Kennedy Eyes Transitions and NATO Ties Ahead
PALM BEACH FLA AP President elect Kennedy focuses on shifting control from Eisenhower to Democrats. He meets with Clark Clifford and aides to map 150 top appointments while coordinating Defense reorganization and Caribbean concerns. In PARIS Johnson defends NATO policy before NATO lawmakers.
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Palm Beach
Kennedy
Clifford
Eisenhower
Wilton B. Persons
Florida
Symington
Air Force
Truman
Pentagon
Defense
Senate
Burglars Raid Erie Station
Burglars hit the Wilcox Service Station four miles south of here for the second time in six weeks, taking tires, oil, cigarettes, and other merchandise. Entry occurred between 10 p.m. Saturday and 7 a.m. Sunday. owner Clyde Wilcox found the break-in Sunday morning. A prior theft on Oct. 11 caused about $200 in losses.
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ERIE
Wilcox
Here
Sheriff's Office
Clyde Wilcox
More of Same In Forecast For Kansas
AP reports sunny dry weather across Kansas with only scattered showers in the southeast last week. The Weather Bureau notes little precipitation in November aiding fall harvests and predicts little change through Tuesday. Sunday highs ranged from 57 to 61 degrees and overnight lows hovered near freezing with some 20s in the northeast.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Lawrence
Goodland
Garden City
Dodge City
Nixon Builds Lead In California Count
Nixon leads Kennedy by 21351 votes in California as 1200 absentee ballots remain to be counted. California provides 32 electoral votes in the election contest unfolding in San Francisco AP reports the narrowing gap as results come in.
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California
San Francisco
Richard M. Nixon
John F. Kennedy
U S Air Attache Expelled by Reds
Maj Irving T McDonald assistant U S air attache to leave the Soviet Union on charge of conduct unbecoming a military attache. Russians accuse him of espionage. He is the second U S air attache expelled recently. Minister Counsellor Freers notified at the Foreign Office. Expulsion seen as retaliation for Igor Melehk arrest in New York on August 27.
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Irving T.mcdonald
U.S
Soviet Union
McDonald
Edward J. Freers
Foreign Office
Igor Y. Melehk
United Nations
New York
Melehk
Birthday recovery hoped for Winnie
London AP reports Sir Winston Churchill doctors hope to get him out of his sickbed for his 86th birthday on November 30. He has been propped up in a special bed since last Tuesday after stumbling in his bedroom and breaking a small bone in his back. Lady Churchill said he was very much better, eating well, and reading newspapers.
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London
Winston Churchill
Britain
Lady Churchill
Newsmen
Winston
Six Children Witness Fatal Argument in Pittsburg Woman Slain
Pittsburg Kansas AP A mother of six was stabbed to death by her husband during a Sunday argument over a beating of a 5 year old. Thomas W Crowe 42 faces first degree murder charges. Crowe said the stabbing was an accident. The six Crowe children aged 15 14 10 9 and 15 months witnessed the incident.
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Pittsburg
Kan
J. John Marshall
Thomas W. Crowe
Crawford County
Marshall
Crowe
Elmer Kneebone
Rickie
Connie
Thomas Jr
Diana
Patricia
Cora Orlene
Space Man Missile Fails Crucial Test
In Cape Canaveral the Redstone booster cut off during a test launch of a one ton unmanned space capsule. The escape tower malfunctioned and shot into the air before falling about 2,000 feet from the pad. NASA said the escape rocket ignited prematurely and the capsule did not reach orbit.
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Fla
Redstone
Cape
Atlantic
Orchestra Festival Draws 180 Students From Six Schools
Approximately 180 orchestra students from Chanute Iola Pittsburg Coffeyville Independence and Fort Scott will participate in the 13th annual Southeast Kansas League Orchestra Festival tomorrow. A 7:30 p.m. Festival Concert in the school gymnasium closes the event with guest conductor Dr Robert M Taylor of Kansas State Teachers College Emporia. Registration starts at 9:30 a.m. with rehearsals and a 4 to 5 30 p.m. mixer planned. Concert pieces include Symphony No 5 in B minor La Perichole and other works.
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Robert M. Taylor
Kansas State Teachers College of Emporia
Chanute
Iola
Pittsburg
Coffeyville
Independence
Fort Scott
Gigi
Chamber Sets Week's Events in Chanute
Joe Melnyk of the Chamber of Commerce announced a busy week of events in Chanute. The third action course session with a tape presentation Project Tomorrow will be held at 7 PM in the Chamber Office. A board meeting is set for 4 PM Wednesday, with committee reports and plans. The civic achievement committee meets Friday at 4 PM to decide on a Centennial Pageant for next year. Invitations go to members for a pre legislative conference November 29 at the Tioga Hotel with a 6:30 dinner. Robert Allen chairs the event.
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Joe Melnyk
C of C
Chamber of ‘Commerce
Chamber
Board of Directors
Chanute
Kansas
Melnyk
Tioga
Robert Allen
Youthful Escapees Caught After I 70 High Speed Chase
Three youths escaped from the Missouri Training School in Boonville Sunday night and stole a pickup. The vehicle was wrecked five miles into Columbia during a chase on Interstate 70. The driver was Johnny Lee Spinelli, 17, of St. Louis. other suspects, ages 13 and 16, were unnamed and returned to the school.
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Boonville
Missouri Training School
Columbia
Johnny Lee Spinelli
St. Louis
John Hancock
Hancock
Spinelli
U. 5
Five Men Found Dead in Car Near Pikeville
Five men were found dead in a scorched car along Greasy Creek road in southeastern Kentucky. Metal fragments, possibly shotgun pellets or rifle bullets, were found in the charred bodies. Names include Harveny Ratliff Harmon Robinson Buddy Hopkins Louie Hopkins and Denver Yates. Coroner state they were seated as if entering the vehicle and autopsies were needed to confirm cause.
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Pikeville
Kentucky
David Espie
Frankfort
Greasy Creek Road
Greasy
Harveny Ratliff
Harmon Robinson
Buddy
Louie Hopkins
Denver Yates
Raymond Call
Ford Sale Okay Given in Britain
The British government approved Ford Motor Co purchase of all outstanding British Ford shares. American Ford, already at 55 percent stake, offered 145 shillings six pence per share to British investors, a move that would inject over $360 million into the British economy.
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London
Ford Motor Co
Ford
John Selwyn Lloyd
House of Commons
Missile Worker Falls to Death at Abilene Base
James E. Mills, 24, of Tulsa Oklahoma, an American Bridge Division employee with U S Steel, was killed Saturday after falling 160 feet from a steel girder inside the Atlas missile base silo near Abilene Kansas.
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Kan
Atlas Missile Base
James E. Mills
Tulsa
Okla
American Bridge Division
U. S. Steel Corp
Tribune
Mills
Accidents Cause About $1,000 In Damage In City
Police investigated two Saturday crashes and a backing mishap with no injuries but about 1000 dollars in damage. Merrit Criss and Teddie Payne collided on Elm and K 39. Howard Alger and Ralph Heaton Jr. collided at 7th and S Western. Ann Jackson backed into Velma Hall’s car on Highland.
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Highway K-39
Merrit J. Criss
S. Denman
Teddie Payne
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Criss
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Payne
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S. Western
Howard Alger
Ralph E. Heaton Jr
W. 3Rd
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Ann C. Jackson
R. 3
Velma Hall
Erie R
Traffic Fatalities In November 1960 Rise From Prior Period
A Topeka AP report lists Kansas traffic deaths over a 48 hour period ending 9 a.m. Friday and provides November totals of 34 and year to date figures for 1960 at 442. It compares with the 1959 period totaling 512 deaths and notes adjustments for a Friday death not previously counted.
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Topeka
Kansas
Shop Loss- Fire Department Kept Busy
Chanute fire dept answered six calls over the weekend including a garage shop fire at 1623 Ashby owned by W. E. McCoy. The blaze, started by a wood stove, destroyed the shop and tools valued at about $500. four other grass and fuel spills were contained. Insurance covered the losses.
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Chanute
Ashby
W. E. McCoy
McCoy
Fire J Department
Japan Conservatives Win Big But Fall Short Of Two-Thirds
Japan's pro-U.S. Liberal Democrats clinched a strong majority in Parliament with 296 seats and 57.8 percent of the vote, while the leftists gained some ground. Prime Minister Hayato Ikeda aimed for a two-thirds majority to amend the constitution and bolster the army and emperor, but fell short. The election followed violent protests over the U.S. security pact and Ike’s canceled Tokyo visit, with Communists making their best showing in a decade.
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Hayato Ikeda
Liberal Democrats
Japan
Democratic Socialist Party
Eisenhower
Tkeda
Ikeda
Stone Wins Tribune News Tip Contest for Fire Report
Mrs. Carl Stone of Buffalo R 1 will receive a $3 award as last week's winner after reporting a fire that destroyed the combination machine shop granary garage near Chanute on Nov 12. The blaze damaged the building and contents while the home and nearby quonset hut survived. A new contest begins, urging Chanute residents and surrounding area to phone or bring tips to The Tribune.
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Carl Stone
Buffalo R. 1
Tribune
Stone
Philip Wing West
Chanute
Benedict Fire Department
The
Call the Tribune
Kasavubu Foes Battle to Block UN Seating
At the UN in New York, opponents urge the General Assembly to block Kasavubu from seating his delegation. The assembly appears likely to seat him, with debates and a possible night session shaping a Western bloc victory over Lumumba supporters.
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Joseph Kasavubu
U. N. General Assembly
Congo
Kasavubu
Guinea
Mali
Commission
Jaja Wachuku
Nigeria
Wachuku
Jose Nussbaumer
Interior
Leopoldville
Chief Suspended In Kansas City Shakeup
Fire Chief Edgar M Grass was suspended indefinitely after refusing a transfer of duties in a major shakeup. Acting city manager Reynolds D Rodgers reassigned Grass to the training unit at the same salary and invoked three career firemen to assist during the transition amid a union-backed staffing push by Local 42 and Teamsters Local 774.
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Edgar M. Grass
Reynolds D. Rodgers
Rodgers
Grass
Harry Eib
Kansas City
International Association of Fire Fighters
Teamster
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