Quantrill Raid Remembered 160 Years Later in Lawrence
Lawrence marks the 160th anniversary of Quantrill’s raid with a 90 minute program and a speech by Dr. James L. Robertson Jr. The event recalls 142 dead and $1.5 million in damage from the 1863 attack once led by border guerrilla William Clarke Quantrill who died in 1865 after a Confederate camp air.
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Lawrence, Kan
William Clark Quantrill
Lawrence
James L. Robertson Jr
Washington, D.C
National Civil War Centennial Commission
Quantrill
Louisville
Debt ceiling extension clears Senate vote to Kennedy
Washington report notes Congress approved extending the national debt limit to November 30, with the Senate passing 57 to 31 and sending it to President Kennedy amid protests against short term extensions. Gilpatric cites the carrier decision as the Navy seeks a final choice between conventional or nuclear propulsion. McNamara to announce upon return from vacation. Knights of Columbus allocates 25000 dollars to feed and house march participants in August.
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Senate
Kennedy
Gilpatric
Senate Appropriations
Defense
Robert S. McNama
The
Knights of Columbus
Benedict Area Guests and Fire Hit Benedict Farms
Benedict area residents hosted relatives from Wichita and Osage County visiting kin across multiple households. A lightning strike ignited a 50 ton alfalfa and prairie hay barn east of Benedict, on the McCain farm, causing total loss with insurance coverage. Local families shared meals and drove to nearby towns for visits and business, with many relatives from Wichita, Kan., and nearby towns spending weekends in Benedict.
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Lester Gallon
McCain
Benedict
Gallon
Orval Smith
Edwardsville
Ollie M. Smith
Frank West
John Williams
Yates Center
Santa Fe Park
Chanute
Dale Cook
Steve
Bob
San Diego
Willis Cook
Linda Lou
Wichita
Terry Cook
Arkansas City
Harry Pound
Larry
Ottawa
Walter Hash
Diane
Deborah
Bruce
Neodesha
Howard Wescott
David
Peggy
Vicky
Becky
Roger
Tammy
Buffalo
Fred Cook
Pamela
Sherry
Pearl Short
Hazel Lamb
J. W. Cook
Charles C. Ropp
Milburn Cook
Cindra
A. J. Ambrose
St. Louis
Richard Howrey
Mark
Cindy
Marvin Ambrose
Karen
Kent
Kaila
Fredonia
F. M. Green
Donnie
Ronnie
Altoona
Ray Simmons
Harold
Kansas City
F. A. Lewis
C. W. Lewis
J. W. Hollingshead
Manford Price
Mikie
Global Briefs From Korea India Cuba And Nuclear Sparring
In west central Korea American soldiers exchanged fire by mistake and grenades were thrown in darkness. one soldier died and another was lightly wounded. In Yeotmal central India a mosque collapse killed at least 110 worshipers and injured 68. In Cuba tanks antiaircraft guns and troops were deployed along the north coast to deter raids while Fidel Castro’s government said it acted to defend the country. The Soviet Union disputed China’s charge over nuclear information and said Beijing should rely on Moscow’s arsenal. A Glasgow to London mail train robbery is mentioned in a brief trailing fragment.
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Bombay
India
Yeotmal
Havana
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Loot recovered in Great Train Robbery case hits 273,107 pounds
British police report 30,000 pounds found in an abandoned auto trailer, increasing the total recovered to 273,107 pounds of the 2.6 million stolen. They press on the hunt for the man, woman, and baby who left the trailer at a trailer camp near Dorking, Surrey.
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London
Dorking
Surrey
Moscow
Kremlin
Presbyterians Sell Washington Church
National Presbyterian Church announces sale of its Washington property. Former President Dwight is not living here. report mentions a modernization bishop of chess as an elephant in the East and a France Germany joke as a runner.
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Washington
National Presbyterian Church
Dwight
East
France
Germany
Eisenhower Attends Services As Church Sells For Sale
Eisenhower attended services as the church at Connecticut Ave and 11th St N W is sold for 2 575 000 dollars. The church plans to relocate to 4300 Massachusetts Ave N W.
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Connecticut Ave
11Th S&t
N. W
Massachusetts Ave
N.W
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