Action Today In Topeka
The Kansas House committee knocked out a $100000 land purchase item for Prairie National Park and will try to restore it in Ways and Means or on the House floor. The Kansas Supreme Court appointed Earl Hatcher of Topeka as commissioner in a Southwestern Bell rate case, now on appeal. Lt. Gov. Harold Chase announced reelection bid. Gov. John Anderson also Republican, with Senate leaders discussing potential shifts. Gov. Anderson said late emergency school aid increases are unlikely this session. the session may end by Saturday or next Wednesday.
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Topeka
Kansas Supreme Court
Earl Hatcher
Southwestern Bell Telephone
Shawnee County
The
Corporation Commission
Southwestern Bell
ECC
Harold Chase
Chase
Salina
John Anderson
Anderson
U.S. Senate
Paul Wunsch
Senate
Full Storage Shuts Down Ash Grove Cement Plant
A four week shutdown of the Ash Grove cement plant begins Saturday and ends March 4 due to full storage. Plant superintendent Ira Barber says all employees will be retained for the first two weeks for maintenance and repair, with some held into a third week for essential items. Final two weeks may be taken as vacation if rescheduled, as many employees receive four weeks annually. The notice was posted at the plant this morning.
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Ash Grove
Ira Barber
Barber
Three Die in Oklahoma Crash Near Guymon
A car and a truck collided on U S 64 near Guymon leaving three dead. The victims were Billy Joe Bell 35 of Sunray Texas driver of the car Mrs Edward Gene Gamble 25 of Chickasha Oklahoma and her 7 year old son Larry Gamble. Truck driver Fred O Kelly 32 from Fort Smith Arkansas survived without injuries.
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Guymon
Okla
U. S. 64
Billy Joe Bell
Sunray
Tex
Edward Gene Gamble
Chickasha
Larry Gamble
Fred O'Kelly
Fort Smith, Ark
Oversize Bloomers Aid Shoplifters in Missouri Arrest
Two women Grace Anderson 22 and Vera Anderson 30 both from Indianapolis were arrested Wednesday for shoplifting after a traffic officer Wilson Cornell observed them unloading apparel from oversized bloomers into a parked car. James Young of Indianapolis was charged with vagrancy for driving them between stores.
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Joplin
Wilson Cornell
Grace Anderson
Vera
Teens Rescued After Ice Floe Traps Them on River
Ronnie Morris and Jim DeMent were stranded for about two hours on a branch towed by a drifting ice jam on the Neosho River near Chanute. Virgil Dillion alerted rescuers, and Fire Chief Bill Brennan with Don Puckett used a motorized flat-bottom to reach them and bring them safely ashore.
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Neosho
Virgil Dillion
Bill Brennan
Don Puckett
K39
Neosho River
Jim DeMent
Ronnie Morris
Tribune
Larry Mathews
Bank Robbery in Dearborn Net $4,500 Take
In Dearborn Missouri a bandit robbed the First State Bank of 4500 dollars after forcing teller to fill a sack with cash. He fled in a pickup as highway patrol planes searched the area and authorities noted a larger 20000 dollar safe remained unlocked nearby. Bank owner G P Skinner described the robber as extremely nervous. The scene was 40 miles north of Kansas City in Platte County.
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Dearborn
First State Bank
G. P. Skinner
Skinner
Platte County
Kansasity
MoPac Freight Derails Near Batesville Ark injures crew
A southbound Missouri Pacific freight derailed 25 miles northwest of Batesville after hitting a rock slide. Diesel unit plunged into White River. Engineer C. E. Griffin of Cotter Arkansas and two unnamed brakemen were seriously injured and hospitalized. The 108 car train was en route from Kansas City to Memphis. Cause of the rock slide not yet determined.
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Batesville
Ark
Missouri Pacific
C. E. Griffin
Cotter
Bathridge
Conley
Memphis
Kansas City
White River
Three Years in Prison for Fatal Stabbing in Salina
Rudolph Hopkins, 33, is to serve a three year term after a Dist. Judge denied probation. Hopkins pleaded guilty to third degree manslaughter in the fatal stabbing of Walter L. Thomas, 23, on October 21.
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Salina
Kan
Rudolph Hopkins
John S. Young
Young
Hopkins
Walter L. Thomas
Moderate quake shakes southern San Luis Obispo County
An earthquake described as moderately strong rattled parts of southern San Luis Obispo County in California on Wednesday night with no immediate damage reports.
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San Luis Obispo
Calif
San Luis Obispo County
No Fire Loss In January Chanute Report
Fire Chief C W Brennan reported no fire loss in January for Chanute. The department made 16 runs, including five residential calls, two for business buildings and CO tests, two for a discarded lumber pile, one false alarm, one grass fire, a mattress fire at the police department, and runs to Danville and Tioga townships. A year ago January there were 23 runs with an estimated loss of 550 dollars.
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Chanute
C. W. Brennan
Danville
Tioga
Annual Drive By Mothers Collects $800
Mrs. Dean Foster city director reports over eight hundred dollars raised in Chanute during the Mothers March for Dimes. Volunteers and American Legion members covered a larger area, with most funds staying locally for care and treatment while some support national polio and arthritis research.
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Dean Foster
Foster
American Legion
Chanute
National Foundation For Research
Delinquent Tax Notices Set For February Mailing
Erie A district reports delinquent personal tax notices will be mailed February 15 by Neosho County treasurer Mrs. Freda Locke. Over 500 accounts are in arrears though reductions are expected. Receipts for 1961 taxes reach $1,019,868.98, about half of the $2,095,331.28 tax roll. Remaining to collect totals $1,075,462.30.
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Erie
Freda Locke
Neosho County
Bond Denial Shuts Sharon Kinne Release Bid
Circuit Judge Tom J. Stubbs denied a motion to release Sharon Kinne on bond after her conviction for murdering her husband James A. Kinne. The 21 year old, once acquitted in a separate case, remains jailed while lawyers Quinn and Hickman faced reprimand for improper petitions.
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Kansas City
Sharon Kinne
Tom J. Stubbs
James A. Kinne
Stubbs
James P. ‘Quinn
Martha Hickman
Babysitter Guides Five Children From Burning Farm Home
A 10 year old babysitter helped five younger siblings out of a fire that destroyed a farm home three miles west of Salina Kansas. Karetha Anthony carried the two youngest Newman children and led the group to safety as the mother, in Salina for the hospital birth of their sixth child last week, returned. An oil heater spill sparked the blaze.
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Salina
Kan
Karetha Anthony
Ernest Newman
Newman
Embassy Presses Greek Officials Over Ranney Visit Rights
The U S Embassy in Greece protests limited private access to Roger Ranney an American held on death charges for the murder of two Greek sailors. Officials report frequent refusals and guard restrictions while seeking a new trial and possible fresh evidence.
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Ranney
Cartwright
Thesrs
Greece
Greek Supreme Court
Roger Ranney
Chanute
State Department
Don Donaldson
S. Central
Washington, D.C
Donaldson
Robert Cartwright
Flooding by Thaw on Kansas Rivers
Lawrence area ice jam on the Kansas River sustains high levels and northward flooding north of the river toward Lecompton. Lecompton reads 20.3 feet, and the Weather Bureau warns flooding will persist if the jam holds, then recede rapidly if it breaks downstream past Lawrence.
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Kansas
Lawrence
Kansas River
Lecompton
Weather Bureau
Williamstown
License Tag Sales Keep Pace With Weather Delays
Erle Neosho County license tag sales continue with 4 558 car tags and 1 662 truck tags issued by late yesterday. Last year these numbers were released on Feb 1. Total 1961 registration in the county was 8 103 cars and 3 066 trucks. A 50 cent late penalty applies after Feb 15 with an additional 50 cent monthly thereafter. Troopers will enforce display of 1962 licenses starting March 1.
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Neosho County
Pee Fen
Louis Hines
Iola Man Posts Bond In Disorderly Conduct Case
William E. Lamb of Iola was arrested Tuesday night on intoxication and disorderly conduct charges. He posted a $30 bond and was released yesterday. Authorities say the disorderly conduct stemmed from his admission to entering a house and prowling near two others. Lamb indicated he would forfeit the bond.
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William E. Lamb
Iola
Lamb
Senate Republicans drop plan for special session on schools
In Topeka the Senate GOP caucus decided a special session on school legislation would be inadvisable and that final action rests with Governor John Anderson. Senate President pro tem Paul Wunsch said 32 Republicans discussed the issue in a closed meeting and Wunsch would inform Anderson at a luncheon.
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Topeka
Senate
John Anderson
Paul Wunsch
R-Kingman
Wunsch
Anderson
Thieves Smash Glass Loot Jewelry Store in Kansas City
AP report from Kansas City states thieves smashed the front door glass of a jewelry store at 3518 Vivian Road and fled with about $3,500 in watches rings and a radio. Owner Ralph W. Hale reported the loss.
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Kansas City
Ralph W. Hale
Vivian Road
Road Project Bids Fail Acceptance
Erie county commissioners reported the rejection of bids on a secondary road project west and south of 21st and Plummer due to irregularities in unit prices. Only one contractor bid, and the overall price was higher. A blacktopping contract for three miles west was approved after the first bidding. The plan depends on federal funds and possible wider right of way and pavement to meet state and federal standards. The next step rests with the State Highway Commission.
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21St
Plummer
Erie
Wilson County
State ‘Highway Commission
East Germans Uncover Tunnel From French Sector
East German border guards discovered a tunnel dug from the French sector to East Berlin under the elevated railway near the border. The collapse last Saturday sank track and cracked the station platform, with police saying youths dug the tunnel to help people escape. The protest was sent to Maj. Gen. Jean Lacomme by East Germany's deputy foreign minister Otto Winter.
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West Berlin
East
West
Five Die In Providence Rooming House Fire on Wilson Street
A general alarm fire at a three story rooming house on Wilson Street in South Providence killed at least five people early today. Virginia Davis and her daughter Mildred, eight, were identified among the victims. one man leaped from the roof.
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Providence
R. IL
Wilson Street
South
Virginia Davis
Mildred
New England
Buckland
Mass
Old Court Room Remodeling Underway in Memorial Building
City workers repair and upgrade the old court room on the Memorial building’s first floor. Repainted walls, a new block tile floor, improved lighting, and a dais for the judge’s bench are being installed for police and city court hearings.
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Memorial Building
Weather forecast shows fair and mild conditions through Friday
Kansas weather remains pleasant with generally clear skies tonight and Friday. Temperatures dip to near 20 in the far east and 30s elsewhere tonight, Friday highs reach 50s in the northeast and 60s elsewhere. Only trace precipitation reported in the last 24 hours at Russell. Dodge City hit 69, Topeka recorded the state's lowest overnight reading.
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Topeka
Kansas
Russell
Dodge City
Or City
Traffic Fatalities in Topeka Logs Sparse Week
Kansas traffic death log shows zero fatalities in the Topeka area for the 24 hours to 9 am Thursday and for February, with 1962 totals at 33. The comparable 1961 period recorded four deaths.
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Topeka
Kansas
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