Two Escapees Gunfight On Jan Manhunt Ends Near St Paul
Chase and King, two escapees from guards earlier, slipped from custody again near Wolcott Kansas City area. They fled in a state bulletin noted a 1959 Plymouth car LY-1530 with two .38 revolvers. About 100 officers pursued them in the field near Chase’s South Mound home after a Jan 5 dawn fight with Sheriff Sloan and Undersheriff Neeley.
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Neosho County
St. Paul
Carl Roy Chase
Parsons
Jay Lea King
Zarah
Lansing
Wolcott
Kansas City
Chase
King
Chase and
Jerry Sloan
George Neeley
Elmer Gibson
South Mound
Prison break near Kansas City as guards abduct two convicts
Two Hutchinson state reform inmates, King and Chase, escaped while en route to Lansing after overpowering guard H. C. Marrs. A fisherman alerted authorities as the car veered into a ditch and deputies cut the prisoner free from a tree trap.
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Kansas City
Sloan
Neeley
Lansing
State Reformatory
Hutchinson
Chase
King
Associated Press
H. C. Marrs
Marrs
Wolcott
Kansas
Highway Patrol
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Tracy Hand
State
El Dorado Queen Crowned Miss Kansas 1961
Gayla Leigh Shoemake of El Dorado, 19, Kansas State cheerleader, won Miss Kansas 1961 at a ceremony in Pratt. She will represent Kansas at Miss America in Atlantic City and receive a $1,000 scholarship, a diamond pendant, and three evening gowns. First runner up Linda Lou Marshall of Wichita won $450, Judith Ray Jamison of KU took third with $350, and others earned smaller scholarships.
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Berkeley
Calif
Kansas
Atlantic City
Sonja Henricks
Honolulu
Hawaii
Boy’s Fund Reaches 1143 as Surgery Planned
The heart surgery fund for seven month old Mark Bright climbs to 1143.61 with 61.83 added since yesterday noon. The Bright family will take their son to Kansas University Medical Center in Kansas City Kansas for a planned surgery date. Contributions include A&P 19.30 City Cafe 11.87 Roy E Marts 10 Olson’s 5.66 Rural Homemakers 5 Mrs Ewing Wolfe 4 Mrs Wolfe 3 anonymous 2 Mrs Storck 1 and Ben Franklin store employees 12.50.
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Mark Bright
Dean Bright
N. Forest
Kansas University Medical Center
Kansas City
Kan
A&p
City Cafe
Roy E. Marts
Olson
Ewing G. Wolfe
Ewing C. Wolfe
Anonymous
Harold Storck
Ben Franklin
Erie to vote again on 40000 pool bond proposal
A $40,000 bond to build a municipal swimming pool will be resubmitted to Erie voters in a special election July 12. The measure, defeated 238 to 259 with three invalid ballots on April 5, would place the pool at the former high school site on North Main. Mayor Hollis Dunham said the council approved resubmission earlier this week. Balloting will be at city hall.
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ERIE
North Main
Hollis Dunham
Olson Seeks County Post for Neosho County Clerk
Carroll Richard Olson announced his Democratic candidacy for Neosho County clerk subject to the August primary. A native of the county and Korean War veteran, Olson resigned from the State Highway Commission to run. He studied political science at Chanute Junior College and is engaged to Mona Matson of WaKeeney with an Aug. 14 wedding planned.
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Carroll Richard Olson
Neosho County
Myrtle Olson
Erie
State Highway Commission
Olson
Mona Matson
WaKeeney
Weather Update From Topeka and Kansas Rainfall Report
The forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies and scattered thunderstorms through Sunday with locally heavy rain tonight. High near 90 today, low around 70, and Sunday highs in the 80s. Five inches of rain near Colby caused a small creek to overflow and tornado funnels were sighted near Colby and Oberlin with Oberlin reporting 3.16 inches of rain.
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Topeka
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Colby
Oberlin
Actor Gordon Polk Dies After Surgery in Los Angeles
Los Angeles AP reports Gordon Polk the 35 year old television and movie actor who was ordained as a minister over a year ago died Friday following surgery for a congenital heart ailment. The actor was known for his work in film and television projects and his ministry work.
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Los Angeles
Gordon Polk
Brother Ends 40-Year Search for Lost Brother in Jail Reunion
Alabama man Ervin Whitaker spent four decades seeking his sibling Howard. Bee Whitaker located Howard in Mecklenburg County jail where he awaited an appeal on an assault charge. Howard recalled Navy service and said he was returning home as Bee promised.
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Charlotte
N. C
Alabama
Mecklenberg
Ervin (Bee) Whitaker
Howard
Bee
Bee Whitaker
Ervin Whitaker
Howard Whitaker
Jesse
Huntsville
Ala
Washington D. C
Baltimore
Marvin Ritch
Navy
Snake Serum Rushed For Missouri Infant
Kansas City police and highway patrol troopers ferried snake serum from a Kansas City lab to Cameron hospital to treat 18 month old Beverly Ann Walker after a copperhead bite on her ankle. The dash covered 56 miles and ended just before midnight with doctors unsure how soon the treatment would take effect.
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Cameron, Mo
Kansas City
Highway Patrol
Cameron Hospital
Beverly Ann Walker
Burl Lloyd Walker
Nettleton
Weeks Appeal Withdrawn For Trailer Home Permit
Paschal Grimes says the zoning board hearing set for Tuesday night is cancelled as the Lee Weeks and wife withdraw their appeal to permit placing a trailer behind their home at 1509 South Malcolm.
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Zoning Board of Appeals
Paschal Grimes
Grimes
Lee Weeks
S. Malcolm
District Sheriffs Meet at Tioga Hotel Dinner
A Kansas Sheriffs Association district dinner will be held at the Tioga Hotel at 7 p.m. Thursday. About 50 sheriffs undersheriffs and deputies are expected. The meeting will discuss proposed state legislation affecting terms of office and sheriff operations.
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Kansas Sheriffs Assn
Tioga Hotel
Pig Scraper Hurdles Block Water Line Test
City Manager R J Hayes reported a stubborn pig scraper used to clear the river intake to the new water treatment plant keeps snagging at a Y junction. Crews aimed to maneuver it past the bend to enable trial operation of the facility.
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R. J. Hayes
Hayes
Toronto dam dedication water sports schedule
An extensive water sports program accompanies the Toronto dam dedication on June 18 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The events include motor boat races and a water ski jumping contest, with a nationally known water ski team performance at 11. Preliminaries begin at 1:30 on the west shore beach, featuring Indian dances by Wichita Explorer Scouts. Attending will be Sen. Andrew F. Schoeppel, Gov. George Docking, and Gen. E. C. Itschner. Chanute delegates are arranging through the Chamber of Commerce.
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Toronto Dam
West Shore
Andrew F. Schoeppel
George Docking
E. C. Itschner
Army Corps of Engineers
Chanute
Chamber of Commerce Office
Chamber
Tokyo mob protests Ike Kishi visit as 150000+ demonstrate
In Tokyo more than 150000 demonstrators roamed central streets in rowdy parades denouncing Eisenhower and Kishi. Leftist students besieged Kishi’s residence while White House aide Hagerty joined Ike’s Asia tour planning amid security concerns and a police shortfall.
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Tokyo
United States
Nobusuke Kishi
Eisenhower
Japan
Wash
Ington
Alaska
Ike
Kishi
White House
Secre
Tary
James C. Hagerty
Tachikawa
Anchorage
Hagerty
Zengakuren
Parliament
Akahata
Red Flag
Communist Party
America
30 000 Alaskans Prepare to Greet Eisenhower in Anchorage
About 30 000 Alaskans are expected to line Fourth Avenue and gather around Elmendorf Air Force Base as President Eisenhower visits the new 49th state. A 15 minute official greeting follows his arrival from Washington and a 300 guest reception at Elmendorf, before a Wake Island departure.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Elmendorf Air Force Base
Washington
Far East
Japan
William A. Egan
Eisenhower
Andrews Air Force Base
John Eisenhower
Barbara
Elmendorf
Wake Island
Nixon Urges Unity While Welcoming Disagreement in Party
Vice President Richard Nixon said there is room in the Republican Party for disagreement with some Eisenhower policies. He stressed that once the platform and nominee are set Republicans must unite, arguing the party will win if united and lose if divided. Nixon cited Willkie’s 1940 path as a warning for concerted opposition.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Republican Party
Eisenhower
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Nixon
Republican National Committee
Rockefeller
Thurston B Morton
Morton
National Committee
Wendell L. Willkie
Chicago
Man's Body Found In Wrecked Car On K10 Near Pflumm
Kansas City, AP. Wesley Samuel Breckenridge 63, a painter, was found dead in his wrecked motor car on a steep embankment off K10 near Pflumm Road in Johnson County. Autopsy could not fix the exact time of death, but it was likely Thursday night or Friday morning. coroner Dr. John E. Johnson said Breckenridge probably fell asleep at the wheel while out collecting on bills.
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Kansas City
Wesley Samuel Breckenridge
Pflumm Road
Johnson County
Kan
John E. Johnson
Breckenridge
Bee Sting Fatal After 12 Years In Butte County
Edna B. Mann, 60, died Friday in Orov ille after nearly twelve years of paralysis caused by a bee sting in 1948. She was hospitalized at Butte County Hospital for most of that period.
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Oroville
Calif
Edna B. Mann
Bridges to Report for Induction
Gary Lee Bridges, R. 2, will report to Kansas City Monday for Army induction. Mrs. Gene Wall, Selective Service clerk, said the board has a pre-induction call for eight men. They will report June 21 for examination June 22.
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Gary Lee Bridges
Kansas City
Gene Wall
Selective Service
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Verle McCoy
S. Lafayette
Tribune
Ann Moore
Earl Moore
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Aleutian Islands
Fourth Avenue
Lee Wasser
Willkie
Prince Philip
Feller
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