Ex-Worker at Camp Arrested on Kidnap Charge
Anthony Staikos a Matawan Township man was arrested in a hotel room in Freehold New Jersey on charges of kidnapping Yonkers youth Joel Robert Katz from a Lackawaxen Pennsylvania camp to extort $100000 in ransom. Katz, a waiter at the camp, broke bonds and fled prompting a police hunt. Staikos admitted kidnapping Friday evening and faces arraignment under state kidnapping law. FBI involvement noted with no federal charges expected.
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Explosion Wrecks Three Kansas City Businesses
An early blast in northwest Kansas City wrecked a one story brick building housing a restaurant a shoe repair shop and a grocery injuring one firefighter Edward Neville who fell from a theater marquee while aiding tenants Firemen evacuated residents as a police arson squad investigated the cause of the explosion.
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Water supply faces big growth challenge in Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs seeks about one billion gallons of water annually to match population growth driven by Air Force Academy expansion. The city projects 513 billion gallons available, plans a 15 million dollar expansion, and is under construction on a 100 mile gravity pipeline from Blue River to add 15 000 to 18 000 acre feet yearly. The plan also includes deep wells near the Academy, talks with Ellicott Valley farmers for 10 million gallons daily, and consideration of Twin Lakes purchase for roughly 13 million dollars storing about 40 000 acre-feet.
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Panama's New President Keeps Cabinet Intact
Informants report President Jose Ramon Guizado will retain the cabinet inherited from slain predecessor Jose Antonio Remon amid a volatile five party coalition. A reshuffle was planned as Catalino Arrocha Gatti quit to let Alejandro Remon assume power, but Remon urged Guizado to maintain the current lineup.
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Panama
Jose Ramon Guizado
Jose Antonio Remon
Catalino Arrocha Gatti
Alejandro Remon
Montgomery Hospitalized For Wart Removal
Field Marshal Lord Montgomery has entered hospital to remove a wart above his left ear. He called the procedure nothing serious and declined further comment.
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London
Lord Montgomery
Topeka Debaters Win Emporia Invitational Debate
Topeka won the Emporia Invitational debate tournament as 42 teams from 23 Kansas high schools competed over two days. Salina finished in second place.
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Emporia
Topeka
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Kansans Help Drive CARE Nine Year Aid Record
New York report shows Kansas residents contributed 707 315 of CARE s 165 million in aid across 60 foreign countries over nine years. The state accounts for over 70 000 CARE package deliveries and supports food, medical, and educational relief as CARE expands self help programs worldwide.
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Asia
Africa
Latin America
Branding irons at open house at Holbrook cafe
Guests at an open house in Holbrook branded the cafe woodwork with cattle branding irons after ranchers, at the owners’ request, brought the tools to the party.
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Session Called For Fears on Nicaragua
The Organization of American States held an emergency meeting in Washington to hear Costa Rica's claim that Nicaragua plans to invade. Costa Rica President Figueres accused Nicaragua of threats while Nicaragua's ambassador avoided comment. The talks followed months of mutual accusations over alleged assassination attempts and a failed overthrow plot in 1947. Nebraska remains the only U.S. state with a unicameral legislature.
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Nicaragua
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Togliatti warns Europe faces collapse at Italy meeting
Italy's chief Communist Palmiro Togliatti opened his party convention with a warning of catastrophe for Europe and a potential collapse in Italy. In a 34 hour speech he decried the Western European Union as a tool for rearming West Germany and warned of dangerous prospects if Europeans fail to strive for peace. The report also notes the WEU pact linking Italy and six other nations. The fragment also mentions Joseph F. Glidden's barbed wire invention from IST$ era.
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