Khrushchev declares 1980 goal to build communism world wide
Premier Khrushchev addressed the 22nd Soviet party congress in Moscow praising socialism as the future. He argued imperialism is collapsing and warned the United States cannot halt socialist gains while pledging free services and high living standards by 1980.
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Ipeoples
Soviet Union
Moscow
Khrushchev
Communist Party Congress
Kremlin
Kremlin Palace of Congresses
United States
Krushchev K
Missing 10 inch papier mache flower container from banquet table
A member of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen reports the loss of a 10 inch obling papier mache flower container from the speakers table at a Masonic Temple banquet. The item is cherished by the owner, given in 1946, and has no price value. It is among a pair.
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Masonic Temple
Kansas City Invites OAS to Liberty Memorial Ceremony
Acting chairman Juan Bautista de Lavalle of Peru read the invitation at an OAS Council meeting. He noted the Liberty Memorial, inaugurated in 1921, is set for November 11 and hopes many delegates attend. Delegations were invited by Gov. John Anderson, Gov. John Dalton, and Mayor H. Roe Bartle.
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Washington
Kansas City
OAS Council
Juan Bautista de Lavalle
Peru
Lavalle
OAS
John Anderson
Kansas
John M. Dalton
Missouri
H. Roe Bartle
Weather Temperatures Today in Kansas
A fast-moving cold front ends above normal Kansas temperatures with readings near normal today. Early morning temps ranged from 32 at Goodland to 52 at Pittsburg. highs reached 76 to 87 yesterday. The forecast calls for fair to partly cloudy and cooler conditions tonight with a low in the 40s and a high near 70 on Thursday.
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Topeka
Kansas
Goodland
Pittsburg
Olathe
Russell
Petitions at Newton Require Referendum on County Retirement Plan
Newton headlines report petitions signed by 381 voters triggering a county referendum on Harvey County retirement plan for employees. Law requires 250 voters to initiate a referendum after commissioners adopted the plan in August. The plan calls a 5.35 percent county payroll contribution and a 4 percent employee deduction to the retirement fund.
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Newton, Kas
Harvey County
Two Found In Wreckage Of Plane
The bodies of John B. Carter and Chet Yeager, both of Red Oak Iowa, were found in a mangled plane wreck near Mena Arkansas. The missing craft was en route from Red Oak to Jasper Texas and had been missing since October 1. Civil Air Patrol units from five states joined the search with operations bases and radio coordination set up. later reports indicated the plane had landed at Fayetteville before continuing toward Mena or Texarkana.
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Mena
Ark
John B. Carter
Chet Yeager
Red Oak
Iowa
Blackfoot Mountain
Red Oaks
Jasper
Tex
Civil Air Patrol
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Chanute’s
Wichita
CAP
Eureka
Fayetteville
Texarkana
Grand Champion Steer Sells for 5.10 a Pound at Royal Show
The grand champion steer at the American Royal Livestock Show sold for 5.10 per pound, fetching $4,998 for 4-H member Judy Vining of Osage Iowa. Eddie Williams of Kansas City bought the champion and the reserve champion Droopy the Fifth, raising $1,844 for the latter at $2 per pound.
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Kansas City
Maybe I
Angus
Judy Vining
Osage
Iowa
Eddie Williams
Droopy
Earl Kinds
Eaton
Colo
Williams
X15 Rocket Reaches 3920 MPH Speed Record
At Edwards Air Force Base California the X15 rocket plane hit 3920 miles per hour in a blistering flight. Pilot Joe Walker slowed the needle nose craft with flaps after surpassing the prior record of 3647 mph set last week by Air Force Maj. Bob White.
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Air Force
Bob White
20 Month Old Girl Survives Car Accident
A 20 month old girl named Vicky Lynn Staggs was treated at Neosho Memorial Hospital overnight for minor cuts and bruises after being run over in a driveway. Police report the incident occurred around 1 30 p.m. in the home driveway of Walter Stierwalt. William A. Coonrod backing out of the drive unaware of the child was involved.
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Neosho Memorial Hospital
Vicky Lynn Staggs
Tommy Staggs
S. Western
Walter Stierwalt
Kansas Traffic Fatalities Rise in October to 1961 Totals
Topeka AP reports the Kansas traffic death log shows 415 fatalities in the 24 hours to 9 am Wednesday for October 18, 1961, compared with 337 in the same period of 1960, highlighting a rise in road deaths.
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Topeka
Kansas
Chain Saws Stolen From Chappys Shop
Two chain saws valued at about 300 dollars were stolen from Chappy's general sales and service shop run by Hugh Chapman at 924 S Santa Fe. A plate glass window was broken with a 2x4 to remove the tools from a display. no witnesses or noise heard were reported. The loss was found and reported at 7:30 a.m.
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Chappy’s
Hugh Chapman
S. Santa Fe
Roundup Time In Hutchinson
Hutchinson residents chased a cow that escaped from the stockyards at 7 PM and roamed Main Street from 2nd to 23rd streets. Six police cars assisted as the animal crossed a church lawn, flower beds, and alleys before being corralled at the state fairgrounds by a cowboy using a lasso.
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Hutchinson (Ap
Hutchinson
Main
2Nd
23Rd Street
Pakistan Camel Driver Visits With Mule Driver in Truman Visit
Bashir Ahmad the camel driver from Pakistan met former president Harry S. Truman in his private office for about 15 minutes and toured the Truman Library. Truman quipped about Lyndon Johnson not riding that camel as Bashir presented a camel photo. Bashir received a museum medallion.
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Kansas City
Bashir Ahmad
Pakistan
United States
Bashir
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Lyndon
Letters Praise and Criticism for Tribune Carriers
Local readers flooded The Tribune circulation office with praise and complaints about carriers. The annual contest will award 5 of 31 local and 12 area boys with pins at a dinner next Monday. Most letters applaud service and dependability, while a few criticize wet papers, harsh throws, or poor porch delivery. One writer praised a carrier who opens doors, while others describe snubs, late or skipped deliveries, and lack of collection.
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Tribune
Tribune Car- Hope
Silver Grill
The
Bids Sought for New Neosho County Courthouse Project
Neosho County commissioners advertise bids for the new courthouse with a start hoped by year end. Bids due by 2 p.m. November 14 will be opened and read. Three parts are invited: general construction, plumbing heating and air conditioning, and electrical.
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Erie
Neosho
Chanute United Fund Drive Holds Orientation With 200 Volunteers
More than 200 of about 400 Chanute volunteer workers attended an orientation in the Memorial Building for the first annual United Fund drive. Nation announced further meetings, precinct captains, and a two week campaign ending with seven agencies aiming for $19,876.92.
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United Fund
Dick Ashley
Nation
Lois Blume
Alf Krone
Charles Henshall
Dale Painter
Ruth Proctor
Leona ‘Seefeldt
George Palen
Sara Wilson
Floyd ‘Potter
Main Street
William Bodley
Dick Willis
Bill Young
Buford Fisher
E. Main
Harmon Jewelry Store
Blast injures 200 at Chicago cosmetics plants
A chemical explosion at Helene Curtis Industries leveled a one story building on the West Side and injured about 200 people. Most injuries were shock and cuts. windshields and windows were blown out at nearby Zenith Radio Corp. plants. Officials suspect a chemical reaction involving alcohol in resin production.
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Chicago
Helene Curtis Industries
Zenith Radio Corp
Curtis
W. North Ave
Zenith
N. Kostner Ave
Walther Memorial Hospital
Samuel Grant
Jefferson City doctor to change phone number after teen pranks
In Jefferson City Missouri a doctor with the number 5 4321 faces frequent prank calls from teenagers who shout blast off when answered. The doctor plans to change the number to stop the trouble.
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Jefferson City
Duty Threat To Governors
Kansas Governor John Anderson warned at the Kansas City Chamber of Commerce that states must retain power at local levels to avoid losing citizen control. He called current federal overreach a major problem and urged keeping free enterprise and state government functions within state and local hands.
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Kansas City
Washington
Queens
John Anderson
Kansas
Anderson
Kansas Day at the American Royal Live Stock Show
Kansas Day unfolds at the American Royal with prize animals auctioned by young handlers. Judy Vining of Osage IA presents Maybe II, grand champion steer, as Missouri-Kansas events and honors span governors reception and guest farm families. Missouri claims top honors in horse show divisions while exhibitors from Oklahoma and Arkansas win in sheep swine and Hampshire classes.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Maybe II
Judy Vining
J Osage
Iowa
Angus
the Royal
Missouri
John M. Dalton
R. L. Zellmer
Butler
Missouri Farm
Sarabeth Stevens
Palmyra
Jean Rogers
Lathrop
Missouri Farm Bureau
Mimi Genius
JoAnn Brancato
Stig Utz
Raytown
Feudist Glory
Art Simmons
Mexico
Frank Gillmore
Wichita
Hampshire
Howards Southdowns
Mulhall
Okla
Southdown
Paul Betts
Gravette
Ark
Seven Die In Beechcraft Crash At Travis AFB
A civilian C45 twin Beechcraft air taxi operated by Golden Gate Airways crashed on takeoff from Travis Air Force Base in California, killing all seven aboard. The aircraft departed carrying arrivals from overseas to San Francisco International Airport. the crash occurred ten minutes after a 12:45 a.m. boarding.
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Travis Air Force Base
Calif
Golden Gate Airways
San Francisco International Airport
Construction Worker Killed at La Crosse
Albert W. McPhail age 58 of Larned died in La Crosse when a dirt bed on his camp truck collapsed onto him as he moved earth. Local authorities investigated the accident at the construction site.
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la Crosse
Kas
Alhbert W. McPhail
Larned
McPhail
Collection of Unwanted Eyeglasses Drives Local Aid
Chanute Lions Club launched a drive to collect unwanted eyeglasses for CARE to aid overseas recipients. Eighteen local collection boxes are placed in businesses and schools, with Al Jones as chairman and Jerry Steele and Buford Fisher as assistants.
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Chanute
Jones
Jerry Steele
Buford Fisher
Tioga Barbership
NuWay Cleaners
Calverts
Low Water Dam Meeting Today
City officials and a three member damage appraisal commission met at the Memorial building to discuss condemnation and upstream inundation easements for the Brown-Wellsford municipal low water dam project. Appraisals have not yet been made. appraisers are Ebur Schultz Paul Brennecke and C A Duerson.
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Brown-Wellsford
Memorial Building
Ebur Schultz
Paul Brennecke
C. A. Duerson
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Newton
Liberty Memorial
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Texas
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Drive
John Nation
Earl Peters
Kansas State Penitentiary
Lansing
Tracy Hand
Kansas Day
Don Halverstadt
J. W. Halverstadt
S. Central
Chanute High School
S. Malcolm
S. Ashby
Katy
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