Mrs Lois McDonald Eyes Col John Glenn Celebration
Lois McDonald of 220 S Wilson receives a call from son Robert McDonald a Muskingum College professor in New Concord Ohio about his wife a RCA Corp secretary in Cambridge Ohio handling shorthand for AP news releases for Col John Glenn honor in his hometown televised today Mrs McDonald hopes to glimpse her daughter in law in the press box during the telecast
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Lois McDonald
S. Wilson
Robert McDonald
Muskingum College
New Concord
Ohio
McDonald
RCA Corp
Cambridge
Associated Press
Col
John Glenn
Five Youthful Offenders Sentenced in District Court
Five youths faced district court dispositions yesterday for theft and burglary. Edward Kirby Frank Cummings and Johnny Selbach all 18 from Topeka pleaded guilty to petty larceny for taking a car owned by Don McCune and received 90 days in county jail plus a $100 fine. John Edward Ward 18 of St Paul and William Bert Jones 17 of Parsons pled guilty to second degree burglary and larceny for a break in at Charley’s Grill. they received 5 to 10 years at the Hutchinson state reformatory and up to 5 years for larceny, with concurrent terms and a five-year parole term.
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Topeka
Edward Kirby
Frank Cummings
Johnny Selbach
South Plummer Road
Don McCune
Chanute
John Edward Ward
St. Paul
William Bert Jones
Parsons
Charley's Grill
State Reformatory
Hutchinson
Dormitory Fire Destroys Enterprise Academy Building
The two story brick dormitory at Enterprise Academy in Enterprise Kansas burned destroying the facility that housed 35 boys. The academy run by the Seventh Day Adventist Church serves Kansas high school age students with enrollment around 90. The attic fire's cause was not determined and Abilene firemen assisted in firefighting.
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Enterprise, Kan
Enterprise Academy
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Academy
Kansas
Abilene
Wichita man bound for trial in wife’s death
William E. Lynch, 42, bound over to district court for trial on first degree manslaughter in the death of his wife, 36, found Jan. 25 in their home after drinking was noted. pathologist cites blows to the head.
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Wichita
William E. Lynch
District Court
Lynch
Common Pleas
Daniel D. Dwyer
Weather outlook for Kansas chills with rain snow risk
Forecasters track cloudiness over Kansas with cooler conditions tonight and Sunday. Rain or snow mainly northeast of the state, with light precipitation possible in northern areas. Today highs in the 40s, tonight 10 to 30s, Sunday highs in 20s and a drop from today’s values.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Glenn welcomed home as 50 000 flood New Concord
New Concord Ohio greeted astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. with crowds of about 50 000 in a town of 2127. The visit included a luncheon parade and speeches at Muskingum College Gymnasium before Glenn returned to Cape Canaveral. Officials limited gym seating to 3 000 and reserved 800 seats for students. Vendors stayed away, but surrounding areas profited from visitors. The town swelled to roughly 23 times its normal population with the celebration marked as unique among big cities.
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New Concord
John H. Glenn Jr
Space
John Glenn
Florida
Washington
New York
Muskingum College Gymna
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
John
Glenn
Court Strikes Out Sunday Sales Law
The Kansas Supreme Court struck down the century old Sunday sales ban ruling the statute vague and unenforceable. It voids Sunday sales of any goods except those classified as immediate necessities and upholds an earlier Lyon County case ajdun discarding Ronnie Hill who was charged with Sunday sales of gum soap and dog food.
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Topeka
Kangen Supreme Court
Kansas Territorial
Missouri Supreme Court
Kansas
Missouri
Supreme Court
United States
Lyon County
Ronnie Hill
Traffic Fatalities Logged in Topeka Area
The Topeka traffic fatality log for 24 hours to 9 am Saturday shows March period figures from 1962 to 1968 and compares with 1961 data, noting 77 fatalities in the earlier period.
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Topeka
Kansas
Car Slip Fatal at Weston Farm Repair
Ronald Dale Bledsoe a 22 year old farmer was killed when a car slipped off a jack while he worked under it in a Weston Missouri barn. The accident occurred Friday at his home.
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Weston
Dale Bledsoe
Bledsoe
Kennedy to order nuclear air tests in Pacific next month
President Kennedy announced that the United States will begin nuclear air tests in the Pacific late next month unless the Soviet Union agrees to a cheatproof test ban treaty. He urged Moscow to return to negotiations and warned that without progress the United States will advance its weapons program to deter a potential Soviet attack.
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Pacific
Washington
United States
Moscow
Kennedy
Kremlin
Soviet Union
Free World
U.S.A
Britain
Japan
Congress
Geneva
Harold Macmillan
Khrushchev
U.S
Atomic Energy Commission
Department of Defense
National Security Council
Security Council
Highway Will Build Shop Here
Bids have been taken for a new division highway maintenance building to be constructed south of the fourth division highway offices on 14th. The project, managed through the State Department of Administration in Topeka, calls for a brick 200 by 90 foot structure with a ten month construction term. The current shop east of the offices will be kept for storage and possible materials testing. metal storage sheds will be removed.
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State Department of Administration
Topeka
Fourth Division
Mrs Ava F Jeffrey Seeks Re election for Neosho County Clerk
Mrs Ava F Jeffrey announces her candidacy for re election to the Republican ticket as Neosho County Register of Deeds. She resides in Erie and will seek the position subject to the primary election.
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Ava F. Jeffrey
Neosho County
Derailment disrupts Rock Island freight line near Hartford
About 30 freight cars derailed on the Rock Island line near Hartford Iowa delaying traffic on the Kansas City to Minneapolis main line. No injuries were reported and trains were rerouted via Eldon.
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Des Moines
Rock Island
Here
Hartford
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Eldon
Train wreck leaves crewman missing and 29 injured in Idaho
A North Coast Limited wreck near Athol, Idaho, sent an engine into Granite Lake and scattered cars. The Kootenai County sheriff reported the engineer and fireman missing with 29 injured. no passenger fatalities were confirmed. Passengers from Minnesota and other states received care as rescuers worked through snow and ice to evacuate the wounded.
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Athol, Idaho
Northern Pacific
North Idaho
Kootenai County
Coeur d'Alene
Granite Lake
North Coast Limited
Chicago
Spokane
Wash
Here
Sandpoint
Elizabeth Felling
Wayzata
Minn
Joanne Schneider
Wimdon
Girl Gives Up Legs So She Can Walk
Susan Stuck, four, from Battle Creek Michigan, chose amputation to walk again after exploratory surgery showed a congenital condition left her unable to use her legs. Doctors recommended wheelchair or artificial limbs. Shriners will cover up to twenty thousand dollars in treatment.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Clyde Stuck
Susan
Shrine Hospital
Chicago
Stuck
Susie
Determining Crash Cause Is Grim Task
New York AP reports investigators focus on a possible control system failure after an American Airlines jet plunged into Jamaica Bay with 95 aboard. Salvage crews recovered 72 bodies. 11 identified. The $52 million astrojet's flight recorder box remains a key target for clues.
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New York
American Airlines
Jamaica Bay
Civil Aeronautics Board
FAA
Navy men test two week underground shelter for nuclear era readiness
One hundred Navy volunteers emerge from an experimental underground shelter after 14 days to assess design, confinement, and readiness for fallout shelter deployment. The study at Great Lakes and Anacostia aims to determine survivability, ventilation, and potential civilian and military use.
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Washington
United States
Navy
Great Lakes
Naval Training Center
Pay Day News Reflects City Staff Notices From Hayes Era
City manager R. J. Hayes distributes a monthly staff newsletter started last May and named The Pay Day News in December. February reports cover water and gas work including leaks repaired on 2nd and Santa Fe and lines on Kansas and 11th, plus a new housing development gas line. Water pumpage dropped after a 4 inch main repair near a sewer. Memorial building upgrades and new light fixtures, Main Street electric work, water plant pump maintenance, park and street cleanups, garage engine install, and winter damage repairs are summarized.
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R. J. Hayes
Hayes
2Nd
Santa Fe
Elderly Blind Woman Dies in Trailer Fire Near Elmira
In Elmira Missouri a fire destroyed a trailer killing 70 year old Bessie Tye who was found near the rear door. Her husband Elmer Tye 79 suffered severe burns and was hospitalized in Richmond. The couple formerly lived in Platte City and resided at their daughter’s farm. Officers cited a kerosene heater explosion as the cause.
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Elmira
Elmer Tye
Richmond
Bessie
Tyes
Platte City
Walter George
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