Dangerous highway habits and safety notes from a letter
A columnist references highway safety tips found in a letter and discusses 1962 traffic issues. It notes excessive speeds as a recurring cause, young drivers’ poor records, and rising US fatalities, with comments on blindfolded racing metaphors, day-of-week dangers, and the challenge of proving driver gender effects. It includes a Denver shopping anecdote about a girl at a plumbing display and a weather quip about rain.
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U. S
Finney County
Iday
Denver
Fire destroys hay bale stack near Hahn farm
About 500 bales of hay were burned in a fire reported around 11 p m Monday. Lester Hap Hahn lived nearby and a passer-by Joe Bayer notified him. Undersheriff Kenneth Wicks said evidence pointed to arson. The stack stood six miles north of the Hahn residence in an open field near a county road. No other damage reported.
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Lester ‘Hap’ Hahn
Joe Bayer
Holcomb
Hahn
Fipney County Sheriff's Department
Kenneth Wicks
Convicts Escape From Southern Michigan Prison
Four dangerous inmates at Southern Michigan Prison sawed through maximum security bars and fled. Authorities launched a massive search for James J. Hall Robert Gipson Richard Mauch and Elmer Cracy, all with lengthy murder and kidnapping sentences. They leapt from a window under a guard tower and fled through a torn cyclone fence.
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Jackson, Mich
Southern Michigan
Kropp
James J. Hall
Calhoun County
Robert L. Gipson
Livingston County
Richard Mauch
Ingham
Jackson
Elmer Cracy
van Buren County
Garden City to End Classes May 29 With Early Seniors
School districts in Garden City announce final week activities. All classes end at noon May 29, with high school seniors finishing May 24. Garden City Junior College commencement set for May 28 at 8 p.m. in Clifford Hope Auditorium. Dr. Francis Heller of University of Kansas to speak. Senior High commencement May 29 at 8 p.m. in the new gym. two student speakers unnamed. Grade cards to be handed out May 29. junior and senior grades mailed to parents.
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Garden City
Supt. of
Leroy Hood
Garden City Junior College
Clifford Hope
Francis Heller
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
University of Kansas
Donna de Munn
Tess Munn
Evans
Betty Jones Roberts
Hope Auditorium
Hearing on Special Assessments Set for City Districts
A special assessment hearing on curb gutter paving and sanitary sewer districts is set by the City Commission for 8 30 a m before the regular 9 a m meeting. Work completed last year in districts includes Kansas Plaza Old Manor 12th Jenny Howerton Place and other areas. Ordinance assessing costs will be introduced at tomorrow's regular meeting. Also a request by Ronald O'Dell to change an ordinance to permit selling ice cream on city streets is on the agenda with a current fee of 95 percent per day.
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City Commission
Kansas Plaza
Belmont
Kerfoot Addition
Old Manor
Pershing
12Th
Jenny
Olive
Ith
Howerton Place
Howerton
Same
Taylor
11Th
Curb
Guiter
Hamling
Main
16Th
Center
Fankhouser
3Rd
Kansas Ave
Kansas
Pat's Drive
2Nd
Ronald O’dell
Cool Weather Brings No Rain Across Kansas
A surge of cold air lowered temperatures throughout Kansas but did not bring any rain to ease the dry spell. Forecast calls for sunny skies with cool nights and warming by Wednesday. Highs today expected near 60 to 70, with overnight lows from the low 30s to upper 30s. Earlier lows ranged from 30 at Hill City and Russell to 46 at Pittsburg, and Monday highs varied from 63 at Manhattan to 81 at Pittsburg.
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Topeka
Kansas
Hill City
Russell
Pittsburg
Manhattan
Everest Expedition Aims For 26000 Feet Camp
In Katmandu Nepal the U S Everest expedition says bad weather hindered the climb but aims to establish its fifth camp at 26000 feet this week. Seventeen of the eighteen team members and all Sherpa guides began ferrying supplies up the Lhotse face despite high winds and clouds.
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Katmandu
Nepal
Lhotse
King Court Case Continues in Birmingham
Attorneys for the city of Birmingham seek to prove that the Southern Christian Leadership Conference has promoted violence in desegregation efforts led by Martin Luther King Jr. A state investigator testified that the group taught hatred of whites and could resort to revolution if needed.
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Birmingham
Ala
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Martin Luther King Jr
Long
King
Willie D. Painter
Alabama Highway Patrol
Wyatt Tee Walker
Walker
Brookover Named District Chamber Vice President
Brookover of Garden City was elected a district vice president of the Kansas Chamber of Commerce during the annual state meeting in Kansas City Kansas. He advanced from the state board of directors as one of eight district vice presidents named. J Hardin Smith of Topeka was elected president, succeeding Ellis K Cave of Dodge City. Smith is VP and general manager of Southwestern Bell Telephone Co for Kansas.
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Bar! Brookover
Garden City
Monday
Kansas Chamber of Commerce
Kansas City
Kan
J. Hardin Smith
Topeka
Ellis K. Cave
Dodge City
Smith
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Kansas
Brookover
Garden Sass Suggests Two-Hand Hammer Grip
Gus Garden says one way to avoid smashing a finger when hitting a nail is to grip the hammer with both hands. The comment emphasizes safer technique for DIY projects and practical advice for beginners.
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Gus Garden
Laos Faces Renewed Civil War as Pathet Lao Presses North
Rightist Gen. Phoumi Nosavan threats to intervene if the Pathet Lao completes the Plaines des Jarres drive. Pathet Lao pressures neutralists under Gen. Kong Le while U.S. ships move into the Gulf of Siam and Harriman denounces North Vietnamese orders. ICC teams proposed at Kong Le and neutralist HQs.
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Vientiane
Laos
Phoumi Nosavan
Pathet Lao
Plaines Des Jarres
Kong le
Phoumi
United States
Washington
7Th Fleet
Gulf of Siam
U.S
Thailand
W. Averell Harriman
Paris
Maurice Couve de Murville
Viet Nam
Harriman
Souvanna Phouma
the Plaine
Plaine
Pathet Lag
Muong Phan
Plaine Des Jarres
Neu
Sotiphanouvong
International Control Commission
Souphanouvong
ICC
Khang Khay
Commission
Dia
Canada
Poland
Three Cuban saboteurs swapped for 21 Americans released
In New York, three alleged Cuban saboteurs and a pro Castro killer were exchanged for 21 Americans freed from Cuban prisons. Attorney General Kennedy announced the swap, led by James Donovan. The deal followed commutation of Francisco Molina del Rio, the convicted killer, by Governor Rockefeller.
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NEW York
Atty
Robert F. Kennedy
Florida
Justice Department
Washington
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York State
Idlewild
Cubana Airlines
Kennedy
Cuba
Rockefeller
Francisco Molina del Rio
Molina
Roberto Santiesteban Casanova
United Nations
Antonio Sueiro
Jose Garcia Orellana
Cosume
Garcia
U.S
U.S. District Court
Manhattan
Magdalena Urdaneta
Fidel Castro
United States
Castro
Havana
Weather outlook cited as disturbing for Kansas crops
Kansas faces ongoing dry conditions with rainfall well below normal across the state. Secretary Roy Freeland warns moisture is urgently needed as wheat yields are trimmed by drought, soil drying, and worm damage. Forecasters note little rain is likely soon and compare current dryness to last year’s early stretch, though reserves from winter snows are not as strong.
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Topeka
Kansas
Roy Freeland
State Board of Agriculture
Wichita
J E. Pallesen
State Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Richard Garrett
U. S. Weather Bureau
Pastor and girl wed then flee to Kansas
Henderson Texas AP report says Rev LeRoy Daniels 26 and Flora Jean Cole 16, runaway bride, married April 18 in Wichita after disappearing from the Crystal Farmers Baptist Church at Tatum. Daniels, former pastor, was jailed for contributing to delinquency of a minor and released on bond. he and Flora later divorced after his return. Their whereabouts remained unknown, case later set for May 8 before the Court of Criminal Appeals.
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Henderson
Tex
Rusk County
LeRoy Daniels
Flora Jean Cole
Kansas
Daniels
Crystal Farmers Baptist Church
Tatum
Wichita
Court of Criminal Appeals
Public Meeting on Proposed Plant in Southwest Kansas
Stockmen and other interested persons are reminded of a public meeting to discuss a proposed cooperative beef packing plant for Southwest Kansas. The session at 1 30 p m Thursday will be held in the Alta Brown School auditorium. The drive aims to commit producers to market 50 000 cattle annually. Changes to the proposed agreement were noted to favor producers, unveiled at meetings in Southwest Kansas and Colorado last month.
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Southwest
Kansas
Alta Brown School
Hudson and
Laurel
Colorado
George Voth
Garden City Junior High Band Concert Tonight
The Garden City Junior High School Gold Band will be presented in concert tonight at 7 p.m. in Clifford Hope Auditorium. Director Robert Anderson said selections include Selections from Gigi Nutmegster March Atlantis Overture and Pavanne. No admission will be charged and the public is invited to attend.
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Garden City Junior High School
Clifford Hope
Robert Anderson
Gigi
Khrushchev brushes aside neutral status for West Berlin
West Berlin and Allied officials dismissed Soviet Premier Khrushchev's proposal for West Berlin to adopt neutral status like Austria or Switzerland. He floated ideas including a "San Marino of central Europe" while other points touched on China, Yugoslavia, India border talks, Pope John XXII, and the French West German friendship pact.
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Tulo Pietra
Milan
Il Giorno
Moscow
Raffaello Uboldi
Khrushchev
West Berlin
Switzerland
Austria
San Marino
Italy
Uboldi
China
Presi
Dent Tito
Yugoslavia
Red China
India
Soviet Union
John XXII
West Germany
France
Noted Newsman To Be Rotary Event Speaker
John Chan Chancellor former NBC Today host will speak at the Rotary District Conference banquet in St Mary's Center. The 35 year old veteran has covered campaigns in 1956 and 1960 and events from Europe to the Near East. The 3-day conference opens Friday with 200 Rotarians and spouses attending, representing 28 clubs in Southwest Kansas and Northeast Oklahoma.
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John Chancellor
Nbc-Tvv
Chancellor
NBC
Chicago
Europe
England
Near East
Frangiy Gary Powers
Yuri Gagarin
Moscow
Vienna
Kennedy
Khrushchev
NBC News
St. Mary's Center
Doug Crotty
Squire
Ross Blackford
State Farm Insurance
Japan to Gradually Cut U S Military Aid
Tokyo officials say Japan is prepared to reduce United States military aid gradually. They warn a drastic cut would impact Japan’s defense buildup and note 1963 budget assumes U S aid will not be sharply reduced for at least a year. Senate Foreign Relations member Frank Church suggested halting aid to Japan, currently about 50 million dollars.
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Tokyo
Japan
United States
Japanese Defense Agency
Frank Church
D-idano
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Kansas Traffic Log Topeka Report For April 24 1963
AP Topeka notes traffic activity for a 24 hour period ending 5 a.m. Tuesday covering April 24, 1963. The log compares 1963 figures with the prior year 1962 year, listing minor variances in traffic counts and patterns.
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Topeka
Kansas
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Abel Powers
Donovan
Hope
Arirona
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