Bitter GOP Tug and Pull Over Civil Rights Plank
Chicago AP report on the Republican convention opening a battle over the civil rights plank. Nixon sought to mediate a split between moderates and liberals while governors pressed for an open vice presidential contest. Henry Cabot Lodge and Thruston Morton were top rumored running mates as Nixon prepared to name a nominee.
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Chicago
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Washington
Platform Committee
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Thruston B. Morton
Kentucky
GOP
William G. Stratton
Illinois
Sen
Morton
United Nations
Rockefeller
Graf
Kansas Delegation Praises GOP Agricultural Plank
Kansas Republicans welcomed the party platform note favoring an expanded soil bank and reduced government surpluses. Delegates met with Vice President Nixon, discussed caucus plans, and indicated Nixon as preferred running mate though not bound to him. Sam Mellinger highlighted broad backing for Nixon among 22 delegates and 22 alternates.
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Chicago
Kansas
Gop
Sam Mellinger
Nixon
Mellinger
Richard M. Nixon
Fred Seaton
Nebraska
Seaton
Fred
Butttons
Kansas Traffic Fatal to Eleven
Eleven people died in Kansas traffic accidents over the weekend, lifting the year’s total to 265 deaths, down from 315 at the same point last year. Victims include Charles J. Harrington, a Washington and Lee assistant football coach, who died after a Lawrence hospital treatment for injuries from a car-truck crash south of Eudora.
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Associated Press
Kansas
Charles J. Harrington
Washington and Lee University
Lexington
Lawrence
Eudora
Champaign
Ill
Kensington
Keith Hinchcliff
University of Illinois
Beth
Barbara
Ann
Smith Center
Oklahoma
Coffeyville
Zane Bowers
Bartlesville
J. Wayne Mattix
Dewey
Charles Cox
Copan
Charles Foley
Clifford Hanson
Leonardville
Clay Center
Ft. Leonard Wood
U. S. 40
Hays
Larry Fraser
Pony Express Reaches Utah In 100th Anniversary Run
NEEDLE ROCK Utah a mail pouch was handed to Utah riders at a Pony Express station on the Wyoming Utah border as westbound riders head toward Salt Lake City for the anniversary reenactment. Eastbound riders also cross trails near South Pass City Wyoming with an eastbound rider planned to reach Nebraska after Fort Laramie celebration.
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Needle Rock
Utah
Wyoming- Utah
Salt Lake City
Old Frontier Mail Service
J. P. Hudson
Unita County Sheriff's Posse
South Pass City
Wyoming
Nebraska
Fort Laramie
North Platte River
Trap Shooter J C Reif Dies at Elks Club Shoot
J C Reif aged 63 from Hoisington Kansas died from a heart attack Sunday while competing in the Elks Gun Club shoot in Phillipsburg Kansas. He was participating in the event at the Phillipsburg shooting grounds.
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Phillipsburg
Kas
J. C. Reif
Hoisington
Elks
Local barber missing for days found in Montana
Chanute barber Chuck Wagner located in Laurel Montana after disappearance on July 14. Police said he suffers amnesia and does not know his identity or location. Relatives traveled to Laurel to verify his condition as he used a Wyoming gas credit card recently.
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Laurel
Mont
Chuck Wagner
E. Main
R. J
Wyoming
Bob Harford
Wagner
Lawrence
Chanute
Harold Winans
Gary Winans
Severs Artery After Hand Slips On Toilet Fixture
Arthur Sprague of Chanute was treated at Neosho Memorial Hospital for a severed artery in his right arm after his hand slipped on a broken toilet bowl at 1308 S Santa Fe. Police said the injury occurred about 9 30 a m while he was removing the toilet and he was taken to the hospital by patrol car. Sprague lives at 1021 S Steuben.
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Arthur Sprague
Chanute Plummer
Neosho Memorial Hospital
S. Santa Fe
Sprague
S. Steuben
Farm Boy Killed In Tractor Accident
In Horton Kansas a tractor overturned into a ditch fatally injuring 13 year old Larry Smith. His 15 year old brother Richard, who was driving, survived with non serious injuries as neighbor Rex Bruning and others freed the boys at Horton Hospital.
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Horton, Kas
Larry Smith
Joe Smith
Everest
Horton Hospital
Richard
Rex Bruning
Traffic Fatalities Log for Topeka Area
Kansas traffic death log reports 315 deaths in the 1959-60 comparable period with 48 hours to 9 a m detailing one Friday death not previously reported. The data covers Topeka area and notes 1960-265 comparable figures.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Temperatures and Forecast for Topeka Kansas
Central and eastern Kansas see cloudy skies with scattered showers tonight. Temperatures in the east near 80s and up to 100 in the southwest. humid conditions persist. Forecast calls for partly cloudy skies tonight and Tuesday with warmer temperatures and lows around 70 and highs near 80s.
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Topeka
Kansas
Reeves Named By Kennedy on Campaign Staff
Senator Kennedy appoints Frank Reeves a Washington lawyer as assistant for the presidential campaign. Pierre Salinger says Reeves, who is Black, will perform a wide variety of duties and not be limited to civil rights work.
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Hyannisport
Mass
John F. Kennedy
Frank Reeves
Washington
Pierre Salinger
Kennedy
Reeves
Area Youths Leave For GOP Convention
A sendoff tonight for 28 Chanute area youths heading to the National Republican Convention in Chicago. Sixty nine students and nine chaperones from the Third District depart Tioga Hotel by bus at 7 o clock. They join 12 abuses and almost 500 youths and chaperones from Kansas attending the convention, returning Thursday night.
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Chanute
Chicago
Tioga Hotel
Kansas
FBI arrests man after bomb threat to AP
FBI reports the arrest of Max Schwartz, 49, of Brooklyn, for a fictitious bomb claim made to the Associated Press on June 5. The call prompted emergency landings of several jets including a Trans World Airlines flight with 107 passengers and eight crew. The aircraft diverted to Wichita for search.
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New York
FBI Today
Associated Press
Max Schwartz
Brooklyn
U. S
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Trans World Airlines
Idlewild
United States accuses Soviet air force of forcing RB47 off course
U S envoy Lodge charges Soviet fighters deliberately diverted an RB47 from its course and shot it down over international waters. He presents maps and calls for impartial inquiry by the UN Security Council or a case at the International Court of Justice. Kuznetsov defends USSR, calls the allegations a fabrication and opposes an international investigation.
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United Nations
N.Y
Ap) Ison
Council
United States
International Court of Discourse
U.S
Henry Cabot
Demon Lodge
Kuznetsov
Moscow
U.S.S.R
Lodge
International Court of Justice
Svatoy Nos
Water Carnival Evening At Chanute Pool
A Wednesday 6 30 pm water carnival at Chanute Municipal pool caps the summer Red Cross program. Events include races for youngsters, water ballet Coral Nadies, crickets on parade, a Summer Place duet, fancy diving by Gary Kennedy and Tommy Lindblad, and princess crowning with judges Mrs. Bruce Burris, Sam Dixon, and Dalice Rush.
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Chanute Municipal
Red Cross
Coral Nadies
Vickie Gardner
Linda Rhodes
Gary Kennedy
Tommy Lindblad
Bruce Burris
Sam Dixon
Dalice Rush
Joan Rene Ramsey
Phyllis
Cindy Sheffer
Windy Sue Bowyer
Diane Kepley
Jo Deanne Barker
Sherry Lee Oliver
Lorraine Durham
Cindy Cooper
Nancy Jo Finley
Burglary Report North of Iola Stolen Guns and Cash
Iola authorities notified Chanute police last night of a house burglary north of Iola. Stolen items include a 410 pump gun a bolt action 410 a single shot 12 gauge shotgun two .22 rifles and a red piggy bank with about 100 in half dollars. Family name not listed.
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Chanute
Iola
Bonds to ease crowding at Chanute schools
Chanute voters will decide August 2 on a 145000 bond issue to add about 4000 square feet of space at Alcott and Lincoln schools. If approved, nine year bonds would mean about 1.50 per 1000 in annual taxes, starting around 1.75 and tapering to 1.25 by year nine.
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Chanute
Alcott
Lincoln
Buford Fisher
Fisher
Wnica
Alcott School
Murray Hill
Driver released on bond after arrest for DWAI and reckless driving
Harley Tonkinson of R 3 was arrested Saturday on charges of driving while intoxicated and reckless driving. He was released from custody on a $300 bond. His hearing is set for 4 p.m. Thursday in police court.
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Harley Tonkinson
R. 3
Wichita Man Held Without Bond In Murder Case
Daniel Armstrong Long, 2year unemployed baker, held without bond for first degree kidnapping and murder in the slaying of Lora Guinn, 34. Investigators linked a threatening letter to Long, who confessed to killing Guinn after a confrontation at a northeast Wichita farmhouse. He faces a preliminary hearing August 8.
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Wichita
Kan
Daniel Armstrong Long
Lora Guinn
UN Airlift Speeds Congo Troop Arrival at Kinshasa
United Nations airlift accelerates troop deployment in the Congo, with forces nearing 7,500 and expected to exceed 10,000 by week’s end. Matadi port resumes oil flow to Leopoldville, aiding the airbase, as Maj. Gen. Wheeler assists oil ops and land transport, while pilots from several nations join the UN fleet. The U.S. hands over aircraft but with no crews. the Soviet Union protests a U.S. transmission unit.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
United Nations
Congo
U.N
Matadi
Raymond A. Wheeler
U. S. Army
Suez Canal
Sweden
Norway
Brazil
Argentina
Yugoslavia
U. S. Air Force
Soviet Union
Germany
Lumumba Seeks Congo Aid in UN Talks
Congo Premier Patrice Lumumba met with UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold in New York to press for immediate Belgian troop withdrawal and end to foreign domination in Africa. Lumumba spoke after a private African group gathering where Nathan Barnes of Liberia welcomed him.
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United Nations, N.Y
Patrice Lumumba
Congo
Dag Hammarskjold
U.N
Hammarskjold
Lumumba
Africa
Nathan Barnes
Liberia
Actor Matthews Dies in England at 90
London AP report states actor A. E. Matty Matthews aged 90 died in his sleep at his countryside home near London. Known as an English caricature of W C Fields his death ends a long stage and screen career with Insurance See Wasser for Insurance Ph 119 listed in ad as part of unverified text.
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London
A. E
Matty) Matthews
W. C. Fields
Wasser
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