Long Range Plan of Development Opened for Kansas
AP reports Kansas began a long range economic development study led by Gov. John Anderson. The governor urged unity among business labor and government to build on state resources. The 1961 committee will map a plan through 1975 and report to the 1983 legislature, with KU staff assisting.
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Topeka
Kansas
John Anderson
United Efforts
Governor's
Andersson
University of Kansas
E. G. Nelson
Business Research Center
Glenn Miller
James R. Surface
KU Business School
Anderson
W. H. Caldwell
Parsons
William C. Farmer
Wichita
William Holly
Nelson Krehbiel
Moundridge
James McCain
Manhattan
E. MecNalley
Pittsburg
Clarence Rupp
Herman Sutherland
Shawne Mission
George Trombold
Odd Williams
Lawrence
R. Zook
G. N. Waddell
Salina
L. M. van Doren
Maurice Johnson
Shawnee Mission
Clayton Burton
Goodland
B. V. Hampton
Pratt
Doctor Gustav Lau Dies In St. Joseph Office
Dr Gustav A Lau an 80 year old physician and surgeon with a half century of practice in St Joseph died at his office Thursday He was a past vice president of the Missouri State Medical Association and longtime member of the local medical community
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ST. Joseph, Mo
Gustav A. Lau
St. Joseph
Missouri State Medical Association
Convicts surrender after eight hour Tennessee prison revolt
Eight inmates held 25 hostages for hours at a Tennessee state prison before surrendering as a M48 Patton tank halted 12 feet from the door. Corrections Commissioner Hampton said no concessions were made and named leaders Farra and Rivera, while hostages reported rivera did not participate in leading the uprising.
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Nashville, Tenn
Keith Hampton
Nashville
Parole Board
East Tennessee
Hampton
Raymond Farra
Robert Rivera
Rivera
Housewife Kills Family Then Ends Own Life
ATLANTA AP says Lammie Jean Kicklighter Richardson shot her husband James C. Richardson and three children ages 6 months to 4½ years before killing herself. Police noted she feared her fourth pregnancy, later confirmed at two months, and a neighbor recalled her recent fear. A postmortem and reloading pattern found in the home supported the sequence of killings and suicide.
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Atlanta
Lammie Jean Kicklighter Richardson
Richardson
Baldwin School District Adds Grade School Additions
Voters in the joint common School District No. 92 of Douglas, Johnson and Franklin counties will vote September 12 on issuing 115000 dollars in bonds for a six classroom addition and east storage at the Baldwin grade school. The plan requires about 3.5 mills. district valuation about 344 million dollars. Supt. Joe Cleavinger says current facilities can handle extra students. two sections were added last year using basement space.
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Joint
Douglas
Johnson
Franklin
Baldwin
Joe Cleavinger
Fire traps crewmen aboard Leilani during conversion
Fire broke out on the Leilani at Puget Sound Bridge and Dry Dock Co during an $8 million conversion from a cruise ship to an all first class passenger liner. Initial reports said at least two men were trapped below decks and resuscitation equipment was requested. The Leilani has served in California-Hawaii trade since 1956.
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Seattle
President Line
Leilani
Puget Sound Bridge and Dry Dock Co
VA to air-condition Kansas City hospital for 1.26 million
Representative William Randall says the Veterans Administration will spend 1,260,000 dollars to air-condition the VA hospital in Kansas City after the White House notified him of the decision on Thursday.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Kansas City
William Randall
D-Mo
White House
Ball Park Renovation Drive Led by Local Legion Post
The American Legion post launches a community effort to renovate Municipal Park at 1th and Del Streets. Plans include infield and outfield dirt fill, extra outfield grass, and general cleanup with a three-member committee led by Al Ice and including Harold and Alan Fisher. City and Recreation Commission back the project. Bonds were approved in 1946 with a dedicatory game on July 9, 1947, Topeka Mosby Mack defeating Lawrence 133 to 4.
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American Legion Post
Bill Boswell
Legion Post
Harold Fisher
Alan Fisher
al Ice
City
Recreation Commission
Ice
Municipal Park
Topeka
Mosby-Mack
Lawrence
Junior Legion
Chambero City
Two Men Rescue Four From Plane Crash Near Fairfax Airport
A light plane carrying two Tulsa contractors Don DeWitt and Ted DeWitt and Kansas City salesman Dan Horsch crashed after a dead engine near Fairfax Airport in Kansas City. Don DeWitt crawled free as rescuers pulled unconscious passengers from the burning wreck. The Wright brothers helped save the victims and all three survivors were in good condition. The plane had been returning from a construction project near Pierre, South Dakota.
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Kansas City
Kan
Tulsa
Don DeWitt
Ted DeWitt
Dan Horsch
Missouri River
Fairfax Airport
John R. Wright
Holland B. Wright Jr
Johnson County
Kaw
Horsch
Pierre
S.D
Ex Labor Chief Dies In New York
Herbert Mahler, 70, former head of the Industrial Workers of the World, died Thursday at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital. He led the IWW as general secretary from 1931 to 1933, withdrew from the militant union in 1936 after a wartime crackdown that jailed 94 leaders.
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New York
Herbert Mahler
Industrial Workers of the World
Columbia Presbyterian Hospital
Mahler
IWW
Learned Hand Dies at 88 in New York
Retired U.S. Court of Appeals judge Learned Hand, often called the 10th justice of the Supreme Court, died today at age 88 in New York. Funeral details listed with Rumsey Funeral Home and Air Conditioned Ambulances.
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NEW York
U.S. Court of Appeals
U.S. Supreme Court
Rumsey Funeral Home
Ady
Small SBIC Stocks Rally Before Berlin Crisis Hits
SBIC stock popularity lifts the market as 1,500 small business firms use these government aided investment outfits. Congress authorized SBA licensing in 1958 with assets under 5 million dollars and net income under 250 thousand. Public offerings started in June 1959 and surged this year, with firms like Electronics Capital Corp and Capital Southwest Corp leading assets while most SBICs stay specialized and lightly traded.
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SBIC
Berlin
Wall Street
Congress
Small Business Administration
SBA
Securities & Exchange Commission
Chicago
Electronics Capital Corp
San Diego
Calif
Boston Capital Corp
Boston
Mass
Midland Capital Corp
Buffalo
N.Y
Electro Science Investors
Dallas
Tex
Capital Southwest Corp
Sbics
Electronics Capital
Local Reservists Are Due Home on Saturday
Seventy two officers and men from four Lawrence Army reserve units stationed at Ft. Leonard Wood Missouri are scheduled to return Saturday after two weeks of active training. They are due about 2 pm at the Reserve Center 2100 Iowa Street. The units belong to the 89th Regiment 89th Division and include Company D Company E Detachment No 3 and Detachment No 6.
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Lawrence
Ft. Leonard Wood
Iowa St
89Th Regiment
89Th Division
Condition Stays Poor For Injured Child Judy Tremain
The eight year old Judy Tremain remained in poor condition at Lawrence Memorial Hospital after a Sunday bicycle accident at 3rd and Midway Streets. She suffered a concussion and a brain injury. daughter of Mrs Fritz Benteman of 239 Ark Street.
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Judy Tremain
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Fritz Benteman
Ark. St
3Rd
Mid. Sts
Saunders Captures Eastern Open In 13 Under Victory
Baltimore Doug Sanders won his fourth 1961 tournament by taking the Eastern Open with a 275 total, 13 under par, in his first appearance in the city and solidified third place on the national money list.
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Baltimore
Doug Sanders
Moon Shot Bill Signed to Boost Space Program
President Kennedy signed a bill funding the space program as part of an $8,966,285,000 spending measure for the next fiscal year. The package aims to accelerate NASA efforts toward sending men to the moon, with more than half the total allotted to the Veterans Administration.
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Washington
Kennedy
America
Veterans Administration
Ed Bracken Reflects On A Career Of Mistakes
AP writer Bob Thomas details Eddie Bracken's rise in the 1940s and decline after missteps in Hollywood. The actor notes grammar-school gaps, late reads, and nerve that fading money and poor casting caused. He returns to stage and plans films in Rome.
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Hollywood
Eddie Bracken
Paramount
Rebecca
Bracken
Eddie
Henry Aldrich
Convicted Clutter Killer Appeals for His Life
LANSING AP Richard E. Hickock, convicted for killing four members of the Herbert Clutter family near Garden City in 1959, has appealed to the American Civil Liberties Union for legal aid to escape the death sentence. Hickock, tried with Perry Smith, says he was turned down by six attorneys. Kansas Supreme Court upheld his conviction and death sentence. a petition for rehearing is before the court.
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Lansing
Richard E. Hickock
Herbert Clutter
Garden City
American Civil Liberties Union
Hickock
Perry Edward Smith
Kansas Supreme Court
Two Climbers Found Safe in Estes Park
Two young summer workers at Longs Peak were found unharmed after missing since Wednesday. Rangers met them at Glacier Gorge Junction about 344 miles from the peak. they were hungry but in good health.
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Estes Park
Colo
Longs Peak
Park Service
Glacier Gorge Junction
Milwaukee Boy's Deaths Linked to Squeezing by Housekeeper
Two Milwaukee boys, Donald Craig, 4, and Dean Craig, 2, were found dead in their home. Investigators say housekeeper Lucille Adams, 24, admitted squeezing them to death after the father left for work. Preliminary signs include burns on the younger boy from a lighted cigarette. First degree murder warrant to be sought.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Harold Breier
Donald
Dean Craig
William R. Craig I Jr
Breier
Craig
Betty Jane
Ray Gutkowski
County Medical Examiner's Office
Gutkowski
Lucille Adams
William J. McCauley
Miss Adams
Allies to send token troops to West Berlin
Allied diplomats say the United States Britain and France have agreed in principle to send token reinforcements to the 11 000 strong Allied garrison in West Berlin. The move is part of piecemeal measures to offset East German closure of East West Berlin borders.
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London
United States
Britain
France
West Berlin
Berlin
Rats Used In High Altitude Pilot Research At KU
Gerald Garrett, a former SAC pilot and Cawker City native, leads a KU physiology study on the bends in rats. Under Dr. Paul Roofe, the project exposes animals to low pressure to examine vascular changes in joints and potential links to arthritis.
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Air Force Strategic Air Command
Kansas University
SAC
Gerald Garrett
Cawker City
Portsmouth
N. H
Paul G. Roofe
Garrett
Air Force
West Coast Crash Kills 2 Former Oklahomans
Oklahoma woman Helen J. Cobb 35 and her 9-year-old daughter Shirley Jo Cobb, formerly of Broken Arrow, were killed in a head on crash 1214 miles northwest of Bakersfield. LeRoy Cobb 36, the driver, is in serious condition at Kern County General Hospital. The family had moved to Santa Barbara. The other driver William Otis King 21 of Santa Rosa was on the wrong side of the highway, CHP said.
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Bakersfield
Calif
Oklahoma
Helen J. Cobb
Shirley Jo
Broken Arrow
Okla
LeRoy
Kern County General Hospital
Santa Barbara
Cobb
William Otis King
Kids Day At VFW Saturday With Games And Awards
The second annual VFW Kids Day at the club lake north of the city water plant features competitive games for ages 4 through 15. Registration starts at noon with events at 1 pm, separated by age and gender. A buffet supper is free, with a concessions stand and volunteer supervision. Maxine Johnson and Bob Thurber lead the Auxiliary and VFW Post 852 youth efforts.
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VFW
Maxine Johnson
Bob Thurber
Hijacking Plot Rumored At Southeastern Airports
Border Patrol reports airlines personnel at Baton Rouge Ryan Airport and other Southeast airports on alert for three Cuban women suspected of planning to hijack a plane. No information on target city or whether they have left Cuba was available.
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Baton Rouge
Border Patrol
Ryan
Cuba
Schoeppel Votes Yes On Borrowing Authority Amendment
Sen Schoeppel of Kansas voted with the minority as the Senate defeated an amendment to cut the President’s economic development borrowing power from five to three years. Sen Carlson was listed as for the amendment but did not vote.
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Washington
Sen
Schoeppel
Senate
Sen. Carlson
In Memoriam Henry A. Stull Remembrance
In memory of Henry A. Stull. Our thoughts wander to the grave not far away where we laid our loved one one year ago today. Missed by family and friends.
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Henry A. Stull
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