Parachute Failure Sends Woman 2500 Feet to Lake
Lois Ann Frotten, 20, Hyannis operator, survived a 2500 foot fall after her parachute failed to open over a lake in Marstons Mills Massachusetts. She suffered a cut nose and two minor spinal fractures but was in good condition at Cape Cod Hospital with her mother at her bedside.
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Marstons Mills
Mass
Lois Ann Frotten
Cape Cod Hospital
Hyannis
Miss Frotten
John Burke
West Yarmouth
John L. LaRoche
Burke
Scott Connell
Connell
Fred ‘Whitely
Whitely
Jack L. LaRoche
Watertown
Sky Diving
Above-average area shows strong buying in national study
Neosho County earns an 8 percent above national average in Sales Management report on buying power with retail sales totaling 24.679 million and net income of 29.833 million, reflecting a surge late in 1961 after a recession.
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New York
Neosho County
Trucks Crash At Buffalo
A non injury crash occurred near Buffalo on US 75 last night when a 1950 Ford pickup driven by Viola Sugden turned left into a Buffalo street and was struck by a 1955 International truck pulling a semitrailer loaded with 17.4 tons of building stone driven by James R. McCarthy of Lincoln Nebraska. The pickup carried Mrs. Dan Markham. both vehicles were northbound. Damage totaled about $125 with some damage to the stone load.
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Buffalo
Wilson County
Bill Cunningham
Viola Sugden
James R. McCarthy
Lincoln
Neb
Dan Markham
Cunningham
Sugden
McCarthy
Chamber tour of Oklahoma City facilities postponed
The planned tour of industrial facilities in Oklahoma City by the new industry committee of the Chamber of Commerce has been rescheduled to later in the fall. Chamber secretary Joe Melnyk said vacation conflicts among committee members caused the postponement and few participants were available tomorrow.
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Oklahoma City
New Industry Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Joe Melnyk
Out-of-Area Mental Aid Approved
Humboldt area approves extending mental health services to out-of-county residents with policy for accepting patients as staff time allows. Fees set at approximate cost per hour for non-participating counties. Center opened July 1 funded by a one-mill levy and thanks contributors including Victory Home Demonstration Unit and Allen County Mental Health Association.
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Humboldt
Allen-Neosho Counties
Leila Myers
Neosho
Allen
Hayes City Manager Recovers From Ulcer Operation
City manager R. J. Hayes is reported to be recovering satisfactorily after undergoing a stomach ulcer operation yesterday at Kansas University Medical Center in Kansas City Kansas. He entered the center Monday and is expected to stay about two weeks with additional weeks of recuperation before resuming full duties.
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R. J. Hayes
Kansas University Medical Center
Kansas City
Kan
Hayes
Land
Reverend Hutchison Improves at Colorado Hospital
The condition of Rev. Ray J. Hutchison pastor of the First Baptist Church is improved today. He is a patient at Fort Carson Army Hospital in Colorado Springs where he was hospitalized with pneumonia during a Colorado vacation. Relatives report his temperature is back to normal and he rests better.
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Ray J. Hutchison
First Baptist Church
Hutchison
Fort Carson Army Hospital
Colorado Springs
Colo
Colorado
R. D. Worley
Monterrey Mariachi Los Ninos Performs in Chanute Gym
A Monterrey based youth mariachi Los Ninos performed last night at St. Patrick's Junior High gym to about 150 people. Members aged seven to 18, from Boys Town Mexico, were joined by Rev. Carlos Alvarez and four girls who sang and danced. The group, about 20 youngsters, was en route to Chicago and chose Chanute to stop after hearing of the annual Mexican Fiesta. They have toured the United States for two years, marking their first Chanute appearance.
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Monterrey
Mexico
St. Patrick's
Los Ninos
Carlos Alvarez
Chicago
Chanute
United States
Excavation Begins for Humboldt New Post Office
Excavation started Tuesday for the foundation of Humboldt’s new post office on New York Street in the 900 block. The cement block and brick building should be ready in about two months if conditions stay favorable. Commonwealth Construction Co. of Oklahoma City holds the contract with Ernest Mueller as foreman.
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Humboldt
Post Office
New York Street
Commonwealth Construction Co
Oklahoma City
Okla
Ernest Mueller
Tax Notices Mailed for Delinquent Personal Property
Erie county treasurer Freda C. Locke announced delinquent personal property taxes were mailed to 274 residents, 139 in Chanute and 135 elsewhere, totaling 11738.09 dollars. Second half due June 20 with warrants to sheriff if unpaid by August 15. real estate delinquents to be published after August 1 with publication costs added.
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Erie
Neosho County
Freda C. Locke
Chanute
Locke
Union Funds Cannot Pay for Officers Fraud Defenses
The U S Court of Appeals ruled unions may not use union paid attorneys or union funds to defend officers charged with fraud The decision orders in US District Court review to determine if union expenses for defense should be reimbursed The ruling stressed a union treasury is not for officers defense and counsel cannot represent both union and officers in fraud cases
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Washington
U.S. Court of Appeals
District Court
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters
Charles Fahey
Henry W. Edgerton
Wilbur K. Miller
Bers
Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Florida
International
Seymour J. Spelman
Joseph §. McCarthy
Coffeyville Driver Fined for Hit-and-Run and DWI
Grover Fitzpatrick, 28, of Coffeyville, pleaded guilty in city court to driving while intoxicated and leaving the scene of an accident. He received 36 days confinement in Erie county jail in lieu of 130 dollars in fines plus 5 dollars in costs. The 1955 Plymouth damaged in the incident was driven by Judy Ward at 12 10 p m in the 1400 block on S Santa Fe. A brown Jeep station wagon with left side damage was sought by police and later found by Trooper Dick White in Thayer.
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Coffeyville
Erie
Grover Fitzpatrick
S. Santa Fe
Judy Ward
S. Grant
Th Sheriff's Office
Highway Patrol
Dick White
Thayer
Antimissile Test Marks Historic Nike Zeus Intercept
The United States says the Nike Zeus antimissile successfully intercepted an Atlas ICBM launched from California, after a test from Kwajalein Island in the Pacific. The Defense Department noted an earlier test was not a complete success and declined to confirm similar Russian results.
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Washington
United States
Army
Kwajalein Island
Pacific
California
Defense Department
Pentagon
Department
Defense
Cherryvale Man Injured in Leap from Wichita Hospital
Benjamin Avey, 72, of Cherryvale, was reported in satisfactory condition after leaping from a third floor window at a Wichita hospital. He was found critically injured 30 feet below the window and underwent emergency surgery. Police said he was admitted July 6 for observation.
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Wichita (Ap
Benjamin Avey
Cherryvale
Wichita
John Worthen
Avey
Texas Probe Finds Henry Marshall Murdered Near Franklin
Texas DPS concluded Henry Marshall died as a murder near Franklin on June 3, 1961, not by his own action. Marshall, a federal Agriculture Department official, was investigating Billie Sol Estes cotton allotments when shot five times with a bolt action rifle. An autopsy revealed additional injuries and near lethal carbon monoxide exposure.
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Austin
Tex
Texas Department of Public Safety
Henry Marshall
Franklin
Marshall
Billie Sol Estes
Federal Agriculture Department
Estes
Atty
Texas
Department of Public Safeity
Director of ‘Public Safety
Homer Garrison
Texas Dist
John M. Barron
Bryan
Texas Ranger
Clint Peoples
Waco
J. A. Jachimczyk
Houston
Garrison
Topsy
One Car Crash Fatal to Three Teens on Kansas Turnpike
Four youths were in a car that left the roadway four miles west of the Bonner Springs interchange. Three teens Henry Tomlin Wormall Joanne Pack and Ann Byers died within two hours. Driver Patrick D Curran was hospitalized in serious condition with facial and body abrasions after the car plunged 850 feet into a medial ditch.
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Bonner Springs
Kan
Kansas Turnpike
Henry Tomlin Wormall
Kansas City
Joanne Pack
Ann Byers
Prairie Village
Patrick D. Curran
Lee Affholder
Woman Beaten and Robbed in Garnett Home Invasion
Miss Ruth Mowat, 47, of Garnett was beaten tied up and gagged by an intruder who entered her home at 5 30 am and robbed her of 600 to 700 dollars. The assailant rifled dressers spent about 25 minutes inside and escaped.
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Garnett
Kan
Ruth Mowat
Mowat
Weanesaay
Topeka
Medi
Cine Lodge
Hill City
Salina
North Central
Concordia
Clyde
Clifton
Scandia
Soviet Union Signals Atom Arms Deal Stance
In Geneva, Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Valerian Zorin said Moscow would withhold nuclear weapons from China if the West similarly limits West Germany and other Atlantic Allies. He urged a four power pledge to halt arms spread and data sharing, while criticizing West German circles. US envoy Arthur Dean defended West Germany against what he called propaganda. Zorin warned of intensified efforts by several nations to obtain atomic arms or related data.
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Geneva
Soviet Union
China
West Germany
Atlantic
Valerian Zorin
Moscow
United States
Britain
France
Zorin
U.S
Arthur H. Dean
Kansas Traffic Fatalities Log Update
Topeka AP reports Kansas traffic deaths over the 24 hours to 9 am with July figures for 1962 and a comparison to 1961. The log includes one earlier fatality not previously reported and notes totals in the July period.
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Topeka
Kansas
Echoes of a Moving Object Tonight and Overnight
An observer notes an object seen three times tonight. At 10 10 p m it shifts from northwest to northeast then at 12 15 a m it moves northwest to southeast and at 2 20 a m it travels from west to south.
Weather Outlook For Topeka Kansas Friday
Mostly sunny skies are forecast for Kansas today and Friday with a chance of scattered thunderstorms tonight. Daytime temperatures in the 80s to 90s and overnight lows from 65 to 75 across regions. Highs Friday expected in the mid 90s with lows around 70s.
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Topeka
Kansas
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