Death Toll 248 Across Six-State Tornado Zone
The Associated Press reports 248 known dead in six states from Sunday tornadoes as Indiana bears the heaviest loss with 141 deaths. rescue crews search debris while cleanup and flood fears rise. looting occurs in Marion, Indiana, with about $70,000 taken from ruined stores.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Red Cross
Indiana
Roger D
Michigan
Ohio
Marion
Ind
Soviets Backtrack On Outer Space Life Signals
Soviet astronomers initially suggested intelligent signals from space but quickly retreated. Shklovsky and Tass avoided confirming artificial origins, while Western scientists urged caution and more evidence before accepting life beyond Earth.
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Moscow
Outer Space
Sternberg Institute of Astronomy
Tass
Intercepted Letter Teases School Aid Funds
An intercepted communication quotes a suggestion to avoid spending the federal school aid fund before receipt, implying caution over allocating or using anticipated federal money. The note references a child or student aid context and hints at political or policy maneuvering surrounding education funds.
Weather outlook and temperatures for today and week
Area forecast calls for considerable cloudiness with scattered mainly late day and night showers and thundershowers through Wednesday. A bit warmer into Wednesday. Low tonight 45 to 50. High Wednesday 65 to 70.
Light Showers Move Across Kansas
AP reports showers develop in the southwest and move northeastward across Kansas. Cooler air gives way to a warming trend with highs in the 60s, lows in the 40s to 50s. Monday highs ranged 50 to 65 degrees, with early lows from 34 to 44.
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Topeka
Kansas
Concordia
Pittsburg
Goodland
Kansas House OKs phased minimum school entry age
The Kansas House passed a bill to raise the minimum entry age for school by gradual steps, starting with eligibility for kindergarten at age 5 before next Jan 1 and first grade at age 6 before next Jan 1, with future date shifts planned through Sept 1.
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Topeka
Kansas
House
Senate
Truck Upsets Cement Spills On City Street
A 1959 International cement mixer owned by Harry Byers and Sons overturned at Cherry and Forest around 12 15 p m. The driver, Doug Ricketts aged 20 of 1010 S Plummer escaped with minor injuries after being treated at Neosho Memorial Hospital. The truck was heading to a widening project on Ist between Highland and Evergreen when it tipped while making a right turn from Highway K39. Cement spilled across the street and was removed, with the fire department washing away remaining mix and gasoline.
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Harry Byers and Sons, Inc
N. Plummer
Cherry and Forest
Doug Ricketts
Cherry South
Forest
Ricketts
Senate Approves Conference Version of Junior College Bill
The Senate agreed to a conference committee version of the junior college system bill today. The bill returned to the house and, if accepted there, will go to Gov. William H. Avery for signature.
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PERA
Senate
House
William H. Avery
Wandering Peacock Returns Home Minus Its Tail Feathers
The wandering male peacock from the Henry H. Stone farm was returned to its home after a trek that took it through Wallace Johnson’s hedge and into Chanute city park. Johnson found the other Stone peacock four miles northwest of Chanute and handed it to authorities. the Stone family reclaimed their bird yesterday. The journey left the traveler tail-less but unharmed.
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Henry H. Stone
R. 2
Stone
Wallace Johnson
Stone Farm
Johnson
S. Central
Chanute
City Park Department
Park Department
U S Aid For Neosho Schools Allocation
Kansas districts would receive about 12 422 619 in federal school aid under Johnson plan per Associated Press. Neosho County is allotted 126 336 for anti poverty districts with poverty levels under 2 000 dollars per year.
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U.S
Neosho
Kansas
President Johnson
Associated Press
Neosho County
Training Saves Life
A Coffeyville family reports a near tragedy when 20 month old Charles Arthur Atkinson fell into a fish pond. He was pulled out by his mother and revived by his 16 year old brother who performed mouth to mouth breathing. he was hospitalized in good condition.
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Coffeyville, Kan
Charles Arthur Atkinson
Jim Atkinson
Coffeyville
Danny
Deer Hit on US 169 Near Neo Sho River Bridge
A report at 11:45 last night indicated another deer was struck by a car on highway US 169 near the Neo sho River bridge north of town, reported by Lawrence Clements with no address recorded. Earlier, a Coffeyville man struck a deer in the same vicinity Sunday night.
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Neosho River Bridge
Lawrence Clements
Coffeyville
Justice Johnson pleads innocent in Oklahoma bribery case
Oklahoma Supreme Court Justice N B Johnson pleaded innocent before the state Senate to charges he accepted ten thousand dollars in bribes. The case centers on alleged misconduct and awaits further proceedings.
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Oklahoma City
N. B. Johnson
Oklahoma Supreme Court
State Senate
Wallet Found After Twenty Years Returned to Owner
Dean D. Jarvis finally regained his lost wallet containing 170 after 20 years. A nameless man called his wife to say he had kept the money, then returned it via a cashier’s check from First National Bank Hutchinson. He refused to be identified and asked for no publicity.
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LEWIS
Kan
Dean D. Jarvis
Jarvis
First National Bank
Hutchinson
Mrs. Jarvis
Pair Denied Life In Hickock and Smith Case
Gov Avery and Judge Templar refused to halt the scheduled hangings of Richard Hickock and Perry Smith for the 1959 Clutter family murders in Finney County. Attorneys filed a last appeal with the U S Supreme Court to Justice Byron White.
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Topeka
William H. Avery
U. S
George Templar
Kansas
Richard Eugene Hickock
Perry Edward Smith
Smith
Hickock
Herbert Clutter
Finney County
Kansas State Penitentiary
Lansing
Kansas Attorney General's Office
U. S. Supreme Court
Byron White
Withholding Tax Okayed by Kansas Legislature
Kansas lawmakers approve a plan to withhold state income taxes starting next January 1. Gov. William H. Avery's proposed funding measure would add about 3.3 million dollars annually from workers who spend only part of the year in Kansas and could generate roughly 10 million dollars in one-time revenues from a double-up effect within the same fiscal year. Employers would withhold 15 percent of the employee's federal tax withholding for state taxes.
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Topeka
William H. Avery
Kansas
Record Flood Crests Threaten Minnesota Rivers
Weather alarms raise risk of more ice jams on the Mississippi as Minneapolis and St Paul brace for record crests. Nine deaths reported from the week of floods. Merlin Pierson, his wife, and their daughter Gwen are missing after a canoe accident near Greenbush, Minnesota.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Minnesota
Minnepolis
Mississippi River
Merlin Pierson
Gwen
Greenbush
City Dads Work Long Hours to Saw Up Backlog
The city commission met after a three week gap to take action on purchases including a vacant Southwestern Bell building for 5500, park improvements at Santa Fe and City Parks, a new asphaltic slurry machine, and two library board appointments. They approved a 140000 bond plan for three new public parking lots tied to Main widening, set a salary review meeting, allowed the fire department to sponsor a carnival, and limited uninterrupted parking to 48 hours. Rejected a fish stock purchase for Santa Fe Park lake. Discussions covered zoning on South Steuben, industrial promotion with Kansas Dept of Economic Development, and naming Dr James W Kensett mayor.
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Island Highland
Santa Fe Park
Bell Telephone
Bell
Dial Center
South Steuben
Roy Dannelley Jr
Dannelley
Veterans’ Club
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