Rio DC8 crash leaves at least 13 dead in water near Bay
The Panair do Brasil DC8 skidded off the runway at Galeno Airport near Rio de Janeiro, plunged into 15 feet of water, and sank after striking a reinforced wall. At least 13 people died and 21 were hospitalized while officials said 11 passengers remained missing.
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Rio
Rio DE Janeiro
Guana
Bara Bay
Panair Do Brasil
Brazil
Renato Cesar
Osmar Antonio Ferreira
Salim Nasar
Panair
Sao Paulo
Buenos Aires
Airman Trapped in 50 Foot Pit Rescued After 32 Days
Airman Gerald Becker 18 from Mapleton Minnesota spent 32 days in an abandoned mine pit near Hill City South Dakota. He fell 50 feet while exploring after a lake swim and survived by making a brush bed until Pete Ptacek family and two forestry men rescued him with a rope. He credited bargains with God and hope of rescue for endurance.
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Hill City
S.D
Gerald Becker
Here
Becker
Mapleton
Minn
Ellsworth Air Force Base
Sheridan Lake
Pete Ptacek
Phoenix
Ariz
Ptacek
Relatives Sought by Chamber for Alexander Family
Mrs. Frank (Inez) Cline of Hot Springs Arkansas asks for help locating relatives in your city. They are descendants of Nuton Harrison Alexander known as Nate who died in a Neosho River flood after 1917. Call Martha Keller at the chamber to relay information.
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Chamber of Commerce
Frank
Inez) Cline
Hot Springs, Ark
Nuton Harrison Alexander
Nate
Neosho River
Alexander
Martha Keller
Chamber
Mrs. Cline
Project List For Planning C of C Aim
Chanute chamber of commerce area planning committee discussed possible projects for the new city planning commission at a breakfast meeting. Chairman Jim Blessing said the group will consult local business leaders to draft suggestions for submission to the planning board. No action taken on highway US 169 route. five members attended.
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New City Planning Commission
Chanute
Chamber of Commerce Area Planning Committee
Jim Blessing
City Commission
Women’s Committee
Ambassador Club
Highways and Transportation Committee
Chamber
Two-Car Collision Shakes Up Local Family
Mrs. Clara Colvin 43 of 1820 S Santa Fe and three passengers were shaken but uninjured after a rear end collision at 18th and Santa Fe about 5:20 pm yesterday. Milton Umbarger 20 of rural Earlton drove a 1956 Pontiac and struck the Colvin 1951 Chevrolet. damage estimated at 125 and 250 dollars respectively.
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Clara Colvin
S. Santa Fe
Santa Fe
Colvin
Umbarger
Chanute Sets 103 Degree Mark Amid Heat Wave Tie
Weather report notes Chanute reaching 103 degrees tying the Aug 20 all time high, with 101 102 and 103 degree readings over the past days. Forecast calls for continued warmth through Wednesday with highs near 95 to 100 and spotty showers elsewhere in Kansas including a reported tornado northwest of Dodge City and heavy rain in Sublette.
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Chanute
Mercury
Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Goodland
Hutchinson
Dodge City
Liberal
Sublette
Spurling Hired as Animal Control Officer for Humane Society
Kenneth Spurling of Earlton was chosen to become Chanute animal control officer effective Sept. 1 succeeding Ernest Typer. He and his family will move to 1917 S. Katy in the city owned house at the shelter, furnished as part of his compensation under the society city contract.
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Kenneth Spurling
Earlton
Chanute Humane Society
Ernest Typer
Spurling
S. Katy
Humane Society
Warrant Issued For Arrest Of Kansas City Driver
A felony warrant was issued for Roger Howard Rains of Kansas City after he fled police in a Mercedes Benz following a speeding stop. Officials said the felonies are extraditable under state law, though extradition may not apply. Rains held a Missouri license with a Missouri address. the car is registered in Johnson County, Kansas.
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Kansas City
Roger Howard Rains
Rains
Missouri
Johnson County
Kansas
Dangerous Pranks Reported By Police Last Night
Police received two flaming youth reports with a group of eight boys aged 9 to 15 at 3rd and Lincoln after tossing burning cigarette butts into a passing woman driver’s car. A doctor later reported a paper bag burning on his porch with no one seen.
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3Rd
Lincoln
Hearing Set On Rezoning For Main Street Block
Public hearing scheduled Friday night in the Memorial building commissioners room at 8 o clock on a rezoning request for the south side of Main Street between Allen and Wilson. The committee will determine its recommendation to the city commission which holds final authority on zoning amendments. The area may be bought for a new supermarket and the change would extend south about a half block.
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Main
Allen and Wilson
Commissioners
Memorial Building
City Commission
McHenry Sentenced On Five Charges
Cornelius Clark McHenry, Earl ton, pleaded guilty in city court yesterday to five highway patrol charges. He was sentenced to 300 days in the county jail on each, to run concurrently. Troopers took McHenry into custody Saturday near Stark for driving while intoxicated reckless driving speeding illegal tag use and no driver's license.
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Cornelius Clark McHenry
Earlton
McHenry
Stark
Fire Damages Garage as Farm Family Escapes
A Petrolia farm family barely escaped as flames engulfed their garage while they watched a TV inside. Claude Camp and son Bill alerted neighbors after spotting the fire, helping move the family car and saving belongings as the fire department arrived and saved the house. The blaze cut power to the home and likely began from trash burning nearby.
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Edy
Petrolia
Johnson Farmer
Claude Camp
Bill
Farmer
Chanute Fire Department
Ambulance to Aid Berlin Victims at Checkpoint Charlie
Western leaders including the United States Britain and France announced plans to station an ambulance at Checkpoint Charlie to aid future victims of shooting at the wall in West Berlin. They urged restraint and called for Red Cross action and permission for West Berliners to visit East Berlin relatives.
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Berlin
U.S
Checkpoint Charlie
Wall
West Berlin
West
International Red Cross
Three Mile Stretch Of County Road Reopens Southwest Of Chanute
A three mile section of county road southwest of Chanute reopened after final sealing and oil work. The project extends from 21st and Plummer to the Neosho Wilson County line with grading and box bridge work on Plummer south from 21st. Total costs reached about 87 521.46 with funds split between county and federal sources.
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Chanute
21St
Plummer
Neosho-Wilson County
William S. Hill
Killough Construction Co
Ottawa
B & B Industries
St. Paul
Fredonia
Money Trays Loot Tied to Earlton Burglary
Police turned in three money changing trays and two small money boxes found near Earlton. Investigators link the items to a weekend break in at the Singer IGA store in Lola where a safe was looted for a several hundred dollars in coins and small bills. Ed Wolfe of Earlton found the items and police plan fingerprint checks with the Kansas Bureau of Investigation.
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Earlton
Lola
Singer Iga
Lote
Ed Wolfe
US 169
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Traffic Fatalities Reach 369 in Kansas 1962 Period
Kansas police report 369 traffic fatalities in the 24 hours ending 9 am Tuesday in the 1962 period, up from 328 in the comparable 1961 span. One earlier fatality is included in the tally.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kansas Pipeline Runs Show July Increase
Wichita AP report from the State Conservation Division states Kansas crude oil pipeline runs averaged 305 301 barrels per day in July, topping the July allowance by 2 80 barrels set by the Corporation Commission. The Commission has an September hearing in Wichita. August allowance remained the same as July.
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Wichita
State Conservation Division
Kansas
Corporation Commission
Kansas ends 1962 fiscal year $4.8 million better than forecast
Gov. John Anderson announced a final fiscal 1962 balance about 4.8 million dollars above expectations. Revenue exceeded estimates by 4.1 million with general fund demands 1.3 million below forecast, shaping a potential path for a normal expenditure increase without new taxes.
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Kansas
John Anderson
General Revenue Fund
Anderson
James Bibb
Fear 2 Girls Are Captive Or Dead
Alexandria police and FBI shift to focused hunt for Rita Ohlgren and Maria Theresa Morley missing since Sunday. Hundreds of officers Marines and residents searched Brookville area with dogs and vehicles as family seeks clues. The girls 7-year-olds last seen playing near their apartments. FBI joined Monday after father's report.
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Alexandria
FBI
Brookville
Washington, D.C
Rita Ohlgren
Maria Theresa Morley
Russell A. Hawes
William Morley
Ofone
Henderson Barracks
Myer
Rita
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Fernada Fortunata
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Sheila
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Thorn
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Bonn
Washington
State of
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A. S. Ohlgren
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Calif
Ohlgren
Brooklyn
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