Ike Orders Cuban Sugar Cut and Policy Moves Considered
Washington reports Eisenhower cut Cuba sugar quota by 700000 tons with a suspect 156000 ton extra quota. Benson to buy sugar from Brazil and Philippines to cover the deficit. State Department eyes concerted Latin American action and possible new sugar quota measures for 1961. In Havana Castro denounces the cut calling for unity against Yankee aggression and plans a mass rally at the presidential palace.
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Washington
United States
Cuba
Eisenhower
U.S
Ezra Taft Benson
Brazil
Philippines
Castro
State Department
Organization of American States
Congress
Havana
Fidel Castro
Bonbon Bandit Nabbed by New York Police
Gerald P. Zarkin, 24, caught Wednesday and identified as the suspect who admitted robbing 30 candy stores in the past two months. Police had dubbed the intruder the Bonbon Bandit during the search.
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New York
Gerlad P. Zarkin
Bank Bandits Steal About 60000 From Cherokee State Bank
In St Paul Minnesota three gunmen dressed as painters held bank employees at gunpoint and looted vault teller boxes and the night depository after waiting for a time lock. A white 1952 panel truck was found abandoned nearby, and cashier William Jordan said about 60000 was taken from the bank.
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ST. Paul
Jordan
Weather forecast for Topeka and central Kansas
Intermittent light rain was reported in central Kansas this morning and expected to spread statewide. Temperatures will stay mild with tonight near 70 and highs Friday in the mid to upper 80s, 85 to 90.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Councilman Jones Dies at 55 in Pittsburgh
Paul F. Jones, 55, Pittsburgh's first Negro councilman, died of a heart attack. A Democrat, he had planned to leave Friday to attend the Democratic National Convention as a delegate at large.
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Pittsburgh
Paul F. Jones
Jones
Korean Doctor Joins Southeast Kansas Tuberculosis Hospital Staff
Dr. Yong W. Kim, a naturalized U. S. citizen born in Korea, joined the medical staff at Southeast Kansas TB Hospital. He and his wife Stella, with children Byron 12 Deborah 3 and David six weeks, reside at 911 W. 9th. Kim’s career spans Seoul National University School of Medicine, internships in Seoul and Peoria, residency at Kansas University Medical Center, and work at Osawatomie State Hospital. He holds affiliations with the American Trudeau Society and the American College of Chest Physicians.
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Yong W. Kim
Southeast Kansas Tuberculosis Hospital
Tribune
Kim
Tokyo High School
University of Seoul
Korea
Seoul
The
University Hospital
Methodist Hospital
Central Ilinois
Peoria
National Jewish Hospital
Denver
Osawatommie State Hospital
Kansas University Medical Center
Kansas City
Kan
Kansas Trudeau Society
KU Medical Center
American Trudeau Society
American College of Chest Physicians
Hospital Bond Issue Planned
Erie The Board of County Commissioners negotiated a contract with four Wichita investment firms for a 135000 bond issue to fund additions to Neosho Memorial Hospital Cha nute. The plan aims to keep the bond levy stable similar to past years with interest managed by Rittencure Investment Co National Securities Co Lucas Eisen and Wackarla and Stockyards National Bank. The issue date will be set later no earlier than August 1 possibly in September or October to save interest costs. The tax levy for bonds and interest in 1960 was 2.17 mills.
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Erie
Board of County Commissioners
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Chanute
Commission
Shaw Bridge
Rittencure Investment Co
National Securities Co
Lucas Eisen and
Wackarla
Stockyards National Bank
Wichita
Mitchell would accept GOP vice presidential nomination
Secretary of Labor James P. Mitchell said he would accept the Republican vice presidential nomination if offered, but he emphasized he is not a candidate for vice president. The statement was reported from Houston, Texas.
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Houston, Tex
James P. Mitchell
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
John B. Connally
Johnson Citizens Committee
LeRoy Collins
Florida
Collins
Wheat Harvest Nears End With High Yields
Four county elevators report 90 to 95 percent of the wheat harvest completed. Yields vary 15 to 60 bushels per acre with most around 30 to 40. Moisture and test weights run high, with values in Neosho County near 2.4 million dollars on about 48 000 acres at 32 bushels per acre.
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Neosho County
Chanute
Thayer
Erie
Humboldt
Elsmore
Woodson County
Ted Wary
Yates Center
Eli
Wary
Dan Pherigo
Wilson County
Fredonia
Pherigo
Cars Damaged In 2 Crashes
Police investigated two accidents causing a total estimated $550 damage. At 8:55 a.m. in the alley between 5S Highland and Evergreen, John Engels and Marjorie Zillner collided causing $50 and $200 damage respectively. Zillner paid a $5 bond for no license. At 12:53 p.m. on Evergreen north of Main, Richard Ligi and William Benson collided for $200 and $100 damage. A third report noted damage to a foreign car’s left front door on S Lincoln yesterday.
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Highland
Evergreen
John Engels
Savenburg
Marjorie Zillner
W. 6Th
Engels
Zillner
Ford
Livingston
Benson
John K. Blackwood
W. 3Rd
S. Lin‘jcol
100 Remain in Bomb Shelters Awaiting Prophesied Attack
In Benson Arizona about 100 members of the Full Gospel Assembly sheltered underground awaiting a prophesied Soviet atomic attack. Police broke into hiding places with warrants and found multi level trap doors. The head of the house Glenn Scott said they were obeying civil defense guidance and would respond if more time passed. Police set barricades to prevent vandalism and burglary.
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Benson, Ariz
Full Gospel Assembly
Arizona
Scott
Soviet Union
United States
Fred Talmadge
Talmadge
Navy works to raise blimp wreck off New Jersey coast
Salvage ships moved in as the Navy sought to recover the airship that buckled and sank off Barnegat Inlet. Seventeen missing and feared entombed. one crewman killed and three rescued. Survivor Antonio Contreras described a 300 foot flight before a nose-down impact and no ditch alarm.
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Lakehurst
N.J
Navy
New Jersey
Coast Guard
Barnegat Inlet
F. N. Klein Jr
Fleet Airship Wing No. 1
Klein
A.E.M
Antonio Contreras
Geronimo
Tex
Contreras
Kennedy Tries to Win California Delegation on First Ballot
Kennedy backers press California to abstain or switch on the first roll call. Governor Brown reportedly holds out while Lt. Gov. Anderson backs Adlai Stevenson signaling possible early release of California votes. Johnson supporters resist changes though rules discussions remain cautious as convention strategy unfolds.
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Los Angeles
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
California
Edmund G. Brown
Kennedy
Brown
William A. Munnell
California State Central Committee
Munnel
Glenn M. Anderson
Adlai
E. Stevenson
Anderson
Calfornia
David L. Lawrence
Pennsylvania
Senate
Settlement Reached in Wasson Case for $10,000
An out-of-court settlement of $10,000 was approved in district court in Erie involving Betty Wasson, Walter Poor, and the Freeto Grading Co. The suit followed a collision near Earlton in which Betty Wasson's husband Harold D. Wasson was injured and later died. Costs were assessed against the defendant.
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Erie
Betty Wasson
Walter Poor
Freeto Grading Co
Collison
Earlton
Harold D. Wasson
Fatal Crash Near Seneca Claims Baileyville Farmer
Aloysiures H. Dalinghaus a 52 year old farmer from near Baileyville died after a collision between his pickup and an automobile at the county road and Highway K187 junction near Seneca.
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Seneca
Eas ‘Ap
Aloysiures H. Dalinghaus
Baileyville
Trucker Killed in Liberal Gravel Pit Accident
W T Cothron 62 of Liberal was killed Wednesday while greasing a dump truck at a gravel pit when the truck bed dropped and crushed his chest.
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Liberal, Kas
W. T. Cothron
Liberal
Cothron
Deaf mute Patricia Conrad drowns near home
Deaf and mute Patricia Conrad, nine, wandered from her Earlton home and drowned in an eight foot pond Wednesday. The AP report notes she was found in the water after wandering away.
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Earlton
N.Y
Patricia Conrad
Traffic Fatalities Log For Topeka 1960 Compared To 1959
Kansas traffic death log shows 24 hours to 9 am record of 237 fatalities in 1960 versus 278 in the comparable 1959 period. Data reflects Topeka area counts within the statewide figures.
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Topeka
Kansas
Picketing Over Segregation At Jayhawk Plunge Pool
Anti segregationist picketing surrounds the privately owned Jayhawk Plunge in Lawrence Kansas as debate over integration intensifies. Pool operator Mrs Bertha Nottberg reports a three fourths membership vote against integration and says she may sell to the city or to the LPD at book value.
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Lawrence, Kas
Jayhawk
Bertha Nottberg
Lawrence
Lawrence League For
Harry Shaffer
LPD
University of Kansas
League
Virginia Titus
Clifford Ketzel
Kansas University
Nottberg
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Metallurgical Workers Congress
Chanute Tribune
Mitchell
Wasser
Gale McMillen
L. L. Round Farm
Glenn Scott
Joseph J. Saniuk
Lakewood
Omaha
Neb
Wasson
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