Kansas Municipal Power Pool eyes federal power link plan
Delegation from the Kansas Municipal Power Pool travels to Washington D C this month to discuss a possible interconnection transmission line funded by federal sources. The Aug 21 conference with Kenneth Holum will explore SPA built lines owned by the pool after up to 50 years of cost repayment.
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Kansas Municipal Power Pool
Washington, D.C
Chanute
Kansas
Kenneth Holum
Department of the Interior
R. J. Hayes
Power Pool
Southwest Power Authority
SPA
Hayes
Washington
John Lofthouse
Erie
Iola
Coffeyville
Ottawa
Kansas City
Kan
James White
Ray Pershall
Jim Murrow
Jim Wilson
Victor Perkins
Stevenson Says Khrushchev Note More Conciliatory
Adlai E. Stevenson told reporters in Hyannis Port that Khrushchev’s Berlin note shows a more conciliatory attitude and hints at a settlement or postponement. He arrived for talks with Kennedy on U.N. General Assembly strategy alongside officials and aides. He aimed to press for Nationalist China’s U.N. membership and planned weekend discussions on the Tunisian issue.
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Hyannis
Mass
Adlai E. Stevenson
Khrushchev
Berlin
Kennedy
U.N. General Assembly
Stevenson
Germany
White House
Harlan Cleveland
Arthur Schlesinger Jr
Chester W. Clifton
Tazewell T. Shepard
U.N. Assembly
United States
Chihe
United Nations
Khrushchev Accepts Tunisian Invitation
Premier Khrushchev has accepted a personal invitation from President Habib Bourguiba to visit Tunisia. The invitation was delivered by Tunisian Foreign Minister Sadok Makkadem who sought Soviet support in the Tunisia France Bizerte base dispute. no date was set.
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Khrushchev
Habib Bourguiba
Tunisia
Lass
Sadok Makkadem
France
Bizerte
Barn Fire Destroys Barn and Hay Near Earlton
A gasoline motor on an elevator used to load hay caught fire about 3 o clock yesterday afternoon half a mile south of Earlton. The blaze destroyed a barn owned by E A George and about 30 tons of newly baled hay. Dust on the motor ignited, workers moved the truck to safety, but the elevator motor barn and hay were burned.
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Earlton
Here
E. A. George
Algerians in Defiance Broadcast Hits Algiers
A right wing extremist group broadcast a defiant message against President Charles de Gaulle on Radio Algiers frequencies. The attack on De Gaulle was heard citywide, prompting fears of a new uprising. Paris officials suspect a clandestine post hijacked the Algiers transmitter to air the message.
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Algiers
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Algeria
Paris
Traffic Fatalities Log Reports Time Window
Kansas traffic death log lists fatalities for 24 hours to 9 a.m. Saturday. August 1961 shows 3 deaths. comparable 1962 period notes 282 deaths, 305 for August 1961 not matching. Data reflects statewide traffic fatalities during cited time frame.
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Topeka
Kansas
Armed Guards Ride Some Plane Flights
Air Transport Association president Stuart G. Tipton disclosed that armed guards are riding some U S flights amid debates on a bill to criminalize hijackings with life imprisonment. Senate subcommittee hearings explored arming crews and federalizing related offenses to deter air piracy.
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Washington (Ap
Stuart G. Tipton
Air Transport Association
United States
Tipton
Senate Aviation Subcommittee
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Sen
Crawford Pioneers Work for Welfare in Crawford County
Crawford County pioneers a welfare work program where able bodied recipients perform county road work for groceries and emergency aid. Since April 1959 about 200000 dollars worth of work have saved tax levies and kept recipients' self respect. There are 45 men currently employed, with women placed in nursing homes or trained as nurses aides to leave welfare roles upon securing work. The program covers 1600 cases and about 2600 people across categories.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Newburgh
N. Y
Crawford County
William E. Landon
Crawford County Social Welfare Department
Landon
Crawford
Crawford County Welfare Department
Still Smashed In Pittsburg Raid
Federal agents and Crawford County officers smashed a 100 gallon still and destroyed 350 gallons of mash on a farm near Pittsburg Kansas. They served a search warrant on the farmer's wife as Joseph Jacquinet was away. The raid involved three federal agents from Joplin and Kansas City. It was the county's first liquor raid in nearly two years.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Crawford County
Joseph Jacquinet
Jacquinet
Joplin
Kansas City
Du Pont to Build $12 Million Plastic Pipe Plant in Tulsa
E I du Pont de Nemours and Co. announces plans for a 12 million dollar Tulsa plant to manufacture plastic pipe for oil fields. Construction to start within weeks with completion expected next summer.
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Tulsa
Okla
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co
Wilmington
Del
Sizzling Heat Sets Records Across Northwest Cities
Sizzling heat in Washington and Oregon set new all time highs Friday. Ephrata reached 115 degrees in the Columbia Basin, Walla Walla hit 114, Pendleton posted 113, with Lewiston Idaho and Missouria Montana also over 100 degrees.
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Seattle
Washington
Oregon
Ephrata
Columbia Basin
Walla Walla
Pendleton
Ore
Lewiston
Idaho
Missouria
Mont
Churchill Honored by Pittsburg Rotary Club
Sir Winston Churchill was named an honorary member of the Pittsburg Rotary Club after Rotary International honored the world figure. The resolution granting the honor passed following the international recognition.
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Pittsburg. Kan
Winston Churchill
Great Britain
Pittsburg
Fires and Floods Hit California as Storms Rumble
Lightning sparked at least seven fires in the Angeles National Forest near Los Angeles while flash floods forced evacuations in San Diego County and El Cajon. Highways were submerged and power lines damaged, though no casualties were reported as thunderstorms lingered across the nation.
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Associated Press
California
el Cajon
San Diego
San Bernardino
Angeles National Forest
Los Angeles
Middle Atlantic
South Carolina
Dakotas
Texas
Arkansas
Tennessee
Southwest
Weather Bureau
Crop Boost By Weather
Topeka AP Kansas enjoyed favorable growing weather through July with mild temperatures and adequate moisture. State climatologist A D Robb reported 3 to 6 inches of rainfall across much of the state, with some western areas under two inches.
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Topeka
Kansas
A. D. Robb
Tribune
Leavenworth
Atchison
Seward
Breeding to Speak at Sedgwick Democrats Rally
Rep. J. Floyd Breeding will speak at Sedgwick County Democratic Appreciation Day on August 26. W. O. Williams, host, says the event at Lake Afton west of Wichita runs from noon to 5 30 p m and Breeding will discuss legislation before Congress.
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Wichita
J. Floyd Breeding
D-Kan
Sedgwick County
W. O. Williams
Breeding
Lake Afton
Dusty Boots Saddle Club wins Kansas Centennial Drill
More than 3,000 attended Friday night at the Kansas Centennial Horse Show in Wichita. The Dusty Boots Saddle Club from Scott City won the mounted drill team competition. Final performance scheduled for tonight.
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Wichita
Dusty Boots Saddle Club
Scott City
Wispy loner Joe Morris left vast fortune in estate
In Los Angeles 90 year old Joe Morris who lived quietly died alone at General Hospital two days after a panhandling arrest. He reportedly left more than 50000 in assets including GM stock and government bonds. His sole announced heir is niece Jean Morris of Chicago with more heirs to be named after probate.
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Los Angeles
Joe Morris
Morris
Pershing Square
Joe
Morrison McMullen
Lockheed Aircraft
2Nd
Alameda Streets
General Hospital
Jean Morris
Chicago
General Motors
McMullen
Babysitter admits three children died in her arms
In Dubuque Iowa police say Mary Kathryn Madigan 29 confessed she held Gail Nemmers 3 Karen Nemmers 22 months and Michael Fitzpatrick 4 months in a way that led to their deaths. Medical examiner ruled two deaths natural but homicide charges expected.
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Dubuque
Iowa
Mary Kathryn Madigan
Gail Nemmers
Byrne O'Brien
Wayne Nemmers
Karen
Michael Fitzpatrick
Russell Fitzpatrick
Madigan
Dubuque County
Robert Oeth
Miss Madigan
Percy Lucas
Gail
Karen Nemmers
Fitzpatrick
Lucas
Donald McFarlane
McFarlane
Louis Fautsch
Weather forecast for Topeka area shows warm weekend ahead
Partly cloudy through Sunday with scattered showers today and tonight. Highs near 90 to 95, lows around 70. Northeast and central Kansas see little temperature change, Concordia had .27 inch rain overnight, weekend warmer and a bit less humid.
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Topeka
Kansas
Concordia
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