America Vows to Not Yield Inch in Berlin Rights
Secretary of Defense Neil H. McElroy told a House Space Committee that the United States is prepared to meet Berlin stages as they develop and will not attack first. Senator Frank Church proposed a stop gap agreement with Russia to halt atmospheric nuclear tests to avert a Geneva collapse. Views over the weekend ranged from cautious diplomacy to mobilization calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
House Space Committee
United States
James Fulton
R-Pa
McElroy
Joint Chiefs of Staff
State Department
John W. McCormack
Mass
House
Frank Church
Didaho
Russia
Church
Geneva
Senate
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Khrushchev Says Talks Improve Cold War Prospects
Soviet Premier Khrushchev told Moscow radio he is pleased with talks with British Prime Minister Macmillan and that Britain and the USSR are better prepared to end the cold war. The remarks came at a government reception closing Macmillan's 10 day visit. Macmillan and Selwyn Lloyd plan to return to London Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Nikita Khrushchev
Moscow
Harold Macmillan
Britain
Ussr
Khrushchev
Macmillan
Soviet Union
Selwyn Lloyd
Chanute to host skin-diving club meeting tonight
Bob Cukjati and Frank Cornelson announce the formation of a skin-diving club in Chanute. First meeting at 7 30 in room 207 of Chanute Junior College, open to men and women, with dives over 100 feet in fresh and salt water and future activities including exploration and salvage. Spear fishing is not allowed in Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Cukjati
Frank Cornelson
Santa Fe Lake
Tribune
Chanute
Chanute Junior College
Cukjati and
Cornelson
Bull Shoals
Ark
Kansas
Death Overtakes Emergency Flight in Wichita
Three month old Charles Stanley Embree died five minutes after takeoff from Wichita en route to Rochester Minnesota for heart surgery. The infant died in his mother's arms aboard the plane. Parents are Mr and Mrs Bill Embree of Wichita.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Charles Stanley Embree
Rochester
Minn
Bill Embree
Weather Outlook For Kansas Turns Warmer Soon
Topeka AP reports cloudy skies will clear tonight with warmer temps on the way after a cold front over the Rockies. Today highs 45 to 55 with tonight’s lows in the 30s. Sunday springs to 72 at Garden City and 37 at Olathe, while Pittsburg and Emporia dip to 41 and 41 and Goodland to 32.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Rockies
Garden City
Olathe
Pittsburg
Emporia
Goodland
Discoverer I Likely In Orbit Says Air Force
The Air Force believes the Discoverer I rocket may have entered orbit and is tracking sporadic radio signals to confirm. Initial readings suggest an Earth orbit with about 96 minute period, and closest and farthest distances of roughly 146 and 558 miles, as stations at Edwards Anette and Vandenberg monitor signals.
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Inglewood
Calif
Air Force
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Los Angeles
Air Force Ballistic Missile Division
Edwards Air Force Base
Anette
Alaska
Vandenberg
Citizens Assn Backs Record in Kansas City Elections
The Citizens Association of Kansas City touts over two decades in power led by city manager L P Cookingham, citing slum clearance, a major trafficway program, solid credit and the low property tax rate. The opposing machine hopes to gain seats in the March 3 and March 31 elections, with mayor and eight council seats at stake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Citizens Assn
Pendergast Democratic
Citizens Group
L. P. Cookingham
H. Roe Bartle
Citizens Workers
Democratic Organization Group
Bartle
Two Youths Rescued From 325-Foot Cliff in Vancouver
Charles Haas, 17, and Darrell Jones, 18, Vancouver youths, were rescued after six hours on a sheer 325-foot cliff at the Yale power plant dam site. Seven rescuers from Mountain Safety Rescue Council of Oregon aided by bonfire warmth, and the pair returned home uninjured.
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Vancouver
Wash
Lewis River Canyon
Mountain Safety & Rescue Council of Oregon
Portland
Ore
Clark County Sheriff's Deputies
Charles Haas
Darrell Jones
Pacific Power & Light Co
Yale
Hans
Juno II Lunar Try Halted In Cape Launch Stop
Army missilemen paused the Juno II lunar probe launch after a Sunday night countdown failure. A power outage prompted the scrub with a possible make up tonight or Wednesday before a month delay. The Pioneer payload aims to study radiation bands as the IGY program narrows to a final mission in 1959.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Earth
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Army
125 Evacuate Wreck Site
DANVILLE Kentucky AP About 125 people evacuated Sunday after a freight train derailed carrying chemicals from the Atomic Energy Commission. Explosions and fires burned for about nine hours in 28 derailed cars near Geneva prompting state police to order evacuation. The AEC said the chemicals were highly inflammable but not radioactive. Two railroad workers were hospitalized for fumes and five firefighters for exhaustion.
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Danville
Atomic Energy Commission
Geneva
Southern Railway
Central Kentucky
AEC
Oak Ridge, Tenn
Elderly Man Found Dead Along Rock Island Tracks
The body of an elderly man identified as A L Shotwell of Rock Island was found east of Paxico on Rock Island tracks. Sheriff Clarence W. Frank said the body showed signs of a fall from a high speed train. circumstances remain unknown.
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Alma, Kas
Rock Island
Paxico
A L. Shotwell
Clarence W. Frank
Traffic Fatalities in Kansas Over 48 Hours
The state Accident Records Section lists traffic fatalities in Topeka over the last 48 hours as seven. For the year 1959, fatalities total is 76, compared with 65 in the same period of 1958.
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Topeka
Kansas
Police Round-up 2 Groups of Boys
Police rounded up two groups of teenage boys on Saturday night for disorderly conduct amid downtown disturbances. Six were released on $5 bonds, with two juveniles facing parent complaints. one youth was not charged.
Arrests Start For Displaying Old Car Tags
One arrest reported in Neosho County as deadline for displaying 1959 car tags passed. Enforcement began yesterday with motorists who fail to display tags liable for arrest. Auto tag sales rose to 6,802 and truck tags to 2,580, up from last year. Don Harding, Erie county treasurer, noted the totals through Saturday.
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Neosho County
State Highway Patrol
Highway Patrol
Don Harding
Erie
Storm Fatal Toll in Bahrain
A windstorm swept across the Persian Gulf Saturday night killing many and leaving hundreds homeless. Authorities projected death tolls as high as 500 as rescue work continued and communities assessed the damage.
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Bahrain
Persian Gulf
Seven killed in Kansas traffic on streets and highways
Seven people died in Kansas on Sunday in separate crashes on U S 81 near Wellington U S 40 east of Salina and in Wichita and other locations The dead include Aldo Minihan 20 of Ponca City Louie Martinez 16 and Carmen Martinez 17 of Arkansas City and Leon VJ Boles 38 of Salina Bernita Gibbons 29 of Salina Galen Nichols 24 of Winfield and a one year old girl who fell from a car driven by Carolyn Sue Lewis 17 of Commerce Oklahoma The accidents involved a parked car a tire blowout and a rear seat passenger injury described as serious
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Kansas
U. S. 81
Wellington
Donald Edward Minihan
Ponca City
Okla
Louie Martinez
Carmen
Arkansas City
Kas
Robert Dale Johnson
Junction City
Minihan
Martinez Boy
Junior
Wichita
W. A. Thomas
Man-Missouri
Chetopa
Carolyn Sue Lewis
Commerce
Bloodmobile Here Tuesday for Red Cross collection
Bloodmobile visits First Methodist church Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 2 15 p.m. quota 160 pints. Drs. Burkman Ashley Kihm Butin Gough and Ashley lead, with numerous volunteers assisting as nurses canteen workers and record keepers. City firemen aid setup and takedown.
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Red Cross
S. M. Hoofnagle
First Methodist Church
Reuben Burkman
Ed Ashley
Albert Kihm
James A. Butin
Dean Gough
Glen Ashley
Jack Banta
Wayne Ruble
Dick McMinimy
W. Marcus Barbee
Gertie Adams
Louis Junod
W. E. McCoy
Burl O'Connor
H. D. Hunter
Ben Morgan
Frank Burtle
William Bodley
Joe Holiday
Gray
Leroy Barker
Robert Allen
Carl Bedenbender
Elsie Cunningham
Eisenhower Greets Regional Science Talent Winners
President Eisenhower greeted 41 regional winners of the 18th annual science talent search, praising their achievements and encouraging continued study in science and engineering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
House to Hold Day and Night Sessions for Bill Mount
Speaker Jess Taylor announced a three daily session plan in Topeka as the House tackles a backlog of bills. A 6.9 million dollar appropriation bill appeared, trimming 676 thousand and adding 36 thousand for brucellosis control, with cuts to Highway Patrol staffing and the Office Building.
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Topeka
Jess Taylor
House
Taylor
Ways and Means Committee
Social Welfare
Agriculture
Water
Highway Patrol
George Docking
Highway
Pittsburg Youth Die After Accidental Gun Wound
Larry L. Green a 19 year old from Quincy Washington died in a Pittsburg Kansas hospital after an accidental gun wound during target practice. The event occurred when Charles Sullivan fired at a bottle. Green was Sullivan’s brother in law from the Weir area where the shooting took place.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Larry L. Green
Quincy
Wash
Carroll Lawson
Cherokee County
Charles Sullivan
Green
Sullivan
Weir
3 Year Old Boy Injured In Traffic Accident
A 3-year-old boy, Mark Lewis Turner of 1512 S. Highland, was hit by a car at 1501 8, Santa Fe about 7:50 p.m. Saturday but not seriously injured. He received a chin cut needing stitches. no bones were broken. The boy, treated at Neosho Memorial Hospital, was sent home with his older sister nearby. The car was driven by Mrs. Larry Aikins, 1713 S. Highland, who cited the boy running into the street.
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Mark Lewis Turner
S. Highland
Santa Fe
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Larry Aikins
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Farlington
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Carl Pates
Highland
Pete
Pates
Wasser
Jennifer Jordan
Frank B. Jordan
St. Western
Jennifer
The
Kays
Grant
Maine
Humboldt
Associated Press
Chester
Abilene
Bloodmobile
Ike
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