Frigid air grips Sedalia and Lamonte as gas fails
Gas mains ruptured in Sedalia and Lamonte Missouri cutting natural gas service. A 12 inch line burst in Sedalia. a second break cut gas to Lamonte. One man, Fred Koeller, aged about 80, died likely from fumes. Civil Defense declared a state of emergency as crews repaired mains and tested 8500 connections.
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Sedalia
Missouri
Lamonte
Here
Fred Koeller
L. L. Studer
Bothwell
Jaycee Awards Tonight Honor Winners at Eldridge Hotel
The 1962 Lawrence Jaycee honors will be handed out at 7 tonight during Distin guished Service Award and Bosses Night dinner at the Hotel Eldridge. Martin Schuler of Midwest Research Institute of Kansas will address education and the community. Awards include Distinguished Service Outstanding Boss and Key Man.
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Lawrence Jaycee
Eldridge
Martin Schuler
Midwest Research Institute of Kansas
Jaycee
Mothers March To Be Tuesday Boosts March of Dimes Drive
More than 300 mothers will join a countywide fund raising march Tuesday night in Lawrence Baldwin Lecompton Eudora and surrounding areas. The drive aims to top last year’s 4000 and supports polio arthritis and child defect programs. Headquarters in Police Fire Building telephone line VI 3 1717 aids volunteers. Residents asked to light porch lamps and donate. funds collected that night. The campaign runs through mid February as part of the March of Dimes effort.
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Baldwin
Lecompton
Eudora
Etta Beal
United Fund
Rift Rumors Dismissed As Gov. Anderson Praises Pearson
TOPEKA AP Gov. John Anderson brushed aside Sunday stories of a growing rift with Sen. James B. Pearson R Kan saying not to pay attention. The piece noted lingering questions about friendship since Pearson took Schoeppel’s seat and potential future jobs for Anderson.
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John Anderson
James B. Pearson
Kan
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Kansas
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Pearson
U. S. Senate
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Senate
U. S
KU traffic rules stay in force as break continues
KU Police Chief Joe Skillman said parking zone restrictions will continue through the between semesters break with zones D F 1 F 2 G H J K Q T U W and Z limited and lifted for a few days before registration. Registration ends Saturday and spring classes start Monday at 7 30 a m. Also KU hosts twenty one Latin American educators beginning a six week seminar on higher education in the Americas to share ideas with educators from twelve nations during an eight week U S visit.
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Kansas University
Americas
U.S
Lockheed Pact Okayed by Los Angeles Machinists
In Los Angeles 85 percent of about 4 000 Lockheed machinists approved a three year contract missing a union shop clause. The pact urges new hires to consider joining IAM and to meet shop stewards. Wages and vacations improve with joint steward training planned.
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Lockheed Aircraft Corp
International Association of Machinists
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Burbank
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Cape Canaveral
IAM
City Proposals For Zoning and Utilities Highlight Meeting
City officials discuss beer and liquor laws affecting minors. They consider special assessments for sanitary sewers in North Lawr ence and for streets and storm sewers in Holiday Hills No 2. Rezoning requests target 1101 1105 Kentucky Street and West 6th Street, plus 5th and Maine Street apartments. Temporary notes of 55000 for Country Club North sewer work approved.
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Gas Service Restored for Hot Springs Residents
Gas service returned to about 200 Hot Springs homes after 15 hours without gas. An Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co. crew of 17 worked overnight in temperatures as low as seven degrees to restore service.
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Ark
Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co
Armed Soviets Placed in Cuba, Rusk Asserts
Secretary of State Dean Rusk says four heavily armed Soviet combat groups are in Cuba with MiG fighters capable of carrying nuclear weapons. He calls the presence a real concern but says missiles are to be removed in due course. no nuclear warheads are believed on the island. Senate probes into Cuban power continue.
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Soviet Union
Cuba
Dean Rusk
United States
Rusk
U.S
Unon
Congress
Senate
Cuban
Church to Repair Harm From Fire
The First Presbyterian Church votes to spend 15000 dollars to repair fire damage from December 27. Volunteer labor will trim the 30000 needed by commercial labor. three rooms will not be restored to save funds for a new church planned within two to three years near the Holiday Inn at 23rd and Iowa. About 130 people attended.
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23Rd
Iowa
KU and KU Colorado joint programs expand student exchanges
Representatives from Kansas University and the Kansas Board of Regents approved reciprocal summer programs and resident-rate course access with Colorado University. About 140 students from both states will participate in languages and area studies while Missouri and Nebraska already waive some out of state fees for specific fields. Chancellor Wescoe and professors Argersinger and Heller attended the meeting.
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Colorado
Missouri
Nebraska
W. Clarke Wescoe
Argersinger
Francis Heller
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Deaths-Funeral Notice for Fred L. Needham of Tonganoxie
Fred L. Needham 87 of Route 1 Tonganoxie died Saturday at Cushing Memorial Hospital Leavenworth. Funeral 3 p m Tuesday at Congregational Church Tonganoxie Rev William Lipe presiding burial Maple Grove Cemetery. Surviving sons Fred F Robert E Harold V, sister Mrs W M Shepherd, brothers Harry Vin, seven grandchildren. Quisenberry Funeral Home Tonganoxie in charge.
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Leavenworth
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Maple Grove
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Leavenworth County
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Robert E. Needham
Harold V. Needham
W. M. Shepherd
Bellingham
Wash
Harry Needham
Sacramento
Calif
Vin Needham
Anthony, Kan
Funeral set for Linwood resident George E. Kirkman
George E. Kirkman 61 a Linwood resident for 40 years died Saturday at home. Funeral services 2 p.m. Tuesday Linwood Methodist Church burial Mt. Sidney Cemetery Linwood. Masonic services 8 tonight Bonner Springs Alden Harrington and Sons. Survived by wife Algie and son Glenn.
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Linwood
Byron F. Cooke 79 dies. former grocer remembered in Lawrence
Byron F. Cooke, 79, of 1508 Vt. died Saturday evening in Lawrence Memorial Hospital. He formerly owned a grocery in the 800 block of Massachusetts and later worked for Sommers Grocery. Services Wednesday at Rumsey Funeral Home with Rev. Charles Wesley Garrett officiating. Burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Survivors include daughter Helen Cooke Sper of Washington DC, brother Edgar Cooke of New York City, granddaughter Donna Lee Boltis of Kansas City, grandson Robert E. Perkins of Glendale, California, and five great grandchildren.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
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Rumsey Funeral Home
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Memorial Park Cemetery
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Washington, D.C
Edgar Cooke
New York City
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Kansas City
Robert E. Perkins
Glendale
Calif
Mrs. Adelyn Viets Young Dies in Mission Home
Mrs Adelyn Viets Young 52 a former Jefferson County resident died this morning at her Mission home after two months in ill health. She was the daughter of Roy and ? Viets longtime Jefferson County residents. Born in Jefferson County she had lived in Mission recently.
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Jefferson County
Mission
Roy Viets
Young
Death notice for Stilwell resident with extended family ties
The obituary notes the death of a Stilwell area resident, survived by husband Frank O Young of the home and her parents Mr and Mrs Viets of Stilwell. She is also survived by two brothers M C Kelley Viets of Stilwell and Arthur R Viets of Lone Jack and a sister Mrs R J Barrett of Stilwell. Funeral services are set for 10 30 a m Wednesday at Amos Chapel Shawnee with burial at Johnson County Memorial Gardens. Friends may visit Amos Funeral Home Tuesday evening.
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Stilwell
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Arthur R. Viets
Lone Jack
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Carlson Attacks Kennedy Tax Proposals in Kansas
Sen Frank Carlson a Kansas Republican criticized President Kennedy s call for tax cuts without spending cuts. He spoke to the Kansas Federation of Republican Women in Topeka saying tax relief is beneficial only with clear federal spending reductions and warned against further debt.
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Theis Delivers Partisan Crack At Kansas Legislature
Frank Theis Democratic national committee man used Kansas Day to attack the GOP led state Legislature. He condemned the Senate vote he calls the cows over people measure opposing a U S Constitution amendment to bar federal court involvement in state reapportionment cases.
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Frank Theis
Kansas Day
Senate
U. S
Picket Lines Set Up At Nevada Test Site
Office workers went on strike at the Nevada Test Site with a picket line. The Atomic Energy Commission said other crafts honored the line. The walkout protested subsistence and travel pay allowances.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Nevada Test Site
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Ellsworth Sees Budget Cuts Target Space and Aid
Rep. Robert F. Ellsworth of Kansas forecast a congressional cut in the federal budget focusing on space and foreign aid programs. Speaking to the Overland Park Rotary Club, he argued space funding is largely a public relations effort to prove U S supremacy in the space age.
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Kennedy
U. S
Robert F. Ellsworth
Journal-World Today
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Overland Park
Kan
Rkan
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East German Soldiers Escape to West Berlin
A sergeant and a corporal of the East German army escaped to West Berlin during the night. They crossed through barbed wire border fortifications in the north of the city and took their weapons with them, according to West Berlin police.
Card of Thanks for Dean Harvey Jr. Family
The family of Dean Harvey Jr. expresses gratitude for sympathy, food, flowers, cards, meals, and other acts of kindness during their recent loss. May God bless each of you.
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Dean Harvey Jr
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