First Flight In 1793
The Jan 9 1793 report describes M Blanchard launching the first manned balloon flight in the United States from Independence Hall in Philadelphia. Washington witnessed the ascent, the balloon reached 5812 feet, and landed 15 miles away near Woodbury. Blanchard noted the crowd, his joy, Washingtons letter of introduction, and six men signing the landing certificate.
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Philadelphia
the Gazette of the
United States
M. Blanchard
George Washington
Jean Pierre Blanchard
Black Dog
Independence Hall
Woodbury
N.J
Blanchard
Washington
Earl McCullough Found Dead in Emporia Hotel
Earl McCullough 36 a Santa Fe fireman and railroader of 605 S Ashby was found dead this morning in his Emporia hotel room where he had registered pending return to Chanute. The body was sent to an Emporia funeral home as authorities determine funeral arrangements. No other details were provided.
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Earl McCullough
Priceless Jewels Recovered After 25 Cent Locker Twist
New York detectives traced Allan Kuhn and two beach boys to the Star of India sapphire and eight other gems stolen from the American Museum of Natural History. The jewels, hidden in a Miami bus terminal locker for nearly a month, were recovered in a rotting bag. Kuhn sought leniency for himself and his companions, while investigators watched him closely as a Miami motel call led to the locker breakthrough. Fifteen gems, including a 100 carat ruby and a 15.37 carat diamond crystal, were missing.
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New York
Star of India
Miami
American Museum of Natural History
Allan Dale Kuhn
Florida Beach
Kuhn
Aiuppa Freed In Gambing Case Amid Dove Slaughter Tangle
Chicago mob figure Joseph Aiuppa is freed of a two year old gambling charge after four government witnesses fail to recall him in a Towne Hotel gambling den during a 1962 raid. He previously faced a dove hunting law violation tied to an auto trunk load of mourning doves. Aiuppa still faces a retrial in Kansas City as Newell A. George seeks further action.
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Chicago
Joseph
Joey) Aiuppa
Kansas
Aiuppa
Walter P. Dal
Towne Hotel
Cicero
Oakbrook
Ill
U.S
Kansas City
10Th
U.S. District Court of Appeals
Denver
Newell A. George
Damnable Lie Denial in Liquor to Minors Trial
Kenneth Ehling a Hutchinson attorney denied giving liquor to three youths in a case in which he faces a misdemeanor charge carrying up to 30 days in jail and a $100 fine. He called the accusation a damnable lie as jurors heard testimony. He is a former county Republican chairman and legal aide to a Senate committee in Washington.
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Kenneth Ehling
Hutchinson
Ehling
Senate
Washington
Intercepted Letter Recounts Liz Taylor Affair Context
An intercepted note claims Americans understand Eddie Fisher’s heartbreak as Liz Taylor cast him aside for Richard Burton. The fragment hints at public sympathy and compares Fisher’s situation to a famous marriage split, with a curt closing signature.
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Eddie Fisher
Liz Taylor
Burton
Elizabeth Taylor Seeks British Citizenship Change
Actress Elizabeth Taylor said she wants to renounce American citizenship to become British. She told a newsman in London she prefers British life, while Burton accompanied her with a bandaged eye from a Swiss tobogganing accident. U.S. officials would not recognize her renunciation without signing the oath.
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London
Elizabeth Taylor
Miss Taylor
Richard Burton
Switzerland
New York
U.S
Paris
John Springer
U.S. State Department
United States
King the German shepherd watchman injured by prowlers
King a blond German shepherd of 110 pounds guarding the Butcher's Packing House Market in Coffeyville was hospitalized after a prowler attack. He sustained head and chest cuts and heavy blood loss. police found him bleeding with the intruders gone and nothing stolen. Owner Jesse Butcher praised the dog as the best hand they had and said King would recover but could not say when he would return to work.
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Kuhn
Manhattan
Atty
Frank S. Hogan
Hogan
Coffeyville, Kan
King
Jesse Butcher
Butcher
350 Foot Hot Dog Display at Arkansas Open House
A meat packing firm will display a 350 foot long hot dog at its new Fort Smith distributing office open house. The 160 pound product was made at Swift’s Kansas City plant and shipped to Arkansas in a refrigerated truck for the event.
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Fort Smith, Ark
Kansas City
Swift
Arkansas
Bomb Hoax Triggers Unscheduled Wichita Landing
An American Airlines Convair 880 en route from San Francisco to Chicago made an unscheduled 52 hour stop at McConnell Air Force Base after a bomb threat. The plane with 53 passengers and seven crew halted near Wichita. FBI questioned riders while base security searched the craft and passengers at the golf club house.
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Wichita
Kan
American Airlines
McConnell Air Force Base
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Tucson
Ariz
Chicago
FBI
Tribune Phone Contact Reminder
If you cannot reach your Tribune, contact your carrier. If unavailable after 6 p.m., dial HE 1-3400.
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Tribune
Weather Summary for Kansas Areas Turns Colder
Area forecast calls for partly cloudy and cold tonight with continued chill Sunday. Lows will reach the low teens and highs in the middle 20s. In Topeka, temperatures were 40 to 50 degrees lower than Friday with lows from one above zero at Goodland to 20 above at Pittsburg and Garden City. Highs Friday ranged from 31 at Concordia to 65 at Pittsburg as cold air moved in.
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Topeka
Kansas
Goodland
Pittsburg
Garden City
Concordia
Leaks Found In Gas Line At Garnett
A two inch natural gas line leak was found in the street in front of two homes stunned by blasts in Garnett Kansas. Police chief Bill Gray said it was not yet clear if the leak caused the explosions. Two year old Raymond Wallace was killed in an explosion at the Wallace home last Wednesday. his parents and younger brother were hospitalized or under care at the University of Kansas Medical Center. core samples from an oil field rig in the area were sent to Cities Service Gas Co laboratory in Tulsa. tests later were negative for a rising pocket of gas but further tests were needed to confirm the gas origin.
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Garnett
Kan
Bill Gray
Raymond Wallace
George Wallace
David
University of Kansas Medical Center
Elizabeth Maddy
Cities Service Gas Co
Tulsa
Gray
Cities Service
Connor Stock In Trust Plans Eye Merck Holdings
Washington AP John T Connor nominated as Secretary of Commerce plans to place his substantial Merck stock in trust. He bought about 600000 worth of shares for 100000 via option after Johnson named him to succeed Hodges. He discussed this with Senate Commerce Committee members as hearings begin Tuesday.
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Washington (Ap
John T. Connor
Johnson
Secretary of Commerce
Merck & Co
Connor
U.S. Patent Office
Commerce Department
Howard W. Cannon
Dnev
Avery Inauguration In Topeka Monday
Gov elect William H Avery’s inauguration in Topeka will follow past custom with a morning parade and a night ball. Coral Hawks and Hart Workman announced the day’s plan including a Ft. Riley band concert at Municipal Auditorium and a noon oath ceremony with state officials. The events will be televised statewide and carried on a 21 station radio network.
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Topeka
William H. Avery
Coral Hawks
Hart Workman
Republican State Committee
1St Infantry
Ft. Riley
Municipal Auditorium
Statehouse
Avery
National Guard
Cedar Crest
Mrs. Avery
Averys
Pink mink trend to revive mink trade style
New York fashion reporters heard mink breeders tout pink mink as this spring’s status symbol amid a shift from green furs. Pink mink, bred in the Northwest, command high prices as only rare genetics yield the color. most coats show diagonal pelts indicating age and pattern.
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NEW York (Ap
New York Couture Group
Nat Kaplan
Larry Aldrich
Ashley to Become City Judge Monday
Richard L. Ashley will become judge of the Chanute city court and police judge in a change effective Monday noon. Elected in November, he succeeds Leslie Cable.
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Richard L. Ashley
Chanute City
Leslie Cable
Traffic Fatalities In Topeka Log For 24 Hours
Kansas traffic death log records 24 hours ending 9 am Saturday January 9 1965 showing 9 deaths, compared with 21 in the same period of 1964.
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Topeka
Kansas
Pennington Heads CNU Privateers
Robert Pennington was elected president of the CNU Privateers flying club succeeding Harvey Young. Ron Poor became vice president and Sterling Martin secretary treasurer while the Rev LaMoine Waldron was named operations officer. The club met in the redecorated municipal airport lobby.
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CNU Privateers Flying Club
Robert Pennington
Harvey Young
Ron Poor
Sterling Martin
LaMoine Waldron
The
Privateers
Sex Information and Education Council of the United States formed
A new organization, the Sex Information and Education Council of the United States, launches to study sexuality’s role in health and well being. Directors include clergy, college leaders, psychiatrists, and sociologists. Dr. Calderone says public confusion and inhibitions surround sex while Dr. Pomeroy notes the group aims to teach and discuss sex education openly.
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New York
Sex Information and Education Council of the
United States
Mary S. Calderone
Newsmen
Council
Wardell Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Institute For Sex Research
Indiana University
Alfred C. Kinsey
Calderone
Wallace C. Fulton
Icy roads trigger string of Chanute area crashes
Icy conditions yesterday afternoon caused multiple accidents in and near Chanute. A two car collision on US 169 south of town injured Bernice Busby and damaged vehicles, followed by a pickup and car collision on the North Lincoln overpass. Two more crashes occurred on Main near Washington near Foodtown, with minor to moderate damage and multiple drivers named.
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Chanute
Bernice Busby
Thayer
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Rouse
North Lincoln
Iola
Floyd E. Troxel
LaHarpe
Eula Mae Robertson
Kansas
Main
Washington
Foodtown
Orie L. Rice
N. Garfield
Terry L. Bailey
S. Santa Fe
Bailey
Youth Pleads Guilty To Picher Bank Theft
James Patrick Collins 21 of Springfield Missouri pleaded guilty to robbing the First State Bank of Picher Oklahoma on December 22 and received a one year Federal Reformatory sentence under the Youth Correctional act. About $15000 was found in his car when arrested. Barbara Sandoval 28 of Springfield was also indicted. she did not plead and plans a jury trial.
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Tulsa
Okla
James Patrick Collins
Springfield
First State Bank
Picher
Allen Barrow
Collins
Barbara Sandoval
Miss Sandoval
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Highland
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Dozer
Bill Jenkins
Jack Murph the
Surf
Murphy
Roger Clark
Richard Maline
4Th St
Cha
Yours
Liz
Prowler
Bay Ee
Mistry
House
Clyde Hill
Rates Center
Cony
Kansas State Chamber of Commerce
Ashley
Pennington
CNU
Dr. Calderone
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
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