Soviets Demand Hand Over Heusinger for Trial
Moscow demanded the United States hand over West German Gen. Adolf Heusinger, NATO military committee chair in Washington, for trial on war crimes. The Foreign Ministry accused him of organizing reprisals against civilians and issuing brutal detachments. Bonn rejected the charges as false and defended his clearance.
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Moscow
United States
Adolf Heusinger
Permanent
Mili
Washington
U.S
Foreign Ministry
Heusinger
Hitler
Soviet Union
Michael Kharlamya
Bonn
West Germany
Snow churns weather forecasts and Liberty statue tale
A chaotic mix of weather notes and a local oddity. The U S Weather Bureau forecast a blizzard, but skies cleared by evening. Coy Farrell reported a cold courthouse lawn statue of Liberty warming her toes with her torch. A touring musical group of about 75 stayed at the Warren Hotel, snowball fighting and singing after a Wichita show, before heading to Pueblo and Denver. the road troupe originated in New York City.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Coy Farrell
Coy
Warren Hotel
Wichita
Pueblo
Colo
Denver
New York City
City to Open Equipment Bids for New Fire Truck
City plans to open bids at 9 a.m. tomorrow during the City Commission meeting for equipment for a new fire truck. A light agenda includes a recessed Friday session on rezoning of school land east of Ben Grimstey, requested by attorney Dale Saffels for a food firm. Metropolitan Planning Commission favors changing the land from residential to business as Ideal holds an option and plans a future food market. Also on the agenda is a proposal to locate soft water wells south of the Arkansas River and a request for water rights under the state buffalo preserve land, plus a note to discuss information for the State Forestry Fish and Game Commission.
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City Commission
Ben Grimstey
Dale Saffels
Metropolitan Planning Commission
Ideal
Arkansas River
Buffalo Preserve
State
Forestry, Fish and Game Commission
Illegal Sales Charge Is Filed
In Wichita federal court Valley Livestock Inc faces charges of illegal livestock buying and selling. The government seeks a 2275 dollar judgment and an injunction to halt operations until compliance with the Packers and Stockyards Act.
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Wichita
Valley Livestock Inc of
Packers and Stockyards Act
Wichita Livestock Exchange
Valley Livestock
Whitewater
Kan
McPherson
Man Ready To Stand Trial In Presidential Plot
Richard P. Pavlick, 74, of Belmont New Hampshire, says he is ready to stand trial on a charge of plotting to assassinate President Kennedy. He was arrested in Palm Beach Florida a year ago and police found dynamite in his car and motel room. Pavlick has been held at the Springfield Missouri federal medical center while a competency request is decided. An attorney petitioned to move Pavlick back to Florida to stand trial, claiming he is oriented and can consult with counsel. Judge Gecker set December 18 for a government response.
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Kansas City
Richard P. Pavlick
Belmont
N.H
Kenedy
Pavlick
Palm Beach
Fla
Pelause
Federal Prison System
Springfield
U.S. District Court
Pavlik
Florida
William H. Gecker
Defense Groups To Join Friday
Sioux City air defense sector completes nationwide system and officially joins Norad in Friday ceremonies. Governors of five states and key officials are invited. The sector spans sites in Sioux City near Sage Center. Pickstown and Omaha Nebraska. Hastings Nebraska. Lincoln fighter group. Richards-Gehau r Air Force Base Missouri. Olathe and Hutchinson Kansas. Nike Hercules missile battalions and radar squadrons in multiple locations.
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Sioux City
North American Air Defense Command
Sage
Pickstown
S.C
6Th
Omaha
Lincoln
Hastings
Nebraska
Richards- Gehaur Air Force Base
Missouri
Olathe
Kan
Hutchinson
Garden City approves senior high gym_contract and junior high bid
Negotiations cut the senior high gym contract to 294554 with a 5000 tax exemption gain and reduced original Salina bid from 301540. A separate junior high contract for 1002808 was approved, both builds by Busboom Bath and Hahner Forman Cale Construction Co. Combined cost about 1300000 within a 1425000 bond. Construction to start within 10 days, weather permitting, with final board approval pending.
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Garden City
Busboom and Bath of
Salina
Hahner-Forman-Cale Construction Co. of
Great Band
Supt. of
Leroy Hood
Garden Citizens on Jury List in Dodge City Trial
Wichita AP reports 35 western Kansans named for U S District Court jury duty in Dodge City. Judge Arthur J Stanley Jr. will preside as next week’s trials begin. Names span Garden City Liberal and several towns including Dodge City Great Bend Syracuse and Scott City.
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Wichita
U.S
Dodge Citty
Arthur J.stanley Jr
Kansas City
Kas
Preston Burtis Jr
Urban Gerber
Frederick J. Hurst
Pete Smith Jr
Garden City
Roe H. Bruns
Mary Collingwood
Ralph B.warren
Ross Hogue
Marie Jones
Ed Nold
Ray Pierce
Claude
Lacrosse
Albert E. Kay
St. John
Reuben Klewene
Bazine
Carl Lyda
Rush Center
Quentin Martin
Moscow
Arthur R. Miller
Larned
Alden B. Minor
Ness City
Verl Ohmart
Scott City
Don Ratzlaff
Lakin
Bruce Sibjley
Lewis
Brothers Suffer Identical Mishaps in Pittsburg
In Pittsburg Kansas two newspaper carriers, Steve Sumner aged 14 and his brother Scott aged 13, were knocked from their bikes in separate non stopping car collisions within 30 minutes and a few blocks apart. Neither was hurt and bikes remained undamaged.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Steve Sumner
Steve
Scott
Abilene Banks Boost Savings Interest Rates
Abilene four banks in Abilene Kansas announced they will raise savings account rates from 3 to 4 percent. The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp authorized the higher rates, which are not compulsory. The banks acted simultaneously and were among the first in the Midwest to do so.
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Abilene, Kan
Abilene
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Midwest
Autopsy Finds Heart Attack in Walker Death
WICIATA AP reports Charles A. Walker a 48 year old man died Saturday night in his garage. Mrs. Walker found him with the car hood raised as though working on it. Initial notes suggested asphyxiation before autopsy determined heart attack caused death.
Two Groups Eye Old Post Office For School Or Library Use
The Topeka post office building due to vacate in early 1962 is eyed by both the school board and city commission for two cost free options: a public library or school offices and related facilities. Officials discuss preferred plan as surplus property rules apply and a joint application is planned. If the city sought offices or police space it would require purchase, while library use could be obtained without tax payer cost and expand current space.
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Topeka
Supt
Leroy Hood
Russell Urges Resumption of Atmosphere Tests
Sen. Richard B. Russell of Georgia says he wants U S atmosphere tests resumed to verify if nuclear weapons will function. He warns the nation cannot be sure an intercontinental ballistic missile would work with an atomic warhead, noting such tests have never been tried.
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Columbus
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Airliner overshoots runway in Jackson no injuries
A Southern Airways DC3 overran the runway at Jackson Airport on landing in rainy conditions. The aircraft plowed into thick mud but no injuries were reported. The pilot cited lack of braking action and a tailwind preventing tail down.
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Jackson, Miss
Southern Airways
Jackson Airport
Kansas Traffic Log 24 Hours to 9 A.M. Tuesday
A record of traffic counts and patterns for a 24 hour period ending at 9 a.m. Tuesday in December 1961. The log compares figures with the 1960 period and cites comparable totals for December 23. Data focus on volumes, trends, and relative changes by hour.
Bitter cold grips Garden City with 15 below zero
Weather notes show Garden City reaching minus 15 at the airport station ten miles east, first subzero reading of the winter. Hourly records trace the low between 3 and 5 a.m. at the area gage and compare to older records, including a 21 below in 1918 and 20 below in 1942 and 1948.
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Rec
Dodge City
Garden
Ezapovi
Goodland
City
Russell
Salina
Vyopeka
Wichita Uw
Garden City
Kansas State University Agriculture Experiment Station
Mdelity State Bank
John Collings
State Roads Slick But Open After Snow Storm
Kansas highways remained slick in spots but were open statewide after the winter storm. Crews worked across regions. most roads were treated and expected to be in good condition through the day. Northeast reported no closures, with drifting at night. Mankato area had packed snow on many highways. Northwest and Southeast regions noted slick patches but all routes open. South central and Southwest had slick areas yet remained passable. Heaviest snowfall occurred in Kinsley and Great Bend with one to four inches overnight.
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Topeka
Kansas
North Central
Mankato
South Central
Kinsley
Great Bend
Garden Sass Anyway Gus Garden Says Sun Returns
Gus Garden notes pleasant sunshine and mild warmth as the weather turns brighter, praising the season's end of cold days and inviting folks to enjoy outdoor moments amid clear skies and gentle breezes.
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Gus
Elisabethville Airport Bombed in Congo Conflict
Unidentified aircraft bombed Elisabethville Airport four times before dawn, dropping 26 bombs without striking U.N. installations. U.N. casualties rose to 16 dead, 37 wounded, 13 missing in Katanga operations as forces battled near the city. A secret Katangan plan to destroy the Union Miniere copper complex was reportedly captured.
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Leopoldville, the Congo
Elisabethville
U.N
Katanga
United Nations
Sean McKeown
Congo
New York
J. Rikhye
U Thant
Union Miniere
Rikhye
Kennedy picks Texan as Navy secretary
Fort Worth Texas AP John B Connally Kennedy first secretary of the Navy will leave December 20 to return to Texas and run for governor. President Kennedy named Fred Korth of Fort Worth to succeed Connally as civilian head of the Navy. Connally a Fort Worth attorney and longtime Texas power, promises a scramble for Democratic leadership. Korth, 52, is a Fort Worth lawyer and Washington politics veteran who has served as Army deputy counsel and assistant secretary.
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Fort Worth
Tex
John B. Connally
Kennedy
Texas
Fred Korth
Connally
Conally
Lynton B. Johnson
Sam Rayburn
He Jong
Korth
Washington
Army
Elvis S. Stahl Jr
Air Transport Command
Heat Wave Smashes Records In Jacksonville
In Jacksonville Florida a heat wave pushes a high to 83 degrees setting a new record surpassing the 80 degree mark set on December 11 1931. The day prior reached 62 degrees also a record breaker and another day in the 80s was forecast.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Santa Claus
Crawford County Grand Jury Probe Is Asked
Pittsburg attorney A S Graham filed petitions in district court seeking a Crawford County grand jury investigation. The petitions cite 862 signatures, over the 400 minimum, and allege violations of the cash basis law, use of county machinery and employees for personal gain, and real estate acquisitions at tax sales.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Crawford County
A.S. Graham
Plot to Kill Ikeda Smashed
Tokyo police say they smashed an ultrarightist plot to assassinate Prime Minister Hayato Ikeda and other pro American government leaders. Thirteen men were arrested with weapons and uniforms seized. Predawn raids described a plan for mass murder to avert a Communist revolution. An industrialist financed the plot amid cues from South Korea's junta.
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Tokyo
Hayato Ikeda
Japan
Tkeda
Negligent Homicide Bond Forfeited in Wichita Case
A $750 bond posted for Wyman Handy, 37, was forfeited after he failed to appear for a preliminary hearing in the negligent homicide case over the Thanksgiving Day traffic death of Thomas J. Loberger, 18, of Houston. The incident occurred at a residential intersection. Handy, a resident of Kansas, was charged after the two car collision.
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Wichita
Wyman Handy
Aina
Thomas J. Loberger
Houston
Tex
Common Pleas
George M. Ashford
Handy
Soberg
University of Kansas
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Tober
Garden Cifians
Abilene Banks
Mercury
Eaid
Ketangan
Briss ‘Sels
Moise Tshata
Texan
Navy
Crawford County Grand Jury
Roy Fankhauser
Pershing
Ikeda
Daikichi Imoto
Public Safety
Seoul
Sokyo Labor Union
Communist Party
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