Not Guilty By Eichmann Trial Opens In Jerusalem
Adolf Eichmann faces trial on charges of complicity in the death of six million Jews. Judges led by Moshe Landau accepted the case, while Gideon Hausner pressed for accountability. Eichmann refused pleas of guilt, declaring not guilty after each question during the indictment read. The courtroom held a solemn start as translation headphones were adjusted and the defense motiones were addressed.
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Jerusalem
Adolfmann
Landau
Eichmann
Israel
Europe
Gideon Hausner
Hausner
Supreme Court
Moshe Landau
Eich
Leavenworth Youths Build Space Vehicle That's Earthbound
Leavenworth High School students Warren Seufert and Beeler Gausz Jr plan a home built space capsule model for Project Mercury. They spent two months and about 50 dollars assembling instruments from car gauges and other parts to simulate space flight for upcoming Kansas City Science Fair in May.
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Leavenworth Times
Leavenworth
Kas
Leavenworth High School
Warren Seufert
Beeler Gausz Jr
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Kansas City
Seatsaaeemeee High
Suu
Wernher von Braun
Cape Canaveral
Ralph Toland Quits Police In Chanute
Ralph Toland, veteran Chanute police officer since 1940, resigned effective Saturday to run his late father's repair service. He served as patrolman and night shift officer in charge, most recently desk sergeant on the 4 p.m. to midnight shift. Toland recalled radio limits in early days and low pay of nine dollars a month. City Manager Hayes said a new officer will be hired soon after recent examination of applicants.
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Ralph Toland
Chanute
Toland
Police Department
RK. J. Hayes
Traffic Fatalities Log Update From Topeka
Topeka report shows Kansas traffic deaths over time with counts for April and earlier periods. The log lists totals for 1961 and compares to the prior year, indicating year over year changes in fatalities.
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Topeka
Kansas
Driver Arrested On DWI and Related Charges
W. T. Leroy of 1216 S. Forest was arrested by police on charges of driving while intoxicated driving during license suspension reckless driving and transporting an open bottle. The arrest occurred in an alley in the 400 block on North Santa Fe. Floyd Hamilton of 519 N. Santa Fe was charged with intoxication and released after posting a 15 dollar bond. Leroy was held pending hearing.
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W. T. Leroy
S. Forest
Leroy
North Santa Fe
Floyd Hamilton
N. Santa Fe
Hamilton
Weather forecast for Kansas two-day mild warm snap
Topeka AP reports generally fair weather across Kansas for the next two days with a gradual return to normal temperatures. Sunday readings ranged 47 to 57 in Concordia and Dodge City, highs expected in the 50s east and 60s west on Monday with upper 60s Tuesday, and freezing temps reported statewide.
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Topeka
Kansas
Concordia
Dodge City
Weather Bureau
Hill City
Garden City
Topeka Groom Trapped in Packing Crate Prank
Eugene W. Smith of Topeka was married Sunday afternoon and his friends staged a practical joke by sealing him in a wooden packing crate. The crate was placed on a street corner by the bus terminal with space for his head. The new wife freed him, and the crowd watched as the gag concluded.
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Topeka
Eugene W. Smith
Smith
Two Car Crashes Leave No Injuries in Town
Two traffic collisions Saturday caused extensive vehicle damage but no injuries. Mrs Anna Alter 69 and Mary J Carlos 16 collided at Grant and Cherry around 5 PM. Alter cited for failing to stop with $5 bond. A second crash at Main and Forest involved Leon A Spence 32 and John F Kinney 67. damage to McAlexander Ford and Kinney Dodge reported.
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Anna Alter
S. Santa Fe
Mary J. Carlos
S. Highland
Grant and
Cherry
Alter
Carlos
Leon A. Spence
Steele's Court
John F. Kinney
Humboldt
Main
Forest
Spence
Lucille McAlexander
N. Evergreen
McAlexander
Kinney
Plane Rides For Pupils At Chanute Schools
Sixth grade students from Chanute schools will tour Chanute Municipal Airport and its weather station as the weather unit culminates. Pupil plane rides over the city will occur for those with parental permission. Hutton and Alcott groups are scheduled across today and tomorrow with Murray Hill following.
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Chanute
Chanute Municipal
Hutton School
Alcott School
Murray Hill
Six Die in Cabin Blaze in Tennessee Mountain Family
In Madisonville Tennessee six members of a mountain family died when a cabin burned Sunday in a remote area. A survivor said kerosene was used on a wood fire to start it. Victims include Mrs Webster Frye 68 Ruth Frye 36 deaf mute Mrs J R Watson 26 and Watsons daughters Barbara Ann 8 Betty Ruth 4 and Kathy 9 months. Webster Frye 70 is hospitalized with burns. Mrs Watson's husband survived with minor burns.
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Madisonville
Tenn
Here
Webster Frye
Ruth Frye
J. R. Watson
Barbara Ann
Betty Ruth
Kathy
Spring Snowstorm Paralyzes Plains and Midwest
A crippling spring snowstorm swept from the northern Plains across the Midwest with heavy wet snow and 50 mph winds. The storm caused road closures, stranded motorists, and fatalities linked to traffic accidents and burns, with schools closed and travel slowed across multiple states.
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Associated Press
Plains
Midwest
Dakotas
North Central
Minnealin Oerel
50Th
Illinois
Great Lakes Region
Ohio Valley
Invasion of Cuba Reported by Exiles Across Island
Cuban exiles in the United States claimed invaders landed by sea and air across Cuba from Playa Larga to Baracoa. Reports said forces seized areas near Cienfuegos Guantanamo and Cabanas while Castro’s government urged order and denied a large-scale assault.
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Lassister
United Nations
Villas Province
Great
Guateed
Mala
Florida
United
Cuba
Associated Press
Fidel Castro
Havana
United States
Arever
Castro
Irea
Rusk
Raul Roa
Playa Larga
Cienfuegos
Naval Station
Washington
Baracoa
Oriente
U.S
Guantanamo
Santiago
Oriente Province
U.S. Navy
Guantanamo Naval Base
Cabanas
Pinar del Rio
New District Officers Elected by VFW and Auxiliary
Two Chanute representatives were elected during the closing sessions of the third district VFW and auxiliary convention. W J Bill Althaber was named district junior vice commander and Dorothy Rauhoff district conductress in the auxiliary. Rauhoff and others were reelected to multiple posts as officers were installed. Coffeyville and Pittsburg names appear among the new leadership, with officers slated to be officially installed at the state convention in Hutchinson in June.
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Chanutes
Veterans of Foreign Wars and Auxiliary
W. J
Bill) Althaber
Dorothy Rauhoff
Althaber
Floyd Fisher
Ed Abshier
Coffeyville
George Matson
Pittsburg
Bill Shoptow
Columbus
Walter Graves
Parsons
Chaplian
Robert Null
Independence
Sur
Opal Hammer
Cherryvale
Marie Lazelle
Arkansas City
Nellie Rogers
Winfield
Clara Graves
Eulla Mattox
Grenola
Maxine Burdette
Helen Almond
Gladys Lortz
Ann Easter Dry
Hutchinson
Jay Stewart
Hays
Margaret Kendall
Stockton
Tmen
VFW
Memorial Building
Masonic Temple
Gib Hatfield
Hatfield
G. C. Hatfield
Chanute
Dean Skinner
Dave Evans
Howard Carder
Cecil J. Meeker
Christine Oglesbee
Floyd Fish
State Auxiliary
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Department
Williamson Wins $3 000 Judgment in Friendly Suit
A district court entered a judgment for $3 000 and costs in a friendly jury case Friday. Plaintiff Carolyn Lee Williamson, 20, of Kansas City, sued through her parents Melvin and Mrs. Williamson of Erie. Defendant Donald E. Heady, Parsons, was involved in a July traffic accident near Parsons that left Williamson as a passenger.
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Carolyn Lee Williamson
Kansas City
Melvin Williamson
Erie R
Donald E. Heady
Parsons R
Parsons
Heady
Miss Williamson
Erie teen Teresa Welch Wins Neosho County Spelling Title
Teresa Welch a 14 year old eighth grader daughter of Mr and Mrs Warren Welch of Erie won the Neosho County spelling contest in Erie to represent the county at the state bee in Topeka on April 29. She edged Cathy Van Leeuwen and Marsha Morton in the older group after besting two other St Paul and Chanute students in the two division format. The top prize included Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and writing sets. the state winner earns Britannica and an all expense paid trip to Washington.
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Erie
Teresa Welch
Warren Welch
Neosho County
Miss Welch
Cathy van Leeuwen
St. Paul
Ray van Leeuwen
Chanute
Marsha Morton
M. L. Morton
S. Plummer
Frank LaForge
Bernard
Mabel Sage
Allen County
Ed Naanes
Topeka
Washington, D.C
Rebels claim Isle of Pines seizure and prisoner releases
Mexican Cuban Revolutionary Council reports anti-C Castro rebels seized Isle of Pines freed 10 000 political prisoners and seek asylum for Fidel Castro in Mexico. Rusk says US will not intervene but shows sympathy to opponents of dictatorship while invaders strike in Las Villas and Cuba accuses US backed invasion. UN cites invasion from Florida and Guatemala denied by US.
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Mexico City
Cuban Revolutionary Council
Isle of Pines
Lazaro Cardenas
Mexico
Fidel Castro
Washington
Dean Rusk
United States
Cuba
Billie Robison Wins The Tribune Tipster Award
A Buffalo reader Billie Robison wins a weekly 3 dollar prize in The Tribune news tip contest for last week. She reported an accident near Benedict where Mrs. Ray Harmon was injured as a pickup overturned near closing railroad gates.
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Buffalo
Billie Robison
The
Tribune
Robison
Benedict
Ray Harmon
Harmon
Bill Gilliland
Harold Stoll
S. Malcolm
Chanute
Willham Elected Chairman of Agricultural Hall of Fame
Dr. Oliver Willham, president of Oklahoma State University Stillwater, was elected chairman of the board of governors of the Agricultural Hall of Fame. The hall will be built in Wyandotte County Kansas. Howard A. Cowden of Kansas City presided over the executive committee meeting.
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Kansas City
Oliver Willham
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater
Agricultural Hall of Fame
B. B. Turner
New York
Ethyl Corp
Hall of Fame
Wyandotte County
Kansas
Howard A. Cowden
Fire Fatal in Stockton Home
Ab Muir Sr. about 90 died Saturday night in a house fire in Stockton. The blaze destroyed the interior of the home where he lived alone. Cause of the fire was not known.
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Stockton
Kas
Ab Muir Sr
Muir
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