Nixon and Rockefeller Force Civil Rights Plank Review
At a breakfast with Republican governors Nixon and Rockefeller pushed to reconsider the civil rights plank. The Platform Committee also agreed to revisit the defense plank as Eisenhower advised, while Southerners feared shifts could cost Nixon support. Eisenhower to speak at the convention, Nixon noting yardage gained as talks continued.
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White House
Eisenhower
Nixon
Platform Committee
Rockefeller
Soviet Challenged To Prove Charge At UN Security Council
Smaller nations in the United Nations Security Council pressed the Soviet Union to prove its claim that an American RB47 penetrated Soviet air space before being shot down. Italy and Argentina warned against undermining confidence in an impartial international probe, while the U.S. and Britain disputed the Soviet account of the incident in the Barents Sea.
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United Nations, N. Y
U. N. Security Council
Soviet Union
Italy
Argentina
U.S.S.R
U. N
U.N
United States Air Force
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Barents Sea
Lodge
Kuznetsov
Pierson ‘Dixon
Britain
T Vhis
Germany
Kansas Delegates Hold Front-Row Spark at GOP Convention
At the Republican National Convention in Chicago Kansas delegates sit in the center front, with some unrest over hearing due to New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller’s entourage. State Chairman Sam Mellinger notes strong presence since 1940, while Harry Darby praises front seats and hints at a Nixon Rockefeller ticket. Delegates plan no caucus and await Eisenhower arrival.
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Mark O. Hatfield
Oregon
Rockefeller
New York
Chicago
Kansas
Sam Mellinger
Emporia
Nelson Rockfeller
Mellinger
Harry Darby
Kansas City
Darby
Sen
Thruston Morton
Henry Cabot Lodge
GOP
United States
Eisenhower
Weather takes hot, humid turn with scattered storms
Topeka area sees high temperatures in the 90s with a muggy pattern persisting tonight and tomorrow. Tonight’s low around the low 70s, Wednesday’s high likely in the lower 90s with only a slight cool down. A few widely scattered nighttime severe thunderstorms are possible.
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Topeka
Kansas
Fall Down Stairs Fatal to El Dorado Resident
Lawrence Matthews about 60 of El Dorado died from a skull fracture after falling down a flight of stairs at a welding and supply company. Sheriff Ercel Reed called it an accidental fall after questioning witnesses. a coroner’s inquest was planned for today.
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EL Dorado
Kas
Lawrence Matthews
Ercel Reed
Subway Digging Starts For Toll Cable Linking City Park
Workmen from Diamond Engineering Co begin a four foot wide subway from Southwestern Bell on South Highland to City Park to lay the inter city toll cable. The Parson's line is due in about a month and a second cable will connect to a new building on South Steuben later this fall. Evergreen Central and Malcolm streets will close briefly during construction with traffic detours.
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Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
South Highland
City Park
al Endres
Isaid
Diamond Engineering Co
Wichita
Endres
Park
Main
Malcolm
Parsons
Cha‘note
South Steuben
Evergreen
Central
Driver Escapes Injury In Bridge Crash
Charles E. Parsons of Wichita escaped injury after a collision with the Village Creek bridge on US 169 around 11:45 last night causing about 600 dollars in damage to his 1959 Chevrolet. Parsons left the scene, the car was found at 1:30 a.m. towed to a garage, and he later appeared to claim the vehicle claiming he dozed at the wheel.
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Wichita
Charles E. Parsons
Village Creek
Candidates Campaign in Chanute for Third District Nomination
Two Republican hopefuls Jack W. Shaw of Galena and John F. Vermillion of Independence campaigned in Chanute yesterday as part of activities for the Third District congressional race.
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Chanute
Jack W. Shaw
Galena
John F. Vermillion
Independence
Kansas Traffic Death Toll Notes 1960 Update
Kansas traffic death log records 24 hours to 9 A M reports 1x death added for July 10 not previously reported while comparing 1960 totals to 1959 figures. The AP log details fatalities for Topeka and statewide periods, noting ongoing tallies.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kansas youths travel to Chicago for Nixon convention
Two busloads of third district teens from Chanute and surrounding counties left at 7 p.m. for the Republican National Convention in Chicago. About 70 youths plus nine chaperones will attend a Nixon nomination floor demonstration and a Bismarck Hotel reception with Kansas officials. The district group stays on the University of Chicago campus with total trip cost $25 per student.
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Chanute
Nixon
Chicago
Kansas
Marilyn Caldwell
Sandy Park
Cindy Harris
Jay Wiechert
Barry Gerkin
Sharon Cooper
Jim Roberts
Jack Brookhart
Gary Brennecke
Tribune
Trie
Brazilion
Susan Freeley
Pat Brady
Edward Brady
David Dalton
Diane Murray
Tioga Hotel
Cherokee
Crawford
Wilson
Neosho
Alien
Cowley
Chautauqua
Elk
Montgomery
Labette
Richard Nixon
Bismarck Hotel
C. Y. Semple
Harry Darby
Republican National
University of Chicago
Northwestern University
John Sherman
Allen
Wichitan Admits Killing Stepsister
Detective Richard Brown said William Lagrand Jr. 21 orally admitted holding a pillow over his stepsister Ginger K. Lee 12 until she suffocated on June 26. He gave no apparent motive for the death and charges were to be filed today in Wichita Kansas.
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Wichita
Kas
Richard Brown
William Lagrand, Jr
Brown
Ginger K. Lee
Lagrand
Demo Picnic Honors Hargis
About 75 to 100 people attended a Democratic picnic at the north shelterhouse in Santa Fe Park. Denver Hargis of Coffeyville, candidate for re election to Congress from the 3rd district, spoke as guest of honor and birthday cake was presented. George McGuire of Chanute, retiring state representative from Neosho County, also attended.
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North Shelterhouse
Santa Fe Park
Denver Hargis
Coffeyville
Hargis
Floyd N. Kelley
George McGuire
Chanute
Neosho County
Salt mine tours on program for Lyons meeting
Tours of Kansas salt mines at Lyons and Hutchinson are planned for the quarterly meeting of the Central Kansas Industrial Development Assn at Lyons on August 4. Election of officers will also be on the program.
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Lyons
Kas
Kansas
Central Kansas Industrial Development Assn
Hutchinson
Chanute Council Approves Two Mill Levy Cut and Weather Horns
Chanute city commissioners approved cutting the municipal tax levy from eight to six mills for 1961 and authorized purchase of four storm warning air horn units. They also backed Santa Fe crossing changes with automated gates, approved the $20,565 library budget, and set a public hearing for August 15. Hayes noted the two mills would apply to bonded indebtedness while operations costs rise. The units cost about 300 dollars each, with installation and wiring doubling the figure.
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Hayes
R. J. Hayes
iChanute
Santa Fe
Main Street
Chanute
West 7Th
Highland Park
Westith
City Land
Coi
Hhe
Sales and
Main
Dale Painter
George Lightfoot
Library Board
Marguerite Barrett
UN Chief in Congo Talks Before Belgium Visit
U N Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold held last minute talks with Congo Premier Patrice Lumumba before departing for Belgium to press for Belgian troop withdrawal. Lumumba warned Belgium to quit Congo and Katanga, sought a Brussels deadline, and said he would alert the Security Council if needed.
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United Nations
N.Y. Ey
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Patrice Lumumba
Congo
Belgium
New African Republic
Hammarskjold
Leopoldville
Congo Capiital
Lumumba
Henry Cabot Lodge
United States
Brussels
Security Council
Absentee Voting Procedures Outlined For Aug. 2 Primary
Erie County Clerk Marion Showalter announced absentee and disabled voting rules for the August 2 primary. Applications for out-of-state ballots are due by noon August 1 and must be returned by August 2 with an affidavit. In-state voters may vote at any polling place if in their home precinct. Disability ballots require a doctor’s affidavit and must be returned by 8 a.m. August 1. Showalter reported 28 out-of-state ballots issued, 22 Republican and 6 Democrat.
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Erie
Marion Showalter
Showalter
Altoona Girl Awarded $700 in Injury Suit
Mona Yvonne Burns, a minor from Altoona, was awarded $700 plus costs in district court. Her parents, George and Gertrude Burns, filed the case against Loyd D. Maxwell of Independence after injuries she suffered as a passenger in a March 16 car accident near Independence.
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Altoona
Mona Yvonne Burns
George and
Gertrude Burns
Loyd D. Maxwell
Independence
Maxwell
Hillsboro Voters to Decide $205000 Bond Issue
Hillsboro school district 82 residents will vote August 16 on a $205,000 bond to fund building a grade school structure.
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Hillsboro (Ap
Hillsboro
Bill Bright Injured In Truck Accident
City employee Bill Bright of 509 F E 14th was injured when caught between a truck and a utility pole in an alley behind 610 N Highland. Bright and two city crew members were on site at about 6 30 this morning. Doctors report no apparent broken bones but ordered hospitalization for observation.
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Bill Bright
N. Highland
Bright
Shopping Center Wing Destroyed by Fire in Kansas City
A wing of the Loma Vista shopping center at 87th and Blue Ridge burned early today causing about 370000 in damage. The Rieder Food Center bakery grocery store and restaurant occupied the wing. Firefighters from seven suburban departments fought the blaze. Owners Fred Rieder and his sons Don and Charles suspect the fire started near an electric power panel at the building rear.
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Kansas City
Loma Vista
87Th
Blue Ridge
Rieder
Fred Rieder
Don
Charles
CBS Plans New Skyscraper in New York
CBS plans a new headquarters skyscraper two blocks from NBC in the RCA Building. The company said on Monday it is too early to estimate size or cost of the project.
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New York
Columbia Broadcasting System
National Broadcasting Co
RCA
CBS
Tribune Ad Lost Contact Phone Line
Fragmentary notice urges readers to reach a party through Tribune phone numbers and mentions after hours contact. No clear names, dates, or locations emerge from the text.
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Nelson A. Rockefeller
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Stepsister
Memorial Building
Ington
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Katanga
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Lee Wasser
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