Eisenhower Meets Armed Service Heads On New Budget
In Augusta Georgia the Army Navy and Air Force secretaries brief President Eisenhower on the 1961 military budget. Attendees include Deputy Defense Thomas Gates Jr Army Secretary Wilber Brucker Navy Secretary William Franke Air Force Secretary James Douglas and Dr Herbert York. McElroy’s absence cited as unknown. Aims include finalizing the budget before the overseas goodwill tour beginning December 3 and possible peacetime budget of 81 billion dollars. A November 30 Washington conference with Democratic and Republican leaders is planned as a budget precursor.
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Augusta
Army
Navy
Air Force
Eisenhower
Washington
Augusta National Golf Club
Defense
Thomas §. Gates Jr
Wilber M. Brucker
William Franke
James H. Douglas
Gon
Herbert F. York
Neil H. McElroy
White House
Wayne Hawks
Hawks
McElroy
Congress
Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
Harry S. Truman
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Tex
Everett M. Dirksen
Foreign Relations Committee
J.W. Fulbright
Ark
Alexander Wiley
Wis
House
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
John W. McCormack
Mass
Charles E. Halleck
Ind
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Thomas E. Morgan
Robert B. Chiperfield
Turbulent Kansas City council clash over city manager control
Kansas City faces a political crisis as Councilman Gavin declares department heads must report to City Manager McKinley, triggering questions about council influence. Interfaith leaders demand McKinley’s resignation while defenders accuse Citizens Assn. leaders of political manipulation.
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Samuel S. Mayerberg
Citizens Assn
Pendergast
Mayerberg
Interfaith Committee For
Civic Action
City Hall
McKinley
Stanley I. Stuber
Charles C. Shafer
Shafer
Five of Family Perish in Fire at Bay Shore Home
Five members of the Mayo family died in a flash fire that swept their two story Bay Shore house in Suffolk County on Long Island. Only William Mayo, 25, survived after aiding his wife Barbara 25 and children Corinne 14 and William 3 months and relatives Catherine Fiske 11 and Catherine White 59. He woke the others, they fled to the roof, but the roof collapsed trapping the occupants.
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Bay Shore
N.Y
Suffolk County
Long Island
William Mayo
Mayo
Barbera
Corinne
William Jr
Catherine Fiske
Youth Admits Killing Three in Missouri Farmhouse
Alfred Corradi an 18 year old laborer admitted killing three people Leroy Kap pel 25 his wife Mary Sue 18 and Rozetta Willis 17 at a Troy Missouri farmhouse after bringing food then returning to the St Louis area to tell a girl friend police found shell fragments and guns at the scene Corradi was charged with three counts of first degree murder and gave a motive unclear
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Troy
Alfred Mario
Pat) Corradi
Leroy Albert Kappel
St. Louis
Mary Sue
Rosetta Willis
East Prairie
Corradi
Peter Grenach
Kappels
Kapel
Jennings
Grenach
Traffic Fatalities Reported By State Records Section
Topeka Kansas traffic fatalities listed by the State Accident Records Section for the 24 hours ending at 9 a.m. Includes one earlier fatality not previously reported. For 1959 to date the total is 504 compared with 496 in the prior year.
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Topeka
Kansas
Wichita woman killed in rollover crash northeast of Andale
Mrs. Paul Trotter, 41, of Wichita died Friday when her car rolled over several times on a country road northeast of Andale.
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Wichita
Paul Trotter
Andale
Dinner guest confirms Mrs Roosevelt at Levittown visit
In Levittown New York a patrolman admonished Mrs Bert Speer for a car in a restricted area after she left to fetch a grapefruit for a dinner guest Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt The Roosevelt guest confirmed she was present at the Speers on Thursday night sparking the lighthearted exchange with the officer
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Mrs. Roosevelt
The
Speers
Woman Injured In Traffic Crash Near Chanute
A 21 year old expectant mother Mrs Mariann Midkiff of Fort Scott was bruised and had facial cuts in a two car collision about 8 40 a m on highway K39 two miles east of Chanute She was taken to Neosho Memorial Hospital by ambulance for examination and treatment George T Wheatley 1949 Plymouth driven with wife and sister in law Mrs Bruce Wheatley of R 3 were shaken but unharmed The crash occurred as Midkiff attempted to pass Wheatley and avoided an approaching car Police highway patrol and sheriff's office investigated and Mrs Vaughn of Wichita said she was en route from Fort Scott to Benedict
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Mariann Midkiff
Fort Scott
Chanute
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Airman Killed in Topeka Wreck
Forbes Air Force Base airman A 2C Paul L Varney 21 formerly of Road Fork Ky died in a head on collision with a truck carrying 30000 pounds of dynamite on U S 75 about 14 miles south of the base at 455 a m The truck driver Jazz Orton Joplin Mo escaped injury and the dynamite did not explode Varney is survived by his Topeka widow.
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Topeka
Kan
Forbes Air Force Base
U. S. 75
Forbes
Paul L. Varney
Road Fork
Jazz Orton
Joplin
Red and Gold Mice Frolic Before Rivalry Clash
Bill Hughes released 200 red and gold USC mice in UCLA library to spur school spirit as UCLA and USC prepare for their annual football game. UCLA students captured him and shaved his scalp into a doughnut shape with a blue C, symbolizing California.
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Joe College
Los. Angeles
Bill Hughes
University of Southern California
USC
UCLA
Los
Angeles
Hughes
Cuba debate on US policy and Latin American views
UNESCO panel at Hutton School discusses Cuba amid US support for dictatorships. Felina Farragut and Gilberto Mayo urge that US backing fuels Cuban unrest, while critics argue US press bias and focus on trials masks agrarian reform. Audience questions probe elections and agrarian policy amid harsh economic realities.
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Henry Watkins
Kansas
Unesco
Erie
Neosho County
Hutton School
Harry Rash
Thayer
Robert Tomasek
K.U
Felina Farragut
Havana
Cuba
Tomas Gill
Maracibo
Venezuela
Gilberto Mayo
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Tribune
United States
Russia
Kansas University
Latin
South America
U. S
Poisoned Family in Covina Baffles Officials
In Covina California a family of six suffers arsenic poisoning with five ill in months and Ben Holt containing high arsenic levels. Sheriff and Health Department launch a full investigation while Holt questions authorities and notes no clear source yet.
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Covina
Calif
Ben Holt
Mary Holt
Fatal three car crash claims Dr Ballard near Concordia
A three car collision 15 miles south of Concordia on US 81 Friday night killed Dr Paul M Ballard 52 of Delphos and injured three others. He had been en route to Concordia to deliver a baby. Injured are Mrs Alfred Hurtig 51 and her mother in law 70 both from Delphos critically, and Herman Amberg of Glasco injured seriously. Funeral plans pending.
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Concordia
Kas
U. S
Paul M. Ballard
Delphos
Ballard
Alfred Hurtig
Josephine Hurtig
Herman Amberg
Glasco
Walter Guenther
Plummer
M. P. Ballard
James Olson
Laverne Carlson
Chanute
Fred Skinner
Hamilton Sentence Stayed by Court
The Kansas Supreme Court has stayed the 15 year minimum sentence of John Hamilton, convicted in Neosho County as a habitual criminal, while an appeal from a burglary conviction is considered. The stay requires a $10,000 furnishing.
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Topeka
Kansas Supreme Court
John Hamilton
Neosho County
Hamilton
More Car Parts Turned In to Police
Police report additional car parts turned in over the past two days. Four floor mats were found under a warehouse and two at the city dump. A teacher found one of three hubcaps in his car.
Air Force to Catch Space Capsule Midair in Historic Attempt
Air Force teams at Vandenberg prepare for a midair snag of a 300 pound space capsule ejected from Discoverer VIII satellite during its 17th orbit. If caught, it would mark the first return of a object from space and pave the way for human orbital flight.
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Air Force
Vandenberg Air Force, Base
Calif
Pacific Ocean
Imade
Parcel Post Rates to Rise After Christmas
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved an 88 million dollar annual parcel post rate increase, averaging 17.1 percent. The Post Office Department will announce the effective date next week with at least 60 days notice, and adjustments will vary by package size and distance.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Post Office Department
Arthur E.summerfield
Summerfield
Pleasant weekend forecast for Kansas with mild temperatures
The Topeka AP forecast calls for a pleasant weekend with mild temperatures and sun. A west approaching front could bring light precipitation in western Kansas Sunday night or Monday, with highs in the 60s possible today and Sunday. Overnight lows range from the 20s to mid 30s across towns including Emporia Hill City Concordia and Wichita.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Emporia
Hill City
Concordia
Wichita
Fiery-haired Kittinger makes fear-free 76,400-foot jump
Air Force captain Joe Kittinger plunged from a balloon gondola at 76,400 feet over White Sands missile range near Alamogordo New Mexico. He rode an open balloon gondola to the desert in about 10 minutes total, recording time and altitude data for space rescue research and confirming the record as the highest parachute jump and highest open balloon ride.
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Alamogordo
N.M
Joe Kittinger
Kittinger
White Sands
Air Force
Wright Air Development Center
Ohio
Hellman Air Force Base
Air Force Missile Development Center
Holloman
Wright
Missile Center
White Sands Missile Range
Molten Lava Fills Kiluaea Iki Lake In Hawaii
In Hawaii, Kil auea Iki crater forms a 100 acre lava lake nearly 300 feet deep as an eruption enters day eight. Officials expect the molten lake to reach the fissure base, potentially turning the lava fountain into a steadier pattern of bubbles with intermittent spurts. The geyser had shot lava as high as 800 feet, with the fissure’s lowest point about 300 feet from the crater.
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Honolulu
Kilauea Iki
U.S. Geological Survey
Missile Shot Hits Target
The Navy test fired an advanced Polaris missile covering over 900 miles and landing on target in the Atlantic. The nuclear submarine George Washington, first equipped for Polaris, completed a week of trials and is expected to be operational with missile by next fall. The ship will be commissioned December 31.
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Raborn
Washington
Cape Canaveral
Fla
United States
Last Payment Made On Own Funeral
Mary Jane Alther of Webb City Missouri paid off a $630 funeral over more than two months and bought burial garments before her final payment. She was found dead in her basement room the next day and coroner Dr W W Hurst ruled suicide by hanging with a stocking notes stating continued despair since widowhood last July.
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Webb City
Mary Jane Alther
W. W. Hurst
Subways collision injures up to 40 in Brooklyn tunnel
A Manhattan-bound BMT Seabeach subway train crashed into a halted work train in a Brooklyn tunnel near the Eighth Avenue station. Initial toll was 15 injured, later revised to as many as 40, with one serious case. Police reported the train traveling about 20 mph.
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New York
Brooklyn
Transit Authority
Eighth Avenue
Bay Ridge
59Th Street
Wasser Insurance Ad Copy with Phone Feature
See Wasser for Insurance. Phone 119 s ad promotes coverage options and agent contact.
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Wasser
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Holt
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