Kennedy names Gen Taylor to be Joint Chiefs chair
President Kennedy announced Gen Maxwell D. Taylor will replace Gen Lyman Lemnitzer as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff this fall with strong White House backing. Gen George H. Decker to retire as Army chief of staff, to be succeeded by Gen Earle G. Wheeler. The changes shift top military leadership after years under Eisenhower appointees.
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Washington
Maxwell D. Taylor
Pentagon
Eisenhower
White House
Kennedy
Taylor
Lyman L. Lemnitzer
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Lemnitzer
U S
Europe
NATO
JCS
Lauris Norstad
Hyannis Port
Mass
George H. Decker
Army
Decker
Earle G. Wheeler
Wheeler
Norstad
U.S
Kansas to hold hearing on oil and gas regulation bill
A Kansas Legislative Council committee will meet again in August to draft a bill regulating the oil and gas industry. Oklahoma official Ferrill H. Rogers urged limited Kansas C C C authority while supporting spacing pooling and unitization ideas. Independent oilmen object, while industry groups gave mixed support.
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Topeka
Kansas Legislative Council
Ross Doyen
R-Rice
Labor and Industries Committee
Oklahoma
Ferrill H. Rogers
Oklahoma Corporation Commission
Rogers
Kansas Corporation Commission
Kansas Oil
A. S. Ritchie
Wichita
Bill McKnab
Winfield
Interstate Oil Compact Commission
Tom Schwinn
Kansas Independent Oil and Gas Association
Southwestern Kansas Royalty Owners Association
A. E. Kramer
Kansas
Man Charged With Assault and Battery
Russell Hibbs of Chanute posted a $100 bond in city court after arrest on an assault and battery charge. Police responded to a report of a fight behind Jack's Diner where a man was struck on the head with a club. Carl Atkins, R.1, was treated for a gash needing stitches. Hibbs allegedly used a heavy lumber stick in injuring Atkins.
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Russell Hibbs
Chanute
Jack
Carl Atkins
R. 1
Hibbs
Aikins
French Bank Robber Gets Wrong Briefcase
In Cannes France bank director Paul Lecre was held up by a man armed with brass knuckles. The robber grabbed Lecre’s second briefcase containing his lunch and escaped in a car. Lecre was treated for head injuries and returned home for lunch.
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Cannes
France
Paul Lecre
Lecre
Anne Simonds
Leere
Four Perish In Home Fire Atthol Mass
A mother Lillian Beger 38 and her children Bruce 16 Kim 4 and Kelly 3 died in a five room home fire in Athol Massachusetts. Father Richard 39 and daughter Lynn 7 escaped. Navy is Son Richard Jr 18. Police say Begor smelled smoke and carried Lynn outside before flames trapped the others. Fire killed three near the upstairs porch door. Kelly perished in bed. Cause not immediately known.
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Athol
Mass
Lillian Beger
Bruce
Kim
Kelly
Richard
Lynn
Richard Jr
Navy
Begor
State JayCee Junior Golf Tourney Opening in Chanute
Sixty top teenage golfers from about 25 cities tee off at Chanute Country Club for the first 18 holes of the State JayCee Junior Golf Tournament. The field, boosted from last year, will finish round one today with finals tomorrow and awards at Tioga Hotel.
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Bill Horton
Doug Ricketts
Jim Bullard
Arkansas City
Andy Nusbaun
Salina
Jamie Thompson
Wichita
Manhattan
Tribune
Larry Mathews
Chanute Country Club
Tioga Hotel
Huntington
W. Va
Chanute
Mike Mitchell
Mike Ashley
Stanley Whitworth
Marion Nicholson
Emporia
JayCee
The
Chanute JayCees
Traffic Fatalities Log for Topeka Menace Summary
Topeka reports a 24 hour traffic death tally ending 9 am Saturday with 0 fatalities. July totals reach 34 known deaths, while yearly figures list 294 for 1962 and 299 for the comparable 1961 period.
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Topeka
Kansas
Tornado Strikes Homer Oklahoma Sends Debris Across Road
A tornado tore through Homer near Ada Oklahoma causing roof damage to buildings power lines down and trees uprooted. No injuries were reported. Chester Liggett said winds carried an addition from his home onto Oklahoma 12 blocking traffic briefly.
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Ada
Okla
Oklahoma
Homer
Here
Chester Liggett
Oklahoma 12
Inside job nets four in record stock theft case
A New York district attorney described the $1.3 million Bache & Co. stock theft as an inside job. Clerk Gordon Tallman, truck driver Robert Dodge, and two others were arrested after Tallman’s tip helped expose the scheme. FBI agents recovered securities worth nearly $200,000 and detained Lombardozzi and Martinelli on bail. Mr X, a 30 year old freelance broker, eluded immediate identification.
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New York
Frank S. Hogan
Gordon A. Tall
Brinks
Bache & Clerk
Wall Street
FBI
District Attorney’s Office
Tallman
Bache
Hogan
Robert J. Dodge
Newark
N.J
John Lombardozzi
Joseph G. Martinelli
Lombardozzi
Brooklyn
Martinelli
Jersey City
Bronx
Peru military rulers seek image of democracy for U S recognition
In Lima the ruling junta seeks to portray itself as democratic to win U S acknowledgment and resumed aid after deposing President Manuel Prado in a bloodless coup. Gen. Perez Godoy appeals to Kennedy, says no aid commitments but hopes for recognition and aid conditioned on true democracy. New elections are set for next June with July 28 installation.
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Lima
Peru
U.S
Land
Manuel Prado
Ricardo Perez Godoy
United States
Kennedy
Alliance For Progress
White House
Perez Godoy
Prado
Victor Raul Haya de la Torre
Popular Revolutionary Alliance Party
APRA
Haya
Executive Shines Shoes of Bootblack on 45th Anniversary
In New York Mike Graziano, 64, a Woolworth bootblack for 45 years, received a rare honor as F. W. Woolworth Co. president Robert Kirkwood shined his shoes. About 100 executives watched as Graziano graded the job a success, then received a two foot cake with 45 candles and a toy bank gift. He returned to work, continuing a lifelong ritual of shoe care.
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New York
Mike Graziano
Robert C. Kirkwood
F. W. Woolworth Co
Graziano
Kirkwood
Kennedy Conference On Telstar Today
Washington AP reports three national networks will carry the portion of President Kennedy's news conference relayed to Europe by Telstar the orbiting satellite. Press Secretary Pierre Salinger said about 12 minutes of the address will be televised via Telstar starting 5 04 p.m. CST. CBS and ABC will show only the Telstar segment while NBC will tape the full 30 minute conference for telecast at 4 p.m. Eastern.
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Washington
Kennedy
Europe
Telstar
Orbiting Communications
Pierre Salinger
Salinger
CBS
ABC
NBC
Evol
No Returns On Investment In a Parking Meter Mystery
In Lockport New York AP report a four year old boy Joey Gatis brought money home asking for candy only to learn his coins vanished into a number machine. His mother investigated and discovered the device was a parking meter, not a candy fund.
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Lockport
N.Y
Joey Gatis
Joey
Kansas Savings and Loan Assets Hit Record $1 Billion
Kansas savings and loan associations reported total assets of $1,037,073,145 as of July 30, a record high. The Kansas Savings and Loan League noted an 11 percent year over year increase and 450,838 investors with $866,833,239 in savings, up $105.8 million in the last year.
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Topeka
Savings and Loan Associations of
Kansas
Kansas Savings and Loan League
John Jensen Sr Dies in Arizona After Heart Attack
John Jensen Sr from Mesa Arizona longtime Cha nute businessman died suddenly of a heart attack. He formerly operated Jensen Egg Co in town. Survivors include daughter Mrs James F Davis two sons John C Jensen Jr and Jim Jensen with listed addresses.
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John Jensen Sr
Mesa
Ariz
Chanute
Jensen Egg Co
James F. Davis
Injuries Fatal In Three-Way Wichita Collision
Finis E. Seratte, 62, died Friday from head injuries after a three car crash in Wichita. He was thrown from his car Sunday and had been charged with running a red light, becoming Wichita’s ninth traffic fatality of 1962.
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Wichita (Ap
Finis E. Seratte
Wichita
Seratte
Police Decoy Hurt In Gang Attack In St Louis
A St Louis Police Decoy Sergeant Otto Hirsch was struck by a gang of four youths in a West St Louis high crime area. Hirsch shot and wounded one assailant. three other youths were captured by decoy squad members led by Officer Celeste Rowne.
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St. Louis
Otto Hirsch
West St. Louis
William Gill
Chicago
Office of Life
Hirsch
W Ho
Ruwwe
Miss Ruwwe
Earl Roosevelt Simms
Eugene Atkins
Two Minor Traffic Crashes Reported by Police
Police investigated two non injury crashes with total damage over 500 dollars. At Lincoln and Walnut a 1955 Ford and a Chevrolet truck from Model Laundry collided causing about 100 dollars damage to each vehicle. A second chain collision on Main near Evergreen involved a 1950 Oldsmobile 1961 Austin Healey and a 1956 Chevrolet with front and rear damage totaling around 310 dollars. Additional minor incidents included a backing collision and a scraped parked Oldsmobile with door damage.
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Lincoln
Walnut
Edna van Wickle
Model Laundry
Charles Lowe
Main
Evergreen
Harmon Wood
S. Ashby
Austin Healey
Charles Larson
Susan Schwartz
S. Rutter
Larson
Wood
N. Grant
Weather warms with chances of scattered storms in Kansas
A warm weekend looms across Kansas with highs in the 90s and lows in the mid 60s to 70s. A stalled front will return as a warm front bringing scattered thunderstorms, with possible severe storms in eastern Kansas this afternoon. Rainfall totals reached 1.57 inches in the southeast. top temps Thursday ranged 86 to 92, overnight lows 68 to 74.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Fort Scott
Hill City
Wichita
Goodland
Seven Die In Two Car Crash Near Marion Wisconsin
A head on collision on a rural Shawano county road near Marion killed seven people. The victims include Walter Grimm and his wife, John Koepke and his wife, Oscar Mehlberg and his wife, and Dilton Pingel. All were residents of the Marion area.
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Shawano
Wis
Wisconsin
Shawano County
Sheriff's Office
Walter Grimm
John Koepke
Oscar Mehlberg
Marion
Waupaca
Dilton Pingel
Two Chanute Drivers Arrested on DWI Charges
Two Chanute drivers were arrested last night on DWI and reckless driving charges. Junior Moore of 1524 S Edith posted $150 bond after his arrest near 10 p.m. Elizabeth Williamson of 817 Steuben remained in custody in lieu of bond after her arrest around 2 a.m. on DWI transportation of an open bottle and reckless driving charges.
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Chanute
Junior Moore
S. Edith
Elizabeth Williamson
Steuben
Probe of Venus Delayed One Day
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP officials postponed the Mariner 1 launch for 24 hours due to a stray radio signal that could cause false readings or ground track errors. The 446 pound payload aims to fly by Venus and return data on its magnetic field rotation and atmospheric composition.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Sudha
United
Venus
Earth
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Dodge
Mr. X
U.S. Alliance For Progress
Bootblack
Vaiter
Arizona
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Simms
Atkins
City Hospital
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