Khrushchev Optimistic on Test Ban Pact And Nonaggression
Moscow AP dispatch reports Premier Khrushchev expressing hope for a three power accord on a limited nuclear test ban and advocating a ban on all tests, including underground ones. He tied this to possible nonaggression declarations and offered to permit Western inspection of Soviet military sites as a tension easing measure.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Kremlin
Kennedy
W. Averell Harriman
Soviet Union
U.S
United States
England
Red China
Janos Kadar
West Germany
East Germany
Germany
West Berlin
Peking
Covered Wagon Trip and Local Fox Coons Tale
Left Hand Georgann Rausch and her brother John hitchhiked in a Amarillo bound covered wagon touring to Humboldt for a one year World Fair feature. In Chanute area Harold Mount shot and clubbed a raccoon after its chicken raids, ending the pest’s spree and sparing nearby farms from further losses.
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John Rausch
Chanute
Humboldt
Turtles wander inland from beach near Turf Bar
Miami Beach patrols found about 100 newly hatched loggerhead turtles scurrying toward Ocean Drive instead of the sea. Officers directed them toward the water, but roughly 20 were killed by passing cars along the way.
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Miami Beach
Fla
James Kelly
Ocean Drive
Heat persists as front stalls over Kansas
Area forecast calls for continued hot and fair weather through Saturday with highs in the 95 to 100 range and nightly lows in the upper 60s to low 70s. A northwest cold front moves in but is expected to stall, limiting cooling and precipitation. Overnight readings span from 65 at Goodland to 80 at Manhattan.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Goodland
Hill City
Garden City
Russell
Chanute
Lawrence
Salina
Abilene
Wichita
Manhattan
Wholesale Rights Urged by UAW Leader Walter Reuther
Walter Reuther assails Kennedy civil rights plan as too limited, urging Congress to act wholesale by creating federal registrars to enroll millions of Black voters in the South. He testified before the House Civil Rights subcommittee criticizing the administration’s call for temporary voting referees to handle registration disputes.
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Cized
Congress
United Auto Workers Union
Afl-Cio Industrial Union Department
South
House
Kennedy
Prowler Intercepted as Police Reach Crime Scene
Police arrived after residents reported a prowler attempting to enter the home of Kenneth Jerome at 217 W 3rd around 2 30 am today. The man fled north across the street and vanished behind a house. A partial description was obtained. the prowler had not entered the home, but used a coat hanger to pry at two window screens.
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Kenneth Jerome
Syncom 2 Launch Delayed To Wednesday At Cape Canaveral
CAPE CANAVERAL AP reports the Syncom 2 communications satellite launch is pushed to Wednesday due to minor technical troubles in the Delta booster second stage. The delay affects plans for the geosynchronous satellite mission and may alter schedule for related rocket activities at the Cape.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Delta
Kansas Traffic Fatalities Log July 32 1963
Topeka AP reports 24 hour Kansas traffic deaths to 9 am Friday July 32 1963 totaling 288, compared with 298 for the same period in 1962. Earlier fatalities occurred but were not previously reported.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kingman Man Killed In Larned Road Crash
A 20 year old Kingman man was killed when a car failed to make a curve on a county road near Larned. The victim, Michael H. Morris, was driving a car owned by Frank E. Canady of Larned who was also in the car and escaped injury.
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Larned
Kan
Kingman, Kan
Here
Michael H. Morris
Frank E. Canady
Canady
Texans Travel East In Covered Wagons On World Fair Route
A Amarillo Texas family Mr and Mrs Charlie Pricket and daughter Carol Bellah travel in two covered wagons drawn by four mules en route to the New York World's Fair. They plan to reach New York in April 1964 and stay until 1966. They camped near Mosier farm one mile north of town and cooked biscuits over open flame. They travel with a collie dog Lady four chickens and four mules. The trip aims to show pioneer spirit and they expect to winter in Columbus Ohio.
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Charlie Prickett
Carol Bellah
Amarillo
Tex
New York
Miss Prickett
Prickett
Miss Prick
Columbus
Ohio
Garnett
Pricketts
Tribune
Bussman
Carol
Man Drowns After Prank Goes Wrong in Tampa
A man described as a good swimmer drowned after pretending to drown during a prank in Tampa. Elmo C. Scranton, 22, collapsed in 12 feet of water after crying for help and being ignored by friends. Authorities say a stomach cramp may have triggered the incident.
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Tampa
Fla
Elmo C. Scranton
Walker Sets 67 Mile High X15 Altitude Mark
Edwards Air Force Base Calif AP Joseph A Walker soared to an estimated 350 000 feet in the X15 reaching far beyond the 315 000 ft target and surpassing the previous record 314 750 ft set July 17 1962 by Maj Robert M White The flight began 45 000 ft under a B52 carrier and ended 315 miles away marking the longest X15 flight and a potential path to 400 000 ft with heat shielding upgrades Walker landed safely in the desert test center
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Calif
Space Agency
Joseph A. Walker
Air Force
Robert M. White
Walker
Smith Ranch
Nev
Desert Test Center
No Evidence Grain Went to Commies
Washington AP reports that 24 million bushels of American grain vanished in Europe but shows no evidence of it reaching the Iron Curtain. Testimony before the House Agriculture Committee noted most diverted tonnage likely entered West Germany, with Austrian grain importers acting as fronts for West German buyers. officials pledged tighter controls on barter shipments.
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Washington
Europe
Department of Agriculture
Congress
Raymond A. Joanes
Foreign Agricultural Service
Federal Republic of
Germany
U.S
Lester P. Condon
Agriculture Department
Austraan
Condon
United States
Frugal Italian immigrant jailed after minor rummaging
In Kansas City a 73 year old man, Paul Peter Greco, was detained for vagrancy after police found two bank books totaling 5,500 dollars in savings and a thick bundle of U.S. savings bonds worth 22 dollars. He claimed he saved since arriving from Italy in 1927 and planned to visit a nephew in Sacramento to work in vineyards before being sent to a bus station.
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Greco
Italy
West Virginia
Sacramento
Calif
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Remark on Grain Loss
Intercepted correspondence titled Intercepted Letter Dear Cha hints at a missing twenty four million bushels of grain. The note playfully questions where such a large quantity could be misplaced and ends with a personal signoff Yours.
66 Year Old Man Aided by Police After Heat Illness
A 66 year old transient with no home address was aided by local authorities after a noon report that a man lay in a ditch along the highway three miles north of Chanute. Vincent B. Johnson, very ill, said he had stomach trouble and appeared to have collapsed from heat. He had slept in Lola jail then moved on. Johnson was returned to Allen County by a highway trooper.
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Chanute
Vincent B. Johnson
Lola
Allen County
Humboldt
Johnson
Total eclipse to sweep North America Saturday
The first total solar eclipse since 1930 will cross Alaska, Canada and Maine in a 60 mile wide path, with most observers seeing a partial view. TV viewing is safest. direct sight can cause eye damage. Scientists, including Navy Lt Cmdr Carpenter, will study the event using jets and satellites.
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Washington
D AP
North American
United States
Canada
Alaska
Bar Harbor
Maine
Japan
Astronaut Navy
Cmdr
Malcolm Scott Carpenter
Tiros VI
Alouette
Crime rates in Kansas well below national average
Washington AP Hoover report shows Kansas annual crime rate at 709.6 per 100000, well below the national 1102.3. Missouri at 1251.3. Kansas City leads Missouri and Kansas metros with 1659.7, while police say auto thefts skew totals and 60 percent of those thefts involve juveniles.
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Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Kansas
Missouri
FBI
Kansas City
St. Louis
Topeka
Wichita
St. Joseph
Springfield
C. M. Kelley
$1.3 Billion in Contracts Across Three-State Area
Missouri winners led by McDonnell Aircraft in St. Louis secured about $1.157 billion of the total $1.279 billion in Small Business Administration contracts for the year ending June 30. Kansas and Nebraska received roughly $93.8 million and $28.35 million respectively. About $30 million, $25 million and $6 million flowed to small business concerns in Missouri Kansas and Nebraska under exclusive bidding rules.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
C. I. Moyer
Small Business Administration
McDonnell Aircraft Corp
St. Louis
Moyer
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Jane Hartzel
Stanley Harding
Mr. Coon
Union
Walter P. Reuther
Criti
Kingman
Bussman Farm
Lois Erickson
Edwards Air Force Base
Joe
Department
House Agriculture Committee
Austria
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Lanes
Paul Peter Greco
Cha
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