Friendly Chanute Welcomes Visitor and Calf Chase
Shaunce Gillum, visiting from Carthage Missouri, found Chanute a friendly town. Neighbors helped him locate the Gillum home and later chased a loose 300 to 400 pound calf across Allen Street with police assistance, ending back at the Gillum yard. Shaunce praised the town’s neighborly spirit.
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Shaunce
Carl Gillum
W. 14Th
Carthage
Chanute
Gillum
Allen
Gillum Yard
Public Bomb Shelter Completed in Topeka
The first public tomb shelter in Topeka is finished under a new building at the Mid-America Fair Grounds. The shelter measures 24 feet by 90 feet and can protect about 200 people. It has a two foot thick reinforced concrete ceiling, 16 inch concrete walls, emergency water and power, and a decontamination entrance.
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Topeka
Mid-America Fair Grounds
No Weekend Deaths In Kansas Traffic
Kansas drivers faced a murder free weekend on the state highways with no fatalities recorded. The State Safety Department noted this marked only the third weekend without a highway fatality this year and cited the weekends of January 21-22 and March 25-26 as other no death periods.
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Kansas
Topeka
State Safety Department
Rusk Weighs Berlin Strategy Meeting Plan
Secretary of State Rusk considers a meeting of Western foreign ministers in Paris next month to review the Berlin crisis and craft a joint strategy. The move follows strong Republican support for a firm U S stance and possible expansion of defense funding.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
Berlin
Rusk
Paris
Sen
Styles Bridges
R-N.h
Kennedy
West Berlin
Bridges
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Western Powers reply on Berlin German problem noted
The United States delivered Kennedy's reply to Khrushchev's German Berlin memorandum, followed by France and Britain. contents not disclosed. All three insist on maintaining rights in West Berlin and a continued Western garrison. Khrushchev proposed an immediate peace conference to fix borders and make West Berlin a demilitarized free city, with possible interim steps if talks stalled.
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Moscow
United States
Kennedy
Khrushchea
Berlin
Washington
U.S
Khrushchev
Vienna
Germany
West Berlin
Soviet Union
East Germany
West Germany
Britain
France
Salina Twister Triggers Nuisance Damage Near Atlas Missile Site
A Salina area tornado caused mainly nuisance damage at Atlas Missile Site 20 miles west of Salina. A security fence and an engineer's shack slated for destruction were blown down. Damage not to exceed 5000 dollars. Carneiro near Salina lost electricity and telephone service briefly.
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Salina
Kan
Kansas City Boy Drowns Near Horton
Danny Bailey, 12, of Kansas City drowned at Mission Lake when his boat collided with another motor craft. James H. McCord of Topeka diving to help could not find him. body recovered nine minutes later. The boy, son of Mr and Mrs Frank Ballou, was warming his father’s outboard. The speedboat regatta was canceled after the accident.
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Horton
Kan
Danny Bailey
Kansas City
Misson Lake
James H. McCord
Topeka
Danny
Frank Ballou
Grissom Named As U S Second Man In Space Mission
Air Force Captain Virgil I Grissom a veteran of Korea was chosen as the astronaut for the United States second man in space. If planned the 825 a month test pilot will launch from Cape Canaveral around 7 am aboard Liberty Bell 7. Glenn would be the backup pilot and Shepard will handle cockpit communications. Weather and countdown progress were reported favorable.
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Fla
Air Force
Virgil I. Grissom
Korea
United States
Atlantic Ocean
Grissom
John H. Glenn Jr
New Concord
Ohio
Shepard
Scott Carpenter
Glenn
Donald Slayton
Luuneh
Slayton
Walter Schirra
Gordon Cooper
Caribbean
Space
Yuri A. Gagarin
Earth
Gagarin
U.S. Navy
Alan B. Shepard Jr
780 Cartons of Cigarettes Stolen in Erie
Neosho County Sheriff Jerry Sloan reported the theft of 780 cartons from Olson Super Market in Erie. Entry was gained by breaking a rear window, and a failed safe attempt left a smaller safe with about $2,000 in checks. cigarettes and a small amount of change were taken.
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Erie
Olson
Neosho County
Jerry Sloan
Sloan
Kennedy to decide on reserve call within days
President Kennedy weighs calling in reserves and National Guardsmen to boost military readiness. A White House review is due midweek with a final decision possible by Tuesday during talks with Democratic leaders. Pentagon cites readiness and a broad global outlook guiding the move.
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Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mansfield
Berlin
Kennedy
Washington
Roswell L. Gilpatrick
Pentagon
White House
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Congress
Traffic Fatalities Rise in Kansas 1961 Compared to 1960
Kansas data shows 48 hours to nine am during July 19 period in 1961 with 285 fatalities compared to 261 in the 1960 period. Both fatalities occurred earlier. Traffic records indicate a rising trend in early morning incidents.
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Topeka
Kansas
Two Farm Homes Burglarized Near Humboldt
Sheriff B E Lorance reports two farm homes near Humboldt were burglarized Saturday night between 7 and 9 p m. The Foster home two miles south, Frevele home one fourth mile north, and Barnett home north of Humboldt were affected with items stolen including a sewing machine a 21 inch TV set and an electric sweeper. An attempted entry at Barnett was foiled when a car was observed in the drive. Investigators from the Highway Patrol and Kansas Bureau of Investigation assisted.
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Humboldt
Allen County
B. E. Lorance
Donald Foster
T. O. Frevele
Robert Barnett
Lorance
Foster
Frevele
Barnett
Coffeyville
The
Highway Patrol
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Water Show Entries Due for Chanute Contest
Entries are now being accepted for the Prince and Princess contest at the annual Chanute Red Cross Water Show. Ages three to six are eligible. Register at the Red Cross office in the Memorial Building. The show is set for July 26 at 6 30 p.m. at the Chanute Municipal Pool. Races are open to participants in the water safety program, including youths from nearby towns and rural Neosho County.
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Chanute
Neosho County
Stueck Death Tests Await Coroner Ruling
Washington AP The coroner's office awaited further chemical tests to confirm Frederick Stueck's death by monoxide poisoning after he was found in his garage with a car exhaust hose. The 55 year old former Missouri Public Service Commission chairman and Republican appointee to the Federal Power Commission was to have a ruling by Tuesday or Wednesday.
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Washington
Frederick Stueck
Federal Power Commission
Stueck
Camilla
Richard L. Whelton
Missouri Public Service
FPC
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Cavern Search For Two Explorers In Indiana Flooded Cave
State police skindivers hunted a narrow limestone cavern near Orleans Indiana for two Indiana University graduate students Ralph Moreland Jr 25 Knox and Tom Arnold 22 Peru trapped overnight after a flash flood. Water filled the entrance and the underground passage sloped five miles with currents strong as showers dumped up to two inches of rain.
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Orleans
Ind
Ralph §. Moreland Jr
Knox
Tom Arnold
Peru
Moreland
Arnold
Indiana University
Blind Group Elects Officers at Parsons
Barney O'Dette of Zion Illinois was elected president of the Pilot Guide Alumni Association at its 10th annual convention in Parsons. He succeeds Shelby Johnson of Parsons as head of the organization for blind persons and their guide dogs. The 1962 convention will be held at Waukegan Illinois.
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Parsons
Kas
Barney O'Dette
Zion, Ill
Pilot Guide Alumni Association
O'Dette
Shelby Johnson
Waukegan
Ill
Topeka Church Buys New Site
Members of the first Christian Church of Topeka voted to buy a building site in southwest Topeka. The present downtown church was badly damaged by fire last February, and the church will attempt to sell its current property.
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Topeka
First Christian Church of
Vote Record of Kansans Across Recent Roll Calls
AP summarizes how Kansas members of Congress voted on key roll calls. Senate amendments passed 56-34 with Carlson and Schoeppel opposing. another amendment passed 53-35 with Carlson and Schoeppel for. a third 68-12 extended the alien orphan adoption program with Schoeppel for and Carlson not voting. House passage 278-22 created Cape Cod national seashore area with Av ery Ellsworth Shriver for Breeding for, Dole and McVey for Republicans.
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Washington
Kansas
Congress
Senate
Advisory Commission On International Educational and Cultural Affairs
Carlson
Schoeppel
FBI
House
Cape Cod National Seashore Area
Massachusetts
Avery, Ellsworth and Shriver
Breeding
Dole and McVey
Ty Cobb Dies at 74 in Atlanta Hospital
Ty Cobb former Detroit Tigers star known as the Georgia Peach died in Emory University Hospital Atlanta at age 74 after multiple hospitalizations in the past two years.
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Atlanta
Ty Cobb
Georgia Peach
Detroit Tiger
Emory University Hospital
Wiltse Tip Winner Named In Altoona News Tip Contest
Mrs. Dale Wiltse of R. J. Altoona won last week's Tribune news tip contest for reporting a truck accident north of Altoona injuring two Iowa men treated at Neosho Memorial Hospital. The Tribune will announce this week’s winner next Monday.
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Dale Wiltse
The
Tribune
Weather Forecast Delivers Hot, Unstable Kansas Outlook
The forecast calls for generally warm conditions through Tuesday with little temperature change. Highs reach the 90s in most areas, with 100-degree readings possible in western Kansas. tops reach 88 at Fabres Air Force Base and around Garden City and Hill City. Thunderstorm activity remains north of Kansas today and tonight, with possible northeastern intrusions and local storms on Tuesday. Damaging hail and wind were reported Saturday night from Washington to Ellsworth and Saline counties.
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Topeka
Kansas
Fabres Air Force Base
Garden City
Hill City
Weather Bureau
Washington County
Ellsworth
Saline Counties
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