Embezzler Elsie Stone Admits Bank Loss Near 200000
West Plains Missouri AP reports Elsie Stone, a 56 year old bank employee and former vice president, admitted embezzling about 200000. She said about 100000 financed insufficient fund checks for a Howell County builder, the rest covered living expenses. She waived a preliminary federal hearing after expressing remorse.
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West Plains, Mo
Elsie Stone
West Plains
Howell County
Stone
First National
Moody, Mo
Arkansas
Stones
Jine
Fatal double shooting at service station in Augusta area
A man and his wife, both in their 40s, were fatally wounded in a shooting at a service station and restaurant 24 miles east of Augusta Kansas. The couple were identified as Mr and Mrs E L Bohannon. Sheriff Dallas Babcock said Frank Hoover, about 50, admitted the shooting after an argument.
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Augusta
Kan
Here
E. L. Bohannon
Dallas Babcock
Frank Hoover
Wife Sues TV Star For Divorce in Los Angeles
Elizabeth Connors filed for divorce from Chuck Connors in Los Angeles claiming extreme cruelty and disrespect of marriage vows. The complaint was filed on Wednesday.
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Los Angeles
Chuck Connors
Elizabeth Connors
Mansfield counters GOP wave claim in Senate dispute
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield of Montana says a nationwide shift to conservatism is not a GOP wave threatening administration programs. He argues the nation remains on a middle path and warns against extreme right or left approaches. Dirksen agrees conservatives are rising but urges caution on predictions and taxes to balance the budget.
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Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
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Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
House
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Halleck
Dirksen
Kennedy
Couple files bankruptcy in Topeka federal court
Ben Dean Lineback and Carolyn Lineback of Jackson Missouri filed for bankruptcy in Topeka. They list 9304 dollars in secured and unsecured claims and operated Midwest Fire Control Co in Lawrence during September and October 1961, with a Lawrence address at 2614 Belle Crest Drive.
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Lawrence
Federal District Court
Topeka
Ben Dean Lineback
Carolyn Lineback
Jackson
Midwest Fire Control Co
Belle Crest Dr
Barnes Recovering From Stroke at Lawrence Hospital
Lawrence business man Ray Barnes is making a satisfactory recovery from a slight stroke suffered last week. He is a patient at Lawrence Memorial Hospital and expects to be released in a few days.
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Ray Barnes
Lawrence
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Post Office Receives Wide Range of Dog Bite Solutions
Washington AP reports the Post Office will enforce a change to its dog bite policy effective January 13, replacing warnings to owners with telephoning to pick up mail. Citizens offered ideas from bat and cat deterrents to dogbite proof gear and even centers to train dogs to attack postmen while others advocate friendly approaches like carrying dog biscuits.
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Post Office Department
Valier
Mont
Highland Park
Mich
A. Suitland
Schoeppel Making Progress at Bethesda Hospital
Senator An drew F. Schoeppel of Kansas, treated for diverticulitis and later an intra abdominal neoplasm, is described as making progress at Bethesda Naval Hospital where he re entered earlier this month for care. associates said the condition is being monitored and he is responding to treatment.
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Washington
Andrew F. Schoeppel
R-Kas
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Schoeppel
Pilot Grounded Over Touchdown on Abandoned Mitchel Field
An Eastern Air Lines DC7 with 50 passengers briefly touched down at the abandoned Mitchel Field, several miles east of Idlewild, then lifted off again. Capt. Richard H. Hamann, flying Montreal to Idlewild, was grounded as investigations proceed into the incident.
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Long Island
Idlewild
Eastern Air Lines
Richard H. Hamann
Montreal
Mitchel Field Air Force Base
Mitchel
Air Force
JFK to Seek U.N. Bond Funds From Congress
President Kennedy will ask Congress for 100 million dollars to buy United Nations bonds to support Congo operations. State official Harlan Cleveland said the move aims to help the U.N. avoid financial collapse, despite criticism from some legislators. He argued congressional approval would counter Soviet pressure and preserve the U.N.'s executive role in world politics.
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Congo
Harlan Cleveland
International Organization Affairs
United States
Cleveland
Katanga
Detroit
G. Mennen Williams
State Department
Carl T. Rowan
Philadelphia
New York
Rowan
Michel Struelens
Missing Beta trophies reported at university fraternity house
A member of the Beta Beta Pi fraternity reports 35 trophies valued at 1000 dollars missing from the fraternity house at 1425 Tenn St. The theft is believed to have occurred on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. Frank W. Thompson, a sophomore, made the report to Kansas University police.
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Tenn, St
Kansas University
Frank W. Thompson
Bla
Couple’s Christmas trip stalled by road blizzard crash chaos
Burge recounts hazardous conditions as cars slid, trucks jackknifed, and drivers were stranded along U.S. highways 36 and 69 near Cameron. He and 323 other visitors found shelter at a Baptist church while townspeople fed and housed them. The couple celebrated their anniversary with 323 at church before resuming travel days later.
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Cameron
U.S
Baptist Church
Marvin Hughes
Somone
Burges
Waverly
Iowa
the Baptist Church
Bus Car Crash Near Pacific Kills One, Injures Thirty-One
A chartered Missouri Pacific bus and a car collided head on three miles east of Pacific on U S 66. The car driver Joseph F. McNamee 23 of Pacific died en route to hospital. Thirty-one bus passengers were injured, ten seriously, with most treated in St Louis area hospitals.
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Pacific
Highway Patrol
U.S
Fox Creek
Missouri Pacific
Joseph F. McNamee
St. Louis County Hospital
St. Francis Hospital
Washington
Robert North
McNamee
Lawrence J. Maung
Robert D. Hurth
McDonnell Aircraft Corp
St. Louis
County Hospital
Joseph Lueckenhoff
William Bockover
Robert Holdmeyer
Franklin Rombach
Roger Drury
Berger
Walter W. Crider
Gray Summit
Eugene R. Diener
Leonard F. Marquart
Herbert F. Temme
Eugene V. Mills
Congo Crisis Narrows Path as Katanga Debates Kitona Plan
The Katanga assembly will meet in Elisabethville Jan 3 to discuss the Kitona declaration amid tension. UN officials request guarantees and safe conduct for delegates, while Seven Swedish UN soldiers are detained by Katanga forces in a cautious UN stance.
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George Ivan Smith
U.N
Katanga
Elisabethville
Kitona
Tshombe
Smith
Katangan Pendarmes
U. N
Amateur Weathermen Enter Contest in Great Numbers
Lawrence area residents join the Lawrence National Bank Zero Contest to predict when the clock will record zero degrees in 1962. A $100 Series E bond awaits the winner with entries from across the trade area and even Kingsville Texas.
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Amateer Weathermen
Lawrence Area
Lawrence National Bank
Journal-World
Lawrence Trade Area
Kingsville
Tex
Correction issued for December 27 weather high
Lawrence readers are advised that the high temperature reported for December 27 was 39 degrees, not 89 as previously printed. The Journal-World acknowledges the error and warns weather record keepers against using the incorrect figure as gospel.
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Journal-World
Five Kansas Utilities File Anti Trust Suits
Five electric power firms in Kansas sue 12 manufacturers in U S District Courts at Topeka and Kansas City seeking treble damages for alleged overcharges from 1948 to 1961. Plaintiffs include Kansas Power and Light Central Kansas Power Empire District Electric Kansas Gas and Electric and Western Light and Telephone. Defendants include General Electric Westinghouse Electric and Allis Chalmers.
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Kansas
U. S
Kansas City
Kansas Power and Light Co
Central Kansas Power Co
Empire District Electric Co
Kansas Gas and Electric Co
Western Light and Telephone Co
Miller to Speak at Kansas Day GOP Banquet in Topeka
Rep. William E. Miller, R New York, chairman of the Republican National Committee, will be the chief speaker at the Kansas Day Republican banquet in Topeka on January 29. Kansas Club president Garner E. Shriver announced the event as the climax of Kansas Day activities with the theme Doorways to the Future.
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Washington
William E. Miller
R-Ny
Republican National Committee
Topeka
Garner E. Shriver
R-Kas
Kansas Club
Shriver
Caroline Kennedy Visits Sick Grandfather at Hospital
Caroline Kennedy aged four visited her paralysed grandfather at St. Mary's Hospital in West Palm Beach. Jacqueline Kennedy and Joseph Kennedy's condition remained unclear as President Kennedy arrived after the family visit. Caroline spent about forty five minutes in the hospital forenoon visit with her mother Josephine Marie confirming the visit details.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
Caroline Kennedy
St. Mary’s Hospital
Josephine Marie
Caroline
Joseph P. Kennedy
Jacqueline Kennedy
Runaway Teenagers Return to Lawrence From Columbia
Three Lawrence girls aged 14, 13 and 12 who ran away from home on Christmas Day 1962 were returned from Columbia Missouri today. They were found hitchhiking near a ditch after their car went off the road and were unharmed. The incident involved a car owned by the father of one girl and officers said charges will likely not be filed.
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Lawrence
Columbia Mo
Columbia
Missouri Highway Patrol
Engle Criticizes Alliance for Progress Amid Anti U S Tide
Sen Clair Engle after a 25 day South America tour says Kennedy's Alliance for Progress lacks urgency and symbolism to reverse rising anti American sentiment. He criticizes State Department competence and plans to detail criticisms later, possibly in a letter to Secretary Rusk.
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Washington
Clair Engle
D-Calif
Kennedy
Alliance For Progress Program
South America
Engle
Alliance For Progress
California
State Department
U.S
Gale McGee
Wyo
Frank E. Moss
Utah
Stephen M. Young
Ohio
U.S. Foreign Service
Dean Rusk
Card of Thanks and Family Appreciation Notes
A collection of thanks from Grant West for hospital staff and neighbors, Bessie R Nelson for Christmas gifts and New Year wishes, and the Fern Branson family thanking friends for flowers and pallbearers with listings of several relatives.
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Grant West
Bessie R. Nelson
Fern Branson
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