Senate hearing details illegal race wire service run from Boston
Senate subcommittee investigators traced an illegal race wire service linked to Angelo Rossetti and Frank Ferrara with a network from Montreal to New Orleans. Rossetti invoked the Fifth Amendment, denying knowledge of Ferrara or current operations while refusing to answer about the PHP News Service.
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Washington
Senate
Angelo Ross
Boston
Setti
Montreal
Miami
Steubenville
Ohio
Rossetti
Senate Investigations
Adlerman
Frank Ferrara
Ferrara
PHP News Service
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Left Hand Pitch Left Hand Pitch in Neighborhood Mixup
Mrs John V Jordan in Malcolm tells how a misread name led to a hiring mix up. A neighbor sought a carpentry helper. she called W W Shaw who thought the caller was his neighbor girls playing a prank. The real supposed builder turned out to be Mrs Schaal.
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Jordan
Shaw
Mr. Shaw
Schaal
McVey Seeks Ban on Shorts and Women's Slacks in Congress
Rep Walter L McVey Republican Kansas proposes a bill to bar shorts and women's slacks in the Capitol. Exemption only for individuals over age twelve. The measure targets presidential halls and legislative spaces amid attire debates.
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Washington
Congress
Walter L. McVey
Kan
Capitol
Weather Update: Cool August Skies Give Way to Sunny Warmth
Skies cleared in Kansas with cool August temperatures. Overnight lows ranged from 54 at Emporia to 63 at Concordia and Garden City. Wednesday highs reached 75 at Chanute to 88 at Goodland. Forecast calls for continued fair and mild weather through Friday with highs near 80 to 90 and tonight’s lows around 60.
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Topeka
Kansas
Dodge City
Emporia
Concordia
Garden City
Chanute
Goodland
Missile Site Wages Cut Locals Face 31 Cent Hike Cut
Laborers Local 142 business agent says no strike but a protest is likely after Kennedy Missile Sites Commission urges a 31 cent hourly wage cut. Shawnee County rates run 2.40 while nearby counties pay 2.09. Forbes Air Force Base work to follow the lower rate.
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Topeka
David Wells
Wells
Kennedy
Special Missile Sites Labor Commission
Shawnee County
El Dorado Woman Killed Near Eureka
A 19 year old El Dorado woman Kathy Williams was killed in a head on collision 10 miles west of Eureka on U S 54. Her husband Paul Williams and Hillard A Thornton 41 of Pratt the other driver were listed in critical condition at Greenwood County Hospital. Thornton was towing a car while driving eastbound.
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Eureka
Kas
U.S
Kathy Williams
el Dorado
Paul
Hillard A. Thornton
Pratt
Greenwood County Hospital
Thornton
Warrant for Arrest After Police Chase
A police court warrant was issued today for a rural Iola youth charged with reckless driving and disobeying police orders after a speeding chase at 12:45 a m. Officers pursued the car, found it at a club parking lot south of town, and reported the youth fled at speeds over 90 mph after being told to drive to the station. Authorities seek the youth for a Wasser for Insurance. Police court hearing scheduled at 4 p m.
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Iola
Lola
Big Trucks Replace Trains For Hauling Ash Grove Rock
Ash Grove Lime and Portland Cement shifts rock transport from trains to trucks. Five Westinghouse trucks haul 32 tons each at 40 mph, replacing 14-car railloads to supply 2,500 tons daily for continuous plant operation. Operations cut rail maintenance and boost throughput.
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Ash Grove
Lime & Portland Cement Co
Westinghouse
Ira Barber
Tthe
Barber
Good Trick ERIE One Car Crash Not Damaging
A single vehicle accident on US 59 three miles north of here about 11 30 last night left no injuries or major car damage. Sheriff Jerry Sloan said Donald G Elder 18 Stark drove a 1955 Pontiac off the road onto the right shoulder 142 yards then across the road 20 yards to strike an embankment and roll onto its left side. Elder said he fell asleep.
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Erie
Here
Jerry Sloan
Donald G. Elder
Stark
Sloan
Elder
Four Bodies In Wreckage Of Airplane
Four badly mangled bodies were found in the wreckage of a small plane in Potterstown area after a three day search. The victims, two men a woman and a girl, were identified as the Milliken family from Akron and the pilot Joseph Milliken 44. An Army helicopter and another helicopter crashed during the search leaving one dead and two injured.
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Pottersdale
Civil Air Patrol
Pennsylvania
CAP
Williamsport
Akron
Ohio
Joseph Milliken
Patricia
Milliken
C. G. Milliken
Army Signal Corps
Tobyhanna
Clifford F. Betts
Chicago
Tribune Phone Contact Details
Instructions urge readers to call their Tribune phone or dial HE 1-3400 after 6 p.m. for contact if the primary carrier cannot be reached.
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Tribune
New Head Named for Fish and Game in Kansas
The State Forestry Fish and Game Commission hired George C. Moore of Georgia as director starting Oct. 1 with a salary of 10500 dollars. Moore, chief of Georgia's game division, succeeds Fred Warders of Pratt who had been acting director since January after Dave Leahy's departure. Commission chairman G G Boling said Moore and another unnamed candidate were interviewed in Topeka two weeks ago. Warders will return as assistant director. Hunting seasons and rules were to be set later.
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Great Bend
State Forestry, Fish and Game Commission
George C. Moore
Georgia
Moore
Fred Warders
Pratt
Dave Leahy
G. G. Boling
Leavenworth
Jonesboro
Topeka
Warders
Seven Former Police Officers Found Guilty
Seven ex police officers were found guilty by an all women jury in Chicago on charges of conspiracy to burglarize and conceal stolen property. The jurors recommended prison terms for five and fines for two, with sentencing set for today.
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Chicago
Criminal Court
James B. Parsons
Allan Brinn
Alan Clements
Frank Faraci
Alex Karras
Sol
Peter Beeftink
Henry Mulea
Patrick Groark
Parsons
Almost Total Eclipse of Moon Friday Night
Sky watchers may see an almost total lunar eclipse Friday night with over 99 percent of the moon in Earth's shadow. The event could be visible across the United States except from Alaska's far northwest, starting 7:35 p.m. and ending around 10:40 p.m.
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New York
American Museum - Hayden Planetarium
Planetarium
United States
Alaska
Chanute
Traffic Fatalities In Topeka Area For August 16 1961
Kansas traffic death log shows 24 hours to 9 am Thursday 1 death. Police report at 7:25 am notes believed two prowlers in Poplar Heights neighborhood last night. Comparable figures: 1960 period 303.
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Topeka
Kansas
Poplar Heights
Bids Set for Southeast Kansas Highway Projects
Thirteen highway construction projects in six southeast Kansas counties will have bids opened at Fort Scott on September 14. Major work includes 9.3 miles of asphalt surface north of Yates Center on US 75 in Woodson County and 0.3 mile of grading and asphalt surface west of Erie on K108. Additional bids cover US 75 work near Caney and projects in Anderson Cherokee and Franklin Counties.
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Woodson County
Neosho County
Kansas
Fort Scott
Addison H. Meschke
Yates Center
US 75
Erie
Caney
Montgomery County
Steps Toward Mental Health Clinic in Neosho and Allen Counties
Neosho County official Dwight Diver outlines plans to form a joint mental health clinic serving Neosho and Allen Counties. The program, funded by a half mill levy, aims for a Humboldt site with a seven member board and annual budget planning. The board may set service charges but must provide care regardless of ability to pay.
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Neosho
Allen
Dwight Diver
Humboldt
Berlin Border Tests Nerves
Western leaders report intensified East West Berlin tension over exit permits for Soviet officers and Western nationals. U S, British, and French troops confront East German controls while Berlin officials challenge Soviet claims about air corridors and subversion.
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East Germany
Berlin
Soviet Union
Friedrichstrasse
West Berlin
Allies Assert Absolute Route Rights to Berlin
A US spokesman said Western Allies hold absolute rights under postwar agreements to unhindered routes to Berlin including civilian life support and supplies for occupation forces. The comment follows a Soviet note accusing Western air corridors of aiding spies and provocateurs. Western officials stressed access routes have been long recognized and essential to maintain Western presence in the city. The State Department and Western ambassadorial group prepared a response as Moscow pressed for limits on air traffic and control over access.
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Washington
Berlin
State Department
Lincoln White
Moscow
Kremlin
West Berlin
East Germany
White
Nehru
New Delhi
U.S
Between Sized Cars For Kansas City Plant
Ford Motor Co announced plans to manufacture new in between size cars at four plants Kansas City Atlanta San Jose and Dearborn to build the Ford Fairlane line. Dearborn and Kansas City will also assemble the Mercury Meteor. Fairlane production begins in October and Meteor in early November with Kansas City starting Falcons and Comets in 1962 before switching to Fairlane and Meteor.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Kansas City
Atlanta
San Jose
Calif
Dearborn
Ford
Kansas Unemployed In Another Drop
The Employment Security Division reports another weekly decline in Kansas unemployment. Insured unemployment stands at 2.7 percent, down from 2.8 and 2.9 percent. Benefits totaling $290,417 were paid to 6,960 individuals.
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Kansas
Topeka
Eureka man identified as driver in early morning crash
Police identified Floyd H. Ware of Eureka as the driver of a 1961 Pontiac that struck a drainage ditch guard rail at Garfield and Elm. The incident occurred about 4 am and damage totaled 48.50 to the bumper and fender plus 26 for the guard rail. Ware, a salesman for a Fort Worth firm, said he was unaware he was not on a through street and agreed to pay for the guard rail repairs. no charges were filed.
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Eureka
Garfield and
Elm
Floyd H. Ware
Fort Worth
Tex
Ware
Garfield
Missouri youths reach New Orleans after Mississippi voyage
Eddie Howell of Boonville Missouri and Richard Saliman of Topeka Kansas arrived in New Orleans aboard a homemade raft they launched 34 days earlier at Boonville Missouri. They drifted by day and rested ashore each night. After sightseeing they plan to sell the raft and return home.
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New Orleans
Boonville
Eddie Howell
Richard Saliman
Topeka
Kan
Missouri
Mississippi
Freeby Family Relocates to Logan Utah for Creamery Work
ERIE The G C Freeby family will move next week to Logan Utah where Freeby has accepted employment with a creamery firm He served as general manager of the Neosho Valley Cooperative Creamery Assn for over 20 years resigning the post last June.
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Erie
G. C. Freeby
Logan
Utah
Freeby
Neosho Valley Cooperative Creamery Assn
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