Arresting pair tied to seven killings across five states
In Utah, officers arrested George Ronald York and James Douglas Latham for the June 9 murder of Otto Ziegler and for alleged slayings in Florida Tennessee Illinois and Colorado. A third man, Vincent Earl Olson, rode with them. Police recovered two loaded guns and a car linked to Illinois victim. Trial moved to Wallace County with death-penalty readiness.
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Russell
Kan
Utah
Fay Gillette
Tooele City
George Ronald York
Jacksonville
Fla
James Douglas Latham
Mauriceville
Tex
York and
Latham
Ft. Hood
Otto Ziegler
Oakley
Union Pacific Railroad
Ziegler
York
Florida
Tennessee
Illinois
Colorado
Gillette
Gransville
Vincent Earl Olson
Olson
Wallace County
Guy Sullivan
Sharon Springs
Vernon Popp
Raymond Dement
Union Pacific
Donald Kreigh
Robert Hooper
U.S. 40
Wallace
Kreigh
Hooper
Selby Soward
Prorida
Ilinois
J. F. Faycosh
Claude V. Lysinger
Lysinger
Warren Griffin
Don S. Hi
Gordon Tallman
Kansas Highway
Joe Baker
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Giant Hattie Threatens Belize Capital and Region
The powerful hurricane Hattie slammed into British Honduras causing 15-foot tides and flash floods feared to devastate Belize City, with strong winds and power outages reported as the storm advances toward Guatemala and the Yucatan Peninsula. Residents sought shelter as forecasters warned of a potential disaster.
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Miami
Fla
Hattie
British Honduras
Belize
Guatemala
Clark
Gilbert Clark
Yucatan Peninsula
Central America
Cuba
Florida
Wampler Retires After 41 Years as Rural Route Postman
Charles L. Wampler of Cha Nute retires today after 41 years on Rural Route 1. Earl E. Rutherford replaces him, moving from postal clerk to carrier. Wampler began Aug. 4, 1920, when Cha nute had six routes. now three. He recalls horse drawn routes and the increase to 71.6 miles by automotive travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles L. Wampler
W. Main
Earl E. Rutherford
Wampler
Chanute
Lewis P. Garrison
Albert Carwile
Cloyd McMillen
Seward Barnes
Khrushchev Announces Nuclear Bomb Exceeds 50 Megatons
Premier Khrushchev declares the Russian great bomb exploded Monday exceeded 50 megatons but jokes he will not blame scientists. He spoke at the Communist party congress in the Kremlin to 4,500 delegates, with no Western correspondents present. Earlier Ekaterina Furtseva was dropped from the Presidium.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Communist Party
Kremlin
Russia
Congress
Ekaterina Furtseva
Roman
Truck Upsets South of Erie
Two winch trucks were called from Chanute to assist a semitrailer that went off the shoulder of US 59 near K47 south of Erie. The Williston North Carolina to Mission Texas rig with 18 000 pounds of household goods overturned at about 10 30 last night. Driver Art Doramus was named. Furniture remained tight and both truck and goods suffered little damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Chanute
Sheriff's Office
Williston
N. C
Mission
Tex
Art Doramus
Public Health Service Measuring Fallout Across 80 Stations
Secretary Ribicoff says the U S Public Health Service is sampling radioactive fallout in foods and air at more than eighty sites nationwide. He warns the fallout could affect the health of Americans and their children and grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Abraham Ribicoff
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
U.S. Public Health Service
Ribicoff
TWA Pilots Begin Strike Set for Thursday Night
About 1,500 Trans World Airlines pilots plan a strike at 11:59 p m local time Thursday. AILP president C N Sayen said the National Mediation Board was notified and a presidential fact finding board could block the walkout for 60 days. TWA operates 53 U S cities in 23 states and 18 foreign cities. Key issues center on working hours and jet flight conditions.
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Chicago
SAP
Trans World Airlines
C. N. Sayen
Air Line Pilots Association
National Mediation Board
TWA
Europe
Asia
Africa
Sayen
CBS News analyst Howard K. Smith leaves CBS
New York AP report says veteran CBS news analyst Howard K. Smith is leaving the network citing a difference in interpretation of CBS news policy. The announcement follows two weeks of no appearance on his Sunday Washington program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Columbia Broadcasting System
Howard K. Smith
Network
CBS News
Smith
Washington
United Fund Drive Reaches 27 Percent Of Goal
The Chanute United Fund totals $5,368.80 as volunteers report $4,269.80 in cash and $1,099 in pledges. The drive is 27 percent of the $19,876.92 goal with residential canvassing continuing and fourteen firms already pledging 100 percent by employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chanute United Fund
United Fund
Remodeling and Parking Lot at A P Grocery
Remodeling of the A P Grocery at 216 E. Main is underway under manager Gene Mugrage and includes lowering ceilings installing acoustical tile and new lighting. An adjacent Conoco service station is being torn down to make way for a paved 22 car parking lot and limited street parking. Completion dates were not announced.
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A&p
E. Main
Gene Mugrage
Mugrage
Conoco
Independent oilmen push for fast hearings on gas price controls
About 1,000 independents from nearly 40 states backed IPAA calls for early congressional hearings on a bill to clarify federal wellhead price controls. The group also pressed for at least 200000 barrels per day of oil imports and reviewed imports and natural gas policy reports at IPAA's 32nd meeting in Houston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston, Tex
Congress
Independent Petroleum Association of America
IPAA
Two-Year Sentence For Wichita Man
Clarence Olson, a 73-year-old Wichita oil man, was sentenced to two years in prison for failing to file federal income tax returns for 1954 and 1955. The government said he earned 12779 in 1954 and 13390 in 1955, while charges for 1956 1957 and 1958 were dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita (Ap
Clarence Olsson
Wichita
Weather outlook and rainfall report across Kansas
Cloudy skies and ongoing showers stretch across Kansas as a stalled cold front keeps rain in the forecast. Neosho River measured 13.7 feet at 9 am and is falling. crest near flood stage expected in Parsons tonight. Highs Monday ranged 46 to 75 with warming trend expected Wednesday as clearing begins.
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Neosho
Iola
Chanute
Parsons
Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Hill City
Pittsburg
Goodland
Halloween Events Delayed by Rain Likely to Be Rescheduled
Rain forces cancellation and postponement of Kiwanis spook parade painting contest and football game. Students in multiple grades were to judge costumes, with prizes funded by Kiwanis and a $473 civic drive total. A free rock n roll dance and a two day Halloween program were planned with student pledge cards for admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Blunk Jr
Ring
Kiwanis
Dows
Moranto
Sturther
Main
Forest
Memorial Building
Wanis
National Guard Armory
the Lancers
Peoples Theater
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Soviet 50 megaton test sparks White House rebuke
Washington reports the United States denounces the Soviet 50 megaton nuclear blast as a device to incite fright and panic. fallout is forecast to reach North America in three to five days, with experts noting massive lingering radioactive debris and implications for atmospheric testing policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United Viet Union
White House
North America
Kennedy
Robert List
Bureau
North American
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
U.S
Ralph E. Lapp
Flash Flood Traps Woman Near Erie
Wichita woman Ella Hammer, 50s, was trapped about an hour and a half when a flash flood washed her car off a low water bridge on Walnut Bay Ki46 northeast of Erie. She climbed onto the car top as water rose. rescue used a boat and expedition by Raymond Moses. She was taken to Fort Scott hospital for examination. car remained nearly submerged at 5 p.m.
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Erie
Wichita
Ella Hammer
Here
Walnut Bay
Raymond Moses
Sheriff's Office
Hammer
Fort Scott
Young GOP to Meet in Wichita for Annual Convention
The Kansas Young Republicans will convene in Wichita on December 2 for their annual convention with Rep. Charles Halleck of Indiana slated as a speaker and Republican floor leader in the House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kansas Young Republicans
Charles Halleck
Indiana
House
Traffic Fatalities in Kansas Log Updated
AP reports Kansas traffic deaths over 24 hours to 9 am Tuesday. October fatalities total 34. 1961 year-to-date 432. Earlier fatalities not reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Merchants Sponsor Treasure Hunt in Chanute
A group of 30 Chanute merchants sponsors a treasure hunt in the Tribune. Readers find a stamped number in the paper and must match it to store numbers posted tomorrow. Prizes redeemable tomorrow and Thursday. participants must be 18 or older.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Triblune
Roaring Brush Fire Threatens Pasadena Area Homes
More than 500 firefighters battled to save 25 to 50 homes in Pasadena Glen Canyon near Sierra Madre as a brush fire raged. Evacuations occurred Monday night while winds of up to 30 mph fanned the blaze, which blackened about 700 acres of watershed and remained out of control. The fire began at noon Monday.
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Sierra Madre
Calif
Pasadena
Glen Canyon
Dodge City Man Drowns in Fredonia Lake Accident
A Dodge City man, Lester Balder son, 53, drowned when a boat capsized at Anderson Beal Lake northwest of Fredonia. Am Beref Reed Jr. swam to shore. Andy Holt of Garden City watched from shore as Balderson struggled. The body was recovered.
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Fredonia
Dodge City
Garden Ice
Anderson Bealh Lake
Lester Balderson
Amberef Reed Jr
Andy Holt
Garden City
Reed
Balderson
Noontime and midnight crashes fill police reports
Four traffic accidents were investigated by police. At 1st Highland two cars driven by William A. Bruce and Everett W. Pruitt sustained $110 total damage. A second noon collision at 5th and Lincoln involved Markus Steeves and Timothy Rule with $100 damage. A midnight strike damaged a 1948 Plymouth and a 1959 Ford for $60 total. Later, a 9:55 a.m. collision on Highland and Oak caused $30 damage to Charlotte Colborn’s car and a city truck.
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Timothy Rule
S. Lafayette
5Th
Lincoln
Steeves
Ford
Dodge
Kenneth L. McCoy
N. Western
Robert E. Tobey
Independence
Main
Western
McCoy
Tobey
Chevrolet
Charlotte Colborn
N. Forest
Charles F. Williams
Highland
Oak
Colborn
Arthur Evans
Ranz Motor Co
Buddy Poppy Days At Cecil J. Meeker Post
The auxiliary of the Cecil J. Meeker post will conduct the annual Veterans of Foreign Wars buddy poppy sale here Thursday and Friday. Proceeds from the memorial flowers aid veterans rehabilitation and support the VFW national home at Eaton Rapids Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil J. Meeker Post
VFW
Eaton Rapids
Mich
Fire Bug Leaves Flaming Wake in San Francisco Hotels
A giggling six foot arsonist set nine hotel fires across downtown San Francisco on Monday night. Most blazes were subdued, but the Fielding Hotel fire caused about 10000 dollars in damage. Police and fire crews searched the area, with guards posted at several hotels.
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San Francisco
Downton
William Murray
Fielding Hotel
Chanute Students Enjoy Short Holiday For State Teachers Meetings
All Chanute public schools dismiss Thursday and Friday to allow teachers to attend eight state meetings. Chanute delegates travel to Parsons for the sectional assembly with four leaving a day early. Various Chanute educators join seminars and discussions, while the Parsons Polychromes choir and Erie High School band provide special music at the convention.
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Chanute
Parsons
Dodge City
Hays
Hutchinson
Lawrence
Salina
Topeka
Wichita
Howard Jester
Board For Directors
Pearl Chapach
Freda Betts
Hazel Rus
Robert Krieger
Erie
Supt
Buford Fisher
Wesley Valliere
Robert Geiger
Betty Campbell
Emporia
Erie High School
Polychromes Chorale
Parsons Chamber of Commerce
Polychromes
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Giant Hattie
C. L. Wampler
Public Health Service
CBS
Wilhelm Ochs
Kassel
West Germany
Rain Tricks
Spook
Royster Junior High
United States
Soviet Arctic
Young Gop
Buddy
Murray
Stewart Hotel
Geary Street
Fielding
St. Francis, Clift
Bellevue
Marlow
Sir Francis Drake
Theater
YMCA
Speraton Palace
Market Street
Kansas State Teachers Assn
Stephen Johnson
Mark H. Johnson
Thayer
The
Tribune
Thayer High School
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