Lid removal signals openness for stockpile probe
Congress seeks Kennedy backed declassification of the war emergency stockpile. Sen. Symington and Sen. Byrd press for public access to the $7.7 billion metals and tools reserve, with joint committees already probing and hindered by secrecy.
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Washington
Congress
Kennedy
Senate
Sen
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Symington
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Weather outlook for Kansas and Missouri turns warmer
Fair and mild conditions expected across Missouri and Kansas with a gradual rise to the 60s in most areas after Saturday morning readings in the low 30s. Temperatures may average 3 to 10 degrees above normal through next week with rain or snow possible by Monday or Tuesday.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Weatherman
Mercury
Garden City
Manhattan
Topeka
Russell
Hull City
Richmond Hens Win Egg Championships
A Richmond poultry raiser Mrs. Kenneth Cunningham won grand and reserve titles at the Southeast Kansas Poultry Jamboree egg show held at the National Guard Armory. Her white eggs 21 to 24 ounces per dozen sold for $35 and her 24 ounces plus white eggs brought $12.50. About 260 people attended the day long event with four hundred chicken halves served at noon.
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Kenneth Cunningham
Richmond
Tribune
Larry Mathews
Southeast Kansas
National Guard Armory
Larra Feeds
DeKalb
Neosho Valley
Erie
Gene Barnard
Hutchinson
Salsburg Pharmaceutical Laboratories
Harry Reed
Manhattan
The
Kansas Poultry Improvement Assn
Percy Rowan
Earlton
Cherryvale
A. W. Spire
Independence R
Honneger’s
Chanute
Five of Family Die in Rural Pa Fire
A fast burning fire apparently sparked by an explosion killed a mother and four of her five children at their rural Coalport home in western Pennsylvania. The father escaped with the eldest child by leaping from a second floor window. another daughter died in the attempt. The five bodies identified include Mrs. Larry G. Thomas, 27, and children Sue Ann 7 Karen Marie 5 Larry Lee 1 and Timothy James born last Christmas Eve.
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Coalport
Pennsylvania
Larry G. Thomas
Sue Ann
Karen Marie
Larry Lee
Timothy James
Argentina recalls envoy from Cuba amid military pressure
Argentina announced the recall of Ambassador Julio Ampedo from Cuba as President Frondizi seeks to placate military critics over stance toward Fidel Castro. The move stops short of a diplomatic rupture, but papers suggest a lingering crisis and possible gradual break in relations with Cuba. At Roosevelt and Hutton schools, annual March of Dimes collections raised $5.07 and $22.90.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Julio Ampedo
Cuba
Foreign Ministry
Arturo Frondizi
Fidel Castro
Roosevelt School
Hutton School
Police Court Bonds and January Fines Report
January police department figures show bonds and fines totaling 516 dollars. Meter fines added 173 dollars amid weather-related meter inaction. The month yielded 177 calls, 3 felonies, 45 misdemeanors including one DWI and 11 intoxications, 20 traffic summonses, and 34 traffic accidents with four backing incidents on Main. Fifty six dogs were picked up. 55 were disposed of under the animal control ordinance, one reclaimed. Patrol mileage reached 8136 miles with 960 gallons of gasoline used. Twenty three meals were provided for prisoners and transients.
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Main
Western Strikers Back on Jobs
Striking Western Electric telephone equipment installers in Iowa Nebraska the Dakotas returned to work today after a two day walkout. International CWA officials were not backing the strike and top union leaders said the action was not officially authorized. Local 7290 withdrew pickets from Northwestern Bell installations as 325 workers in 28 Iowa communities restarted work. Negotiations with Western Electric on a three-year contract covering about 16,000 workers in 43 states had stuck on pay.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Western Electric Co
Midwest
Communications Workers of America
CWA
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co. i
Nebraska
North
South Dakota
Bell Telephone System
Western Electric
Three U S Airmen Die In Viet Nam Crash
AP reports a U S Air Force transport plane crashed in jungle South Viet Nam killing all three crewmen. A military source doubts Red gunfire caused the loss. Names withheld pending notification of relatives.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Doctor Rollow Recovers From Mild Heart Attack
Dr. R. Herbert Rollow was reported in good condition resting easily today at Neosho Memorial Hospital after suffering a heart attack yesterday afternoon. The attending physician described the attack as mild and coronary in nature.
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R. Herbert Rollow
Neosho Memorial Hospital
IRS Advises Couple’s Breaks to Cut Tax Errors
New York IRS officials urge taxpayers to rest and recheck figures after a few days to reduce arithmetic mistakes. They note 2.5 million filings had errors in the year ending June 30, 1961, up 24 percent from the prior year. The advice also suggests spouses help by verifying calculations at home. In Kansas, Albert Malloy 18 was fined 100 dollars and jailed 30 days for intoxication and aiding an unauthorized driver after a Chanute highway crash that killed five, including Mr. and Mrs. Donald Inman’s daughter.
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Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Iola
Chanute
Albert Malloy
Wilson County
Fredonia
Malloy
Donald Inman
Neodesha
Inman
Reno Divorce Plan by Mrs Rockefeller Sparks Quiet Split
Mrs. Nelson A Rockefeller arrives in Reno to pursue a speedy divorce from New York Governor Nelson A Rockefeller after a long separation. Attorney Woodburn confirms she is in Reno, with a six week Nevada residence needed for filing, while no public cause is given for the separation. The Rockefellers, already living apart, face a private property settlement with terms undisclosed.
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Reno
Mrs. Rockefeller
New
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Rockefeller
William K. Woodburn
Nevada
Woodburn
Rockefellers
Mary Todhunter Clark
Philadelphia
George Roberts
Pennsylvania Railroad
John D. Rockefeller
Bombings Hit Two Ministers Homes in Los Angeles
Police said two suburban Los Angeles ministers, Rev. John G. Simmons of St. Matthews Lutheran North Hollywood and Rev. Brooks R. Walker of Emerson Unitarian Canoga Park, had homes damaged while threats and calls followed their criticism of the radical right. A police guard was placed for actress Marsha Hunt, another panel member, after the discussion on the extreme right threat to democracy.
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Los Angeles
John G. Simmons
Brooks R. Walker
Marsha Hunt
San Fernando Valley
Simmons
St. Matthews Lutheran Church
North Hollywood
Walker
Emerson Unitarian Church
Canoga Park
American Jewish Congress
Temple Sinai
West ‘Los Angeles
Pain Killing Drug Fatal to Little Boy
Ricky Bernheisel a 1 year old son of Spec 5 and Mrs Ronald Bernheisel died Thursday at the post hospital at Ft Leavenworth Kansas after swallowing capsules of a pain killing drug found in a box the previous day officials said the child had been treated since Wednesday.
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Ft. Leavenworth, Kan
Ricky Bernheisel
Spec. 5
Ronald Bernheisel
the Post Hospital
Kansas Traffic Fatalities Rise Sharply in 1962 Period
AP reports Kansas traffic deaths stood at 33 for 1962 through the February period, up from 48 in the comparable 1961 span and 0 for the current 24 hour Friday-to-9am tally and February.
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Topeka
Kansas
Groundhog Day sighting marks six more weeks of winter
Official groundhogs Punxsutawney Phil and Quarryville Phil emerged before dawn in Pennsylvania and saw shadows, signaling six more weeks of winter. Both clubs carried divining rods as they toured their sites. Philadelphia’s groundhog reportedly saw a shadow a week earlier.
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Punxsutawney
Phil
Robert W. Herr
Groundhogs
Philadelphia
Zoo
Stuart Borden
Robert Herr
Lodge of Groundhogs’ Board
Wreckage of Train Blocks Leavenworth Line
A crane slipped off the tracks while clearing the wreckage of a Missouri Pacific freight train near Leavenworth Kansas. Debris blocked the line for more than 24 hours after 18 of 128 cars derailed. No injuries were reported and cause is under investigation.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Missouri Pacific
Pole Damaged By Truck At Elm And Central
A city line crew repaired electric lines after a truck rolled into a utility pole at the southeast corner of Elm and Central around 8 10 a m. The truck, owned by an Independence firm and driven by Ralph Norris Jr 29 of Independence, had brakes fail while parked. Front of the 1961 Ford truck was damaged and the pole sustained slight damage. Police report incidents yesterday on Plummer north of Main and Main East, noting minor vehicle damage from two separate crashes and a soft drink truck collision with a car, with modest bumper damage reported.
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Elm
Central
Independence
Ralph Norris Jr
Dinah L. Morris
Don E. Edwards
Independence R
Randal Marsh Jr
N. Steuben
Marsh
Ford
Kansas Governor Rules Out Extra Legislative Session
Gov John Anderson ruled out a special session to rewrite the unconstitutional school district unification law. The decision follows a Republican caucus agreement that such a session would be inadvisable after the state Supreme Court declared the 1961 law invalid a week earlier.
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Peka
Kan
John Anderson
Kansas
Senate
State Supreme Court
Preliminary Hearing Waived by Stover in Cattle Theft Case
Ray W. Stover, 44, of Dodge City, waived preliminary hearing in city court on cattle theft charges. He was bound over to district court with bond set at 1500, which he did not immediately meet and was remanded to county jail. Stover allegedly stole seven calves on Jan 16 from Bob O’Brien feed lots between Erie and Parsons, later sold in Wichita for 475.55. He was arrested in Dodge City last weekend and returned by Erie sheriff's office.
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Ray W. Stover
Dodge City
Stover
Bob O'Brien
Erie
Parsons
Wichita
Erie Sheriff's Office
Department Store Sales Rise in 10th District Week
The 10th Federal Reserve District notes a 5 percent rise in department store sales last week versus the same week in 1961, while the nation shows a 14 percent gain. Albuquerque up 22 percent, Oklahoma City 13, Joplin 12, Tulsa 8, Kansas City 6. St. Joseph down 6 percent and Topeka 2 percent.
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Kansas City
Federal Reserve District
Albuquerque
Oklahoma City
Joplin
Tulsa
Denver
Lincoln
Wichita
Omaha
St. Joseph
Topeka
Tribune Phone Contact Update
If you cannot reach your Tribune phone service, contact your carrier. When unavailable, dial HE 1-3400 after 6 p.m.
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Tribune
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