Aerial lift debuts for Chanute power plant crews
Downtown workers observe a new truck mounted aerial lift in action hanging flags for Flag Day. The device replaces the old ladder truck and can reach up to 37 feet with basket controls from either the basket or ground. Chanute resident Miss Ferguson shares pride in Chanute as she competes in Miss Kansas Pageant with strong hometown support.
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Carol Ferguson
Chanute
Pratt
Ferguson
Chanute JayCees
Miss Ferguson
Weather summary for Topeka area with mild temperatures
Forecast calls for generally fair weather with little temperature change through Friday. Low Tonight 60s to near 60, high Friday mid 60s. Topeka and Garden City recorded highs in the 70s to mid 80s, lows in the 50s to 60s with scattered showers possible in the west only.
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Topeka
Kansas
Garden City
Gardens City
Hill City
Traffic Sign Uniformity Discussed at Local Meet
About 80 attendees gathered for an area workshop on uniform traffic signs markings and control devices in communities across the state. State highway officials led sessions from Topeka with focus on standard manuals and local authority in signing.
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Meet Here
State Highway Commission
Topeka
Claud R. McCamment
W. E. Allison
A. J. Basile
J. Francis Barclay
William §. Hill
Neosho County
McCamment
Allison
Secondary Roads Department
Basile
Barclay
State Highway Safety
G. A. Sutton
Chanute
Entertainers describe lurid working conditions before Senate
Corinne Stein of Pittsburgh and Joan Gainsley testified about coercion and forced prostitution attempts at Calumet City and Miami night clubs. They said some dancers endured threats and exploitation while others claimed participation was voluntary. The 21 Club in Calumet City reportedly had an AGVA contract.
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Calumet City
Ill
Miami, Fla
Corinne Suzette Stein
Pittsburgh
Afl-Cio American Guild of Variety Artists
Chicago
Stein
Joan Gainsley
Subcommittee
Jerome Adlerman
Miss Gainsley
AGWA
Afl-Cio
Red Cross Bloodmobile Dates Set for June Drives
The Red Cross bloodmobile will visit June 25 and 26 for a blood collection. Donors may give on June 25 from 12 noon to 5 15 PM and on June 26 from 9 AM to 2 15 PM. Daily quota is 120 pints, total 240. Mrs Johnstone leads recruitment with Mrs Virgil Taylor Thayer Mrs Eugene Bailey Earlton and Mrs Beulah Baldwin Humboldt assisting.
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Red Cross
Walter Johnstone
Johnstone
Virgil Taylor
Thayer
Eugene Bailey
Earlton
Beulah Baldwin
Humboldt
Pittsburg Name Garnett Bloomcamp Head of Aids and Awards
Garnett Bloomcamp, a Stark Kansas teacher, is appointed head of the new office of aids and awards at Pittsburg State College, effective July 1, as announced by the college administration. Bloomcamp will oversee student aid programs and scholarship awards within the college.
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Pittsburg
Garnett Bloomcamp
Stark, Kan
Pittsburg State College
19th Nuclear Test Near Johnston Island Readied
Joint Task Force 8 said the 19th nuclear test shot in the Pacific was near readiness. A 600 by 800 mile rectangular zone around Johnston Island was closed to ships and planes and warned to be dangerous for all aircraft and vessels. The notice promised a startling but not hazardous flash for nearby observers.
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Honolulu
Joint Task Force 8
Johnston Island
Pittsburg substitute eases by using two hands
A Pittsburg kindergarten teacher who plays piano with one finger leads class when present. A substitute filled in, and a child remarked that the substitute needed both hands, noting the teacher’s return.
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Pittsburg
Outside Help Theory For 3 Missing Alcatraz Escapers
The three convicts John Anglin Clarence Anglin and Frank Morris may have had outside help in escaping Alcatraz. FBI investigators examine recent visitors as a large search broadens to Angel Island while a fourth inmate tied to the plot remains. Researchers note the escape route through vents pipes and over fences ending at the bay. Warden Blackwell questions the likelihood of a solo swim to freedom.
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San Francisco
Alcatraz Island
San Francisco Bay
San Francisco Examiner
FBI
John Anglin
Clarence
Frank Morris
Angel Island
Alcatraz
Allen Clayton
Atlanta
Anglin Brothers
Morris
Olin Blackwell
Traffic Fatality Log For Topeka Kansas June 16 1962
Kansas traffic death log records 24 hours ending 9 am Thursday. For June 16 1962 the toll reached 221 compared with 221 for the same period in 1961. Data shows ongoing traffic fatalities in Topeka.
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Topeka
Kansas
Size of Debt Boost Decision for House
The House voted 201 to 118 against a Republican plan to raise the national debt limit by 6 billion dollars, vs the 8 billion urged by President Kennedy. A second vote followed on an 8 billion or 6 billion rise or none at all, amid threats of a financial straitjacket and a push toward a quick decision before a temporary ceiling of 300 billion lapses.
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Washington
House
Kennedy
Congress
Treasury
Wilbur D. Mills
Weeklong activities at four playgrounds spark growing attendance
City Recreation Commission reports higher turnout at Roosevelt Highland Park Murray Hill and City Park playgrounds in the first week of operation. Attendance ranges from ten at City Park to thirty five at Roosevelt with programs including Day Camps, Tot Lot sessions, archery and tennis basics under new supervisor Judy Brazil.
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City Recreation Commission
Commission
Roosevelt School
Highland Park
Murray Hill
City Park
Roosevelt Playground
Santa Fe Park
Highland Park Playground
City Park Playground
W. H. McMurray
Murray Hill School
Dean Skinner
East River Bridge
K39
Chanute
McMurray
Red Cross
Margaret Ranabargar
Recreation Commission
Wheat Harvest Moving North Across Kansas Regions
The Kansas wheat harvest has advanced to Lincoln with cutting reaching 90 percent in Sumner and Harper counties and 75 percent in Kingman and Sedgwick. Areas cut include Plainville to the west and Johnson to the south as labor control reports show 70 to 80 percent completion in Barber.
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Great Bend
Kansas
Lincoln
Plainville
Johnson
Harvest Labor Control Office
Sumner
Harper
Barber
Kingman
Sedgwick
Topeka Man Killed in Two Car Collision on US 24
Charles C. Houston aged 33 of Topeka died Wednesday from injuries sustained in a two car crash just north of Topeka on US 24.
Boy Receives Sewed-Back Arm After Accident
Everett Knowles Jr., 12, of Somerville had his right arm cut off by a freight train and surgically reattached at Massachusetts General Hospital. Doctors say nerve reconnection is still to come, but the boy left hospital three weeks after the May 23 accident and hopes to throw a baseball again.
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Boston
Everett Knowles Jr
Red’ Knowles
Massachusetts General Hospital
Red
Somerville
Massachusetts
New England
Skubitz Declares Candidacy in Kansas Fifth District
Topeka AP Joe Skubitz 55 of Pittsburg filed as a Republican candidate for Congress in the new fifth district. He previously served 19 years as assistant to two Kansas U S senators and worked for Senator Schoeppel and Senator Reed. Shriver also filed for reelection in the fourth district.
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Topeka
Joe Skubits
Kansas
Skubitz
Pittsburg
Garner Shriver
Wichita
Andrew F. Schoeppel
Schoeppel
Clyde Reed
Walter McVey
Independence
Wade A. Myers
Emporia
Shriver
Congress
Hard to Resist Speeding Letter
Postman Kenneth Butler found a stampedless note in a mailbox in Dearborn Michigan. A child's drawing of a postage stamp in purple crayon accompanied a sweet message addressed to Mommie from Jerry asking her to come home.
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Dearborn
Mich
Kenneth Butler
Detroit
Mommie
Mom
Mie
Jerry
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William S. Hill
Keith Wright
Stark
Gerald R. Ford
R-Mich
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Chrysler Corp
Michigan
Senate
Sandy
Everett
John J. Knowles
Robert Shaw
Joe Skubitz
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