Ferguson denies delay in printer probe
Kansas Attorney General William Ferguson rejected claims he slow walked charges against state printer Jean Neibarger. He said investigations begin on receipt of complaints and were largely complete before press inquiry, with Neibarger pleading guilty to misdemeanor misuse of state property and equipment. The audit by the state post audit department remains to determine if further action is needed.
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Topeka
William Ferguson
Jean Neibarger
Jules V. Doty
Ferguson
Neibarger
Doty
Ottawa
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
KBI
Shawnee County
Bureau
FBI
State Post Audit Department
Printing Department
Enrollment Aug 31 For Hillcrest School
Hillcrest School District 108 will hold enrollment next Friday at 9 a.m. for about 32 students across eight grades. Parents should accompany children. regular classes start Sept. 4 with bus service that day.
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Hillcrest School
Retirement OKs Gen Norstad to Air Force General
Washington AP reports the Senate approved the retirement of Gen Lauris Norstad with the rank of general in the Air Force.
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Washington
Senate
Lauris Norstad
Air Force
Benedict Fire Captured By Town Volunteers
Flames swept from a transformer fire at a Benedict lot threatening an alfalfa mill and fuel tanks. About 25 to 30 volunteers from Benedict and Fredonia helped douse the blaze watering with sacks and tank trucks. The fire spread north and east across railroad tracks toward the old Benedict picnic grounds.
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Benedict
Fredonia
Bill Payne
Ed Dan
Earl Wilson
Payne
Tom Elder
Benedict Volunteers
Tance
Elder
Senate Approves Drug Safety Bill After Controversy
The Senate passed the drug safety measure 78 to 0 and sent it to the House where hearings on a companion bill proceed. Senator Estes Kefauver urged compulsory licensing of drug patents on high margins, while Sen James Eastland argued it would destroy incentives for research.
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Washington
Senate
House
Bil
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Kefauver
James C. Eastland
Dmiss
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate Antitrust Subcommittee
Judiciary Committee
Safety Celebration At Monarch Plant Hum bo ld
Monarch cement plant in Humboldt honors employees and families for accident-free 1961. A 5:30 picnic supper at the National Guard armory precedes a short program and dance. A safety award from the Portland Cement Assn will be presented.
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Humboldt
Monarch Cement
National Guard
Portland Cement Assn
Traffic Fatalities Log For Topeka Area
Kansas traffic death log reports 24 hours to 9 am Friday with figures for August at 45 fatalities, 1962 at 375, comparable 1961 period at 330, noting Topeka area data.
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Topeka
Kansas
New Junior High Get A acquainted Program Scheduled
Roy ster Royster Junior High plans an orientation for students new to Chanute next Tuesday afternoon from 1 30 to 3 00 sponsored by the student council. The event offers questions answered meeting of new classmates and a tour of facilities with refreshments.
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Royster Junior High
Chanute
Bill Hutchinson
Eddie Ladd
Lynn Evans
Linda Schultz
Paul Parsons
Royster
Boy 11 Drives Truck in Fatal Kansas Crash
An 11 year old farm boy drove a pickup that collided fatally in Hoxie Kansas. Patrick Joseph Whalen eight son of Carmichael California residents died in the crash. Louis Dale Brown 11 was crossing U S 24 en route to a Tasco store and was not injured. he will be taken to juvenile court.
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Hoxse
Kan
Kansas Highway Patrol
Patrick Joseph Whalen
John Joseph Whalen
Carmichael
Calif
Kansas City
Louis Dale Brown
U.S. 24
Tasco
Hoxie
Phil Gallagher
Glenn Brown
Erie Youth Injured In One-Car Accident
Erie 19 year old Loren L Showalter suffered a pulled ligament in the left arm after a one car crash south of here about 6 30 p m He told Sheriff Jerry Sloan he lost control on loose gravel The 1954 Mercury left the road down an embankment and overturned causing extensive damage to the vehicle
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Erie
Loren L. Showalter
Here
Neosho River
Jerry Sloan
Showalter
Sloan
Cold 300 Mile Walk By Swedish Professor
Rune Lindgren a 42 year old Swedish professor walked 300 miles across Arctic Alaska meeting a brown bear two grizzlies and three wolves none bothered him and he did not fire his pistol He is undergoing tests at the Air Force Aeromedical Laboratory before returning to Johns Hopkins University as visiting professor. He survived on pancakes and Arctic berries during the trek.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Rune Lindgren
Arctic
Lindgren
Air Force Aeromedical Laboratory
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
West urges big power Berlin talks on occupation role
Washington reports the United States Britain and France urged a Berlin meeting of the four powers to address postwar occupation duties and Soviet adherence to Berlin rights. Moscow rejected previous Western bids and the note left open who would represent the four nations in talks amid rising tensions in Berlin.
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Washington
Berlin Wall
Berlin
Soviet Union
East Ton
Germany
United States
Britain
France
Moscow
Berlin crisis eases as Soviet guards move with notched guns
Berlin amid tense unrest after the shooting of a refugee at the wall. Soviet armored cars entered the Western sector with minimal resistance while U S and allied convoys proceeded on the autobahn. Mayor Brandt urged calm and a four power meeting to prevent further deterioration.
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Berlin
U.S
Rain Breaks Heat Wave Boosting Area Crops
Rain ending a three week heat and drought spell brings 0.72 inch in Chanute area. The cold front lowered temperatures by about 20 degrees across Kansas with most central and eastern counties receiving over an inch of rain and several spots reporting over 4 inches. Crop conditions improve as showers continue then cool, with statewide forecasts for clearing from north to south.
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Chanute
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Associated Press
Topeka
Sabeth
Salina
Great Bend
Peabody
Kansas City
Lindsbourg
Easton
Osakaloos
Onaga
Elmo
Garden City
Northwest
Pittsburg
Concordia
Russell
Goodland
Nemnick Named Manager at Singer Sewing Machine in Chanute
Dave Nemnick is appointed manager of the Singer Sewing Machine Co. at 213 East Main Chanute. He arrives from Emporia where he served as assistant manager and replaces Dick Kidwell who was transferred to Emporia as manager.
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Dave Nemnick
Singer Sewing Machine Co
E. Main
Nemnick
Chanute
Emporia
Dick Kidwell
Colombia Airliner Crash Kills 20 on Takeoff
A Colombian airliner carrying 31 aboard crashed and burned on takeoff in northern Colombia. Twenty people died including the pilot and co pilot. 11 were injured among passengers and crew.
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Bogota
Colombia
Court Denies Soblen Bid in Deportation Appeal
The British High Court refused Soblen's request for habeas corpus to seek asylum from a life sentence in the United States. Justice John Stephenson upheld Home Secretary Henry Brooke's deportation order. Soblen remains hospitalized at Brixton Prison.
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London
British High Court
Robert A. Soblen
United States
John Stephenson
Soblen
White Transfers To Kaw Council
Robert L. White resigns as District Scout Executive for the SeKan Area Council to take a similar post in the Kaw Council at Kansas City Kansas. Effective Oct. 1 he leaves the Neosho Allen Woodson Labette counties assignment after two years. Ray Aringdale of Independence will fill temporarily as Scout Executive until replacement is found.
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Robert L. White
W. Main
SeKan
Kaw
Kansas City
Kew
White
Neosho
Allen
Woodson
Labette
Ray Aringdale
Independence
Power Use Reaches New Peaks at City Plant
New highs in energy demand were set yesterday at the city power plant with a maximum hour peak of 9,700 kw at 3 p.m. and 24-hour generation of 175,000 kw. Plant superintendent John Lofthouse said the 24-hour figure exceeded the prior high by about 3,000 kw. Weather brought rain and cooler air, easing power and water use. Water consumption was about 2 million gallons daily.
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Lity
John Lofthouse
Lofthouse
Careless Murder By Litterbugs
Seeku the baby walrus at the New York Aquarium is dead after a year in care. Officials call the case careless murder by litterbugs citing an examination that found coins plastic waste and wrappers in the walrus’s stomach.
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New York
Seeku
New York Aquarium
First Steps Again for Girl Now With Artificial Legs
Diane Mills 19 begins walking again after loss of legs in a car accident. She trains with prosthetics at a Minneapolis hospital and expresses optimism about an early discharge. Her family, initially devastated, finds hope in a visit from a gravely ill boy who tells her to cheer up.
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Minneapolis
Diane Mills
Diane
Eugene Mills
Edina
Dwight
Harry
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Tribune
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Monarch Plant
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Brandt
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David Kimble
Harold Kimble
Larry Mathews
Kaw Council
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