Tight-Lipped Police Chief Probes Mystery of Crash
Salem police chief George T. Eades investigated a car train wreck at a grade crossing in Salem Virginia that critically injured Elizabeth Webb Howard 39. Her husband Ernest C. Howard was held in shock as the engineer J N Dillon described scenes suggesting the car was backed off the tracks. A note found in Mrs. Howards purse mentions two names Eades refused to disclose.
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Salem
George T. Eades
Elisabeth Webb Howard
Roanoke
Ernest C. Howard
Eades
Norfolk and Western Railway
Virginia
Howard
J. N. Dillon
Pryor Man Named U S Marshal in Oklahoma
President Kennedy announced selection of Doyle W. Foreman of Pryor as U S Marshal for northern Oklahoma. Foreman, 44, a Democrat, will replace James Y. Victor in the $10,635-a-year post after a career in retail drug business in Locust Grove and Pryor.
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Washington
Kennedy
Doyle W. Foreman
Pryor
U.S
Oklahoma
Foreman
James Y. Victor
Locust Grove and
Weather Year Ago Today In Kansas With Warm and Rainfall
Topeka AP reports Kansans enjoyed resort temperatures after a hot day Wednesday with highs from 92 in Pittsburg to 105 at Webster and Kirwin dams. A cold front will cap highs to the 70s northeast to 80s southwest today with showers and possible thunderstorms. flash floods were likely from heavy overnight rain. Atchison 5.19, Kansas City 4.22, Leavenworth 3.72 inches by midnight.
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Topeka
Pittsburg
Webster and
Kirwin
Kansas
Atchison
Kansas City
Weather Bureau
Leavenworth
Hiawatha
Kuwait seeks UN guarantee before asking British pullout
Kuwait told the United Nations Security Council it needs an effective guarantee of independence before it will request British troop withdrawal. Spokesman Abdel Aziz Hussein said a pledge from Iraq’s premier not to use force is not enough to reassure Kuwait amid Iraqi aggression fears. Kuwait seeks UN recognition of independence and withdrawal of Iraq’s claims as conditions for any British exit. The UAR and Soviet Union urged Britain’s withdrawal after troops were sent to Kuwait at Sheik Abdullah as-Salim al-Sabah’s invitation.
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United Nations, N.Y
Kuwait
U.N. Security Council
Desert
Sheikdom
Abdel Aziz Hussein
Council
Abdel Karim Kassem
Iraq
United Nations
United Arab Republic
Soviet Union
Sheik Abdullah as-Sa‘lim as-Sabah
Settlement Reached in City Negligence Suit
Bertha Fairbanks of 815 S. Ashby settled with the city for 1150 in a judgment suit stemming from her father Milton Jerome Fairbanks death after contact with a downed city electric line in an alley near their home. The incident occurred June 10 1958 and his death followed June 30 1958 at age 81.
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Bertha Fairbanks
S. Ashby
Miss Fairbanks
Milton Jerome Fairbanks
Fairbanks
Fire destroys two sheds on Major A Smith farm
Firefighters fought a blaze on the Major A. Smith farm seven miles west of Chanute on old highway K39. They arrived at 4:15 pm and left after 4:55 pm, unable to save the sheds but preventing spread to nearby structures. Cause not determined, according to Fire Chief C. W. Brennan.
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A. Smith
Chanute
K39
C. W. Brennan
Brennan
Plumbers and Steamfitters End 35-Day Topeka Strike
The Plumbers and Steamfitters Union Local 165 ended a 35 day strike in Topeka after reaching a three year contract with plumbing contractors. The pact provides a first year wage increase of 12 cents an hour and a second year 15 cent addition to a health and welfare pension fund, plus 14 cents an hour in the third year. The base pay before the walkout was 4.01 dollars and 5 cents per hour.
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Topeka
Plumbers and Steamfitters Union Local 165
Health and Welfare
R. E. Clark Wins Ash Grove Safety Drive Prize
R E Clark of 1520 S Evergreen won a $25 government savings bond in a June safety drive at Ash Grove Lime and Portland Cement Co plant. Balloons were released with return post cards. Clark's card returned from 13 miles east of Eminence Missouri, about 235 miles from Chanute.
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R. F. Clark
Center
Ash Grove
Ira Barber
Bond
Clark
Richard Willis
R. E. Clark
S. Evergreen
Ash Grove Limes and Portland Cement Co
Portland Cement Assn
Portland Association
Euel L. Sutton
Eminence
Chanute
National and state banks called to report June 30 condition
The comptroller of the currency issued a call for statements on the condition of all national banks as of the close of business Friday June 30. The FDIC also requested a report on insured state banks not in the Federal Reserve System as of the same date. Kansas bank commissioner J A O Leary issued a similar call for state banks as of June 30.
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Washington
Comptroller of the Currency
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserve System
Topeka
J. A. O'Leary
Kansas
Airport Lighting Ready at Hutchinson Airport
An electronic sequence flashing light system at Hutchinson Kansas Municipal Airport will be ready for use on about July 15. The installation includes lights of 30 million candle power each and was reported to Sen. Frank Carlson by the Federal Aviation Agency.
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Washington
Hutchinson, Kas
Federal Aviation Agency
Frank Carlson
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Karl E. Mundt
R-S.d
U.S
Union votes to pay legal costs for officials in unfounded cases
The Teamsters convention approved covering full legal costs for officials or employees facing court action deemed unfounded or politically motivated. Hoffa also pushed a new constitutional provision allowing locals to invest, loan, and hold funds with flexible security and repayment terms. Caroline Kennedy, age 3, was rescued from a swimming pool by Mrs. William Saltonstall in Bethesda, Maryland, while her nurse and Secret Service watch.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Teamsters Convention
James R. Hoffa
Edward H. Painter
Oakland
Calif
Hoffa
Painter
Peter J. Hoban
Chicago
Washington
Caroline Kennedy
Maryland
Newton I. Steers Jr
Caroline
Ivan Steers
Kennedy
White House
Pierre Salinger
Salinger
Steers
Nina Auchincloss
Hugh D. Auchincloss
John F. Kennedy
River Road
Bethesda
Secret Service
Injunction Blocks Wichita Skyline Project
A Wichita URA downtown renewal project called Skyline is halted by a lawsuit filed by Wichita Lodge No. 99 A F and A M. The lodge claims city and URA actions seize property tear down buildings and sell land to a private firm for new structures while the suit seeks terms rather than a test of renewal methods.
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Wichita
Project Skyline
Urban Renewal Agency
North Main
Robert Des Marteau
Wichita Ura
Wichita i Lodge
City Commission
URA
Dale Bryant
The
Lodge
Dial Phone Service to Start For Thayer Earlton
Northern Kansas Telephone Co announces dial service will start at 8 a.m. July 14 for Thayer and Earlton subscribers at the new Thayer dial center. Central office gear from Stromberg Carlson. telephones from Leich Sales. building by Heckathorn Brothers. Prefix 839. ANC dialing. temporary directories issued as testing continues. Some outages possible during conversion. operator services via Chanute office of Southwestern Bell. Headquarters are in Ottawa.
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Thayer and
Earlton
Thayer
Northern Kansas Telephone Co
Stromberg-Carlson Equipment Co
General Dynamics
Leich Sales Corp
Heckathorn Brothers
Thayer Business District
The
Plains Construction Co
Thayer and Earlton Exchange
ANC
Chanute
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Earlton and
Thayer Exchange
Northern
Kansas
Ottawa
Kansas Traffic Fatalities Log Update
AP report shows 24 hour traffic death tally to 9 am Thursday with 12 July deaths and 275 for 1961, compared to 244 in the same period of 1960. The data reflect the Kansas traffic death log and year to date comparisons.
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Topeka
Kansas
Welfare Department Employee Question
Attorney General William Ferguson ruled that county welfare department employees are not state or county employees for the public employees retirement act. Participation in the retirement program will depend on each county welfare board’s decision to include its own employees, independent of other counties.
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Topeka
County Welfare Department
William Ferguson
Experimental Work On Highway K39 Sealing Project
Kansas engineers plan two day two section experiment on K39 east of Chanute with cationic quick-setting emulsified asphalt for surface sealing. Three segments will receive crushed limestone aggregate then sand and gravel, with Phillips Petroleum supplying the emulsion for the project.
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Freeto Construction
Ous
Glenn A. Sutton
Oklahoma
Texas
Chanute
Kansas Highway
Commission
Topeka
Sutton
Phillips Petroleum Co
Promulgee
Okla
Liberal Critics at KU Campus Highlight Hot House Professors
Charles Mcclwaine and Scott Stanley Jr. of Wichita and Kansas City Kan addressed a Chamber of Commerce luncheon on Conservatism on the Campus. They urged business leaders to defend free enterprise and argued many professors of political science and economics are hot house liberals teaching socialism. They noted 30,000 members in Young Americans for Freedom and urged university students to engage in local politics.
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University of Kansas
Charles Mcclwaine
Wichita
Scott Stanley Jr
Kansas City
Kan
Chamber of Commerce
Tioga Hotel
Young Americans For Freedom
National College
Joe Melnyk
Kansas Centennial Commission
The
Kansas Historical Society
Chanute
History-Mobile
Young Americans For Freedom Organization
Traffic toll over 500 during extended Fourth of July weekend
Chicago reports 509 traffic deaths in the four day holiday period, the highest summer total on record. Overall fatalities from all accidents reach 924, surpassing prior holiday records. boating and drowning deaths add 63 and 204, with 148 other fatalities across various mishaps.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Police Court Bonds and Fines Total 499 in June
Police department records show June totals of 499 in bonds and fines, down from 604 in May, with six months’ total at 3779. Parking meter fines were 346 on 1.25 dollars, 1370 meters tickets issued, 173 service calls, and 67 misdemeanor arrests. Traffic actions included 25 arrests, 3 reckless driving, 2 license issues, 8 speeding, 1 stop sign, 4 other. two days of timer use yielded 6 arrests. Twenty one traffic accidents were logged, one injury. cars backed from Main, two drivers cited. Cars driven 7311 miles, 741 gallons gasoline used, 32 meals for prisoners/transients, total 276 in six months.
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Main
Quick Clothes Switch In Courtroom Action
In Wichita district court Judge Howard C. Kline granted a divorce after Mrs. Juana R. Pearce and her sister Sharon K. Poe swapped outfits to satisfy courtroom dress rules. Pearce testified first, then her sister, wearing Pearce’s dress, corroborated the testimony.
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Wichita
Howard C. Kline
Juana R. Pearce
Sharon K. Poe
el Dorado
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Tribune
United States
Curt Cleaver
West
Cleaver
Evelyn Lincoln
U.S. Marshall
Wasser
Lady
U.N
National
Hutchinson
William Saltonstall
Saltonstall
Sen
Leverett Saltonstall
R-Mass
Evening Star
Betty Beale
Miss Maud Shaw
John Jr
Thomas E. Gleason
Welfare Department
Melnyk
Kansas City Chamber of Commerce
Municipal Stadium
Charles Forsyth
Erie
Chamber
Mcclwaine
Stanley
Love
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