Kennedy De Gaulle Reach General Agreement On West Berlin
In Paris, President Kennedy and President De Gaulle announce a general agreement after a 45 minute session on West Berlin. They also discuss Southeast Asia and the Geneva Laos talks as Khrushchev looms over Berlin. Kennedy arrives amid pageantry and vows Western unity.
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West Berlin
Paris
Kennedy
Charles de Gaulle
Pierre Salinger
Berlin
Southeast Asia
Geneva
Laos
Khrushchev
Vienna
Austria
Elysee Palace
Trujillo Assassination Report Shocks Diplomatic Circles
The Associated Press reports dictator Rafael Trujillo of the Dominican Republic has allegedly been assassinated. Confirmation is unconfirmed with Washington and Paris awaiting word as celebrations and military guards mount tension in Ciudad Trujillo.
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Rafael Leonidas Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Kennedy
Paris
State Department
Washington
United States
Haiti
Pierre Salinger
White House
Rafael Trujillo
Rusk
Salinger
Vienna
Ciudad Trujillo
Federal judge dismisses riot complaint against Birmingham police and KKK
A federal judge dismissed the Justice Department race riot complaint against the Birmingham police and two Klan groups, while leaving others active. The case tied Freedom Rider violence to KKK activity with calls traced to leaders in Alabama and elsewhere.
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Associated Press
Justice Department
Birmingham, Ala
Birmingham
Montgomery
Freedom Rider
U.S. Dist
Frank M. Johnson Jr
KKK
Federated Ku Klux, Klan Inc
Lester C. Hawkins
Robert Shelton
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Shelton
Kenneth Adams
Anniston
Charles D. Price
Southern Bell ‘Telephone
John Jensen Joins Police as Clerk
John C. Jensen Jr., 40, of 517 S. Evergreen, joins the Chanute Police Department as a clerk per Police Chief Lige Matlock. Jensen, a Chanute National Guard commander with three years in military police supervision, begins duties after city commission authorized adding a foot officer to Main Street.
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John C. Jensen Jr
S. Evergreen
Police
Lige Matlock
Jensen
Chanute National Guard
City Commission
Main Street
Matlock
Dressler killed when truck falls on him in Kas
Ernest J. Dressler aged 55 was fatally crushed when a truck he was working on collapsed onto him in Claflin Kas. Details say the incident occurred today and authorities are investigating.
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Claflin
Kas
Ernest J. Dressler
Sand Cave Fatality Near Claflin Claims 13YearOld
In Claflin Kansas a sand cave collapse while three boys dug trapped Gary Eugene Zorn 13 who died. Paul Clark 13 was in fair condition at Hoisington hospital. Larry Blazek 13 escaped and sought help at farmer Raymond Janke’s home.
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Claflin
Kan
Gary Eugene Zorn
Frank Zorn
Paul Clark
Elmer Clark
Hoisington
Larry Blazek
Raymond Janke
Driver Dies After Heart Attack on Turnpike
Carl Milton Crowe 45 of Syracuse New York suffered a heart attack while driving on the Kansas Turnpike and died at a El Dorado hospital.
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EL Dorado, Kan
Carl Milton Crowe
Syracuse
N. Y
Kansas Turnpike
EL Dorado’ Hospital
Centennial events schedule and queen contest voting
Centennial activities continue with a third tally of the Miss Centennial standings tonight and a third business area promenade tomorrow. Voting deadline extends to 8 p.m. tonight after Memorial Day. A special award goes to the week’s top vote getter, a transistor radio. Tomorrow’s parade forms 3 p.m. at Lincoln and Main, proceeds to Forest Evergreen and Centennial HQ led by all ages in Centennial dress. A kangaroo court session is set for next Tuesday at p.m. to address growing regulations with no summonses after Monday noon, and visitors from other towns are welcome to attend without arrest risk.
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Main
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Evergreen
Centennial
Centennial Board
Escapee Arrested Near Coffeyville
Billy Wayne Hickerson 26 of Fort Worth Texas was arrested by a highway patrolman near Coffeyville Kansas on suspicion of auto theft. Hickerson escaped May 28 from the Missouri penitentiary where he served time for armed robbery. He admitted taking binoculars and a flashlight from a car but denied stealing the vehicle.
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Coffeyville
Kan
Billy Wayne Hickerson
Fort Worth
Tex
Hickerson
Missouri Penitentiary
DeLong
Kansas
DEW Line to Begin Atlantic Operation With Greenland Sites
The Air Force says the Distant Early Warning system will start operations over the Atlantic July 1 with four new Greenland sites. Nine existing installations in Canada and Labrador Newfoundland will close. BMEWS handles ballistic missiles. Debris mentions station closures at Baffin Island Resolution Island Redcliffe Newfoundland and six Canadian gap fillers. Mary Bower 1019 S Forest has been ill for weeks.
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Air Force
Atlantic
Greenland
Canadian Arctic
Labrador-Newfoundland
Alaska
Canada
Attlantic
Baffin Island
Resolution Island
Redcliff
Newfoundland
Elliston Ridge
Fox Harbor
la Scie
Cutthroat Island
Spotted Isle
Cape Makkovik
Mary Bower
S. Forest
Widow Told Wins $64 500 Life Insurance Award
U S District Judge Randolph C Weber awarded Edna Ruth Bullock later Mrs Dean Cole 64 500 life insurance left by her slain husband James Bullock. The widow aunt of Bullock and a public administrator filed claims. Bullock died from gunshot wounds near the St Louis Art Museum on December 17 1958. the slaying remains unsolved.
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ST. Louis
U.S
Randolph C. Weber
Edna Ruth Bullock
James
Dean Cole
Overland Park
Kan
Bullock
Weber
Traffic Fatalities Rise in May Reports TOPEKA
Kansas traffic death log shows 50 fatalities in May by 9 am Wednesday, with 211 deaths for 1961 and 174 for the comparable 1960 period.
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Topeka
Kansas
Memorial Day toll tops 450 in four day traffic loss
The four day Memorial Day weekend saw more than 450 traffic deaths nationwide, the worst record for the period. States California Michigan and Illinois reported high totals with 457 fatalities among those over 30 deaths each. Kansas reported a single death, Francis Mortimer Hill, 44, of Arkansas City, in a one car crash. Local and national authorities urged cautious driving amid the high toll.
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Hawaii
Delaware
Rhode Island
District of Columbia
California
Michigan
Illinois
Associated Press
Kansas
Francis Mortimer Hill
Arkansas City
Dexter Hil
Area Traffic Safe In Memorial Day Holiday
Neosho County reported no highway fatalities during the Memorial Day period 6 p.m. Friday to midnight yesterday. The four day tally showed 11 accidents in the division covering 17 southeast Kansas counties, 133 hazardous moving violation arrests, and 117 motorist assistance calls. Chanute police cited one DWI arrest and reckless driving. memorial observances occurred at Elmwood Cemetery with remarks by Charles Henshall.
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Ings
The
National Safety Council
Associated Press
Neosho County
Tom Glasscock
Highway Patrol
Kansas
Glasscock
Port
Chanute
Clarence Collins
S. Malcolm
Dorothy Kirkpatrick
James Moore
Santa Fe Park
Memorial Park Cemetery
Erie
American Legion Post
Elmwood Cemetery
Charles Henshall
No Right To Bore No Right To Bore
Washington AP cites Advertising Federation of America chair John P. Cunningham urging restraint in ad density and variety. He warns that excessive commercials and repetitive TV and radio formats bore audiences and hinder programming quality.
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Washington
Public Works approves Fall River watershed funding plan
The Senate Public Works Committee approved a 5,047,700 Fall River Eas watershed project with 4,188,800 funded by the federal government. It now goes to a House committee for approval. In Webb City Missouri Lewis Summers, 90, missing since Monday, was found in a drainage ditch and treated for exposure at Webb City hospital.
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Washington
Senate Public Works Committee
Fall River
Eas
House
Webb City
Lewis Summers
Water for Insurance. Tribune Phone Service Ad
Classified advisory notes Tribune telephone numbers HE 1 9530 for insurance related queries. It instructs readers to call their carrier or dial HE 1 3400 after 6 p.m. if the primary line is unreachable.
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Tribune
Kennedy seeks permanent Peace Corps plan with $40 million
White House sent Congress President Kennedy's proposal to establish the Peace Corps on a permanent basis. The measure asks $40 million to operate next fiscal year and projects 500 to 1,000 volunteers abroad by year end. Letters were sent to Speaker Rayburn and Vice President Johnson as Senate president while Congress acts through Thursday.
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Washington
White House
Congress
Kennedy
Peace Corps
House
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Lyndon B. Johnson
Senate
Commencement Exercises Set for Chanute Seniors and Juniors
178 graduates of Chanute High School and Junior College will attend commencement in the Memorial Building with reserved seating for graduates and families. Gene Conklin of Sterling College will deliver the address titled Countdown 1961. Dance, vocal, and band performances are planned, and local officials will present diplomas to the two graduating classes.
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Hutchin
Chanute
Rotary Inter
United States
Memorial
Gene Conklin
Sterling College
Conklin
Knifeland Folk
Executives Clubs
Vocale
Claude Pittenger
The
Nazarene Church
Dell Reed
Paul Brennecke
Board of Education
Dinlamac
Topeka Gov Pushes Forestry Fish and Game Director Search
Gov John Anderson urged the new five member Forestry Fish and Game Commission to select a new director as soon as possible. The agency has been without a head since January after firing Dave Leahy. Acting director Fred Warders said the panel should aim for a clean, controversy free leadership for years to come. The commission may name a chairman this afternoon and begin the director search. Anderson noted he has interest material from various people and offered it to the panel. The job pays up to twelve thousand dollars annually, which Anderson called a fair salary to attract a good candidate.
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Topeka
John Anderson
Forestry, Fish and Game Commission
Commission
Dave Leahy
Fred Warders
Leahy
Anderson
Stab Wounds Fatal To Kansas Citian
Raymond Allen age 22 of Kansas City Kansas died from chest stab wounds in General Hospital after an evening altercation. William Brady age 34 of Kansas City Missouri was detained by police. Brady claimed Allen invaded his apartment and started the fight. a bystander described Allen assaulting Florine Robinson as Brady and Judy Banks intervened.
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Kansas City
Raymond Allen
Kan
General Hospital
William Brady
Brady
Allen
Judy Mae Banks
Florine Robinson
Weather forecast for Kansas turns warm with possible storms
ATopeka AP report notes thunder storms hit northern Kansas early today with more showers possible through tonight and Thursday. Hail damaged wheat crops and tornado funnels seen near Sharon Springs and Plainville. Highs ranged 58 to 68 overnight. today’s forecast 85 to 90 with 50s to 60s tonight.
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Kansas
Colorado
Sharon Springs
Plainville
Weather Bureau
Chanute
Garden City
Goodland
Wichita
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