Beeneys Camp Out Awaiting Erie Doom Amid Prophecy
The Beeney family camps on Erie courthouse lawn awaiting divine instruction said to foretell the town's destruction. Kenneth Beeney, jailed on truancy charges for his six children, remains confident God will provide and keep the family together. Local officials plan further action.
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Beeneys
Erie
Keith Wright
Kenneth L. Beeney
House Lawn
Beeney
Reanan
Jaulead
Tney
Richard Ashley
Mrs. Beeney
Dunham
Eric George Templar
Judy
Patricia
Eric
Optimists welcome first day of spring around world
On the first day of spring optimism ran high as people in London Mexico City Tokyo Moscow Italy and Australia shared hopeful plans. From garden planting to crop and livestock forecasts and even anticipations of flowering bulbs the mood favored life and renewal despite global worries.
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Associated Press
Hemisphere
Harry Mervus
Itler
Ahm Gonner
Chatilde Dorantes
Mexico City
Suzue Tanaka
Tokyo
Aoyama
Victor Feodorovich Isaev
Moscow
Isaev
Khrushchev
Giuliana Fallini
Australia
Hugh McLeod
Frank Dunin
Guest House Inn to Rise East of Town
John V. Dick of Halstead announces a 20 room Guest House Inn motel will be built on the east side of South Santa Fe between 19th and Santa Fe. Allan E. Hall of Prairie Village says bids are sought for construction to begin within 30 days with a completion date soon. The AAA affiliated Best Western motel will feature TV music phones thermostatic heat and air conditioning wall to wall carpeting and tile baths with a future pool and ten extra units.
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John V. Dick
Halstead
South Santa Fe
Euheantrarte Mere Hall
Allan E. Hall
Preirie Village
Hall
19Th
American Automobile Assn
AAA
Best Western Motels
University of Kansas
Lawrence
Cornell University School of Hotel Administration
Ithaca
N. Y
Topeka South
Cedar Rapids
Airport
Kansas City
Weather Summary from Topeka Kansas Forecast and Rainfall
Soaking rains covered much of Kansas with several inches in parts. The report notes highs and lows, 1 p.m. readings, and multiple rainfall totals across cities such as Osage City Reading Quenemo Ottawa and Beloit. The forecast calls for cloudy windy conditions with showers and thunderstorms, colder conditions tonight, and a generally fair cooler Wednesday.
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Topeka
Kansas
Wichita
Cedar Bluff Dam
Goodland
Osage City
Reading
Quenemo
Ottawa
Ionia
Alton
Cawker City
Bushong
Beloit
Wakefield
Jewell
Glasco
Russians Resume Harassing Flights Through Berlin Corridor
BERLIN report says Soviets again sent several transports through the Berlin air lanes after a two day pause. Western Allied aircraft continued to fly on schedule without incident, according to an informed source.
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Berlin
Record fires claim 982 deaths in 1961 in US and Canada
The National Fire Protection Association reports 982 fatalities from multiple-death fires in 1961 across the United States and Canada. The report notes a single sweep through homes wiped out more than 100 families.
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Boston
United States
Canada
National Fire Protection Association
Powell Recovers in New Hampshire After Mild Heart Attack
Exeter officials report New Hampshire Governor Wesley Powell is in satisfactory condition after a mild heart attack last Saturday. Powell underwent monitoring and rest as doctors assess his recovery and schedule follow up care.
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Exeter
N.H
New Hampshire
Wesley Powell
Kennedy to Nominate George Templar for Kansas Judge
President Kennedy will nominate George Templar of Arkansas City Kansas a Republican to be a U S district judge for Kansas. The White House informed Sen Frank Carlson R Kans that the nomination will be sent to the Senate shortly likely Wednesday and would fill a new judgeship created by Congress last session.
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Washington
Kennedy
George Templar
Arkansas City
U. S
Kansas
White House
Frank Carlson
Boy Bitten by Stray Dog In Yard Incident
Police report around 8 this morning of an eight year old boy bitten on the left elbow by a dog in his yard. The dog described as white, brown and black collie or shepherd has not been located. Boy Roger Pruitt, son of Mr and Mrs Earl Pruitt of 801 S Grant, received treatment at Neo sho Memorial Hospital.
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Neosho Memorial Hospital
Shepard
Roger Pruitt
Earl Pruitt
S. Grant
People Outnumber Capistrano Swallows at St Josephs Day Flight
In San Juan Capistrano California on St Josephs Day more than 1 000 people watched as about 500 swallows returned to nest among the ruins of the old church at the historic mission town.
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San Juan Capistrano
Calif
St. Joseph's Day
Capistrano
Hensler Family Names First Son Lawrence Richard
In Jeanette Pennsylvania Lawrence P Hensler and his wife welcomed their first son named Lawrence Richard at Jeanette District Memorial Hospital on Monday after eight daughters. The parents had chosen the name four years earlier for their expected first child.
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Jeanette, Pa
Lawrence P. Hensler
Jeanette
Lawrence Richard
Henslers
Jeanette District Memorial Hospital
More Corn Is Planned Across Missouri and Kansas
Missouri and Kansas farmers expect sizable increases in corn and soybeans per a Department of Agriculture survey. National corn acreage could rise 3.5 percent this year with Missouri at 3,413,000 acres up 13 percent and Kansas at 1,574,000 acres up 10 percent.
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Washington
Missouri
Kansas
Department of Agriculture
Kansas Traffic Deaths Log For March 15 1962
Topeka AP reports Kansas traffic fatalities for the 24 hours ending 9 am Tuesday show 1 death. The log for March 15 documents figures for 1962 with a comparison to the 1961 period totaling 101.
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Topeka
Kansas
Plea Entered By Four In Helium Stock Case
L Travers Prettyman 76 of Wichita and Robert L Beckwith 45 of Winfield pleaded innocent to 28 SEC violation counts and mail fraud in Thunderbird Development stock sales across several states. Carling Mack Nations 42 of Wichita pleaded innocent to tax evasion for 1955 and sought particulars. Cliff Ratner, son of ex governor, represented Nation. King Van Lines no contest to 13 ICC safety counts. 12 counts dismissed. firm fined $1300 total for driver log abuses.
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Wichita
L. Travers Prettyman
Robert L. Beckwith
Winfield
Kansas City
Kas
Securities Exchange Commission
Thunderbird Development Corp
Arkansas City
Cowley County
Carling Mack Nations
Arthur J. Stanley
Cliff W. Ratner
Payne H. Ratner
King van Lines, Inc
Bishop Exploration Expands Oil Drilling Near Stark Kansas
Bishop Exploration Co of Carlisle Iowa continues oil field expansion near Stark Kansas. Senior operator Carl E. Bishop reports a well at 800 feet and optimistic prospects for oil. the firm has previously struck oil 12 times in a southeast Walnut field with room for about 60 wells, and has had success northwest of Walnut.
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Walnut, Kas
Bishop Exploration Co
Carlisle
Iowa
Stark
Kas
Carl E. Bishop
Walnut
Bishop
Britain Signals Willingness to Trim Test Ban Enforcement
At the Geneva disarmament conference Britain urged Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko to accept a minimal verification regime for a nuclear test ban. Foreign Secretary Home pressed for sampling and postulated control posts while warning that full international inspection is needed to gain trust, as Menon proposed a neutral country backed system.
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Geneva
Britain
Russia
Lord Home
Andrei A. Gromyko
Gromyko
Soviet Union
Home
United States
V. K. Krishna Menon
Osten Anden
Fire Destroys Jerry Church Farm Building. Pigs Lost
A field cutter and several pigs were lost in a fire that destroyed a 30 by 15 foot multi purpose building on the Jerry Church farm near Thayer, Kansas. Neighbors saved seven sows and about 50 pigs. wind direction could have endangered nearby structures. Fire started from an electrical short. Mr. and Mrs. Church were away at the time.
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Galesburg
Jerry Church
George Nordstedt
Clyde Howell
Darrell
Dunivant
Eric
Thayer
Galesburg R. 1
Church
Court Writ Denial Urged For 2 Slayers
A Kansas Supreme Court commissioner recommended denying habeas corpus writs for Richard Hickock and Perry Smith, death row killers of the Clutter family. He found no fair trial or due process denial after hearings. the court’s final ruling remains to be seen as stays delay execution.
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Topeka, Kas
Kansas
Walter Thiele
Smithand Hickock
Russell Shultz
Wichita
Shultz
Supreme Court
Hickock
Smith
High Court
Independence Man Dies After Crash
An 84 year old Independence man Burt Joiner died hours after a head on collision between his car and a cement truck on US 160 75 west of Independence. The truck driver Rennie M Root 39 Parsons was not injured. A physician said Joiner may have suffered a stroke while driving.
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Independence, Kas
Independence
Burt
Joiner
US 160-75
Rennie M. Root
Parsons
Polio Poster Boy Of 1954 Is Dead
Debbie Davis once the polio poster boy for the National Polio Foundation died at Salt Lake General Hospital. He contracted polio at four months and battled paralysis for 12 years after four major operations in the last year. He was four in 1954 and lived with his parents Ervin and [illegible] Davis of Gooding Idaho.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Debbie Davis
National
Polio Foundation
Salt Lake General Hospital
Debbie
Delbert Ray
Ervin Davis
Gooding
Idaho
Christian lays out weekday witness in daily life
Ottawa judge and Methodist layman urges Christians to witness for Christ through every action from work to home. He argues lay members should live the Social Creed, applying Christ's teachings in sales, jobs, family life, and daily duties as a quiet, genuine testimony.
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Beeney
Verla
Letha Faye
Robert Krieger
Ottawa
4Th Judicial District
Kansas
Elment
Peo- Coffman
Christ
God
McNamara to Arrive for Viet Nam Conference in Honolulu
Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara is expected to arrive in Honolulu tonight or Wednesday morning for another high level meeting on South Viet Nam. He will discuss conduct rules and strategy with U.S. officials and allied leaders.
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Honolulu
Robert S. McNamara
South Viet Nam
Kansas Explains Truck Proration and Reciprocity Permits
Kansas Motor Vehicle Department Superintendent L A Billings explains the year old law on proration and reciprocity permits for trucks entering Kansas. Exemptions apply to farming operators and trucks under 12 000 pounds. permits cost 1 and are valid for the calendar year. A 72 hour registration fee of 10 applies if no permit is obtained.
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Topeka
L. A. Billings
Kansas
Billings
Missouri
Pittsburg
Kan
Kansas Motor Vehicle Department
State Office
Motor Vehicle Department
Idlewild Crash Inquiry Details Pilot's Mayday Effort
Government expert George R. Baker testified as the public inquiry opened into the American Airlines jet crash at Idlewild Airport on March 1. He cited a last radio contact at 10 08 08 a.m. and an unintelligible signal at 10 08 23 a.m before the aircraft vanished and crashed into Jamaica Bay, killing all 95 aboard.
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New York
American Airlines
Idlewild
George R. Baker
Baker
Tribune Phone Contact Update
If you cannot reach your Tribune phone, contact your carrier. If he cannot be reached, dial HE 1-3400 after 6 pm.
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Tribune
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America
Hollis Dunham
Powell
George John Gessner
FBI
Gessner
Army Disciplinary
Ft. Leavenworth
Templar
Dog Bites
Interstate Commerce Commission
Stanley
Stark, Walnut
Cutter
Christian
Floyd Coffman
Viet Nam
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