Polaris missile warhead test with piano concert misread in barrel tale
Washington reports describe a Polaris missile with a nuclear warhead test near Christmas Island during Operation Dominic. The piece notes a sub launched the weapon and a safety approach, with details on range and the first full salvo testing of missile and warhead together.
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Washington
Polaris
St. Cecilia Music Club Marine
Pacific
Ethan
Allen
Ethan Allen
Wre Cove
Rine
Navy
Ing
Launing
U.S
Atomic Energy Commission
Defense Department
Christmas Island
AEC
United States
Must Close District If No School Held
TOPEKA AP If a common school district fails to maintain a school for three consecutive years the county superintendent should issue an order disorganizing the district immediately Atty Gen William M Ferguson said today.
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Topeka
Atty
William M. Ferguson
Weather Summary for Kansas: Warm Trend and Scattered Showers
Forecast shows mostly fair and warm weather into Tuesday with a high near 90 and low dips in the 40s. Kansas reports scattered showers Sunday night and today, with small rainfall totals and temperatures ranging from the 70s to mid 80s across cities like Concordia Wichita and Pittsburg.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Goodland
Brooks County
Republic-Washington County
Concordia
Wichita
Pittsburg
675 Attend Witnesses' Lecture
A Bible lecture by A. C. Manera Jr moved the three day Jehovah's Witnesses seminar to a close at the Memorial building. 675 heard Manera on Who Will Rule the World. The Watchtower Society sponsored the Missouri Circuit event for 17 congregations with delegates from Springfield Eldon North Platte Miami Wichita and nearby areas.
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A. C. Manera, Jr
Brooklyn
N.Y
Jehovah's Witnesses
Memorial Building
Manera
Watchtower Society
Missouri
Missouri Circuit Includes Southwest Missouri
Southeast
Kansas
Springfield
Eldon
North Platte, Neb
Miami
Okla
Wichita
Traffic Fatalities Record Log From Topeka 1962 Update
A Topeka AP traffic death log shows 48 hours to 9 am Monday May 9 1962 with 162 fatalities for 1962 to date, compared to 180 for the same period in 1961.
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Topeka
Kansas
Wescoe Cation Named Mail Carriers Proxy
Wescoe Cation of Wichita was elected president of the Kansas State Association, National Federation of Letter Carriers. Officers named at the convention include Morris Tucker vice president W E Armstrong secretary Len Hommel treasurer Judson Waggoner delegate at large Chris Krueger rural director.
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Pittsburg
Wescoe Cation
Wichita
Kansas State Association
National Federation of Letter Carriers
Morris Tucker
Hutchinson
W. E. Armstrong
Marysville
Len Hommel
Topeka
Judson Waggoner
Chris Krueger
Ottawa
Elmer Laughlin
Hoisington
David Loy
Salina
Merle Sewell
Kansas City
Horace Hewitt
R. W. Hoofler
Coffeyville
Hutchison Tip Winner Captures Goat Surprise
Mrs. E. C. Hutchison of 318 N. Wilson earned a $3 Tribune news tip prize after two baby goats appeared in her yard last Friday. A reporter visited the City Dog Pound to document the perplexing pickup as The Tribune promotes weekly tips for unusual happenings.
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E. C. Hutchison
N. Wilson
Chanute
The
Tribune
Government Industry Unity Urged At U S Steel Meeting
U S Steel chairman Roger M Blough urged harmony between government and industry as essential for national progress addressing over 1 000 shareholders in Hoboken N J The new Chamber of Commerce president H Ladd Plumley urged quicker restoration of the government business bridge The executive defended price increases saying they should be market driven and not government set with no assurances on future prices
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Hoboken
N.J
U.S. Steel
Roger M. Blough
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
H. Ladd Plumley
Worcester
Mass
New York Times
Kansas Elks Elect Millard Pike President
The Kansas Elks Association elected Millard Pike of Wichita as president.
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Kansas
Wichita, Kan
Kansas Elks Association
Eleced Millard Pike
Wichita
Council Grove Girl Killed in Crash
Judy Shaw 14 of Council Grove died when a car she rode in hit a parked vehicle on Kansas 13 south of Council Grove. Five other teens in the car, including driver Arlie Duncan 18, escaped with minor injuries. Police said Valentines car was parked broadside on the highway.
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Council Grove
Kan
Judy Shaw
Kansas 13
Arlie Duncan
H. C. Valentine
FiveYearOld Girl Delivers Baby Mystery in Nutley
In Nutley New Jersey Elizabeth Lardier five brought a baby home refusing to reveal its origin. Police found an empty carriage a block away and returned six week old Carolyn Connolly to her parents Eugene and Mrs Connolly. Elizabeth tearfully said she wanted her mother to have a baby.
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Carolyn Connolly
Eugene Connolly
Elizabeth
Motor Carrier Safety Clinic Set for Saturday at Tioga Hotel
The Kansas Motor Carriers Association and its Council of Safety Supervisors sponsor a Saturday safety clinic at the Tioga Hotel. Officials from ICC will outline hours of service rules with a road check demo. A 9 30 a m start follows an 8 15 breakfast. attendees include carriers from 19 southeast Kansas counties.
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Kansas Motor Carriers Assn
Council of Safety Supervisors
Tioga Hotel
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Kansas
Clarence Shelton
Hutchinson
KMCA
Kansas Highway Patrol
I. C. Peterson
Topeka
M. E. Taylor
Wichita
Ray McKinley
Motor Carrier
KCC
Maj. A. M. Scheibner
Dodge City
Colby
Hays
Salina
Marysville
Oral polio vaccine test starts in Kansas
Dr Herald R Cox announced a combined oral polio vaccine will soon gain licensing as a cheaper immunization. A Lawrence pilot program began with Mayor Kennedy and family giving the first sips, targeting 25 000 of Douglas County residents aged six months to 60 years.
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Kansas City
Herald R. Cox
New York
Cox
Lederle Laboratories
American Society For Microbiology
Lawrence
Kan
Douglas County
Ted Kennedy
Davis
Douglas County Medical Society
Goulet’s Daughter Reported Missing In NYC Mixup
The overnight disappearance of Nicollette Goulet, daughter of Broadway star Robert Goulet, caused concern until babysitter Juanita Lopez returned the child. Police say it was a misunderstanding as Lopez drove with Nicollette to visit relatives in Brooklyn and got lost.
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New York
Robert Goulet
Nicolette
Juanita Lopez
Freeman Defends Agriculture Dept in Estes Case Ballooning
Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman said the Billie Sol Estes affair is being inflated beyond its importance. He noted only three department employees received gifts from Estes, while insisting the department did not grant favors in return and that the overall impact on the cotton allotment program was misrepresented.
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Washington (Ap
Orville L. Freeman
Billie Sol Estes
Estes
West Texas
Freeman
Congress
Agriculture Department
Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Police log shows hoax calls and assorted weekend incidents
Police logged a range of weekend activities including recurring hoax telephone calls claiming a family scandal. Fred Wendeln faced charges of reckless driving resisting arrest disturbing the peace with a loud muffler and using a bad license tag after a patrol car chase. he was released on bond and his motorcycle was impounded. Other reports noted broken windows on a 1953 Plymouth two carved wood figures stolen from the Community Arts and Crafts Fair empty bottles stolen from Anderson grocery and a man arrested for throwing glass from a car. Balloons filled with water were also thrown at cars and a warning was issued.
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Fred Wendeln
S. Highland
Wendeln
Glen Niner
S. Larson
Lincoln
Highland
Anderson
Jerry Dean Hively
S. Steuben
May 13 Proclaimed as Mother's Day by Kennedy
President Kennedy declared Sunday May 13 as Mothers Day nationwide. He urged display of the American flag on public buildings and homes to honor mothers, citing the 1914 congressional resolution that set the second Sunday in May each year as Mothers Day.
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Washington
Kennedy
Rattlers Roundup Draws Thousands In Oklahoma
In Okeene Oklahoma the 23rd annual rattlesnake roundup drew about 17 000 spectators. Hunters captured 930 snakes near the Gypsum Hills over the three day event which featured a banquet dance and awards. Snakes paid 50 cents a pound for slaughter and the Junior Chamber of Commerce planned to sell frozen meat at 2 50 a pound.
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Okeene
Okla
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Tragedy in Zion A man slays his ex wife and five children then kills himself
Rolland Bauer 31 a former mental patient killed his ex wife Alice Jean Bauer 26 and their five children Rol land Jack Jr 9 Beverly 7 Barbara Jo 6 Ralph J 4 and Robbin Jay 2 with a butcher knife in a Zion Illinois apartment before shooting himself as police neared the car death list confirms the family massacre and suicide authorities say the bodies were found three to four hours after the killings raising questions about Bauer's recent despondency and failed reconciliation efforts
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Bauer
Tribune
Zion
Chicago
Robert H. Babcox
Ralph J
Robbin Jay
Finney Withdraws From 5th District Congressional Race
Humboldt Republican Robert A. Finney withdraws his candidacy for the GOP nomination in the new 5th District for personal and business reasons. His exit leaves Joe Shubitzz as the sole announced Republican candidate, while incumbent Walter Melvey eyes re election in the old 3rd District. Finney also serves as a vice president of the U S Chamber of Commerce.
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Humboldt
Kan
Robert A. Finney
Finney
Joe Shubitz
U. S
Andrew Schoeppel
Walter Melvey
Kansans vote splits in Congress on TV tuner bill
AP reports Kansas members split on two roll calls. In the House, a 279 to 90 vote endorsed a bill to require TV sets to receive all channels with For: Avery, Dole, Shrivler, and Breeding. Against: Ellsworth. Not voting: McVey. A 354 to 9 vote backed a commercial satellite system, with For: Breeding, Dole, McVey, Shriver. Not voting: Avery, Ellsworth. Senate had no roll calls.
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Avery
Dole
Shrivler
Breeding
Ellsworth
McVey
Shriver
Senate
Divorced Miss California Joins Death By Carbon Monoxide
Los Angeles AP reports Joanne D. Timmons 33 a divorced former Miss California 1950 was found unconscious in her car Friday night and died Saturday at Los Angeles County Hospital after a blood vessel collapse. She was born in Stafford Kansas and left a son with ex husband Jay Timmons.
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Los Angeles
California
Joanne D. Timmons
Harold Durant
Wichita
Kan
Timmons
Los Angeles County Hospital
McPherson
Jay Timmons
Stafford
Kaw
Barry Jay
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John Hargrave
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L. L. McCune
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