Old‑School Dads, Band Parades, and a Lightning Joke
A reader letter from St Paul recalls bygone school days and worries of Juniors, contrasting barefoot summers with today’s car culture and space age dreams. Chanute and Topeka parade plans shift as JayCee events cancel some bands. A Colony story ends with a near miss thunderstorm tale of a man whose zipper melted from the lightning heat.
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St. Paul
Chanute
Colony
Raymond Orr
N. Grant
Skid Fatal Crash Claims Life Near Roaring River
Ronald Joseph Testerman 17 of Neosho was killed when the car he rode in skidded off Highway 112 near Roaring River State Park in Cassville. The vehicle overturned on a curve Wednesday night.
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Cassville
Ronald Joseph Testerman
Neosho
Highway 112
Roaring River State Park
Big Three to Attack Laos Veto Plan at Geneva
At the Laos peace conference in Geneva the Western bloc pressed to veto Soviet veto provisions while India and others urged no new rules for the control commission. Andrei Gromyko presented a two document plan for neutral Laos with an embedded veto system. Leaders anticipated minimal progress until Kennedy Khrushchev talks and the Indian defense minister urged continued talks with Vietminh and foreign advisers remaining in place.
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Geneva
V. K. Krishna Munist
Pon Menon
India
Laos
Andrei A. Gromyko
Machmnsery
Deleftates
Menon
Vietminh
Viet Nam
Pathet Lao
U.S
Maurice Couve de Murville
Britain
Lord Home
W. Averell Harriman
Harriman
Dean Rusk
Bern
Fritz Wahlen
Max Petitpierre
Gromyko
Sov&t Bloc
Kennedy
Khrushchev
Rusk
Couve de Murville
V. K. Krishna Menon
Berserk Patient Kills Two at Houston Hospital
Charles White 36, a mental patient, stabbed and killed Gladys Foreman 49 and James Newton during a hospital rampage at Methodist Hospital in Houston. Several nurses and patients were injured as he moved through wards before capture by police after tear gas and gunfire.
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Houston
Tex
A_ ber
Otto Serk
Voigt
Gordon
White
Fore- Ted Bowen
Methodist Hospital
Charles E. White
Gladys Lucille Foreman
James Newton
Anne Porter
Ruth Gordon
Edna Fuller
Coats in Car Two Held in Independence Case
Two Springfield men James Robert Caffey and Doyle Mace were charged with grand larceny after 28 women's coats were found in their car during a Cherryvale check. Coats valued at 80 to 100 dollars each were traced to a Chicago firm and reported stolen from a Joplin salesman.
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Independence
Joplin
Cherryvale
Lewis
Caffey and
Mace
Chicago
Covered Wagon Trip To JayCee Meeting
A Leavenworth Jaycees group will depart Friday morning in a covered wagon toward Topeka for the state convention. The wagon, with riders dressed as pioneers, will parade through five towns en route, the horses moved between towns on a truck.
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Kansas JayCees
The
Armed Forces
Topeka
Kansas
Leavenworth (Ap
Leavenworth Jaycees
Beloit Area Storm Causes Large Property Damage
Beloit area suffered thousands of dollars in damage from a violent wind storm early Wednesday. A tornado like roar was heard by residents as about 700 square feet of asphaltic roofing was torn from a Beloit elementary school. Fifty windows were broken or chipped and several roofs antennas towers and cars were damaged by falling limbs reported by insurance agencies.
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Beloit
Kas
Beoit
Viola Roche Dies in Hollywood at 75
Hollywood AP says Viola Roche 75 longtime Broadway actress from the original My Fair Lady cast died of a heart ailment Wednesday while visiting her daughter Miss Philippa Bevans.
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Hollywood
Viola Roche
Philippa Bevans
Sooner Attorney Killed in Car Truck Crash Near Bartlesville
Frank H. Bacon a 65 year old retired attorney for Cities Service Co. was killed Wednesday in a collision between his car and a lumber truck a mile south of Bartlesville Oklahoma. Bacon who lived in Ramona had a private law practice in Bartlesville.
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Bartlesville
Okla
Frank H. Bacon
Cities Service Co
Bacon
Ramona
Stagecoach Mail Run Between El Dorado and Augusta
A replica Concord stagecoach will carry mail daily between El Dorado and Augusta as part of Kansas Centennial events, with Towanda as a stop. The run begins Sunday and continues until June 4, operated by El Dorado Jaycees.
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EL Dorado, Kan
el Dorado
Augusta
el Dorado Jaycees
Concord
Towanda
Chinese protest delays The World of Suzie Wong in Johannesburg
In Johannesburg South Africa a Chinese protest against the immoral content of The World of Suzie Wong led to the postponement of the opening. Five local Chinese girls quit the cast, and the play centers on a Hong Kong prostitute.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Suzie Wong
Hong Kong
Crash Fatal Near Yates Center In Kansas
Max Ashlock aged 28 from Quincy Kansas died when his car struck a bridge half a mile north of Yates Center on US 75. He was alone in the vehicle.
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Yates Center
Kas
Max Ashlock
Quincy
Yates
Five Soviet Generals Die in Aviation Catastrophe
The Soviet news agency Tass reported the deaths of five high ranking officers in an aviation catastrophe. Gen. Vladimir Y. Kolpakchi, 62, led the Soviet army in the Berlin assault and joined the defense staff in 1956. Other victims include Col. Gen. V. N. Perevertkin Lt. Gen. V. I. Goffe Maj. Gen. A. Popov and Col. V. V. Khikh. No details on the flight's origin or destination were given.
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London
Tass
Vladimir Y. Kolpakchi
V. N. Perevertkin
V. I. Goffe
A. Pov
V. V. Khikh
Defense Ministry
Kolpakchi
Berlin
Defense
Spring Rackets Bloom in Local Bulletin Warns
Kansas City BBB bulletin warns homeowners about recurring spring scams. Items include roof and chimney repairs, leftover linoleum peddling, nuisance humus and waste chemicals, fake grass seed, imported rugs and linens, burlap wrapped dry trees, and other hustles. Verify identities, know merchants, check references, and avoid expectations of free offers.
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Kansas City
Better Business Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Kennedy Diefenbaker press Cuba threat unite Western Hemisphere
In Ottawa Kennedy and Diefenbaker affirm Castro dictatorship threatens Latin America’s democratic evolution and urge stronger inter American action. They call for economic progress social reform and resistance to Communist alignment in the Western Hemisphere. Kennedy warns Red aggressors and urges NATO cohesion.
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Ottawa
Ont
Kennedy
John G. Diefenbaker
Cuba
Latin America
Washington
U.S
Laos
Southeast
Asia
Diefenbaker
Canada
United States
North Atlantic
Free World
Organization of American States
Fidel Castro
Castro
Soviet Union
Neosho County 8th Graders to Receive Diplomas
Sixty six eighth grade graduates from sixteen rural schools in Neosho County will receive diplomas in a commencement ceremony at the high school auditorium. Wilson and Neosho Counties state senator Charles Forsyth will be the speaker. Hazel S. Meeker, county superintendent, will present diplomas. Chanute trio Kay Blair Linda Campbell and Sherrill Rush will sing with Harold Tarpley on piano. Rev. Boyd Latimer will give the invocation and benediction.
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Neosho County
Charles Forsyth
Wilson
Neosho
Erie
Hazel S. Meeker
Chanute
Kay Blair
Linda Campbell
Sherrill Rush
Harold Tarpley
Boyd Latimer
Edward Ammann
Lois Bailey
Cynthia Bath
Larry Baucom
Robert Berckefeldt
Jane Bloom
Kenneth Brant
Terry Bridges
Sandra Brooks
Roy Buscher
Mickey Callarman
Anita Carter
David Carlson
Sandra Chase
Richard Clements
Mary Cook
Maynard Cook
Jimmie Cotton
Donald Craft
Hazel Crawford
Virginia Debler
Joanne Defenbaugh
Michael Dent
Johnie Dighero
Geraldine Dix
Sandra Fisher
Monte Fraker
Timmy Goltry
Jeanne Guy
Donna Harding
Janie Harding
William Hasty
Leslie Heflin
Gary Hines
Martin Hoesli
Jene’ Hudson
Janis Ingels
A. C. Kirby
Duane Knapp
William Lopeman
Freddie Matlock
William Matlock
Martha McCoy
Three Crashes Investigated In City Traffic Roundup
Police investigated three non injurious crashes yesterday. Harold E. Rittinghouse and Edgar Kustanborter collided on Malcolm and 1st with minor damage to their 1959 Pontiac and 1961 Ford. A second crash involved Michael Savidge in a 1950 Chrysler hitting Junior Lindblad’s parked 1949 Plymouth. A third incident saw William Durkin and Milton Ander parked near Highland. Durkin’s 1955 Chevrolet sustained minor damage while a fountain pool near the library was dismantled and a local man cited for a traffic infraction.
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1St
Malcolm
Harold E. Rittinghouse
Pleasanton
Edgar Kustandorter
W. Chestnut
Rittinghouse
Kustanborter i
Chrysler
Michael R. Savidge
R. 2
Plymouth
Junior Lindblad
Lind- New York
William J. Durkin
S. Highland
Milton L. Ander
New York Public Library
10Th Street
Durkin
Chevrolet
Busic
Ness
Highland
New York
Anderson
Kansas to speed up highway work across the state
Officials said Kansas faces a major step up in highway construction with projects expected to finish ahead of presidential action by year end. The effort includes 12.6 miles of Interstate 70 improvements in Wabaunsee County and other speeded up tasks on U S routes 81 166 24 and 56 plus link work on Wanamaker Road in Topeka.
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Topeka
Kansas
Wabaunsee County
Maple Hill
Kansas 9
Kansas City
Salina
Alinta
Kansas 99
Ft. Riley
Belleville
Toether
Nebraska Line
Meriden
Rock Creek
Jefferson County
Walnut
Buckeye
Coffeyville
Wanamaker Road
Alton
Osborne County
Montesuma
Gray County
Kennedy housing bill clears Senate Banking panel
The Senate Banking Committee approved a 4.99 billion dollar housing bill incorporating all of President Kennedy's proposals and extending beyond them in some areas. A federal grand jury indicted three former bank officials from Capitol Hill Bank of Oklahoma City for misapplying 1.562 million dollars of funds. The defendants are James R. Freeling John J. Houlihan and Martin Legere.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Kennedy
New York
Capitol Hill
Oklahoma City
Okla
James R. Freeling
Southwest
John J. Houlihan
Inwood Road
Dallas
Tex
Martin Legere
Caliente Drive
Jacksonville
Fla
Wichita Pilot Killed In Helicopter Crash
Oliver Hopkins of Wichita Kansas, a Cessna Aircraft salesman, died when his helicopter crashed near Midland Texas during a demonstration flight from Austin to El Paso. A witness reported the rear rotor tore loose as the craft fell from about 500 feet after refueling five minutes earlier.
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Midland
Traffic Fatalities In Topeka May 30 1961
Kansas traffic log reports 24 hours to 9 am Thursday May 30 1961 shows three fatalities. The record compares with 14 in the same period of 1960.
Spaceflight plan targets June 20 suborbital astronaut test
U S officials confirm a June 20 manned suborbital flight using a Redstone rocket with either John Glenn Jr. or Virgil I. Grissom to pilot the capsule in a mission following a June 12 orbital unmanned test and a prior failed April 25 launch.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
United States
Yuri A. Gagarin
Soviet Union
Atlantic
Redstone
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Shepard
John H. Glenn Jr
Virgil I. Grissom
Weather Summary for Topeka and Kansas State Area
Pleasant weather with highs in the mid 70s and partly cloudy skies across Kansas. Isolated showers or thunderstorms possible late tonight and Friday mainly in the southwest, with no general statewide rainfall forecast. Relative humidity around 1 pm, barometer steady, yesterday’s precipitation small in most areas.
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Bectlesanes Oe
Topeka
Kansas
Pittsburg
Weather Bureau
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Junior
Chamute Senior High
JayCee
Chanute JayCees and
JayCee Jaynes
Raymond Kern
American Legion
Lindblad
Jim Orth
Far Left
Big Springs
Texas
Howard Carder
VFW
Jerry Steele
Legion
Tribune
Red
JayCee Meeting
Beloit Area
Bulletin
U.S. Canada
Addison Meschke
Wasser
Wichita
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