Unusual Pets Roam Chanute Area In Habit Hatch
In Chanute area a spate of unusual pets appears as locals report coyote pups adopted, followed by goats, then a craze for opossums and squirrels. A Buffalo family rescued five orphaned opossums after their mother was killed. Doyle Cox adopted the opossums, while neighborhood children warm to hand-fed squirrels. An English class student misread a historical line, turning “The Golden Age of Stained Glass” into “The Golden Age of Widows” in a lesson on appositive usage.
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S. Lafayette
Buffalo
Meryl Summervill
Doyle Cox
Tribune
Summervill
Traffic Fatalities Log Shows May 25 1962 Totals
Topeka AP reports Kansas traffic death log for a 24 hour period ending 9 am Tuesday for May 25 1962. Compared with May 25 1961 and the year’s totals, the figures reflect 179 for 1962 and 193 for 1961.
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Topeka
Kansas
Carpenter Preps For Atlas Flight In Aurora 7 Mission
Cape Canaveral reports astronaut Malcolm Scott Carpenter, calm and methodical, preparing for the Atlas launch of Aurora 7 set between 7:30 and 12:30 Saturday. Weather worries are noted but not seen as serious. Walter Schirra serves as backup as final flight plans, experiments, and simulator checks proceed.
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Malcolm Scott Carpenter
John H. Glenn Jr
Project Mercury
Carpenter
Glenn
Globe
Atlantic
Walter M. Schirra, Jr
Navy
Weather forecast for Kansas and warm trend across state
FORECAST Partly cloudy windy and warm today through Thursday with highs in the mid 80s and lows around 70. Topeka reports a chance of scattered light showers in extreme northwest and north central sections. no significant rain expected in the wheat belt. Radar shows showers in several counties with minor rainfall reports.
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Topeka
Kansas
Wichita
Dodge City
Goodland
Ellis
Trego
Pittsburg
Olathe
Advertising Pays For Denver GOP
The sign over the Republican state headquarters at the Shirley Savoy Hotel was stolen for the third time Tuesday night. After the second theft a GOP official had placed a sign beneath the placard warning of a photograph, calling the act vandalism. Beneath the placard others wrote, You have just been photographed and Send us three copies.
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Denver
Shirley-Savoy Hotel
GOP
Estes Case Deepens as Ralph Is Fired in Probe
Washington AP report says the Estes investigation widens as James T. Ralph, aide to Secretary Freeman, is fired over ties to Billie Sol Estes. The saga touches agriculture policy, with subpoenas issued and more investigators promised. Freeman faces Republican demands for resignation amid ongoing FBI findings and complex political fallout.
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Washington
Senate
Philipis
Billie Sol Estes
James T. Ralph
Orville L. Freeman
Ralph
FBI
Estes
Kennedy ties Laos talks to Thai force display
President Kennedy told Congress a U S troop show in Thailand could speed Laos coalition talks. Officials say Thailand buildup may exceed 5 000 and shift Phoumi Nosavan toward negotiations while neutralist Prince Souvanna Phouma acts as a buffer. The briefing noted doubts about Lao troops and warned a broader U S commitment only if Soviet control falters.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
U.S
Thailand
Laos
White House
Phoumi Nosavan
Phoumi
Phanouvong
Paris
Boun Oum
Phouma
Com
Bird Show Sponsored by Wichita Parakeet Clubs
A parakeet show sponsored by bird clubs of Wichita Bartlesville and Kansas City will be hosted Sunday at Santa Fe Park north shelter house from 1 to 4 p.m. About 150 entries are expected in judging with trophies awarded J F Rule 1709 W Main serves as an exhibitor and president of the Magic Circle Parakeet club one of the sponsors. This will be the first such event here Rule said.
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Bird Clubs
Wichita
Bartlesville
Kansas City
Santa Fe
J. F. Rule
W. Main
Magic Circle Parakeet Club
Rule
Baby Death Inquest To Probe Salina Drowning
Coroner James Giesendorf will call an inquest after 10 month old Ernest Wayne Caauwe drowned in a bathtub at his Salina home. Police say an accidental death with no signs of foul play. mother left children briefly to pull radishes as older brother watched. The infant’s father is an airman stationed at Schilling Air Force Base. The case follows a previous bath tragedy in the family.
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Salina
Kan
James Giesendorf
Ernest Wayne Caauwe
Roger FE
Caauwe
Spirit Lake
Iowa
Schilling Air Force Base
Ken Brown
Ernest Wayne
Ronald Lee
Air Base Hospital
Susan Kay
U. S. Air Force
France
Youth Killed in Car Train Collision Near Norton
Richard L. Willett 18 of Superior Nebraska died in a collision with a Rock Island passenger train at a county road crossing southwest of Norton. He was alone in the car.
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Norton, Kan
Richard L. Willett
Superior
Neb
Rock Island
U S Jets Swarm As Red Lao Forces Fall Back
A dozen U S Air Force jets arrived in Bangkok leading a Southeast Asia command effort to deter communist movements from Laos. Laotian troops reportedly pulled back to Houei Sai, while Pathet Lao and North Vietnamese forces retreated 59 miles from the border as U S air power moved in with F100 Super Sabres and A4 Skyhawks en route to bolster defense.
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Houei Sai
Thailand
Pathet Lae
Bangkok
Laos
U.S
Vien Phou Kha
Nam Tha
Mekong River
13Th Air
Laos Crisis At Glance
American planes land in Bangkok to bolster Thailand’s defenses against Laos. Laotian and Vietnamese Communists pull back 50 miles from Houei Sai on the Thai border. Laotians recapture Houei Sai. Officials say a small American force may restore military balance and aid negotiations for a unified Laotian government. Britain approves sending American forces to Thailand and warns that further Communist gains in Laos threaten peace.
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Associated Press
Bangkok
Thailand
Laos
Houei Sai
Washington — Administration
Southeast Asia
Uni
London
Britain
Three Masked Men Rob Home in Gladstone
Three masked men burst into John P. Filger’s home in Gladstone Missouri Tuesday night held four family members at gunpoint for 35 minutes and escaped with $500 and a revolver.
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Gladstone, Mo
John P. Filger
Carlson files to seek Republican Senate renomination
Sen Frank Carlson of Kansas announced at a press breakfast that he will seek another six year term, filing soon after the breakfast. The former congressman and two term governor faces Joe Corpstein as an early rival. Carlson criticized the Agriculture Department over the Billie Sol Estes case and questioned Kennedy economy and Medicare remarks while predicting Republican gains amid mixed views of Kennedy programs.
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Pines
Ralph
Estes
Texas
Ing
Texas Court of Inquiry
Agriculture Department
Dallas
Nieman-Marcus Men
Washington
John G. Tower
R-Tex
Kennedy
Freeman
Towers
World Food Forum
Mary K. Jones
Washington Evening Star
John J. Williams
Del
Senate
Williams
Topeka
Frank, Carlson
R-Kan
Carlson
Clyde Reed
Kansas
Secretary of State
Joe Corpstein
Nortonville
Kan
Department of Agriculture
Billie Sol Estes
Pecos
Tex
215 Million Months In U.S. by 1970
At a Manhattan dedication dinner for Agri-Research's new building Dr Earl L Butz of Purdue predicted by 1970 farm workers would feed 215 million Americans up from current levels though farm family numbers shrink He cited that about seven percent of the population would be farm families The event drew guests including Gov John Anderson and former Gov Alf Landon Agri-Research conducts economic research product planning marketing and consulting services.
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Manhattan
Agri-Research
Earl L. Butz
Purdue University
John Anderson
Alf Landon
Prince Philip defends remarks on tripe criticism
In Montreal on Monday Prince Philip said newsmen calling his Commonwealth study conference work "tripe" are engaging in legitimate criticism. The remark drew new criticism, with Bob Hulme, ex-president of Britain's Tripe Dressers group, saying the word treats tripe as a joke and harms its standing.
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Manchester
England
Prince Philip
Montreal
Criti
Elizabeth II
Bob Hulme
Britain
National Association of Tripe Dressers
Hulme
Quite an Outing For Students At Playland Trip
An outing for 1 800 students from St John’s Prep School in Brooklyn turned tense when high winds drove the Peter Stuyvesant aground near the Playland pier on Long Island Sound. The youths remained aboard for six hours, dancing and eating hot dogs as a tug and a second excursion boat freed the grounded vessel before dusk.
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Rye
N.Y
St. John’s Prep School
Brooklyn
Benedict Woman Found Dead After Suspected Overdose
Search party found Mrs. J. W. Cook, 67, dead in a west Benedict pasture about 7:30 p.m. after she apparently overdosed on sleeping pills. She had been missing since 6 p.m. and was located by her son in law and others. Survivors include seven sons and four daughters. Funeral arrangements are pending. The Wilson County sheriff and coroner investigated.
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Benedict
J. W
Zola) Cook
Cook
Benedict Rock
Charles Ropp
Earl Wilson
Owen Elder
Walter Ogle
Wilson County
Vern McGaugh
Buffalo
Hubert
Dale Cook
San Diego
Calif
Willis Cook
Wichita
Milburn Cook
Arkansas City
Billy Cook
Manden
N.D
Richard Cook
Dallas
Tex
Fred Cook
Chanute
Juanita Ropp
Mary Bell Pound
Ottawa
Becky Hash
Neodesha
Norma Wescott
Dognaping Charge Extradition Ordered
Gov. Dalton ordered extradition of Nancy Lee Dalton and Nick Spero to Kansas to face Johnson County charges of stealing a white French poodle. Dalton said she bought the dog for 75 in Kansas City and returned it for a 200 reward after seeing a lost dog ad. Spero is awaiting Jackson County robbery trial.
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Kansas
Laos
Jefferson City
John M. Dalton
Kansas City
Johnson County
Kan
Nancy Lee Dalton
Nick Spero
Roy W. Reeves
Car Crash Kills Dwight Borin Near Strong City Kansas
Dwight Samuel Borin aged 46 of Kansas City died Tuesday when his car veered off U.S. 50 west of Strong City and struck a culvert. The AP report notes a fatal highway accident with no further details released.
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Strong City
Kan
Dwight Samuel Borin
Kansas City
U. S. 50
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