Dominican agreement reached amid crisis talks
El Caribe reported in principle agreement between government and opposition on a formula to solve the political crisis in the Dominican Republic. Details were not provided and confirmation from sources was unclear. Voz del Tropico ended a general strike backing Balaguer’s exit after a 12 hour negotiating session.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
el Caribe
Voz del Tropico
Jaquin Balaguer
National Civic Union
Driver Loses Leg In Freak Accident
Rep. Al Ullman of Oregon suffered the loss of part of his left leg in a freak auto crash in Stephens City Virginia The door ripped open as he tried to close it and the car veered into a ditch ejecting him Doctors at Winchester Memorial Hospital amputated the leg at the knee.
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Stephens City
al Ullman
D-Ore
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Ullman
Virginia
Trio Arrested For Bilking In Kansas City
Three Chicago men, Charles R. Minor 40 Willie Andrew Nelson 41 and Frank Williams 45, were arrested on confidence game charges after a 75 year old man claimed he lost 2825 from his savings. The victims described a gambling scheme with a mail back ploy and the trio were found with cash and ready to leave town.
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Kansas City
Chicago
Charles R. Minor
Willie Andrew Nelson
Frank Williams
Wright Flowers
Flowers
Traffic Fatalities Log Near Topeka Shows December 1961 Toll
AP reports Kansas traffic death log for 24 hours to 9 am Saturday records 5 fatalities. December total 17. Year 1961 total 508 deaths, compared with 472 in the 1960 period.
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Topeka
Kansas
Torrential Rains Slow UN Katanga Fighting
Turbulent Congo conflict reports say heavy rains hampered United Nations gendarmes in Katanga while forces skirmished around Elisabethville. U.N. and Katangan sources described tank and artillery actions, aerial support claims, and rising international reactions as diplomats debated legality and aims of the UN mission.
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Katanga
Elisabethville
the Congo
U.N
Leopoldville
Nafirm
Outan
Presbush
Moise Tshombe
Lido
Two Youths Rescued After Three Days Adrift in Gulf Stream
In Miami, a United States destroyer rescued James Horn a 19 year old city surveyor draftsman and Arthur Wilhelm a 21 year old delivery driver after drifting 16 foot motorboat for three days. They said they mistook buoy markers and headed offshore. They were found 55 miles south of Miami near Key Largo and had no serious injuries. Horn planned to stay inland and near land in the future.
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Miami
Fla
United States
Kansas City
Gulf Stream
James Horn
Arthur Wilhelm
Horn
Wilhelm
Train Car Crash Fatal at McPherson
Roger Q. Lane 68 and his wife 69 died after their car struck a Santa Fe freight train at a McPherson crossing last Monday night. Lane, a retired oil field supply house manager, died in a hospital Friday night from injuries. The couple were the only occupants of the car.
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Mcpherson, Kan
Roger Q. Lane
McPherson
Santa Fe Railway
Lane
Freighter Sinks in South China Sea Offshore Disaster
A 1 722 ton Panamanian freighter Combined One sank in a storm in the South China Sea west of Ladd Reef near Spratly Islands. Five survivors were rescued and two bodies recovered. No more may be found as 35 knot winds hinder operations. 13 merchant ships join the Epping Forest in the search.
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Manila
South China Sea
Hong Kong
Singapore
Ladd Reef
Spratly Island
U.S. Navy
Langley Point Naval Base
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Epping Forest
Boston Police Chief Refuses Governor's Call to Quit
Gov. John A. Volpe demanded the resignation of Boston Police Commissioner Leo J. Sullivan over the Biography of a Bookie Joint broadcast showing officers at a Back Bay bookie shop. Sullivan refused both orally and in writing. Removal requires Executive Council consent, with all eight council members and the lieutenant governor being Democrats.
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Boston
Massachusetts
John A. Volpe
Leo J. Sullivan
Sullivan
Columbia Broadcasting System
Volpe
Executive Council
Fire Kills 15 at Hartford Hospital Nine Floor Trash Chute
Hartford Hospital fire on a ninth floor trash chute causes 15 deaths and traps over 100 patients in surrounding rooms. Six patients, five visitors, and four staff among the dead. Fire officials probe the cause amid a six hour hearing as rescuers battle smoke and flames.
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Hartford, Conn
Hartford Hospital
T. Stewart Hamilton
Sonnel
Carroll E. Shaw
Diane Pape
Stewart A. Sprague
Hartford
Thomas Lee
Snow and cold sweep Kansas as 9 inch depths top area
Forecast calls for additional snow and the coldest air of the season across Kansas with 1 to 3 inches possible ahead of a cold front. Northeast counties face heavier totals as winds 20 to 25 mph chill the region. travel hazardous due to ice. A separate Hartford fire killed 15 at Hartford Hospital prompting a look at major U.S. hospital blazes.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Goodland
Salina
The
Chanute Stores Set Late Hours For Christmas Shopping
The Chamber of Commerce reviewed late shopping hours for Chanute stores to help nighttime shoppers. Most merchants will stay open tonight Thursday and Saturday nights next week, then five consecutive evenings from Monday Dec 18 through Friday Dec 22, with 8 30 pm closings. Saturday Dec 23 returns to 5 30 pm.
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Chanute
Chamber of Commerce
Driver Cited After Crash
Elmer Pilgrim aged 44 of 221 Den man was arrested about 12 15 a m on charges of driving while intoxicated and reckless driving after a collision at Lincoln and Main. A 1950 Chevrolet and a 1956 White truck trailer from Dallas collided. three passengers in the car unharmed. The car was a total loss with $100 damage to the truck. Pilgrim posted 150 bond for a police court hearing next Thursday at 4 p m.
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Denman
Lincoln
Main
Pilgrim
Gillette Motor Transport Co
Dallas
Kenneth A. Dunn
Kansas City
Joe J. Varndell
R. 1
Elm
Evergreen
Man Admits Check Theft In Chanute Case
Police report Michael Burke 18 Rochelle Ill admitted stealing a check belonging to Walter Poor and other mail from Poor’s mailbox in Chanute. Burke said he pushed mail under a door about a block away. others implicated were cleared. two other suspects were taken in Baton Rouge.
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Baton Rouge
Walter Poor
Burke
Police Department Navy
Chanute
Rochelle
Ill
Poor
Army Drops Hall as Football Coach at West Point
West Point reports Dale Hall’s contract as football coach at the United States Military Academy is terminated effective immediately.
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West Point
N. Y
Dale Hall
United States Military Academy
Outer Space Death Ray Developed at Martin Rocket Plant
Denver AP reports Dr. Carl L. Kober says a space based death ray using nuclear power will be test ready in 1963. The device would burn at over 100000 degrees and evaporate targets when focused, about the size of a large searchlight, weighing 30000 pounds and uneconomical on earth. In space it could reach 50 to 200 miles. Air Force officials had no comment.
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Denver
Colo
Outer Space
Martin Co
Carl L. Kober
Advance Systems
Earth
Kober
Air Force
Washington
Unable to Reach Tribune Phone. Contact Through Carrier
If you cannot reach your Tribune phone, contact your carrier for assistance. If the person is unavailable, dial HE 1-3400 after 6 PM for after hours access and support.
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Tribune
Two Car Crash Fatal At Junction City
Mrs. Ralph Coover aged 48 of Junction City died in a two car collision on a snow slick highway south of Junction City. Her husband, 52, was seriously injured. Clarence Gehrke 33 of Topeka driver of the other car was unhurt. Gehrke said the Coover car skidded into his lane as heavy snow fell. Mrs. Coover directed the Little Theater in Junction City.
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Varndell
Elm
Jean Mitchell
S. Lafayette
Edna M. Lindquist
Evergreen
Varndel
Ford
Mitchell
Olds
Lin
Junction City
Ralph Coover
Clarence Gehrke
Topeka
Gehrke
Highway Patrol
Coover
Little Theater
Jury Panel to Report for Neosho Court Civil Trial
The jury panel for the current term of Neosho county district court will report in Erie at 9 a.m. Monday for the opening of a civil suit trial. The action is brought by Steve Satchel a minor through his father James Satchell against Ralph Foust over a farm accident involving rural Evie families.
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Neosho County District Court
Erie
Steve Satchell
James Satchell
Ralph Foust
Evie
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