May Picture Presented To Father At Chanute Legion Meeting
A large portrait of Eugene May was given to his father William May at a Boerstler May Post 170 gathering in Chanute. May, a navy cook on the Arizona, died at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, first WWII casualty from the Chanute area. New Legion officers were installed and Veterans Day parade plans discussed.
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Eugene May
Chanute American Legion
William E. May
W. Beech
Boerstler May
Arizona
Pearl Harbor
Chanute
Chanute Legion Post
Harry Boerstler
Harry
Drisdell
May
Legion
William May
Philippines
Bruce Burris
Warren Alford
Tom Baughn
John Barney
Bill Morgan
Fred Johnson
Marvin Seefeldt
Dean, Skinner
Marcus Barbee
Justin Kirby
Bill Roberts
Weather records and Kansas rainfall report
Forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with little temperature change through Sunday and scattered thunderstorms in Kansas. Friday brought showers across eastern Kansas with varying totals, ranging from 0.30 to 2.17 inches in towns like Neosho Rapids, McFarland, Le Roy, Blaine, Cawker City, Council Grove, St. Francis, and Rossville.
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Topeka
Kansas
Neosho Rapids
McFarland
le Roy
Blaine
Cawker City
Council Grove
St. Francis
Rossville
Ottawa
Weather Bureau
Dynamite blast targets hoodlum car at Cahokia Downs
At Cahokia Downs in East St Louis a dynamite bomb exploded in a hoodlum’s car injuring four bartenders aboard. Victims Charles Hollis Charles McGinnis Charles Young and William Kennis suffered severe burns. Hollis nearly lost his legs. Police suspect a revenge attack connected to gangland feuds and the Pyle shooting case at Club 88.
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Cahokia Downs
William B. England
St. Clair County
England
Charles
Jeff) Hollis
Charles Spiff’ McGinnis
Frank
Buster) Wortman
Jewel) Youngman
Belleville
Ill
William
Joe) Kennis
Hollis
John Pyle
East St. Louis
Robert
Banjo Eyes) Carpenter
Pyle
Moslems Back Sweep Vote For Freedom
In Algiers the Moslem majority rushes to vote in a Sunday referendum on independence from France. Six million voters at about 6,500 polling places answer if Algeria becomes an independent state in cooperation with France.
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Algiers
Algeria
Itheir
France
Casbah
Charles de Gaulle
Evian
Red China Displays Force In Brushoff of JFK Call
Communist China rejects Kennedy’s call for a no use of force in Taiwan and asserts readiness to defend Formosa. Peiping claims U S warnings and warship movements signal aggression as Red forces hold Quemoy, Matsu with large artillery drills.
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Red China
JFK
Tokyo
China
Eisenhow
Kennedy
Formosa
Formosa Strait
Chiang Alist
Quemoy
New China News Agency
Peiping
Taiwan
Formoga
Nedy
Matsu
United States
Pescaidores
U.S
Chiang
Peiping Press
Japan
Chu Teh
Red Army
Chu Tel
Fukien
Nationalist Defense Ministry
Central
Lifers Earn College Degrees in Prison Graduation
In Leavenworth at the U S Penitentiary a class of 13 inmates earned degrees in a first ever prison graduation. The ceremony included men with murder and bank robbery convictions, eight with 30 hours of college work, 16 with high school diplomas, and 18 with grade school diplomas. The event featured a prison band, visiting relatives, and words from Dr. Arthur Murphy and H G Moeller praising educational efforts inside the federal system.
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Leavenworth
U. S. Penitentiary
H. G. Moeller
Washington
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Mrs Debus Retires After 19 Years in County Offices
A reception at the courthouse honored Mrs. Bess Debus who retires July 1 as assistant in the office of the county superintendent of schools. She has served in the role for 19 years.
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Erie
Bess Debus
Missile passes ground testing at Vandenberg
The Air Force reports the Minuteman solid fuel ballistic missile passed ground tests with its underground launch tube and control center. It marked the first time an operational-type Minuteman was tested with launch and control facilities. Flight tests are planned later this year as the 6,200 mile range missile is deployed in underground silos designed to survive a direct nuclear blast.
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Air Force
Traffic Death Near Mound City From Truck Crash
State Highway Patrol reported Ira G. Smith a 49 year old from Mound City died in a truck crash Friday on a county road northwest of Mound City.
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Topeka
State Highway Patrol
Ira G. Smith
Mound City
Car Grounded Man Arrested After Wreck
Joseph Fox of Thayer posted 50 bond and was released pending trial on intoxication resisting arrest and using profane language charges. He was arrested about 11 o clock last night on W 7th after his car missed a corner and landed on a pile of asphalt. The 1948 Chevrolet remained atop the asphalt at the dead end of 7th this morning. Trial set for next Thursday.
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Joseph Fox
Thayer
Fox
Divorce Asked More Queries Of Morris By Committee
Washington AP William E Morris ousted Agriculture Department official faced more questioning behind closed doors about his friendship with Billie Sol Estes and his role in Estes related deals. The House subcommittee headed by L H Fountain kept Morris testimony secret, with no public transcripts promised. Morris and former aide James T Ralph had ties to Estes and money orders later turned over to the Democratic party. A Senate hearing debated a Murphy letter denying substantial evidence of criminal Estes activity in cotton allotment transfers. In Santa Monica California actress Millie Perkins filed for divorce from actor Dea ntor amid a staff investigation into Estes links.
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House
Rep
L. H. Fountain
D- N.C
Morjris
Morris
James Naughton
Subcommittee
Freeman
Estes
Asst
James T. Ralph
Texas
Ralph
Democratic Party
Senate
Charles S. Murphy
Murphy
Santa Monica
Calif
Ap—Tional Cotton Advisory Committee
Millie Perkins
Deantor
Jotock
Bipartisan Health Care Plan Seen Advancing in Senate
A bipartisan plan to provide health care for the aged through Social Security financing was unveiled in the Senate and may pass. It would mirror Kennedy benefits, add private insurance options, and finance via payroll tax increases while extending coverage to non-Social Security groups by 1964.
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Washington
Senate
Hubert H. Humphrey
House
Minnesota
Clinton P. Anderson
D-N.m
Kennedy
Anderson
Social Security Administration
Kennedy visits Mexico amid talks on Latin American unity
In Mexico City President Kennedy meets with Adolfo Lopez Mateos as Cuban regime concerns and communist threats loom. Public tribute to Kennedy draws an estimated 1.5 million cheering Mexicans while talks focus on the Alliance for Progress and regional economic questions. A communique on results is promised.
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Mexico City
Fidel Castro
Kennedy
Mexico
Americas
Adolfo Lopez
Latin America
U.S
Hemisphere
Alliance For Progress
United States
Budget deficit looms as fiscal year ends
Washington reports a seven billion dollar deficit for the current fiscal year with a 1963 outlook for at least four billion more. Labor and business push for immediate tax cuts while Kennedy promises an across the board reduction. economists warn recession without relief. The 1962 results likely show eight one billion in revenue against eighty eight billion in spending, the second largest peacetime deficit.
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Washington
Senate
Walter Reuther
Reuther
United Auto Workers
Detroit
President
Council of Economic Advisers
Kennedy
Pittsburg Welcomes Negro Homecoming With Banquet and Park Picnic
Pittsburg Kansas hosts its first Negro homecoming July 6 to 8 drawing about 350 people. Honorees include Emma Peoples 100 mother of Pittsburg’s first Negro child Judson Jay Peoples 72. Events span a Friday reception a Lincoln Park outing a Saturday Legion dance and a Sunday program and picnic.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Emma Peoples
Lincoln Park
Peoples
John H. Peoples
Stilwell Hotel
Mt. Carmel Hospital
Judson Jay Peoples
Fort Scott
Fred Collins Post
The
American Legion
Elmer Newton
Trinity Methodist Church of
Kansas City
the Park
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Dewey Maghe
Ren Alford
Drisdell Studio
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St. Mary College
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University of Kansas Extension Service
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