Western ministers discuss Soviet buzzing of Berlin air corridors
The Big Four foreign ministers met at the State Department to review two incidents in the Berlin air corridors in which Soviet fighters harassed Pan American planes. Officials consider protective measures including possible Western fighter defenses near corridor terminals.
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Berlin
Big
Washington
U.S
State Department
Steve Dean Rusk
Lord Home
Maurice Couve de Murville
Heinrich von Brentano
West Germany
Asst
Roger Tubby
U. S
Hill nominated to 10th Circuit by Kennedy in shift for Kansas
Judge Delmas C. Hill of Wichita, a federal judge since 1949, was nominated by President Kennedy to the 10th U S Circuit Court of Appeals. The vacancy creates a routine Senate confirmation but signals shifts in Kansas federal judiciary posts and local political dynamics.
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Washington
Delmas C. Hill
Wichita
Kansas
Kennedy
Circuit Court of Appeals
Judge Hill
Frank Carlson
Senate
Judge Hills
State Reve Ae
Anderson
Hill
National Conference of Governors
Wamego
Congress
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Colorado
Utah
Wyoming
Denver
Two Vehicles Damaged in Erie County Accident
A traffic collision six miles south of here yesterday at 4 15 p m left both vehicles with about 75 dollars of damage each but no injuries. Undersheriff Lester Marts identified the drivers as W M Gray of Fredonia and Mrs Gladys Emmons of Parsons R 3. Gray’s 1950 GMC pickup rear ended Emmons’ 1961 Chevrolet as she began a turn.
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Erie
Here
Lester Marts
W. M. Gray
Fredonia
Gladys Emmons
Parsons R
Gray
Emmons
Health Board criticized for loose operation in Kansas
Kansas legislator Rep Bill Fribley charged the state Board of Health with loose operation and urged a Legislative Council study to consider consolidating its divisions and curbing fund spending. He noted low morale and duplication amid rivalries with the Welfare department over mental health functions dating to 1961.
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Topeka
Kansas
State Board of Health
Bill Fribley
Board of Health
Department
Martin
Docking
Fridley
Health and Welfare
Health Agency
Welfare Agency
Dale Steinman Heads Kansas Finance Group
The Kansas Association of Finance Companies elected Dale Steinman of Chanute as president, B. D. Jones of Ulysses as vice president, and James Rhine of Manhattan as secretary-treasurer at its annual meeting. The report notes a separate scholarship program linked to Kansas State University.
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Kansas City
Kas
Kansas Association of Finance Companies
Dale Steinman
Chanute
B. D. Jones
Ulysses
James Rhine
Manhattan
Tribune
P.m. J
Kansas State University
River flood crests near 28 feet with city inundation
River crested near 28 feet above normal with floodwaters entering Chanute outskirts for the second time in three months. Downtown intersections and City Park felt the rise as residents evacuated and streets flooded.
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Neosho
Chanute
Busi
Mexican Fiesta and Sidewalk Bazaar Set for Tomorrow
The second annual Mexican fiesta and Sidewalk Bazaar launch tomorrow with open air booths from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Main Street. Nambo mariachis perform at 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m., while a fiesta queen coronation and dance light up Santa Fe Park in the evening at 7:30 with music, food concessions, and police traffic support.
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Santa Fe Park
Henry Watkins
Erie
National Guard Military Police Company
First U S Nuclear Test Since 1958 in Nevada
President Kennedy announced the United States conducted its first nuclear test since 1958 at the Nevada site. He said the low yield shot produced no fallout and stressed readiness to negotiate a broader test ban while continuing defensive program work. The test will proceed under tight secrecy with limited public announcements.
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Washington
Kennedy
United States
United
States
Russia
Nevada
Soviet Union
Joint Atomic Energy Commission
Department of Defense
Free Nations
U.S
White House
Pierre Salinger
Books Are Sexier Books in Public Libraries Debate
Public libraries defend catalog choices in a Kansas obscenity case. Defense witnesses say library titles contain frank sex descriptions, with comparisons to the bestseller list and classics like Lady Chatterley’s Lover Tropic of Cancer Ulysses and Lolita. The state has seized thousands of potentially obscene books.
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Junction City
Kan
Albert B. Fletcher Jr
Kansas
P K
Ulysses
City Officials Attend League of Kansas Municipalities Meet
Five Chanute city officials will attend the annual League of Kansas Municipalities convention in Kansas City Kansas from Sunday to Tuesday. City Manager R J Hayes joins Commissioners W J Althaber and John Lapham City Attorney John N Sherman Jr and City Clerk Howard Parsons. Hayes will chair a period on public works and utilities. The program covers municipal problems planning and community development the home rule amendment elm disease highway study and Civil Defense. State Senator John V Glades of Yates Center speaks on the highway study. other speakers include John Garvey Jr Gov John Anderson Attorney General William Ferguson and Mayor H Roe Bartle.
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Chanute City
League of Kansas Municipalities
Kansas City
Kan
R. J. Hayes
W. J. Althaber
John Lapham
John N. Sherman Jr
Howard Parsons
Hayes
League
State Legislative Council
John V. Glades
Yates Center
Legislative Council
John Garvey Jr
Washington
I D. C
American Municipal Assn
John Anderson
William M. Ferguson
H. Roe Bartle
Phillipsburg Girl Dies From Self-Inflicted Pistol Wound
A 16-year-old Phillipsburg girl Dorothy Mae West died Thursday night from a pistol bullet wound to the head. Sheriff Jack Chance said the wound was personal safety related and an investigation continues to determine if death was self-inflicted.
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Phillipsburg, Kan
Phillipsburg
Dorothy Mae West
Don West
Jack Chance
Woman dies in Atwood area highway crash
Mrs. Anna Huffles, 65, of Herndon, Kansas, was killed when a tie rod failed on her pickup truck, sending it down a 25 foot embankment on U.S. 36 three miles east of Atwood while she hauled wheat from her farm.
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Atwood, Kas
Anna Huffles
U.S. 36
Atwood
Highway Patrol
Herndon
Kas
Roads reopen as four Kansas highways still closed
AP reports four Kansas highways remain closed as floodwaters recede. K12 east of Edwardsville, U.S. 59 at Ottawa, U.S. 169 south of Osawatomie, and K135 west of La Cygne are shut. Bridge near Edwardsville to be replaced. date for reopening not set. Steel trusses from a Bonner Springs bridge will be repurposed.
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Topeka
Kansas
Edwardsville
U.S. 59
Ottawa
U.S. 169
Osawatomie
la Cygne
Highway Department
Bonner Springs
Turkish ex officals sentenced to hang in dictatorship era
Fifteen former Turkish officials including deposed Premier Adnan Menderes were sentenced to hang for actions violating the constitution during ten years of civilian dictatorship. Katanga forces renewed assaults on U N troops as heavy fighting and casualties were reported. General Lucius D. Clay said Berlin crisis can be resolved without war. Two Wewoka men confessed to taking part in a oil drilling bits theft racketeering spanning four states. Kennedy told nonaligned nations the US will not negotiate with the Soviet Union under ultimatums or threats.
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Yassiada
Turkey
Adnan Menderes
Washington
Lucus D. Clay
Berlin
Kennedy
United States
Soviet Union
Senate approves Kennedy foreign aid bill totaling 4.2 billion
The Senate passed the foreign aid bill for President Kennedy totaling 4,196,600,000 with bipartisan support in a 62 to 17 roll call vote.
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Washington
Kennedy
Senate
Traffic Fatalities Log Reveals 1961 Death Toll Rise
TOPEKA AP reports Kansas traffic death log covers 24 hours to 9 am Friday with 4 fatalities. For September the total rises to 32, 1961 total to 374, compared with 330 in the comparable 1960 period.
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Topeka
Kansas
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