Left Hand Heroic Escape On Farm Tractor
A Kansas farm worker Harry Hunt of Erie R. believes his near disaster qualifies him for a sprint medal after a tractor accident. He jumped off with the engine running, coat caught the gear, he wrestled the steering column and stopped the machine about 55 feet from a ditch. Also a dog mystery tale from Parsons Sun about Lassie’s reappearance and a Cha nute BMA dog control note.
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Harry Hunt
Erie R. 1
Hunt
Weather outlook Kansas statewide with snow and showers
The forecast calls for occasional showers today and tonight with possible thunderstorms in the extreme southeast. Snow was predicted for much of Kansas but the storm's severity eased. light rain and some freezing rain fell in the northeast this morning. Temperatures range from the lower 20s in the northwest to mid 40s in the southeast. tonight's lows 10 to 15 degrees northwest and around 30 southeast.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Dakotas
Wyoming
Friendly Homeless Chopper Rescued by Sixth Graders
Sixth graders learn Chopper the friendly homeless dog is at the pound and organize a rescue. Jimmy Rains and classmates pay a $16.71 fine and plan to keep Chopper until a permanent home is found with rabies shot and collar. The family hopes for a permanent adoption once parental consent arrives.
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Chopper
Hutton
Jimmy Rains
S. Central
Humane Society
Skipper
Wichita
Poisoning Propagates Through Parsons Pie Scare
Savonburg resident Mrs. Jerry Binnion is hospitalized in Neosho Memorial after a wave of food poisoning traced to bakery made soft pies in Parsons. Health officials linked the cases to meringue on the pies. Mrs. Binnion fell ill after eating a butterscotch slice at a cafe Wednesday night and is now recovering, though she occasionally blacks out when attempting to leave her bed.
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Savonburg
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Parsons
Jerry Binnion
Bud Breiner
Eric R
Cuban Charge Is Ridiculed
The U S Caribbean Command headquarters dismissed Cuban accusations that invasion forces are faring poorly in jungle camps in the Canal Zone. Havana claimed U S troops were being readied for a new Cuba invasion in Panama’s Los Santos Province. Lt Gen Andrew P Omera said such reports are untrue and unknown to him.
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U.S
82Nd Airborne Division
Rio Hato
Panama
Caribbean Command
Canal Zone
U.S. Navy
Punta Mala
Los Santos
Hudson Will Aid Crawford Jury
Atty. Gen. William Ferguson announced the appointment of Douglas Hudson Sr. of Fort Scott as a special assistant attorney general to aid the Crawford County grand jury. The panel was convened after petitions for investigation into alleged irregularities in county government, with assistance requested by grand jury foreman H. S. Hicks.
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Topeka
William Ferguson
Douglas Hudson Sr
Fort Scott
Crawford County
Public Library Story Hour Features Potter and Holling Tales
The Public Library hosts a 10 30 a m Saturday story hour featuring Beatrix Potter's The Tailor of Gloucester and Holling Clancy Holling's Tree in the Trail.
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Gloucester
Beatrix Potter
Holling Clancy Holling
Public
Army Strategic Corps to Grow with Two Quick Strike Forces
The Army announced expansion of its Strategic Corps with two new quick strike forces, one airborne and one armored. Five divisions join the current three, adding about 75,000 soldiers to the ready alert force, creating a two corps structure. The enlargement does not increase total Army manpower. The new corps will include two National Guard divisions and three regular Army divisions.
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Washington
Army
National Guard
Glenn Honored by JFK In Emotion Packed Day
President Kennedy awarded astronaut John H. Glenn Jr the Distinguished Service Medal for his World Flight. The ceremony before Hangar S honored Glenn and Gilruth as family and officials watched. Glenn, moved, wiped his eyes as he saluted the audience with gratitude and pride.
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Glenn
JFK
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Kennedy
John H. Glenn Jr
Robert R. Gilruth
Project Mercury
Gilruth
Glenn praised by Kennedy and launch crew on return
President Kennedy lauded astronaut John Glenn and his launch crew at Cape Canaveral after his world flight. Mrs Glenn displayed her lapel pin while Glenn thanked the crew and presented the president with a hard hat.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
John H. Glenn Jr
Glenn
Kennedy
Space
Teens Implicated in Shoplifting Ring
Police investigate extensive shoplifting by teens in three stores. Two 13-year-old boys admitted taking phonograph records lighter flashlight and paint and named six other boys with more names to come including at least two girls.
Break-in nets less than $1 at local supply shop
Sheriff reports a break-in at Henry Smith Hi-Way Supply near US 59 and K57. a door was pried, a ransack occurred, and about 90 cents in change was found. Also under investigation was theft from a vacant farm house west of Shaw, with a vise and a gun case taken from a tool shed. owner Floyd Groomer of Iola.
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Erie
Henry Smith
Here
Jerry Sloan
Sloan
Sheriff's Office
Shaw
Floyd Groomer
Iola
Lester Marts
Traffic Fatalities Log for Topeka February 1962
Kansas traffic death log shows 0 fatalities in 24 hours to 9 am Friday. For February 24, 1962, fatalities total 58 in the year, compared with 63 in the same period in 1961.
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Topeka
Kansas
Fertilizer Conference Highlights Kansas Yields and Trials
Four speakers spoke at Thayer’s 11th annual Fertilizer Conference about lifting corn yields in southeast Kansas. Verlin Peterson and Floyd Davidson outlined field results and planning factors, while Tom Hruza and Dr. Floyd W. Smith discussed fertilizer strategies and soil science at Kansas State University.
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Thayer
Kansas
First National Bank of
Verlin Peterson
Thayer and
Columbus
Floyd Davidson
Mound Valley Experiment Station
Tom Hruza
Allied Chemical Corp
Floyd W. Smith
Kansas State University
Manhattan
Peterson
Silver Grill
Columbus Experiment Fields
Mound Valley Station
Allied Chemical Corp. Agronomist
Floyd Smith
Arlan Woltemath
National Plant Food Institute
Kansas City
Harry Rash
Thayer First National Bank
Tribune
Larry Mathews
Khrushchev presses Kennedy for March summit
Premier Khrushchev issues a 20 page letter urging a March summit and hints at using the disarmament conference to block atmospheric nuclear tests. U S officials call the message propaganda and plan a reply via foreign ministers talks, with Britain and allies briefed.
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Washington
Khrushchev
Kennedy
U.S
Soviet Union
State Department
White House
Florida
McGeorge Bundy
United States
Britain
Harold Macmillan
Macmillan
Burns Fatal To Crash Victim In Snowplow Collision
Maryville Missouri AP burns from a freak highway accident involving a snowplow caused the death of David Suetterlin 42 operator of a Maryville garage. The tow truck he drove on U S 71 swerved into a ditch after the snowplow blade struck its shoulder and was ignited by fire. It was the third highway fatality in the 15 county northwest Missouri area that year.
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Maryville
David’ ‘Suetterlin
Suetterlin
U.S. 71
Snetterling
Wichita Manager Quits to Lead Toledo City
AP reports Wichita city manager Frank H. Backstrom resigns to accept the Toledo Ohio post. He spoke from Toledo to the Wichita Eagle, confirming his departure and new assignment.
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Wichita (Ap
Frank H. Backstrom
Wichita
Toledo
Ohio
Wichita Eagle Today
Names Drawn For Jury Duty In Neosho County Court
Jury panel announced for March term of Neosho county district court includes Chanute-Erie area names such as Barnhart Ogden Bradley Hargrove Ritterhouse Brown Hatinett Richardson Potter Evans Starr Turner Kiddoo Cooper Goltry Jester Perry Rector Van Gundy Griffiths Winder Winninger Blaine Sexton Bennett Hines Myers Jarboe Gilpin McMains Krumm Wendell Kelsey Janssen Makemson and others. Openings set for Erie March 18 Chanute March 14 with panel covering Cha pute and Erie sittings.
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Neosho County
Chanute
Everett Barnhart
Waldo Ogden
S. Malcolm
John C. Bradley
Mildred Hargrove
S. Lafayette
Ora Ritterhouse
Carol Brown
N. Forrest
Frank G. Hatinett
S. Ashby
Glora Richardson
W. 4Th
Mary Ella Potter
N. Highland
Arthur Evans
N. Forest
Ivan L. Starr
S., Western
Clara Turner
S. Lincoln
June Kiddoo
N. Evergreen
Ross Cooper
Emery Goltry
Mrs. Howard Jester
S. Highland
Mildred Perry
Cynthia Rector
Curtis van Gundy
Robert Shockley
Parsons
Roy Janssen
Opal Makemson
Chapute
Erie
Department Store Sales Gain In 10th District
Department store sales in the 10th Federal Reserve District rose 11 percent last week from the year-ago week. The gain outpaced the 6 percent national advance, while year to date the district matched last year and the nation posted a 6 percent increase.
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Kansas City
Federal Reserve
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