Left Hand Pitch Left Hand Pitch in Hard Times
Seven year old Robert Thorsell of R. J. Thorsell family at Midway Consolidated School suffers a left leg fracture above the knee. He remains in traction for eight to ten weeks over the holidays at Neosho Memorial Hospital. His prior ankle fracture a year ago also healed by Christmas. His family, including four older siblings, keeps a bedside vigil. meanwhile a Santa Fe brakeman, Bill McCoy, rescues a stray black retriever wasting away along Chanute tracks, now kept at his home as he searches for the owner.
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Robert Thorsell
Midway Consolidated School
Robert
Midway School
Thorsell
Neosho Memorial Hospital
McCoy
Chanute
37 Miners Trapped in Robena Mine Rescue Progress Slow
Rescue teams reached about 5 509 feet into the Robena No 3 mine where 37 miners are trapped after an explosion. Officials said 36 men were initially believed trapped, with one later reported missing, as gas and rubble hinder operations. Forty four workers in another section escaped unhurt as authorities gauge air quality and fight fire in the two mile tunnel.
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Carmichaels
U.S. Steel Corp
Robena No. 3
Lewis Evans
Pennsylvania
Robena
Evans
James Girod
U.S
Monongah
W. Va
Fredonia Man Keeps Pearl Harbor Memory Alive Each Year
Sam Carr, a World War II veteran and Fredonia business machine repairman, runs a small advert in the Wilson County Citizen with black borders to mark December 7, 1941. He recalls being awakened during the Pearl Harbor attack at Hickam Field and says the memories of burning buildings and strafing planes stay with him.
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Carr
Pearl Harbor
Wilson County
Black
Iar Harbor
Hickam Field
Fredonia
Pearl
Erie Man Missing Sparks Search Efforts
Wayne Vance, 43, described as 6 feet tall and 145 pounds with sandy hair and blue eyes, has been missing since November 26. He was last seen in St Paul while living with his father Herb Vance. his abandoned car was found in a ditch on a county road 52 miles east of Erie.
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Erie
Wayne Vance
St. Paul
Vance
Herb Vance
Here
Four Additions For Adoption In Christmas List
The Chamber of Commerce clearing house reports four new adoptions for the Christmas list and nine more adoptions received. New listings include a couple, several children, an elderly woman, widowed, and a tentatively adopted group. Total listings reach 54 with 13 adoptions in addition to tentative cases, aided by Troop 25 Boy Scouts and local youth groups.
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Chamber of Commerce
Troop 25
Boy Scouts
Royster Junior High
Dorcas
First Christian Church
EUB Church
American Legion Auxiliary
JayCee Jaynes
Traffic Fatalities in Topeka Kansas Log
Kansas traffic death log reports 551 fatalities in 1962 through December 9, up from 509 in the comparable 1961 period. Data covers 24 hours to 9 a.m. Friday December 9.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kennedy surveys sites on Pearl Harbor anniversary
President Kennedy flew west to visit command posts and development sites for swift nuclear response. He departed Andrews Air Force Base at 8:35 a.m. bound for Strategic Air Command headquarters near Omaha, Nebraska, with an estimated flight time of two hours and twenty five minutes.
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Washington
Kennedy
Pearl Harbor
Andrews Air Force Base
Strategic Air Command
Omaha
Neb
Junior Colleges Seek Higher State Aid and New Oversight Plan
Kansas junior colleges urge the 1963 Legislature to raise state support to $6 per semester hour, paid by semester hours enrolled. They want a statewide commission drawn from lawmakers and education departments to draft a junior college system. They seek tuition aid expansion and funding for construction and equipment on a matching basis.
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Topeka
Kansas Association of Junior Colleges
Association
Kansas
State Department of Education
Department of Vocational Education
Eurich
State Board of Regents
Department of Education
Board of Regents
J. J. Vineyard
Arkansas City
Board of Education
David Williams
Garden City Junior College
Board of Regents Control
W. A. Klotz
Coffeyville
Study
Intercepted Letter to Cha on Christmas Shopping
A brief intercepted note shows a sender asking Cha about Christmas shopping and signs off with Yours. No additional context or dates are provided.
Man Admits Taking Truck Near St. Paul Farm
Ralph Mark, 27, of Parsons, admitted taking a two ton 1962 International truck from the Harold Wright farm southeast of St. Paul Monday night. The truck was abandoned in St. Paul and recovered the next day amid a burglary investigation with no theft charge filed yet.
Shoplifting demo draws merchants and police to memorial auditorium
About 150 merchants, store clerks, and visiting officers attended a Chanute police demonstration on shop lifting techniques at 8 a.m. in Memorial Auditorium as a public service. Police Chief Lige Matlock coordinated the program with City Manager R. J. Hayes and county and city attorneys commenting briefly. Tools of the trade were made by the department and borrowed from local stores. Attendance was by invitation with Iola, Humboldt and Fredonia police departments in the audience.
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Chanute
Memorial Auditorium
Lige Matlock
R. J. Hayes
Richard L. Ashley
John N. Sherman Jr
Iola
Humboldt
Fredonia
Harold Woodward NFO President Candidate Outlines Program
Harold Woodward of Bethany Missouri outlines his NFO platform at a Thursday night meeting. He calls for greater delegation of authority, higher county shares from dues, more member information, action holds on commodities, and pilot projects that indicate better market returns for farmers.
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Harold Woodward
Bethany
National Farmers Organizattion
NFO
Woodward
Weather Forecast For Kansas Through Saturday
Light snow fell in eastern Kansas this morning with cloudy skies and NW winds. Temperatures will ease today with highs around 40 in the northeast and western areas, lower 30s elsewhere. Tonight low near 20s NW rising to mid 30s in the state with continued clouds and cooler conditions.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kansas City
Lecompton
Lawrence al
Soviets Set to Withdraw Troops From Cuba
United States intelligence estimates 9 000 to 15 000 Soviet soldiers remain in Cuba as 42 bombers count outbound from ships. Officials expect the troops to be pulled out after the removal of offensive weapons and missiles, with negotiations in New York pressing for troop withdrawal and dismantling of anti-aircraft installations. Kennedy linked the withdrawal to the removal of offensive systems and demanded international inspection before any no invasion pledge.
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Washington
U.S
Soviet Union
Cuba
Pentagon
Navy
New York
Khruschev
Kennedy
Kremlin
Khrushchev
Breeze in London Eases Lethal Smog
London easing of lethal smog caused 106 deaths and hospitalizing over 1,000, as a south wind reduced fog, with patches lingering in the capital. Visibility rose, aircraft grounded, and ferries and trains faced delays while Eastern counties reported ice on roads and continuing fog.
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London
England
Thames Estuary
Norfolk
Suffolk
British Isles
Pranksters Reported Fake Ditch Link Hoax Near Underpass
A woman driver on South Santa Fe near the underpass saw what looked like a girl in the street as a car ahead swerved. She alerted police and a check found no injuries. officers concluded a dummy was used in a hoax.
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South Santa Fe
Snowstorm cripples northeast Ohio with heavy snow
A major blizzard hits Cleveland and surrounding area, with up to 18 inches on the ground in spots. Trains and buses delayed, planes grounded, factories shut, and virtually all schools closed as winds reach 30 to 35 mph with gusts to 50. Snowdrifts up to five feet. No relief expected before late tonight.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Ohio
U.S. Weather Bureau
State Jobless Shows Increase in Kansas
Kansas unemployment rose this week while remaining well below year-ago levels. The insured unemployment rate stood at 2.3 percent, up from 2.0 percent a week earlier and 3.1 percent last year. Benefit payments reached 250,041 dollars to 6,586 claimants, up from the prior week but under 1961 totals.
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Topeka
Kansas
State
Navy Families Return to Guan tanamo Base
Thirty one Navy dependents depart Norfolk by air to return to Guan tanamo Naval Base in Cuba as part of relocation efforts by the U S Navy.
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Norfolk, Va
Guantanamo Naval Base
Cuba
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Tribune
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Mrs
Galen Thorsell
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Santa Claus
Ed Thorseil
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Bill McCoy
S. Highland
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Katy
Kan
Sam
Kennedy Inspects
Cha
Yours
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Hutton
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British Automobile Association
Cleveland
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