Soviet Demand for West German General Heusinger
Moscow demanded U S hand over General Adolf Heusinger to face war crime charges abroad. The note to the U S Embassy accused Heusinger of organizing brutal reprisals and giving orders for punitive detachments in the Soviet Union. Bonn dismissed the charges as false and condemned Soviet propaganda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
United States
Adolf Heusinger
Permanent
Mili
Washington
U.S
Foreign Ministry
Heusinger
Hitler
Soviet Union
Weather forecasts clash with real snow event in small town
The piece notes a blizzard forecast from the U S Weather Bureau that called for heavy snow and wind, then reports clearing skies by evening. Coy Farrell reports a cold night and a statue of Liberty anecdote, while a touring musical group of about 75 from Music Man stayed at the Warren Hotel and spent their day off with a snowball fight before performing in Pueblo and Denver after Wichita.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Weather Bureau
Coy Farrell
Coy
Warren Hotel
Wichita
Pueblo
Colo
Denver
New York City
City To Open Equipment Bids For Fire Truck
The city schedules bidding on equipment for a new fire truck to open at 9 a.m. at the start of the City Commission meeting. A light agenda includes a recessed Friday session on rezoning land east of Ben Grimsley, with Dale Saffels seeking access. Metropolitan Planning Commission backs residential to business rezoning. Ideal holds option and aims for a new food market site. A proposal on locating soft water wells south of the Arkansas River is on the agenda, with the city seeking water rights and requesting more information for the State Forestry Fish and Game Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Commission
Ben Grimsley
Dale Saffels
Metropolitan Planning Commission
Ideal
Arkansas River
Buffalo Preserve
Forestry, Fish and Game Commission
Illegal Livestock Sales Charges Filed in Wichita Case
Federal court charges allege Valley Livestock Inc of Wichita bought and sold livestock illegally under the Packers and Stockyards Act. The government seeks a 2275 dollar judgment and an injunction while firms must register and post bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Valley Livestock Inc of
Packers and Stockyards Act
Wichita Live.stock Exchange
Valley Live
Whitewater
Kan
McPherson, Kan
Man Ready To Stand Trial In Kennedy Plot Case
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, with dynamite found in his car and motel room. He is held at the Springfield Missouri federal medical center while competency is evaluated. An attorney filed a petition to return him to Florida to stand trial, saying he is oriented and can communicate with counsel. The court set December 18 for the government to respond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Richard P. Pavlick
Belmont
N.H
Kenedy
Pavlick
Palm Beach
Fla
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 joins Norad in ceremonies Friday. Governors and officials invited. Sector includes Sage Center near Sioux City, radar squadrons at Pickstown Omaha Hastings Hutchinson and Nike Hercules missile battalions at Olathe Richards-Gebaur and Lincoln.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
North American Air Defense Command
Sage
Pickstown
S.C
Omaha
Lincoln
Hastings
Nebraska
Richards- Gebaur Air Force Base
Missouri
Olathe
Kan
Hutchinson
Garden City approves bids for two new school gyms
Negotiations cut the senior high gym bid to 294554 with a 5000 saving from tax exemption and a 1002808 junior high bid approved. Hahner Forman Cale Construction of Great Bend to build both structures totaling about 1300000 dollars within the 1425000 bond. Construction to start within 10 days after signing with attorney approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden City
Busboom and Rauh
Salina
Hahner-Forman-Cale Construction Co. of
Great Bend
Tober
Garden Citations On Jury List In Western Kansas
Names of 35 western Kansans drawn for jury service in U S District Court at Dodge City opening next Monday Judge Arthur J Stanley Jr will preside The list includes residents from Garden City Liberal Dodge City Great Bend Ashland Englewood Syracuse Scott Lacrosse St John Bazine Rush Center Moscow Ness City Scott City Lakin and Lewis among others
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
U.S. District Court
Dodge City
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 S. Shelor Jr
H. Milton Skraggs Jr
Vineta States
Ben Zimmerman Jr
Frank N. Klepper
Carl A. Stafford
Great Bend
Raymond Broadie
Ashland
Leonard Cox
Englewood
Zeno A. Gould
Woodrow Lewis
Kenneth A. Scott
Syracuse
Victor R. Green
Lee W. Kiefer
Alvin Nagel
Scott
Cecil Johnson
Lacrosse
Albert E. Kay
St. John
Reuben Klewene
Bazine
Carl Lyda
Rush Center
Quentin Martin
Moscow
Arthur R. Miller
Larned
Alien B. Miner
Ness City
Verl Ohmart
Scott City
Don Ratzbaff
Lakin
Bruce Sibley
Lewis
Brothers Suffer Identical Mishaps in Pittsburg News Route
Steve Sumner, 14, and his brother Scott, 13, both delivering newspapers, were knocked from their bikes by passing cars in separate incidents within half an hour. Drivers did not stop. Both boys escaped injury and neither bike was damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Kan
Steve Sumner
Steve
Scott
Abilene Banks to Raise Savings Interest Rates
Abilene four banks in Kansas will raise savings account rates from 3 to 4 percent. The move follows authorization by the Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. The banks acted in unison as early Midwest adopters of the higher rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abilene, Kan
Abilene
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Midwest
Autopsy Finds Heart Attack Fatal for Charles A. Walker
Wichita reports Charles A. Walker, 48, died from a heart attack. Mrs. Walker found him in the garage Saturday night with the car hood raised, initially thought to be asphyxiation.
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Wichita
Charles A. Walker
Two Uses Planned for Old Post Office Building
The school board and city commission narrow future use to two options for the vacant post office building in early 1962. One is the school system housing offices. the other is a public library at no cost to taxpayers. If city offices or police moved in, they would buy the property at bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Supt
Leroy Hood
Russell Calls For Restoring Atmosphere Nuclear Tests
Sen. Richard B. Russell of Georgia urged resuming atmospheric tests for U S nuclear weapons. He said the nation cannot be sure an intercontinental ballistic missile would function with an atomic warhead and noted tests have never been conducted in the atmosphere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus, Ga
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
U.S
Airliner Overshoots Runway in Rain at Jackson Airport
A Southern Airways DC3 overshot the runway during landing at Jackson Airport in Mississippi. The aircraft plowed into thick mud, but there were no injuries. The pilot cited no braking action on the rain swept runway and a tailwind that prevented the tail from coming down.
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Jackson, Miss
Southern Airways
Jackson Airport
December 23 1961 comparable period figures
The notice lists 24 hours to 9 a.m. Tuesday as a deadline with December 23, 1961, and compares figures for the period to 1960 showing 514 versus 475 for the comparable period.
Garden City Records 15 Below Zero Amid Harsh Winter
A downtown thermometer and the airport station report minus 15 at Garden City. The reading, first below zero this winter, is not the all time low but follows several 20 below readings in the experiment station records.
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Garden City
Goodland
Russell Hill City
Salina
Topeka
Wichita
Kansas State University Agriculture Experiment Station
Mdelity State Bank
John Collins
Roy Fankhauser
Pershing
State Roads Slick Yet Open Across Kansas After Snow
Kansas highways remained slick in spots after the winter storm but were all open. Crews worked statewide with most areas reporting slick conditions only. isolated packed snow in Mankato. heaviest snowfall around Kinsley and Great Bend.
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Topeka
Kansas
North Central
Mankato
South Central
Kinsley
Great Bend
Garden Sass Anyway Gus Garden Says Sun Seen
Local note reports Gus Garden commenting on pleasant weather as sunshine returns. He remarks the warmth brightens yard work and outdoor plans, with neighbors agreeing the sun lifts daily routines.
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Gus
Elisabethville Airport Bombed Amid Katanga Attacks
Unidentified aircraft bombed Elisabethville Airport 26 times before dawn. The U.N. reported heavy attacks on its Katanga headquarters. two Indian Gurkha troops were killed and 37 wounded, with 13 missing. U.N. forces said Katangan casualties could be 50 to 60 dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leopoldville, the Congo
Elisabethville Airport
U.N
U.N. Command
United Nations
Katanga
Sean McKeown
Congo
New York
I.J. Rikhye
U Thant
Union Miniere
Elisabethville
Kennedy Chooses Texan to Lead Navy Post
Fort Worth attorney John B. Connally, Kennedy's first Navy secretary, will resign December 20 to return to Texas and run for governor. President Kennedy named Fred Korth of Fort Worth to succeed Connally, a banker and longtime ally of Lyndon Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Tex
John B. Connally
Kennedy
Texas
Fred Korth
Connally
Navy
Heat Wave Hits Florida in Jacksonville Records
An intense heat wave bakes Jacksonville with highs reaching 83 degrees to set a new record, surpassing the 80-degree mark from December 11, 1931. A second 82 degree high also breaks records, with another day in the 80s forecast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fla
Santa Claus
Crawford County Grand Jury Probe Sought
Pittsburg attorney A S Graham filed petitions in district court seeking a Crawford County grand jury inquiry. The petitions bearing 862 signatures allege violations of cash basis law and improper use of county machinery personnel and real estate at tax sales, naming no officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Kan
Crawford County
A. S. Graham
Plot to Kill Ikeda Smashed
Tokyo police say they have crushed an ultrarightist plot to assassinate Prime Minister Hayato Ikeda and other leaders of Japan's pro American government. Thirteen men were arrested and weapons and uniforms seized in predawn raids. Authorities say a Japanese industrialist financed the plan and that arrests are about 90 percent complete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Hayato Ikeda
Japan
Ikeda
Daikichi Imoto
Public Safety
Seoul
O. Police
Sokyo Labor Union
Communist Party
Negligent Homicide Bond Forfeited in Wichita
A $750 bond for Wyman Handy 37 of Sina was forfeited after he failed to appear for a preliminary hearing in the negligent homicide case stemming from the Thanksgiving Day crash that killed Thomas J Soberg II 18 a Houston Tex University of Kansas student visiting Wichita relatives died in a two car collision at a residential intersection
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Wichita
Wyman Handy
Saina
Thomas J. Soberg II
Houston
Tex
Common Pleas
George M. Ashford
Handy
Soberg
University of Kansas
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Michael Khartamov
Bonn
West Germany
Nates
Abilene Banks
Russell
Mercury
Brussels
Moise Tshombe
Texan
Conally
Lyndon B. Johnson
Sam Rayburn
Korth
Army
Elvis §. Stahl Jr
Air Transport Command
Crawford County Grand Jury
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