Left Hand Pranks and Moon Ring Skeptics Glean
Left Hand Pitch honors a breakfast prank as Olson falls for a pancake pad gag while Ruth Ann leads the moment. J E Bradshaw replies to Carl Simpson on a glowing moon ring, offering casual weather lore and stars counts from a farm perspective. The Thrifty Thrivers 4 H Club entertains patients at Southeast Kansas Tuberculosis Hospital with a six number program and demonstrations.
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Thrifty
Thrivers
Parsons
Altamont
Kansas Tuberculosis Hospital
Chanute approves temporary gas refund rate plan
The Chanute city commission approved a temporary gas rate schedule to pass along a $46,346.22 refund from Cities Service Gas Co. The plan, effective with May billings, is designed to equalize refunds across meter dates and city and outlying customers while the money is expended over about a year.
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Chanute
Cities Service Gas Co
Cities Service
Federal Power Commission
Pro Castro Cubans eyed in Kennedy plot near Palm Beach
An unnamed informant says pro Castro Cubans in Palm Beach area were suspected of planning to kidnap Caroline Kennedy or kill the President and family. Secret Service watching the plotters. no arrests yet as investigators probe the threat tied to Easter stay of the Kennedy family in Florida.
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Palm Beach
Fla
Kennedy
U.S
Secret Service
Caroline Kennedy
Atlantic Shore
Pierre Salinger
White House
Caroline
Salinger
Man Tells Friend He Had No Lunch Stuns Witness
A Memphis factory worker, upset wife, showed a sandwich with a note between the bread saying I hope you choke. The claim circulated Friday as the unusual anecdote spread through town.
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Memphis
Tenn
Phone it in Tribune style call line instruction
If you cannot reach your Tribune contact use the carrier line. If the contact is unavailable call 700 after 6 p.m. for assistance.
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Tribune
Man Held After Fire Near Chanute
Donald Wayne Clifton. 22, of unlisted address, was held at the city jail in Chanute after a midnight fire heavily damaged an apartment at West Evergreen. Police found three fires set in the Monroe apartment occupied by Sharon Monroe, 21, and two children. A refrigerator was tipped spilling contents, clothes ripped, two beds on fire. damage estimate not yet available.
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Donald Wayne Clifton
Dren
Clifton
W. N. Evergreen
Sharon Monroe
Chil
Monroe
Ray Ashbaugh
S. Plummer
Five Children Perish in Fire at Buskirk Kentucky
In Pikeville Kentucky five children under seven died when a wind driven fire swept a five room frame house in Buskirk. Mrs Vivian Damron 38 and her 18 year old son Raymond escaped with burns. The dead are Jimmy Dale Damron 6 Gene Edward 5 Everett 1 and twins Terry Lee and Tanny Lynn 4 months. Fire Chief George Tanner said Mrs Damron reported fleeing the dwelling then being forced back by flames. He noted hot coals from an open grate likely started the blaze.
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Pikeville, Ky
Buskirk
Vivian Damron
Raymond
Damron
Jimmy Dale Damron
Gene Edward
Everett
Terry Lee
Tanny Lynn
$1302 Found In Fruit Jar After Slaying
In Brunswick Missouri a relative found 1302 dollars in a fruit jar at the home of Homer Virgil Kaiser who was killed March 22. Two silver dollars and thirteen one hundred dollar bills were found in a garage by Kaiser's son in law Earl Syler Triplett as officers continue the shooting investigation.
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Brunswick
Homer Virgil Kaiser
Kaiser
Inlaw
Earl Syler Triplett
Weather Unsettled Temperatures Expected Through Easter Weekend
Topeka forecast calls for clear mild conditions in Kansas through Easter weekend with 60s by day and 30s at night. Light showers possible in western areas Sunday and trace amounts reported in Baldwin City Lola and Wichita yesterday.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Baldwin City
Lola
Wichita
Wise Owl Upsets Moore Johnson Family in Columbus
The Moore Johnsons found an owl blinking at them from their living room fireplace. The bird flew down the chimney causing soot on furniture lamp shades and curtains. Johnson struck at the owl with a rake, knocked it to the floor, and carried it outside where it revived. He netted the chimney to prevent a repeat.
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Columbus
Kan
Moore Johnson
Johnsons
Johnson
Crash Fatal At St. Francis Injures 3 Year Old
A three year old, Kelly Dale Merklin, was fatally injured when struck by a car as he darted into a street while playing. Parents listed as Mr and Mrs Leon Merklin.
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ST. Francis, Kas
Kelly Dale Merklin
Leon Merklin
Easter Joy Spurs Global Sunrise Services and Festivities
The world marks Easter with sunrise services from Times Square to Jeru salem and Canterbury. Quakers in New York seek peace as Kennedy plans Palm Beach for the holiday. Easter fires near Fredericksburg and multiple national services frame a season of renewal and faith. Archbishop Spellman offers a message of hope via Radio Free Europe.
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Hawaii
Missouri
St. Paul's Basilica
Rome
Jerusalem
America
Kennedy
Palm Beach
Fla
White House
Washington
Arlington National Cemetery
Fredericksburg
Tex
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Radio Free Europe
Kennedy and Rusk Review Soviet Laos Reply Summary
President Kennedy and Secretary of State Rusk received a summary of the Soviet answer to Britain's Laos cease fire proposal. The Kremlin delivered the note to Britain’s ambassador in Moscow and a later call to the U S ambassador in Moscow followed. Salinger said no text was available and he expected no immediate discussion on the tenor.
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Britain
Frank Roberts
Kremlin
Lin U.S
Llewellyn ‘Thompson
Laos
Salinger
Kennedy
Rusk
Thompson
State Department
Washington
Associated Press
Moscow
Dial Service In Chanute to Switch April 9
Telephone customers in Chanute will face higher rates when dialing service moves from manual to dial on April 9. A E Endres of Southwestern Bell says residential single line increases 25 cents monthly, business rates rise up to 11 dollars, and several other rate changes accompany the switch. Direct distance dialing will be available nationwide on the changeover date.
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Chanute
A. E. Endres
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Endres
Traffic Fatalities Report For Topeka Area
Kansas traffic death log shows 39 deaths in March 1961 and 106 since January, with 91 deaths in the comparable 1960 period. The 24 hour count through 9 am notes two fatalities.
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Topeka
Kansas
Lenten Guideposts on Commitment From Governor Hatfield
Oregon governor Mark Hatfield recounts his grandmother’s steadfast commitment after her husband’s death. She kept the family together by running a boarding house, sewing at night, and farming labor alongside her children, passing the value of commitment to the next generation amid hard times.
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Everett Olson
Dallas
Oregon
Mymother
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