Fierce Flora Punch Rips Haiti and Cuba
Hurricane Flora pummeled Haiti for hours at 140 mph then lashed Cuba’s Oriente Province with top winds near 125 mph. By midday the center lay off Guantanamo Bay as forecasters warned of renewed strengthening over open water and cautioned Cuba residents to take extreme measures.
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Flora
Haiti
Oriente
Cuba
Gordon Dunn
Miami Weather Bureau
Atlantic
Bahama Islands
Weather Bureau
Guantanamo Bay
Miami
Tropic
U.S
Bahamas
U.S. Navy
Fidel Castro
Guantanamo
Gitmo
National Weather Bureau of
Weather Forecast Northeast Kansas Tonight And Saturday
Contin ued fair and warm conditions expected in the Northeast Kansas area. Low tonight projected 55 to 60 degrees with a high Saturday in the mid 90s. Also noted are regional temperatures for nearby locales with highs around 87 and lows near 58. Year ago today records show a high 79 and a low 46, while the record for this date was a high 93 in 1947 and a low 39 in 190.
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Kansas
Jerereng Ee Naas
Overseas Pay Is Out For Enlisted Troops
The Defense Secretary eliminates overseas duty pay for about 375,000 enlisted personnel mostly in Western Europe and Hawaii. The new plan preserves pay at selected isolated posts and radar stations in Germany France Italy and Britain while removing many locations. Officers remain unaffected and the change may offset gains from a recent general pay raise.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
Europe
Hawaii
Japan
McNamara
U.S
Congress
Pentagon
Alaska
Germany
France
Italy
Britain
State Salaries Soar Despite Population Grows Kansas
The Kansas Legislative Council report shows salaries and wages rising from 51 million in 1955 to 114.8 million this fiscal year, with payrolls increasing from 21,279 to 28,401 early in 1956 to 1963. Education and health lead the rise, highway and general government follow.
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Topeka
Kansas
Research Department
The
Kansas Legislative Council
Council
Two Die in Gas Pipeline Blast in Kansas
Meade Kansas officials say two men were killed and one injured when a 24 inch natural gas pipeline ruptured. Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Co. reported no fire. The deceased were Alvin R. Smith 49 Liberal Kansas and James P. Cox 31 Plains Kansas.
Lawrence United Fund total tops 5726.94 in drive
The Lawrence United Fund Campaign reached 5726.94 by 2 30 p m today after two days of collection toward a 72900 goal. A year earlier after four days the amount was 4109. The advanced gifts phase began October 1 with October 22 as main deadline and October 31 as final wrap up date.
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Lawrence United Fund
Kansas VFW opposes selling wheat to Russia
The Kansas department of the Veterans of Foreign Wars says it is opposed to selling wheat or other goods to Russia and other Communist nations.
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PEKA
Kansas Department of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Russia
National Funeral Directors Association Notice
Rumsey Funeral Home advertises services with VI3 5111 contact through the National Funeral Directors Association listing for member inquiries and arrangements.
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National Funeral Directors, Assn
Rumsey Funeral Home
Kennedy in black swimsuit enjoys boat outing near Athens
Mrs. John F. Kennedy wore a black one piece and rode a Christina speed boat off Vouliagmeni Bay with sister Princess Lee Radziwill and Prince Radziwill aboard. The outing was aboard Aristotle Onassis's 303 foot yacht with food and flowers on board. Unconfirmed plans mention possible Bosphorus and Grecian island visits.
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Athens
Greece
John F. Kennedy
Bosphorus
New York Stocks Close Mixed Amid Small Decline
AP reports a closing average of 60 stocks at 279.2, down 0.1 point as trading ends. The dip follows a day of cautious activity with modest shifts across industrials and utilities.
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New York
Accord on orbit ban eyed after Kennedy-Gromyko talks
United States and Soviet officials expect a formal pledge against orbiting nuclear weapons to be issued soon as President Kennedy meets Andrei Gromyko. The move follows a joint statement by Rusk Home and Gromyko endorsing a policy against orbiting nuclear arms, with broader disarmament issues left for later talks.
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United Nations
N. Y
Kennedy
Andrei A. Gromyko
U. S
U.S
Washington-Moscow
Dean Rusk
Lord Home
Gromyko
Rusk
Washington
United States
Russia
Germany
Soviet Union
Home
Germany-Berlin
Blood Pools In Legs After Space Flights
Medical experts assessing long orbital missions warn that blood pooling in legs and feet is a major concern. Astronauts Walter M. Schirra and Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr experienced orthostatic hypotension after 6 and 22 orbit flights, with symptoms lasting about seven hours before relief during a postflight nap.
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U.S. Space Chiefs
Houston, Tex
U.S
Walter M. Schirra
Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr
Manned Spacecraft Center
Cooper
Berry
Schirra
Earth
Unemployment Figure Brightens in Lawrence Area
Lawrence area unemployment holds at 2.8 percent in September as non agricultural hiring rises. Construction drops offset by gains in manufacturing retail trade and services. Lawrence office reports 204 hires in September and 259 new applicants with 52 percent women, many student wives.
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Johns
Lawrence
KU Campus Welcomes 5000 for Science and Mathematics Day
About 5000 visitors are expected on the Kansas University campus this weekend for Science and Mathematics Day. Nearly 4000 high school students from Kansas and Missouri will attend on Saturday with 8 a.m. registration in Hoch Auditorium. Key speaker is J M Eggleston of NASA Houston on Manned Space Flight Research and Development. Open houses in departments and facilities highlight KU's new 1 9 million engineering building and events across multiple departments and programs. Sunday features Ellsworth Hall dedication with Chancellor Wescoe and others, plus museum open house with 500 attendees and a meet with Nick Vaccaro new chair of drawing and painting.
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Kansas University
Kansas
Missouri
Worth Seagon Dollar
Hoch Auditorium
J. M. Eggleston
Manned Spacecraft Center
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Houston
Tex
Manned Space Flight Research
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Museum of Natural History
School of Education and
University Extension
Ellsworth
Mount Oread
Museum of Art
Marilyn Stokstad
Nick D. Vaccaro
Department of Drawing and Painting
Coed Space Duty For Soviets In Lunar Bid
Cosmonette Valentina Tereshkova says a man and a maid will be aboard the first Russian rocket to attempt a moon landing with her as the maid She would accompany Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin on the trip Russians claim equipment is ready and expect to beat the United States to the moon Mexico will come first for both Tereshkova and Gagarin.
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Miami, Fla
Valentina Tereshkova
Havana
Miss Tereshkova
Yuri Gagarin
United States
Mexico
Gagarin
IBM Mixer Atl State Choices Set
AMES Iowa AP The traditional mixer at Iowa State University uses an IBM computer to pair students for the October 12 dance. About 500 men and 500 women attend. Participants rate 120 questions on topics from conversation to dating preferences, and the computer will provide first to tenth choices. Researchers will study reactions and any lasting friendships or romances formed.
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Ames
Iowa
Iowa State University
IBM
Sunday Dedication Set for Lawrence Recreation Center
Lawrence to dedicate the new South Park Recreation Center at 2 p.m. Sunday with an open house until 4 30. City Commissioner Jim Owens will cut the ribbon for the 46 500 facility as Rev Harold Mallett delivers the invocation. Monday brings activities led by Patricia Kirby.
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Lawrence South Park Recreation Center
Jim Owens
Harold Mallett
KU Department of Civil Engineering
Harold Horn
Patricia Kirby
Heat and Drought Forecast Through Weekend in Kansas
Sunday page notes continued warm dry weather for Lawrence and all of Kansas through today and Saturday with no rain. Highs near the 90s could break the 1947 state record of 91 degrees. lows mid 50s to 60s. Downtown Lawrence reached 87 with a 58 low, KU station logged 85. record highs 93 and lows 39 stand from 1947 and 1950.
Solid Increase By City Schools In 9-Year Span
Lawrence public school enrollment is set to rise from 6,482 in September to 11,555 in 1972 73, a 5,073 increase over nine years. The projection includes rolls by grade and notes city growth, KU and Haskell as factors, with high and elementary levels detailed through 1971.
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Lawrence Public Schools
L Cerne
Lawrence
Carl S. Knox
Kansas Industrial Development Commission
KIDC
Kansas University
Haskell Institute
Kansas City
Cerne
Cosmetics by Marcelle on Key Rexall-Adv Page Two
An advertisement in SOLID Page 2 highlights Marcelle cosmetics and Rexall drugstore deals. It promotes new shades, affordable prices, and seasonal beauty essentials for shoppers seeking value and selection.
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Marcelle
Key Rexall
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