Heavy Rains Tapering Off In Wide Area
Stormy weather eased across the northeast and midwest as heavy rains lightened after Monday’s storms. Flash floods hit New York City and Johnstown while Delta Colorado saw a fatal lightning event and Iowa counties reported record rainfall.
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Associated Press
New England
Colorado
New York City
Pennsylvania Railroad
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Queens
Johnstown
Southwest
Virginia Mountains
Haysi
Kansan Col Mason Named ACS Research VP
Col. R. P. Mason, director of the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research since 1954, was named vice president for research of the American Cancer Society. Born in Canker City Kansas he studied at Washington University Medical School in St Louis Missouri and will take up the new post as announced Monday in New York.
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New York
R. P. Mason
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
Washington, D.C
American Cancer Society
Mason
Canker City
Kan
Walter Reed Institute
Washington University Medical School
St. Louis
Two Firemen Quit Jobs In City Fire Department
City Manager R J Hayes announced the resignation of two firemen Roy Kirkpatrick and Kenneth Schoenhofer effective immediately. They did not give advance notice and offered no plans. Replacements will come from a backlog of applicants within days. Kirkpatrick served nine years and seven months. Schoenhofer seven months.
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R. J. Hayes
Hayes
Roy Kirkpatrick
Kenneth Schoenhofer
Kirkpatrick
Department
Schoenhofer
Western Kansas soaked by Monday rain and scattered showers
A large area of western Kansas received heavy rain Monday and Monday night with amounts up to 2.80 inches at Collyer and totals across Tribune Bird City Healy Kirwin Ness City St Francis Quinter Bellaire Atwood and Goodland. Temperatures ranged from 91 to 98 with lows from 66 to 77 as eastern sections face scattered thunderstorm activity through Wednesday.
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Topeka
Kansas
Tribune
Ness City
Nebraska
Collyer
Bird City
Healy
Kirwin
St. Francis
Quinter
Bellaire
Atwood
Goodland
Blue Rapids
Lawrence
Concordia
Weather Bureau
Hill City
Kennedy Defense Budget Soars to 4.5 Billion Amid Berlin Tensions
Senate Appropriations Committee boosts Kennedy request from 3.5 to 4.5 billion to expand bomber missile and satellite forces. Congress authorizes up to 250000 reservists for one year and extends active duty tours as readiness speeds up. Four bases kept on active status McDill Chennault Donaldson Laughlin.
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Washington
Kennedy
Senate Appropriations Committee
Congress
Berlin
Russia
Ers
Robertson
Curtis E. Lemay
Air Force
House
Senate
Defense Department
U.S
Pentagon
McDill
Florida
Chennault
Louisiana
Donaldson
South Carolina
Laughlin
Texas
Child Healthy After Hopeless Outlook in New York Story
A Brooklyn boy Andrew Gottesman born with mixed up insides and failing kidneys was deemed dying within a year. The New York Daily News printed the plea prompting aid and Chicago surgeon Dr Ovar Swenson performed two operations. Andrew returned home healthy and active.
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New York
Chicago
Andrew Gottesman
Brooklyn
Andrew
Betty Gottesman
New York Daily News
Gottesman
Ovar Swenson
American Legion of
Lead and Zinc Subsidies Aimed at Job Growth
A House Interior subcommittee approved a compromise bill to grant federal subsidies to small lead and zinc producers when prices fall below set levels. Rep. Ed Edmondson said the measure, his version and administration ideas blended, could create 700 to 1,000 direct jobs in Oklahoma Kansas and Missouri mining and milling and stimulate several thousand more in related businesses.
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Washington
House
Ed Edmondson
D-Okla
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Pittsburg Contractor Dies After Roof Fall
Barney Paglia, 78, a retired building contractor, died at a Pittsburg hospital Monday after falling from the roof of his home two weeks earlier while nailing the last shingle in a venture for a local insurer. He was repairing a job at 19530.
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Pittsburg
Barney Paglia
Crash Near Wichita Fatal to Woman
Mrs. Charlotte Cole, 38, was killed northwest of Wichita in an automobile crash Monday. She died from a ruptured liver and internal injuries after open heart massage failed at a hospital. Cole was a passenger in a car driven by Robert Dreiling, 28, of Wichita, which overran a dead end, plunged down an embankment and struck timbers.
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Wichita
Charlotte Cole
Break-in Reported At South Santa Fe Amusement Grounds
Co-owner Alan Roillow reported Saturday night break in at the amusement grounds on South Santa Fe. Police were told a timing device and some admission tickets were taken.
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South Santa Fe
Alan Roillow
Tribune Contact Line Note
The notice directs readers to call a Tribune phone number or dial HE 1 3400 after 6 p.m. for reachability. It provides an alternative contact method if the primary line is unavailable.
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Tribune
City Improves Stray Shelter at 1916 S Katy
City Manager R. J. Hayes announced improvements at the Chanute animal shelter including cement floors in pens, a new block shelterhouse, and direct water piping for easier cleaning. Work by city employees follows citizen complaints and humane society concerns about substandard conditions.
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S. Katy
R. J. Hayes
Hayes
Humane Societies of Kansas
Chanute Pound
Arkansas worker shoots two on flight to reconcile wife
Bruce Britt Sr. 40, of Smackover Arkansas, boarded a Chico bound airliner without a ticket after a call from his wife. He shot ticket agent Bill Hicks and pilot Capt. Oscar Cleal before being overpowered by passengers. Britt claimed to return home to Melba. authorities say the couple had been separated. He was committed for observation.
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Chico
Calif
Arkansas
Bruce Britt Sr
Smacklover
Ark
Larry Gillick
Oscar Cleal
Menlo Park
Bill Hicks
Britt
Corning
Pacific Airways
Corning Construction
Hicks
Capt
Cleal
J. Albert Hutchinson
San Francisco
Clifford C. Jackson
Robert Shute
Carmichael
Melba
Butte County
Vandal Floods Santa Fe Park Restroom
Police logged damage at 10 15 p m after vandals broke a water pipe flooding the men s restroom at Santa Fe Park. A city water department employee was called to repair the line. The park rest rooms have seen recurring vandalism with four windows broken over the weekend.
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Santa Fe Park
City Water Department
Park
Plan Could Save Millions in Civil Defense Effort
Secretary McNamara testifies before the House on a new Civil Defense plan aimed at sheltering about a quarter of the population to reduce casualties in a thermonuclear attack. He notes 50 million Americans could still die and 20 million more injured in a massive blast. Kennedy assigns him oversight of the program.
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Washington
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
House Military Operations Subcommittee
McNamara
Kennedy
Chet Holifield
Holifield
Traffic Fatalities Logged For Topeka Area
A Topeka traffic death log shows 24 hours to 9 am Tuesday with 0 fatalities in August. July tally not specified. Historical figures list 302 deaths in 1961 versus 280 in the 1960 period.
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Topeka
API
Kansas
Schantz Named New Manager at Ben Franklin Store
Emory W. Schantz becomes manager of the Ben Franklin store in Chanute replacing resigning Jack Keats. Former McLellan store manager from Nowata Oklahoma, Schantz is married with three children and will reside at 309 South Lincoln. He is a Christian church and American Legion member.
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Emory W. Schantz
Ben Franklin
William Seay
Kingman
Schantz
Jack Keats
R. 1
McLellan
Nowata
Okla
Chanute
S. Lincoln
Christian Church
The
American Legion
Holton Man Named Chief Attorney in Kansas Valuation Dept
Governor John Anderson and Alvin Jones announced the appointment of Lewis C. Carter of Holton as chief attorney for the Kansas Property Valuation Department. Carter fills a key legal post as the department reorganizes its leadership.
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Topeka
Lewis C. Carter
Holton
Kansas Property Valuation Department
John Anderson
Alvin Jones
Kennedy Aides Seek Clarity After Khrushchev Talks
McCloy briefed Kennedy for over an hour on his Moscow meeting with Khrushchev. Rusk plans Paris talks with foreign ministers to discuss the Berlin situation as the Kremlin holds to a peace treaty with East Germany this year.
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Washington
White House
Kennedy
John J. Meloy
McCloy
Khrushchev
Dean Rusk
Paris
Britain
France
Germany
Berlin
Moscow
Vienna
Black Sea
East Germany
West Berlin
U.S
Kansas Supreme Court upholds industrial development law
The Kansas Supreme Court ruled the 1961 industrial development law valid, despite doubts about wisdom. The act lets cities issue revenue bonds to acquire sites or build facilities for lease or sale under lease-purchase agreements, with proceeds retiring bonds. The Pittsburg case sought $130,000 bonds for a textile operation. The ruling, unanimous, affirms the public purpose of bond issuance despite opposition.
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Topeka
Kansas Supreme Court
Atty. Gen
William, Ferguson
Pittsburg
Trialloy Co
Attorney General's Office
Kansas
High Court
Crawford County
Supreme Court
Three Police Blotter Reports On Dog Disturbances
Three complaints were filed about dogs in the city. One cited nighttime disturbances, another reported a dog at large, and a woman said a dog frothing at the mouth leaped onto her small son at Highland Park but did not bite.
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Highland Park
Senate panel backs youth corps and GI education bill
The Senate Labor Committee approved a 150000 member Youth Conservation Corps and a veterans education package. Humphrey sponsors the corps to work on government conservation projects. Yarborough backs GI education for veterans since 1955. Administration warns education costs could top 2 billion dollars.
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Washington
Senate Labor Committee
Youth Conservation Corps
Senate
Kennedy
GOP
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Civilian Conservation Corps
Ralph Yarborough
D-Tex
Veterans Administration
Two Tel fair Officials Indicted for Fraudulent 1964 Ballots
A federal grand jury in Savannah indicted two election officials and 14 poll workers in Telfair County Georgia on charges of conspiring to cast and count forged votes in last November's presidential election. The indictment names Judge Eli Willcox and Lewis B. Seay plus 14 poll workers, alleging a conspiracy to violate citizens rights and to deprive voters of rights.
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Washington
Justce Department
Telfair County
Savannah
Ntty
Robert F. Kennedy
Grand Jury
Board of Registrars
Eli Willcox
Lewis B. Seay
Kennedy
Two Kansas Citians Die in Cave-in
In Leawood Kansas a sewer trench cave-in at a home construction site killed two men identified as Edward Henry and Isaac Ellison of Kansas City. The victims, described as Negro, were buried under earth from an excavation about 14 feet deep and were employed by a plumbing and heating company.
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Kansas City
Leawood
Kan
Edward Henry
Isaac Ellison
Chanute Fire Loss in July Tops Twenty Eight Thousand
Fire Chief C W Brennan reports July losses total about 29750 with seven month year to date 37950. Major July cost comes from New Castle Cafe blaze causing 28000 damage. alarm activity totals 21 last month and 111 for seven months.
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Chanute
C. W. Brennan
New Castle
Tioga Township
Wilson County
Big Creek
Danville
Senate OKs Moon Fund Boost to Reach Moon by 1970
The Senate approved a $9.10 billion independent offices appropriation bill including a $549 million uplift for a three-man moon mission by 1970. The measure advances to House-Senate talks while efforts to reduce totals, including Proxmire amendments, fail. Senate also moves on a $5.16 billion Welfare and Labor bill as Prescott Bush proposes trimming health funds by $277.67 million.
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Washington
Senate
House-Senate
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Kennedy
Welfare and
Labor Departments
Prescott Bush
R-Conn
Tribune Phone Help Delayed by Carrier Issue
A Tribune reader reports trouble reaching the newspaper via phone due to a carrier delay. The article notes ongoing attempts to restore service and advises readers to use alternative contact methods while the issue is resolved.
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