Betancourt Survives Bomb Attack in Venezuela Plot
President Romulo Betancourt survived a bomb blast that killed three and wounded eight as his car exploded near the Avenue of Heroes in Caracas. He alleged a wide spread plan to topple his government with foreign and domestic actors, while borders were sealed and constitutional guarantees suspended to aid the investigation.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Romulo Betancourt
Betancourt
Miraflores
Lopez Henriquez
Avenue of Heroes
Luiz Augusto Dubuc
Marcos Perez Jimenez
Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Perez Jimenez
Miami Beach
Fla
Bethany Presbyterian Bethany Group Meets at Humboldt Home
Mrs G A Redfield hosted the Bethany Group of the Presbyterian church at her Humboldt home. Mrs William H Burtch led as president. Plans discussed include placing a First Aid Kit in the Community Park cabin, supporting Home of the Good Shepherd Iran, funding church medical missions in a summer offering, and completing the Vacation pledge. Summer sessions will be July August with meetings resuming in September. Nancy Mahaf of Coffeyville attended as a guest. nine members present. Mrs Redfield was assisted by Mrs Lillian Leabe.
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G. A. Redfield
Bethany
The
Presbyterian Church
William H. Burtch
Community Park
the Good Shepherd
Iran
Fund For Medical Missions
Church
Nancy Mahaf
Coffeyville
Redfield
Lillian Leabe
Birthday Surprise for Arthur Jackson in LaHarpe
Arthur Jackson and family held a surprise birthday gathering at his LaHarpe home with sandwiches pie and coffee. Attendees included James Jackson Robert Vincent Loraine Marvin Hazel Marvin Jimmy Cindy Blanche Hall and others from LaHarpe Iola and Anna. Some visitors traveled from Wichita and Topeka.
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Arthur Jackson
James Jackson
Robert Vincent
Loraine Marvin
Jimmy
Cindy
Hazel Marvin
LaHarpe
Harvey Weide
Steven
Iola
W. T. Garvie
Anna
Mae Smith
Blanche Hall
Big Spring
Texas
Jack Garvie
Tulsa
Hall
Blanche Lampe
Wichita
Gabe Crancleton
Floyd A. Crawford
Kenneth
Brenda
Tami
Herman Crawford
Neosho River
Douglas Baxter
Topeka
Baxter Family Ties Highlight Local Obituary
Douglas Baxter, son of R L Baxter a Santa Fe telegrapher, died after a long illness. Survived by his wife and two daughters, with the Baxters having moved to Norton in his childhood. R L Baxter passed away in March. Mrs. Roy Mason recently visited New York with Mrs. Carol Morgan and traveled home to Kansas City by plane then train.
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R. L. Baxter
Santa Fe
Norton
Douglas
Baxter
Roy Mason
New York
Carol Morgan
Typhoon Olive Heads Toward Luzon With 170 mph Winds
Manila Weather Bureau warns Luzon and Visayas as Typhoon Olive, with center winds near 170 mph, moves west and northwest toward southern Luzon. The storm was about 170 miles east of Catanduanes Province in the Bicol area early today, advancing at 13 mph.
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Manila
Manila Weather Bureau
Luzon
Visayan Islands
Olive
Catanduanes
Bicol
Eisenhower Accepts Honorary Taipei Golf Club Membership
President Eisenhower accepted an honorary membership in the Taipei Golf and Country Club. The club said a letter conveyed his regret that he could not use its facilities during his Formosa visit.
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Taipei
Eisenhower
African states press for end of colonial rule in Algeria
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The 10 day second conference of independent African states ended with calls to end French colonial rule and to exclude South Africa from the British Commonwealth. Resolutions from political and economic committees were adopted. A resolution welcomed De Gaulle's offer to discuss Algeria with the provisional government and urged self determination and a cease fire in Algeria.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
France
South Africa
Committee On Political and Security Affairs
Committee On Economic and Social Affairs
de Gaulle
Algeria
Former commander sentenced to death in Przemyśl district court
In Przemyśl Poland the district court handed down the death sentence to the former commander in a case described by AP as involving serious wartime conduct. The ruling marks a stark end to a high profile prosecution that drew international attention.
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Przemsyl
Poland
Szpontak Faces Hangings for War Crimes in Poland
Maj. Jan K Szpontak a former chief of staff of Polish divisions of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army is condemned to hang by the Rzeszow District Court for collaboration with the Nazis massacre of civilians and destruction of villages. Arrested in Czechoslovakia in 1958 he was extradited to Poland last year amid charges from 1944 to 1947 Ukrainian guerilla fighting in southeastern Poland.
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Poland
Jan K. Szpontak
Rzeszow
Szpontak
Czechoslovakia
Sukarno Replaces Legislature with Hand-Picked Parliament
President Sukarno dissolves the 1955 elected legislature and forms a 283-member Parliament dominated by functional groups and the armed forces. Pamphlets accuse dictatorial action and constitutional violation as the new body is tasked with creating an Indonesian socialist state.
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Jakarta
Sukarno
Indonesia
Northeast Area Hit by Storms and Tornadoes Across Regions
The Associated Press reports tornadic winds lashed the Northeast causing major damage with roofs torn off and power lines down across Pennsylvania New York and Vermont. An emergency was declared around Schenectady Rotter dam Woodlawn with estimated losses near two million dollars. No deaths were recorded as storms extended into Texas Ohio Valley and the South with heavy rains and flooding.
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Atlantic Ocean
Weather Bureau
Central States
Canada
Pennsylvania
New York
Vermont
New Jersey
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Schenectady
N.Y
Rotterdam
Woodlawn
Glens Falls
Jeffersonville
New England
Texas
Campo
Eagle Lake
Houston
Ohio Valley
Cedar Creek
Tex
Austin
Illinois
Ohio River
Mrs Onassis Divorces Greek Shipping Magnate
New York AP report states Tina Onassis obtained an Alabama divorce from Aristotle Onassis on grounds of mental cruelty. No alimony, custody awarded to Tina for two children Alexander 11 and Christina 9. The couple had been married 13 years. location of the divorce was not disclosed.
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NEW York
Tina Onassis
Alabama
Aristotle Onassis
Sol Rosenblatt
City of Chanute approves street resurfacing resolutions June 1960
The Chanute Kansas city governing body adopts multiple resolutions to resurface East 127th Street South Evergreen to South Central and South Central Avenue from 15th to 18th Street with tack coat leveling coat and asphalt surface. Protests by owners representing over half the taxed property must be filed within twenty days from final publication for the work to proceed. The measures, dated June 13 to June 23 1960, are to be published in the Chanute Tribune for six consecutive days.
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East 127Th Street
South Evergreen
South Central
Chanute Tripune
Chanute
South Central Avenue
15Th Street
Chanute Tribune
City of
Neosho County
Kansas
13Th Street
14Th Street
12Th Street
Chenute
11Th Street
Highland Avenue
18Th Street
19Th Street
Chenute Tribune
Callas Romance Denied After Mediterranean Cruise
In September Onassis and Maria Callas reportedly sailed the Mediterranean on a cruise. An opera event was planned for Saturday June 25, 1960. Both have denied a romance, and Callas was later divorced from her Italian husband Giovan ni Battista Meneghini.
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Onassis
the Chanute Tribune
Opera
Maria Callas
Miss Callas
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Willis
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Research Labs
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Howard Parsons Cuy
Howard Parsons
Ie Ae
Coas
Baldwin Organs
Clay
Roy S. Gibson
Clifford L. Gibson
Chanute, Kansas
David L. McCune
Chapute Ins
Ass'n - Hamar
MGR
N. Lincola
Joe
Pat Brazil
Chester Hale
Our
Sutcliffe Lockers
Katy Park
POR
N. Highland
Peoples Cleaners
A. B. Chauncey
Giovanni Battista Meneghini
First National Bank
Charute, Eas
F.D.I.C
Froyd J. Johnson
Fred L. Johnson
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