Soviet Ready for Berlin Negotiations Despite Tensions
Moscow indicated readiness to negotiate a Berlin settlement with the Western powers while warning against military threats. The note suggested a possible conference before German elections in mid-September, and aligned with Kennedy and Khrushchev’s Vienna talks. Western officials noted a mild tone overall and said compromise remains possible if the Soviets show reasonableness. Secretary Rusk, in Paris, anticipated Western proposals to Moscow for Berlin talks.
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Erment
United States
Vienna
U.S
Britain
France
West Germany
Soviet Union
Berlin
Dean Rusk
Kennedy
Rusk
Paris
Rusk Heads to Paris for Berlin Talks With Allies
Secretary of State Dean Rusk flies to Paris to join British French and West German ministers for three days of secret talks aimed at shaping a united allied front against the Soviet challenge over West Berlin. The visit follows Moscow's reply to Western warnings and amid East German restrictions on movement into West Berlin.
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Paris
Dean Rusk
America
West Berlin
Germany
Moscow
Rusk
Britain
France
West Germany
U. S
Washington
Berlin
White House
Kennedy
Andrei Gromyko
Khrushchev
East Germany
Amintore Faniani
Soviet Union
Andrei I. Solovyev
Car and clothing of Everest bank holdup found
A car and clothing tied to the $350 Everest bank holdup were found by a farmer in tall weeds at a deserted farmyard southeast of Everest, near Kansas 20. The car had been stolen from Brazeal Motor Co. in Atchison about an hour before the Monday robbery, and rain since then hindered travel clues.
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Everest, Kan
Everest Bank
Everest
Kansas
Brazeal Motor Co
Atchison
Glenn Buman
Senate Approves 46.8 Billion For Defense Bill
The Senate approved a peacetime record defense appropriation of 46.848 billion dollars for the next fiscal year. The bill includes 3.5 billion to expand conventional forces and nearly 1 billion for unrequested bomber production and for reserve and National Guard support. It earmarks 448 million for B70 development, with McNamara stating no extra B52 production is needed. The measure returns to the House, which earlier approved 4+ billion in increases.
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Senate
Kennedy
House
West Berlin
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Congress
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
Weather forecast Kansas high 90s with scattered storms
Skies have cleared over Kansas with light showers possible. Dodge City saw 0.7 inches overnight, a cool front approaches but temperatures remain warm with highs 90s and lows around 60s to 70s. Overnight readings ranged from 60 at Goodland to 73 at Olathe.
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Topeka
Kansas
Dodge City
Garden City
Concordia
Goodland
Olathe
Weather Bureau
Six Boys Build 40 Foot Tree House in Elm Tops
Six youths from West Street construct a 40 foot high tree house in two elm trees at 418 West. Bruce Benson 13, Bill Goodwin 14, Ronnie Briley 14, Eddie Lindblad 13, and two others worked two weeks on the project with $5.50 spent, nails costing $4 and a rope ladder $1.50. They plan screens benches and overnight stays, with limbs extending over Wayne Huffman’s yard at 424 W 1st.
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Bruce Benson
Bill Goodwin
Ronnie Briley
Eddie Lindblad
Wayne Brandon
W. 1St
Wayne Huffman
Lafayette
Prisoner Baffles Detectives With Crooked Dice, Cards
Kansas City AP report details Robert Lee Reid ex convict held on theft probes. Detectives catalogued 300 pairs of crooked dice valued at 25000 in his apartment. Reid claims skill in matching dice to games and shuffling cards to reveal aces, with Las Vegas conventions cited and warnings about phony dice being spotted.
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Kansas City
Julian Hulett
Robert Lee Reid
Reid
Las Vegas
Iola Woman Held on Check Violation Charge in Erie
Woman from Iola named Bonnie Nickel is held in the Allen County jail on a Cha ute shoe store complaint for issuing a $10 no fund check. She was arrested by Allen County authorities and transferred from Iola to Erie yesterday and faces possible prosecution on four other small checks passed in Chanute.
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Erie
Bonnie Nickel
Iola
Chanute
Allen County
Borrowed Trouble in Fort Scott Smoke Mystery
Fire crews rushed to a Fort Scott home finding smoke, but no fire inside. A window fan pulled smoke from a nearby outdoor incinerator, clarifying the false alarm and outlining the source of the odor and haze.
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Fort Scott
New Post Offices Authorized for Garnett Humboldt Waterville
AP reports new post offices have been authorized for Garnett Humboldt and Waterville, expanding postal services in these towns. The announcement outlines the creation of separate facilities to improve mail handling and delivery in the affected communities.
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Wichita
Garnett
Humboldt
Waterville
Story Hour at Public Library for Credle and Ryder tales
The Public Library hosts a 10:30 a.m. Saturday story hour featuring Down Down the Mountain by Ellis Credle and Numskull and The Rabbit from The Pancha tantra translated by Arthur W. Ryder.
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Ellis Credle
Numskull
Arthur W. Ryder
Public Library Story Hour
Gov Anderson backs school funding to meet rising enrollments
Kansas governor John Anderson urged higher state spending on education highlighting enrollment growth. He spoke ahead of a WDAF interview noting the Supreme Court ruling on illegally seized evidence could complicate liquor prosecutions but said new laws are unnecessary. He characterized himself as a liberal-leaning moderate Republican, praising Kansas mental health programs as among the nation’s best.
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U. S. Supreme Court
Kansas
United States
Officers Crash Gate Seize Harrell and 16 Followers
More than 100 police and FBI agents moved onto John R. Harrell’s 100 acre estate in Louisville Illinois to seize Harrell and 16 followers, including Marine deserter Dion Davis. An armored car shattered the gate as guards faced the assault but no shots were fired.
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Ill
FBI
John R. Harrell
Harrell
Dion Davis
Camp Lejeune
N.C
Boring
Marine Corps
Manley Hawks
Centralia
Davis
U.S
Greenville
George Washington
Mount Vernon
U.S. Senate
Christian Conservative Church
Washington
United States
Neosho County tax rate rises with 1962 budget plan
Neosho County proposes a 2.15 mill increase to a 33.16 mill total tax rate for 1962, with a public hearing August 15 at the courthouse. The plan funds a courthouse expansion and a new building bond issue, plus changes in mental health and retirement funds and a higher welfare outlay, driven by reduced valuation and new state obligations.
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Erie
Neosho County
Tribune
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Chanute
Two Jet Hijackers Under Big Bonds
A father and son hijacked a Continental Airlines jet en route from Los Angeles to Houston. They forced a Cuba flight plan but landed in El Paso for refueling. Border Patrol officer Leonard Gilman knocked one hijacker unconscious, aiding FBI bystanders as hostages left the plane. Bearden and son bound over to federal grand jury with bonds totaling 200000 dollars. The hijackers had connections to Mexico City and possible Cuba ties, but officials indicated Cuban government played no part.
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Tex
Congress
U.S
Border Patrol
Leon Bearden
Cody Bearden
Kennedy
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Bearden
FBI
Leonard Gilman
Gilman
The
Long Beach
Calif
J. Edgar Hoover
Washington
Mexico City
Continental
Los Angeles
B. D. Richards
Richards
el Paso International
Rickards
Brownsville
New Chanute Fire Department hires two new firefighters
City Manager R J Hayes announced two vacancies were filled by Norman L Madill and David Brotton. Madill 30, previously a Purity Dairy driver, and Brotton 40, longtime local businessman, replace Roy Kirkpatrick and Kenneth Schoenhofer. Both new hires are married with children and bring prior military service.
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Chanute
Couple Observes 70th Anniversary in Pittsburg Open House
PITTSBURGH AP Mr and Mrs A D Tennant will observe their 70th wedding anniversary with an open house Sunday. The couple were married at Girard Kansas on August 5 1891. Tennant worked in coal mines in the area for more than half a century.
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Pittsburg
A. D. Tennant
Girard
Kas
Tennant
Man Arrested After Mishap
Jesse Cox aged 72 of 18 N Lincoln was arrested by police on charges of driving while intoxicated reckless driving and transporting an open bottle after a minor collision near Main and Evergreen. Cox released on 175 dollar bond with hearing set next Thursday. Damages listed as 20 and 35 dollars with three other minor accidents reported.
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Jesse Cox
N. Lincoln
Cox
Frances E. Anderson
North Evergreen
Main
South Santa Fe
Henry Myers
Tom Spence
Chanute
Warner Tiegreen
S. Steuben
Arnold D. Elder
Stark R
A. W. Jones
Elder
Larry Larkey
W. 5Th
Jewell Green
St. Steuben
W. Main
Larkey
Traffic Death Log For Topeka Area In 24 Hours
An AP report provides Kansas traffic fatalities in a 24 hour window to 9 am Friday. The log records 0 deaths for August 1961 shows a total of 305 for the year, compared with 282 in the same period in 1960.
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Topeka
Kansas
Boy Wounded In Gun Accident In Kansas City Area
A 14 year old from Phoenix, whose father died last week, was wounded in the abdomen in Netawaka Kansas while playing with a .22 rifle. He and his mother had arrived for graveside services for Glenn Hay and were staying with relatives. The boy is in fair condition at the University of Kansas Medical Center.
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Kansas City
Kan
Phoenix
Ariz
Michael Hay
Anna Hay
University of Kansas Medical Center
Netawaka
Glenn Hay
J. C. Carson
Michael
Gregory Carson
Bandit Wounds Elderly Jeweler in Kansas City
In Kansas City AP report Salvatore Randazzo an 81 year old jewelry store owner was shot in the abdomen by a well dressed gunman who fled without loot. A customer Mrs Edward Fago was present when the robbery occurred and Randazzo attempted to seize the gun saying I went for his gun. He was listed in serious condition at General Hospital.
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Salvatore Randazzo
Edward Fago
Randazzo
General Hospital
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