Labor chief wins extension to settle Western strike
Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg secured a two hour extension for airline labor talks as Western Airlines resisted joining a settlement with flight engineers. The deadline was pushed to 2 p.m. and Kennedy was briefed on progress. Western has fired 130 engineers and will hire replacements while other carriers may return their engineers to work if Western joins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Arthur J. Goldberg
White House
Pierre Salinger
Western
Pacific Coast
Salinger
Goldberg
Western Airlines
Kennedy
Engineers Union
Presidential Commission
Old Mill Stream centennial item reported in Kansas farm paper
Edna Scribner notes a Kansas farm paper feature titled The Old Mill Stream. It recounts Shawnee County history with Topeka 1856 mill opening and early builders H. W. Farnsworth, S. T. Walkley, and Abel Merill, plus Walkley's Topeka and Earlton ties. A 1869 Colton map loaned for centennial display ties local heritage to the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Scribner
Earlton
Kansas
Shawnee
Topeka
H. W. Farnsworth
T. Walkley
Abel Merill
Cars Damaged in Two Collisions in City
Two minor crashes reported this week. Dorothy Dillon and Roy Williamson suffered rear and front-end damage to their cars worth about $50 each in a Lincoln and Walnut intersection collision. A separate incident involved Mrs Tweddell backing into Tom Stevenson’s car, causing bumper and front-end damage totaling $35, and Thelma Muninger reported a damaged grille to her 1958 Buick parked near Murray Hill School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Dillon
N. Ashby
Roy A. Williamson
E. Main
Lincoln
Walnut
Dillon
Thomas Tweddell
Steuben
Tom Stevenson
Weather Outlook for Kansas Turns Cloudy and Colder
Forecasters warn of cloudy and cooler conditions across Kansas through Friday. A slow moving cold front brings unsettled air and light snow in the west, with rain or snow spreading eastward and little moisture added. Rain fell in eastern Kansas Wednesday, totaling 0.75 inches in some areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
House Group Approves Jobless Aid Bill for Kennedy Plan
The House Ways and Means Committee backed a $990 million unemployment aid bill tied to Kennedy’s program. It would fund extended benefits through a temporary payroll tax increase, with states refunding emergency extensions and payments starting about two weeks after congressional approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Ways and Means
Kennedy
Congress
Fire destroys barn near Reading Lake killing livestock
A fire at the Leo DeDonder farm one mile east of Reading Lake in Lyon County destroyed a barn and 50 tons of hay along with 54 pigs and three calves. Saddles tools and farm machinery were lost and the Lyon County rural fire truck could not extinguish the blaze. The DeDonder family had recently been named Emporia Chamber of Commerce farm family of the month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyon County
DeDonder
Emporia Chamber of Commerce
Fire causes 45000 damage to Kansas City firm warehouse
Fire at the L. C. Worth Feed Co. warehouse on East 18th Street led to an estimated 45000 in damage. Fire officials said a dust explosion may have started the blaze as eight pumper trucks and three ladder companies responded. The director estimated 25000 for the building and 20000 for the contents. A Parsons boy was taken into custody in a separate incident and later released to his father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
L. C. Worth Feed Co
East 18Th Street
James M. Halloran
Parsons
Tribune
Kennedy names two ambassadors to Costa Rica and Nicaragua
President Kennedy selects Raymond Telles of El Paso to be ambassador to Costa Rica and Aaron S. Brown to be ambassador to Nicaragua. Formal nominations go to the Senate for confirmation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kennedy
Raymond Telles
el Paso
Texas
Costa Rica
Aaron S. Brown
Nicaragua
Senate
Chamber of Commerce Plans Slate for Upcoming Meeting
Directors reviewed April meeting preparations and nominated eight candidates to fill four elective director vacancies, with terms three years. Four appointive posts for one year also lapse. current holders are Clifford Gibson M. L. Morton Dwight McCreight and Ralph Ellis. A committee will draft the year's work program. Tulsa aircade session March 3 will host a Q and A luncheon with U S Chamber officials. Robert N Allen intends to attend and travel by car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Ebar Schultz
Dale Painter
Charles Ballou
Dean Skinner
Clifford Gibson
M. L.morton
Dwight McCreight
Ralph Ellis
Joe Melnyk
Tulsa
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Robert N. Allen
Missing Air Force veteran prompts Wichita police aid
The mother of three children asks police to help locate her husband William K. McCloud a former staff sergeant discharged from Schilling AFB Salina Feb 9. He drove the family to Wichita Feb 6 7 and planned to move furniture back to Wichita Feb 10. He has been absent since Feb 8 amid concerns he may be ill after a heat stroke last July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Salina
William K. McCloud
Air Force
Schilling Air Force Base
McCloud
A.C
James Wright
Betty Durilla
Murfreesboro
Tenn
Mary Nelson
Knobnoster
Roberta
Barbara
Baltimore
Robert
Constance
Patricia
Committee to Study National Fuel Problems
The House Rules Committee approved creating a 15 member special House panel to study national fuel problems and propose a national fuels policy. The proposal, opposed by Speaker Sam Rayburn, was backed 9 to 5 before a plan for a joint Senate-House fuels study was defeated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Rules Committee
House
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Senate House
Rayburn
U N Appeal To Gizenga Seeks Congo Calmed After Killings
The United Nations issued a new plea to Antoine Gizenga in Stanleyville amid reports that 15 political prisoners were shot in revenge for Patrice Lumumba's death. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold's envoy Rajeshwar Dayal urged Belgium to withdraw military personnel and advisers from the Congo and sent a letter to Belgian ambassador Walter Loridan with Congo Advisory Committee suggestions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
N.y.ap
Antoine Gizenga
Stanleyville
Congo
Ginzenga
Rajeshwar Dayal
Dag Hammarskjold
Patrice Lumumba
Hammarskjold
Belgium
Kansas Traffic Death Log Report For February 1961
AP records show Topeka traffic fatalities in the 24 hours ending 9 a.m. on February 14, with six deaths. The February 1961 total compares with 53 deaths in the same period in 1960, and the Tuesday death not previously reported is noted in the 1961 log.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Flooding Hits Dixie Region as Rains Persist
The soggy South braces for a seventh straight rainy day amid rising flood damage and five confirmed deaths. Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia faced continued showers while authorities urge evacuations and Red Cross shelters remain active. Amphibious evacuations assisted hundreds in the Hattiesburg area with about 500 displaced by high water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Southland
Mississippi
Birmingham
Red Cross
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi National Guardsmen
Hattiesburg
Kennedy outlines vast plan for natural resources growth
President Kennedy sent Congress a broad program to expand water power, ocean resources, forests and recreation, aiming for nuclear power to supplement fuels within a decade. He attacks Eisenhower era limits that delayed flood control projects and pledges global sharing of know-how once developed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kennedy
Congress
America
Administration
Budget Bureau
Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Criscs
Kansans Mark 100th Statehood Birthday in Old Capitol
Kansas lawmakers gathered in the first capitol building to celebrate 100 years since statehood. The 1855 territorial session in the same building is noted as a historic precursor. Lt. Gov. Harold Chase presided as senators and representatives adopted a resolution.
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FT. Riley
Kan
Kansas
Shawnee
Johnson County
Andrew Reeder
Harold Chase
Geary
Riley
Junction City
Pawnee
Schoeppel Named to Five Senate Appropriations Subcommittees
Senator Andrew F. Schoeppel of Kansas is appointed to five Senate appropriations subcommittees including labor health education and welfare agriculture independent offices Treasury and Post Office and District of Columbia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Andrew F. Schoeppel
R-Kas
Senate
Labor
Agriculture
Treasury and Post Office
District of Columbia
Cooper Announces Candidacy For City School Board Seat
Phillip D. Cooper filed yesterday to run for one of three spring school board positions. He joins incumbents Paul Brennecke Floyd Potter and Floyd Nai. Also filing for city commission were incumbents Dalice Rush Harold Williams and candidate H P Lehrack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillip D. Cooper
W. Main
Board of Education
Cooper
Paul T. Brennecke
Floyd Potter
Floyd Nafi
City Commission
Dalice Rush
Harold R. Williams
H. P. Lehrack
Mayor Weatherwax Recalls City Ordinance Passing
Lawrence mayor John Weatherwax received an overnight parking ticket in downtown Lawrence. He checked City Hall and learned he had personally seconded the motion that approved the ordinance making the rule effective.
Arrests Begin March 3 for Old Vehicle Tags
Kansas Highway Patrol announced motorists not displaying 1961 license plates will be arrested starting March 3. Col. Larry Hughes said a second 50 cent penalty applies to tags purchased after March 1, with the first 50 cent penalty already in effect Feb. 15. He stressed tags must be clearly visible on vehicles.
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Kansas Highway Patrol
Topeka
Larry ‘Hughes
Study Urges Top Arsenal
Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara told the House Armed Services Committee that dangerous uncertainties require the United States to maintain a weapons arsenal capable of delivering decisive counterblows after a massive nuclear attack. He noted that a full, months long examination of national strategy and military power is needed as part of Kennedy’s reassessment. Accompanying McNamara was General Lyman L. Lemnitzer, chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Robert S. McNamara
United States
Kennedy
America
McNamara
House Armed Services Committee
Carl Vinson
D-Ga
Lyman L. Lemnitzer
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Lenten Guideposts Point to God in California Nature
Lauritz Melchior reflects from a Beverly Hills ridge on nature revealing God. He recalls Father Serra and the El Camino Real trail, where wild mustard seeds once marked the way, turning landscapes into a path of gold guiding discovery and faith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Hills
San Fernando Valley
California
Pacific Ocean
Junipero Lauritz Melchior Serra
Monterey
Father Serra
el Camino Real
Kansas House OKs mandatory jail for drunken driving
The Kansas House approved a bill by 87 to 18 to require at least five days in jail for drunken driving and sent it to the Senate. Gov. Anderson urged passage, noting that about a third of U S accidents involve alcohol and that the measure aims at habitual drinkers and drug users on the road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Kansas House
Senate
John Anderson
House
Odd Williams
Lawrence
Ralph E. Skoog
Ole Nesmith
Leawood
Auburn G. Light
Charlies Arthur
Manhattan
Gov. Anderson
Arthur
United States
Anderson
Richard Liebert
D-Coffeyville
John C. Adams
D-Osborne
Britons Bay Spencer Stock Purchased by Fisons Limited
Fisons Limited of Felixstowe England acquired 90 000 Spencer Chemical Co common shares. The stake includes 75 000 shares from the Kenneth A Spencer estate and 15 000 from other sources. Valuation implied near 35 dollars a share totaling about 3 million dollars. The move follows a 1959 Spencer deal with Fisons as exclusive distributor of Spencer herbicide in western Europe and Scandinavia.
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Kansas City
Fisons Limited
Felixstowe
England
Spencer Chemical Co
Kenneth A. Spencer
Spencer Chemical
Ben B. Schifman
The
Kansas City Star
Spencer
Pittsburg & Midway Coal Mining Co
Schifman
Pittsburg & Midway
Europe
Scandinavia
Passenger train crashes into boulder near Huntingdon
A three unit diesel engine pulling the Spirit of St. Louis bound from New York to St. Louis collided with a boulder near Huntingdon Pennsylvania. 413 aboard with one woman passenger shaken up. engine damaged and partly derailed while 19 cars remained on the tracks.
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Huntingdon, Pa
Pennsylvania Railroad
Spirit of St. Louis
New York
St. Louis
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Miss Scribner
Miami County
Florida
George Taylor
W. Beech
G. W. and C. B. Colton Co
U. S
Taylor
Ccaveesevee
VesterGey Cscs Vantvenenes
Emporia
Alcott School
C of C
U.N
Gizenga
Dixie
Louisiana
U.S
New Orleans
Schoeppel
Lawrence Mayor
Hughes
Arsenal
Aller
By Lauritz Melchior
Mexico
Spencer Stock
Boulder
Wasser
Iady
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