City Lineman Severely Burned At Airport Power Line
A city electrical worker Kenneth W. Newell 29 fell onto a 7200 volt line while installing a transformer at the airport and suffered severe burns to his right ear and both feet. He was hospitalized at St. Catherine’s Hospital after losing consciousness with a safety strap securing him to the pole. Fellow lineman Stogsdill, 23, and line foreman Plunkett assisted and performed mouth to mouth resuscitation.
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Kenneth W. Newell
St. Catherine Hospital
Newell
John W. Stogsdill
Newel
Harvey Plunkett
Stogsdill
Deane Wiley
Plunkett
Wiley
Local fund drive bells in for United Fund total
In Garden City volunteers ring downtown pots to push the United Fund past about 3200. A birthday call from Mrs Ora Martin to exchange student Anni Larsens in Norway reaches home with Christmas greetings. A rescue saves Kenny Newell after a street incident. Stogsdill and Plunkett perform mouth to mouth and ambulance is summoned as city officials laud their life saving effort. Newell, a married first class lineman, lives at 701 Bancroft with a daughter born last August.
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United Fund
Finney County
Ora Martin
Center
Leora
Unni Larssen
Norway
Unni
Anni
Garden City
Baker
Newell
Bancroft
Weather Tonight Through Thursday With Snow Flurries
Intermittent light snow or flurries tonight with colder air and northerly winds around 15 mph. Thursday will be partly cloudy and cold with highs near conditions described. sunrise at 7 53 and sunset at 6 34.
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Akron
la Junta
Dodge City
Rarden
Goodland
City
Tetten
Kamar
Russell
Satina
Topeka
Mt Wichita
Cold Air Beats Santa in Kansas Weather Drift
A norteaster cold snap swept Kansas with subzero lows at Lovewell Dam and single digit readings in the north. Highs reached the 20s with cold lingering into tonight, while light snow flurried across western areas and measurable accumulation remained limited.
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Santa
Kansas
Topeka
North Pole
Lovewell Dam
Garden City
Dodge City
Concordia
Manhattan
Goodland
Weather Bureau
Russell
Pace of building for mental health to be watched closely
Dr George W Jackson Kansas health budget official says future needs may allow cheaper less permanent mental health buildings as rapid treatment gains shift standards Admissions at Topeka Osawatomie and Larned state hospitals rise while patient length of stay falls Institutional department seeks 23 8 million operating and 8 9 million capital with tentative cuts to 21 7 and 1 6 million Dr Clement Vickey Kansas Neurological Institute reports 200 patients 20 new monthly arrivals requests 2 6 million for 1962 budget cut to 2 2 million
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PEKA
George W. Jackson
Kansas
Jackson
Oil Worker Killed In One-Car Crash Near Pratt
George Lee Jess a 49 year old oil field worker from Weihita was killed today when his car struck a bridge on U S 281 four miles south of Pratt and overturned. He was alone.
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Pratt, Kas
George Lee Jess
Weihita
U. S. 281
Pratt
Jess
Winter storm shuts down Midwest and hits Atlantic
Blustery, snowy weather swept from the eastern Rockies into the Northeast with heavy snow in the Midwest. The storm caused at least nine deaths, closed airports in Chicago and Cincinnati, and disrupted travel across the region. The piece also reports ALPA blasting FAA head Queada over comments on last Friday’s New York collision, calling statements irregular and improper.
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Rockies
Midwest
Ohio Valley
Mid- Atlantic Seaboard States
Great Lakes
Plains
Ohio
Missouri
Midlands
Texas
Gulf Coast
Aberdeen
D. C
Ilinois
Rockford
Chicago
Midway
Cincinnati
Penny Gouk's Gift Wish Highlights School Age Rule
Psychologist Alfred King evaluated Penny Gouk, 4, in Reading England, noting her advanced brain power. Her father Roy Gouk seeks an exception to enroll her early, while Penny frets about Christmas gifts and dreams of a pony, kitchen, and marriage to a farmer if Santa fails.
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Reading
England
Alfred King
Penny Gouk
Roy Gouk
Berkshire
Penny
Reds Angry With U S Destroyer Provokes Soviet Protest
Moscow says a U S radar picket destroyer Corry numbered 817 staged an hour long mock attack on the freighter Faleshty near the Mediterranean on Nov 4 nearly causing a collision. The Soviet note demanded severe punishment for those guilty.
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Soviet Union
U.S
Mediterranean
Corry
Faleshty
Odessa
Marseille
France
U. S
Kennedy picks Roswell Gilpatric for deputy defense head
President-elect John Kennedy selected Roswell Gilpatric, former undersecretary of the Air Force, as deputy secretary of defense under Robert McNamara. Gilpatric, a New York lawyer and Yale graduate, has long served on defense study panels and advisory groups.
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Roswell Gilpatric
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Eisenhower
Gilpatric
New York
Pentagon
Robert 5. McNamara
Ford Motor Co
Defense Establishment
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Joint Congressional
Defense Department
National Defense
Yale
Law School
Yale Law Journal
Cravath, Swaine ,& Moore
The
Aerospace Corp
Thomas 5. Gatesby
Naval Court to Study Ship Fire Constellation Crash
A naval court of Inquiry opens in New York to probe the Constellation aircraft carrier fire. Officials expect the panel to examine naval safety lapses as workmen’s bodies raise the toll to 49. Investigations include possible hazards in ships under construction and the role of wooden scaffolding versus metal.
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New York
Naval Court of Inquiry
Constellation
City Fire Department
Washington
Navy
Edward F. Cavanagh Jr
City Pier
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Iowa Man Jailed for Tax Records Contempt During Dispute
Walter Gormly of Mount Vernon, Iowa, was sentenced to seven days in jail for contempt after failing to produce financial records for tax purposes. He accused the government of using income tax money for military experiments and atom bomb tests.
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Upvdak
I1bo
Iowa
Walter Formly
Mount Vernon
Henry N. Graven
Gormly
Housewives Describe Collision of Planes Over New York
Two Staten Island housewives describe a midair collision over New York City involving a United Airlines DC8 and a Trans World Airlines Constellation. They report seeing a wing detach, explosions, and debris including a body from the tail area as one plane plummeted toward Miller Field and the other crashed into a Brooklyn residential area.
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Washington
New York City
Staten Island
Bolly
New York Herald Tribune
United Air Lines
Brooklyn
Trans World Airlines
Miller Field
Margaret Forni
Dothan Hills
Nicholas Calcutta
New Dorp Beach
Three Theories Named On New York Jet Collision
AP reports three possible causes for the New York jet collision over Staten Island. Ground radio navigation fault, brief lapse in ground radio surveillance, or a passenger damaging navigation gear aboard the United Airlines jet. The theories come from United Air Lines President W A Patterson and ALPA official John R McDonald amid FAA tensions with ALPA chief E R Quesada. Quesada said no comment at this time.
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E.R. Quesaila
Federal Aviation Agency
Clarence N. Sayen
ALPA
Sayen
Quesada
Eisenhower
W. A. Patterson
United Air Lines
Chicago
Patterson
PAA
Washington
New York
Staten Island
United Airlines
John R. McDonald
Airy Line Pilots Association
E.R. Quesada
McDonald
Pocket Revolt Crushed Near Caracas in Venezuela
A pocket revolt against President Romulo Betancourt’s government was crushed today in Venezuela. The uprising was led by Lieutenant Ligardo Marquez Perez and 20 men who surprised a national guard post near Aguaira, about 1 mile from Caracas.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Romulo Betancourt
Ligardo Marquez Perez
Aguaira
Garden Sass Gus Predicts White Christmas in Song
Garden expert Gus Garden forecasts a white Christmas based on a song he heard, claiming musical hints point to snow. The claim centers on seasonal folklore rather than meteorological data and lacks official forecasting validation.
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Gus Garden
Redi-Wheat named top Wheat Commission pick in Kansas
Hutchinson Kansas Mrs W F Ford housewife won the contest with Redi Wheat from over 1000 submissions. The government lab developed canned wheat food consists of cooked debrained kernels with flat forcing. 50 dollar prize awarded with plans to test market in Wichita and other Kansas stores 80 000 cans next month and 200 000 more early next year. Kansas Restaurant Association to promote Redi Wheat during Centennial year and Kansas Day January 29.
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Hiutchinson
Kas
Hutchinson
W. F. Ford
Kansas Wheat Commission
W. W. Graber
KWC
U. S
Ford
Graber
Wichita
Kansas
Kansas Restaurant Association
Preistature
Survives Stay In Steel Trap
NEW YORK AP Six hours trapped aboard the carrier Constellation after a shipboard fire left John Waytovich a Brooklyn electrician in dense smoke. He helped others escape, found himself in a vent and a draft saved his life while he prayed for a miracle, hoping to be home for Christmas.
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John Waytovich
Waytovich
Brooklyn
Constellation
Bee
Alro
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