Rainy Weather Brings Flooding and Warmup Across Kansas
The area sees continued showers and thunderstorms with river rises near flood stage on the Neosho River as totals approach 4 inches, while rainfall across counties ranges from under a tenth to nearly three inches. Temperatures swing from 50s to 70s with relief forecast and some roads closed due to high water.
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Thankful
Kansas
Wichita
Topeka Weather Bureau
Associated Press
J. E. Pallensen
Kansas Crop Reporting Service
The
Highway Patrol
U. S. 81
Halstead
Goodland
Pittsburg
Weather Bureau
Three-Foot Water Wall Swamps Wichita Suburbs After Downpour
A three foot wall of water roared through Park City and the Wichita north outskirts after 24 hours of heavy rain. Sandbag brigades formed as 50 to 75 homes flooded and 125 to 150 people sought refuge in churches.
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Wichita
Chisholm Creek
Park City
Gilbert Roman
Sedgwick County Sheriff's Patrol
Kechi
Sunnydale
McConnell Air Force Base
U. S. 81
Hillside Street
Santa Fe
Wichita Camp
Little Arkansas
Sedgwick
Ninnescah
Arkansas
Milton Lindley
Betsy
Jon
Health Risks From Fallout Slightly Up
Federal Radiation Council reports fallout from nuclear testing has raised long term health risks. Birth defects in future generations are likely. leukemia or bone cancer risks exist for the living, but overall increases are very small. Maximum individual risks cited: leukemia 1 in 100 000, bone cancer 1 in 300 000, hereditary risk 1 in a million.
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Washington
Federal Radiation Council
Kennedy
U.S
Pacific
United States
Tribune Phone Contacts for After Hours
Instructions urge calling the Tribune via HE 1-3400 after 6 p.m. if the carrier cannot reach the person, advising to get the carrier on the line. The note emphasizes after hours contact procedures and accessibility.
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Tribune
Traffic Fatalities Log Shows June 1962-206 Comparable 1961
Topeka AP reports Kansas traffic deaths logged over a 24 hour period to 9 am Saturday with June figures and a comparison to the 1961 period. The record notes 206 fatalities for the June period and 224 for the comparable 1961 period.
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Topeka
Kansas
Building Dedicated At KU Medical Center
A new basic sciences building at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City was dedicated marking a 37 year effort to centralize the medical program. The seven story, $2 million facility will be named Wahl Hall to honor Dr. Harry R. Wahl, dean from 1924 to 1943.
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Kansas City
Kan
University of Kansas Medical Center
Lawrence
Graham warns teens on temptations at Chicago crusade
Billy Graham told about 35,000 teens in Chicago that living a clean life is almost impossible under present sex-obsessed conditions. He cited a high divorce rate and urged teens to let God choose a spouse, stressing sexual restraint and the cost of immorality.
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Chicago
Billy Graham T
Graham
Wind Damage Reported Across Town Damages Two Homes
Police logged two wind damage incidents last night. A boat in the Tom Ogden residence yard at 1110 West Elm Street blew into a tree and tipped over. The roof of the Jack Banta home at 115 North Larson was damaged.
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Tom Ogden
W. Elm
Jack Banta
N. Larson
50-50 Peace Chance In Railroad Wage Dispute
In Chicago union leader G E Leighty says a 50-50 chance exists that railroads will settle wage talks with 450000 nonoperating workers as negotiators plan to meet. James E Wolfe heads railroad management, with discussions tied to a Kennedy administration wage policy and a May 8 fact finding board report.
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Chicago
G. E.leighty
Leighty
Associated Press
James E. Wolfe
Washington
Management
Kennedy
Couple Treated After Car Crash Near Neosho
Mr and Mrs D A Polen of Tulsa were treated at Neosho Memorial Hospital for injuries from a two car wreck one mile north on US 169 at about 7 25 PM. A 1962 Ford driven by Polen age 20 collided with a 1954 Chevrolet driven by Ralph Drake 58 of 531 N Central. Drake was not injured.
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D. A. Polen
Tulsa
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Here
US 169
Highway Patrol
Polen
Ralph Drake
N. Central
Drake
Kentucky Governor Wins Milking Contest in Publicity Stunt
Frankfort Kentucky Governor Bert T Combs demonstrated his pull by winning a milking contest against State Sen Alvin Kidwell of Sparta. After three minutes Combs produced a milk pail weighing 6 pounds 52 ounces while Kidwell delivered 1 pound 10 ounces.
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Frankfort
Bert T. Combs
Alvin Kidwell
Sparta
Kentucky
Combs
Kidwell
Sugar Heiress Wins Annulment in Mexico
Sugar heiress Lois Spreckels Whiting, 27, obtained an uncontested annulment of her marriage to attorney Samuel J. Whiting Jr., 36, in Mexico. She told Superior Court Judge Carl H. Allen that neither party knew his divorce from a former wife was final when they wed in Juarez on Sept. 29.
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San Francisco
Lois Spreckels Whiting
Mexico
Samuel J. Whiting Jr
Superior Court
Carl H. Allen
Whiting
Juarez
Eisenhower Attacks Kennedy Economics and Calls for Republican House
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower voiced deep concern over the economy under Kennedy measures. He criticized central government control and administration spending, urging voters to elect a Republican House to curb federal expansion and restore confidence. He did not blame Kennedy directly for the stock market drop.
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Eisenhower
GOP
Kennedy
Wall Street Closes Week With Mixed Rally and Rest Observation
Wall Street faced an unusually busy Saturday as the New York Stock Exchange directed staff to handle backlogged paperwork after a week of extreme moves. Trading volume fell to 5.76 million shares while indices hovered around the prior week's close, signaling a crossroads for next week.
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AP Business News
NEW York
Wall Street
New York Stock Exchange
Associated Press
Muskrat Bitten Girl Attacked Near Home
John Audiss reports his daughter Lynette, 7, was bitten on the arm by a musk rat while playing in a slough near 612 S. Grant. The injury was treated and the muskrat was shot. Don Harlan turned the animal over to Kansas State University in Manhattan for rabies testing.
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John Audiss
S. Grant
Lynette
Audiss
Don Harlan
Kansas State University
Manhattan
Everest Expedition Reaches 400 Feet From Summit
An Indian team attempting Mt Everest was forced back by bad weather about 400 feet from the summit. A Defense Ministry report summarized the latest from the expedition.
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New Delhi
India
Mt. Everest
Defense Ministry
Burma rice deal nets Strauss profit in barter sale
A chaotic report says Burma sold 100000 tons of rice to China in a barter agreement and earned about 1.12 million dollars in profit. Strauss scheduled to meet U.S. officials with Robert McNamara due Friday.
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Rangoon
Burma
China
Bonn
Germany
Franz Josef I Donesia
Strauss
United States
U.S
Robert S
McNamara
Wichitan Faces State Tax Troubles Over 1961 Return
A. J. Porth of Wichita says he still owes 1961 federal income tax and now faces state tax trouble after the Kansas Department of Revenue sent back his return. He says he filed, invoking the Fifth Amendment, and protested what he calls an unconstitutional money system and tax structure.
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Wichita
Kan
A. J. Porth
State Department of Revenue
State Revenue Director
Porth
Balloonists Survive Surprise Ascent Above Nashville
Two University of Minnesota balloonists, Tracy Barnes and Lee Becker, were demonstrating a balloon at a South Nashville residence when a gust loosened the rope and sent them rising to 11 500 feet. They dialed in parachutes but lacked oxygen and prepared to bail out at 15 000 feet. They landed safely after the unexpected ascent.
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Nashville
Tenn
Denly
Uni
Versity
Minnesota
Tracy Barnes
Lee
Lee Becker
West Nashville
Barnes
Leonel Engledow
Mars
Benedict School Rejected Third Time in Consolidation Vote
Benedict district patrons voted 76 to 64 against consolidating with the Midway district, with about 10 of 70 voters absent. The district will continue operating its small grade school for another year, and officers Earl Miller and John Buttler were re elected.
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Benedict
Midway
Buffalo
Benedict High
Earl Miller
John Buttler
Buttler
Charles Lewis
Goodman Jazz Artist Praised by Soviet Review
In Moscow Benny Goodman is hailed as a genuine jazz artist by Sovyetskaya Kultura. Yuri Dimitriyev lauds his clarinet mastery and the band’s professional, lyric, and dramatic performance quality during three Soviet concerts.
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Moscow
Benny Goodman
Sovyetskaya Kultura
Ministry of Culture
Goodman
Soviet Union
Yuri Dimitriyev
Dimitriyev
Joya Sherrill
McVey Names Wellington Woman Executive Secretary
Washington AP Rep. Walter L McVey R Kan announces Mrs J E Beth of Wellington as resident executive secretary for the 5th Kansas district. She resigns as Sumner County Republican chairman to take the post with headquarters at her Wellington home.
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Washington
Walter L. McVey
R-Kan
J.E. Beth
Wellington
Kansas
Sumner County
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