Chanute Celebrates SeKan-Obama With Local Guests
Life long Chanute resident Fred Bower aged 86 walked into the Tioga Hotel to register as a pioneer settler. The mix up led to Centennial headquarters where visitor registration continues. June brings a surge of marriage licenses at Erie, with 10 issued in seven days. Teddy Ludlum adds a gray squirrel to his pets, a friendly bond forming as he recovers from tonsillectomy.
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Bower
Centennial Headquarters
Kansas Weather Outlook Turn Cool With Showers After Midweek
Cloudy cool conditions spread across Kansas with recent showers in northern and eastern areas. Highs today forecast in the 60s to lower 70s, lows near 50 in the northwest, and continued cool weather into Friday with lows 55 to 60 and highs near 70. Early day readings ranged from 47 at Goodland to 65 at Wichita.
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Olathe
Salina
Wichita
Goodland
Sunshine Brings Hope For Pageant Tonight At Centennial
Centennial officials and SeKan O Rama performers welcomed bright weather as the second postponed pageant date moved to tonight at City Park Stadium. Ground conditions improved after a storm but remained soggy for the animals. Tonight features the Golden Clippers Saddle Club exhibition at 8:15 followed by the pageant at 8:30 and fireworks at 10:30, with extra performances depending on crowd size and weather. Industry and Transportation Day plans tomorrow include tours of Ash Grove Lime Portland Cement Mid-America Refining AeroDuct Virginia Carolina Chemical Burlington Manufacturing from 9-12 and 2-4.
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Ash Grove Lime & Portland Cement Co
Mid-America Refining Co
AeroDuct
Virginia - Carolina Chemical Corp
Burlington Manufacturing Co
Ash Grove
Mid-America
Virginia- Carolina
Burlington
Brothers of the Brush pageant judges set for Kansas City
Four year old Kenneth Van Norman to start at 7 45 tomorrow night in City Park as part of pre pageant activities. A bearded man is killed when a tractor trailer runs over him after a booby prize contest. Henry Blacketer 40 of St Joseph Mo led police in saying the beard trimming and prize run under the wheels. Awards to be given for best all around beard best beard growth and a crowned Centennial Queen re captured by Attorney General William Ferguson. Other Young America Day events and Lions Club parade were briefly interrupted by a shower yesterday.
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Kansas City
City Park
Kenneth van Norman
Henry Blacketer
St. Joseph
William Ferguson
John Anderson
Chanute Centennial Guests List Grows for SeKan-O-Rama
In Chanute Kansas officials and railroad executives head a guest list for the SeKan-O-Rama centennial. Attending are William M Ferguson of Wellington and Santa Fe officials L M Olson A J Strobel Cliff Sandburg and John Cena. Octave Chanute relatives share regrets over attendance.
Centennial Program Totals Includes Ride Events And Pageants
Tonight features Golden Clippers Saddle Club performances at 8 15 and 8 30 in City Park Stadium with a 10 50 fireworks display There is a midnight fireworks finale Tomorrow offers tours of local industries in the morning and afternoon Final judging of Brothers of the Brush is at 7 45 p m at City Park The Centennial Queen will be crowned by Attorney General William Ferguson during the pageant prologue
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Kennedy's back improves seen after Potomac cruise
President Kennedy's backache eases, still on crutches with no clear recovery date. He took a two hour Potomac cruise with friends, dined aboard, after a White House pool session and cabinet meeting. He plans to welcome Mrs Kennedy home from Greece tonight.
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Robert F. Wagner
New York City
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Lon
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Sooner Man's Body Recovered From Lake
J L Riley 49 vice president of American National Bank Bristow Okla was found dead in Grand Lake near Ketchum. Authorities say it appears to be suicide. Trooper Robert Impson said Riley rented a boat and jumped into the water after leaving a note for his family.
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American National Bank
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Riley
Impson
Yellow Rain Falls In Massachusetts
In Massachusetts many communities reported yellow rain on Wednesday. The Audubon Society attributed the unusual color to pine pollen carried by 90 degree temperatures earlier in the week, a sight that startled some residents who feared atomic fallout.
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Boston
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Khrushchev Seeks European Peace Talks in Six Month Window
Premier Khrushchev spoke in a televised address to the Soviet people after Vienna talks with President Kennedy. He urged a peace settlement in Europe within the year, called for a conference of WWII allies to reunify Germany, and linked disarmament talks with a nuclear test ban. He urged negotiations between West and East Germany and kept Berlin access rights. Kennedy described the Vienna meeting as useful though somber with Laos seen as the immediate path to agreement. He warned Western powers against misjudgment and urged sincere disarmament efforts.
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Tractors for Prisoners Talks Tie Cuba to Washington
U S negotiators head to Washington after Fidel Castro repeated a demand for farm tractors in exchange for 1 167 prisoners. The Tractors For Freedom committee led by Eleanor Roosevelt weighs a fund drive to buy 2 000 tractors per man, with estimates ranging from 3 500 to 6 000 dollars per unit. Castro says 1 167 captives or equivalently 1 200 jailed patriots could be swapped, and stresses the deal hinges on US committee action.
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Trial in progress over time of death in Kinne case
Kansas City AP The murder trial of Sharon Kinne hears arguments to fix the time of death of Patricia Jones. Prosecution says Jones was killed 25 to 30 hours before she was found. Defense argues 6 to 8 hours prior. Dr. Hugh Owens testifies on post mortem analysis and time estimation. Prosecution links the revolver to Kinne's ownership.
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Sharon Kinne
Patricia Jones
Independence
Hugh H. Owens
Owens
Traffic Fatalities Reported In Topeka Area
Kansas traffic data show 24 hour period up to 9 am Thursday recorded fatalities in Topeka and surrounding area. The report notes figures for June 21 with 1961 totals and compares to 1960 period.
Saxon to Leave Vending Firm for Seminary Study
Jim Saxon, age 31, of Charlotte announces he will quit his vending machine business in July to pursue a three year program at Union Theological Seminary in Richmond Virginia to become a Presbyterian minister. He will be accompanied by his wife and six children. His father, J Herman Saxon, will take over the business which has grown from 800000 to 3 million dollars in ten years.
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Saxon
Freedom Ride Tests Segregation Across Florida Route
A mixed group of 18 riders including Jewish, white Protestant, and Negro ministers began a Florida bound test of segregation arriving in Jacksonville after traveling from Sumter South Carolina. They found minimal incidents with some signage but used both colored and white rest rooms in Savannah and Jacksonville without trouble. The effort aims to report findings to the Interstate Commerce Commission and continue toward Tallahassee and beyond.
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Associated Press
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South Carolina
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Georgia
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Tallahassee
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National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
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New York
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Greyhound
Perjury Charge Dismissed in Kansas City Case
A perjury count against Maj. John J. Harvey suspended chief of detectives in Kansas City was dropped before trial. The prosecutor said proof depended on testimony by ex-convict Kenneth Bruce Sheetz, which would require revealing a telephone conversation Sheetz overheard. A judge ruled such testimony needed a proven conspiracy foundation between Presta and Harvey.
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John J. Harvey
Don Hutson
Kenneth Bruce Sheetz
Harvey
Jackson County
Alex Presta
North Side
Sheetz
Hutson
Paul A. Buzard
Presta
Tear Jerking Event At Lebo Bank
In Lebo Kansas a tear gas incident after a floor cutting tool ruptured a gas bomb near the Lebo State Bank. Four Emporia workers, a bank official David Evans and others cried in the lobby and on the street for about 20 minutes before returning to work despite lingering fumes.
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Lebo State Bank
David Evans
Emporia
Actress Lauren Bacall To Wed Jason Robards Jr
Vienna reports that actress Lauren Bacall widow of Humphrey Bogart and actor Jason Robards Jr expect to be married in Vienna on Friday per Robards' manager.
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Jason Robards
Vienna
Austria
Humphrey Bogart
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One-Sided Little League Game Ends Early
In Sedalia Missouri the Ad Co team led the Sedalia Ice 45 to 0 when darkness halted play after the first inning. The Ice failed to bat as the game ended early.
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Wasser for Insurance. HE 1.9530 Adv Bee
Fragmentary OCR text references contact instructions for Tribune phone lines and a carrier. It mentions dialing HE 1-3400 if unavailable. No clear event or person details are readable.
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