Barber trades denture for teeth in Kansas City tale
Dale Gasper, a 24 year old barber, arranged a barter with Dr Frank M Ball for two years of barber services in exchange for a denture set. Gasper said many dentists offered, but he chose Ball who began the work Monday. Ball cited prior barters including dentures for house painting and plumbing repairs for a child. In London, Bing Crosby and Bob Hope rented Cranbourne Court for a film with the Road to Hong Kong crew at a weekly rate of 400 pounds. Nearby amenities include golf courses, a pub, Ascot, and Shepperton studios. In Great Bend, Lynn Welch was granted a divorce, with his wife restored to her former name Betty Lou Argue.
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Kansas City
Dale Gasper
Gasper
Frank M. Ball
London
Bing Crosby
Bob Hope
Cranbourne Court
England
Hong Kong
St. Crispian
Ascot Race Course
Shepperton
Great Bend
Lynn Welch
Welch
Betty Lou Argue
Fumes Force Train of Evacuees Across Illinois River
About 10 000 residents fled homes in Bartonville Creve Coeur Pekin East Peoria and nearby towns as a ammonia transfer hose ruptured releasing toxic fumes along the Illinois River. 19 hospitalized none seriously. Evacuation lasting over four hours.
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Peoria
Ill
Illinois River
Bartonville
Creve Coeur
North Pekin
East Peoria
Creve Coer
Bradley University
Illinois
Hannah City
To Speak At Convention In Wichita Kansas Legion Meet
WICSITA AP reports Harry G Tru man and Gov John Anderson are set to speak Saturday at the Kansas American Legion Convention in Wichita. The event opens Friday and runs through Sunday with the annual parade and drum and bugle contests planned for Saturday.
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Wicsita
Harry G, Truman
John Anderson
Wichita
Kansas American Legion
Weather County Forecast Mixed clouds and storms
Variable cloudiness with warm humid air and scattered showers and thunderstorms through Wednesday. Highs near 96 to 95 degrees, overnight lows around the low 70s. Occurrences mostly in late afternoon or at night.
McNamara flags nuclear option if Berlin crisis widens
Defense Secretary Robert McNamara told the House committee that while the focus is on strengthening conventional forces, the U S would resort to nuclear power if necessary to face Soviet aggression in Western Europe. He noted the West likely stockpiles in Berlin and England and discussed doubts about East German reliability in a Berlin showdown.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
U.S
Europe
McNamara
House Armed Services
Berlin
United States
West Berlin
England
Pentagon
Khrushchev
Turnpike tolls rise in Kansas to fund bonds
The Kansas Turnpike increased tolls at 12:01 a.m. with general hikes of 5 to 15 cents between interchanges, adding 45 cents to travel along the 236 mile tollway. Commercial vehicles face a 5 percent rise to the nearest nickel. The New rates support bond interest and retirement, with bonds maturing October 1, 1994.
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Wichita
Kansas Turnpike
Turnpike Authority
Asian African group seeks UN emergency session on Tu nisia crisis
Asian and African delegates pressed for an emergency UN General Assembly session to address Tunisia's accusation of French aggression at Bizerte. Ghana's Kenneth K. 8 Dadzie, leading the drive, said 21 of 99 members have signed the request and aims for 50 backing by Wednesday. Dag Hammarskjold would convene the session if a majority supports it.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N
General Assembly
Tunisia
Bizerte
Kenneth K
Dadzie
Ghana
Dag Hammarskjold
Hammarskjold
Senate Committee Adds Billion To JFK Request
Senate liberals pressure Kennedy to maintain New Frontiers amid calls to curb domestic spending for defense. Humphrey urges long range welfare planning to outdo Khrushchev, while Kuchel cautions against harming social programs.
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Senate
JFK
Jack Bell
Washington
Kennedy
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Khrushchev
Humphrey
Campaign plans set for Ottawa University centennial drive
Homer Fairly of Kansas City opened an Ottawa office in the Bennett building to organize a Centennial Fund drive. He leads a Baptist Convention education group aiding the university with a goal of about 500000 for a student union project campus remodeling and academic program support. An October kickoff is planned during homecoming weekend with a campaign run through July 1, 1962.
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Homer Fairly
Kansas City
Ottawa University Centennial Fund
Ottawa
Bennett Building
Fairly
American Baptist Convention Board of Education
Paul Carter
Louis Robey
New York
Kansas City Gas Escape Ties Up Downtown
Natural gas escaped in the downtown area after a failed stopper valve on a 24 inch main. Police redirected traffic on Walnut Street and warned pedestrians to quit smoking. Gas Service Co workers were repairing an 8 inch main loading into a department store as the gas dissipated quickly.
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Kansas City
Walnut
Gas Service Co
Charles D. Tall
Tom Lee
Leo
Traffic Toll In Topeka July August Death Log
Kansas traffic death log reports 24 hours to 9 am Tuesday with 36 deaths in August and 302 in 1961 versus 280 in 1960. Prescriptions for Raney Drug CH 2 0092 advertised.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kennedy seeks boost in US military to meet Berlin threat
Senate Appropriations Committee approved a $4.5 billion defense package and urged swift action. The plan, in response to the Berlin crisis, would expand bomber missile and satellite forces, authorize up to 250000 reservists, and extend active duty notes. It includes funding for ongoing heavy jet bomber production and the B70 development as an experimental system.
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Washington
Kennedy
Senate Appropriations Committee
Congress
Berlin
Russia
A. Willis Robertson
D-Va
House
Robertson
Senate
Curtis E. Lemay
Air Force
No Excuse For Labor Stoppages at Missile Bases
Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg warns there is no excuse for missile base labor stoppages amid the Berlin crisis. He says a possible no strike ban could be sought from Congress if breaches occur, while noting the pledge is reducing days lost to disputes from thousands to only hundreds.
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Vanderberg Air Force Base
Arthur J. Goldberg
United States
Berlin
Kennedy
Congress
Goldberg
Senate
John L. McClellan
D- J Ark
Missile Site Labor Relations Committee
Strategic Air Command
Omaha
Neb
Jdead
West Berlin
Japan Rejects US Atomic Sub Port Opening
Tokyo reports Defense Director Sensuke Fujieda says Japan declined an American request to allow U S atomic submarines to use Japanese ports due to radioactivity fears. The proposal, presented by Secretary of State Dean Rusk to Foreign Minister Zentaro Kosaka last June, was raised during Premier Hayato Ikeda’s Washington visit.
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Tokyo
Japan
U.S
Sensuke Fujieda
Fujieda
Dean Rusk
Zentaro Kosaka
Hayato Ikeda
Washington
Berlin Crisis Explains a Divided City and its Legacy
AP reporter Carl Hartman outlines Berlin’s 1948 blockade, four power rule, and postwar split. He notes the Soviet sector's losses, West Berlin’s economic surge, mass refugee flows, and the city’s unique position as a crossroads between East and West, highlighting the enduring tension of a divided capital.
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Berlin
Carl Hartman
East
West Berlin
West Germany
East i
Atlas E missile test advances space power design
Cape Canaveral AP A 5000 mile test flight of the Atlas E moved the missile closer to operational status and informed atomic power unit design for space vehicles. The flight off Ascension Island produced heat data from a simulated nuclear core and recovered instrumentation from a 30 inch cylinder parachuted from the nose cone. The earlier flight set a 9050 mile record and officials say the system will be deployed late this year with safety margins emphasized.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Ascension Island
Atlas
Ascension
Ocean Range
Coastall Crusader
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