Storm Snow Blamed for Dozen Deaths Across Southwest
A major snowstorm blamed for over a dozen deaths swept from the central Rockies through the Southwest. El Paso Texas buried under 6 to 8 inches of snow, Marfa isolated, roads icy, power lines down, and communications failed. Ham radio contact reached two days after the outage.
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EL Paso
Tex
Marfa
New Mexico
Arizona
Canon City
Colorado
Wolf Creek Pass
Denver
Texas
Lake
Michigan
Valparaiso
Indiana
Lake Superior
Starbelle
Coast Guard
Pacific Coast
Construction Starts On Coyville Bridge
Fredonia B and B Industries of St Paul has begun building a new 24 foot wide bridge over the Verdigris River a mile north of Coyville on the county road to Toronto Dam. The $57,906 project replaces the Marr steel truss bridge and eases heavy traffic from the dam.
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Fredonia — B & B Industries, Inc
St. Paul
Verdigris River
Coyville
Toronto
Two Plead Guilty In Bank Robberies Involving Two States
U S District Judge Ross Rizley sentenced Ernest Ray Tillman and Robert Gaylan Wyatt to 20 years each for bank robberies in Sentinel Oklahoma and Walton Kansas last summer. The heists totaled twenty two thousand dollars.
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Oklahoma City
U. S. Dist
Ross Rizley Friday
Mangum
Okla
Ernest Ray Tillman
Robert Gaylan Wyatt
Sentinel
Walton, Kas
Car Found Near St. Paul Belongs To W. O. O'Brien
A 1960 Ford missing since this morning was found southeast of St. Paul at about 8 20 a m Sheriff Jerry Sloan reported the vehicle belongs to W. O. O'Brien.
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ST. Paul
Jerry Sloan
Sloan
W. O. O’brien
High Court Denies Wilson Appeal in Death Case
Kansas Supreme Court refused Earl Wilson’s request to withdraw his appeal while he seeks clemency from Gov elect John Docking. The court also upheld Lowell Lee Andrews’s murder conviction and death sentence for killing his parents and sister Jennie Marie. Andrews, 19 at the time, shot his family. the court found premeditation and rejected insanity and trial-error claims.
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Topeka
Kansas Supreme Court
Earl Wilson
Lowell Lee Andrews
Wilson
Kansas City
Kas
George Docking
Docking
Supreme Court
John Anderson
Anderson
Andrews
University of Kansas
Jennie Marie
Weiner Hurt in Night Highway Crash Near City Limit
Carl Weiner III of 823 S Highland was hurt in a traffic crash on US 169 about 12:15 a.m. a half mile south of the city limits when his 1960 Ford collided with Patrick A. Legge’s 1952 Chevrolet. Weiner suffered a broken nose and facial injuries. Legge was uninjured.
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Carl Weiner III
S. Highland
Weiner
Patrick A. Legge
Chanute
Plastic Bag Causes Wichita Tot's Death
A 22 month old boy Timothy Keith Plamann died after a plastic bag adhered to his face in a Wichita bedroom. Deputy Coroner Jim Bratt ruled suffocation as the cause after an autopsy. The child was found by his mother after she returned from the clothesline.
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Wichita
Jim Bratt
Timothy Keith Plamann
Merlin K. Plamann
Plamann
Freezing Rain Closes Roads Across Eastern Kansas
Freezing rain coated highways and sidewalks in eastern Kansas early today, creating hazardous conditions. The Weather Bureau expects rising temperatures to melt the glaze today but warns of possible additional glaze tonight or Sunday morning, with moisture varying across the state from traces to 0.7 inches. Highs likely in the 30s and tonight’s lows about 20s.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Wichita
Manhattan
Chanute
Garden City
Traffic Fatalities In Topeka Report 1960 Log
Kansas traffic death log records 24 hours to 9 am Saturday shows 1 fatality. December 5 notes 1960 period with 468 deaths for comparable 1959 period.
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Topeka
Kansas
Farmer Howard Jennings Found Dead in Deep Well
The body of 51 year old dairy farmer Howard B Jennings was discovered in a 60 foot well on his Stanley Kansas farm Friday night. He disappeared Thursday morning after apparently slipping while repairing a surface leak. Sheriff Lynn Thomas said he fell into the well and died. A deputy lowered via a manhole and firemen pumped about 15 feet of water before the body was recovered.
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Stanley, Kan
Howard B. Jennings
Lynn Thomas
Jennings
Ed Blaygrave
Stanley
Fluor Awarded $10 Million Bushton Plant Contract
Fluor Corp wins a $10 million contract from Northern Gas Products to construct a propane and heavy hydrocarbon extraction plant at Bushton near Great Bend. Completion is slated for near August.
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Los Angeles
Fluor Corp
Northern Gas Products Co
Bushton
Great Bend
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Latisha Whitworth
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Virgil Goff
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Latisha
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