Rainy weather soaks Kansas as flooding threats rise
Persistent rain drenches the Cha nute area with 16.64 feet on the Neosho river and a flood risk above 20 feet. May rainfall reaches 2.63 inches, yearly 14.58 inches, while April totals set a record since 1950. Severe storms and possible tornadoes threaten parts of Oklahoma and Kansas today.
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Neosho
Chanute
the Tribune
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Associated Press
Topeka
Oklahoma
Blue Valley
Osborne-Russell County
Wichita
Washington
Alton
Belleville
Concordia and
Russell
Conway Springs
Blue Rapids
Marysville
Great Bend
Peck
Lincoln
Clay Center
Manhattan
el Dorado
Dodge City
Effingham
Pittsburg
Ottawa
Goodland
Kansas City
Texas Panhandle
Panhandle
Hobart
Okla
Kas
Six Guns to 61 premieres in Wilson County with free showing
The Wilson County Centennial Committee announces a Monday 7:30 p m premiere of the film Six Guns to 61 at Altoona High School described as on the house. Altoona’s centennial celebration is set for July 13 14 and 15 with three days of old fashioned fun and wide community participation.
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Wilson County
Altoona High School
House
Altoona
Jackson
Neeland
New Albany
Lee
Polson
Kansas
Willis
Falls
Ten Perish In Two Fires
In Kittanning Pennsylvania four boys died when a fire destroyed their home as parents attended a prayer meeting. The children Joseph two Randy four Paul six and Thomas Hartman fourteen were found huddled near a fireplace in the living room. In Pittsburgh a three story brick home in Sheraden burned killing Robert Wartel thirty four his wife Gay thirty two their daughter Bobbie five and their sons Tim Marin and Billy ages unknown.
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Kittanning, Pa
Pennsylvania
Joseph
Randy
Paul
Paul Anderson
Thomas Hartman
Pittsburgh
Sheraden
Robert Wartel
Gay
Bobbie
Tim
Marin
Billy
Two Bourbon Escapees Caught in Springfield
Two youths who escaped from Bourbon County jail Wednesday night were arrested in Springfield Missouri. Larry Dean Hill 18 and Frank F E O'Brien 17 were taken without resistance on a Springfield side street and held for trial on car theft charges. Both were on parole for prior theft and burglary.
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Fort Scott
Kan
Bourbon County
Springfield
Larry Dean Hill
Frank FE
O'Brien
Hill
Traffic Fatalities in Topeka 1961 Log Shows 173
A Topeka traffic log reports 173 fatalities for 1961 through 9 am on April 1, compared with 135 for the same period in 1960. The AP record notes the 24 hour snapshot ending 9 am Friday.
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Topeka
Kansas
Rock crashes through window in Buffalo home. three youths sought
A large rock was hurled through a bedroom window of Lily Mc Adams' home in Buffalo around midnight by three unidentified boys. It narrowly missed her sleeping grandson Dean Joyce as the rock bounced off the wall. the window suffered about 30 dollars in damage and Wilson County authorities began an investigation.
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Buffalo
Lily McAdams
Dean Joyce
Wilson County
Former Kansas City police board members dispute grand jury claim
Kansas City former police commissioners contest a Jackson County grand jury report calling the city a criminal playground. They insist corruption claims and widespread crime are unproven and that during their tenure the city was orderly. They defend Chief and officers as trustworthy.
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Kansas City
Board of Police Commissioners
Jackson County
Grand Jury
Lyman Field
Rabbi Samuel Mayerberg
Dwight Brantley
Dutton Brookfield
Grand
Bernard C. Brannon
Police Board
Don Bishop
John J. Harvey
Brannon
Chief
Bishop
Central ‘Records Bureau
Harvey
Underworld
Space Trip Glances as Shepard Returns From Space
Virginia Beach residents and reporters mob Mrs. Alan Shepard after her husband’s space flight. Col. Powers at Cape Canaveral confirms a successful rocket mission. Laura Shepard remains calm and composed, while President Kennedy praises the space program and recovery fleets circle the sea to retrieve the capsule.
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Virginia Beach
Alan Shepard
John Powers
Cape Canaveral
Space
Moble
Spaceflight News Draws Europe as Public Mind Reacts
AP reports millions of Europeans listened to updates on Alan B Shepard Jr. and the U S space effort. In Kansas a Mrs Louise Stone Jr 30 was killed in a one car crash on U S 40 near Lawrence. A St Louis item notes a 13 year old daughter of a spaceman.
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London
Alan B Shepard Jr
U.S
Europe
Lawrence, Kan
Yuri A. Gaga- Louise Stone Jr
Lawnesen
U. S. 40
Lawrence
ST. Louis
Spaceman
Collision Causes Extensive Vehicle Damage at 4th and Highland
An intersection collision at 10 15 a m between Janet Donaldson 19 of 128S Wilson and Clifton Sinclair 44 of Pittsburg caused extensive damage but no injuries. Donaldson drove a 1958 Mercury north while Sinclair drove a 1959 Chevrolet station wagon east. Damage estimates were 250 to the Mercury and 750 to the station wagon owned by Pittsburg Radio Supply Co where Sinclair is an employee.
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4Th and Highland
Janet Donaldson
Wilson
Clifton Sinclair
Pittsburg
Miss Donaldson
Sinclair
Pittsburg Radio Supply Co
Shepard's Suborbital Space Flight Opens U.S. Space Era
Alan B. Shepard Jr. piloted the Mercury Redstone craft on a 15 minute suborbital flight reaching about 115 miles. The mission lifted from Cape Canaveral at 9:34 a.m. EST and landed near the Lake Champlain recovery fleet after a successful test of manned space operations.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
United States
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Redstone
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
U.S
Mercury
Lake Champlain
Shepard
Kurt Debus
Debus
Werjner von Braun
National Aeronautics and Space Adve Space Flight Laboratory
Shepard did not meet chaplain before space flight
Cmdr. Alan Shepard reportedly did not meet the Protestant chaplain assigned to him prior to his historic space flight. Air Force chaplain Capt. Daryl Myer said Shepard was reported to be a Christian Scientist. Mrs. Shepard is a lay reader in the Christian Science Church in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
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United States
Russia
Yuri Gagarin
National Space Agency
Shepard
Cape Canaveral
Mercury
Fla
Alan Shepard
Daryl Myer
Air Force
Christian Science Church
Virginia Beach
Brazil Buys $70 Million Wheat Under Peace Program
Washington AP reports a government food for peace sale totaling 70 million dollars of wheat to Brazil. Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman announced the deal on Thursday.
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Washington
Brazil
Secretary of Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Shepard Returns From Space Flight In Excellent Shape
Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. was reported in excellent physical condition and in fine spirits less than an hour after landing. Doctors aboard the recovery ship confirmed no abnormalities, and Shepard planned to shower, eat later, and fly to Grand Bahama Island. The capsule was recovered amid cheers as sailors crowded the deck and the astronaut thanked his crew.
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Lake Champlain
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Earth
Army
Jerry Strong
Grand Bahama Island
Shepard
Navy
Sooner Storm Kills One as Tornadoes Hit Oklahoma
A severe line of six tornadoes struck western and central Oklahoma causing extensive damage. Richard Murphy, 55, died when his Blaine County home was destroyed near Geary while Leedey reported roofs torn from two businesses. Flood threat rose along the Verdigris River Valley.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Verdigris River
Oologah Dam
Indla
Geary
Blaine County
Richard Murphy
Leedey
Two Injured in US 169 Head-On Crash Near Chanute
A two-car crash on US 169 about 4.3 miles south of Chanute at 5:15 this morning injured two. Bernice R. Hanson 36 of Coffeyville in critical condition at Neosho Memorial Hospital suffered head lacerations a leg fracture and internal injuries. Don ald Dean Booe 27 of 317 S. Wilson hospitalized with minor head lacerations. Both cars were demolished. speed and water on the roadway cited as factors. Hanson employed by Continental Can Booe a Santa Fe Railroad fireman. no passengers.
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Chanute
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Bernice R. Hanson
Coffeyville
Donald Dean Booe
S. Wilson
Highway Patrol
Hanson
Booe
Continental Can
Santa Fe
Fred Elmer Killed In Blast at Walnut
Fred E Elmer 56 of rural Walnut died after a compressed air tank he was repairing exploded at the Harry Little implement and feed store. He was thrown 30 feet, died after arrival at Mercy Hospital Fort Scott. Survivors include wife Elsie, three children Betty Rita Donald, five siblings, and two sisters. Funeral 10:30 tomorrow at St Patrick parish chapel with burial in St Patrick cemetery. Carson Funeral Home of Walnut in charge.
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Walnut
Fred E. Elmer
Harry Little Implement and Feed
Elmer
Erie
Mercy Hospital
Fort Scott
Tribune
Cinity
Elsie Shively
Betty
Rita
Donald
Albert
Wal ‘Nut
George
Wichita
Emma Elmer
Kansas City
Josephine Shively
St. Patrick's Parish
Joseph Bartos
St. Patrick's Cemetery
Carson Funeral Home
Walnut J
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Esther Taylor Pysher
Bremerton
John Harold Short
Space Trip
David Andrews
Pricipia School i
Laura Shepard
Cmdr
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Walter Schirra
Scott Carpenter
Allen B. Shepard Jr
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Dr. Strong
George Cox
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