Four basketball players named in gambling scandal
Indicted gambler Aaron Wagman faces 37 counts involving 11 players from six colleges over two seasons. St Josephs of Philadelphia and LaSalle College say three seniors and one sophomore were expelled after admitting bribery to fix point spreads. Schools named include Connecticut Tennessee Memphis State La Salle and Mississippi.
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Bulletin New York
Aaron Wagman
Dist. Atty
Frank S. Hogan
University of Connecticut
St. Joseph’s of Philadelphia
University of Tennessee
la Salle College of Philadelphia
Mississippi State
Memphis State
Philadelphia
St. Joseph College
LaSalle College
New York
St. Joseph's College
St. Joseph's
Hogan's Office
Seton Hall College
Crime Push In Kansas City
Kansas City crime commission official Curtis Thatcher warned a bold underworld is probing soft spots in law enforcement. He said criminals use crime profits to buy legitimate businesses, noting this trend in Kansas City and predicting tougher action from county and federal grand juries.
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Kansas City
Curtis Thatcher
Kansas City Crime Commission
Thatcher
Commission
Weather forecast for Topeka with frost and warming trend
An erratic cold front moved through Kansas bringing cloudy skies and light rain, then drifted north into Nebraska. Skies should clear with a chance of late showers in the northeast, followed by generally fair conditions tonight and Friday with a modest warmup and possible frost tonight. High Friday near 79.
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Topeka
Kansas
Nebraska
Kiwanis Division Conference Set in Chanute Sunday
Chanute hosts the annual spring conference of the southeast Kansas Kiwanis division with about 90 Kiwanians and wives expected. District governor Arthur L. Adams of Lyons will give a keynote address at a 6 30 dinner in the Tioga Hotel. Separate afternoon sessions for men and women are planned with a Kiwanis panel discussing problems and projects and 1962 lieutenant governor nominees.
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Chanute
Southeast Kansas
Kiwanis
Arthur L. Adams
Lyons
Tioga Hotel
Tioga
Home Savings Assn
Federal Action In Racial Case Reopens Prince Edward Schools
The federal government moves to force reopening of Prince Edward County public schools in Virginia. U S Attorney General Kennedy asks court to bar state funds to Virginia public schools until integrated operations resume, marking a new active plaintiff role. Negro pupils plan to challenge public funding for private white schools on May 8 as hearings begin.
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Richmond
Caplaintiff
Prince Edward County
US. Dist
Oren R. Lewis
U.S
Kennedy
Turnpike Fatal Crash Claims Missourian
Lawrence Kan AP reports George Steinhouser 68 of Independence Mo died on the Kansas Turnpike nine miles east of Lawrence in Leavenworth County when his car overturned after pulling out to pass two cars and losing control upon reentry.
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Lawrence
Kan
George Steinhouser
Independence
Leavenworth County
Steinhouser
Highway Patrol
June Allyson Undergoes Surgery in Santa Monica
Actress June Allyson, 37, is hospitalized at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica for a minor ailment. She entered the hospital Wednesday night and is undergoing surgery today according to her doctor.
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Santa Monica
Calif
June Allyson
Miss Allyson
St. John's Hospital
Champion Hospitalized
Hollywood actor and dancer Gower Champion is hospitalized with exhaustion. Doctors report rest as the treatment plan and expect a full recovery. Chemistry of details indicates admission followed by medical supervision.
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Hollywood
Chanute Forms New Optimist Club At Tioga Hotel
Wayne J. Smith was elected president of the newly chartered Chanute Optimist Club at a meeting last night. Officers include Jack L. Bennett, Floyd West Jr., Jim D. Ellis, Ralph E. Rice, and Carl E. North with Rev. Claude E. Pittenger as chaplain. Gale A. Malson, Gil C. Ranz, Loren L. Marsh and Orville L. Moulton named directors. Malson and Ranz will serve two-year terms. Marsh and Moulton one year. The group adopted bylaws. Optimist International field representative William Speer presided.
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Wayne J. Smith
S. Grant
Chanute Optimist Club
Tioga Hotel
Jack L. Bennett
Floyd West Jr
Jim D. Ellis
Ralph E. Rice
Carl E. North
Claude E. Pittenger
Gail A. Malson
Gil C. Ranz
Loren L. Marsh
Orville L. Moulton
Malson
Ranz
Marsh
Moulton
William Speer
Denver
Optimist International
Smith
Chanute
Boys of Chanute
Optimists
United States
Canada
New Chanute Club
Faulty Gas Heater Fatal to Sedgwick Couple
In Sedgwick, Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Gregg were found dead at home, believed victims of a faulty gas heater. Neighbors saw Gregg seated in a chair and Mrs. Gregg on a bed as a room heater ran hot and the house filled with fumes.
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Sedgwick
Kan
Edward M. Gregg
Gregg
Kennedy Plans Ethical Conduct Office for Federal Employees
President Kennedy proposed creating an executive branch ethics coordinator to harmonize conduct rules across agencies and report to the President. He urged broad reforms to conflicts of interest laws and codes of conduct, with an emphasis on prohibiting gifts and outside influence on government work. Speculation linked James M. Landis to the post.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Ken
James M. Landis
Harvard Law School
Landis
Executive Branch
Motorcycle Demonstrator In Chanute Police Display
Chanute police exhibited a motorcycle as a demonstrator loaned by a Wichita firm. Police Chief Lige Matlock said the bike will not be a permanent conveyance and is only in town for a few days before being moved to another city.
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Chanute
Lige Matlock
Wichita
Osawatomie Hospital Hosts 3000 Visitors for Open House
Osawatomie State Hospital prepares for National Mental Health Week with an open house named Operation Friendship. Superintendent Dr. George Zubowicz says the event aims to reduce patient isolation by connecting with the community.
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Osawatomie
Osawatomie State Hospital
George Zubowicz
Old Norman No 1 To Be Reconstructed
In Neodesha Kansas a replica of the first oil well west of the Mississippi is being built at the Verdigris river bank on the city southeast edge. The $5,500 project is funded by contributions and will use redwood with a belt house engine house and a boiler.
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Mississippi River
Verdigris
Gary Cooper Gravely Ill of Cancer
Hollywood veteran Gary Cooper, 59, is gravely ill with cancer. Dr Rexford Kennamer confirmed the illness saying Cooper’s condition is worsening but he continues to fight vigorously and is unafraid. He remains in bed at his home.
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Hollywood
Gary Cooper
Cooper
Rexford Kennamer
Hishome
Clemency Hearing Sought for Jeff Williams in Bank Embezzlement Case
Jeff Williams seeks executive clemency from Gov. John Anderson as two 3 to 50 year sentences for 10 counts of embezzlement are asked to run concurrently. If granted, he would be eligible for parole. Williams vanished in 1958 and bank deposits were paid at 61 cents on the dollar.
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Jeff Williams
Hoyt
Kas
Fred Rausche
John Anderson
Williams
Jackson County District Court
Hoyt State Bank
Northfield
Minn
Rausch
Space Telescope Explorer XI Sent Into Orbit From Cape Canaveral
Explorer XI, a 95 pound space telescope, launched atop a Juno II rocket from Cape Canaveral at 9 17 a m to study gamma rays from cosmic sources. The satellite reached orbit at 18 000 mph with tracking stations confirming its status and signals received from Johannesburg Woomera San Diego and East Grand Forks. This marks the United States first astronomical observatory in space and its purpose is to measure high energy gamma rays to reveal elements of the universe.
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Fla
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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South Africa
Woomera
Australia
San Diego
Calif
East Grand Forks
Minn
U.S
Earth
Charles Cole
Jet Propulsion Laboratories
Mercury
United States
Milky Way
Rural Thayer Woman Granted $1239 Judgment in Traffic Suit
Clella Fay Heck of rural Thayer was awarded $1,239.21 plus costs in a district court friendly suit arising from a March 16, 1960 traffic accident near Independence. Defendant Loyd D. Maxwell of Montgomery County to pay costs and $260.79 for plaintiff medical expenses.
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Clella Fay Heck
Thayer
Loyd D. Maxwell
Montgomery County
Independence
Miss Heck
Ole Opry Star's Car Destroyed by Fire
Phillipsburg Kansas AP Soviet? Red Sovine of Nashville Tennessee had his automobile burned near Phillipsburg while en route to McCook Nebraska for a show. The fire started from the car electrical system. A carrier with instruments and costumes was saved. No injuries.
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Phillipsburg
Kan
Grand Ole Opry
Red Sovine
Nashville
Traffic Fatalities Report In Topeka For Early April
Kansas traffic log notes 24 hours to 9 am Thursday show 3 deaths for April and 41 for 1961, compared with 119 for the comparable 1960 period. Police and officials monitor trends as city records detail fatalities.
Two Men Die In U S 50S Traffic Crash
Two men died in a two car head on collision on U S 50S about 18 miles southwest of Ottawa. Gerald Barnes 33 a farmer near Ottawa and contract carrier for the Kansas City Star. Harvey C Green 53 of Prairie Village Kan were the victims.
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Ottawa
Kan
Gerald Barnes
Kansas City Star
Harvey C. Green
Prairie Village
First American in Space Next Tuesday Keiper predicts
Talk of the Month Club speaker Robert E. Keiper forecasts a U S launch from Cape Canaveral next Tuesday using a Redstone rocket for a sub orbital flight. He argues the U S rocket program is advancing toward 21 million pounds thrust and moon missions within a decade, contrasting with Soviet losses and failures.
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Cape Canaveral
Talk of the Month Club
Robert E. Keiper
Keiper
U. S
U.S
Russia
Kennedy
Injuries Fatal In Two Car Crash Reach Veteran Resident
gerhard meyer 86 of tampa died wednesday night from injuries in a two car collision. the nova university trained chem eng at ohio state university and studied philosophy at hunter college. authorities investigated the crash in the county and city.
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Tampa
Kas
Gerhard Meyer
Keiper
Ohio State University
Wasser
Hunter
The
Edge
Amiga
Cease-Fire Proposed For Friday In Laos Conflict
The Laotian government proposed a Friday cease-fire at noon, broadcast by radio and relayed via Russia to Pathet Lao rebels, but rebels offered no quick agreement. Muong Sai, north of Luang Prabang, fell as royal forces faltered under Pathet Lao pressure amid US airlift support and a cautious world stance. A three-power commission in New Delhi debated movement freedom as conflicts persisted.
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Associated Press
Luang Prabang
Pathet Laos
U.S
Washington
Laos
New Delhi
Poland
Canada
Maas collapses during remarks at handicapped employment meeting
Maj. Gen. Melvin J. Maas Retired collapsed during a speech at the annual meeting of the President's Committee on the Employment of the Physically Handicapped where he serves as chairman. Kennedy called congressional leaders to the White House to brief on Laos, while Congress sent to the president a bill allocating about $200 million for needy children of unemployed parents.
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Melvin J. Maas
President's Committee On the
Kennedy
White House
Laos
Pierre Salinger
Senate Today
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