Castro Seizes Major U.S. Firms in Cuba
Fidel Castro's government orders nationalization of 167 American firms in Cuba, excluding Moa Bay Mining Co. and the Guantanamo base, signaling retaliation against U.S. embargo and aiming to seize most remaining American property amid a broader shift to state control. The State Department denounces the move as aligned with Communist objectives.
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Castro
U.S
Cuba
Havana
Fidel Castro
United States
U. S
Moa Bay Mining Co
Moaday
Washington
Newrest
Ml Bay Mining Co
Sears Roebuck
Woolworth’s
Nicaro Nickel
U. S. Navy
Guantanamo
Vastro
World Court
State Department
Department
County Rally Here Tonight By Democrats
Democrats bring a countywide rally to the National Guard armory with U S Senator Vance Hartke of Indiana as principal speaker. A free 6 30 p m covered dish dinner precedes his 7 45 p m address. Hartke, 41, former Evansville mayor, leads the Senate campaign effort and will be joined by local and district candidates including Frank Theis, Denver Hargis, and Georgia Neece Gray.
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National Guard
U.S
Vance Hartke
Indiana
Hartke
Senate
Evansville
Ind
Kansas City
Frank Theis
Arkansas City
Andy Schoeppel
Denver Hargis
Coffeyville
Georgia Neece Gray
Richland
Republicans Lead Poll in 5th and 6th Districts Returns
Hutchinson News and Salina Journal polls show Republicans ahead in most races across Rice Barton Ottawa Cloud Jewell in the 5th and 6th districts. President Nixon leads Kennedy, Schoeppel leads Theis, Anderson leads Docking, and Dole leads Davis with undecided votes noted.
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Senate
Andrew Schoeppel
Frank Theis
Warren Shaw
Docking
Sun District
Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
The
Journal
Ottawa
Cloud
Republic
Jewell
Nixon
Kennedy
Anderson
Schoeppe
Theis
Congress
Robert Dole
William Davis
Two Gunmen Loot Jewelers Home in Kansas City
In Kansas City two masked gunmen invaded jeweler Alvin Hurst's home stealing about 20 500. They tied four family members and a maid, seized Hurst's wife, looted three rings valued 16 500 mink coat 2 500 earrings 1 000 and cash 500, then fled. Donald Hurst escaped to report the robbery.
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Kansas City
Alvin Hurst
Hurst
Mrs. Hurst
Donald
Steven
Donald Hurst
Weather: Clearing, cool with showers in Kansas
The forecast calls for cloudy skies and showers with scattered thunderstorms tonight, a partly cloudy Wednesday with a high around the 60s and a low near 50. A cold front moving east to west across Kansas brought thundershowers and over an inch of rain in Wichita and Diamond Springs.
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Topeka
Kansas
Salina
Omaha
Neb
Wichita
Diamond Springs
Kansas River
Elderly Woman Injured in Parked Car Crash in Kansas City
An 80-year-old woman, Mrs. R. G. Tuttle, was injured with shock and a bruised knee after a three-vehicle crash at lth and Santa Fe. Her parked 1957 Oldsmobile, owned by C. A. Burgtorf, was hit by Lester J. Eubanks in a 1955 Olds. Eubanks faced reckless driving and license tag charges after his car damaged multiple vehicles and a store corner. he posted a $35 bond.
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Kansas City
Wvsnee Ven
Ereesauee
Burgtorf
Allen Rollow
Eubanks
Hudson Market
Tuttle
Hudson
4Th and
Lincoln
Larrie D. Miley
W. Main, the Truck By Delosse Gains
Earlton R
Ford
Chevrolet
Mercury
Marilyn J. Marts
W. Elm
Ash
Grant
Roy Marts
S. Garfield
Carl Winn
Float Entries Still Needed For V C Parade
Virginia Carolina Chemical Corp open house parade set for November 3 seeks more float entries. Morley reports three non commercial and 15 commercial floats plus three bands, with prizes and a $20 entry guarantee for non commercial groups. Floats may be entered with Morley or Potter. Open house at the West 21st plant follows the parade with a noon lunch for farmers. Traffic will halt on Main but parking remains available downtown.
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Virginia-Carolina Chemical Corp
Mahlon Morley
Chamber of Commerce J Agricultural Promotion Committee
Morley
Floyd Potter
Eastern Star
Methodist Church Boy Scout Troop
Walking Sacks
City Park
Royster Junior High
Agricultural Promotions Committee
V-C Chemial Corp
West 21St
Neosho Fertilizer
Chamber of Commerce
VC Chemical Corp
Kansas State Teachers Assn
Local Students Vie for Kansas University and K State Scholarships
130 area students took scholarship tests at the school for Watkin Summerfield Putnam scholarships. Chanute participants included Jackie Churchill Carol Clemons Karen Dillon Bill Durkin Charles Gottlieb Jim Gough Susan Griffiths Don Madill Barbara Matlock Judy Ranabarger Nancy Sparks and Dale Ward.
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Kansas University
Lawrence
Kansas State University
Manhattan
Chanute
Jackie Churchill
Carol Clemons
Karen Dillion
Bill Durkin
Charles Gottlieb
Jim Gough
Susan Griffiths
Don Madill
Barbara Matlock
Judy Ranabarger
Nancy Sparks
Dale Ward
Brooks Withdraws Plea For Bench Parole
Anna Mae Brooks withdrew a bench parole request in district court today. She had pleaded guilty to second degree manslaughter in the Sept 3 stabbing death of her husband Roscoe C. Brooks at their North Malcolm residence and was sentenced to three to five years at the state industrial farm for women in Lansing. She will be taken to Lansing by the sheriff to begin serving the term.
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Anna Mae Brooks
Visit ends as Ahlers family hosts sisters
Marie Ahlers departed today for Washington D.C. after a visit with her brother and wife Mr and Mrs T F Ahlers at 230 S Kansas. Other guest sisters Mrs Ray M Mc Claran who returned to Melba Idaho on Monday and Mrs Paul Villepigue 222 S Lincoln.
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Marie Ahlers
Washington D.C
T. F. Ahlers
S. Kansas
Ray M. McClaran
Melba
Ida
Paul Villepigue
S. Lincoln
United Fund Drive Decision Due Tonight in Chanute
The Chanute Community Council will decide tonight whether to adopt a United Fund campaign next year. The public meeting at Memorial Building starts 7 PM with Chamber of Commerce and Community Council co-sponsors under Rev. Claude Pittenger. Joe Lewis will represent the C of C. If adopted an executive committee will form to prepare a drive budget. Participating agencies would submit budgets for fund allocations.
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United Fund
Chanute
Community Council
City Commission
Memorial Building
Chamber of Commerce
Claude Pittenger
C of C
Joe Lewis
Pittenger
Scouts Fall Short of Fundraising Goal in House to House Drive
About 200 workers and Scouts canvassed Chanute city areas and raised 861.86 dollars toward a 1200 dollar goal. Drive chair Dick Bohling cited lack of parent and leader help as the reason for the shortfall. Contributions can still be sent to Bohling or Floyd Potter. veterans auxiliary provided refreshments after the canvass.
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Dick Bohling
Drive
Bohling
Bohling l
Floyd Potter
General Drive
Boy Scouts of America
Chanute
Potter
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
Memorial Building
Four Men Die in Dow Chemical Plant Explosion in Texas
An explosion and fire at Dow Chemical Co plant in Freeport Texas killed four workers and injured twelve. The blast stemmed from a rupture in a vapor feeder to a distillation column at the No 1 glycerine plant, damaging about 100000 dollars. About 50 employees were on site.
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Freeport, Tex
Dow Chemical Co
Driver Arrests in South Steuben Area
Police arrested Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Ralls of 28 W. Mulberry in the 200 block on South Steuben about 6 20 p m yesterday. Ralls faced driving while intoxicated and reckless driving charges while Mrs Ralls faced an intoxication charge. Mrs Ralls posted a 15 bond and was released. Mr Ralls remained in custody pending bond or hearing.
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T. L. Ralls
W. Mulberry
South Steuben
Ralls
Two Wounded in Bow Mar Abduction Shootout
Golden Colorado AP report details a gunfight after deputies and a marshal confronted a kidnapper gang that abducted Deputy George Peltier. William Jordan and James Line were wounded. a Denver patrolman and Jefferson County officers pursued the suspects into the foothills, ending with Jordan shot as he pointed a gun outside the car. The suspects claimed prior prison terms in Kansas and Texas.
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Golden
Colo
Jefferson County
Bow Mar
Denver
William Jordan
James Line
James Brotton
George Peltier
Frank Pace
Jefferson Mr
Robert Thomas
Peltier
Thomas
Gordon Langton
Jordan
William Brandeis
Brandeis
Kansas State
Lansing
Dodge City
Wichita
Kingman
Kas
Line
la Tuna
Tex
Colorado
Canon City
Traffic Fatalities Rise In Topeka Area, AP Reports
Topeka traffic death log shows 24 hours to 9 am counts. October total 39 deaths. 1960 year to date 390 deaths. Comparisons show 1959 period at 469 deaths.
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Topeka
Kansas
Red Cross approves 1961-62 budget in Neosho County
Neosho County Red Cross directors set a 1961-62 budget of 9 254 with 5 330 for local needs and 3 924 for the national organization. The board accepted a director’s resignation from Stark and approved adding handicapped classes to water safety training.
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Neosho County
Red Cross Chapter
Joe Smith
Stark
Sunflower Council
Red Cross and Nursing Service
Louis Junod
Soviet Move Halts U N Disarmament Talks
In the United Nations General Assembly dispute, Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Valerian Zorin said Western powers must accept a plan for general and complete disarmament or the Soviets will withdraw from the talks. He argued the United States resists productive negotiations while urging a summit level session next spring.
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United Nations
N.Y
Soviet Union
U.N
General Assembly
Valerian A. Zorin
United States
Assembly
99-Nation
Zorin
David Ormsby-Gore
U.S
James J. Wadsworth
Roy Fox Named Chief of Weather Bureau Region
Roy L. Fox of Asheville North Carolina was appointed chief administrative officer of the Weather Bureau for the 14 state Kansas City region. He will take the post in December succeeding Arthur W Walstrom who retired July 3 Fox has directed the national weather records center in Asheville and has worked for the Weather Bureau since 1938 The Kansas City region covers Wyoming Colorado North and South Dakota Nebraska Kansas Minnesota Iowa Missouri Wisconsin Illinois Michigan Indiana and Kentucky.
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Washington
Roy L. Fox
Asheville
N. C
Weather Bureau
Kansas City
Fox
National Weather Records Center
Arthur W. Walstrom
Kansas
The
Wyoming
Colorado
North
South Dakota
Nebraska
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
Wisconsin
Illinois
Michigan
Indiana
Kentucky
Paola crash kills one, injures four in rain spill
A multi-vehicle collision on U S 169 two miles north of Paola left Clyde M. Smith Jr. dead and four others injured, two critically. The station wagon carrying Smith, Phil Roach, Gerald Kenny, John Emmett Butcher and James Stoughton skidded on a rain slick and hit a Parsons pharmacist and his wife, then struck two trucks.
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Paola
Kas
Clyde M. Smith Jr
Raytown
Phil Roach
Ruskin Heights
Kansas City
Gerald L. Kenny
Lee's Summit
John Emmett Butcher
James Stoughton
Osawatomie
Kan
Roach
Butcher
Kenny
University of Kansas Medical Center
Miami County
Stoughton
U. S. 169
Smith
Osawatomie State Hospital
G. Keeney Charles
Parsons
Charles
Asphalt Company
Harold Basye
Bayse
Congolese Column Heads for Leopoldville
Belgian radio reports a Congolese armored column moving from Thysville toward Leopoldville. U N troops dig pits and deploy heavy weapons on the Thysville Leopoldville road to block the advance as Mobutu’s grip on the army remains fragile.
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Brussels
Belgium
Leopoldville
Thysville
Congo
U.N
Joseph Mobutu
Heavy Snow Paralyzes Upstate New York Towns
Albany reports a ferocious winter with up to 12 feet of snow in the Utica hills and five to six inches across Auburn Syracuse area. Power outages hit Marcellus Watertown and Manlius while roads and sewers suffer as authorities warn of continued cold and drifting snow. One death linked to the storm, widespread school closures and trapped cars noted.
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Albany
N. Y
Utica
Auburn
Syracuse
Marcellus
Manlius
Watertown
Skaneateles
Whiteface Mountain
Adirondacks
Westvale
Wasser
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Tribune
VFW
Rickie Kern
Raymond Kern
S. Western
Edwin Noland
Edsel Noland
Mike Kelso
Bill Kelso
Watkins
Summerfield
K-State
Texas
Red Cross
Veterans’ Hospital
Hilda Koch
Sunflower
Carl Ranabargar
Ranabargar
Howard Winans
Junior Red Cross
H. C. Miller
Forbes Afb
Murray Hill School
John Banta
Nursing Service
Banta
Mildred Routh
Morris Pack
William T. Hunt
Sam Senseney
H.C. Bodley
Ann Hummer
Roy Fox New
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