First Lady Attends Colorful Horse Show
Pakistan president hosts Jacqueline Kennedy at a premier horse show and presents a 10 year old bay gelding named Sardar to take to the United States. Officials assure safe transport but she worries how the horse will travel home.
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Lahore
Pakistan
Mohammed Ayub Khan
America
Jacqueline Kennedy
United States
Sardar
India
Ayub ‘Khan
West Pakistan
Malik Amir Mohammad Khan
Lancers
Altoona Students Earn Top Ratings At District Festival
Altoona High School students earned three top ratings at the District Speech and Drama Festival in Independence, qualifying for State Festival in Manhattan April 6 and 7. Prose interpreters Clara McDanis and Sue Ann Weber and the one act Balcony earned firsts, with other placings in readings and speeches.
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Independence
Manhattan
Clara McDanis
Sue Ann Weber
John Crawshaw
Larry Hendricks
Jane McMillen
Lee McCollum
Jeanette White
Kelley Starbuck
Charles Fail
John Davis Jr
Fail
Johnny Crawshaw
John W. Davis
Pittsburg
Ralph R. Dice
Thayer
Marvin Johnson
Kennedy Keeps Geneva Talks Alive Despite Berlin Gaps
President Kennedy says the Geneva disarmament conference and Berlin talks must continue amid East West stalemate. He lauds Khrushchev readiness to cooperate on space projects and notes no quick settlement on Berlin or Southeast Asia. He stresses protecting U S interests in space negotiations and praises UN support and National Guardsmen.
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Washington
Kennedy
Geneva
Berlin
Southeast Asia
Officers Buy Own Sirens In Ford County
El Dorado Kansas AP report says Ford County law officers bought five all purpose sirens for sheriff vehicles at 260 dollars. Sheriff Dallas Babcock plans to pay for them if the county won’t, arguing the devices provide storm warnings and public address capability.
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EL Dorado
Kas
Butler County
Dallas Babcock
Board of County Commissioners
Babcock
Church Donates $100 to Menominee City
The First Presbyterian Church of Menominee presented a $100 gift to the city. Rev. J. Robert Rank, church moderator, told the City Council the donation honors the city’s services while the church maintains tax exemption on property used for worship.
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Menominee, Mich
First Presbyterian Church
Menominee
J. Robert Rank
Kennedy world trip cost billed to State Department
A 28 day global journey by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy cost about 15000 dollars and was paid by the State Department. Lincoln White said the bill covered Kennedy his wife an aide from the Justice Department another from the State Department and a second Justice Department assistant who joined late. The trip occurred on official business at the request of Secretary of State Dean Rusk.
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Washington (Ap
Robert F. Kennedy
State Department
Department
Lincoln White
Kennedy
Justice Department
Secretary of State
Dean Rusk
Worker Perishes From Quick Evaporating Fluid Exposure
At Cahokia Illinois and East St Louis, John Thomas Fernandez 27 died after being splashed by a rapidly evaporating ammonia solution during barge work. Two coworkers Curtis Wilkinson 35 of Fort Smith Arkansas and Frank Stegbauer of St Louis assisted. Fernandez was pronounced dead at St Marys Hospital in East St Louis.
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Ill
John Thomas Fernandez
Washington
U.S. Information Agency
John F. Kennedy
India
Pakistan
USIA
Edward R. Murrow
Elford A. Cederberg
Rmich
Fernandez
St. Louis Shipbuilding Co
St. Mary’s Hospital
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Caruthersville Towing Co
Curtis Wilkenson
Ft. Smith, Ark
Frank Stegbauer
St. Louis
Shike Pokes Return To El Dorado Nests
Blue herons known as shike poke return to a favorite nest along Highway 77 near El Dorado, about a dozen birds linger to raise young before leaving as autumn arrives. The article notes total U S forest area at 787 million acres.
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el Dorado
Capistrano
Butler County
Highway 77
Ammonia Leak at Cal Company Line Incident
A liquid ammonia release occurred when a relief valve popped at Cal Company line. Stegbauer and Wilkenson fled in one direction while Fernandez moved the other. Wilkenson suffered minor splatter. hospital officials said his condition is fair. Fernandez, father of two, lives in Mehlville, suburban St. Louis. Authorities note ammonia vents as a refrigerated liquid kept at 28 degrees below zero to stay liquid.
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Cal Co
Stegbauer
Wilkenson
Fernandez
St. Mary's Hospital
Mehlville
St. Louis
Kat Chewers of Yemen Widespread Practice Noted
Describes Yemen residents chewing kat leaves causing cheek bulges and resembling mumps to visitors, highlighting a common local habit and its visible signs.
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Yemen
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