Inland Not to Join Steel Price Boost
The Kennedy administration scored a break as Inland Steel Co of Chicago said it would not join the steel price increase. Defense Secretary McNamara warned the rise could add about a billion dollars annually to defense costs and urged contractors to seek substitutes while defense spending may be affected.
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Washington
Kennedy
White House
Inland Steel Co
Chicago
of Defense
Robert S. McNamara’ l
Pentagon
Armed Services
Blough
Armco
McNamara
Ford Motor Co
Defense
Court Dismisses Suit By Payne Ratner
A four judge panel in Topeka dismissed the Ratner suit challenging the Kansas attorney general and the Board of Bar Examiners as connected to pending disbarment actions. The court said exclusive Supreme Court jurisdiction governs attorney discipline and allowed the case to be refiled under conditions if the AG moves to initiate disbarment within 10 days. The Ratners, former Gov Payne H Ratner and son Payne Jr, alleged harassment tied to their representation of railroad workers.
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Topeka
Rat District Court
Payne H
Ratner
Fice
Board of Bar
Kansas Supreme Court
Payne Jr
William M. Ferguson
Board of
Bar Examiners
Board of Law
Hoads
Eral
Supreme Court of Kansas
Ferguson
Supreme Court
Dist
Dave Prager
Attorney General's Office
Prager
Shawnee County
Chambers
Kansas
Brotherhood of Railway
Soviet Indicts U.S. and Britain Over Nuclear Test Moratorium
At the general disarmament conference in Geneva, Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Valerian Zorin accused the United States and Britain of refusing a nonpoliced nuclear test moratorium proposed by India and other small powers. Western officials said his remarks were harsh and Cold War in tone as U.S. Ambassador Arthur H. Dean and British Minister Joseph Godber defended replying only to the Russian proposal.
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Geneva
Soviet Union
United States
Britain
Valerian A. Zorin
Zorin
India
Arthur F. Lall
U.S
Arthur H. Dean
Joseph K. Godbei
Judge Lets Chinese Rooster Be Testimony Witness
In Charleston a Cornish rooster spared as Chu Key Soon testifies without oath after judges joke about Confucian rites. The court considers alternative swearing methods and ultimately allows Soon to tell truth without taking an oath, with both sides agreeing on the arrangement.
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Charleston
S.C
Chu Key Soon
Court of Common Pleas
Julius B. Ness
Soon
Kansas Jobless Rate Drops to 3.2 Percent
The Employment Security Division reports a continued decline in insured unemployment. The rate fell to 3.2 percent for the week ending April 7, down from 3.6 percent the prior week and 5.1 percent a year earlier.
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Topeka
Employment Security Division
Lenten Series Moral Stamina Needed Says Air Force Colonel
A Lent message by Col Jack W Hayes Jr of Schilling AFB Salina Kan urges moral and spiritual stamina for Easter preparation. He notes forty days of preparation since Charlemagne era, emphasizes prayer meditation and communion as Christ's example amid modern military stress.
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United States Air Force
310Th Strategic Aerospace Wing
Schilling Afb
Salina
Kan
Jack W. Hayes JR
Christ
Charelmagne
Court Order To Galena Water Chlorination
A district court in Columbus Kansas orders the city of Galena to chlorinate its water supply within 90 days. Judge Jerome Harmon acted at the urging of Attorney General William M. Ferguson on behalf of the State Board of Health after three prior orders were ignored. Ferguson said the city has not disputed the orders as illegal, only ignored, while officials claim deep well water is pure. The board argues water can be contaminated in the mains. Ferguson says he will drop the case if the city complies.
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Columbus
Kan
Galena
Jerome Harmon
Atty
William M. Ferguson
State Board of Health
Ferguson
Health Board
Traffic Fatalities Log for Topeka Area
Kansas traffic death log shows 1 fatality in 24 hours to 9 am Friday for April 1962, with 1961 comparable at 130 and 1962 total at 118. Delayed report notes a fatality from last month.
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Topeka
Kansas
Joplin Youth Drowns In Shoal Creek
Leon Schrader, 19, drowned while boating with two men along Shoal Creek south of Joplin. He reportedly fell while swinging hand over hand across a beam on the U S 71 bridge. Bud Bows and Caroll Thompson said they had been drinking beer and wine.
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Joplin
Leon Schrader
Shoal Creek
Schrader
U.S. 71
John Tuggle
Bud Bows
Caroll Thompson
Beeney Family Snaps Up In Car After Jail Sentences
Mrs. Beeney and husband, jailed for taking two daughters from school, are released separately and rejoin a growing seven‑person vehicle herd outside the Erie courthouse. The girls, Verla Sue 13 and Letha Faye 6, remain in Atchison state home under juvenile court rules until Beeneys resume custody.
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Erie
Kenneth L. Beeney Sr
Atchison
Beeney
Beeneys
Verla Sue
Letha Faye
Jerry Sloan
Teachers Review Textbooks in Chanute Schools
Chanute teachers run year round committees to study writing and arithmetic textbooks for elementary grades. The process includes evaluating 23 series, selecting 10 for trial, narrowing to three final choices, and coordinating grade level study guides after superintendent approval.
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Chanute
John Knight
State Department of Education
Tthe
Seach
Buford Fisher
Tear Gas Halts Break-In At Neosho Valley Creamery
A tear gas device set off during a break-in at Neosho Valley Cooperative Creamery in Erie prevented entry after the safe was punched. Police say the front door was forced and the alarm found its way to an exit with no items taken. Floyd Hayes, the Erie night watchman, discovered the scene between 10 p.m. and 3 a.m.
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Erie
Neosho Valley Cooperative Creamery
Assahere
Floyd Hayes
Weather Warm Then Showers For Kansas Weekend
Topeka residents can expect mild spring like weather with highs in the 60s today and Saturday and tonight’s lows in the 30s and 40s. Partly cloudy skies give way to scattered showers in western Kansas by Saturday with warmer temperatures overall.
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Topeka
Kansas
Widow Beth Scheib Tends 10 Acre Farm With 13 Children
A Washington widow, Beth Scheib, widowed in a 194? plane crash, farms with 13 children aged 2 months to 14 years. The family runs beef, irrigation, and alfalfa on 10 acres plus 65 cultivated, hiring no help beyond babysitting. Steve, 11, leads as the "man of the family" while Beth drives the tractor and manages duties.
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Soap Lake
Wash
Beth Scheib
Scheib
Larry
Beth
Lawrence Scheib
Farm Home Administration
Jim
Ing
Leonard McNamara
Scheibs
Lawrence
Linda
Jeff
Kathy
Steve
Wally
Jerry
Clifford
Peggy
Barbara
Don
Ring Theft Leads to Teen Interrogation in Chanute
A. L. Burns reports a missing engagement ring set from his 3 W Main jewelry stock led to police questioning of a 17 year old Chanute girl. She admitted taking the rings and they were recovered. no charges filed yet.
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A. L. Burns
W. Main
Chanute
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U.S. Steel
Roger M. Blough
Armco Steel
Payne Ratner
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Kansas Bureau of Investigation Inference
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Ness
China
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Dorothy McCoy
Steve Walker
Euphemia German
Melvin Owens
Betty Umbarger
Harold Anderson
Lonnie Rhodes
Tribune
Larry Mathews
Mrs. Beeney
Stu
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