Officers Gunfire Wounds Convicts In Escape Attempt
Five convicts overpowered guards at Washington State Prison during recreation. Two wounded by gunfire, one hit in the face by buckshot and another shot in the abdomen. Three escaped to the east wall. two recaptured unharmed. Two inmates remain missing as authorities search the grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walla Walla, Wash
Washington State
William Macklin
Flight For Freedom
Tower No. 1
Tower No. 2
Jessie L. Davis
King County
Davis
Roland Beard
Yakima County
Roy Victor Olson
Seattle
Joseph W. Nichols
Robert A. Herr
Spokane County
Macklin
Nichols
Herr
Easter Weather Outlook Mixed With Storms Across Regions
The Associated Press reports a bright Easter outlook overall with fair to partly cloudy skies in most areas. However northern and central Rockies, southern plains to Great Lakes, and parts of New York may see showers and thundershowers, with damaging hail and a small tornado reported near Louisburg Kansas.
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Associated Press
Rockies
Plains
Great Lakes Region
Gulf States
New York
Kansas
Missouri
Illinois
Louisburg
Kan
Kansas City
Pleasant Hill
U.S. 71
Belton
Peculiar
Columbia
Paola
Northwest
Great Lakes
New England
Middle Atlantic
Carolinas
Butte
Mont
Cushing Named Permanent Chair Of Kansas GOP Convention
Ned Cushing of Downs will serve as permanent chairman of the Kansas Republican convention to be held in Hutchinson next Saturday. State Sen. Frank Hodge will be temporary chairman and Rep. William E. Miller of New York will be keynote speaker. The event will finalize a 22 member delegation to the national convention with 10 delegates at large and 12 delegates elected by district conventions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Ned Cushing
Downs
Hutchinson
Cushing
Young Republican National Federation
Frank Hodge
William E. Miller
Better Ways To Deliver The Mail
In San Francisco Pony Express rider Jack Nolan abandons a wheezing horse in Sacramento and delivers 2500 letters to Postmaster John F. Fixa by rented truck. At City Hall Deputy Fred Kenna questions the plan as a horse ambulance arrives and Nolan mounts a horse named Jack to present the mail to Mayor George Christopher marking the centennial relay from St Joseph Missouri to the West Coast involving 70 horses between St Joe and Salt Lake City.
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San Francisco
Pony Express
Jack Nolan
Sacramento
Nolan
John F. Fixa
City Hall
Fred Kenna
Kenna
Jack Chaney
Jack
George Christopher
St. Joseph
West Coast
St. Joe
There
Salt Lake City
Good Grooming Boosts Inmates Self Respect At Kansas Farm
Daisy Sharp, director of the Kansas State Industrial Farm for Women in Lansing, says grooming aids rehabilitation for 60 felon inmates. A basement beauty shop offers weekly shampoo and sets, home permanents, and dental care, with training toward basic beauty skills and possible salon work for graduates.
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Barbara Lancaster
Leavenworth Times
Lansing
Kas
Daisy Sharp
Kansas State Industrial Farm For Women
Sharp
Muriel Wyatt
Reverent Easter Worship Across Faiths Worldwide
Christians prepare for Easter with prayer song and exaltation as the resurrection is celebrated. In Jerusalem Muslims unlock the Church of the Holy Sepulchre for pilgrims while Latin Patriarch Alberto Gori blesses the holy fire. Corroborating services in Rome and Jerusalem reflect interfaith devotion and Passion observances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Alberto Gori
Jesus
Christ
Easter Egg Hunt at Highland Park Sponsored by Lions Club
The Chanute Lions Club will hold the annual elementary Easter Egg Hunt Sunday at Highland Park starting at 2 P M. Roy Smith announces three prize eggs per division and 150 dimes hidden with other eggs. If rain cancels, eggs will be shared among all grade schools next week.
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Chanute Lions Club
Highland Park
Roy Smith
Lions
Smith
Meager Clues In French Kidnapping Case
Paris AP reports police have few clues in the Eric Peugeot kidnapping case as investigators press for results. Roland Peugeot, father of the four year old, reportedly favored dropping the probe after paying a large ransom and negotiating for the child’s return.
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Paris
Eric Peugeot
France
Eric
Brigade
Roland Peugeot
Peugeot
Burglars Damage Safe at Farm Co-op Elevator
Burglars damaged but could not force open the safe at the Farmers Co-op elevator office in Sterling Kansas. A payroll of nearly $1,000 was in the safe when an explosive jammed the door. About two years ago another failed attempt occurred.
Vehicle Crash Kills Coy William Lee in Gardner
Coy William Lee 46 of Council Grove Kansas died when his car rammed a wrecker pulling another vehicle from a ditch along U S 56. Autopsy details were not released and no other injuries were reported. Lee was a resident of Council Grove and the incident occurred near Gardner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardner
Kas
William Lee
Council Grove
U.S. 56
Keith Deay to Lead World Business Trip
Keith Deay son of Mr and Mrs Clifford A Deay will depart New York for a 10 to 12 week world trip with Lederle Laboratories a division of International Cyanamid The itinerary centers on Karachi Pakistan where a plant is being built with additional time in Hong Kong and the Philippine Islands Katy Deay and Stephen will join in San Francisco for return to Scarsdale N Y in early July The family recently moved from Montreal where Deay was sales manager for the firm
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Keith Deay
Clifford A. Deay
W. Main
Lederle Laboratories, Ltd
International Cyanamid
New York
Karachi
Pakistan
Hong Kong
China
Philippine Islands
Keith
Katy
Stephen
San Francisco
United States
Scarsdale
N.Y
Keith Deays
Montreal
Canada
Deay
Freighter Ethel C Sinks Off Virginia Coast With 23 Missing
A Lebanese freighter named Ethel C with a crew of 23 reported sinking early off Virginia's eastern shore. After hours with no trace, Coast Guard and Navy planes searched the calm seas, finding no wreckage or survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk, Va
Coast Guard
Virginia
Ethel C
Newport News
Coast Guard Coast Guard
Navy
Esso Lexinton
Copter and Hounds Help Capture Armed Desperadoes
An alert motorist spotted the fugitives Charles and Elmer Smith in St Clair Missouri. A bloodhound from Algoa Reformatory tracked them while a helicopter kept them in view. The brothers were overpowered by officers, with a brief scuffle as they were caught. They had escaped from a deputy in Oklahoma using burglar tools. Franklin County authorities will decide where to prosecute.
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ST. Clair, Mo
Charles Smith
Elmer Smith
H. H. Rueff
Nellie
Algoa Reformatory
Jefferson City
Reuff
Charles
Missouri Highway Patrol
James Thompson
Acuff
Smiths
Oklahoma
Wayne Brown
St. Clair
Franklin County
900 Attend Good Friday Union Service
About 900 people attended the Good Friday Union Service at First Methodist Church organized by the Chanute Ministerial Alliance. The three hour service featured seven speakers and 14 alliance members with three choirs performing music for the Seven Words from the cross. Easter sunrise services are planned by area churches with arrangements for rain.
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First Methodist
Chanute Ministerial Alliance
Ministerial Alliance
Charles Garrett
E. M. Pearson
Gene Miller
Arnold Thoren
A. J. Atkins
Paul Life
Kenneth Ellsworth
William T. Hunt
Floyd Thuston
Claude Pittenger
H. A. Simmons
Clifford Melton
Gerald Curry
Chanute
Humboldt
Neocha Drive- In
Play on Army Tank Ends in Boy's Fatal Accident
In Springfield Park on Friday, seven year old Paul Soule was killed after his head became caught between the breech and the tank turret while boys operated gun controls in an old Army tank. Police described the incident as accidental and connected to rough play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Springfield Park
Paul Soule
Paul
Capsule Catch Succeeds Or Fails In Discoverer XI Recovery Try
At Vandenberg Air Force Base giant Air Force Flying Boxcars circle Hawaii as the Discoverer XI capsule is released from polar orbit. Recovery planes 40,000 feet up wait with nets to snare the capsule 200 miles high and 150 by 50 miles wide near Hawaii for a possible first return from orbit.
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Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
Air Force
Hawaii
North Pole
Rev Dana Dawson In Wichita Heart Attack Condition Improves
The 67 year old Topeka bishop of the Kansas region of the Methodist Church, Rev Dana Dawson, was reported in very good condition today after a heart attack Thursday at a Wichita meeting. He has been hospitalized at Wesley Hospital since.
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Wichita
Dana Dawson
Topeka
Kansas
Methodist Church
Wesley Hospital
Safe to Wear Easter Bonnets on Sunny Sunday Forecast
The Weather Bureau reports Easter Sunday will be partly cloudy and cooler with temperatures in the upper 50s. A rapid improvement follows tonight’s storms, while scattered showers develop this afternoon and continue tonight, with heavy rain possible in south central to northeast Kansas.
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Topeka
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Miami
Johnson
Louisburg
Olathe
Suthwest
Goodland
Pittsburg
Chanute
Emporia
Carlson chosen to deliver Easter prayer at Arlington
Senator Frank Carlson Republican Kansas chosen to give the prayer at the annual Easter sunrise service at Arlington National Cemetery. Secretary of the Army Wilber M. Brucker invited him and helped arrange the program.
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Washington
Frank Carlson
R-Kas
Arlington National Cemetery
Secretary of the Army
Wilber M. Brucker
Traffic Fatalities Log Across Topeka Area
Kansas traffic death log reports 24 hours to 9 am Saturday with 2 deaths. The record compares 1960 figures showing 102 fatalities versus 133 for the same period in 1959.
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Topeka
Kansas
Car Strike Damages Blakely Chrysler and Parked Truck
Lewis Young reports that yesterday a car driven by E. B. Blakely struck his parked truck. The right side of Blakely s 1956 Chrysler sustained damage while the truck had minor marks.
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Lewis Young
S. Washington
E. B. Blakely
W. 6Th
Blakely
Greek Boy Arrives in U S For Heart Surgery
Four year old Stel lakis Parthenopoulos arrived in New York with his mother after a plea for medical help. Doctors at Parkchester General Hospital will operate on a congenital heart defect while an Associated Press writer who helped publicize the appeal uses the story to highlight charitable medical aid.
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New York
Stellakis Parthenopoulos
America
Associated Press
John O. B. Wallace
Aaron N. Gorelik
Parkchester General Hospital
Wallace
Gorelik
Athens
Murder Case's Biggest Break In Starved Rock Slayings
Investigators in Ottawa Illinois pursued what authorities called the biggest break so far in the Starved Rock triple murder case. Bloodstained garments from two victims yielded five or six fingerprints and a thumb print under lab tests, potentially matching records. Frances Murphy Lillian Oetting and Mildred Lindquist, wives of Chicago executives, were found slain after checking into a Riverside lodge during a winter holiday.
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Ottawa, Ill
Starved Rock
William Morris
Riverside
Ill
Frances Murphy
Lillian Oetting
Mildred Lindquist
Chicago
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Jimmy Naff
Floyd Naff
W. Oak
Cindy Robertson
Fred Robertson
Tribune
Jesus Christ
Christendom
Soldiers of Peace
United Nations Emergency Force
Rome
John XXIII
New York City
Rotterdam
Rohner
Geh@g Shipping Corp
Diomedes Caravias
Thomas Gibson
Great Britain
Britain
Pacific
Neaside
Wasser
Carlson
U.S
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