Sterling Crisis Seen as Run on Bank
The article compares Britain's pound sterling crisis to a rural bank run with money flowing in from the city while depositors grow panicky. It notes U S and other Western nations have provided funds to reassure financiers that the pound will endure the turmoil.
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Washington
Britain
United States
U.S. Treasury
Bank of England
U.S
International Monetary Fund
London
Export-Import
Ghana Peace Corps volunteers boost sports in schools
Ghanaian schools expand physical education with basketball added by Krisko and Peace Corps volunteers. Enrolment at boarding secondary schools runs about 300 with room, board and tuition around $300 yearly. Krisko notes free education and English as official language amid warm climate and diverse dialects.
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Ghana
Krisko
Peace Corps
Peace Crops Service
Bawku
Central High School
Kansas City
Teachers’ College
Columbia University
New York City
Steamroller Near Runway Blamed in Rome Tragedy
Trans World Airlines jetliner exploded at Rome Fiumicino airport after a steamroller sat about 24 feet from the runway edge. Capt. Vernol Lowell, questioned by Italian officials, said he did everything possible to prevent the disaster. Aviation rules require 246 feet of clearance.
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Rome
Trans World Airlines
Fiumicino
Vernol Lowell
Old Westbury
N.Y
Pietro Manca
Lowell
Manca
KU plans multiple campus building projects and bids
Consolidated Chimney Company of Chicago bids 7080 dollars to repair the heating plant exhaust stack as work begins. Strong Hall Annex A readies for Business Education occupancy after new partitions. Fraser Hall Behavioral Sciences Building design by Brown Slemmons and Ted Greist targets spring bids. Biological Sciences Building and KU botanical research center plans advance with drawings to be completed this year and bids anticipated next spring. Beal and staff finalize blueprints for the Bisonte farm site with a hoped start early next year and occupancy by September.
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Consolidated Chimney Company
Chicago
Lawton
Strong Hall
Business Education Department
Strong Hall Annex E
Fraser Hall
Beal
Zimmer arraignment delayed after Topeka slaying case
A 44 year old railroad engineer from Kansas City Kansas was bound over to district court on charges of kidnapping and slaying 7 year old Gladys Johnson. The arraignment date will be set later. evidence included a blood stained hatchet and FBI lab findings. A 5 man fact finding committee was requested to probe the case.
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Topeka
Kansas City
Kan
Gladys Johnson
William Carpenter
Court of Topeka
William Zimmer
Zimmer
St. Marys
Gladys
Elmer Johnson
Betty Michaels
Bob Hecht
Shawnee County
FBI
Darold Main
Shawnee
Reserves Face Cut Threat from Defense Chief McNamara
Washington reports raise alarm as Secretary McNamara eyes reducing defense spending and possibly abolishing Reserve components of the Army and Air Force. Admiral Reeder and Sen Thurmond vow strong opposition amid secret testimony and political pressure.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
Army
Air Force
Capitol Hill
Edgar H. Reeder
Reserve Officers Association
Pentagon
National Guard
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Senate Armed Services Committee
Thurmond
Lawrence notices and KU events in brief
In Lawrence the jail menus list turkey dressing pumpkin pie and coffee for 19 prisoners while the city jail serves chicken with trim. KUBB tickets go on sale Friday at the Recreation Office for grades 4 9 and again Saturday morning for five games including New Mexico Northwestern Missouri Iowa State and Oklahoma.
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Douglas County
Kansas University Basketball Boosters
KUBB
Recreation Commission
Lawrence
New Mexico
Northwestern
Missouri
Iowa State
Oklahoma
Fisher's Leg Removed in Kansas Hospital
M. C. Fisher of 2300 Orchard Lane Lawrence a druggist is reported in good condition at KU Medical Center Kansas City Kansas after surgery Tuesday to remove his right leg above the knee due to an aneurysm. He entered the center Monday November 16 and was operated on Tuesday evening.
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M. C. Fisher
Orchard Lane
Lawrence
KU Medical Center
Kansas City
Kan
Fisher
Revolt ends peacefully at Brushy Mountain Prison Tennessee
Prisoners at Brushy Mountain State Prison in PETROL Tennessee ended an 18 hour sit down after warning hostages there would be no harm. Three mine foremen were released unharmed and a disciplinary committee was promised along with grievance hearings.
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Brushy Mountain State Prison
Harry Avery
Avery
Cumberland Mountains
Tennessee
Nashville
Thomas L. Harney
Roy Thompson
William M. Edmonds
Harney
John Winsett
Lloyd Ryland
James Goins
Jerry Atkins
Richard Tucker
Baker accuser subpoenaed in new round of Baker hearings
Don Reynolds visited the Senate Rules Committee on Capitol Hill and accepted a subpoena to testify as a witness in the Baker hearings. He denied avoiding testifying and claimed to have information about a diversion of 25 000 for the Kennedy Johnson campaign fund. Reynolds punched a news photographer leaving Williams office. he apologized later.
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Washington (Ap
Don B. Reynolds
Senate Rules Committee
Capitol Hill
Bobby Baker
Reynolds
Husky
Washington, D.C
Hugh Alexander
Senate
John J. Williams
Del
Baker
Matthew McCloskey
Williams
C. Edward Alley
United Press International
Alley
Flames damage house at Skyline Trailer Court near Lawrence
Wakarusa Township Fire Department responded to a Friday night house fire at Skyline Trailer Court east of Lawrence on K-10. Tom Catney owned the home, which was reportedly badly damaged along with furnishings. nearby trailer paint was blistered. The empty house was discovered by the tenant on return.
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Wakarusa Township
Skyline
Lawrence
Tom Catney
Patrick Trophy to honor Rangers figure for U S hockey
The National Hockey League will award a trophy honoring the late Lester Patrick, longtime manager and executive of the New York Rangers, to the executive or manager making the greatest contribution to hockey in the United States.
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National Hockey League
Lester Patrick
New York Rangers
United States
Computers May Not Be Bad If They Are Used Properly
Washington Post essayist Howard Simons reports Ulric Neisser argues computers need not frighten society. He compares the car’s appeal to machinery and envisions home libraries, personal records, education, tax work, travel data, and leisure use expanding with ubiquitous terminals.
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Washington
Times - Post
Ulric Neisser
Brandeis University
Neisser
Georgetown University
Goldwater
Maid of Cotton Beats Weevils in Georgia Contest
Alabama's Linda Smith of Langdale describes battling boll weevils in her dorm room at the University of Alabama. She and roommate removed infested cotton by stepping on the pests and will compete in the national Maid of Cotton contest in Memphis on December 28-29.
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Alabama
Linda Smith
Langdale
West Point Lions Club
University of Alabama
Miss Smith
Tony Smith
Memphis
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