New Year 1961 Looms With Global Tensions and JFK Era
The New Year opens amid world unrest as Dag Hammarskjold plans diplomacy in Congo South Africa and India while Pope John XXIII hopes for serenity. In the U S John F Kennedy prepares to take office Jan 20 as Eisenhower retires amid cautious economic optimism and ongoing unemployment pressures.
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Europe
Asia
Africa
Laos
Belgium
Congo
Peace Organization
United Nations
Dag Hammarskjold
Hammarskjold
Joseph Kasavubu
Kasalubu
Paurice Lumumba
Kasaiubu
South Africa
Gamal Abdel Nasser
United Arab Republic
Nehru
India
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Kansas Centennial medals offered through Neosho banks
Applications for Kansas Statehood Centennial medals are being accepted at six Neosho County banks. Only about 128 coins are allotted to Chanute banks. other banks in Stark St. Paul Erie and Thayer receive limited supplies. Deadline is January 26 with drawings January 30 until coins run out. unsold coins returned after February 6. The coins, silver and larger than a half dollar, depict an ox-drawn wagon and pioneer family, with a sunflower and wheat shaft on the reverse.
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Neosho County
Philadelphia
Chanute
Stark, St. Paul
Erie
Thayer
Pratt Derailment Causes $440000 In Damage
ICC reports failure to perform required air brake tests led to a Rock Island freight train derailment near Pratt. No injuries were reported though property damage reached $440,000. The incident involved Neosho County residents and referenced Kansas Centennial Commission funding details.
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Pratt
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Rock Island
Neosho County
coun'Kap
Kansas Centennial Commission
ICC
Radio announcer aids pursuit of hit and run driver
Medway Massachusetts Ronald police chief William Giallonardo said radio announcer William Giallonardo Greene 26 helped locate the hit-and-run driver who struck and killed Domenick de Fazio while he wheeled his bicycle on Route 109. A fender ornament matched a missing piece from a car registered to Greene leading to his arrest.
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Medway
Mass
Ronald
William Giallonar- Greene
WMRC
Greene
Giallonardo
Traffic Fatalities Logged In Topeka Area
Kansas traffic death log reports 24 hours to 9 am shows 1 fatality. December totals reach 45 for 1960 versus 509 for the comparable 1959 period 567 for the year.
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Topeka
Kansas
Speeding Coach Derails Then Rerails Itself
A Super Chief passenger car traveling 90 mph went off the track for 4000 feet near Newton Kansas but rerailed itself without injuries. The car was cut out at Dodge City after a broken switch point caused the derailment. The all sleeper train ran from Chicago to Los Angeles.
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Newton
Kan
Santa Fe Railroad
L. H. Arthur
J. P. Spears
Dodge City
Chicago
Los Angeles
Holiday Traffic Toll Rises Amid New Year Weekend
The Associated Press reports 24 highway deaths since Friday 6 p m as a long New Year weekend begins with seven killed in a Alamogordo New Mexico two car crash and other fatal incidents across Wisconsin Maryland and more. The National Safety Council warns 340 more could die through Monday.
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Alamogordo
N.M
Wisconsin
Bethesda
National Safety Council
Weather in Topeka Sees Colder Highs and Snow Flurries Possible
The Topeka weather report notes a cloudy start with colder temperatures today and a high in the 30s. Readings Friday ranged from 41 at Abilene to 55 at Chanute with snow still evident in Goodland areas.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Abilene
Chanute
Wichita
Goodland
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New York
John XXIII
Jeon Tae Ee
Dee
Bradley Vignatelli
Eugene Vignatelli
S. Central
Tribune
Domenick de Fazio
Associated Press
PRN
Pete
Pahaes Reroe
Ss Eocessoee
Kveies
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