Left Hand Pitch Left Hand Pitch Robert Rue Leads Stuttgart Concerts
music teacher Robert A Rue of Royster Junior High, on leave from Grossmont district, conducts Stuttgart Civic Chorus and Orchestra during German American friendship celebrations. The 150-member ensemble has given 17 concerts across Stuttgart, with Rue’s family also performing. they plan to return to San Diego in August to resume duties at Helix High School.
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Robert A. Rue
Royster Junior High School
Germany
Rue
Stuttgart Civic Chorus
Stuttgart
Kue
Great
America
Great Britain
Grossmont
San Diego
Helix
Laughton Prepares For Senator Role
Charles Laughton visited the Senate gallery in Washington to study the atmosphere for his film role as a Southern senator in Advise and Consent. He sought the right accent and reported he had found it, though he declined naming the senator whose voice he would imitate.
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Washington (Ap
Charles Laughton
Senate
Laughton
Weather forecast for Topeka and Kansas weekend
The Topeka forecast calls for mostly fair weather and comfortable temperatures. Expect maxes in the 80s today, rising to around 90 Sunday, with lows near 70 tonight. readings show 57 to 69 this morning. Barometer 29.1 inches, precipitation yesterday 0.65 inch.
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Topeka
Kansas
Frey
Goodland
Wamego
Medicine Lodge
Manhattan
Dodge City
Soviet Veto Halts Plan To Guarantee Kuwait Independence
In New York the U N Security Council failed to resolve the Iraq Kuwait dispute as a Soviet veto blocked a British proposal to guarantee Kuwait’s independence. The UAE R proposed immediate withdrawal of British troops, but only UAE R, Soviet Union and Ceylon backed it. Britain pulled 250 guards from Kuwait and moved them to Bahrain while maintaining nearly 5,000 troops on the ground. The council will stay in a watchdog role amid the stalemate and Middle East tension.
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N.Y
Security Council
Iraq-Kuwait
United Nationso
United Arab Republic
Iraq
L-Nation Council
U.A.R
Soviet Union
Ceylon
Britain
Kuwait
Bahrain
Persian Gulf
Sheik Abdullah as-Salim as-Sabah
Middle East
Council
Leopoldo Benites
Ecuador
Swim Classes Begin Monday for Chanute Youths
Red Cross water safety chairman Mrs. Carl Ranabarger said swimming classes for Chanute youths start Monday, 9 a.m. to noon for two weeks, with handicapped swimmers beginning July 31 at 10 a.m. Parents urging to return applications to the Red Cross Chapter office in the Memorial building. The county youth program ended June 30 with nearly 350 participants from towns outside Chanute and Neosho County rural areas. A water show is tentatively set for 6:30 p.m. July 26.
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Red Cross
Chanute
Carl Ranabarger
Memorial Building
Cha!o Nute
Neosho County
Fire at New Castle Damages Main Street Cafe Extensively
A fire destroyed the interior of the New Castle Cafe at 9 East Main last night, causing heavy smoke damage to adjacent Harmon Jewelry and Don McCune clothing stores. Fire Chief Brennan labeled it the worst blaze in the Main Street area since 1951, with several neighboring offices and shops impacted.
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New Castle
Nelson Stone
Stone
Tribune
E. Main
C. W. Brennan
Main Street
Don Porter
Brennan
Freight Train Strikes Ammunition Truck in Oklahoma
A freight train hit a trailer truck loaded with Air Force ammunition at the north edge of Miami Oklahoma. Two people suffered minor injuries as live 20 millimeter shells spilled along the tracks for about 60 yards and an Army ordnance team from Ft Sill collected the ammunition.
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Miami
Okla
Air Force
Ted Goss
John FE. Torbett
Denison
Tex
R. H. Newton
Army
Ft. Sill
Lawton
Delay in Senate On Wheat Vote
The Senate voted to delay until August 25 a referendum by wheat growers on any control program Congress may later develop. The action would revise a law requiring the referendum by July 25 and the bill moves to the House for expected agreement.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
House
Traffic Death Toll Report For Topeka Log
Kansas traffic death log shows 0 fatalities in the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Saturday. July through 1961 record tallies include 276 deaths, compared with 247 in the comparable 1960 period.
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Topeka
Kansas
Two City Employees Resign Over Unethical Conduct
Kansas City AP reports two city employees resigned at the urging of City Manager Robert P Weatherford for actions deemed unethical. Paul W. Darling 63 chief building inspector and Claudia Fern Swiss 44 zoning clerk allegedly supplied a fire escape firm with names of residents ordered to install escapes. Weatherford said the conduct was unethical though the city counselor found no criminal liability.
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Kansas City
Robert P Weatherford
Weatherford
Paul W. Darling
Claudia Fern Swiss
Darling
Antique Aircraft Arrive for Wichita Centennial Fly-In
Antique aircraft have begun arriving at Wichita Municipal Airport for the Kansas Centennial celebration. Members of the Antique Aircraft Association from six states are expected to join the weekend fly-in with exhibits daily from 1 to 5 p.m. Trophies funded by Wichita aircraft firms will be awarded to class winners. Robert L. Taylor of Oskaloosa, Iowa, presides over the national organization.
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Wichita
Wichita Municipal
Kansas
88th Erie Reunion Opens Monday in Kansas centennial year
The 88th Soldiers and Sailors Reunion in Erie begins Monday with a free barbecue at the courthouse lawn serving at 5 30 p m. A week of events follows including dances, parades, a 4 H square dance contest, Golden Clippers exhibition, centennial queen selection, and Bean Night with Gov. John Anderson Jr. presiding and delivering a 5 45 p m address.
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Erie
Soldiers and Sailors
Courthouse
John Anderson Jr
American Legion Hall
Legion Hall
Kansas
Ex-Marine linked to Utah murder kidnapper kills self
Able B Aragon a 36 year old ex Marine who earned the Navy Cross shot himself when confronted by FBI agents at Crescent Junction Utah after authorities tied him to the highway murder of Denise Sullivan 15 and the kidnapping of her mother Jeanette Sullivan 41 and other related incidents. The suspect had rammed the Sullivan car and was pursued by agents who demanded he exit his vehicle. Aragon died two hours after the confrontation. Officers connected his vehicle to the crime through license plate clues and witness reports.
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Moab
Utah
FBI
Connecticut
Able B. Aragon
Here
Denise Sullivan
Denise
Jeanette Sullivan
Charles Boothroyd
Badlands
Boothroyd
Aragon
Crescent Junction
Heber Clegg
Lightning strikes hurt four at Ft. Benning training range
Four Army recruits died and fifteen others were injured when a lightning bolt struck a tree and splintered into a rifle-range group at Ft. Benning Georgia during basic training. Names identified include Melvin C. White Jr James Whitaker Billy Case bolt and Donald Dinardo.
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FT. Benning
Martin Army Hospital
Pio
Melvin C. White, Jr
Macon
James E. Whitaker
New Paltz
N.Y
Billy
Burglars Net $750 Loot From Farm Home
Sheriff reports a burglary at the Henry Broughton farm home three four miles north of Hill Crest School. Thieves took $250 cash from a small box and household articles valued over $500, including a TV, radio, silverware, sewing machine, appliances, a shotgun, two rifles, pistol and three watches. Undersheriff Lester Marts noted the Broughtons left at 7 p.m. and returned to find the break in two to three hours later.
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Henry Broughton
Hillcrest School
Erie
Lester Marts
Broughtons
Marts
Joplin Man Perishes In Fire At Home
Elmer Ridenour 42 died in a fire that gutted his one story stone home seven miles east of Joplin. He was alone in the house when the blaze broke out around 1 am. His son Lawrence 15 was visiting a neighbor. Mrs. Ridenour and two daughters were visiting in Brownell Kansas. The cause of the blaze was not determined. Ridenour had moved to the Joplin area earlier that year and worked as an electrician. The family formerly lived in Kansas City.
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Donbox
Alason
Joplin
Elmer Ridenour
Ridenour
Lawrence
Brownell
Kan
Kansas City
Wells
Kansas Penitentiary
Hickock
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Faithful urged to observe July 16 as Cuba prayer day
St Louis July 16 designated as a special day of prayer for Cuba by Joseph Cardinal Ritter. The request was issued to the 12 million members of the National Federation of Sodalities of Our Lady.
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ST. Louis
National Federation of Sodalities of Our Lady
Joseph Cardinal Ritter
Cuba
Safe Landing After Plane Trouble
A Braniff Airways twin engine plane with 15 passengers and a crew of three landed safely at Municipal Airport in Kansas City after trouble in the landing gear. Capt. Walter Pate said a cap blew from a hydraulic system cylinder and instruments showed the issue occurred between Oklahoma City and Wichita. Flight 338 from Dallas to Kansas City had stopped in Oklahoma City and a Wichita stop was bypassed. The landing gear lowered and locked under its own weight.
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Kansas City
Braniff Airways
Municipal Airport
Walter Pate
Kan
Oklahoma City
Wichita
Dallas
Tex
Pate
Wounds Prove Fatal to Detroit Teenager
Arletha Payton a 15 year old of Detroit died from wounds suffered June 28 when her father Jesse Payton 59 mistook her for a prowler and shot on the family porch. Police called the shooting accidental.
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Detroit
Arletha Payton
Arletha
Jesse Payton
Kansas Supreme Court Upholds Clutter Murders Convictions
The Kansas Supreme Court affirmed the death sentences of Richard Hickock and Perry Smith for the Clutter family killings near Holcomb. The ruling found no plain error in the Finney County trial, noting evidence from confessions, forensic links, and a nationwide manhunt that led to arrests in Las Vegas and Mexico City. The case drew national attention due to Clutter family prominence and the brutality of the crime.
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Topeka
Kansas Supreme Court Today
Richard Eugene Hickock
Perry Edward Smith
Clutter
Finney County District Court
Herbert Clutter
Nancy Mae
Kenyon
Jay Parker
Clutters
Holcomb
Kas
Hickock
Smith
Supreme Court Court
Kansas
National Wheat Growers Association
Federal Farm Credit Board
Eisenhower
Wells
Las Vegas
Nev
Mexico City
Shortage of Wheat For Decorations in Kansas
In Wichita a decorative wheat shortage emerges as Kansas Wheat Commission official Pat Talbott searches for uncut, pretty wheat for hair ornaments corsages wreaths and centerpieces. Harvest is largely complete except in the far northwest, and show attendees want material for craft pieces despite a surplus talk.
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Wichita
Kan
Pat Talbott
Kansas Wheat Commission
Kansas
Kennedy Flags Germany Talk During Nantucket Weekend
President Kennedy continues a summer retreat at Hyannis Port with a German Berlin discussion joined by top advisers Dean Rusk Robert McNamara and General Maxwell Taylor. A Western alliance response to Khrushchev’s Berlin aims remains drafted for Paris NATO and Moscow review. Kennedy plans a weekend stay with Mrs Kennedy and children as talks unfold ashore and on a cabin cruiser.
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Masc
Kennedy
Nantucket Sound
Germany
Berlin
Pierre Salinger
White House
Dean Rusk
Robert S. McNamara
Maxwell D. Taylor
Marlin
Salinger
Khrushchev
Paris
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Moson
East Germany
United States
West Belin
Oon
Cape Cod
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