Berlin Barriers Divide the City Amid Warlike Show
East Berlin police and troops set up concrete barriers across Friedrichstrasse as tanks and armored cars guard the line. Power outages disabled transit while West Berliners watched. officials noted the West might not risk war over the artificial division.
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East Berlin
People's Army
People's Police
Alexanderplatz
Friedrichstrasse
West Germany
West Berlin
Kennedy Abandons Immediate Nuclear Test Resumption
President Kennedy reportedly will not restart nuclear testing in 1961 despite calls from Senate and House leaders. He plans to push a U N General Assembly display of rejection while Geneva talks continue, awaiting Russian acceptance of one two three power inspection. Arthur Dean will return to Geneva to probe Moscow s troika demand before deciding next steps.
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Kennedy
Geneva
United States
United Nations
West
Arthur H. Dean
Soviet Union
Troika
Dean
Moscow
U.S. General Assembly
U.N
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Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
House
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Carlson Given Big Sendoff at Washington Luncheon
Sen Frank Carlson of Kansas receives a political sendoff in Washington at a 50 dollar a plate luncheon for a planned third term campaign. tributes came from Republicans Dirksen Goldwater Bridges Schoeppel and other dignitaries including John Hamilton Herter and Breeding. Carlson praised his Swedish parents and pledged to preserve opportunities for his children and grandchildren.
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Kansas
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Carlson
Henry Cabot Lodge
Everett Dirksen
Barry Goldwater
Styles Bridges
Andrew Schoeppel
Thurman Hill
Ellis Island
Concordia
Kan
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GOP
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Christian Herter
Robert Clark
Santa Fe Railway
J. Floyd Breeding
Glen Edgerton
Panama
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Saturday Evening Post
Vandals Paint Three Autos In McLouth Neighborhood
Police say three cars were sprayed with paint Tuesday afternoon. Sgt Merle McClure’s 1988 car received red paint on the left side while Julia Sluder’s 1960 car and Helen Shaw’s 1960s model were coated in gold. Cars parked in the 1088 block between Kentucky and Tennessee streets.
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Police Department
Julia Sluder
McLouth
Helen Shaw
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Tennessee
East German travel bans and border disruptions continue
East Germans were stopped at West German borders while freight moved in both directions. Berlin transit restrictions remained tight with West Berlin residents needing special permits. East Germans were kept off westbound trains. Soviet commander Solovyev dismissed Western protests as unserious amid the renewed border tensions.
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East Germany
Helmstedt
West Germany
Andrei I. Solovyev
East Berlin
West Berlin
Girl Injured After Bicycle Accident
Judy Tremain eight remained poor today at Lawrence Memorial Hospital officials said. Daughter of Mrs Fritz Benteman of 239 Ark Street she was struck by a car Sunday while riding her bicycle at the intersection of 3rd and Mid Streets suffering a brain injury and a concussion.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Fritz Benteman
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Plan for 1961 62 Lawrence Junior High and CJHS staffing
Supt Wolfe outlines 1961 62 plan for Lawrence CJHS and area schools. Three principal changes include Kenneth Fisher becoming Sunset Hill principal and Doris Johnson moving to Hillcrest. Opal Jayne Kennedy retires. Calvin Rice will lead McAllaster. Doris Sindt becomes psychologist. Some students will attend classes at other schools. Kennedy housing needs prompt bus transport for about 40 kindergarteners to Cordley. The district expects rising enrollment, with Lincoln to house special services and a planned 13 room addition at the high school this fall. The direct levy funds about 160 170 thousand dollars annually to ease bond issues and expand space.
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Council Grove
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Hillcrest School
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Calvin Rice
Miltonvale
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McAllaster School
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Supt. Wolfe
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Cordley School
Kennedy
Lawrence
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Schwegler
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Board of Education
Fish, Game Director To Be Named Aug. 24
A new state game and fish director will likely be named August 24 after the Forestry, Game and Fish Commission interviewed two candidates from other states. G. G. Boling of Leavenworth said the announcement will come at the start of the commission's regular meeting in Great Bend.
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G. G. Boling
Leavenworth
Forestry, Game and Fish Commission
Boling
Great Bend
Police Seek Twin Brother in Homer Kurtz Missing Case
Kansas authorities pursue Homer Kurtz missing since a return to his Eudora area farm with his twin Harry. A body found Aug 6 in the Marais des Cygnes river is believed to be Harry. KBI leads a multijurisdictional probe across Miami Johnson and Douglas counties.
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North Carolina
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Marais Des Cygnes
Homer Kurtz
Homer
Captain's Creek
Johnson-Douglas
Eudora
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Miami
Johnson and
Douglas
Blue Law Appeal Reaches Kansas Supreme Court
Topeka Kansas Rich ard Mankin Lyon County attorney appealed a ruling that Kansas Sunday closing laws are invalid to the state Supreme Court The Dist Judge Jay Sullivan decision found the 1855 law too vague to be effective The attorney general William Ferguson may join in a Supreme Court test but the exact case remains undecided
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State Supreme Court
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Lyon County
Emporia
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William M. Ferguson
Ferguson
Regents Seek New Executive Secretary After Death
The Kansas Board of Regents invites applications to replace the late Hubert Brighton who served 21 years as executive secretary. Clyde M. Reed of Parsons chairs the committee with Leon N. Roulier Colby and William F. Danenbarger Concordia. Brighton earned $10 000 annually and the secretary's office is in Topeka.
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Kansas Board of Regents
Hubert Brighton
Clyde M. Reed
Leon N. Roulier
Colby
William F. Danenbarger
Concordia
Ectnn
Topeka
Weaver Home Break-In Reported on Ind Street
Police said the A. B. Weaver residence at 737 Ind. St was broken into Tuesday. Entry was gained by a rear window and officers believe part of the home was rummaged, though nothing was reported stolen.
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A. B. Weaver
Ind. St
Knife-Killer Sought After Deaths Of Two Brooklyn Boys
Police comb abandoned weeds behind a Brooklyn bowling alley as 75 officers investigate the knife killings of Jaime Ruiz, 9, and Augustin Trinidad Jr., 13. Both youths were bound and gagged. one body stabbed 25 times, the other 30 times. Authorities question known child molesters and consider links to a prior Manhattan case.
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Brooklyn
Kings County Morgue
Jaime Luis Ruiz
Augustin Trinidad Jr
Jaime
William Renta
Augustin
Rafael Rivera
Amato Morro
Flatlands Avenue
Canarsie
Raymond V. Martin
Jose Vasquez
Manhattan
Mansfield accuses GOP of politics over Berlin crisis
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield rebuked Republican leaders Dirksen and Halleck for injecting politics into Berlin with remarks challenging Kennedy's Berlin stance. He cited their June 14 speech and said they were using domestic talk to divide Democrats on foreign policy.
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Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Republicans Today
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Mansfield
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
House
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
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GOP
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Halleck
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McMillen Named County's Foreman
Dale McMillen 46 of Route 2 a 20 year county road and bridge employee was named general foreman replacing Roy Hegeman 70 who will not retire until July 1 1962 but steps down from foreman duties now Hegeman will stay as bookkeeper and radio man until retirement McMillen credited for finishing most county roads and started with the department in 1941 He is married with a son Danny 19
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Board of County Commissioners
McMillen
Roy Hegeman
23Rd St
Hegeman
Walter Kampschroeder
Kampschroeder
Pittsburg
Lochinvar
KU Students To View Today Show On Channel Four
Kansas University students from Lawrence Robert J. Isle and William C. Booth will appear on television Thursday at 7 a m on Today channel 4. They are members of the American Wind Symphony Orchestra touring the Ohio and Mississippi rivers by barge to present concerts. Lawrence driving license exams for the last four months will be held only on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at the Highway Patrol office in the Police Fire building from 8 a m to 5 p m.
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Lawrence
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Seabrook Pl
William C. Booth
Sedalia
American Wind Symphony Orchestra
Ohio
Mississippi Rivers
Highway Patrol
Fire at Hallmark plant blanks seventh floor in KC
A resin-base plastic dust ignited in a ventilating hood above a finishing machine at the Hallmark Cards plant in Kansas City. Fire filled the seventh floor with smoke forcing 200 employees to evacuate. no injuries reported.
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Kansas City
Hallmark Cards
NORAD tests electronic defense in massive raid exercise
Newburgh New York NORAD conducted a six hour training drill simulating an attack over 10 million square miles of North America. About 6 250 officers and men at 800 installations participated to test detection and defense systems with no actual aircraft or missiles involved. NORAD headquarters are at Stewart Air Force Base.
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N.Y
North America
North American Air Defense Command
NORAD
United States
Canada
Stewart Air Force Base
Kansas Senators Vote Against Veto Addition
Area senators split along party lines as an amendment to allow a congressional veto on long-range development loans over five million dollars is adopted. Missouri Democrats Symington and Long vote yes. Kansas Republicans Carlson and Schoeppel vote no. Kerr of Oklahoma and Monroney of Oklahoma also support.
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Washington
Stuart Symington
Edward V. Long
Missouri
Frank Carlson
Andrew F. Schoeppel
Kansas
Robert S. Kerr
Mike Monroney
Oklahoma
Butterfield Route's Southern Path to California
The Butterfield Route stretched from St. Louis along a southern corridor toward California, guiding wagon trains and commerce across the frontier. The route connected major hubs and shaped early transcontinental travel and trade.
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St. Louis
California
Honor to Dog Visit Draws Pittsburg Officials
El Dorado police dog Sgt. Rinni arrives in Pittsburg for a canine control demonstration. Mayor Homer Riley and other city leaders greet him at a reception then parade downtown. Kiwanis luncheon at Hotel Besse precedes the park demonstration before moving on to Parsons.
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Pittsburg
el Dorado
Rinni
Butler County
Homer Riley
Warren Browning
Ralph Beard
Elmer Fields
Kiwanis Club
Hotel Besse
Rolla A. Clymer
el Dorado Times
Parsons
Anderson to Act in Pageant at Five State Fair
Liberal Kansas Gov John Anderson will portray a 1 million year old Kansas Governor in the outdoor musical Kansas Slightly Hysterical at the Five State Fair. The 100 member cast will perform on Centennial Day, with Anderson riding in on a chariot of Shetland ponies as part of the program.
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Liberal
John Anderson
Kansas
Charles Robinson
Anderson
Fairgrounds
Fall From Truck Kills Woman Near Odessa
Mrs. James W. Moore, 37, was killed when she fell from a pickup truck her husband was driving on U S 40 three miles west of Odessa Missouri. He said he was turning off a side road and she apparently struck her head on the pavement. The Moore home is at Bates City, six miles west of Odessa.
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Odessa
James W. Moore
Moore
Missouri Highway Patrol
U. S. 40
Bates City
AT and T Names New Chairman and President
New York AP report says AT and T directors elevate Frederick R. Kappel to chairman while naming Eugene J. McNeely as the new president. Kappel remains chief executive officer. McNeely has been executive vice president.
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NEW York
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Frederick R. Kappel
Eugene J. McNeely
Kappel
McNeely
At&t
Thank You Note From Vera Riling
Vera Riling thanks friends and relatives for the many cards gifts and flowers received during her stay in the hospital.
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Vera Riling
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