Action urged for hemispheric stance on Cuba threat
In Washington a Democrat and Republican urged the OAS to adopt a common policy to counter a growing Soviet backed threat in Cuba. Secretary Rusk floated a hemispheric foreign ministers conference as U S diplomats weigh reactions to large Soviet arms shipments to Cuba. Cuba protested U S overflights claiming airspace violations amid severed ties with Washington.
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Washington
Senate Today
Organization of American States
Cuba
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Senate
Javits
Morse
United States
John G. Tower
D-Tex
U.S
Tower
Rusk
Kennedy
Soviet Union
Miloslav Ruzek
Edwin M. Martin
Kimball Board Voices On Cooperative District Plan
Kimball officials reaffirmed no consolidation plan while describing a cooperative trial with Stark and Savannah schools. Classes are shared and a separate class and teacher serve the trio, amid four families opposing the arrangement. Simmons urged focus on children's education and predicted amicable settlement of dissension.
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Kimball
Kimball School Board
George Simmons
Simmons
Stark
Savenburg
Dropper of A Bomb Would Do It Again
Brig. Gen. Paul W. Tibbets Jr., then colonel of the Enola Gay, says he would drop the Hiroshima bomb again if ordered. The 47-year-old pilot spoke near Fort Benning after a reporter questioned him about the 1945 mission and military duty.
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Columbus, Ga
Hiroshima
Paul W. Tibbets Jr
Neary Ft. Benning
Tibbets
Weather Temperatures Today In Kansas With Warmer Outlook
Topeka AP reports clouds and cool air across Kansas with early autumn feel. Today's highs near 70s and tonight's lows around 60, with a warmer Friday forecast reaching mid 70s. Moisture sparse with traces reported in western towns including Dodge City Garden City and Goodland.
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Topeka
Kansas
Dodge City
Pittsburg
Goodland
Wichita
Garden City
Mid-America Refinery Seen As Area Economy Anchor
Mid-America Refinery dominates local economy with 24 million dollar annual oil purchases. Company operations include 100 miles of gathering lines, eight gathering trucks and three gasoline delivery trucks, plus rail shipments. About 68 employees earn roughly 325000 yearly, with monthly utility costs around 15000.
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Mid-America
Ing Co
Cunningham
Humboldt
Chamber of Commerce
Tioga
Chanute
Elsmore
Petrolia
Earlton
Walnut
Frank Young
Kennedy Tax Revision Bill Passes Senate Amid Compromises
The Senate approved President Kennedy’s tax revision bill 59 to 24, preserving a $1 billion investment credit for machinery and equipment while scrapping the dividend and interest income withholding plan. The measure is a step toward broader tax reform, with conference talks to reconcile House and Senate versions.
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Washington
Senate
Kennedy
Nedy
Congress
Senate Finance Committee
House
Treasury
Senate House
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Secretary of the Treasury
Douglas Dillon
U.S
Surprised Worker Gives Pint of Blood
In Wichita Falls Texas an American Telephone and Telegraph employee Terry Turner volunteered to donate blood at the Red Cross blood bank after a nurse instructed him to remove his coat and roll up his sleeve. The director George Clevenger noted the bank was short of blood.
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Wichita Falls
Tex
Terry Turner
Red Cross Blood Bank
Turner
Blood Bank
George Clevenger
Livestock Withholding Tightens Market Across Midwest
NFO President Oren Lee Staley says withholding livestock from markets signals a campaign to push prices higher. Receipts decline as shipments slow to interior buying stations and packing plants. hogs lead with a 13,000 drop from last week.
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Corning
Iowa
National Farmers Organization
NFO
Oren Lee Staley
Midwest
NFC
August Police Bonds and Fines Decline and Traffic Activity
Police bonds and fines dropped to 380 in August from 828.50 in July reflecting offense mix and arrests. Parking meter penalties rose to 447 with 1 951 meters tickets issued. No drunk driving arrests in August vs three in July. intoxication arrests fell from 14 to 7. Calls for service rose to 276, but arrests fell. no felonies, misdemeanor arrests down to 53. Nineteen traffic citations include five speeding, four reckless driving, two license violations, one each for stop sign and hit and run, six other violations. 19 traffic accidents occurred, three injured seriously. year to Sept 1 total injuries 20 with 8 hospitalized. Most accidents daytime. six involve backing from Main Street parking. Animal control: 36 dogs picked up, 18 killed, 18 on hand. 52 in July. Patrols logged 9 136 miles, 771 gallons gasoline. Prison meals total 288 for year, 32 in August and 36 fewer than July.
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Main
Poison Halts Soblen Departure In London Hospital
Dr. Robert A. Soblen, 61, attempted to board a Pan American jet to New York to begin a U S prison term when he poisoned himself with barbiturates minutes before departure. He remains unconscious at Hillingdon Hospital as the Home Office investigates how the drug was obtained.
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Soblen
United States
Home Office
Hillingdon Hospital
London
New York
Brixton
U.S
Britain
Donal Joseph Curran
Pan American
Mulvane Man Killed By His Own Car
Mulvane Kansas Charles Sheldon was killed when his car rolled into him after a rear impact on a bridge west of Mulvane. He had stopped after a minor accident and was speaking with Police Chief Harold Crum when another vehicle hit him. Driver Herb Smith of Mulvane was identified in the fatality.
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Mulvane
Kan
Mulvane, Kan
Charles Sheldon
Here
Sheldon
Harold Crum
Herb Smith
Exhibit Day At Thayer Homecoming
Thayer sponsors enter three days of fair activities with exhibit entries totaling over 200 dollars in premiums. George Reece leads agricultural exhibits and Mildred Strucker heads home economics. Tonight 7:30 features a shodeo in the arena.
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Thayer
Fairgrounds
George Reece
Mildred Strucker
Swim Suit Bid Tonight in Miss America Pageant
Beverly Wood of Prairie Village Kansas competes in the swim suit round in Atlantic City New Jersey as the Miss Kansas contestant seeks points toward the Miss America title. She previously performed a Charleston with a red lined flapper dress and pearl necklace while Bert Parks hosted. Mississippi’s Charlotte Carroll won the talent prize.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Beverly Wood
Prairie Village
Kan
Miss Kansas
Kansas State University
Miss Wood
Bert Parks
Mississippi
Charlotte Carroll
Kansas
Miss. Wood
Chanute School Activities Kick Off With Assemblies
Chanute schools resume full time classes with assemblies at Junior High Senior High and Juco. New student council officers will be installed at the Junior High and Senior High events. Royster reps elected this week will be sworn in at 10 30, with Senior High at 11. Supt. Buford Fisher brings greetings. Dick Andert and Leon Mendez to preside. Juco alumni Phillip McLaughlin of Dallas to speak at 10:30. Dell Reed, college dean, also speaks. Devotions by Dr Duff Wagoner and Rev Don Grogan. Vocal solo by Jackie Turner. Sophomore tryouts set for B team cheerleaders at 6 30 in Santa Fe Park. Lock Hop guests include new faculty members and families. Janet Kelly leads the Cometeer group. Current varsity cheerleaders listed. Senior High drum and bugle corps to march in Thayer Homecoming parade and appear at State Fair in Topeka. Tonight features a Senior High event.
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Chanute
Royster
Dick Andert
Leon Mendez
Juco
Phillip McLaughlin
Dallas
Tex
Dell Reed
Duff Wagoner
First Methodist Church
Don Grogan
Trinity Baptist Church
Jackie Turner
Com-High
Santa Fe Park
Cometeers
Bers
Ithe Little Theater
Janet Kelly
Cometeer
Topeka
Pigeon Drop Scheme Snapped in Wichita
Mamie Sneed 70 alerted to a pigeon drop in downtown Wichita. She followed two women who intercepted Lola K. Streeter 67 at a Savings and Loan office. Officer Billy Scogin arrested Retha Lockheart 30 Newton Kansas and Susan Ann Moore 27 Jackson Mississippi with $53 found. Streeter’s $160 check draft was thwarted.
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Wichita
Mamie Sneed
Clarita Turner
Mrs. Sneed
Lola K. Streeter
Retha B. Lockheart
Newton
Kan
Susan Ann Moore
Jackson
Miss
Luther Flowers
Streeter
Flowers
Miss Lockheart
Miss Moore
Traffic Fatalities In Topeka Log For September 1962
Kansas traffic death log records 393 fatalities in September 1962 through 9 a.m. Thursday, compared with 353 in the comparable 1961 period. The report notes 24 hour totals and includes Topeka figures for the 24 hour window ending Thursday.
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Topeka
Kansas
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Cies
Csses
Eum Products Co
Missouri Farmers Assn
Columbia
F. E. Koerting
Don Friederich
Frank Huttnell
Albert Tuttle
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