Ranney Death Row Action in Greek Murder Case
The Chanute Kansas native Roger Thornton Ranney faces a Greek court decision after being linked to the murder of two Greek seamen. The report traces Ranney’s Greece stay from September 1960, his yacht dealings, alleged abduction, the Delos voyage, and the disappearance of the seamen as public opinion questions fairness and international sentiment.
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Roger Ranney
Chanute
Greece
Kansas
Piraeus
Ranney
Athens
Aigina
Supreme Court
Youth survives two heart punctures after theft knife attack
John Micallef, 17, immigrated from Malta, was stabbed in Manhattan after paying 53 cents for a ring. He lost blood pressure and pulse but survived after surgery. doctors expect recovery at home in about 10 days. The assailants fled with the victim's small coin theft.
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New York
John Micallef
New York Daily News
John
Mother and son die after chest injuries in Salina hospital
In Salina Kansas a mother Mary E Stone and her son Harry E Stone 70 died after chest wounds from the same incident. A doctor described inserting a tube into the chest and performing mouth to mouth respiration while treating them. The boy regained consciousness briefly but died within days.
Five Die In Shippensburg Area House Fire
A widower Joseph Finkey his fiancee and three daughters died in a fast spreading fire at a single story frame house in Three Square Hollow about 10 miles north of Shippensburg Pennsylvania. Finkey 50 and his children James 16 Dixie 15 and June 14 perished along with an unidentified woman from Harrisburg. Donald Finkey said he could not enter the home as flames engulfed it. Firefighters from Shippensburg and Newburg found the house destroyed upon arrival.
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Shippensburg, Pa
Three Square Hollow
Shippensburg
Pennsylvania
Joseph Finkey
Finkey
James
Dixie
Harrisburg
Ellsworth Shaver
Chimp Melody Smokes After Mate’s Death in Barry
In Barry Wales a 3 year old chimpanzee named Melody began smoking after her mate died. Owner George Palmer notes Melody would not eat or drink, then picked up cigarettes, eventually smoking up to ten a day. Palmer says he pays about $2.24 weekly for her habit and plans to cut the ration when she gets a new mate.
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Barry, Wales
Melody
George Palmer
Homes Evacuated After Chlorine Gas Leaks In Grayling
About 150 residents fled their homes on Grayling's South Side as deadly chlorine gas escaped from exploding cylinders during a fire at Haviland Chemical Products. The Crawford County sheriff reports the blaze destroyed the plant and evacuees stayed overnight in Grayling High School gym or Mercy Hospital.
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Grayling, Mich
Lower Michigan
Haviland Chemical Products Co
Crawford County
Sheriff's Office
Grayling High School
Mercy Hospital
Cursman 81 Dies Former Pittsburg Engineer and Professor
Lawrence E. Cursman 81 longtime Pittsburg city engineer and Pittsburg State College faculty member from 1920 until retirement in 1950 died Friday in Newton Kansas. He served the city and college for three decades and was a respected civil engineer and educator.
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Newton, Kas
Pittsburg
Lawrence E. Cursman
Cursman
Pittsburg State College
Embargo on U S Imports In Crackdown on Cuba
Washington reports that the Kennedy administration plans a broad embargo on U S imports from Cuba and seeks to mobilize Inter American action. Rusk calls a rising Communist offensive and the OAS prepares measures after Punta del Este decisions to isolate Cuba.
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U.S
Cuba
Washington
Ken Castro
Inter Netly
Tampa
Fla
Kennedy
Dean Rusk
Punta del Este
Uruguay
Rusk
Fidel
OAS
OAS Council
Eleventh Hour Doomsday Fears Grip India
Terrified Indians prayed lit fires and gathered along roadsides as a planetary alignment raised doomsday fears. Nehru dismissed warnings while railways ran with few passengers and firms reported slumps. Pandits prayed, and astrologers sold doom forecasts across cities and Nepal.
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New Delhi
India
Nehru
Ramakrishna Dalmia
Oilfield Worker Killed in 30‑Foot Derrick Fall
Salina reports James Hillard Gorgan a 37 year old employee of Donald T. Ingling Drilling Co. Wichita died after a 30 foot fall from a platform on an oil derrick seven miles northeast of Gypsum. The incident occurred Thursday.
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Salina
James Hillard Gorgan
Sterling
Gorgan
Gypsum
Donald T. Ingling Drilling Co
Wichita
Weather forecast for Kansas with mild weekend
FORECAST Fair and mild through Sunday with highs 65 to 70 and low around 30s. Topeka reports fair skies, temperatures near 60 to 70 across regions. Dodge City, Garden City and Russell hit 70. Lows tonight forecast in the 30s with warmest conditions in the west.
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Topeka
Kansas
Tribune
Weather Bureau
Northwestern
Dodge City
Garden City
Russell
Rother
Manhattan
Pittsburg
Man's Body Found On Muddy Road Near Wichita
Carl Parks a retired Goddard Kansas mail carrier was found dead Friday near his station wagon on a muddy county road southwest of Wichita Investigators believe he died of heavy exertion while trying to free the car from mud
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Wichita (Ap
Carl Parks
Goddard
Farmer Admits Bank Robbery in Spur of the Moment
A 57 year old Buchanan County farmer, ex convict William Russell Hubbard, confessed to robbing the Dearborn bank of 4519 dollars on the spur of the moment. He was arrested at his trailer home near St Joseph after Platte County issued a robbery warrant. Hubbard admitted the holdup but refused to sign a statement. Officers found receipts showing about 2000 dollars paid on debts since the robbery. He claimed the remaining cash was in a flour canister at his trailer, but police did not locate it.
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ST. Joseph, Mo
Buchanan County
Dearborn, Mo
Highway Patrol
William Russell Hubbard
Halls
St. Joseph
Platte County
R. E. L. Walker
Hubbard
FBI
Walker
Trains Crash in Fog Injuring Four in Indiana
In heavy fog near Walkerton Indiana a New York Central freight rammed a stopped freight, derailing 15 cars and injuring four crewmen. About 150 feet of track was damaged as both trains, westbound, were involved. injured were taken to Holy Family Hospital in South Bend.
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Walkerton
Ind
New York Central
Indiana
Holy Family Hospital
Sa Porte
H.e.scanlin
Kankakee
Ill
G. Corkill
Bradley
M. A.A. Buick
H. Heller
Driver Arrests In Toxicated Driving Case
Police arrested Earl D. Anderes and Benedict R. 1 at 3:45 a.m. on charges of driving while intoxicated and reckless driving. Raymond K. Cheney, Humboldt, was charged with intoxication. All three men were held at the city jail awaiting hearing or bond.
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Earl D. Anderes
Benedict R. 1
Raymond K. Cheney
Humboldt
Mrs Rocky Secluded at Reno Ahead of Nevada Divorce
Mrs Nelson A Rockefeller settles in seclusion at Donner Trail guest ranch near Reno awaiting a six week residency before seeking divorce from Gov. Nelson A Rockefeller. Nevada law allows divorce on cruelty basis. New York requires adultery. The move sparks political speculation about the governor’s 1962 reelection and 1964 presidential chances.
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Reno
New
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Rockefeller
Nevada
William K. Woodsburn
Woodburn
Philadelphia
Rockefellers
Donner Trail
Sierracothills
Philip Wallis
Bala-Cynwyd, iPa
Influenza B outbreaks spread across states
Influenza B continues to affect the Midwest and Southeast while waning on the Pacific Coast and in the Rocky Mountain area. CDC reports pneumonia and influenza deaths above expectations for four weeks, with those aged 65 and over less impacted than last year. 20 states confirmed with influenza B, seven new states including Ohio Minnesota North Carolina Wisconsin Kansas Iowa and Utah.
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Atlanta
Midwest
Pacific Coast
Rocky Mountain
U. S. Public Health Service
CDC
Ohio
Minnesota
North Carolina
Wisconsin
Kansas
Iowa
Utah
Missouri
Illinois
Kentucky
Tennessee
Georgia
Arkansas
North Dakota
Nebraska
South Carolina
Alabama
Indiana
Oklahoma
Texas
Two Firms Placed Under Receiver in Kansas and Missouri
Kansas City Kansas AP Two firms selling unregistered stock in Kansas and Missouri were placed under a receiver Friday at the request of Richard E. Pringle Kansas securities commissioner. The promoter of United States Helium Corp and SEDCO Inc is L Traverse Prettyman with 22 arrests in 11 states for check laws confidence games fraud and car thefts. Dist Judge Milton P Beach appointed Richard J Croker receiver Croker a Kansas City Kansas attorney.
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Kansas City
Kan
Kansas
Missouri
Richard E. Pringle
Kansas Securities Commissioner
Pringle
United States Helium Corp
Sedco Inc
L. Traverse Prettyman
SEDCO
Douglass, Kan. Dist
Milton P. Beach
Richard J. Croker
Croker
Kansas City, Kan
National Guard Enlistment Rule Relaxed
Capt. John C. Jensen Jr. announced the local National Guard unit may enlist personnel without prior military service again. The restriction, set months ago during intensified training, has been lifted after a notification from the adjutant general’s office in Topeka.
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National Guard
John C. Jensen Jr
Jensen
Adjutant General's Office
Topeka
Death Finally Takes Dentist In Suburban Cleveland Case
Dr Jerome A Streem a 37 year old dentist died at Mount Sinai Hospital after a months long medical ordeal in which his heart and breathing stopped twice within 24 hours and a hospital misdiagnosis had him declared dead at home in Cleveland Heights. He had retired from practice over a decade ago due to multiple sclerosis and never regained consciousness dying in a coma with two sisters present as life ended. His father Harry Streem 72 was discharged from Mount Sinai Friday after a heart ailment and learned of his son s death but was kept unaware of the bizarre sequence of events to spare him distress.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Jerome A. Streem
Mount Sinai Hospital
Cleveland Heights
Streem
Dr. Streem
Harry
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