Space mission plane crash near Nairobi kills 17
A United States Air Force C130 Hercules crashed near Nairobi Kenya on a mission tied to a planned space flight. All 17 aboard were reported dead, all Air Force personnel not linked to NASA. The wreckage was found on a mountain along the flight path.
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Washington
Malcolm Scott Carpenter
Nairobi
Kenya
Air Force
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Cape Canaveral
Project Mercury
Nirobi-Kenya
Nairobbi
Evreaux
France
322Nd
Mercury
City Hall Licenses Cats Sparking Kansas City Row
Kansas City residents stage a noisy meeting protesting a city ordinance requiring all cats to be licensed at $3 yearly, rabies shots, and collars. supporters warn of court action while opponents cite cats’ role in pest control and warn of possible rat increases.
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Kan Cat Club
Kansas City
J. H. Sutton
America
Frank Lockery
Sutton
New Concept For Hospital At Larned
Dr. Frank V. Smith superintendent of Larned State Hospital proposed an 8-8-8 operation plan eight hours daily for treatment in new quarters eight hours for recreation and eight hours for sleeping dormitories He urged renaming the facility Western Kansas Psychiatric Institute to reflect its expanded role The plan requires 34 million dollars for new buildings and equipment and calls for education training and research to attract specialists He asked state officials to allow federal and private grants and suggested relocating patients from Phillips Smith Rock and Osborne counties to Larned for proximity
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Larned
Kan
Frank V. Smith
Larned State Hospital
Western, Kansas Psychiatric Institute
Western Kansas Institute For Living
Smith
Helen Nickell
Smith Center
State Board of Social Welfare
Richard L. Meadows
Kenneth Keller
Phillips
Smith, Rock
Osborne
Topeka
Lola man charged with reckless driving after chase
Carl Thornhill, 25, of Lola, was arrested at 1 45 a.m. on a reckless driving charge and released on a 100 dollar bond. Police said he eluded a patrol car at over 70 mph inside city limits, then headed north on US 169 and returned to a cafe at town edge. He allegedly ran a stop sign and passed trucks in a no passing zone during the pursuit.
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Carl Thornhill
Lola
Thornhill
Rain and wind lash western Kansas causing minor damage
A Richfield roof was ripped from a business building and a corner blown off a farmhouse as thunderstorms moved through western Kansas. No injuries were reported. Tornado was not sighted though a twister touched down near Ness City without damage. Rain totals ranged from nearly two inches at Ness City to three-quarters of an inch in Garden City Meade and Dodge City.
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Richfield
Kan
Kansas
U.S. 270
Hugoton
Ness City
Goodland
Garden City
Meade
Dodge City
Liberal
Britain to Send RAF Fighters if Thailand Requests Help
Prime Minister Harold Macmillan said Britain would deploy Royal Air Force fighter units to Thailand if Bangkok requests military support, signaling readiness amid Southeast Asian tensions.
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London
Harold Macmillan
Britain
Royal Air Force
Thailand
Mekong River
Vientiane
Laos
Houei Sai
U.S
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Australia
New Zealand
Macc_millan
Canberra
Garfield Barwick
Automated Grocery System Demonstrated by Vendo Co
Vendo Co of Kansas City reports a test automated grocery store in Kansas City with a credit key plate system. Shoppers use machines to buy, a computer records purchases, and a change machine handles payments before exit. A Washington store is planned within about 60 days.
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New York
Vendo Co
Kansas City
Spencer Childers
Vendo
Washington, D. C
Lumber Output From Area Timber In Southeast Kansas
Erie's LaRue family opens a new sawmill southeast of town employing eight workers. Logs come from Neosho River bottoms and tributaries with markets in Greensboro North Carolina Fort Smith Arkansas and Memphis Tennessee. LaRue plans growth and notes supply is abundant with timber varieties including maple hickory elm hackberry and cottonwood. He also does custom work and buys logs from independent cutters while offering furniture grade lumber and pallets. LaRue is a former teacher and school superintendent with prior milling experience.
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LaRue
Heaton Mfg. Co
Erie
Greensboro
N.C
Fort Smith
Ark
Memphis
Youth claims two slayings in Kentucky
Missouri police report a Carthage arresting man says he killed a man and a woman near Ashland Kentucky last February. Billy Combs 24 and Tommy Waddell 25 of Ironton Ohio were jailed after a stolen car arrest. Ashland authorities race to question Combs as Kentucky investigates the March 14 double homicide.
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Carthage
Missouri
Joe Hart
Kentucky
Hart
Billy Joe Combs
Tommy Joe Waddell
Ironton
Ohio
Springfield
Jasper County
Combs
Ashland
Donald Ray Howard
Brenda Lou
Howard
Kenova
W. Va
Ashland High School
Ohio River
Waddell
Embezzling Admitted by Garnett Firm Employee
Franklin E. Fincher 21 posted 1000 bond on a federal charge admitting he embezzled 400 from Garnett Savings and Loan at Garnett Kansas. FBI agents arrested him in Kansas City. Fincher said to have used funds for bowling clothes and personal expenses while employed from April 16 1961 to January 17 this year.
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Kansas City
Franklin E. Fincher
Garnett Savings and Loan
Garnett
Kan
Fincher
FBI
W. Mark Felt
Driver Arrested on DWI Charge in Early Morning Stop
Police arrested Willis Chaney 1714 W Main at 4 30 a m on driving while intoxicated reckless driving transporting an open bottle and lacking a valid license. He was released on recognizance after posting a 160 bond. Chaney nearly collided with a patrol car at Main and Plummer, then was stopped on North Plummer Road.
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Willis Chaney
W. Main
Chaney
Main and
Plummer
North Plummer Road
Traffic Fatalities Reported in Topeka Area
AP dispatch notes Kansas traffic death tolls over 24 hours ending 9 am Thursday with figures for May 25 1962 and comparisons to 1961. Data shows 1962 total and highlights changes from the previous year.
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Topeka
Kansas
Senate panel to widen Estes probe nationwide
The Senate Investigations subcommittee voted unanimously to stage a full scale public airing of the Billie Sol Estes case. Chairman John L. McClellan said hearings will begin when the expanded staff is ready and may reach high government levels from Kennedy and Eisenhower eras. Estes, under trial on fraud charges, may testify but cooperation is uncertain due to his criminal case.
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Ate Investigations
Billie
Sol Estes
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Texas
Kennedy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
McClellan
Ings
Estes
Coeds Take Up Pipe Smoking Says Shop Owner
In New Brunswick New Jersey AP report Sam Watkins, proprietor of a smoke shop, says he sold 100 pipes to women in three years, mostly Douglass College coeds, who are taking up the manly art of pipe smoking.
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New Brunswick, N.J
Sam Watkins
Douglass
Marines Kept On Border Of Laos To Aide Thailand
A 1 800 strong U S Marine task force landed at Bangkok and began patrolling near the Laos frontier to support Thailand against a Communist drive. Marines say they will stay as long as needed and bolster regional security with units from allies possible.
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Laos
U.S
Laos Crisis At Glance
In a rapid Southeast Asia update the Associated Press notes a task force of 1,800 Marines lands in Thailand to defend Laos from Communist threats. Airlift movements north of Bangkok advance to Laotian borders while 3,000 Laotian royal troops in exile near Chiang Rai near repatriation.
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Thailand
Laos
Vientiane
Bangkok
Chiengrai
Skunk Gift Raises Laughs In Fire Department Exchange
AP reports Chicago Fire Commissioner Bill Quinn sent a 45th birthday gag skunk named Smokey to Los Angeles Fire Chief Fred W. Kline. Kline called it a joke not a reflection on his department, noting a mountain lion gift was sent previously. Smokey arrived by air express to Fire Department headquarters.
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Los Angeles
Fire Commission
Chicago
Bill Quinn
Smokey
Chicago Engine Company 1044
Fred W. Kline
Commission
Kline
Air Express
Fire Department
Quinn
U S Plans Base in Australia at Northwest Cape
Prime Minister Robert Menzies announced the United States will build a 75 million dollar base at Northwest Cape in Western Australia. The facility will house about 450 Americans and Australians with funds for construction, housing, and related needs. It will host U S and Allied ships in the Indian Ocean and Western Pacific.
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Canberra
Australia
Robert G. Menzies
United States
Western Australia
Northwest Cape
Perth
Menzies
House of Representatives
Allied i
Indian Ocean
Western Pacific
Rail Talks Break Off Over Proposed Work Rule Revisions
The nation's railroads halt negotiations with five operating unions on sweeping work rule changes aimed at eliminating thousands of jobs. Carriers and unions, totaling 210 000 members, had bargained since April 2 after a presidential commission's recommendation.
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Chicago
Railroad Commission
J. E. Wolfe
Presidential
Work Rules Commission
Students Riot at U S Embassy in Tokyo Protest
Police clash with about 500 students outside the U S Embassy in Tokyo as they protest U S nuclear tests and the dispatch of troops to Thailand. The confrontation underscores student opposition to American defense policies in Asia.
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Tokyo
U.S
Thailand
Drought bringing rains and tornado reports reach Kansas
Drought relief rains moved into western Kansas with first tornado reports of the year near Hugoton and Richfield. Heaviest rainfall occurred in the northwest, with 3.10 inches at McAllister and 3.1 inches at Winona. No injuries reported. wind damage noted in the two areas.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kasas
Western Wheat Belt
Jewell
Russell
Rush
Clark
Hugoton
Richfield
Weather Bureau
Winona
McAllister
Sharon Springs
Morland
Mingo
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Dr. Holder
Dean Holder
B. R. Shelton
Charles W. Fisher
Carpenter
Walter M. Schirra Jr
John A. Glenn Jr
Virgil Grissom
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Point Arguello
Calif
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
Guaymas
Mexico
Donald K. Slayton
Muchea
Shepard, Cooper and
Slayton
Lolan
Ek Ae
T. J. LaRue
Here
Neosho
Colony
Kincaid
Ting
Tribune
Keith Wright
Cottonwood
Sen
7Th Fleet
THE
Associated Press
Prince Boun Oum
Phoumi Nosavan
Saigon
James L. Richardson
Paul D. Harkins
Viet Nam
Taipei
Wellington
Keith J. Holyoake
Skunk
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