Punishment Is Quick At Parsons
More than 100 Parsons High School students who celebrated wins at Altamont and Coffeyville were punished. The groups entered the Altamont and Coffeyville schools, shouting in hallways. All involved were placed on probation for the rest of the year and received zero grades for Monday and today. Representatives apologized to the two schools.
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Parsons
Parsons High School
Coffeyville
Labette County
Altamont
Charles E. Thiebaud
Three Children Die In Oklahoma City Fire
In Northeast Oklahoma City a flash fire in a frame home killed three children. Herbert Ray Caldwell seven, Roland Caldwell two, and Lucille Caldwell six months, children of Herbert and Effa Caldwell. Fire Inspector Chuck Thomas cited a sudden blast with the mother away at a neighbor's house. The father returned from work as flames raged.
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Oklahoma City
Chuck Thomas
Herbert Ray Caldwell
Roland Caldwell
Lucille Caldwell
Herbert
Effa Caldwell
Thomas
Two Tulsa Men Die In Speeding Car Crash
Two youths killed in Tulsa when a reportedly stolen car from Kansas City Kansas city was chased by Tulsa police and stopped after a high speed crash near Sapulpa. The victims were Wilber Pershing Barckley II and Robert L Keele both identified by authorities as teens from Kansas City Kansas.
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Tulsa
Okla
Kansas City
Kan
Wilber Pershing (Perry) Barckley II
Bethel
Robert L. Keele
Barckley
Keele
Barckley Boy
Arnold K. Woolven
Weather Summary for Topeka Kansas
Kansas weather remained windy and cold with a moderating trend expected by Wednesday. Forecasters predict mostly cloudy and windy tonight with a low near 20 to 25, then partly cloudy and not so cold Wednesday with a high near 40. Maximum temperatures Monday ranged from 34 at Concordia to 44 at Chanute Pittsburg and Wichita. Overnight lows spanned 10 at Goodland to 30 at Hutchinson.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Concordia
Chanute
Pittsburg
Wichita
Goodland
Hutchinson
Tractor overturns fatally injuring Wichita area farmer
A tractor overturned Monday fatally injuring Artie Douglas Erwin, 52, a farmer north of Wichita. He was using the tractor to back a wagon toward a pit when the accident occurred.
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Wichita
Artie Douglas Erwin
Erwin
Alo
Fire destroys warehouse shop at Woodruff Truck firm
A morning blaze at the Woodruff Truck Sales and Service Co. warehouse and shop, 1.3 miles north of Chanute on US 169, caused about 200000 dollars in losses. Owner Charles M. Woodruff and Jim Hatfield reported extensive damage including a parts stock valued at 65000, a new International tractor, several GMC trucks, and a gasoline tank truck. The fire, driven by a north wind, was discovered around 4 a.m. with authorities and staff assessing the full extent of the loss.
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I International Dealer
Highway Ness
Woodruff
Kansas City
Jim Hatfield
Sales and Service Co
Chanute
Hatfield
Charles M. Woodruff
C. W. Brennan
Brennan
Detailed Plan Not Exposed In Disarmament Talks
In Geneva, U S and British officials reportedly halted any detailed land proposals for a testing ban at the 17 nation conference, citing no agreements after a long Rusk-Gromyko meeting. Kennedy urged progress toward realistic disarmament steps as talks continue.
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Geneva
United
Berlin
States
Britain
U.S
Dean Rusk
Andrei A. Gromyko
Neosho Allen County toOpen Mental Health Clinic at Humboldt
Mrs Lela Myers named director of the Neosho Allen Counties Mental Health Clinic to open in Humboldt this summer. The clinic will serve Neosho and Allen counties with a half mill levy, operating as an outpatient unit with referrals from doctors ministers and Welfare offices.
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Lela Myers
Topeka
State Welleen
Neosho-Allen County
Humboldt
Bob Geiger
Neosho County
Tive Svepar
Geiger
Social Welfare Office
Ill Babies Have Chance
Binghamton New York city of 75000 hopes four critically ill babies at Binghamton General Hospital survive after salt-laden formula use. Seven deaths under investigation for possible salt poisoning. Johns Hopkins doctor joined team aiding survivors as hospital officials plan procedural review.
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Binghamton
N.Y
Binghamton General Hospital
Lawrence Finberg
Johns Hopkins Medical School
Baltimore
Jason K. Moyer
Moyer
City Planning Group in Talk Stage for Chanute
City Commission in Chanute discussed forming a planning commission after Chamber of Commerce recommendation. State law suggests 7 to 15 members with two outside-city appointees, serving unpaid. Commission reviewed water dam appraisals, river jetty bid status, street paving plans, and a proposed Chamber brochure.
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Chanute
City Commission
Chamber of Commerce
R. J. Hayes
Kansas League of Municipalities
League
Hayes
Sions
John N. Sherman Jr
Sherman
7Th and
Steuben
Spooky Glassware Haunts Indianapolis Home
Mrs Renate Beck a Vienna born restaurant operator reports glassware flying and smashing in her Indianapolis home with a police investigator struck by a flying glass. Items including crystal figurines ash trays vases goblets and drinking glasses shattered as the haunting continued.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Renate Beck
Beck
Youths Body Found Near Hays
An autopsy is conducted on 18 year old Larry Lynn Lynch found a quarter mile from an overturned car west of Hays. Lynch had been riding with Allan Ross, 26, who drove the car and, dazed, hitchhiked to Hays to report the crash. Ross says Lynch was still in the car when he left. Both are residents of Hays.
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Hays, Kas
Larry Lynn Lynch
Hays
Lynch
Allan Ross
Ross
Job Training Bill Goes to White House
Congress passed a 435 million job training bill aimed at reducing unemployment and preparing a workforce for automation. The measure, approved by both chambers, orders a Labor Department study on automation’s economic impact and future manpower needs before reaching the White House.
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Bill
White House
Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Secretary of Labor
Lenten Series personal help through self denial
Editor note by Harry F. Corbin president of the University of Wichita reflects on Lent as a time for self denial and spiritual discipline. He argues discipline and denial are essential to recognize religious and social values and to pursue meaningful goals.
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University of Wichita
Harry F. Corbin
Challong
Corbin
Union
John Glenn
Item Inc
Frank Sands, 70, Former Editor, Dies
Funeral services for Frank C. Sands, 70, former editor of the Independence Reporter, will be held Thursday afternoon. Sands, who retired as editor 10 years ago, died Monday at his home. The text notes his career and includes a religious sermon about discipline and denial during Lent, with unrelated court docket items from Neosho.
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Independence
Kas
Frank C.sands
Independence Reporter
Sands
Erie
Court Opens Traffic Fatalities TOPEKA AP
Kansas traffic records cover 24 hours to 9 am Tuesday with fatalities noted. The report recalls incidents from March 8 and earlier in 1962 77 and 1961 periods with two deaths that were not previously reported.
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Topeka
Kansas
Chanute to Host Two Day Area Fire School
Chanute will host a two day area fire school on March 24 and 25, sponsored by the Kansas State Firemen's Assn, attracting about 250 firemen from southeast Kansas. Registration opens Saturday noon at the Memorial building. The program features water drawing from ground storage, hydrant pumping, and sessions on gasoline oil electric and chemical fires with live demos at City Park.
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Chamber of Commerce
Industrial Fund
Chanute
2Nd
Evergreen
Sherman
Hayes
Kenneth Caldwell
Caldwell
Beach Salvage Yard
U.S. Public Health Service
Kansas City
Kansas League of Municipalities
Charles Wesley Garriett
First Methodist Church
Kansas State Firemen's Assn
Kansas
Memorial Building
Santa Fe Lake
Bill Brennan
3Rd
Ashby
City Park
Ed Munday
University of Kansas
Factory Jobs Pay and Hours Increase in February
The AP reports February showing higher factory employment and earnings. Unemployment fell from 5.8 to 5.6 percent as average weekly earnings rose to 95.20 dollars and the work week expanded from 39.7 to 40 hours. Manufacturing employment rose 55,000, aided by metals sectors, while construction fell slightly in winter weather. Payrolls reached a record February level, 1.2 million above last year’s recession bottom and near May 1960 prerecession levels.
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Washington
Labor Department
U S Island Floats Into Soviet Waters
Navy scientists report an Arctic ice island about four miles long, manned by American researchers, has drifted into waters claimed by the Soviet Union. They say there is no problem and note Soviet ice islands have similarly drifted into U S areas without incident.
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Washington
Navy
Soviet Union
U.S.S.R
Office of Naval Research
Industrial Sites Inspected by Chamber Committee
Members of the Chamber of Commerce new industry committee toured a Santa Fe owned ground yesterday shown by Harold Cox of the Santa Fe offices. Paul Brennecke said the viewing aimed to give members fuller knowledge of possible industrial development sites and lease availability by the railroad company.
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Chamber of Commerce New Industry Committee
Harold Cox
Santa Fe
Paul Brennecke
Seek Crash Cause As Hearings Open In New York
The Civil Aeronautics Board will hold public hearings in New York a week from today to determine the cause of the jet airliner crash on March 1 that killed 95 people.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
New York
The Land TV Show on Channels 4 and 13
The Land a report on radical changes in rural America airs tonight on Westinghouse TV. In Kansas City and Topeka channel 4 and channel 13 present the program at 9 p.m. Host Chet Huntley notes that fifty years ago over half the population lived on farms and now only one in eight does.
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America
Westinghouse
Channel 4
Kansas City
Channel 13
Topeka
Kansas
Chet Huntley
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