling, highlighting the persistent growth of the national debt during prospering times.
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U. S
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Fowler
Congress
Fowler
House
Ways and Means Committee
Wide Area Rainfall Sweeps Atlantic to Plains
Rain spread across a broad arc from the Atlantic and eastern Gulf states to the southern Plains and Rockies. Florida saw locally heavy storms with over an inch in 20 minutes in Miami, while Augusta Georgia measured nearly an inch. Texas near Lubbock reported hail and gusty winds as skies cleared in the Southwest and Midwest. Cold fronts cooled the north central and Great Lakes, with Marquette reporting 34 degrees and Needles 84.
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Florida
Miami
Augusta
Texas
Lubbock
Southwest
Desert
Midwest
North-Central
Great Lakes
New York State
Kansas
Rockies
Marquette
Mich
Needies
Calif
Truck Stolen In City Found At Dump
J Hodson of 531 Me St reported a pickup stolen from 9th and NJ Streets. Police recovered the vehicle at the city dump.
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QO. J. Hodson
Me. St
9Th
N.J. Sts
Lodge Notice Eagle Members Meet on May 31
Notice to all Eagle members. Memorial Day shifts the next regular meeting to Tuesday May 31. The club room closes Thursday June 2 and remains shut until 3 p.m. Friday for parking lot servicing.
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Eagle
Teacher-Slapper Tries Duties as Teacher’s Assistant
Doris Texeira, convicted of assault on a teacher for punishing her son, was offered a choice by Magistrate George Nakamura. She may serve as a teacher’s assistant for two half-day sessions at her son’s school or pay a $25 fine, with a deadline set for next Friday.
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Doris Texeira
George Nakamura
Ballet Standout In Kansas City Purcell Celebration
The Marina Svetlova ballet The Faerie Queen opened the Kansas City Celebration of Henry Purcell with Dame Margot Fonteyn and Attilio Labis receiving an ovation. John Haskins praised Peter Hall staging and the trio of Purcell Dido and Aeneas Thomson score and the orchestral fantasy. The program repeats Sunday and Tuesday.
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Kansas City
Marina Svetlova
Henry Purcell
Music Hall
Margot Fonteyn
England
Royal Ballet
Attilio Labis
Paris Opera
The
Performing Arts Foundation of
Virgil Thomson
Purcell
Dido
Aeneas
John Haskins
Kansas City Star
Peter Hall
Haskins
Memorial Day Services Planned Across Lawrence Cemeteries
Seven groups join to honor fallen soldiers with Memorial Day services at Oak Hill and Maple Grove Cemeteries and the Veterans plot. Firing squads from the National Guard and American Legion will use Civil War uniforms and 45 70 rifles. Rev. Harold Barr speaks at each ceremony. Kenneth Klingenberg leads the Lawrence event. Jim Schutte leads the Veterans of Foreign Wars program at Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Lawrence
Oak Hill Cemetery
Oak Hill
Maple Grove
Lawrence National Guard
American Legion
Dorsey-Liberty Post No. 14
National Guard
Harold Barr
American Legion Auxiliary
Dorsey- Liberty Post No. 14
Kaw Valley Barracks
Kenneth Klingenberg
Alford-Clarke
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Memorial Park Cemetery
Jim Schutte
Three Friday crashes injure seven, cause $2000 damage
Three accidents Friday in the area left seven people with minor injuries and more than $2,000 in damage. Raymond Dye and Roger Wessling plus two passengers sustained minor injuries. no one was hospitalized.
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Raymond L. Dye
Goodland
Roger Wessling
Beloit
Naismith Drive
21St Street Terrace
Dye
Rebecca
Wessling
Charles L. Kincaid
Route 4
Frank W. Nicely
Olathe
Ronald R. Mumford
Ind
Henry W. Edwards Jr
Conn
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Hefner
Eisenhower Returns to Farm After Hospital Stay
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower returns to his farm after a three week stay at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. An aide says he feels fine despite arthritis and doctors express optimism he can resume golf soon.
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Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Firefighters respond to two blazes in Lawrence
Lawrence firemen were called to a porch fire at 1524 Vt. St. causing 2150 dollars damage. The blaze, of undetermined cause, started on the back porch, spread to the roof and an upstairs bedroom. Earlier, at 6th and Mass Sts, a car fire caused minor damage to the vehicle.
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Lawrence
C. L. van Nortwick
Vt. St
6Th and Mass, Sts
Final For You a Song at Lawrence High School
A capacity crowd of about 1200 attended Fridays Lawrence High School auditorium performance For You a Song marking the final production directed by R Wayne Nelson who is moving to an administrative role The event featured 70 students and included a reception at the Nelson home Francis and Judy Nelson participated with Judy traveling from New York for the show The program also spotlighted Judy Nelson who has appeared with the Cameratas and the Robert Shaw Chorale featured in Messiah recordings.
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Lawrence High School
LHS
Bill Medley
R. Wayne Nelson
Nelson
Frank Smyser
Wellington Rd
Francis
Judy
Lawrence
Robert Shaw Chorale
New York
Four Dionnes Turn 32 Amid Quiet Birthday
The four surviving Dionne quintuplets reach age 32 with no public events. Germain Allard plans a Montreal dinner with Annette. Yvonne lives in Montreal studying art after leaving a Moncton convent. Cecile in Quebec City cannot attend due to four children and separation. Marie in suburban St Bruno stays away. Emilie died in 1954.
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Montreal
Dionne Quintuplets
Germain Allard
Annette
Yvonne
Moncton
N.B
Cecile
Quebec City
Allard
Marie
Allards
St. Bruno
Emilie
Oliva Dionne
Callander
Ont
Pilgrims flock through St. Peter's Rome in a typical day
Thousands move through St. Peter's Basilica in Rome as visitors and locals mingle in the busy daily routine. The flow includes tourists, worshippers, and guides amid the grand interior and surrounding piazzas.
Stennis Opposes Blue Ribbon China Policy Commission
Senator John C. Stennis declares we are at war and rejects forming a blue rib bon commission to craft a new policy toward Red China. He cites Peking backing of North Viet Nam and Viet Cong and warns no policy shift until the South Viet Nam conflict ends.
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John C. Stennis
China
Stennis
Peking
North
Viet Nam
South
CBS
U.S
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Army
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Samuel B. Griffith
Kennedy
United States
Griffith
Crash Survivors Rest in Elko Hospital
Three survivors from a light plane crash that killed two women were in a Nevada hospital after spending a day in the Toana Mountains. Among the rescued was 17 month old Chanda Batissa Morris. others were Clifford Morris and Virginia Jessop. Relatives identified the two deceased as Beatrice Morris and Daisy McCurdy. A rescue party member said the plane encountered a downdraft.
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Nev
Toana Mountains
Wendover
Utah- Nevada
Air Force
Clifford Morris
Redding
Calif
Chanda Batissa Morris
Chico
Virginia Theresa Jessop
Central Valley
Beatrice Morris
Chanda
Daisy McCurdy
Kansas
Morris
California
Cary Julian
North Vietnamese troop concentrations in Cambodia disputed
A Pentagon statement denied evidence of a North Vietnamese regiment in Cambodia as Senator Symington claimed troops mass near the border. The issue centers on reports of North Vietnamese regiments in Cambodia and Cambodia's denial of sanctuary use.
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Cambodia
Pont Viet Nam
Central Highands
South Viet Nam
Pentagon
Defense Department
U.S. Military Assistance Command
Viet Nam
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Senate
South
Deputy mislabeled officer dies in Nevada crash
Battle Mountain Nevada deputy sheriff Michael Leroy Williams died in a highway crash while using the alias Fred Nelsen. The body, unclaimed, shows no identifying clues and the sheriff reports no social or motel records to confirm the man’s true identity. The FBI matched fingerprints to Williams, leaving questions about the officer’s background unresolved.
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Battle Mountain
Nev
Fred Nelsen
Michael Leroy Williams
Lander County
Don Maestretti
Maestretti
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Nelsen
Chael Leroy Williams
Winnemucca
Nevada
Nelson
Williams
Soviet 10 Year Drive Aims to Farm Billions of Acres
Moscow reports an ambitious 10-year program to reclaim millions of acres of dry land and drain waterlogged soil. It aims to boost wheat by 8 million tons milk 20 million tons and over a million tons meat in five years with an estimated $16.5 billion cost.
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Moscow
Central Committee
Soviet Communist Party
Swineford to Take Post At Washington College
Ada Swineford, long time Kansas Geological Survey staff member since 1942 and associate professor at Kansas University since 1958, will join Western Washington State College in Bell ingham as a faculty member in September. A Chicago native and Chicago University graduate, she earned a Ph.D. at Pennsylvania State University and has authored 45 professional papers. She co authored Kansas Rocks and Minerals and has served as traveling scientist for Kansas high schools through the Kansas Academy of Science.
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Ada Swineford
Kansas Geological Survey
Kansas University
Western Washington State College
Bellingham
Chicago
Chicago University
Swineford
Pennsylvania State University
Kansas Rocks and Minerals
Kansas
Kansas Academy of Science
Lyons Voters Approve Bond for High School Building
Lyons Kansas voters in the unified Lyons school district approved a 2 million bond proposition for a new high school building by an 888 to 746 vote on Friday.
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Lyons
Kan
Unified
Lyons School Distrit
Songs of Old KU published by KU Alumni Association
The booklet Songs of Old KU containing 16 familiar Mount Oread songs and articles on KU traditions and songwriters is on sale at the Kansas Union. KU class of 1954 funded the publishing as a gift announced during their 10 year anniversary. free copies are available to paid class members at the Alumni Association Office. Lawrence water officials report a slight rise in use during hot days amid a five month drought, not straining supplies. Memorial Day is a holiday for Lawrence students. most offices close. KU finals week schedule stands. Lawrence High School ends classes midweek with exams and early dismissals.
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KU Alumni Association
Kansas Union
Mount Oread
Lawrence Water Department
Kansas
Lawrence
Kansas Univesity
Lawrence High School
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