Drowning tragedy at Alsop sandpit claims 12 year old
Three youths entered muddy water at the abandoned Alsop sandpit near the Arkansas River. George William Ford 12 died after being pulled ashore by Lyle Nelson. Timothy Underwood 10 survived with shock, David Callen 12 reached shore on his own. Ford, son of George E. Ford, was a junior high student and member of St. James Lutheran Church. Funeral arrangements set for St. James Lutheran Church with services tomorrow.
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George William Ford
George E. Ford
Warren Hotel
Arkansas River
Timothy Underwood
David P. Callen
Lyle Nelson
Campbell
Nelson
Underwood
Callen
St. Catherine Hospital
Ford
McCook
Nebr
St. James Lutheran Church
Mary Ella
William Baumbach
James Ford
Trinidad
Colo
Paul W.schairer
Phillips Funeral Home
Mecok
R. Staehr
Khrushchev praises Carpenter as Soviets see space feat
In Moscow Khrushchev lauded American astronaut Malcolm Scott Carpenter and noted the Soviet Union is no longer alone in space while another uncrewed satellite orbited. He congratulated John H. Glenn Jr. and Carpenter, praising Carpenter’s courage and fortitude as his suit overheated and he faced potential danger.
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Khrushchev
Malcolm Scott Carpenter
Soviet Union
Carpenter
America
Jonn H. Glenn Jr
Carpenter Returns Home to Boulder for Celebrated Visit
Astronaut Malcolm Scott Carpenter arrives in Boulder after a Denver welcome. City officials call the day the most significant in Boulder history as a motorcade, news conference, and luncheon mark his visit before he departs for Langley, Virginia. The events include ceremonies at the University of Colorado and awards from the state and city. Governor McNichols and Boulder officials join the welcome, with Carpenter’s family and friends in attendance. The trip culminates with a Memorial Day parade in Denver before his return home.
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Boulder
Colo
Malcolm Scott Carpenter
E. Robert Turner
America
Florence Farpenter
Denver
Stapleton Field
Marin Scott Carpenter
Stephen L. R. McNichols
R. Y. Batterston
Colorado
Carpenter
University of Colorado
John Holloway
Langley
James E. Webb
Coton Head
Cape Canaveral
Walter C. Williams
Project Mercury
Weather outlook with scattered storms and warm winds
Partly cloudy today through Tuesday with scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms. Lows near 60. Southerly winds 15 to 25 mph, strongest near storms, turning northerly by Tuesday. Sunrise 5:82, sunset 8:02. Dodge City 91 48 73 50 HM City 40, Russell 61, Salina 62, Topeka 62, Wichita 43.
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Dodge City
HM City
Russell
Salina
Toneka
Wichlte
Liberal Fire Victim Dies
A 23 month old boy, Kevin Mark Osterburh, died from burns and smoke inhalation after a Liberal Kansas house fire. Firemen rescued him from a smoke filled home where flames issued from the kitchen.
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Liberal
Kan
Kevin Mark Osterburh
Lillian Osterburh
Osterburh
Bill Allen
Anther
Fred Day
Kansas Wheat Harvest Opens in Southern Area
In Kansas, harvest begins at several points. Pat Allen cuts 140 acres near South Haven as yields this year may lag last season’s 181 bushels per acre. Wichita area fields see early activity and low test weights raise concerns about quality. Barley threshing and sedimentation test debates spark further worry among farmers and elevator operators.
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Kansas
Pat Allen
South Haven i
Sumner County
Wichita J
Garden Plain
Tony Bergkamp
Sedgwick
Don W. Ingle
Hardiner
Barber County
US Department of Agriculture
J. Floyd Breeding
D-Kan
Missouri
Nebraska
Colorado
Wyoming
Agriculture Department
Sublette Hit by Heavy Rain and Hail Storms
A powerful storm system brought heavy rain, hail and high winds to southwest Kansas on Sunday afternoon. Sublette reported about an inch of rain with hail, while Cimarron recorded .27 inch, Dodge City nearly an inch, Copeland around one inch, and locations near Kalvesta and nine miles southeast of Pierceville saw varying showers. Garden City escaped the downpour as the storm moved south and east. The Kansas State University agriculture station measured little moisture and the nearby airport reported only .02 inch.
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Kansas
Elihu Alman
Hutchinson
Garden City
Sublette
Cimarron River
Ulysses
Cimarron
Dodge City
Pierceville
W. B. Andrews
Kansas State University Agriculture
Copeland
French May Try Satan Again in Death Effort
Paris reports the French government plans to seek the death sentence for Raoul Satan, a Secret Army Organization chief, to deter European terrorists. Supreme Court to study appeals for his No. 1 deputy Edmond Jouhaud, condemned to death earlier, as secret army violence widens in Algiers with attacks on schools and government offices.
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Paris
Raoul Satan
Supreme Court
Edmond Jouhaud
Salan
Jouhaud
Secret Army
Algiers
U S detonates 14th Pacific nuclear test
Washington reports another nuclear blast in the Pacific test area marking the 14th test since April. The Sunday explosion over Christmas Island was described as an intermediate yield device with a TNT equivalent of 20,000 to 1,000,000 tons. The AEC said it was air delivered.
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Washington
United States
Pacific Test Area
Christmas ‘ Island
Atomic Energy Commission
Garden Sass Gas Garden Prefers Blizzard Warnings
Garden Sass Gas Garden favors blizzard warnings over tornado alerts as a safer fireside approach, suggesting a preference for steadier weather warnings and a cozy cellar living stance amid uncertain forecasts.
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Storra Cellar
Airliner Blast Located Lavatory Explosion Cause
CENTERVILLE IOWA authorities say a high energy blast occurred in the right rear lavatory of a Continental Airlines Boeing 707 before in flight breakup killed 45. CAB investigators reconstruct wreckage at Appanoosa County fairgrounds. FBI probes link to theft of dynamite and detonators from Fernando Valley yard.
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Centerville
Iowa
Continental Airlines
Edward ©. Slattery
Civil Aeronautics Board
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Missouri
Appanoosa County Fairgrounds
Slattery
Los Angeles
Ili J Simon
Douth
FBI
Construction Worker Killed South of Here
Bazel Melvin Nation, 55, of Garden City, died when the 1953 station wagon he drove overturned south of town on US 83. Nation, a Nolan Construction laborer, had moved from Wichita a month ago. Copper, his passenger, was injured but released from St. Catherine Hospital. Nation, a WWII veteran born in 1906 in Ravenden Arkansas, is survived by a brother and two Denver nieces. funeral plans set for Denver. Garland Funeral Home in charge.
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Bazel Melvin Nation
W. Holmes
Garden City
Wichita
Nolan Construction Co
Kgld-Tv
Wendle Meier
Earl Robinson
Meier
Hershel Coppel
Daniels Coutts
Nation
Copper
St. Catherine Hospital
Ravenden
Ark
3É5th Engineers
Rudus
Ozark
Denver
Highody
Garland Funeral Home
East Germany accuses West over Berlin gun battle
East Germany charged British troops and West Berlin police with prepared provocation after a gun duel across the border. The clash centered on a refugee fatally wounded while seeking to escape to West Berlin. The note did not confirm British participation.
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East Germany
West
Berlin
West Berlin
Carpenter Denies Fatigue On Third Mercury Orbit
Astronaut Malcolm Scott Carpenter told reporters he did not feel tired or confused during his third Earth orbit and was preoccupied with tasks. He defended his drifting and over overshoot, described snowflake-like frost as a result of capsule conditions, and praised the drifting flight as easy.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Malcolm Scott Carpenter
Earth
Hawaii
Carpenter
Boulder
Colo
Mercury Control Center
Navy
Carpenter recounts smooth flight and six parallel events
Astronaut Gordon Carpenter described a busy third orbit south of Hawaii with six simultaneous priorities. He questioned reports of being a frightened or confused astronaut and noted the space suit temperature likely appeared from faulty telemetry. He praised the sunset or sunrise and called the flight the supreme lifetime experience, reporting smoother liftoff and less vibration than expected.
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Carpenter
Hawaii
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