Tate resigns as district judge amid ill health
Roland H. Tate, 55, judge of Kansas 32nd Judicial District, resigns today due to poor health. Gov. Andyson to appoint replacement to serve until November next year. Tate, appointed 1953, once presided over the Richard Hickock and Perry Smith murder trial in which the Clutter family were killed.
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Roland H. Tate
32Nd Judicial District of
Kansas
John Anderson
Tate
District Court
R. H. Calihan
Lakin
Green, Tate and Hopkins
Calihan, Green, Hopkins and Calihan
Judge Tate
Richard Hickock
Perry Smith
Herbert W. Clutter
Children find new homes after squalid living found
Seven children in a two room shack are moved to new homes after police and concerned citizens arrange care. Chief Geiser coordinated the effort with Spanish American residents. Father approves transfer. remaining four siblings’ mother is in Colorado. A separate note mentions Republicans blocked a Freeman appearance at a Dodge City event.
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Mitch Geiser
Geisler
Colorado
No Hitch to Autobahn Travel
The U S Army reports an infantry company left Berlin, crossed the 110 mile autobahn to West Germany, and cleared Soviet controls without incident. Forward units of the 1st Battle Group, 19th Infantry, will move east from Helmstedt to Berlin Thursday to replace a battlegroup sent after East Germany began building its wall last August.
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West Germany
Helmstedt
West Berlin
Berlin
East Germany
Oklahoma Senator invites Udall on possible central park site
Sen. Mike Monroney condemned what he called crude treatment by Interior Secretary Stewart Udall during a Kansas survey for a national park. He urged Udall to consider Oklahoma, highlighting Platt National Park near Sulphur as an ideal site to enlarge.
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Oklahoma City
Mike Monroney
D-Okla
Interior
Stewart Udall
Kansas
Monroney
Udall
Oklahoma
United States
National Park Officials
Platt National Park
Milroney
Mild Weather Covers Kansas
Clear mild conditions spread across Kansas with a Pacific front crossing the state. Daytime highs ranged from the 40s in the northwest to the 50s elsewhere, while overnight lows dipped into the 20s.
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Kansas
Hutchinson
Wichita
Chanute
Olathe
Goodland
Pittsburg
Concordia
Building permits dip but November sets 2 million mark
Building activity slowed seasonally in November yet remained the busiest November in years with 14 permits totaling 165,900 dollars. Through 1961, 249 permits valued at 2,091,725 dollars—near the 1960 year end—continue a strong construction trend, including 108 new one family homes worth 1,487,300 dollars and several alterations or conversions.
Garden National Plans to Expand Its Bank
Garden National Bank announced plans to expand into the Warren Hotel building space once Pearl Drug Store vacates. Leo Van Dittie said a long term lease will cover the drug store site, with expansion set for next year. George Pearl will leave his lease early to accommodate the project.
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Garden National Bank
Warren
Pearl
Leo van Dittie
George Pearl
Garden City
van Dittie
Fidelity State Bank
Oswalt Funeral Arrangements Incomplete In Garden City
Funeral plans for Harry L. Oswalt, longtime Garden City resident who died yesterday, are not yet final. His body is returning today from Wichita where he died after about a month in a hospital. He is survived by his widow Irene, three sons Robin and Harry Jr and John of Garden City, and a daughter Mrs Connor Creigh of Tucson Arizona.
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Harry L. Oswalt
Garden City
Wichita
Oswalt
Irene
Robin
Harry Jr
John
Connor Creigh
Tucson
Ariz
Marriage Query Clarified for Kansas Clergy
Kansas Attorney General William M. Ferguson ruled that no state license is issued to authorize marriage ceremonies. Any preacher recognized by his church may perform marriages, including rabbis, as long as authorized by the religious group. The term preacher of the Gospel covers all clergy from every denomination.
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PEKA
Kansas
William M. Ferguson
Keith Sanborn
Wichita
Sedgwick County
Sanborn
Ferguson
Engineer and 24 hijack East Germany rail escape to West Berlin
East German border guards watched as a railroad engineer, Harry Deterling, 28, along with 24 relatives and friends, hijacked a train and sped at 50 mph toward West Berlin. The group, including family members and the engineer’s eight-day-old baby, escaped after a plan to regular service run. An East German locomotive hauled the escape cars back toward the border, but the convoy bypassed the Albrechtshof stop and proceeded to West Berlin with no shots fired.
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East
Germany
Deterling
Hartmut Lichy
Oranienburg-Albrechtshof
Oranienburg
Albrechtsof
Falkensee
Albrechtshof
U Thant Faces Grave Crisis Over Katanga Clash
United Nations Secretary General U Thant confronts a grave Katanga crisis as fighting erupts in Elisabethville. He moves the UN toward a war footing, orders reinforcements, and may travel to the Congo while seeking Security Council guidance. The United States supports his tough approach and troop airlift plans.
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United Nations
N.Y
Security Council
Katanga
U.N
U Thant
Congo
Council
Dag Hammarskjold
U.S
Leopoldville
U.S. Globemaster
Elisabethville
State Department
Washington
United States
Father Thankful For Pet Collie
James Dixon repeatedly begged his father to let Anne the family collie stay in the house. Nixon finally relented. Tuesday night Annie jumped on Dixon’s chest and woke him minutes before the house burned. Dixon lamented no one could buy the dog.
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Nashville, Tenn
James Dixon
Anne
Nixon
Dixon
Annie
Kansas traffic death log for December 1961
Topeka AP reports a 24 hour traffic death toll through 9 am Wednesday noting December figures for 1961 at 500 versus 467 in the comparable 1960 period.
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Topeka
Kansas
U N Jets Down 4 Katanga Planes In Aerial Barrage
In Elisabethville Katanga the United Nations announced its air forces destroyed four Katanga aircraft in an aerial cannon attack on Kolwezi base while a Katanga bomber converted from a Dornier raided Elisabethville airport. No serious casualties or damage reported.
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Elisabethville
Katanga
United Nations
U.N
Kolwezi
Leopoldville
K. A. S. Raja
Luluabourg
Kasai
U.N. Command
Jadotville
Stockholm
Dublin
Albert Nyembo
Abdul Latif Suegar
Stevenson stays at U N post avoiding Illinois Senate bid
Adlai E. Stevenson decides to remain United Nations chief and pass up a run for the Illinois U S Senate, citing service in foreign policy and Kennedy administration plans. President Kennedy supports his expanded policy role, while Congo Katanga crisis and U N actions unfold with air strikes, ground reinforcement, and international troop movements.
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United Nations
N.Y
Kennedy
U.S
Adlai E. Stevenson
U.S. Senate
Stevenson
Everett Dirksen
Senate
Richard J. Daley
Chicago
Illinois
New York
Daley
Gov. Stevenson
Pierre Salinger
Kennedy Urges Bold New Tariff program
President Kennedy urged a lower tariff regime to deter Communists and argued for cooperation with the European Common Market. He previewed broad authority to bargain for tariff cuts, seek reciprocal reductions, and link economic policy to defense and alliance strength. The plan aims to boost U.S. exports and inter Allied trade without joining the Common Market.
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New York
Kennedy
West
U.S
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Canada
Japan
Free World
Congress
National Association of Manufacturers
Congress of American Industry
Atlantic
United States
Great Britain
Garden Sass A Conscience Toll Hits Budding Gardener
Gus Garden remarks that a twinge of conscience can be costly in garden work. He cites instances where hesitation or second thoughts delayed tasks, leading to spoiled harvests and wasted effort, urging steady hands and timely labor choices.
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Gus Garden
Conscience Takes Its Toll After 25 Years in Garden City
Gene Austin of Garden City received a letter from a Cheyenne Wyoming man who had attended his late father Sam Austin’s theatres decades earlier. Enclosed was a $3 express money order claiming payment for past sneaking into Garden City’s theatres. The note sparked reflection on Sam Austin’s theater career with venues including Garden Theater Electric Theatre and Stone Theater. The elder Austin died in 1932 after leaving show business.
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Gene Austin
Garden City
Cheyenne
Wyo
Austin
Sam
Sam Austin
Garden Theater
Conrad Gabriel
Stone Theater
Fire Destroys Small Doghouse and Rig Sheds
A small doghouse style tool shed and oil rig gear owned by Lonita Oil Co. of Wichita burned while being hauled 12 miles northwest of Garden City. The shed was being moved from 20 miles north and was loaded on a bob-tail truck toward a Damme Pool well site. the truck was removed from under it after the fire started.
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Lonita Oil Co
Wichita
Damme
Damme Pool
Garden City
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