McNamara says missiles in Cuba not a threat
Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara tells The Associated Press there are undoubtedly missiles in Cuba but not of a type that could menace the United States. He declines to confirm troops or specific missile categories, noting confusion over ground to ground ballistic missiles and other weapons in Cuba near the U.S. coast.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
Cuba
United States
Mane Mara He
McNa- McNamara
Mara
McNamara
Donald C. Bruce
R-Ind
House
Defense Department
Bruce
State Department
Gether
U.S
Every Ship Route Into Cuba Watched By Patrol Planes
Navy patrol planes fly day and night from Jacksonville Key West Guantanamo and Puerto Rico to monitor all Cuba routes. Officials say no vessels have slipped into Cuban ports undetected since the blockade.
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Cuba
Navy
Cuban
Keating
Caribbean
Venezuela
Puerto Rico
Jacksonville
Fla
Key West
Guantanamo Naval Base
Coast Guard
Canada faces no confidence vote over Diefenbaker crisis
In Ottawa AP reports a growing anti government wave as no confidence motions from Liberal and Social Credit parties threaten to topple Prime Minister John Diefenbaker's Conservative government over the nuclear war head dispute with the United States. Defense Minister Harkness resigns amid tense debate. An informal poll suggests Social Credit and Liberal votes could unseat the government with aid from New Democrats.
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Ottawa
John Diefenbaker
Canada
Diefenbaker
House of Commons
Commons
U.S. State Department
Defense
Douglas Harkness
Harkness
U.S
Liberals
Social Credit Party
Social Credit
New Democrats
Beloit Man Fatally Injured in Township Road Crash
A 62-year-old Beloit man, Ralph Thompson, was fatally injured Monday in a roadway accident on a township road east of Beloit, AP reports.
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Beloit, Kan
Beloit
Ralph Thompson
Driver Arrested After Toxic Driving Charge
Erie highway patrol arrested James McGee 42 of Stark east of Chanute for driving while intoxicated. He was released on $75 bond pending hearing. Bess Greene Chanute was fined $15 and costs in justice court for intoxication and released.
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Erie
Highway Patrol
James McGee
Stark
Chanute
Bess Greene
Intercepted Letter Reveals Cuban Missile Outburst
An intercepted note to Cha describes a heated reaction in Washington over missiles in Cuba. The missive hints at intensified political tension and public discourse surrounding defense and foreign policy.
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Cuba
Washington
Kansas Guard to Grow Strength Under Reorganization
Maj. Gen. Joe Nickell told the Senate Ways and Means Committee that Kansas National Guard strength will rise to about 7,000 under a reorganization dissolving the 35th Infantry Division and forming an artillery group and an infantry brigade. Budget impact remains small with per man federal cost about 500 dollars and state costs near 868 thousand dollars for the coming year.
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Topeka
Joe Nickell
Kansas Adjutant General
35Th Infantry Division
National Guard
Kansas
Nickell
Senate
Ways and Means
35Th
Berlin
John Anderson
Traffic Fatalities Log For Topeka Area
Kansas traffic death log shows 24 hour period ending 9 am Tuesday with 0 fatalities in February 1963 and 4 for the same month last year. The 1963 year total stands at 25, compared with 41 in the prior 1962 period.
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Topeka
Kansas
Chanute Fire Loss Estimated at 5000 in January
Fire Chief C. W. Brennan said Chanute fire loss for the month reached 5000 dollars. The department logged 25 runs in January including four to homes, two to cafes and other businesses, five for carbon monoxide checks, three to Tioga township, plus actions at Dan Ville Big Creek Petrolia and a bait shop fire.
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Chanute
C. W. Brennan
Tioga
Dan Ville
Big Creek
Petrolia
Barn Fire Destroys Wright Family Barn at Thayer
A 4:30 am telephone warning from Mrs. Earl Brooks alerted the Wright family to a barn fire at Thayer. The two story wooden structure, housing a pony, hay, and oats, burned despite volunteer firemen arriving. the pony escaped scorched but unharmed and insurance covers the loss. cause undetermined.
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Thayer
William Wright
Earl Brooks
Wright
Holdupists Pose as Salesmen in Detroit Standoff
A supermarket manager Jere Reeves confronted by two robbers, one brandishing a .45, believed the threat was a joke and urged them to shoot. The gunmen fled after Reeves reacted, saying he thought it was not a real holdup. Reeves, 29, told police he would not have acted if he thought it was serious.
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Detroit
Jere Reeves
Reeves
Teachers Back Pay Boost of 35500 Next Year
Cha nute school district plans salary revisions boosting starting teacher pay by 100 to 4200 for B S degree holders and 200 to 4500 for masters degree staff with 200 jumps for some categories. The salary plan adds a 51 teachers top level raise and sets a 181 day 1963 64 calendar plus new pay for coaches administrators and secretaries. Board to consider February 25 meeting details including furnace upgrades and staff appointments.
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M.S
Chanute
Board of Education
W.H. McMurray
C. V. Crissman
Ann Harri
Martha Hutton
Jim
Lassman Electric
Alcott
Murray Hill
Hutton
Royster
York Heating and Sheet Metal Co
Skinney Electric
Judy Harris
Leon Storck
Royster Junior High
Miss Harris
Oklahoma
Storck
Humboldt
Peg Stephens
Rosalie Jones
Don Welch
Buford Fisher
Supt. Fisher
State Tax Commission
Chanule
Neosho Manor Forms Advisory Board Under New Rules
Neosho Manor formed an advisory board to comply with revised state nursing home regulations. The group includes five lay members, a physician and a minister, with two members named from the county committee and welfare director Mrs. Adeline Fortney volunteering. The Manor plans to classify as a skilled nursing home and hold a 6:30 dinner March 4 at the Tioga Hotel for the next meeting.
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Neosho Manor
Manor
Neosho County
C. A. Deay
Ethel Davidson
Frank M. Carter
Adeline Fortney
John G. Hemphill
West
Miss Traylor
Tioga Hotel
El Dorado Times offers $100 reward for missing Robert Rickerson
The El Dorado Times offers a $100 reward for help locating 16 year old Robert Loren Rickerson who has been missing since January 6 after a hunting accident left a companion wounded. Rickerson is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Rickerson of Dorado.
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EL Dorado
Kan
el Dorado Times
Robert Loren Rickerson
Robert Rickerson
Dorado
Joe
de Wanzer
Traylor
Wichita U. Bill Set for Senate Debate in Kansas
An administration bill to bring Wichita University into the state higher education system likely will be debated in the Kansas Senate Wednesday or Thursday. The measure would place the school under the Board of Regents by July 1, 1964 if voters approve, with a companion bill converting the Wichita board of regents into a trusteeship for endowments.
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Topeka
Wichita University
Kansas Senate
John Anderson
Senate Education Committee
Paul Wunsch
Uni
Versity
Wichita
Kansas Board of Regents
Wichita Board of Regents
Board of Trustees
Judicial Council
Kansas
Glee S. Smith
R-Larned
Smith
Senate
Highways Committee
Combina
Unseasonably warm temperatures to give way to cold front in Kansas
Topeka AP reports unseasonably warm weather across Kansas today with highs of 70 to 75 in the west and 65 to 70 in the east. A Pacific front arrives tonight and Wednesday bringing 40s and a drop of 20 to 25 degrees before arctic air but no precipitation is expected.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Pittsburg
Russell
Abilene
Dodge City
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