House backs $11 billion tax cut in Senate battle
The House approved President Kennedy’s $11 billion tax cut by 271 to 155, urging rapid Senate passage. Democratic support held firm while Republicans and Southern Democrats resisted. Mills led the fight to block defections as Byrd signals closed-door briefings to offset spending.
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House
Kennedy
Senate
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Ways and Means Committee
U.S
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Finance Committee
Byrd
Congressional
Three Civilians Named To Rule Dominican
A three man provisional civilian government will take over in the Dominican Republic after the military junta ousted President Juan Bosch. The appointees are Emilio De Los Santos, Ramon Tatia Espinal, and Manuel Tavares Espaillett. Bosch, 54, was to be exiled to Puerto Rico but remained a prisoner. The United States suspended diplomatic relations and a $50 million aid program.
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Santo Domingo
Antonio Imbert Barrera
Bosch
Haiti
Puerto Rico
Luis Munoz Marin
San Juan
San Ysidro
Munoz Marin
United States
State Department
Washington
Enriquillo del Rosario
Trujillo
Committee of 100 to hear planned changes in Lawrence streets
The Committee of 100 will hear the second preliminary report of the Comprehensive Plan for Lawrence at 7 30 p m Wednesday in the Crystal Room of the Eldridge Hotel. Prepared by Harland Bartholomew and Associates, the report covers Major Thoroughfares Traffic and Transportation and evaluates air, truck and train routes, bus use and water transport. Ex officio attendees include School Board University administration Lawrence Traffic Commission County Commissioners and County Planning Commission with City Commission members invited.
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Lawrence
Committee of 100
Crystal Room
Eldridge Hotel
Harland Bartholomew and Associates
Lawrence Planning Commission
Traffic Commission
City Commission
John Cofer
St. Louis
Kennedy pushes water projects in West tour stop
President Kennedy argues his administration backs water resource projects, citing plans to approve 21 water projects and 182 watershed projects costing about 4 billion dollars. He contrasts Eisenhower era no new starts and recalls past promises to use public resources for the public good. He defends the nuclear test ban treaty while warning differences with the Soviet Union remain.
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Great Falls
Mont
Kennedy
Rocky Mountain
Billings
Grand Teton National Park
Wyoming
Grand Teton
Washington
Utah
Eisenhower
Hells Canyon
Idaho Power Co
Snake River
Idaho
Oregon
Army Corps of Engineers
Montana
Mike Mansfield
Lee Metcalf
Mansfield
Senate
Soviet Union
Unpredicted Rain Dampens Lawrence Forecast
A Wednesday shower system brought another .14 inch of rain to Lawrence at the official EU station, with variations around area readings. unofficial totals included .4 inch at Bowersock Power Plant and trace at Lone Star Area, while 2 miles south reported .09 inch. 3 p.m. storm brought 48 mph wind gusts, temperature fell from 82 to 60 by 3:15 p.m. September rainfall now 1.08 inches, yearly total 18.74 inches, over 10 inches below normal. Tonight and Friday outlook generally fair with lows 52 to 56 and highs in upper 80s.
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Lawrence
Fred Brown
Bowersock
6Th and
Mass. Sts
Lone Star
Louis Holcom
Stock Market Index Drops as NY Closing Averages Decline
In New York, the closing average for 60 stocks fell to 278.1, down 2.4 points, signaling a broad retreat across the market. Investors watched notably weaker performances among several major shares as trading concluded.
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Stock Market Index
New York
Valachi to Testify on Global Mob Network
Mobster Joseph Valachi 60 arrives at the Capitol to testify in a Senate crime probe about La Cosa Nostra. He is escorted through a guarded hearing to reveal names and events, with questions from senators and talk of possible immunity. Authorities report a $100,000 reward for silence and a bid to topple mob leaders through his statements.
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Joseph Valachi
Capitol
Senate
Underworld
Edmund
Muskie
Dmaine
Subcommittee
Valachi
Valachin
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
la Cosa Nostra
North Carolinian crashes White House gate to see Kennedy
Doyle Allen Hicks of Waynesville North Carolina rammed a small truck past the White House gate in a bid to meet the President over communism. He was stopped near the north portico and taken to DC General Hospital after being identified. He claimed communists would take over North Carolina and he needed Kennedy's help.
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Washington
Kennedy
White House
Doyle Allen Hicks
Waynesville
N.C
North Carolina
Hicks Heating and Plumbing Contractor
District of Columbia General Hospital
Regents to Meet Friday Saturday on Local Campus
The Kansas Board of Regents will convene at Kansas University Friday and Saturday for its regular monthly meeting. Friday includes reports from university presidents and KU items on the agenda such as department name change, faculty appointments, leave of absence, and study abroad. Also listed are KU repair projects totaling 4 700 for field camp, 2 100 for office remodeling, 5 000 to replace a retaining wall, and 47 000 for outfitting the Bureau of Child Research. Discussions cover state funding for athletic programs and the self supporting KU Athletic Department.
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Kansas Board of Regents
Kansas University
Ku-Syracuse
Memorial Stadium
Wichita University
Emory Lindquist
Leonard Axe
Pittsburg State College
John McCain
Kansas State University
W. Clarke Wescoe
Psychology Department
Battenfeld Hall
Ith
Indiana
Bureau of Child Research
Pope Paul VI Celebrates 66th Birthday at Vatican
Pope Paul VI marked his 66th birthday in Vatican City as pontiff, noting it comes 97 days after his election to lead the Roman Catholic Church.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Nine people injured in three area traffic accidents
Rainy Wednesday afternoon sparks three wrecks on the Kansas Turnpike near the East Lawrence interchange and Highway 24 40 east of Lawrence. One man, Harold Frankhauser of Madison, treated for internal injuries and transferred to Stormont Vail. eight others treated and released or hospitalized for cuts, bruises, a broken ankle and related injuries.
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Kansas Turnpike
East Lawrence
Harold Frankhauser
Madison
Kan
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Stormont-Vail
Luther R. Rollins
Tonganoxie
Mary C. Sloan
Harriet Sloan
Topeka
Chester Taylor
Marie Taylor
Detroit
Mich
Clarence S. Remus
Overland
Kaw
Hendrickson
Rollins
Manoy
Highway Patrol
Charles Nicolay
Henry Fishburn Dies Near 103 in Ottawa Hospital
Henry H. Fishburn of near Overbrook died Wednesday just two months before his 103rd birthday on November 23. A retired Douglas County farmer, he moved to Kansas in a covered wagon about 100 years ago and lived on the same farm west of Lawrence. Born in Cedar County Missouri, his family escaped Civil War disruptions as his father Alfred was a Unionist in a Confederate neighborhood. The Fishburns settled near the Apple Pie School District by the Lapeer Indian Reservation, near Lawrence, where Henry recalled seeing armed men after Quantrill’s raid. He urged living a quiet, peaceful, clean life.
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Henry H. Fishburn
Near
Overbrook
Douglas County
Kansas
Fishburn
Ottawa
Cedar County
Alfred
Iowa
Alfred Fishburn
Missouri
Alfred Fishburns
Lawrence
Quantrill
Lapeer
Henry
Malibu Ocean Monster Washed Ashore In 1814 Foot Sea Serpent
Malibu residents spotted a dead sea serpent after midnight on the beach. Miss Carole Richards and Mrs Phyllis Huggins alerted deputies, and two UC Los Angeles ichthyologists identified the creature as a rare oar fish, drenched in formaldehyde for study.
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Malibu
Calif
Phyllis Huggins
Philip
Philip Huggins
University of California At Los Angeles
Boyd Walker
Vladimer Walters
Walters
Norwood Re elected President Of Douglas County Group
Wesley M. Norwood was re elected president of the Douglas County Mental Health Association at the annual meeting in the Crystal Room of the Hotel Eldridge attended by about 125. Other officers are Jesse Milan vice president Mrs William Taggart secretary and Charles S Arthur treasurer. Dr Harry Levinson director of the Menninger Foundation spoke on a Kansas Power and Light Co study showing how mental health affects industrial operation.
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Wesley M. Norwood
Douglas County Mental Health Association
Crystal Room
Eldridge
Jesse Milan
William Taggart
Charles S. Arthur
Harry Levinson
Menninger Foundation
Industrial Mental Health
Levinson
Kansas Power and Light Co
Bureau
KP & L
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College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Frank Foley
Ivory Coast
Africa
Robert Smith
Stanford University
Pope
Nicolay
Turnpike
Overland Park
Frankhauser
James L. Dennis
Chillicothe
Dennis
Remus
Mary Sloan
Ann B. Lowe
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Harold, Bowers
Bert Davis
Kansas City
Henry Fishburn
Lawrence Camp
Apple Pie
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