Ten Years Since Kansas Flood Devastation Remains Fresh
Ten years after the 1951 flood across eastern Kansas and western Missouri residents recall high Neosho River surges that inundated Chanute and surrounding areas. The disaster prompted vast damages and emergency relief as engineers proposed floodways, reservoirs, and water conservation efforts.
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Topeka
Kansas
Missouri
Marais Des Cygnes
Neosho
Cottonwood
United States
Kansas River Basin
Kennedy Signals New Round of Soviet Disarmament Talks
President Kennedy ordered final instructions to John J. McCloy for a new round of negotiations with the Soviet Union to establish a summer international disarmament conference. Talks to begin in Moscow would decide time, place, and invited nations as Rusk and NSC members weigh Berlin crisis options.
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Washington
Kennedy
Soviet Union
John J. McCloy
Moscow
McCloy
Dean Rusk
U.S
Europe
More Troops Leave Kuwait
Britain ordered the withdrawal of more than 1,000 commandos and several hundred other troops from Kuwait. The pullout leaves 3,000 of the 5,000 forces that had been rushed in two weeks earlier at Kuwait's ruler Sheik Abdullah as-Salim as-Sabah request. The Arab League meeting heard Kuwait seek all British forces’ withdrawal if Iraq drops claims or if Arab forces replace them.
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Kuwait
Iraq
Britain
Sheik Abdullah as-Salim as-Sabah
The
Arab League
Cairo
League
United Arab Republic
Israel
U.A.R
Mohammed Hassan el Zayat
Cars Damaged In Traffic Mishap At Main And Plummer
Police reported a four o clock crash at Main and Plummer involving Robert F. Manley 15 and Maxine Hall 39. Hall’s Oldsmobile was struck from behind as she stopped for a stop sign. damage was $75 on Manley’s Mercury and $100 on Hall’s Olds. Manley’s parents were summoned for permitting a minor to drive in violation of license restrictions and posted a $10 bond.
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Main and
Plummer
Robert F. Manley
S. Tennessee
Maxine Hall
S. Larson
Hall
Manley
Coffeyville Firm Gowen Auto Parts Incorporates
Gowen Auto Parts Inc of Coffeyville completed incorporation proceedings with Charles D. Knapp named as resident agent. Authorized capitalization set at 25 000 dollars.
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Topeka
Gowen Auto Parts Inc
Coffeyville
Charles D. Knapp
Man Held for Fort Scott burglary linked suspect
Chanute police arrested Ray Ward of Pocahontas Arkansas about 7 30 PM on a panhandling charge and held him for investigation in Fort Scott. Ward said he had knowledge of the Fort Scott safe burglary that occurred June 30.
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Fort Scott
Chanute
Ray Ward
Pocahontas
Ark
Ward
Plaza Water Co. accused of improper payment to Highway Commission
Atty. Gen. William Ferguson said Plaza Water Co. of Junction City returned 9275 to the Highway Commission for an Interstate 70 bypass condemnation matter. Interest and related items brought the total to 11121.25. The case involved reimbursement for wells and relocated water lines, with the bureau of public roads not sharing in wells payments.
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Pera (Ap
William Ferguson
Plaza Water Co
Junction City
Highway Commission
Plaza
Commission
Ferguson
Highway Department
Bureau of Public Roads
Temporary rate hike approved by KCC in Kansas
The Corporation Commission approved a temporary 600000 dollar annual rate increase for Gas Service Co. covering 87 industrial customers in 30 Kansas communities. Rates will be collected under bond while awaiting the Federal Power Commission decision on permanent rates for gas. Cities Service Gas Co. sells Gas Service wholesale.
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Topeka
Gas Service Co
Kansas
Corporation Commission
Federal Power Commission
Service Gas Co
Engineman to Return to Cab After Mysterious Crash
Roanoke Virginia AP report says Ernest Howard, unconscious since July, expects to climb back into the locomotive cab next week still puzzled why his wife apparently drove their car in front of his speeding train. Police hold a note by Mrs. Howard and suggest the collision may not be an accident. No charges planned.
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Roanoke
Ernest
Howard
Salem
George Eades
State Hospitals Seek 24.1 Million Budget Increase
The Board of Social Welfare requests a total 24.1 million for state hospitals and training schools for the next fiscal year, a 2.7 million rise to be reviewed by the Budget Department and Gov. John Anderson before the 1962 legislative session. The plan allocates 919,800 for a new retirement program, 663,000 for 134 additional staff, and about 1 million for civil service pay increases.
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Topeka
Board of Social Welfare
John Anderson
George Jackson
Safari Museum reports 6132 visitors in first month
The Osa and Martin Johnson Safari Museum in S. Grant logged 6132 visitors in its first month, drawing patrons from most of the 50 states. The opening was at 2 p.m. June 11 and the period ended at 2 p.m. Tuesday.
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Osa and Martin Johnson
E. E. Rosenthal
Phillip Cooper
Three Chanute youths charged after lake attack
Police report three Chanute boys face juvenile charges for an assault at Elks Lake on A. G. Endsley. Endsley was struck with a rock but only suffered a minor cut. Officers arrested the trio as they walked toward town. The incident appears robbery motivated.
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Chanute
Elks Lake
A. G. Endsley
S. Rutter
Endsley
New Castle
Coronation Opens Wilson County Centennial in Altoona
Coronation of a queen opens Altoona Wilson County centennial events tonight with eight candidates. The queen will be crowned by William F. Hansen at 9 at the high school after a 7 band concert and 7:30 4-H revue. Morning events include muzzle loading and foot races.
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Altoona
Wilson County
William F. Hansen
Ball Park
KAKE seeks Garden City TV license from FCC
KAKE TV and Radio Inc of Wichita filed with the FCC for a new Garden City television station on Channel 9. The plan envisions serving Garden City Dodge City and Liberal regions with KAKE programming while Hoyt Telephone Co and Northern Kansas Telephone Co are cited in the local approvals process.
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Wichita
Garden City
Federal Communications Commission
Kake-Tv and Radio, Inc
Topeka
Hoyt Telephone Co
Hoyt
Dodge
Kansas
Lloyd Shank
Mark H
KCC
Northern
Con Adams
KAKE
Exchange
Rain Brings Mixed News Across Regions
Rain spreads from the Rockies to the Atlantic Coast changing the air to muggy warmth. Wet conditions reach Northern Plains cattle country with up to 0.42–0.49 inch locally. thunderstorms drop 5.3 inches in Texas and 3.13 inches in Birmingham. Fatal weather events blamed for several deaths, including drownings and a lightning-related crash near Angleton, near Houston.
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Associated Press
Rockies
Atlantic Coast
Plains
Dakotas
Jamestown
N.D
Dickinson
Texas
Birmingham
Ala
Federal Court Jury Convicts Dr. Soble
A New York federal court jury convicted Dr. Robert Soble of conspiring to spy for the Soviet Union during World War II. The panel of 12 deliberated about one hour and 11 minutes as Soble, ill with blood cancer, reacted to the verdict. He is brother to Jack Soble, jailed for 72 years since 1959 on related espionage charges.
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New York
Robert Soble
Soviet Union
Soble
Jack Soble
Erie parade, dances mark Soldiers and Sailors reunion
About 3 000 to 4 000 people attended last night’s Soldiers and Sailors reunion in Erie with a 5 PM parade, square dancing, and a long list of award winners across antique cars, horse drawn vehicles, beards, gowns, and youth dresses. The weeklong centennial continues tonight with queen selection and attendance from 16 candidates, culminating in a bean supper tomorrow hosted by Gov. John Anderson Jr. and a public dance at the Legion hall.
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Erie
Pauline Reynolds
R. E. Typer
LaHarpe
GMC
Harvey
Legion Hall
Berlin Crisis Deepens as West Rejects Soviet Rule
Paris reports President Charles de Gaulle warns the Soviet Union cannot settle Berlin’s fate alone and urges cooperation among Washington London and Paris. He accuses Moscow of threatening peace while preparing conditions for unilateral action and calls for shared responsibility and a return to cooperative talks.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
West
Soviet Union
Berlin
de Gaulle
Washington
London
Moscow
Germany
West Berlin refugee influx tests East German grip
Chancellor Adenauer said the heavy flow of refugees into West Berlin shows East Germany pressures and rising unacceptability of conditions there. He noted a panic, border controls, and altered money value driving people to seek services across the border.
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Konrad Adenauer
West Berlin
West Germany
Willy Brandt
East Germany
Berlin
East Berlin
West
Bonn
Adenauer
Khrushchev
Germany
Dean Rusk
Shift in Band Jobs
Wellington AP reports Lyle Dilley resigns after 1951 tenure as junior and senior high band director to become director of bands at Fort Hays State College in Hays.
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Wellington
Lyle Dilley
Fort Hays State College
Hays
Contractor Dies In Leavenworth At 69
LEAVENWORTH AP Leon hard L. Rafter 69, a widely known contractor, died today after about a year of illness. He headed the Rafter Construction Co. until retiring in 1959.
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Leavenworth
Leonhard L. Rafter
Rafter Construction Co
Pipeline oil runs in Kansas dip to 291,839 bpd
Wichita AP report shows Kansas crude throughput fell to 291,839 barrels per day for the week ended July 10, down 18,014 bpd from the prior week. The tally also trails the July allowable by 8,161 bpd, per Conservation Division estimates.
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Wichita
Kansas
Conservation Division
Weather Front Moves Through Kansas Bringing Light Rain
A new weather front moves into northwest Kansas with increased cloudiness statewide. Precipitation is projected mostly light and confined to western areas. Scattered showers fell midweek, Topeka 1.55 inches, Paola 1.06, with readings in the mid 80s expected today and lows around 35 to 65 tonight.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Paola
Reading
Collyer
Lawrence
Short Rations In Soviet WASHINGTON
Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey said Khrushchev faces staggering food shortages and is not ready to risk war over Berlin. He praised the West’s strength and unity while noting West Berlin’s concern but not panic as they rely on the West and themselves to defend freedom.
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Washington
S AP
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Khrushchev
Berlin
Humphrey
Senate
West
West Berlin
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