Fall at Thayer Kills Worker
Jessie Clark aged 58 of LaHarpe died after a scaffold from which he worked collapsed at the First National Bank in Thayer. Co-worker Philip Andruss, 19, sustained serious bruises and is in satisfactory condition at Neosho Memorial Hospital in Chanute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thayer
Jessie Clark
LaHarpe
Philip Andruss
Clark
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Chanute
Mitchlell Building Maintenance Co
First National Bank
Andruss
Souteast
Engel Funeral Home
Waugh Funeral Home
Iola
$2 Wheat Price Tied to 1962 Referendum in New Program
Secretary Freeman announced the 1962 wheat program would set a $2 a bushel support price if the Aug. 24 referendum approves marketing quotas. The plan curtails wheat plantings by 10 percent and reduces acreages below the 55 million acre national minimum, with penalties for exceeding allotments and no marketing controls if quotas fail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington (Ap
Orville L. Freeman
Freeman
Kennedy
Pan American DC8 Hijacked En Route to Guatemala City
A Pan American World Airways DC8 jet with 72 passengers and 9 crew was hijacked today and diverted toward Cuba. The flight was traveling from Mexico City to Guatemala City and was expected to reach Havana by 1:30 p.m. CST.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pan American World Airways
Cuba
Mexico City
Guatemala City
Pan American
Havana
Fire Fighters Rescued From Explosive Forest Blaze
MISSOULA Montana AP bombers and helicopters aided a dramatic rescue of a crew trapped by the Horse Shoe Lake fire in Clearwater Forest as three workers suffered minor injuries and one died of a heart attack. The fire grew to over 1350 acres amid high winds, with Nezperce and Clearwater forests under pressure and new fires sparked by lightning totaling extensive area scorched across Idaho and Montana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missoula
Mont
Clearwater Forest
Idaho
Montana
Forest Service
Horse Shoe Lake
Themen
Nezperce
Idaho-Montana
Two Ships Collide On Lake Michigan Near Gull Island
In dense fog on Lake Michigan two vessels collided six miles southwest of Gull Island. The Mackinac Islander er a 98 foot motor vessel used for lumber carrying with a crew of three sustained heavy damage but remained not in danger. The Zermatt a 511 foot Greek flag freighter was identified by a Coast Guard plane. A Coast Guard Beaver Island patrol boat towed the damaged ship toward port. The incident recalls the Carl D. Bradley disaster of November 18 1958 with 33 lives lost nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manistique
Mich
Lake Michigan
Coast Guard
Beaver Island
Zermatt
Gull Island
Carl D. Bradley
Kansas Weather Forecast Shows Warm Trends and Scattered Showers
Unsettled weather returns to Kansas with cloud cover and showers as a cool front meets moist air. Temperatures remain in the 90s today, with overnight lows mostly in the 60s to 70s, and scattered storms expected late tonight and Thursday across Topeka, Dodge City, Goodland, and other towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Hill City
Dodge City
Goodland
Blue Rapids
Lecompton
Olathe
Emporia
Wichita
Concordia
Traffic Fatalities in Topeka for August 7, 1961
Kansas traffic death log reports 310 fatalities in the 24 hours to 9 am Wednesday for August 7, 1961, compared with 269 for the comparable period in 1960. The count reflects Topeka area fatalities and statewide figures from the AP update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Jobs for Youth Program Places 87 Area Students
Chanute program reports 87 area youths placed in May to July under Jobs for Youth with Chanute Jaycees and Employment Service. Of 187 applicants, 78 were girls and 71 boys were placed. placements down from last year due to fewer jobs and economy. Regular placements totaled 306 this year versus 422 last year. total applications rose to 492 from 270.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apple
Chanute JayCees
Chanute
W. C. ‘Markley
Markley
Ronnie Rains
House That Quivers Mystery at Augusta
Augusta Kansas residents report a mysterious quivering house near the municipal electric plant. City engineers from Wichita investigated but found no cause. K M Bryan, a council member, and his wife note vibrations vary, stopping when trains run or it rains, prompting theories of rock formation or air wave effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Municipal Electric
K. M. Bryan
Vote on OConnor After Talk Marathon
The Senate agreed to vote at 2 p.m. CST on Lawrence J. OConnor Jr. for the Federal Power Commission amid a prolonged protest by Sen. William Proxmire. Morse backed Proxmire, urging withdrawal, but Mansfield urged finishing the confirmation after days of debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Lawrence J. O'Connor Jr
Federal Power Commission
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Proxmire
O'Connor
Wisconsin
FPC
Lony Holdings
Warren G Magnuson
D-Wash
Senate Commerce Committee
O’connor
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mansfield
Commerce Committee
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Morse
Kennedy
United States
White House
Respect for Law Begins at Level of Traffic Court
AP report covers a Supreme Court Justice praising traffic court as foundational for respect for law. Six municipal judges from different cities discuss education, driver training, and distinct offender categories cant, dont, wont. They propose jail for repeat drunken drivers and stiff fines for first offenders to curb dangerous driving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
United States Supreme Court
Tom C. Clark
American Bar Association
America
George E. Oliver
Savannah
Morris M. Rosenthal
Gerald FE. HeAuliffe
Denver
Colo
McAuliffe
James A. Ravella
Warren
Ohio
Ravella
P. James Demiopolos
Oklahoma City
Demopolos
Oliver
Heroine Shaffer Brings Daughter to Safety in Fire
In Wash for AP report, Joan Shaffer, 35, awakened by smoke, carried her 5-year-old Laura to safety after finding her house ablaze. She tried calling for help but the phone was dead. She then guided Laura to a neighbor before firefighters arrived and put out the blaze, revealing Mrs. Shaffer is blind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washion
Wash
Joan Shaffer
Here
Laura
Mrs. Shaffer
New Industry For Fredonia
ADM board approves conversion of the grain terminal in Fredonia into a six million bushel per year soybean processing plant. The one million bushel elevator will convert immediately with completion slated for fall 1962. The plant will produce crude soybean oil and soybean meal for livestock feeds. ADM has operated in Fredonia since 1928 after purchasing the Fredonia Linseed Oil Works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredonia
Archer-Daniels-Midland Company
Kansas
Missouri
E. A. Olsson
ADM
Agricultural Group
JayCees Plan Annual Chanute Baseball Trip and Festival
JayCees expect 80 tickets for the Chanute trip featuring a Yankees versus Athletics game on Aug 27 with two 40 passenger buses. Price eight dollars includes transport and admission and profits fund civic projects. Events include a fall festival Sept 28-30 and plans to bid on the state golf tournament next summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Nordt
New York Yankees
Kansas City Athletics
Kansas City
Chanute
Nordti
JayCees
Bill Hosselt
Kan
Dean Sutcliffe
Jacksos
Dis Groves
Jim Benton
Fred Johnson
Larry Mathews
Carhute Junior Chamber of Comnival
Merce
Jaynes
Dick Coykendall
Ray Christiansen
Gary Lantz
Tal
Perry Smith Fails To Get Court Hearing
Perry Edward Smith, 22, under death sentence for the Garden City killings, lost his bid for a U S court hearing. Judge Arthur J. Stanley Jr. dismissed the habeas corpus writ for lack of exhausted state remedies. Hickock, 30, remains under death sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kas
Perry Edward Smith
Garden City
United States
Arthur J. Stanley Jr
Smith
Richard E. Hickock
Youths Body Found In Saline River Near Salina
The body of Lawrence N. Beck 19 Salina was recovered from the Saline River about 20 miles from where he fell in last Monday. Deputy R C Powell found the carpenter during a 42 hour river search. Mick Linholm 17 who fished with Beck tried to rescue him but was swept downstream. Beck is the son of Mr and Mrs C F Beck of Salina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salina
Lawrence N. Beck
Saline River
R. C. Powell
Mick Linholm
Beck
Minor Crashes Reported in Local Police Notes
Police reported a 1948 International pickup driven by Charles D. Donovan damage 40 dollars after a collision with a motorcycle at Cherry and Garfield. Motorcycle rider Patrick A. Tubbs not injured. bike undamaged. Additional minor accidents listed involve Betty Lou Butcher and Gordon Miley at 112 E. Main and scrapped car damage to a 1960 Plymouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles D. Donovan
W. 4Th
Cherry and
Garfield
Patrick A. Tubbs
S. Malcolm
Gary Shaw
N. Steuben
E. Main
Betty Lou Butcher
S. Plummer
Gordon Miley
Red Cross fills posts in Neosho County chapter
Dell Reed announced two appointments to fill vacancies in the Neosho County Red Cross chapter. Mrs. Walter Johnstone becomes chapter blood program chairman and Mrs. Ross Jones is named chapter director. Mrs. Johnstone succeeds Mrs. Corkle. Mrs. Jones succeeds Mrs. Ricketts. A two day blood collection is planned last of month with quotas: 100 pints at Erie Federated church August 28 and 160 pints at Chanute First Methodist church August 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neosho County
Red Cross
Dell Reed
Walter Johnstone
Cha‘note
Ross Jones
Erie
Reed
Johnstone
George Corkle
Chanute
Grove
Oklo
Jones
Sam Ricketts
Dale Lairmore
Ricketts
Federated Church
First Methodist Church
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Devoonee
Keen
Tribune
Rains
C. E. Rains
S. Wilson
New Autry Nursing Home
Augusta
Mrs. Bryan
Santa Fe
Oconnor
Leach
Midwest Office Supply J and
Lassman Electric
Fromany JayCee
Lawrence
Ed Francisco
Parsons
Bill Morgan
Morgan
Ray Colvin
Perry Smith
Wasser
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