Handwritten frontier history book highlights Osage and St Paul figures
A reader shares details from Mrs Bernice Shackleton s Handbook on the Frontier Days of Southeast Kansas noting Osage missions early settlers and Neosho County history including Dr George W McMillan the Lincoln assassination surgeon buried in Hope cemetery and the Bender family. A clipping from The Tribune recounts a wheelbarrow journey to the 1933 Chicago World s Fair by Glenn Carter and Otis Marshall.
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Kansas
Bernice Close Shackleton
Pittsburg
Shackleton
Osage
George W. McMillan
Settlers League
McMillan
Lincoln
Ford
Osage Mission
Hope Cemetery
St. Paul
W. W. Graves
Neosho County
G. W. McMillan
President Lincoln
Ralph C. Perry
Chanute
Reading
Ohio
The
Tribune
Kansas City
Glenn Carter
Cedar Vale
Otis Marshall
Hewins
Kans
Press Secretaries Meet in Washington
Governors press secretaries from across the United States gather in Washington for a White House breakfast with President Kennedy's press secretary Pierre Salinger. A State Department briefing was arranged and Salinger led tours of the White House and later the State Department.
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Washington
United States
White House
Pierre Salinger
Salinger
State Department
Castro Fades From Public In Havana
The report says Fidel Castro has been out of public view in Havana for about a day, with rumors of asylum or Moscow visits dismissed as baseless. Cuban officials and U N delegates call the chatter phony while Havana radio notes he may have attended a ship ceremony, not mentioning his presence.
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Associated Press
Fidel Castro
Havana
Castro
Mexico City
Gilberto Bosques
U.N
New York
Mario Garcia-Inchaustegui
Key West
Fla
Moscow
United States
Punta del Este
Four Weekends in Jail for Driver in City Fatality
Kansas City AP reports Glenn W. Rodenberg 26 of Claycomo Missouri received four weekends in the city jail after striking and killing 15-year-old Howard Sloan on January 25. The court suspended his driver's license for 90 days and the magistrate urged him to stop driving due to a nervous condition and flight from the scene.
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Kansas City
City
Glenn W. Rodenberg
Clayhore
Rodenberg
Howard Sloan
Alex Pee
Breeding Files For Re Election In Ist District
Rep. J. Floyd Breeding of Kansas announces re election bid ending talk of a U S Senate or governor run. He currently represents the southwest district and will seek another term in the new first district.
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Topeka
J. Floyd Breeding
D-Kas
U.S. Senate
Breeding
Sth
Kansas
Ist
Weather summary and forecast for Kansas features
Mostly cloudy and chilly weekend forecast for Kansas with snow likely in western areas. Highs in 20s today, lows 5 to 20, colder tonight. highs near 20 Sunday. Winter storm Friday brought sleet freezing rain and 1 to 2 inches snow in north central areas. highways slick northeast.
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Weather Bureau
Kansas
Highway Patrol
U. S. 81
U. S. 54
Tribune
Goodland
Chanute
Laws
Pittsburg
Traffic Fatalities Log Shows February toll in Kansas
Topeka AP reports Kansas traffic death log with 24 hour totals to 9 a.m. Saturday and February totals. The February figure matches 1962 and trails 1961 by notable margins, with yearly comparisons for context.
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Topeka
Kansas
Ranney Denied New Trial in Greek Death Case
Greek Supreme Court rejects Roger Ranney appeal leaving the Chanute native scheduled for execution by firing squad in Greece. Backers seek clemency or direct appeal to King Paul. supporters urge U S intervention as family and locals organize telegram campaigns and fund drives.
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Roger Ranney
Chanute Friends
Chanute
Associated Press
Athens
Greece
Greek Supreme Court
Ranney
Clemency Council
King Paul
Lowen
John Kennedy
Paul
John Lowen
Supreme Court
Dutch stock food for four months in event of invasion
AP dispatch reports the Dutch administration plans to stock four months of food in case Indonesia invades West New Guinea, amid Indonesia's claim to the territory and threats of force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollandia
West New Guinea
Indonesia
Colby appoints Jerry Wright as new police chief
Jerry Wright formerly with the Kansas Highway Patrol is named Colby chief of police succeeding Fred Gilbert who resigned. Wright assumes leadership of Colby Police Department and begins service this month.
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Colby, Kas
Jerry Wright
The
Kansas Highway Patrol
Colby
Fred Gilbert
Truman to Speak at Kansas Wesleyan Founders Day Banquet
Former President Harry S. Truman accepted an invitation to speak at the Kansas Wesleyan founders day banquet. Dr. D Arthur Zook president of the university announced the plan on Friday with no date yet set.
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Salina
Kas
Harry S. Truman
Kansas Wesleyan
D. Arthur Zook
Must Heed Emergency Call Leads to Jail Sentence
In Whittier a judge jailed William Liles and Natalie Burton for 10 days and fined $300 each for refusing to release a party line during an emergency call. Judge Donnellan said a caller cannot judge truth of an emergency. hanging up is the alternative. The incident followed a neighbor’s heart attack and death.
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Whittier, Calif
Municipal Court
John L. Donnellan
Liles
Harry Thomas
Thomas
Education Needs New Higher Goals for U S Students
Warren G. Hill of Maine urged high school leaders to redefine education beyond rote learning and diplomas. He urged realism about America’s aims and stressed critical thinking to evaluate political and philosophical proposals. About 7,500 principals from across the country attended the five day convention.
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ST. Louis, Mo
Warren G. Hill
Maine
Hill
National Association of Secondary School Principals
America
Boeing posts higher 1961 net income on strong sales
Boeing Co reports 1961 net income of 35.66 million on sales of 1.8009 billion, up from 1960's 24.46 million on 1.5546 billion. Earnings were 4.47 a share versus 3.07. President William Allen says B52 and Bomarc production to phase out. Minuteman and Saturn LC programs expected to sustain high sales.
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New York
Boeing Co
Boeing
William Allen
Seattle
Twenty seven Frisco freight cars derail near Lenexa Kansas
A northbound Frisco freight train derailed twenty three cars a quarter mile north of Lenexa Kansas blocking both tracks and shutting Santa Fe Drive between 87th Street and Lenexa. The cause was not known.
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Olathe
Kan
Lenexa
Kas
Santa Fe
87Th St
Kennedy rejects Khrushchev summit demand for Geneva talks
President Kennedy formally rejects Soviet Premier Khrushchev’s bid for a summit to open the Geneva disarmament conference. Kennedy favors foreign minister talks first, with a possible later summit if progress occurs. The article notes Kennedy’s return to Washington with Lt. Col. John Glenn’s space honor and briefings with Macmillan and Johnson.
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Geneva
Macmillan
Kennedy
Washington
Khrushchev
U. S
Glenn and Family In Secluded Place After Heros Day
Glenn returns to Cape Canaveral after his space mission with Anna Lyn and David looking on as President Kennedy honors him. Report describes the tense reentry sequence, heat shield concerns, and the rocket package classification amid public reception.
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Glenn
Cape Canaveral
Fla
John H. Glenn Jr
United States
Pad 14
Mercury
Anna
Patrick Air Force Base
Lyn
David
Kennedy
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Palm Beach
Earth
Quadruplets Turn 21 Quietly In Kentucky
Lashley quadruplets John Beaulah Mildred and Martine mark 21st birthday with a quiet family celebration at a relative's home near Bowling Green. Porter Lashley lives on a farm near Leitchfield. John and the sisters split time between homes in Louisville and the family farms. The siblings remain single and candid about dating.
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Louisville
Lashley
John
Beaulah
Mildred
Martine Lashley
Bowling Green
Porter Lashley
Leitchfield
Martine
Plane Lands Safely At Great Bend
A Central Airlines plane with engine trouble landed safely in Great Bend Kansas on Friday night. Flight 92 from Denver to Topeka carried 16 passengers and three crew. Pilot Dave Dodd reported dropping oil pressure in the right engine after leaving Dodge City. Fire and police stood by as a second plane completed the trip.
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Great Bend
Kas
Central Airlines
Denver
Topeka
Dave Dodd
Dodge City
Contract Award For Topeka Work
Army engineers awarded Cosmo Construction Co. of Houston a $2,268,565 contract to build the Oakland unit of the Topeka flood control project. Work to start immediately, informed Sen. Frank Carlson of Illinois.
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Washington
Ap! — Army Engineers
Cosmo Construction Co
Houston
Oakland
Topeka
Frank Carlson
R-las
2,000 mph Bomber Takes Shape At Palmdale
The B70 prototype, 185 feet long and 250 tons, nears completion in a Mojave Desert hangar. Expected flight testing by year end, with two more planned, amid a multi billion dollar program and questions about its future use versus missiles.
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Palmdale
Calif
Mojave Desert
Alan B. Shepard Jr
North American Aviation, Inc
Kennedy and Adenauer in talks on German reunification
Robert F. Kennedy met Konrad Adenauer in Bonn after arriving from Berlin. Kennedy said a divided Germany could eventually be reunited but warned the United States has no magic formula. He cited possible Soviet changes and voiced optimism that liberty will prevail.
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Bonn
Germany
Robert F. Kennedy
United States
Konrad Adenauer
Berlin
Soviet Union
Kennedy
Adenauer
West Germany
Kansas Congressmen Vote on Roll Calls
Kansas members of Congress voted on recent roll calls. In the Senate a motion to bring Kennedy’s Department of Urban Affairs proposal for immediate consideration was rejected 42 to 58 with Carlson and Pearson voting no. In the House the debt limit bill passed 251 to 144, while the resolution opposing the proposed department was adopted 264 to 150 with several Republicans and Democrats voting for.
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Washington
Kansas
Congress
Senate
Randolph
D-W. Va
Kennedy
Department of Urban Affairs
Carlson
Pearson
House
Avert
Breeding
Dole
McVey
Shriver
Avery
Ellsworth
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Rome
Letitia Baldridge
Jacqueline Kennedy
Glasgow
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Manuel Abelairas de Castro
East Germany
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Truman
William Cecil Liles
Norwalk
Natalie Louise Burton
Los Angeles
Frisco
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
Advisory Council On Space
Cocoa Beach
Bob Kennedy
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