Left Hand Pitch Recalls Local Crime And Oddities
A Chanute woman reported a man at her home asking for a COD charge for delivering an envelope to a filling station. The man left with an accomplice in an old model car. The column also recalls a 1925 Burlington telephone bill receipt and a family tale about a baby tooth, plus Oliver Lindquist’s 13 inch radish grown from July plantings and labeled mild by his wife.
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Chanute
Oliver Lindquist
Grant
Tribune
Lindquist
Partly cloudy mild forecast for Kansas with fog
Weather update from Topeka notes clouds and fog in eastern Kansas while southern and western sections see clouds. Highs expected in the 50s to lower 60s with cooler readings Monday from 61 at Russell to 70 at Wamego. Lows tonight 30s to mid 40s with Wednesday similar conditions and possible light showers in extreme south.
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Topeka
Kansas
Russell
Wamego
Chanute
Presidents Kennedy and Macmillan Meet in Nassau Summit
In Nassau Bahamas President Kennedy and British Prime Minister Macmillan stressed close US UK friendship during a subtropical sun summit. They planned talks on Skybolt missile policy Cuba crisis fallout and joint military aid to India while examining the Moscow Beijing split and Western alliance unity.
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Nassau
Bahamas
Kennedy
Harold Macmillan
India
Cuba
China
Western Alliance
Soviet Union
Red China
Skybolt
Moscow
Britain
France
United States
Kennedy Says Cuban Crisis Teaches Khrushchev Caution
President Kennedy says the Cuban crisis showed the Soviet leader the dangers of a nuclear world but that real understanding with Khrushchev will take time. He warns that Soviet and Red Chinese aims make peace elusive and says inspection is essential for any disarmament deal. He also defends past actions on steel prices and the Meredith case.
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Washington
Kennedy
Khrushchev
United States
U.S
Kremlin
Cuba
Supreme Soviet
Russia
Soviet Union
West Berlin
William H. Lawrence
ABC
George Herman
CBS
Sander Vanocur
NBC
University of Mississippi Commons
James H. Meredith
White House
Estimated Holiday Toll Over 650
The National Safety Council predicts 650 to 750 traffic deaths and 27 000 to 33 000 disabling injuries during the 102 hour Christmas holiday period from 6 p m Friday December 21 to midnight December 25 The estimate compares with 470 killed and 20 000 injuries during a similar nonholiday period and notes 706 deaths in the 1956 four day Christmas period and 524 in last year s three day holiday.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Council
Four Men Feared Dead After Rocket Test Cell Collapse
Rescue teams dig through 250 foot deep test cell rubble in Tullahoma Tennessee to locate four workers feared killed by the collapse of a 304 ton wedge of concrete. The incident follows a Monday chain reaction collapse during construction of a six segment cap for a 10 million dollar test facility.
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Tullahoma, Tenn
Tennessee
Hope resigns Senate seat to take Pearson post
Gov. John Anderson accepts the resignation of Clifford R. Hope Jr. from the 37th district state senate. Hope left to become administrative assistant for Kansas to U S Senator James B. Pearson. The governor will appoint a successor after Republican committee members nominate a candidate.
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Topeka
Clifford R. Hope Jr
John Anderson
Hope
Kansas
U.S
James B. Pearson
Senate
Republican Committee
The Worst To Come Memoir of Cambridge Kids Jail Scene
In Cambridge Massachusetts two seven and nine year olds spent 11 hours locked in a closed department store sampling food and taking items. They chose an expensive camera a wrist watch and a fountain pen. Judge M Edward Viola gave a reprimand while police warned the boys to expect consequences from their fathers.
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Cambridge
Mass
Fatty
M. Edward Viola
Juvenile Court
Traffic Fatalities Log for Topeka Area December 1962
AP reports Kansas traffic death log for 24 hours to 9 am Tuesday shows 0 fatalities. December total equals 24, with 566 deaths for 1962, compared to 530 in the 1961 period.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kansas Attny General Tests Bottle Club Liquor Rules
Atty Gen William M Ferguson filed two suits in Shawnee County District Court to test Kansas bottle club liquor laws. One targets the Bucaneer Club and Kansas Super Motels Inc to decide if private clubs open to guests remain private for alcohol use. The other challenges Grace's Caravan Club while considering access, membership, and whether clubs selling drinks over the counter are illegal.
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Topeka
William M. Ferguson
Shawnee County
Kansas
Kansas Super Motels, Inc
Buccaneer Club
Grace’s Caravan Club
Buc
Ycaneer
Anya
Ferguson
Ap- Williams
Sedgwick County
Car Recovered After Mix Up At Post Office
Mrs. Clyde Kile parked near the post office and took her car keys inside. On return the car was missing but spotted being driven by a stranger, traced to a neighbor’s borrowed vehicle, and returned after a mistaken identity led to a checkpoint alert being canceled.
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Clyde Kile
Washington
Kile
Sheriff's Office
Additions For Adoption Aid Arrives At Christmas
Two late additions to the Christ imas adoption list reported by the Chamber of Commerce include a couple with two children a five year old boy and a daughter and an elderly woman The father cannot work and food and toys are needed for the family plus a food basket for the woman The new listings bring total to 60 with 41 adopted Recent adopters include Forget-Me-Not HDA Best Yet 4-H Club Sweet Adelines and the Grange A $25 cash donation was received from a local donor.
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Christimas
Chamber of Commerce
HDA
Sweet Adelines
the Grange
Tax Deadline Nears for Erie County Residents
Clerks in the county treasurer office report a lighter day after a hectic period as fines appeared in the courthouse corridor. Thursday marks the final day to pay the first half 1962 personal and real estate taxes without penalty.
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Erie
Hodges urges tax cut to keep economy expanding
Secretary Hodges says productivity is at a record pace with GNP over 560 billion for last quarter 1962 and a yearly output of 554 billion up seven percent from 1961. He calls for personal income tax cuts now to boost demand and investment while opposing a rapid, narrow cut.
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Washington
Luther H. Hodges
Hodges
Marking Of Shelters In Neosho County
Neosho County will begin marking facilities suitable as public fallout shelters Thursday. Charles Norris of Erie, Civil Defense director, says Kansas City Army Engineers district workers will place exterior signs showing capacity and interior signs with shelter routes and capacities. The project follows a prior survey to select buildings and those shelters will be stocked with food water and survival items for two weeks.
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Neosho County
Charles Norris
Erie
Civil Defense
Kansas City Army Engineers District
Driver Dale Smith of Moran Held on DWI and Reckless Driving Charges
Police arrested Dale V. Smith, 21, of Moran at 12:15 a.m. today on charges of driving while intoxicated and reckless driving. He was held at the city jail pending hearing or bond after officers stopped him on North Santa Fe.
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Dale V. Smith
Moran
Smith
North Santa Fe
FCC launch inquiry into loud television commercials
The FCC announced an investigation into the louder commercials on TV amid numerous listener complaints as the Christmas advertising rush approaches. It noted prior probes found no rule violations and urged broadcasters to stop such practices to protect public interest.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission Today
FCC
Chanute
Kennedy
Macmillan
JayCee Christmas Home Decoration Contest Grows to Twenty
Twenty entries now compete in the JayCee outdoor Christmas home decorations contest with five more expected before the midnight deadline. Two churches compete for the church traveling trophy, Zion Lutheran and Evangelical United Brethren. Judging by three out of town judges occurs tomorrow night from 6 30 to 11 p m with winners announced Thursday.
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JayCee
Zion Lutheran Church
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Bob Arnett
S. Katy
Lester Lawrence
S. Plummer
John W. Hutchison
Main
Ray Christiansen
Donavan Aims to Free Cuban Prisoners in Havana Talks
Miami report says New York attorney James B Donovan traveled to Havana with three Cuban Families Committee officials to negotiate the release of 1,113 invasion prisoners in exchange for food and medicine. The ICRC sponsors the exchange as Red Cross officials await Castro's word. Surge of medicine shipments to Miami from Idlewild and other cities under private charter accompany the talks. Relatives of prisoners wait in Miami for Castro's decision.
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Miami, Fla
New York
James B. Donovan
Havana
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Donovan
Pan American World Airways
Miami International Airport
International Red Cross
Castro
Miami
Trans World Airlines
Idlewild
St. Louis
Los Angeles
Air Transport Association
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