Freedom Ride Controversy Draws Sheriff Denial Of Brutality
Sheriff J R Gilroy defended Mississippi State Penitentiary treatment of desegregation protesters after a New York teen alleged riders were beaten and dragged. Judge Spencer sentenced 23 riders for breach of peace bringing total convicted to 163. Freedom Ride Coordinating Committee scheduled a Jackson strategy meeting.
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Freedom Rice
Mississippi State Penitentiary
J. R. Gilroy
Jackson
Gilroy
New York
Kenneth Shilman
Oceanside
N.Y
Shilman
Chicago
Felix Singer
Terry Sullivan
Crete
Parchman
Jackson City
James Spencer
Westbrook Pegler
Pegler
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
New Orleans
Mobile
Ala
Tallahassee
Fla
Unity House
Phillip Randolph
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
Afl-Cio Executive Council
Kansas City
Harold Duncan
Fairyland Amusement Park
Committee On
Racial Equality
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Freedom Ride Coordinating Committee
Intercontinental Penetration Forces Train in Florida Swamps
An international group of soldier of fortune volunteers trains in Florida swamps for Cuban adventures. Led by Jerry Patrick, the 6 foot 7 inch commander, the unit includes North and South American and European members. The Miami Herald reported the force after Sen. George Smathers disclosed its existence on a nationwide radio network.
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Miami, Fla
Soldiers of Fortune
Florida
Cuba
Miami
Jerry Patrick
Miami Heralds
George A. Smathers
D-Fla
Deaths-Funerals of Mrs Stella Pillsbury and Mrs Clara Abbott
Mrs Stella Pillsbury aged 76 died this morning at Valleyview Rest Home. Graveside services set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Oak Hill Cemetery with Rev Benton Roy Hanan officiating. Rumsey Funeral Home handles arrangements and calls accepted until noon Thursday. Surviving sister is Mrs W W Wentworth of Inglewood California. Mrs Clara Elizabeth Abbott aged 81 died Monday afternoon at Eldorado Springs Missouri after living in Humansville 24 years. Born November 18 1879 in Linwood she leaves two daughters Nellie Caldwell and Edith Christenson, four sons Henry Oliver Winifred and Ralph all of Kansas City area. sisters Lydia Olsen Nora Smith Stella Layton. 13 grandchildren 27 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild. Funeral 2 p.m. Thursday at First Southern Baptist Church Eudora with burial at Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call Cooper Warren Funeral Home until noon Thursday.
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Stella Pillsbury
Valleyview Rest Home
Oak Hill Cemetery
Benton Roy Hanan
Rumsey Funeral Home
W. W.wentworth
Inglewood
Calif
Clara Elizabeth Abbott
Eudora
ElDorado Springs
Humansville
Linwood
Nellie Caldwell
Kansas City
Edith Christenson
LeRoy
Kan
Henry Abbott
Oliver Abbott
Winifred Abbott
Ralph Abbott
Lydia Olsen
Nora Smith
Chambers, Ariz
Stella Layton
First Southern Baptist Church
Memorial Park Cemetery
Friends
Cooper-Warren Funeral Home
Memorial Hospital Births and Residents Listed
Memorial Hospital reports births and residents including Benji K Wyatt at 1833 W 21st Leonard Edmonds of Oskaloosa Verna Stanwix at 1816 W 24th Audra Brand 1022 Avalon Mary Denholm Tonganoxie Clara Kramer McLouth Route 3 Lottie Shireman Sunflower Leila Self Centralia Ill Juanita Herschell 433 Mich Fred Roth berger Eudora Helen Holz 1532 Mass Andrew Bedford DeSoto David Haas Ottawa Eleanor Hill and baby boy 842 Ill Norine Cluchey 1032 Ohio Anna Olinger 1212 La Cindy Henderson Sunflower Irene Jeffries 624 Lincoln Olon Asher Eudora Mr and Mrs Gerald Rasmus sen 2227 Barker a daughter Monday Mr and Mrs Audean Kramer McLouth a son today.
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Benji K. Wyatt
W. 21St
Leonard Edmonds
Oskaloosa
Verna Stanwix
W. 24Th
Audra Brand
Avalon
Mary Denholm
Tonganoxie
Clara Kramer
McLouth
Guy Church
Lottie Shireman
Sunflower
Leila Self
Centralia
Ill
Juanita Herschell
Fred Rothberger
Eudora
Helen Holz
Mass
Andrew Bedford
DeSoto
David Haas
Ottawa
Eleanor Hill
Baby Boy
Norine Cluchey
Ohio
Anna Olinger
Cindy Henderson
Irene Jeffries
Lincoln
Olon Asher
Gerald’ Rasmus‘sen
Barker
Audean Kramer
Gas Rate Boost Affects KPS Industrial Clients
For KPSs large industrial customers a 4.5 cent rate rise would start July 23 while home customers face a five month FPC waiting period. Wholesalers refunds and FPC decisions drive the changes, with KPS passing increases to local customers if wholesalers raise rates. De Moss notes KPS has not raised its own rates in over two decades despite growing local customers.
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KPS
FPC
DeMoss
Myers Considers Senate Run From Emporia
State Sen. Wade Myers of Emporia weighs a bid for the Democratic nomination to the U S Senate next year. The 32 year old former Lyon County probate judge says he has not made up his mind.
Farm Accident Kills Local Farmer Near Richland
The accident occurred on the farm of son Gene Anderson when Anderson pulled a wagon load of hay. Two other workers were in another field. Gene and Francis Anderson found their father after the incident. Survivors include Ruby Anderson, three daughters, six sons, two sisters, five brothers, and 12 grandchildren.
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Gene
Anderson
Fred Broeker
Francis Anderson
Topeka
Ruby Anderson
John Lohman
Elm
James Turley
Cody
Wyo
William Hill
Kansas City
Kan
Western Auto Opens at Malls Shopping Center
Western Auto opens this weekend at the Malls Shopping Center with a new store owned by Bill Cohn in association with the downtown Western Auto at 910 Mass. St. Under new management of John Stanley the Malls store will offer an automotive service area and a full line of appliances paint hardware automotive parts tires sporting goods and housewares.
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Western Auto
Bill Cohn
Mass. St
John Stanley
Cohn
Lawrence Horse Show Lights Up Douglas County Fairgrounds
Arena manager Ed Lang and crew ready the 17th annual Lawrence Horse Show at the Douglas County 4H Fairgrounds. Three 7 p.m. performances Friday to Sunday in the rodeo arena, hosted by the local American Legion post led by commander Bob Compton. Over 500 entries expected and about 7,500 spectators forecast.
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Ed Lang
Lawrence
Douglas County
Fairgrounds
Fairgrounds Rodeo
American Legion
Bob Compton
Lang
Rodeo
Compton
SEC to Probe Mutual Funds for Fees and Practices
SEC Chairman William L. Cary told a House subcommittee the agency will investigate mutual funds to see if investors are protected from exorbitant fees and questionable management. Cary noted existing complaints and said several SEC employees are already at work on fund problems amid discussions of a possible 750000 grant for stock exchange study.
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Washington
Securities and Exchange Commission
Congress
SEC
William L. Cary
House Commerce
Cary
John D. Dingell
D-Mich
Extradition Decision Looms In Rapist Case
Douglas County authorities await late today or Wednesday word on whether William Daegele 41 of near St Louis will be tried in Douglas County or Missouri. He faces first degree kidnapping and forcible rape of a 12 year old Baldwin girl. Daegele to appear July 10 in Clayton Missouri on a felony charge and is free on a 1000 bond. Governor of Missouri must decide where to try him.
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Douglas County
Missouri
Wes Norwood
Missouri Attorney General's Office
William George Daegele
St. Louis
Daegele
Baldwin
Clayton
Norwood
Helen Keller Celebrates 81st Birthday at Vineyard Haven
Helen Keller marked her eighty first birthday at Katherine Cornell’s summer home in Vineyard Haven Massachusetts. Keller, the noted author and lecturer who has been deaf and blind since infancy, was surrounded by friends during the observance.
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Vineyard Haven
Mass
Helen Keller
Katharine Cornell
Romantic Deadlock Chattanooga Mayhem
Romance tied the Hamilton County court in early 1961 with 94 marriages and 94 divorces in the first two months, reflecting a balanced matrimonial cycle in the region.
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Chattanooga
Hamilton County
Eichmann Insists on Innocence With Hand Drawn Charts
In Jerusalem Adolf Eichmann argues via five hand drawn charts that the Nazi killings were Gestapo in the field under top orders and that he was bypassed. Defense says he directed trains evacuating 600,000 Jews from Hungary while in the field.
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Jerusalem
Adolf Eichmann
Gestapo
Eichmann
Hungary
Robert Servatius
Budapest
Servatius
Moshe Landau
Rickey Suffers Heart Seizure in Canada
Branch Rickey, famed baseball executive and farm system pioneer, suffered a heart attack on his private fishing island near Toronto. He was airlifted to a Sudbury hospital after awakening at about 5 a.m. His condition was described as serious but undetermined as his wife, secretary Ken Blackburn, and Dr. Joseph Finegold prepared to join him.
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Pittsburgh
Branch Rickey
Canada
Rickey
Ken Blackburn
Toronto
Blackburn
Sudbury
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Faubus Puts His Prestige on Line in Bond Election
Gov. Orval Faubus risks his political future in a Senate or fifth-term bid as he pushes a $60 million construction bond for state colleges. Public education groups oppose tapping school funds to back the plan, citing fears of a political dynasty. Former Gov. Sid McMath condemns the proposal as a cunning bid.
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Little Rock
Orvald
Faubus
U.S. Senate
Sid McMath
Archbishop Ramsey Enthroned as 100th Archbishop of Canterbury
Dr. Arthur Michael Ramsey was enthroned in Canterbury England marking the 100th archbishop of the Church of England. He succeeds as spiritual leader guiding church affairs and national ceremonies.
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Canterbury, England
Arthur Michael Ramsey
Arch of
Canterbury
Church of England
Governors Challenge States Rights Over Kennedy Education Aid
In Honolulu governors debated the Kennedy aid to education program. Ribicoff sent remarks via Quigley challenging states rights critics to name which federal school aid programs they would give up. Raymond Moley called the program political and warned it rests on the illusion of inexhaustible tax revenue.
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Honolulu
Raymond Moley
Newsweek Magazine
Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Khrushchev
David L. Lawrence
Pennsylvania
Mark O. Hatfield
Oregon
Young Boy Found Chained in House
Police found 12 year old Roy Dean Hall chained to a bed in a basement room between Kansas City and Independence. His sister Jeanette Hall 15 said the parents tied him for about ten days while the father worked as a trash hauler and the mother babysat. Roy’s father and mother 48 and 45 were arrested and the children placed at Jackson County Parental School.
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Kansas City
Roy Dean Hall
Jeanette Hall
Roy
Roy Hall
Margaret
Jackson County
Gerald A. Bean
Bean
Independence
Rotary Club Elects New Officers After Year of Service
Lawrence Rotary Club held a Monday noon meeting to review the year under retiring President William Terrell. Dolph C. Simons Jr. will succeed him as president, with Robert Payne as vice president Karl Klooz secretary John Brand treasurer Ray Roberts assistant treasurer and Bob Billings sergeant at arms. Directors include C. Roger Allen Jr. Paul Getto J. D. King James Owens Terrell Payne and Simons.
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Lawrence Rotary Club
William Terrell
Terrell
Dolph C. Simons Jr
Bill Willee
Civic Club
Simons
Robert Payne
Karl Klooz
John Brand
Ray Roberts
Bob Billings
C. Roger Allen Jr
Paul Getto
J. D. King
James Owens
Payne
Car Truck Collision Causes Over 500 Damage at City Intersection
About 4:20 p.m. Monday a car driven by Gerald J. Jeffries and a truck driven by William K. Eisele collided at Haskell Avenue and 20th Street. Damage estimated over 500 dollars. No injuries reported. Deputies said Jeffries, 31, of Maple Lane, and Eisele, 75, of Route 2 were involved.
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Haskell Avenue
20Th Street
Gerald J. Jeffries
Maple Lane
William K. Eisele
Route 2
Topeka Show Flops At Booth, Box Office Below Expectations
The Kansas Story failed in Topeka with gross receipts of 122000 against a 200000 target set by the Kansas Centennial commission. Maurice E. Fager blamed weather for the slump and expressed disappointment, while advance sales in Wichita look brighter for a July 4 run. The Legislature had appropriated 420000 to back the centennial event.
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Topeka
Kansas Story
Kansas Centennial Commission
Maurice E. Fager
Centennial Commission
Wichita
Kansas
Auto production lags behind 1960 pace as season nears end
Detroit AP reports the auto industry will finish the first half of 1961 about 1.1 million cars behind the year-ago pace. Output climbs to just over 550,000 cars in the current month, with May the high for six months at 542,303. First-half total near 2.7 million versus 3.8 million last year.
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Detroit
Studebaker - Packard
Chrysler
Hess Is Elected Senior Vice Commander in Kansas
Ora D. Hess of 421 Pleasant was elected senior vice commander for Kansas at the 41st VFW annual state department convention held in Hutchinson over the weekend.
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Ora D. Hess
Pleasant
Kansas
VFW
State Department
Hutchinson
Brannon seeks removal of grand jury report in KC police case
Kansas City's former police chief Bernard C. Brannon asks to strike parts of a grand jury report accusing the Police Department of dealing with an underworld syndicate. He faces perjury and willful misconduct indictments. Brannon's attorney argues the report exceeds legal rights and unfairly shapes public opinion.
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Kansas City
Bernard C. Brannon
Grand Jury
Police Department
Brannon
David Trusty
Grand
Kennedy Nominates Ricketts to Vice Chief of Naval Operations
President Kennedy nominated Vice Admiral Claude V. Ricketts a 32 year veteran for the rank of admiral to be vice chief of naval operations. He will replace Admiral James S. Russell as George W. Anderson moves to chief of naval operations succeeding Admiral Arleigh Burke who steps down August first.
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Washington
Kennedy
Claude V. Ricketts
Ricketts
James S. Russell
George W. Anderson
Navy
Naval Operations
Anderson
Arleigh’ A. Burke
In Memoriam Forrest V Mills June 27 1980
In loving memory of Forrest V Mills who passed away one year ago today June 27 1980. The family mourns in silence and shares the sorrow of his wife Ruth Mills and sisters Neva Harrison and Lillian Sandquist who Miss him dearly and keep him in their thoughts.
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Forrest V. Mills
Ruth Mills
Neva Harrison
Lillian Sandquist
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