Soviets Plan New Series Of Rocket Tests
Moscow reports a July 5 31 rocket test window 1000 miles southwest of Hawaii in a 50000 square mile target area. The first launch reached about 7000 miles with near target. Khrushchev urged cadets to master rocket and nuclear war while stressing a defensive peoples army.
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Moscow
Central Pacific
Hawaii
United States
Cape Canaveral
South Africa
Soviet Union
Palmyra Island
Christmas Island
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Kremlin
Castro vows to seize American investments over sugar quota
Fidel Castro shouted in Artemisa that the Cuban regime would seize American assets penny by penny if the United States cuts its sugar purchases. He threatened to take over U S sugar mills and other interests worth over a half billion dollars, calling the U S sugar bill stupid and criminal.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Cuba
United States
Castro
Sugar Workers’ Federation
Artemisa
U.S
U. S
House Agriculture Committee
Hot Kansas Tuesday drives record highs across state
Topeka reports Tuesday as the hottest day of the season with many locations hitting or exceeding 100 degrees. Readings ranged from 66 to 110 across Kansas as the forecast calls for hot and humid weather through Thursday with chances of spotty afternoon thundershowers and cooler northern clouds.
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Topeka
Kansas
Wamego
Manhattan
Liberal
Hill City
Goodland
Weather Bureau
North Central
Chanute graduate Bruce Brigden to be ordained in Cherryvale
Bruce Brigden, Chanute High School alumnus and former Tribune carrier, will be ordained as minister at 7 30 p m Friday at the First United Presbyterian Church in Cherryvale. He earned a BA at College of Emporia and a recent theological degree in New Jersey. Brigden has served as minister in Cherryvale since graduation, is married to Jane Churchill with two young children, and will be ordained by Neosho Presbytery, a first for Chanute church in 90 years.
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Chanute
the Tribune
First United Presbyterian Church
Cherryvale
Brigden
College of Emporia
New Brunswick Theolological Seminary
New Jersey
Virginia Brigden
Cha‘nute
Topeka
J. L. Taylor
N. Highland
Jane ‘Churchill
Ted Churchill
S. Washington
David
Pamela
Neosho
William T. Hunt
Cave-in Fatal To Contractor In Overland Park
Edward Baker a 44 year old sewer contractor was killed when a ditch cave in at a suburban Overland Park Kansas project. Fire Chief James Broucker said Baker lacked shoring and had been buried up to the waist a day earlier in a similar slide nearby.
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Kansas City
Edward Baker
Baker
Overland Park
Kan
James G. Brouckerd
Driver and Brother Charged by Police
Robert Reed and Delbert Reed of Lawrence were arrested after police observed them driving erratically at about 9 15 last night. Robert Reed faces charges of driving while intoxicated and reckless driving. Delbert Reed faces intoxication charges. Joe Melnyk, chamber manager, said a blood alcohol test was administered. A board meeting of the Chamber of Commerce was set for 4:15 tomorrow afternoon in the C of C office to discuss campaign activities and committee work. The arresting officers noted the car was stopped at 3rd and Santa Fe North by two men from Santa Fe Park.
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Robert Reed
Delbert Reed
Lawrence
Chamber of Commerce
C of C
Joe
Bert
Young Chanute Golfer Tops Southeast Kansas Field
Sheila Conn, 16 and daughter of Chanute Country Club pro Pat Conn, shot an 81 to win medalist honors in the championship flight of the Southeast Kansas Women’s Golf Assn tournament at Chanute. Her score helped Chanute claim 17 team points and extend its lead for the season trophy as 98 golfers from ten clubs competed.
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Sheila Conn
Kansas Women's Golf Assn
Chanute Country Club
Pat Conn
Miss Conn
Chanute
Bob Allen
Rex Truitt
Coffeyville Country Club
Independence Elks
Kansas
Helen Mills
Cynthia Gray
Tennessee
Nettie Schaub
Independence
Barbara Beurskens
Tribune
Car in Water Drowns Two Daughters at Kirwin Reservoir
Sam Fain of Hays unhitching a camping trailer failed to notice his car rolling 60 feet down a slope and plunging into 30 feet of Kirwin reservoir. Inside were his two daughters Lee 42 and Sherry 22 who drowned in the vehicle.
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Phillipsburg
Kan
Sam Fain
Hays
Kirwin Reservoir
Lee
Sherry
Work Insurance Rates Going Up to PERA
AP reports that workmen's compensation insurance rates will rise about 10 percent starting Friday. Insurance Commissioner Frank Sullivan cited five million dollars in losses over five years, including 1.8 million last year, with rate changes varying by classification and some reductions for specific types. The average cost per case climbed from 646 to 961 dollars over five years, and medical hospital payments per case rose from 45 to 61 dollars.
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PERA
Frank Sullivan
Sullivan
Dates Set For Kansas Frog Season Points Open July First
PRATT AP Frog season in Kansas will run from July 1 to September 30. Dave Leahy director of the Kansas Forestry, Fish and Game Commission announced the dates. A fishing license is required and the daily limit is eight frogs per person. Legal taking methods are dip net, hook and line, or by hand.
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PRATT
Kansas
Dave Leahy
Kansas Forestry, Fish and Game Commission
Leahy
Congress to recess for nominating conventions
Democratic leaders vote to recess Congress and return August 8 after the presidential nominating events. The plan aims to avoid pre election rush and allows both parties to attend their conventions in Los Angeles and the GOP to move forward under Vice President Nixon. Johnson and Rayburn support the move amid opposition over post convention political rhetoric.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Richard M. Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Lyn
Don B. Johnson
Texas
Stuart Symington
Missouri
House
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Los Angeles
Rayburn
Johnson
Council Forms Action Group on City Recreation Program
A Community Council meeting in the Memorial Building named Lester Grove Warren Fitch and C A Wood to form a public education committee for the proposed city recreation question on the August primary ballot. The council granted free Scout memberships and endorsed Monday as Boy Scout night in Chanute.
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Memorial
Glen Halbe
Claude Pittenger
Lester Grove
Warren Fitch
C. A. Wood
George Palen
Chanute
Halbe
Cleaver Visits Chanute in Senate Campaign Tour
Henry P. Cleaver of Lawrence, a 1954 Baker University graduate now campaigning for U.S. senator, toured Chanute yesterday. He owns a Pleasantville farm and works as a cashier in Lawrence, with background in finance, industry and real estate. plans to return to Chanute in late July to resume campaigning.
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Henry P. Cleaver
Lawrence
U.S
Chanute
Cleaver
Baker University
Baldwin
Washburn Law School
Topeka
Kansas University
Pleasantville
Kansas Traffic Death Log Report For 24 Hours
In Topeka Kansas the traffic death log records 24 hours to 9 a.m. showing a comparison with the 1959 period and noting two deaths not previously counted. The report is associated with Lee Wasser for Insurance and provides 1960 figures alongside 1959 data.
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Topeka
Kansas
Lee Wasser
Harvest Tempo Moving Ahead Across Kansas Wheat Fields
Full scale wheat cutting under way in southern Kansas with ideal dry hot conditions. Harvest labor control reports progress from Concordia to Tribune and expects northern line counties west of Republic to Cheyenne ready early next week. Some counties report wet grain delaying cuts while others push to finish in multiple counties amid 100 degree heat.
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Great Bend
Kansas
Concordia
Tribune
State Employment Service
Harvest Labor Control Office
Northern Line
Republic
Cheyenne
Cowley
Sedgwick
Harper
Barber
Kingman
Ashland
Clark County
McPherson
Ford
Clark
Minneola
Gray
Hodgeman
Finney
Ottawa
Graham, Norton
Cloud
Jewell
Sheridan
Wichita
Greeley
Lincoln
Mitchell, Sherman
Logan
Wallace
Thomas
Decatur
Rawlins
Destructive Windstorms Sweep Five Midwest States
Thunderstorms with hurricane like force pounded the Midwest from Minnesota to Kentucky, hitting Iowa hardest with millions in damage. Ottumwa suffered 125 mph winds and major property loss while other towns faced uprooted trees, power outages, and shattered structures. Edna Gause died in Quincy as an apartment collapse was blamed on the storm.
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Iowa
Ilinois
Missouri
Ohio River
Kentucky
Ottumwa
Lowa
Boone
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Mississippi River
Illinois
Nauvoo
Hamilton
Mississippi
Edna Gause
Macomb
Louisiana
Clarksville
Kahoka
Canton
Lewiston
Henderson
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Central Plains
Davis Clings to Narrow Lead in North Dakota Senate Race
Unofficial results with 1,647 of 2,310 precincts counted show Gov. John F. Davis leading Rep. Quentin Burdick by about 3 000 votes. Rural farm returns narrowed the margin after a strong city showing, keeping the race in doubt as late returns rolled in.
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Fargo
N. D
John FE
Davis
iQuentine Burdick
North Dakota
Senate
Burdick
Scott
Anderson
North Dakota race signals farm belt discontent with Benson
In a tight North Dakota election analysts view the result as a test of satisfaction with Secretary Benson and the agriculture program. Davis led cities like Fargo and Minot but trailed his 1958 margins. Burdick stressed farm policy and the soil bank, attacking Benson and winning rural support.
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Ezra Taft Benson
North Dakota
Davis
John Lord
Fargo
Topeka
Minot
Bismarck
Secret Service
Burdick
Benson
Farm, Program
Soil Bank
Rockefeller pushes health insurance plan for the elderly
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller urged Congress to finance health insurance for Americans over 65 through social security payroll taxes. He proposed a health benefit trust funded by a half percent payroll tax rise and opposed means tests, suggesting beneficiaries could choose services or cash to offset outside coverage. He and others at the governors conference also discussed traffic safety funding and a defense budget hike as they weighed aging and security issues.
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Glacier National Park
Mont
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Eisenhower
New York
Rockefeller
G. Men‘nen Williams
Michigan
Congress
Williams
Tragic Head-On Crash Kills Four Travelers on U.S. 36
A head-on collision on U S 36 near Belleville Kansas killed three members of a Oregon family and the Missouri driver. Five more from the Oregon car were seriously injured in the Tuesday night wreck.
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Belleville
Kanap
Oregon
Missouri
U. S
Area Assists Blood Program Effort in Chanute and Nearby Towns
Residents of area towns aided the Red Cross blood drive led by Mrs. Robert Lopeman aiming for a 160 pint quota. Donors from Thayer Humboldt Buffalo and Mora n contributions are listed, with Earl Ostrander noted for 30 pints and several individuals at one to three gallons.
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Robert Lopeman
Neosho County
Red Cross
Thayer
Harold Umbarger
Harry Rash
Charles Payne
Mary Cole
Maurice Davidson
Dorothy Taylor
Alberta Brooks
Dale Anderson
Stella Adams
Humboldt
Vernon Hawver
Beulah Baldwin
Carl Huffmaster
Kenneth Brinkman
Frank Hemphill
Max Smith
Gene Taylor
Lucille Henderson
Celia Sinclair
Rugene McCullough
James Brant
Earlton
A. R. Brant
Buffalo
Karen
Marilyn Costin
Moran
Jean Minnich
Lopeman
Earl Ostrander
W. 4Th
Chanute
Wilbur Allison
Raymond Friederich
Russel Corbitt
Alfred Serrato
Joe Balch
Esker Burt
Robert Washburn
Robert Briley
Pete Guadian
Clarence Cleaver
Robert Proctor
Buck Jones
Dean Foster
Glen Uden
Officer Boosts Basin Program In Arkansas Valley
Brig. Gen. William Whipple urged continued development of the Arkansas River valley in a speech to the Arkansas Basin Association. He warned that halting the program now would be uneconomical and noted all remaining units depend on completing the system, with Oologah reservoir as the exception. Whipple retires July 8 to become chief engineer for the 1964 65 New York World's Fair. The Arkansas plan includes navigation up to Tulsa.
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Little Rock
William Whipple
Southwestern Division
Arkansas River Valley
Arkansas Basin Assn
Whipple
Oologah Reservoir
Betire
Arkansas
Tulsa
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Parsons
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Marguerite Messinger
Pittsburg Elks
Lenora McReynolds
Coffeyville Hillcrest
Charles Rickel
John ‘Nation
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Bruce Burris
Marvel Alexander
Parsons Katy
Hazel Gillis
Bobbie Milks
Delpha Simmons
Rosemary Scimeca
Lois Parks
Fort Scott Country Club
Dale Painter
Charles Westle
Fred Hiller
Parsons Country Club
Iola
Council
Midwest
Associated Press
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Oskaloosa
Fairfield
Keokuk
Dakota
Rocky
Ward
Stephen L. R. McNichols
Colorado
GOP
J. Caleb Boggs
Delaware
William Randolph Hearst Jr
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