Kansas and Missouri Recall Tragic Civil War Decade
A six part series recalls the 1854 65 era on the Kansas Missouri border. It notes Kansas statehood centennial tied to Civil War history, highlights Quantrill and border violence, and contrasts Kansas guerilla raids with Missouri battles while envisioning a neighborly postwar gesture.
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Kansas
Missouri
Kansas , Missouri
J. R. Anderson
Kansas City
Missouri-Kansas
United States
William Quantrill
Civil War Authority
Bruce Catton
Catton
National Civil War Centennial Commission
Lincoln
Too Many Keys For Prisoners
Two Wyandotte County Jail inmates Ferguson Jr Gail and Howell Jimmy used a large key ring to overpower jailer Walter Phalan and attempted escape. One key reportedly opened three doors before officers recaptured them. Howell faces car theft charges and Ferguson burglary and larceny. The text then notes South African marriage costs about $500 to $600.
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Kansas City
Kan
Wyandotte County
Gail Ferguson Jr
Jimmy Lavall Howell
Seminole
Okla
Walter Phalan
Howell
Ferguson
Radiation capsule readied to test sun burst impact
San Antonio AP reports Air Force scientists open the Discoverer XVIII capsule to assess radiation exposure from its 48 world trips. A seven man panel had noted Discoverer XVII faced heavy radiation after a solar explosion but suggested a man could endure spaceflight.
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San Antonio
Tex
Earth
Pacific Ocean
Havwali
Maintains Conviction After Jail Sentence
NEW HAVEN Conn AP Dr Willard Uphaus 70 freed from a New Hampshire jail states his beliefs against tale bearing or bearing false witness remain strong after his release Uphaus longtime pacifist and World Fellowship Center executive director was freed by Judge George R Grant Jr two days early after a contempt case tied to his refusal to name conference guests deemed by authorities as possible Communists The case reached the U S Supreme Court and ended in his conviction He plans to organize another World Fellowship Center conference this summer
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New Haven
Uphaus
U.S. Supreme Court
World Fellowship Center
Pope expresses sorrow over Algerian bloodshed
Pope John XXIII voiced sorrow over Algeria's violence during a special audience at the Pontifical Latin American College. He urged a quick peaceful end to the fighting and prayed for an end to bloodshed.
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Vatican City
John XXIII
Algeria
Pontifical Latin American College
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Harvarge
South Africa
Paulus
E Bank
Conway
New Hampshire
Louis C. Wyman
Pope
Jan Reiner
P.O. Box New Port Richey
Fla
Garland
CME
Alexander Smith
Cumuloft
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