U.S. Soldier Reported Defected to North Korea
Pyongyang radio says Private Larry A. Abshier of Cleveland Ohio fled to North Korea and praises life there. The U S Army lists him AWOL while his father doubts the statements. Abshier joined May 26 1961 and was to finish his Korea tour in July.
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Seoul
South Korea
Pyongyang
North Korea
Larry A. Abshier
Cleveland
Ohio
U.S. Army
Korea
Abshier
New Man’s Land
Youngei
U.S
George
Garfield Heights
Chicago
Missouri gunmen hunted near Butler by lawmen
Four police officers and two dogs pursued two armed men reported in the South Grand River bottoms near the Cass Bates line. One man, possibly Roy Lee Engberg, is wanted for the slaying of George Wilber and also faces a federal fugitive warrant and a state robbery charge. Authorities enlisted the highway patrol and a helicopter to aid the search.
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Kansas City
Butler
Clovis Sivall
Bates County
Grand River
Cass
Roy Lee Engberg
Denver
George Wilber
Sivall
Jack McComas
Cass County
Engberg
Wilber
John F. Flavin
Highway Patrol
Valentin Romero Elected President of GI Forum Lawrence Chapter
The American GI Forum Lawrence chapter elected officers Tuesday night at the Community Building. Chairman Valentin Romero and a slate including vice chair Frank Romero secretary Tommy Ramirez assistant secretary Leon Garcia treasurer Frank Garcia reporter Monty Vasquez sergeant at arms Raymond Romero and activity chairman Meliton Cauna were chosen. The eighth annual state convention is planned for June 15 to 17 at Hutchinson.
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American GI Forum
Lawrence
Valentin Romero
Frank Romero
Tommy Ramirez
Leon Garcia
Frank Garcia
Monty Vasquez
Raymond Romero
Meliton Cauna
Hutchinson
Weather Elsewhere Report From Associated Press
Acacia Loi 2 Gil Garbutt and others referenced in a brief weather bulletin. June 10 timestamp and scattered abbreviations imply a syndicated weather note with limited readable specifics.
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THE
Associated Press
Three People Injured in $1 150 Accident at City Intersection
A two car crash Tuesday at 10th and R streets left Sandra Surles 16 Route 4 and Edith Oelschaeger 33 along with Verna Oelschaeger 12 with cuts and bruises. Only minor injuries were reported and no hospitalizations. vehicle damage was estimated at 150 dollars.
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10Th and
R. T. Sts
Sandra Surles
Route 4
Edith Oelschaeger
E. 15Th St
Verna Oelschaeger
Vernon G. Oelschaeger
Three Youths Dig Tunnel To West Berlin Escape
Three 19 and 20 year old skilled laborers tunnelled from East Berlin to the West using soup spoons and coal shovels. The tunnel collapsed before one man could join the others, forcing the trio to dig out their companion over 72 hours without daylight or food. Overhead guards paced above as they worked. No West Berlin confirmation yet.
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Berlin
East Berlin
West Berlin
Six KU International Students Attend Summer Crossroads Programs
Six Kansas University students were selected by the Institute of International Education for the annual Summer Crossroads programs in Colorado Springs Colorado and Houston Texas. The five day sessions, for students finishing American studies, aim to help them organize reflections on their stay in the United States. Annamarie Peine of Frankfort Germany attends Houston, while Colorado Springs participants include Victor Herrera Valencia Spain Clara Badler Rosario Santa Fe Argentina Astrid Patsy Burling Buechmann Stockholm Sweden Ana Herzfeld Buenos Aires Argentina and Inga Safholm Drottningholm Sweden.
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Kansas University
Institute of International Education
Colorado Springs
Colo
Houston
Tex
United States
Annamarie Peine
Frankfort
Germany
Victor Herrera
Valencia
Spain
Clara Badler
Rosario
Santa Fe
Argentina
Astrid Patsy Burling Buechmann
Stockholm
Sweden
Ana Herzfeld
Buenos Aires
Inga Safholm
Drottningholm
Osawatomie Patients Tour Two KU Museums
Thirty one patients from Osawatomie State Hospital toured the Fine Arts and Natural History museums at Kansas University. Dr Gerald Bernstein directed the group and gave an illustrated lecture on art appreciation. Douglas County Association for Mental Health volunteers helped with arrangements and lunch.
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Osawatomie State Hospital
Fine Arts
Natural History
Kansas University
Gerald Bernstein
Fine Arts Museum
Douglas County Association For Mental Health
Wolfson
Volun Centennial Park
Ralph Ter
Oletha Yates
Bert Nash
H. M. Lattimore
Association
Rosalie Bowker
Lawrence
Four Men Plead Guilty in Mann Act Case Kansas City
Four men from Kansas City Missouri pleaded guilty to transporting a woman across state lines for immoral purposes after a 46 year old woman was kidnapped. Judge Arthur J Stanley Jr ordered a pre sentence investigation. The defendants were Robert E Clemenson Michael L Tebbs Kenneth Tolbert and Lowell D Bellsworth. The district attorney said kidnapping charges would be dismissed after sentencing.
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Kansas City. Kan
Kansas City
Arthur J. Stanley Jr
Robert E. Clemenson
Michael L. Tebbs
Kenneth Tolbert
Lowell D. Bellsworth
Newell A. George
Dairy Day Opens With Custard Cake Contests At 44H Fairgrounds
Dairy Day events begin at the 44H Fairgrounds with custard and butter cake contests judged for 8 to 13 year olds and older participants. Afternoon demonstrations follow as four Daily Princess candidates are named and judged. Prizes in custard baking and butter cake go to Worden Workers and Lone Star Club members.
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Janet Hornberger
Marilyn Johanning
Worden Workers 4-H Club
Journal-World Photo
Douglas County
Lyle Clark
Baldwin
Osage County
Dorothy Spencer
Karen Houk
Sara Rodewald
Jean Phillips
Elmer Ousdahl
Oletha Yates
Alvin Fishburn
Judy Hornberger
Worden Workers
Shirley Flory
Lone Star Club
Claudia Harris
Cottonwood Club
The
Faye Hegeman
Lawrence Work to Remove Overgrown KU Vines and Traffic Plans
Earl Farris jokes about chiggers as KU workers remove oversized vines on Mt. Oread as part of annual landscape maintenance. Kansas University advances traffic control stations with a July 15 test and fall full operation aimed at pedestrian safety. Recreation leagues adjust schedules due to South Park lighting delays as Wayne Bly targets lights by next week.
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Kansas University
Mt. Oread
Harry M. Buchholz
Joe Skillman
The
University
South Park
Lawrence High School
Woodlawn Park
Wayne Bly
Recreation Commission
Estes Lawyers Withdraw Request to Excuse Estes from Grand Jury Testimony
Franklin Texas attorneys for Billie Sol Estes withdrew a bid to excuse Estes from testifying before the county grand jury investigating the death of Henry H. Marshall. Attorney John J. Cofer also dropped his writ of habeas corpus after questioning eight jurors who said they did not view Estes as a possible defendant in Marshall's June 3, 1961 death.
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Franklin, Tex
Cap
Billie Sol Estes
Estes
Henry H. Marshall
John J. Cofer
Marshall
Girls Staters Elect Governor Aide at Kansas Session
The American Legion Auxiliary sponsors a 20th annual government training for seniors from across Kansas. Kansas Gov. John Anderson will deliver the inaugural address to the Girls Staters at 7 30 p m in the Kansas Union Ballroom. Attending are 1961 governor Carolyn Ey Mann and candidates for state offices from both Federalist and Nationalist camps.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Kansas
John Anderson
Kansas Union
Carolyn Eymann
Atchison
Michele Clark
el Dorado
Paulette Helden
Arkansas City
Jean Miller
Hiawatha
Diane Williams
Preston
Paula Dickens
Newton
Kathy Shepherd
Topeka
Susan Hancock
St. Francis
Sharon Smith
Garnett
Supreme Court
Frankie Howard
Wichita
Diane Kirk
Hutchinson
Sue Ann Neill
Clay Center
Cindy Dickson
Leavenworth
Karen Aday
Wellington
Yvonne Moore
Kansas City
Wkan
Rae Ann Jones
Cinda Waller
Girard
Susie Jorden
Columbus
Sue Sorem
Mary K. O'Connor
Marjorie Dunham
Izrie
Kansas Department
Poppy
Wesley Norwood
Douglas County
Ernest Russell
Kansas Commission On Civil Rights
Wopeka
Fraser Hall
Beck to seek 15th term as Douglas County register
Harold A. Beck, Douglas County Register of Deeds for 28 years, says he will seek the Republican nomination in the August primary for his 15th term. A lifelong Republican, Beck has lived in the county since age one and rose from local schooling to Lawrence High School and business college before entering public service.
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Harold A. Beck
Douglas County Register of Deeds
Beck
Office of
Register of Deeds
Douglas County
Union School
Willow Springs Township
Lawrence High School
Lawrence Business College
Ol! Pettit Plumbing Co
Route 2
Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis Orthopedic Clinic
Coffey County
Burlington
Lawrence
Prade School
Bid Openings Thursday For Milford Reservoir
U S Corps of Engineers will open bids Thursday for the Milford dam and reservoir on the Republican River near Junction City. Estimated present construction cost exceeds 10 million dollars with the total Milford project at about 67.2 million dollars, tentatively due for completion in 1966.
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Junction City
U.S. Corps of Engineers
Milford
Republican River
Corps of Engineers
Five Treated At Lawrence Memorial Hospital Emergency Room
Five people were treated at Lawrence Memorial Hospital emergency room on Monday and Tuesday after an auto accident and other incidents. Imogene Martin, Gary Knight, George Force, Verna Kay Oelschaeger, and Edith Oelschaeger were listed with injuries ranging from stitches to abrasions.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Imogene Martin
Lawrence Ave
Gary Knight
Lindenwood Lane
George Force
Verna Kay Oelschaeger
Sedimentation tests spark worry over wheat quality premium
Early Douglas County harvest yields about 40 bushels per acre but sedimentation tests raise concerns. Elevators fear premium losses if stored grain regresses in quality before federal uptake, potentially hitting farmers and storage operators. Moisture runs near 15 percent with 60 pounds per bushel cited as good weight.
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Douglas County
Union Hearings Probe Night Club Contracts and Abuses
Witnesses testified that AGWA regional director Fast faced termination and that contracts were not enforced in Chicago Denver San Francisco and other cities. Penny Singleton Pat Hackett and Patty Joyce described coercion and B-girl pressure while Inspector Rizzo highlighted raids and legal pushback against clubs.
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Ize
AGWA
San Francisco
Chicago
Denver
Colo
John L. McClellan
Dark
Fast
Jones
Bright
Penny Singleton
Blondie
Pat Lynn Hackett
Patty Joyce
Philadelphia
Frank Rizzo
Joyce
Rizzo
American Civil Liberties Union
Labor Charge On Behalf Of Penny Ready Mixed Concrete
The Penny Ready Mixed Concrete Co of Lawrence files an unfair labor practices charge with the NLRB on behalf of Penny. The case involves the Truck Drivers and Helpers Local 696 Topeka and the International Teamsters Union over spot picketing on May 3 and June 1. Pickets followed Penny trucks to job sites and stayed, causing workers from other unions to quit jobs at a Kansas University dormitory project and the First Southern Baptist Church site at 9th and Naismith. The charge alleges Taft Hartley Act violations.
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Teamsters Union
National Labor Relations Board
Penny Ready Mixed Concrete Co
Lawrence
Penny Firm
Topeka
International Teamsters Union
Kansas University
First Southern Baptist Church
9Th and
Naismith
NLRB
Americans Set to Snooping as Russia Prepares New Tests
U S experts plan to monitor Soviet atmospheric nuclear tests from instrument ships around Christmas and Johnston Islands while American subs and air sampling teams capture data. The latest U S test in the Pacific yielded an explosive force between 20 000 and 1 million tons of TNT.
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Washington
Russia
Christmas
Johnston Islands
Pacific
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Novaya Zemlya
Arctic
United States
U.S
Christmas Island
Atomic Energy Commission
Defense Department
Lodge Abandons Senate Primary bid endorses Seely Brown
John Davis Lodge former Connecticut governor and U S ambassador to Spain will not enter a U S Senate primary. He backs Horace Seely Brown Jr who won the Republican nomination at the state convention 476 to 149 over Lodge. May declines statewide challenge as party unity urged.
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Westport
Lodge
John Alsop
Avon
Alsop
Stewart
Joseph Alsop
Edwin H. May Jr
Wethersfield
May
Henry Cabot Lodge
U.S
United Nations
Hart Charges Lawyers Run Kansas State Government
Wichita Democrat George Hart told a rally that too many lawyers are running the state from the governor on. He cited his opponent Dale Saffels as a law partner to campaign manager Clifford Hope Jr. and noted Governor John Anderson is also a lawyer. Hart said the Bar Association has influenced the state Supreme Court and aims to control other departments.
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Wichita
George Hart
Hart
Dale Saffels
Garden City
Clifford Hope Jr
U. S
James Pearson
John Anderson
Bar Association
Supreme Court
Watered ham outlawed in Kansas still illegal
Kansas officials reaffirm that watered ham remains illegal for sale in the state. Food and drug director Evan Wright said a recent Supreme Court ruling on an imitation label in a federal case has no bearing on Kansas law, which bans adulterated foods including watered ham.
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Topeka
Kansas
Evan Wright
Food and Drug
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Department of Agriculture
Wright
Arn Says Farmers Are Against JFK Farm Plan
Pleasanton Kansas Edward F Arn a Republican Senate candidate says he has spoken with hundreds of Kansas farmers and found none who support the administrations farm program Most are emphatic in their opposition and uneasy about proposed agricultural legislation
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Pleasanton
Kan
Edward F. Arn
U. S. Senate
Kansas
Arn
Flight Engineers Warn Strike On Three Major Airlines
Flight engineers say they will strike tonight after 20 months of negotiations with Pan American World Airways Trans World Airlines and Eastern Air Lines. Spokesmen cite more than a dozen unsettled contract issues despite government mediation.
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Washington
Pan American World Airways
Trans World Airlines
Eastern Air Lines
Atlantic
Flight Engineers International Association
Afl-Cio
Hood Deported Today After 1957 New York Raid
Simone Scozzari a high ranking gang figure, was scheduled for deportation from Los Angeles to Rome aboard SAS. The 62 year old Rosemead resident, born in Palermo Sicily, had been ordered deported in January 1958 for jumping ship in New York in 1923 and failing to register as an alien.
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Los Angeles
Simone Scozzari
Gangland
Apalachin
N. Y
Scandinavian Airlines System
Rome
Scozzari
Rosemead
Palermo
Sicily
New York
Vacation Pak Service Plans Offered with No Extra Charge
World Journal outlines a new Vacation Pak service included in plans with no additional charge. Advertisers promote the bundled option as a value add for travelers seeking discounts and convenience.
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Journal- World
Journal-World at your summer address
Advertisers urge readers to update delivery address for the Journal-World during summer, noting phone VI3-1000 for changes and home delivery options. The notice emphasizes convenient service and ongoing regional coverage.
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Journal-World
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