Night of Bloody Rioting In Dominican Republic
Rioting in Ciudad Trujillo intensifies as calls for martial law grow. Police report injuries including 15 officers. unofficial counts cite at least two deaths and about 45 wounded after five days of antigovernment protests sparked by opposition to a university rector appointment. Trujillo family abroad rumors persist.
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Dominican Republic
Ciudad Trujillo
Rafael Trujilo
Santo Domingo
Trujillo
Joaquin Balaguer
Trujillos
Hector
Jose Arizmendi
Pedro Trujillo
Rafael Trujillo Jr
Left Hand Pitch Left Hand Pitch Birthday Party At Cleaners
Four Peop les Cleaners employees held a birthday party on Thursday to celebrate October birthdays. Mrs Ed Kustanborter October 3, Mrs Harry Woosley and Mrs Frank Hatinett October 6, and Doris Hill October 26 shared a gift exchange and dessert.
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The
Peoples Cleaners
Ed Kustanborter
Harry Woosley
Frank Hatinett
Doris Hill
World Briefs Jump Across Continents
AP dispatches report Japan urging the Soviet Union to halt 50 megaton H-bomb tests as “reckless.” Tina Onassis may wed the Marquess of Blandford in France. China cites 20+ herbs for cures, Hong Kong reports. Dortmund reveals a 2.5 million mark atom-proof shelter plan for 1500 people. Sidney Hollis justifies window damage during a concert stunt in Nottingham. Maj. Gen Allard departs for Europe to command the 4th British Division. Six workers die in a Taipei coal mine explosion. A British expert says Soviet space lead poses no real US threat and intercontinental missiles are preferable to satellite bombs.
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Japan
Soviet Union
Foreign Office
V.V. Kuznetsov
Moscow
Hisanari Yamada
London
U.S
Henry G. Thursfield
Out Today
Ruling Delay In Hearing For Gutierrez
In a city court, a preliminary hearing on fourth degree manslaughter for Felipe Gutierrez of Humboldt was postponed by Judge Leslie Cable to review Dr. Henry Baker testimony and the death certificate. The case concerns Mrs. Wallace Johnson, a 54 year old Royster Junior High School teacher killed in a Sept. 16 traffic crash.
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Felipe Gutierrez
Humboldt
Leslie Cable
Cable
Henry Baker
Johnson
Dr. Baker
Gutierrrez
Hazel Russell
Gutierrez
Miss Russell
Topeka Woman Acquitted of Murder
Mrs. Margaret Trebbe, 45, was found not guilty of first degree murder in the 1959 slaying of junk dealer Don Monhollon. The Topeka trial lasted five days with an all male jury deliberating less than two hours before delivering the verdict.
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Topeka
Margaret Trebbe
Monhollon
Bus With 33 Aboard Is Battering Ram
A Trailways bus carrying 33 passengers skidded in heavy rain on U S 13 near Birds Nest Virginia and slammed into six other vehicles. Seven people were injured including the driver John Edwin Thomas of Mardela Springs Maryland who was thrown through a window as the bus veered across the highway into a service station cluster.
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Trailways
John Edwin Thomas
Mardela Springs
U.S. 13
Onancock
Virginia
New York
Norfolk
Thomas
Tribune Delivery Help Line
If you do not receive your Tribune contact your carrier and if unresolved call HE 1-3400 after 6 PM for assistance.
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Tribune
Fire and explosions destroy Western Pennsylvania Chemical plant
A series of blasts ignited a massive fire at the Western Pennsylvania Chemical Co plant near Pittsburgh, injuring at least one, with the 700-foot facility left in smoldering ruins. Dense smoke forced evacuations as several nearby tractor-trailers burned and were damaged. Fire cause and damage estimates were not immediately known.
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Pitsburgh
Elizabeth
Western Pennsylvania Chemical Co
Pittsburgh
One Killed One Hurt When Tower Topples
A microwave tower section toppled near Dighton Kansas injuring two workers. Tom Wyson Meitner 31 of Ventura California was killed and Werdell Spackman 21 of Preston Idaho suffered chest injuries and fractures to the back and both feet while assisting the tower erection 14 miles north of Dighton.
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Dighton
Kan
Tom Wyson Meitner
Ventura
Calif
Werdell Spackman
Preston
Idaho
Weather on the weekend in Kansas and Topeka forecast
Forecasters expect continued fair weather in Kansas with mild days and cool nights. Today highs near 70 with tonight's low 40s to 45, Sunday near 70, and lows in the 40s. In Topeka, a stalled cold front keeps sunshine and light winds. Highs Friday from 61 at Olathe to 73 at Dodge City, lows tonight 34 Topeka and 46 Wichita.
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Topeka
Kansas
Nebraska
Weather Bureau
Wichita
Olathe
Dodge City
Boy Dies in Kalvesta Crash on U S 156
Varlyn Kent Scott aged 10 was killed and his mother injured in a collision west of Kalvesta on U S 156. The crash occurred Friday, authorities said.
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Kalvesta
Kan
Varlyn ‘Kent Scott
U. S. 156
UAW and Chrysler Pursue Speedy Contract Settlement
In Detroit, the UAW and Chrysler push for a quick pact with around the clock bargaining. Walter Reuther demands a Chrysler contract by 8 p.m. next Friday, while Ford signs a three year deal and GM and AMC reach national packages earlier. Local talks aim to avoid repeated walkouts by prioritizing plant-level settlements.
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United Auto Workers Union
Chrysler Corp
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Unon
Chrysler
John D. Leary
Industrial
Lations
Ford
American Motors Corp
General Motors Corp
Studebaker - Packard
Fire Kills Four in Columbus Home. One Survivor
A South Side Columbus family perished in an early morning house fire with Weston West, 25, the sole survivor. His wife Etta, 22, daughters Joann, 4, and Donna Jean, 7 months, and mother Bessie West, 50, died. Weston was treated for burns and injuries after leaping from a second story window. Investigators say the blaze could have started from a cigarette or faulty wiring in the living room.
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Columbus, Ohio
Columbus
Weston West
Etta
Joann
Donna Jean
Bessie West
Naugatuck
W. Va
West
St. Anthony’ Hospital
James Seagle
Explosion kills Kansas City roofer in tar-heating blast
In Kansas City Kansas a tar-heating equipment explosion killed George Doyle a 29 year old roofer Friday. The blast drenched him in flaming kerosene and hurled him 75 feet, authorities said.
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Kansas City Kan
George Doyle
Doyle
Football oddity in Beloit Concordia game surprises
Beloit forced three on side kick recoveries in the third quarter and Concordia could not run a play. Concordia, ranked fifth in Class A, lost 21 to 6 in Beloit.
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Beloit
Kan
Concordia
Trojan
Traffic Fatalities Log Shows October 1961 Road Toll
Topeka AP reports Kansas traffic death log for 24 hours to 9 am Saturday records two fatalities. The October total stands at 23, while the 1961 figure is 421 and the comparable 1960 period is 394.
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Topeka
Kansas
U.N. Push to Halt 50 Megaton Bomb Seeks Global Backing
The United Nations Security debate centers on a call for the Soviet Union to abandon plans for a 50 megaton nuclear test. Sponsors from Canada Denmark Sweden Japan Iceland and Norway seek top priority before the Oct 31 blast. India objects to priority language and Guinea declines to vote. Asian African group pushes for a broader moratorium.
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Soviet Union
U.N
Khrushchev
India
Guinea
Canada
Denmark
Sweden
Japan
Iceland
Norway
Ethiopia
Ghana
Sudan
Nepal
Howard Green
United Nations
Midas IV launch carries copper needle belt plan
A Midas IV satellite launched from Point Arguello aims to eject 350 million copper needles into a 2100 mile high orbit to form a five mile wide radioreflective belt around Earth. The field could bounce radio waves globally. radar may confirm dispersion in 3 to 4 days. The craft also carries infrared sensors to detect missile exhaust.
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Point Arguello
Calif
Air Force
Midas IV
Midas
McGuffey Readers Spark Local Education Debate
In Twin Lakes Wisconsin the 1879 McGuffey's Eclectic Reader sparked controversy at Lakeland Elementary. A 200-member group urged the state superintendent to require removal for sectarian content while the district kept the books as teacher discretionary supplements.
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Wis
William Holmes McGuffey
Wisconsin
McGuffey
Lakeland
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
McGuffeys
Kenosha County
U.S
Four Arrested in Wichita Marijuana Bust
City detectives and a federal agent arrested Bill Thompson Willie Gunter Betty J Gunter and Luther Bass in Wichita Friday night seizing marijuana valued at about ten thousand dollars. The Gunters and Bass faced vagrancy charges while Thompson, a doorman, was nabbed at a private club after an officer bought two hand rolled cigarettes. The undercover operation spanned three months with initial buy of two dollars per cigarette and a later purchase of a half pound of marijuana.
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Wichita
Bill Thompson
Willie Gunter
Betty J
Luther Bass
Gunters
Bass
Thompson
Gunter
Olathe Man Killed In Highway Crash Near Holton
Ross M. McAllister aged 57 of Olathe Kansas died Friday when his car struck a bridge on a county road about five miles northwest of Holton authorities reported.
Khrushchev’s purge signals solidified party control
AP analyst William L. Ryan reports Khrushchev’s Moscow congress signals a widening purge within the Soviet Communist Party. Expulsions of antiparty figures are likely, with changes to statutes to punish dissent and strengthen collective leadership. Possible shocks abroad target Ulbricht and other Stalin-era figures.
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Associated Press
Erlin
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet Communist Party
Moscow
Khrushchev
Communist Party
Congress
U.S.S.R
Sould
Walter Ulbricht
East Germany
Virginia teen crowned Miss Teen-age America in Dallas
Diane Lynn Cox of Richmond Virginia won the Teen-age America title beating 101 rivals from 36 states in a week of judging based on personality appearance intelligence and talent. Runner up Holly Mae Shick and alternates Cheri Slikker Billye Pittard among others competed as preliminaries drew about 100000 contestants.
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Virginia
America
Diane Lynn Cox
Richmond
Diane
George Wythe High School
Diplomatic Corps
Raymond G. Cox
Holly Mae Shick
Cincinnati
Ohio
Billye Nell Pittard
Albuquerque
N.M
Cheri Inez Slikker
Bakersfield
Calif
Cheryl Sweeten
Denver
Colo
Cheryl ‘Marie Black
Galveston
Tex
Deborah Irene Bryant
Kansas City
Sharon Sue Grinage
Modesto
Donna Lee Spitz
Sacramento
Janice Lynne Zach
Lake Charles
Salina Man Stabbed to Death in Caf
Walter Lee Thomas 23 died after a fight in a Salina cafe. Rudolph Hopkins 32 faced second degree murder charges after being arrested in Wichita and returned to Salina. Witnesses say Thomas spoke with Hopkins' wife Hazel 31 before the clash. Mrs Hopkins received a severe arm cut when she intervened.
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Salina
Kan
Walter Lee Thomas
Saline County
John Weckle
Rudolph Hopkins
Hopkins
Wichita
Thomas
Hazel
Seven of Family Injured in Crash Near Wichita
Seven members of a Newkirk Oklahoma family were injured when their car collided with a transport truck on Ki5 southwest of Wichita. Driver Elroy Pollard 26 and wife Caroline 25 plus children Rita 7 Rina 5 Anthony 3 Elroy Jr 2 and Stanley 1 were treated at St. Francis Hospital for cuts bruises and one leg fracture reported for Rina.
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Wichita
Newkirk, Okla
St. Francis Hospital
Elroy Pollard
Caroline
Rita
Rina
Anthony
Elroy Jr
Stanley
Electric Pacers Save Lives
Miami Beach reporters describe progress in electronic pacemakers used to regulate heartbeats. Doctors from Buffalo report 19 implants in 18 months with 16 successes, noting battery life five to six years and replacement under local anesthesia.
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Miami Beach
Fla
American Heart Association
William M. Chardarck F
University of Buffalo
Andrew A. Gace
Buffalo
Wilson Greatbetch
Clarence
Faith Named Kansas Superintendent for Cities Service Pipe Line
Robert V. Faith of El Dorado has been appointed Kansas superintendent for Cities Service Pipe Line Co. He succeeds W. W. Dulany who retired after 44 years with the firm.
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EL Dorado, Kan
Robert V. Faith
el Dorado
Kansas
The
Cities Service Pipe Line Co
Faith
W. W. Dulany
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