Naval clash near Cuba raises US response warnings
Washington reports a Cuban naval craft fired on a US plane about 15 miles off Cuba. The White House said American crews will shoot back in any future attacks and warned Fidel Castro's government that all means necessary would be used to protect personnel in international waters.
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Washington
State Department
Navy
Cuba
White House
Fidel Castro
U.S
Florida
Congress
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Thomas H. Kuchel
California
United States
Havana
Las Villas
Oriente
Castro
Chanute
United
Left Hand Pitch Delivers A Morbid Military Anecdote
A family tale from a military burial scene describes a hot afternoon when a heavyset woman rests on a folding canvas chair. Her grandson sits on her lap, and when a firing squad fires a salute the chair collapses, sending mother and child to the ground.
Hall To Lead Neosho Red Cross Fund Drive
Milford Hall of Erie named chairman of the Neosho county Red Cross membership and fund drive for next year with a fall campaign. Dell Reed announced the appointment. Bill Walters of Chanute heads the committee. The drive aims for a chapter budget of 9316.13 with quotas set for Chanute, Erie, and other towns and townships.
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Milford Hall
Erie
Neosho County Red Cross
Chanute United Fund
Hall
Red Cross
Wiedep
Dell Reed
Bill Walters
Chanute
Neosho Valley Cooperative Creamery Assn
M. L. Morton
Reed
National Red Cross
Red Cross Center
Thayer
St. Paul
Galesburg
Stark
Earlton
Big Creek
Dan- Ville
Centerville
Chetopa
Grant
Lahore
Lincoln
Mission
Shirloh
Tioga
Walnut Grove
Enrollments Rise and Fall Across City Schools
The district reports 2 339 students in public schools after Labor Day with Senior High at 605 and Junior High at 187. Elementary totals vary by campus with Murray Hill up 30 to 347 and Roosevelt up 13 to 95 as ninth graders move up. Boys outnumber girls 1 192 to 1 147 while sophomores total 247 and juniors 207.
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Royster Junior High
Trom
Lincoln
Hutton
Alcott
Murray Hill
Roosevelt
Kansas Plans Statewide Oral Polio Immunization
Plans announced by Dr. Robert H. Riedel aim to immunize at least 1.5 million Kansas residents with oral polio vaccine. The program runs December through February 1963 with voluntary county and community participation and support from medical societies, health officers, and civic groups. Funding may come from a nominal vaccine charge or contributions. The Kansas Police Advisory Committee approved and recommended the effort.
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Topeka
Robert H. Riedel
Kansas Board of Health
Boards of Health
Kansas Police
Frank G Boles dies at Liberal prominent farmer banker
Frank G Boles, 82, a prominent farmer, banker and businessman, died Friday in a Liberal hospital after a long illness. He was known for community involvement and leadership in local business circles.
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Frank Boles
Liberal
Kan
Frank G. Boles
Oil Executive Dies Russia Venus Space Shot Is a Dud
Alfred Whiting Sr., former Esso Standard Oil executive, dies at 73 in Houston. Russian Venus probe failed last Saturday, with three fragments in a low orbit and a fourth reentering Earth. NASA confirms the report while noting no official comment on orbital details.
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Russia
Earth
Space Agency
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
James E. Webb
Moscow
Houston
Tex
Alfred
Frederick Whiting Sr
Thej
United States
Esso Standard Oil Co
Cape Canaver
Fla
Venus
Boston
Haus
Jton
Loss by Fire During August 1961
Fire department logged 19 runs in August including four business building fires four car fires a greenhouse blaze two Tioga township calls and two flue bird removals. Losses for eight months reached about 136 839 in 1961 while 1962 estimates to August 1 stood at 6 700.
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C. W. Brennan
Tioga
Six Polish Stowaways Defect to Sweden
Six young Polish stowaways overpowered the four man crew of a small trawler and fled to Sweden through rough Baltic storms. After their arrival in Sweden one crew member joined the defectors, with police at Moerbylaanga noting seven of ten aboard seeking political asylum.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Moerbylaanga
Oeland
Enrollment Remains Steady at St Patrick's School
St Patrick's Grade School and Junior High reopened for fall with 247 students enrolled after two days of intake. Grade breakdown shows 167 in grades one to six and 80 in junior high, with several staff changes including Sister Victorine as principal and new teachers in multiple grades. One math science seventh grade vacancy remains.
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St. Patrick's
Victorine
St. Marys of the Plains High School
Dodge City
Sister Paula
Paula
Odin High School
Marie Therese
Elizabeth
Dorothy Jean
Therese Ping
Hutchinson
Korea
Tor Elizabeth
St. Mary's
Wichita
Dorothy’ Jean
St. Pat‘tick’s
Parsons
Prisoners Chip In To Support Orphan
Pendleton Indiana AP reports 486 prisoners at Indiana Reformatory lend aid to an orphan fund. The article lists staff changes including Mrs. Hoff man Mrs. Haller Mrs. Minniear Sister Hilarion and coach Herbert Swender along with the social studies instructor, noting roles in education and home economics.
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Pendleton, Ind
Indiana
O. M. Hoffman
Iris Haller
Dorothy Minniear
Hilarion
Herbert Swender
Artist Dies in London Portrait Painter Frank D. Salisbury
London AP reports Frank D. Salisbury 87 a portrait painter who painted six U.S. presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower Harry S. Truman Franklin D. Roosevelt Herbert Hoover Calvin Coolidge and Woodrow Wilson and Winston Churchill died Friday in London.
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London
Frank D. Salisbury
Winston Churchill
Salisbury
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harry S. Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Herbert, Hoover
Calvin Coolidge
Woodrow Wilson
Adopted daughter gift drive totals released
Their foster daughter Hwang Jung Sook aged eight, adopted last June through Foster Parents Plan Inc, received a Christmas gift drive totaling 45.64 this week. Prior to this, they had accumulated 180 to support her for a year.
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Foster Parents Plan, Inc
Hwang Jung Sook
Traffic Fatalities Report For Topeka Area
Kansas traffic fatality tally shows 0 deaths in the Topeka region for the last 24 hours. August counts stand at 54 with no fatalities reported in September so far. The year 1961 comparison reflects a total of 351 deaths in the period documented.
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Topeka
Kansas
Watershed district petitions force life or death election
The Big Creek Watershed District board ruled petitions with 260 signatures legally sufficient to trigger an election, to be scheduled after petition acceptance. At Odense school about 30 attended, officers for 1961-62 were re elected: Ralph Bauer president, Lyle Meyer vice president, Earl Reinhardt treasurer, Jack Jordan secretary, with directors E P Glamser Charles LaRue Elsmo re and Robert Ebernhart Erie.
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Odense School
Ralph Bauer
Elsmore
Lyle Meyer
Chanute
Earl Reinhardt
Jack Jordan
Savenburg
E. P. Glamser
Charles; LaRue
Robert Ebernhart
Erie
Holiday Traffic Toll Reaches Record Level
The Labor Day weekend opened with the highest holiday traffic death toll on record, as 68 fatalities were tallied from crashes, drownings, and miscellaneous accidents. Weather contributed to slick roads, with a fatal Arkansan crash and a Minnesota incident marking a deadly start to the three day period. The National Safety Council projects 410 to 490 motorist deaths by weekend's end.
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Tioner
Wee Oe
Wwe
Howard Pyle
The
National Safety Counsell
Arkansas
Minnesota
National Safety Council
Weiner
Ark
W. D. Self
Little Rock
Florence ‘Stuck
Jonesboro, Ark
Jessie Stevenson
Marlene Stevenson
Bessie Mae Stevenson
Pleasant Labor Day Weekend Weather For Kansans
The Topeka forecast calls for mild temperatures and partly cloudy skies through Sunday as Kansans plan end of summer outings. Humidity may rise and isolated showers could occur in southern Kansas with highs around 80 to 85 and lows in the 60s. Friday's highs ranged from 73 at Goodland to 88 at Pittsburg and showers produced small amounts in Dexter Caldwell and Truesdale.
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Topeka
Kansas
Dodge City
Goodland
Pittsburg
Wichita
Dexter
Caldwell
Truesdale
Alcoholism Study Approved for Kansas
The Board of Social Welfare approved a study of alcoholism in Kansas, signing a $12,000 contract with the Midwest Institute of Kansas City. The project will stress biochemical causes and effects, with $13,000 allocated to educational materials on alcohol distribution and information.
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Topeka
Kansas
Board of Social Welfare
Midwest Institute of Kansas City
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Division of Water Resources
State Board of Agriculture
George E. Covey
Neosho
Allen
Board of Directors
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Perry
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