Escapes Prompt State Penitentiary Officials Meeting
Gov. John Anderson called a meeting of four top state penal officials in Topeka to discuss a surge of 16 escapes from three institutions in four weeks. The talks aim to address unrest tied to publicity around the penal program and examine the trusty status program used for work on the Lansing women’s farm and Hutchinson reformatory.
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Topeka
John Anderson
State Penal System
State Penitentiary
Lansing
Hutchinson
Robert Kaiser
State Prison
Anderson
Dale Saffels
Garden City
Parole Board
Recaptured inmate claims prison pregnancy torment
Sharon Monroe a 22 year old inmate at the Women's Industrial Farm was recaptured near Lansing after escaping. She told Leavenworth Times she became pregnant while confined and said she lost her baby after taking nerve pills from a prison nurse. Prison officials say tests show she was not pregnant. She named two other inmates she alleges became pregnant at the farm.
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Lansing
Kan
Leavenworth Times
Sharon Monroe
Robert Kaiser
Penal Institutions
Sherman Crouse
Miss Monroe
Jerry Mosier
the Times
Monroe
Kansas
Miriam D. Phillips
Kaiser
Slightly Warmer Northeast Kansas Weather Forecast
A brief forecast notes slightly warmer conditions through Tuesday across northeast Kansas with partly cloudy skies. Tonight’s low around 30 and Tuesday’s high near 68. Historical readings show yesterday’s high 56 and year ago 45, with record highs and lows listed.
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Kansas
P.m. Yesterda
Haskell Apache Contest Winner
Patrick Cruz of Haskell Institute wins last week's Journal-World Football Contest earning a 15 pound dressed turkey. Cruz, a White Mountain Apache from White River Arizona, correctly predicted Kansas over Kansas State 37 7 and tied for best score with two misses. Second place turkeys went to Chester Gibbens and Glenn W Albright.
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Patrick Cruz
Haskell Institute
Cruz
White River
Ariz
Keokuk Hall
Haskell
Kansas
Kansas State
Chester Gibbens
Colorado Springs
Glenn W. Albright
Ind. St
Lawrence
Gibbens
Journal-World
Surveillance To Continue A Long Time
U S authorities report no evidence yet that Soviet IL28 bombers are being repacked in Cuba while missiles dismantling proceeds. Kennedy favors long term Cuba surveillance, with MiKoyan Cuban talks continuing and U Thant briefed in New York.
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U.S
Cuba
Kennedy
Anastas I. Mikoyan
Havana
United Nations
New York
U Thant
Vasily V. Kuznetsov
International Red Cross Committee
Geneva
Lawrence Sees First Freeze With 25 Degree Low
The Journal-World notes a 25 degree low, the season’s coldest reading since October. Forecasters expect warming with highs near 60 by Tuesday and partly cloudy skies through the week, with little precipitation across northeast Kansas.
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Lawrence
Journal-World
Kansas
Kansas University Homecoming Weekend Attracts Sellout Crowd
KU prepares for a sellout Memorial Stadium crowd of 38,000 plus for the 1962 homecoming game against Nebraska. Weekend includes alumni registration, dances, a basketball game, a musical, decorations, and various shows in the Union, Hoch Auditorium, and Murphy Hall. Queen Barbara Ann Schmidt presides with attendants Karen Jo Emel and Anne.
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Lawrence
Kansas University
Memorial Stadium
Kansas Union
Mt. Oread
Union Ballroom
Warren Durrett
Kansas City
Miriam Makeba
Falk
South Africa
Hoch Auditorium
Jayhawkers
Cornhuskers
Allen Fieldhouse
University Theatre of Murphy Halls
I.D
Karen Jo Emel
Colby Junior
Anne
Two Kansas Constitutional Amendments Face Voters
Voters will decide two proposed amendments on the ballot. A pay amendment would let statutes set legislative salaries, as used in at least 25 states. A special presidential ballot would permit new residents who have lived in Kansas and in the same voting precinct for 45 days prior to general elections in presidential years to vote for president and vice president only.
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Kansas
Congress
Prairie chicken season proves tough for local hunters
Local hunters reported a sluggish prairie chicken opening with birds distant and skittish. Over the five day hunt from Saturday to Wednesday, groups across Lyon and Wabaunsee counties netted few birds, most noting birds out of range despite sightings. A veteran party near Topeka managed 18 birds over two days, while others struggled to bring down birds even when birds were seen.
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J. W. Calvert
Tenn. St
Lyon County
Gerald McGee
Psa
John Connett
Route 2
Emporia
Pontius
Gilbert Francis
Clarence Bliesner
Mass
John McGraw
Mont
George Francis
Country‘side Lane
Bill Stogsdill
Route 1
Leonard Jella
Ky. St
Wabaunsee County
Topeka
McGrew
Stogsdill
Gib Francis
Interest Levels At Record Low In Tuesday Vote
Voters take charge Tuesday as polls open 7 am to 7 pm in Lawrence and 8 am to 6 pm county wide. AP predicts Republican sweep across national state and county offices with figures including Carlson Pearson Ellsworth and An derson. Douglas County forecasts 10 500 voters while Lawrence lists over 13 000 registered. Weather shows a warm clear day after early 30s low. Local races include Odd Williams vs Larry Crum in the 13th District and By ron Springer vs John Vogel. Three new Lawrence voting sites were added in Fifth and Sixth Precincts of the Third Ward and Fourth Precinct of the Fourth Ward.
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Associated Press
Frank Carlson
James B. Pearson
U.S. Senate
Robert F. Ellsworth
Congress
John Anderson
Statehouse
Douglas County
Lawrence
Topeka Weather Bureau
Odd Williams
Larry Crum
Byron Springer
John Vogel
23Rd
la. Sts
Schwegler School
Kentucky Fried Chicken Big Buy Interest Levels Page 2
Kentucky Fried Chicken appears to be evaluating a large purchase as interest levels rise for a major expansion. Details remain sparse with no firm agreement or dates disclosed.
Tranquilizers promise new era in mental health care
Professor Anivin VanderWerf outlines the rise of tranquilizers from Rauwolfia serpentina to Thorazine and Serpasil, noting dramatic reductions in hospitalized mental illness, increased discharge rates, and wide adoption. He details drug classes, core examples, discovery history, and ongoing psychopharmacology research shaping treatment and understanding of mental disease.
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Kansas
Durham
North Carolina
Equanil
Librium
India
Rauwolfia
Ciba Laboratories
Basel
Switzerland
Smith, Kline and French
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