U S Officials Debate Defense Posture and Berlin Crisis
Secretary of State Rusk and Defense Chief McNamara push a fresh look at the US defense program amid rising Berlin tensions and the Khrushchev threat. Kennedy backs a new appraisal of fighting strength as analysts weigh mobilization options and NATO unity.
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Washington
Dean
Robert Rusk
So S. McNamara
Soviet Union
United
Rusk
Khrushour
Hew
Moscow
Na- Union
Kremlin
Kremlin In A Speech Prepared For A National Press Club
Kennedy
Berlin
Ken
McNamara
Roswell L. Gilpatric
Defense
Senate Appropriations
U.S
Eight Die in Rural Missouri Car Crash
In Sikeston Missouri a broadside collision at a rural intersection killed eight people and injured four others. Sam Jones 31 and Henry Lee Toles dazed but unhurt survived the night as 13 rode in the Jones car. Victims included Marshall Jamerson Sr his wife Henrietta Jamerson Jr and several children. Ardis Gaylen Eaken of Bell City drove the other car. Four Jones passengers were treated at Sikeston hospital.
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Sikeston
Missouri Highway Patrol
Sam Jones
Henry Lee Toles
Ardis Gaylen Eaken
Bell City
Marshall Jamerson Sr
Parma Mo
Henrietta
Marshall Jamerson Jr
Mitchell Jamerson
Jamersons
Judy Kay Early
Jamerson
Dianne Early
Pearline Toles
Henry Lee
Sikeston Hospital
Man on Tracks Killed by Train
A Burling ton passenger train struck and fatally injured Pablo Montoya, 60, of Kansas City, who was lying on the track after leaving Union Depot for Omaha. Montoya died at a hospital. engineer Jess Fortner said he sounded the whistle but Montoya could not move in time.
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Kansas City
Burlington
Union Depot
Omaha
Pablo Montoya
Montoya
Jess Fortner
St. Joseph
Fire damages at New Castle Cafe reach 9500 dollars
Contents loss in the New Castle Cafe fire Friday night is pegged at about 9500 dollars. Fire Chief C W Brennan says this excludes building and adjacent smoke damage which he has no estimates for yet. Alarm reporters Brian Haller 208 S Forest and Susan Heller 501 S Lincoln notified firemen after seeing the blaze.
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New Castle
C. W. Brennan
Brennan
Brian Haller
S. Forest
Susan Heller
S. Lincoln
July 10 Weather Declines With Record Low Readings
Kansas cities report record low temperatures for the date with Topeka at 53 and Manhattan similar. Cool Sunday highs ranged 76 to 87 across Dodge City to Russell, with light showers in the western third and minor moisture totals at Hill City and Goodland. Forecasts call for little change, slight warming Tuesday, and a five day run of below normal readings with possible light rain late Tuesday.
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Topeka
Kansas
Manhattan
Goodland
Dodge City
Russell
Hill City
Weather Bureau
Dog Helps Surveyors Measure Storm Drains
Gretchen the 15 pound dachshund works with Dean Salazar in Redondo Beach to measure underground storm drains. A tape is attached to her collar and she traverses pipes, delivering measurements about 75 percent faster than workers. Her figures match contractor estimates on about 20 projects with ice cream as pay.
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Gretchen
Salazar
237 Die Missing In Ship Disaster Off Mozambique
The Portuguese Maritime Ministry reports 237 dead or missing from the grounded and burning transport Save. Of 490 aboard including a 44 man crew, 253 were saved as explosions ripped the hull. Survivors were ferried to Beira and Lourenco Marques amid search efforts.
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Lourenco Marques
Mozambique
Maritime Ministry
Mozambique Channel
Africa
Linde
Beira
Save
Chanute duo held after theft of chain saws
A Chanute man and a juvenile were in custody for investigation into the theft of a chainsaw from a farm northwest of town reported by John Erickson on July 1. No charges yet. They also face questions about a second chainsaw theft in Woodson County. The juvenile allegedly implicated two other youths now in California. The Erickson saw was recovered while the other was reportedly sold in Missouri.
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Chanute
John Erickson
Woodson County
California
Erickson
Missouri
Alarm Missile Fails To Lift From Pad
The United States first attempt to launch the Midas III missile alarm satellite failed to lift from its pad at Point Arguello California. The 98 foot projectile ignited briefly at 8 59 am creating a flame and smoke but rested undamaged on the Atlas booster pad after a purge of liquid oxygen.
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Rusk
United States
Kennedy
Free World
U.N
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Congress
Midas
Air Force
Midas I
Midas II
Point Arguello
Calif
Russia
Midas Ll
Los Angeles
Abilene Girl Killed In Traffic Accident
Abilene teenager Carol Ann Bezdeck, 16, died when her car overturned on U S 77 south of Herington after attempting to pass a slow vehicle. Passenger David Stevens Schmidt of Woodbine sustained minor injuries and was treated and released.
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Herington
Kas
Carol
Ann Berdeck
Abilene
U. S. 77
David Stevens Schmidt
Woodbine
Herington Hospital
Miss Bezdeck
George Bezdeck
Traffic Fatalities Reach Kansas Toll Over July Period
In Kansas during July 1961 the AP reports traffic deaths and injuries with 279 injuries and 252 injuries in the comparable 1960 period. William N. Lawrence, 56, of Wichita, died Sunday night from injuries suffered June 1 in a traffic accident.
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Wichita
William N. Lawrence
Boating Accident Fatal to Whitten
James Whitten aged 49 a prominent Shawnee County stockman died in a farm lake boating accident near Auburn Kansas He was thrown from a boat with his brother Allen and nephew Donald Claussen age 4 The child was rescued by Whitten s wife and James Whitten died after assisting the boy An artificial respiration attempt followed the swift recovery of the body
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Auburn
Kas
James Whitten
Shawnee County
Whitten
Allen
Donald Claussen
Petunia Photo Wins Tribune News Tip Contest
Mrs. Raymond Pierpont wins $3 tip prize for a photo of petunias growing from asphalt at the First National Bank drive-in in Chanute. The winner, featuring Mark Haight, was published in Friday's Tribune. Tips can be sent by Chanute area residents for future contests with contact numbers provided.
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Petunias
First National Bank
E. First
Raymond Pierpont
Mark Haight
Jack Haight
S. Kan Sas
Tribune
Chanute
The
HEI
Minnesota Crash Fatal to Kansan
Mrs. Helen Burgess 63 of Lawrence Wisconsin was killed and nine injured in a two car collision at an intersection in Kimball Minnesota. Edwin T Burgess her husband and a Lawrence junior high teacher was listed in good condition in a St. Cloud hospital. Injured in the other car were Mr and Mrs John Shelstad and their six children from Kenyon Minnesota.
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Kimball, Minn
Helen Burgess
Lawrence
Fas
Kimball
Burgess
Edwin T. Burgess
St. Cloud
Minn
John E. Shelstad l
Kenyon
House questions Kansas share of dam costs
House Appropriations members press that Kansas guarantee payment of its portion before federal dam work proceeds in Milford Perry and John Redmond projects. Army engineers cite state assurances as adequate though some lawmakers push withholding federal funds until firm reimbursement commitments are documented.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Kansas
Army
John R. Pillion
R-Nly
Carl Anderson
D-Minn
John Taber
Taber
Kansas Water Resources Board
Milford Reservoir
Perry Reservoir
Delaware River
Jin John Redmond
iNeosho River
Anderson
Pillion
William R. Shuler
Missouri River Division
Milford
Perry
John Redmond
Kennedy
Topeka
Robert L. Smith
Smith
Congress
Fire Run To Carl Stone Farm
The fire department responded to a gasoline fire at the Carl Stone farm ten miles on old highway K39 on Saturday afternoon. Firemen said gasoline spilled while filling a tractor from a 300 gallon tank ignited when the tractor started, causing damage to wiring and paint.
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Carl Stone
K39
Cars Damaged In Accidents
Police investigated several minor traffic mishaps including a 3:30 p.m. Saturday collision at Main and Highland involving Mrs. Mahlon Morley and Donald L. Turner with bumper and fender damage. Also noted were fender and grille damages from a 7th and Plummer collision involving Mrs. Ted Wingard and Tom Pate. Additional reports mention a backed car denting a vehicle at Highland Park ball diamond and a two car collision between here and Humboldt with slight damage.
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Main and
Highland
Mahlon Morley
Tennessee
Donald L. Turner
Kansas City
Chrysler
Ted Wingard
Independence
Tom Pate
S. Highland
Plummer
Plymouth
Bill Schupbach
R. J
Don Neely
Earlton
Highland Park
Schupbach
Orville Huffman
Chanute
Here 1
Humboldt
Centennial Week Events Mark Altoona Celebration
Altoona hosts a three day Wil son County centennial with a Miss Centennial pageant eight candidates from eight towns and a parade Friday featuring a National Guard color guard ponies wagons and bands. Other events include muzzle loading archery old costume judging and a covered wagon parade and picnic gatherings.
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Altoona
Wilson County
Footprints and Clothing Spur Desolate Mesa Search
Footprints and a bundle of clothing found on Polar Mesa spur a search for Dennise Sullivan 15 of Rockville Conn abducted a week earlier by Abel Aragon 35 of Price Utah a WWII hero who killed her mother. Investigators linked Aragon to the kidnaping and the slaying of Jeannette Sullivan 41. Boothroyd 55 wounded but recovering.
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Moab
Utah
Dennise Sullivan
Rockville
Conn
Salt Lake City Tribune
Polar Mesa
Tribune
Nathan Ince
Abel B. Aragon
Price
Pratt Woman Elected Demo Vice Chairman
Mrs. Marie Vickers of Pratt was elected vice chairman of the Kansas Democratic Party at a Sunday meeting with 30 of over 200 state committee members present. Afterward the party held a closed session to discuss "how to win elections" per state chairman John Montgomery.
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Topeka
Marie Vickers
Pratt
Kansas Democratic Party
John Montgomery
JFK Returns To Capital After Hyannis Port Rest
President Kennedy returned to Washington from a weekend at Hyannis Port Massachusetts. Jacqueline Kennedy accompanied him and arranged a state dinner in Mt Vernon for Pakistan's visiting president. The First Family plans a busy White House schedule with the children aging.
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Washington
R AP
Kennedy
Hyannis Port
Mass
White House
Jacqueline
Mt. Vernon
Pakistan
Paris
Vienna
Caroline
John Jr
Hyannis
Adv
MoPac Derails In Lindsborg
Missouri Pacific main line between Kansas City and Colorado was rerouted Sunday after a derailment occurred in Lindsborg Kansas. Local service disruption affected through trains and freight movements along the line managed by AP.
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Lindsborg
Kan
Missouri Pacific
Kansas City
Colorado
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