Western Hemisphere ministers outline Cuba declaration
Western Hemisphere foreign ministers reported agreement on main outlines of a declaration on Fidel Castro's Cuba. US-led hard line met with seven-nation go-slow bloc as talks continued. draft aimed for signing Monday, with a possible 60 day delay on Cuba's removal from OAS bodies.
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Punta del Este
Uruguay
Fidel Castro
Cuba
United States
U.S
Dean Rusk
Organization of American States
Francisco San Thiago Dantas
Cabal
OAS
Homero Martinez
Havana
Family Councils
Mild Weekend Forecast From Topeka Weather Desk
Forecast calls for generally fair and mild weather through Sunday with highs in the 40s and lows in the 20s. Arctic air lingers in the northeast but other regions expect 30s to 40s, light rain not anticipated, snow melting as river flood danger remains out of sight.
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Topeka
Kansas
Pittsburg
Exposure Declares Earl Finley Death Cause
Earl Finley aged 49 from Chetopa died of exposure. Coroner Dr. John White reported the death occurred hours before his body was found in a ditch beside U S 59, eight miles south of Parsons. An officer said Finley had been walking the 29 miles from Chetopa to Parsons where he had worked as a cab driver about three weeks.
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Parsons
Kan
Earl Finley
Chetopa
John White
Finley
U. S. 59
Allen County School Plan Considered in Four District Proposal
Humboldt subcommittee of the Allen County School District Organization discusses ten tentative divisions for four unified districts as required by Senate Bill 400. Kansas Supreme Court opinion. plan due by June 30. Neosho County also studying similar unification options. final number may drop to three districts.
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Humboldt
Allen County
Neosho
Kansas Supreme Court
New York Investors Buy Hotel Muehlebach
New York investors purchased the 950‑room Hotel Muehlebach and nearby downtown properties in Kansas City for about 15 million. The sale to Joseph I. Lubin and family follows Trianon Hotel Co. leadership by Barney L. Allis remaining as general manager. A 200‑room motel addition and razing of the Orpheum Theater are planned.
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Kansas City
New York
Muehlebach
Trianon Hotel Co
Joseph I. Lubin
Barney L. Allis
Trianon
Orpheum
Pro- Trianon
Conrad Hilton
Three at Salina Admit to Thefts
Three persons pled guilty to burglaries and shoplifting totaling about $3,000 in the Salina area. Williams Givens, 34, Salina, and Andrew Crawford, 28, Wichita, are held on $10,000 bond. Martha Givens, 22, under $5,000 bond for district court trial on burglary and larceny charges. Loot largely pawned in Topeka and Kansas City.
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Salina
Kan
Williams Givens
Andrew Crawford
Wichita
Givens
Martha
Shearings
Topeka
Kansas City
Husband to Collect From Wife and Friends
In Clare Michigan Tony Wedel planned to collect 150 dollars from his wife Sandra and 14 friends who bet he could survive eight days and nights alone in the woods. Wedel, 33, spent the ordeal at Lake Beebe near Clare, fending off near zero weather with limited supplies and occasional fish, while his wife joined the bet for fun.
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Clare, Mich
Tony
Sandra
Lake Beebe
Wedel
Jump in Borrowers At Public Library
Miss Marguerite Barrett reports 1 356 new borrowers and 46 730 books circulated during the year at the Topeka state library agency. Juvenile fiction led with 20 993 volumes. adult fiction 10 763. reference 850. Chanute will host a regional librarians meeting from 16 Kansas counties.
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Marguerite Barrett
Topeka
Hemne
Divorce Sighting Sparks Tragic Shooting Near Potosi
James Smith 39 bought a shotgun an hour after his wife won a divorce. He then killed his ex wife and himself in Hopewell as their two children aged 5 and 3 witnessed. Ruth Dentrich was struck in the face and survived. A highway patrolman found the gun with a $10 tag.
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Potosi
James Smith
Ruth Dentrich
Smith
A. R. Lubber
Smiths
Hopewell
Dentrich
Stolen Money Orders Trail Across Kansas Statewide
Salina police report a carload trio spreading stolen $100 money orders across Kansas. Twenty three orders were stolen from Royal Food Stores in Kansas City on January 17. Some were cashed in Topeka Manhattan Abilene and Salina.
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Salina, Kan
Salina
Kansas
Royal Food
Kansas City
Topeka
Manhattan
Abilene
Ice Gorge Breaks Up. River Traffic Hopes Rise
A 30 mile ice gorge on the Mississippi broke apart on Friday easing shutdowns since January 12. Shippers hold 500000 tons of cargo tied up and expect no sub freezing weather for 48 hours. Army Engineers report 35 to 40 feet thick ice at points. 30 towboats and 360 barges idled at Cairo with 8 towboats and 70 barges stranded above the gorge.
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Cairo
Ill
Mississippi River
Ohio
Mississippi Rivers
Driver Arrested After DWI by Lawrence Head of Thayer
Lawrence Head of Thayer was arrested about 10 o'clock last night by the highway patrol on charges of driving while intoxicated. He was held overnight in the city jail.
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Lawrence Head
Thayer
Highway Patrol
Draft status changes announced by Selective Service
Two notices for local registrants explain amendments to 4-F and a new Class 1-Y classification for those not fit for military service but available in emergencies. Neosho County board warns of penalties for failing to register within five days of turning 18 and urges timely Tribune or carrier contact.
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Selective Service
General Nickell
Kansas
Nickell
Neosho County
U S and Britain blunt on test ban talks with Moscow
Washington says Moscow will not back any real test ban under inspection and warns that further talks are futile. The United States and Britain plan to press the issue at Geneva while noting dim prospects for disarmament progress. The Soviets offered self inspection with no external checks, which Washington and London rejected.
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Washington
United States
Britain
Russia
State Department
Moscow
Geneva
U.N
Kremlin
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
MacArthur Observes His 82nd Birthday
General Douglas MacArthur marked his 82nd birthday in New York, receiving greetings from U.S. Military Academy cadets and well wishers worldwide. He attended a Waldorf Towers dinner and valued most his West Point graduation among honors.
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New York
Douglas MacArthur
U.S. Military Academy
Waldorf Towers
West Point
Five Year Sentence For Counterfeit Cash
Kansas City AP reports Galena Kansas man James Kenneth Castleberry received a five year term after pleading guilty to passing counterfeit bills. A $20 note circulated September 8 in Neosho and another the following day in Kansas City.
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Kansas City
Galena, Kan
James Kenneth Castleberry
Neosho
Cloud Cover Delays Glenn Orbital Flight at Cape Canaveral
Cloud cover over the launch area postpones the John Glenn Mercury Atlas mission for at least 24 hours. NASA officials cite poor camera visibility due to 7,000 foot cloud layers and unfavorable offshore winds and seas. Kennedy expresses disappointment. Glenn remains in good spirits awaiting the next launch window.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
John H. Glenn Jr
Glenn
Florida
NASA
Atlantic Ocean
Cape
Africa
Ranger 3 Misses Moon but Carries for Lunar Data
Ranger 3 launched from Cape Canaveral aimed at the moon but misses by about 25 000 miles. Ground control at Goldstone Calif redirects speed and course to capture lunar surface photos with telescopic cameras and measure lunar rock properties while awaiting next firing.
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Goldstone
Calif
Florida
Desert
Earth
Moon
Lunar
Death Car's Driver Found
Glenn William Rodenberg, 26, admitted he drove the car that struck and killed 15 year old Howard Sloan as he walked home from a basketball game with a companion. The driver said he panicked and had no insurance. no charges filed.
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Kansas City
Glenn William Rodenberg
Howard Sloan
Sloan
Steven Baird
Baird
Rodenberg
Claycomo
John Pitts
Lucky Luciano, the last big time mob boss, dies in Italy
New York obituary notes Lucky Luciano died in exile in Italy at 64. It recalls his rise from prohibition bootlegging to feared head of New York vice, his trial by Thomas Dewey, and his later deportation. The U S Bureau of Narcotics warned it was closing in on a $150 million drug ring linked to him.
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New York
Lucky Luciano
Italy
Frank Costello
Underworld
Luciano
Frank
Hollywood
Salvatore Lucania
Sicily
United States
Lucky
al Capone
Frankie Yale
Arnold Rothstein
Legs Diamond
Tion
Thomas F. Dewey
All Organized Vice
Dewey
U.S. Bureau of Narcotics
Washington
FBI Official Warns Commies Target Youth At Campus Events
FBI Assistant Director Cartha D. DeLoach told an American Bar Association seminar in St. Louis that the American Community party is targeting college students with campus speaking tours a youth committee and a new national youth publication He cited leaders Gus Hall Daniel Rubin Elizabeth Gurley Flynn and Benjamin Davis as participants and noted the effort aims to win student support for Communist causes
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Johnson
U. S
DeLoach
New Horizona
New
Progressive
Gus ‘Hall
Daniel Rubin
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
Benjamin da
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Allen County School Plan
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O. B. Lloyd
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
White House
Pierre Salinger
Palm Beach
Fila
Salinger
Kennedy
Arlington
Atlantic
Atlas
Francis W. H. Adams
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