Riot and Fire at St. Vincent de Paul Penitentiary
A 1100‑convict riot at St. Vincent de Paul Penitentiary near Montreal lasted six hours, with guards, police, and troops suppressing the blaze. Sixty‑plus injuries included 27 inmates and 3 guards. damage estimated at 2 to 3 million dollars. Evacuees spent the night outdoors as firefighting and bayonet control ended the siege.
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Montreal
St. Vincent de Paul Penitentiary
Michael LeCorre
Quebec
Canadian Mounted Police
St. Vincent de Paul
Canada
Davie Filton
Tornadoes Rip Through Kansas Counties Injuring Several
At least three people were hurt as two to three tornadoes tore a path across Finney Lane and Ness counties causing heavy farm damage. Victims include Phenie Rowe and Gordon McAloney who were treated for cuts and bruises. the storms damaged homes, barns, machinery, and 80 acres of wheat while cattle died and a 70 percent wheat loss was reported.
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Finney County
Lane County
Ness County
Finney
Lane
Dighton
Phenie Rowe
St. Catherine
Gordon MecAloney
Wheaton, Minn
Edwin Boots
Old Town of
Eminence
Boots
McAloney
White Mound Rock
Bob Goodman
Telegram Ave
John Goodman
Tornado Destroys Farm Pond and Wheat Fields
Telegram photographer reported a Finney County farmer saw his pond sucked up by the twister Saturday night. Chet Seffries, northwest of Finney County Lake, lost cattle as water and wheat were pulled uphill and torn away before water returned to the pond. The tornado’s path was northeast of town toward Lane and Ness counties with a 7:30 p.m. clock stop in a damaged northeast home. Residents relied on sight to detect twisters before they struck and seek cover.
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Virgil Brown
Brown
Edwin Boots
Telegram
Jim Johnson
Jim
Howard Brock
Chet Seffries
Finney County
Lane
Ness
Cayl
New Laotian Coalition Off On Wrong Foot
Laos seeks a pro Western coalition but last minute objections from Prince Souvanna Phouma derail the installation plan. He demands royal decree removing the national assembly which ratified the coalition. Souphanouvong may refuse to head the government, risking renewed turmoil.双方
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New
Vientiane
Laos
Souvanna Phouma
Souvanna
Sayang Vathana
National Assembly
Souvanha
Souphanouveng
Pathet Lao
Souphanouvong
Hanoi
Viet Nam
Weather forecast with scattered storms tonight
Partly cloudy with little temperature change and scattered showers and thunderstorms tonight. A few locally severe storms possible. low around mid 60s, high Tuesday in the mid to upper 80s. Light variable winds, gusty near storms. Sunset 8 13.
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Bunrlae
Pree
Dodge City
Emporia
Garden City
Goodland
HI City
Ruasselt
Salina
Hail and tornado alert chill Garden City streets
Garden City endured a hail barrage as golf ball sized stones pounded downtown. rainfall at the waterworks topped .62 inch causing minor flooding on Fulton Street while two tornado crews were sighted nearby though neither crossed town. Police roamed with sirens, residents sought shelter in the Warren Hotel basement, and officials explained alert procedures at City Hall.
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Garden City
Town
11Th
Santa Fe
Fulton St
Warren Hotel
Arkansas River
Kansas Highway Patrol
Mitch Geisler
City Hall
Big Farm Bills Face House Action This Week
Two major farm bills and a space communications measure loom on the House docket with Senate probes into B girls and stockpiling noted in committees. The sugar quota bill would extend imports limits five years and add 15 countries while boosting domestic shares. a broader farm bill would impose acreage and marketing controls on wheat and feed grains and set a national production quota to drain surplus stocks.
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Washington
House
Senate
Billie Sol Estes
Cuba
Secretary of Agriculture
Hail Damage Hits Wheat and Beets Across Area
Area reports light to severe hail damage after Saturday night rain halted harvest. A. L. Unruh east of Deerfield saw about 75 percent wheat damage. J. F. Pfeiff five miles north of Holcomb reported 40 to 50 percent wheat loss. sugar beets flattened though salvageable. Elevators noted varying rain totals and wet fields delaying harvest with light to moderate damage elsewhere.
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A. L. Unruh
Deerfield
Unruh
John F. Pfeiff
Holcomb
Pfeiff
Henry Douglas
Dale Urah
Wolfe Elevator
Andy Erhart
Garden City
Tax Deadline Time Is Near in Finney County Taxes
Finney County residents have three days left to pay the last half of 1961 personal property and real estate taxes without penalty. Payments postmarked before midnight Wednesday are accepted. penalty starts Thursday. County treasurer’s office hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. with a noon closing.
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Finney County
Murder ruled in Mulberry shootings deaths
County Attorney Harrison Smith announced the Saturday morning killings in the 1200 block of Mulberry are murder and death by own action. Ella Elizabeth Maupin, 43, killed her ex-husband Ray Elmer Maupin, 44, then fatally wounded herself. No coroner's inquest will be held. The couple had been divorced last Tuesday. funeral arrangements are pending.
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Harrison Smith
Smith
Tools Taken At Wheatland Genera tor Plant Theft
Between Friday 4:30 p.m. and today 8 a.m. an undetermined amount of tools and building materials were stolen from Wheatland Electric Company's generator plant. Foreman Frank Zueglich of Hill Electric Company, Wichita, reported the theft to Tinney County Sheriff. Items include wrenches sockets bolt dies pipe cap dies drill bits and an electric motor and metal tool box from a large tool chest. The list is incomplete. In a separate vandalism case Eardie Norton reported damage to a farm house 7 miles northeast of Garden City with six broken windows a fire on a floor and holes in walls.
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Wheatland Electric Company
Frank Zueglich
Hill Electric Company
Wichita
Tinney County
Zueglich
Eardie Norton
N. 10Th
Hig Farm
Garden City
Garden Sass Gus Stone Remains Inspire Kids’ Hail Joke
A garden tale recalls a large hail stone saved as a souvenir by Gus the gardener. A child mistook the shiny rock for a tee, prompting lighthearted humor about garden life and a fleeting memento.
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Adam Mai Farm
C. A. Rowe
Lana County
J. M. Concannon
US 156
Jim Concannon, Jr
Concannon Ranch
C. A. Bowes
Phil Prose
Andy Aldfelt
Cecil Obrate
Finney County State Lake
Wheatland
Gus
Adam Mai
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