Accused Killers To Be Kept at Reformatory
Two AWOL teen killers James Latham and George York were placed in maximum security at a Kansas reformatory for protection until trial. They will be under constant guard, with limited freedom, six steel doors between them and escape, and only books allowed. They face arraignment in Sharon Springs within 1-2 weeks and trial in September term.
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Kansas Reformatory
James Latham
Mauriceville
Tex
George York
Jacksonville
Fla
Utah
Sharon Springs
Finney County
Munns
York
Latham
James Taylor
Wallace County
John Frater
Sharona Springs
Kansas State Industrial Reformatory
Hutchinson
Max Tollman
Vernon Popp
Missile bases finished ahead of schedule in Kansas
In Salina Kansas the Air Force honored contractors for completing 12 ICBM launching bases ahead of time. Utah Construction Manhattan Construction and M M Sundt built the silos joint venture. Maj Gen Gerrity credited American ingenuity, citing the overall intercontinental ballistic missile program as running ahead of schedule. A dinner attended by 200 officials presented certificates of appreciation.
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Salina
Kan
Air Force
Kansas
United States
Utah Construction and Mining Co
San Francisco
Manhattan Construction Co
Muskogee
Okla
M. M. Sundt Construction Co
Tucson
Ariz
T. P. Gerrity
Air Force Ballistics System Division
Gerrity
U. S
New Discoverer Placed in Orbit
The Discoverer 25 satellite, 2100 pounds, orbited Earth every 91 minutes with a secret payload. It launched through fog at 4 03 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time from Vandenberg, reaching orbit after an hour and 45 minutes. Recovery prospects remain uncertain as capsule retrievals lag behind the number of successful orbits.
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Vandenberg Air Force Bash
Calif
Air Force
Arrests Spread Across South In Freedom Ride Protests
Police arrested 17 people for breach of the peace during disturbances at three Freedom Riders forays in North Florida. In Mississippi five arrests followed bus trips testing racial integration. A leadership delegation met with Attorney General Kennedy in Washington seeking help to curb further arrests. In Tallahassee 10 hunger striking clergy were detained after defying dispersal orders at the airport. A scuffle at Ocala bus station led to two Negroes and a white man being taken into custody.
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Associated Press
Florida
Mississippi
Washington
Robert Kennedy
Tallahassee
Ocala
U.S. spy case shocks United Nations scene
At U.N. headquarters in New York Miroslav Nacvalac a Czech diplomat and third-ranking officer in the Czechoslovak U.N. mission faced U.S. charges alleging attempts to recruit him as a spy. The case involves threats of blackmail and possible defection while U.S. and Czech accounts clash over motives and contacts.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.S
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Miroslav Nacvalac
Cech U.N
Hammarskjald
Nacvalac
United States
State Department
Lincoln White
Washington
Czechoslovakia
Espion
White
Navalac
Asaipaana
Heat Wave Strains West as Firefighting Pressures Rise
Unseasonable heat persists from the Pacific Northwest to California while California coast enjoys cooler air. Pasco hits 110 degrees and Seattle records a June high. A tanker pilot Verde Beede dies in a Gila National Forest crash as crews battle 3000 acre fires in Arizona and New Mexico. Diminishing winds ease 750 firefighters at Tonto blaze. Thunderstorms hoped to steady conditions near Mogollon Rim.
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Associated Press
California
Washington
Pasco
Walla Walla
Spokane
Seattle
San Francisco
Los Angeles
New Mexico
Forest Service
Verde Beede
San Leandro
Calif
Gila National Forest
Tonto National Forest
Arizona
Local Girls Elected At Sunflower State
Two Kansas high school seniors were elected to offices during the Sunflower state government training week in Lawrence. Sue Ann White, 1007 Center, daughter of Mr and Mrs Linley White, was elected to the state, while Sara Smith of 1601 N Main, daughter of Mr and Mrs Howard Smith, was elected commissioner of Solomon County. About 400 seniors participate in the Legion Auxiliary program, divided into mythical cities and counties for training.
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Sunflower Girls State
Lawrence
Sue Ann White
Linley White
Center
Theetate
Sara Smith
Howard Smith
N. Main
Solomon
Kansas
American Legion Auxiliary
Adlai greeted by more riots in Lima Peru
Adlai Stevenson faced new demonstrations on arrival in Lima as leftist students protested against U.S. aid plans. Heavily armed police and tear gas controlled downtown streets while Stevenson, welcomed at the airport, remained distant from the clashes and quipped about Peruvians. This marked the third country in which violence accompanied his Latin America tour.
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Lima
Peru
Adlai Stevenson
Kennedy
Stevenson
U.S
Latin America
Salina Post Office To Be Modernized
Washington AP reports the General Services Administration awarded a $62 775 contract to Busbroom and Banh of Salina Kansas to modernize the Salina post office. The project includes constructing a basement workroom and related upgrades.
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Washington
General Services Administration
Busbroom and Banh of
Salina
Kan
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