Side Swipes and Bank Heist tale from midwest AP report
County treasurer announces 3193.21 in personal property taxes collected with 692.45 less than last year as uncollected taxes are due by Oct 1. In Liberal Missouri a bank safecracker failed to steal, inventory shows no loot after doors burned. in Anadarko Oklahoma rain disrupts the American Indian Exposition with 600 attending an inter-tribal dancing event won by a Arapaho group.
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Roselyn Whirley
Liberal
Citizens State Bank of
William Lathim
Lathim
Anadarko
Okla
Nixon in Senate presiding chair study fuels debate
Senator Stephen Young claims Vice President Nixon spent exactly two hours, 55 minutes, 40 seconds in the presiding officer chair during roughly 5742 hours of Senate sessions last week. He argues the Constitution requires Nixon to preside, while Republicans counter that Nixon has actively shaped policy. They also note JFK missed several roll calls this Congress.
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Washington
Stephen M. Young
Ohio
Senate
Richard M. Nixon
Young
Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Massachusets
Congress
Kennedy plans Sunday trip to Truman and Des Moines
Senator John F Kennedy will miss a Saturday Senate session to visit former President Harry S Truman in Independence Missouri and attend an agricultural conference in Des Moines Iowa on Sunday August 21. Kennedy's press secretary Pierre Salinger said he will fly from Washington to Kansas City then drive to Truman's home for about an hour to discuss Truman's role in the fall campaign before heading to Des Moines with Lyndon B Johnson.
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Washington
Senate
John F. Kennedy
Harry S. Truman
Des Moines
Iowa
Kennedy
Pierre Salinger
Kansas City
Independence Co
Truman
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Weather County Forecast Showers Then Thunderstorms Likely
Scattered light showers this afternoon and again Wednesday. Thunderstorms likely Wednesday morning. Partly cloudy, windy and warm through Wednesday. Highs in the lower 90s, lows in the mid 70s.
San Jose Sessions Opened in Costa Rica
Secretary of State Christian Herter opened the San Jose conference of Western Hemisphere foreign ministers urging stronger ties for peace security and progress. Police prepared for possible Communist demonstrations as the opening drew a crowd of about 100 including Costa Rican and Cuban officials. The Inter-American Peace Committee warned of rising Soviet influence in the Caribbean and Venezuela's charges against the Dominican Republic were set to be addressed first.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Christian A. Herter
Herter
Washington
Bogota
George C. Marshall
U. S
Alfredo Vargas
Rau] Roa
Soviet Union
Caribbean
Organization of American States
OAS
Whiting Willauer
U.S
Wile
Cuba
Latin America
Dominican Republic
Latin American Funds Approved
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee endorsed a 600 million dollar Latin American economic development bill. It authorizes up to 500 million dollars as an initial payment and 100 million dollars for Chilean rehabilitation after disasters. The committee’s 11 0 vote aimed to reserve channels for next year’s legislation. President Eisenhower seeks action before the Latin American ministers meeting in Bogota on September 5.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Eisenhower
Congress
Economic Ministers
Bogota
Colombia
Traffic Toll Topeka Log Reveals 1960 261 Deaths
AP reports Kansas traffic death log shows 2 percent hours to 9 am Tuesday in a 1960 261 comparable period with 168 prescriptions recorded at Raney Drug.
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Topeka
Kansas
Schedule for Echo satellite passes over Kansas City area
The Echo satellite pass schedule lists times tonight and Wednesday with angles above the horizon and directions. Observers may see the aluminum sphere move across the sky for over ten minutes at culmination and shorter periods when lower. It is visible with the naked eye and travels at speeds over 15 000 miles an hour.
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Kansas City
Soviet trawler sighted off North Carolina coast
MANTEC N C AP A fishing boat captain reported a Soviet trawler seen a few miles off Oregon Inlet He said he sailed within 20 feet of the trawler and that its gear looked brand new Navy planes were observed flying over the trawler by Capt Dan Lewark
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Mantec
N.C
North Carolina
Dan Lewark
Oregon Inlet
Lewark
Hospital Patients To Attend Free Fair Osawatomie
Osawatomie State Hospital will bring about 600 patients to the Osawatomie Free Fair opening parade. Superintendent Dr. George Zubowicz says all able patients will partake in fair week activities and watch entertainment from the grandstand with fair officials, visiting carnival attractions, and church stand treats.
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Osawatomie
Osawatomie State Hospital
Osawatomie Free Fair
George Zubowicz
Democrats Delaying Work Seen By GOP Leaders
Washington AP Republicans accuse Democrats controlling Congress of inaction on vital legislation and oppose civil rights bills amid Democratic leadership resistance after a White House conference with President Eisenhower. Senate leader Dirksen and House leader Halleck cite a 2 to 1 majority but stop short of saying the session failed.
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Washington
Congress
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Senate
House
White House
Eisenhower
Halleck
Tiny Baby Dies in Brooklyn Hospital
AP report from New York states a baby girl weighing 12 ounces died after living nearly 50 hours. She was born 414 months premature at a Brooklyn hospital. The mother Dorothy Dispensa, 35, and father Joseph, 38, have a daughter aged 12.
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New York
Brooklyn
Dorothy Dispensa
Joseph
State Welfare Budget Request Up $2.5 Million
The Kansas Board of Social Welfare seeks a 1961 budget of $22,615,071 beginning July 1. The increase, about 12 percent, funds expanded activity at the Kansas Neurological Institute in Topeka and $689,000 in authorized salary raises. Costs rise for several state hospitals and institutions with varied employment changes and payroll adjustments.
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Topera
State Board of Social Welfare
George W. Jackson
Kansas Neurological Institute
Topeka
Larned State Hospital
Osawatomie State Hospital
Parsons State Hospital
Topeka State Hospital
Winfield State Hospital
Kansas_ Children’s Receiving home
Atchison
Boys Industrial School
Girls Industrial School
Beloit
Norton
Southeast Kansas Tuberculosis Hospital
Chanute
Ottawa to Confer on Repairs to Big Gas-Diesel Engine
A Thursday San Francisco meeting will decide replacement costs and scheduling for Ottawa’s 3,500 KW gas-diesel engine out of service since Aug. 7 crankcase explosion. Attending: Mayor Kenneth Andrews, Commissioners Queen and Grogan, and Don Hamilton.
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Ottawa
San Francisco
Calif
Enterprise Engine and Machinery Division
General Metals Inc
Kenneth Andrews
Charles Queen
Jim Grogan
Don Hamilton
Hamilton
Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance’Co
Co. L. Bumpe
St. Louis
Enterprise
60 Wheat Harvest Heaviest On Record
TOPEKA AP reports the 1960 Kansas wheat crop was the heaviest on record with an average test weight of 61.9 pounds per bushel from 8,679 car samples across all counties. The previous high was 61.6 in 1952, while protein content averaged 11.5 percent, below the 10-year average of 12.4.
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Topeka
Kansas
Gas Service Lists Income for Year End July 31
Gas Service Co. of Kansas City reports net income of 4.31 million dollars for the 12 months ended July 31, earning 2.87 per share. Previous year pre tax income was 3.75 million dollars or 2.50 a share. The company distributes natural gas across Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Nebraska.
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Kansas City
Ap)—Gas Service Co
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Hot And Cloudy Weather Lingers Across Kansas
Cloudy skies covered most of the state with light rain in central and south central Kansas before noon. Temperatures stay steady with little variance, a cold front in northwest Kansas sparked scattered thunderstorms, and lows tonight near 60s with highs mid 90s to 100 in other areas.
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Kansas
United Nations Workers Held By Congolese Police
United Nations personnel and Europeans were arrested in Leopoldville as Patrice Lumumba's police conducted raids on homes and the UN residence. Ralph Bunche interceded to secure the release of two UN officers, while Hammarskjold prepared to seek Security Council guidance after Lumumba questioned the secretary-general's neutrality.
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Leopoldville, the Congo
Patrice Lumumba
Leopoldville
United Nations
U. WN
Ralph Bunche
U. N
Congo
Council
Lumumba
U.N
Hammarskjold
New York
Armand Berard
France
Ham ‘Marskjold
Security Council
Miners Missing After Johannesburg Gold Mine Rockfall
In Johannesburg South Africa at least 13 miners remained missing after a rockfall at a gold mine. Rescue teams brought 22 miners to the surface alive as of the initial response with emergency crews on site. Lamb Insured Payment Plan. adv.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
U2 Pilot Powers Trial Seen as Soviet Propaganda Show
William L. Ryan argues the Moscow espionage trial of Francis Gary Powers is a propaganda event designed to showcase a guilty verdict. He notes Soviet procedures, pretrial investigations, and the prosecutor’s strategy, with potential for a light sentence or expulsion after conviction.
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Francis Gary Powers
Moscow
U.S
Powers
Mitting
Soviet Union
Air Force Captain's 102000 Foot Space Jump Sets Records
Air Force Capt. Joseph Kittinger leaped from an open gondola at dawn above White Sands Missile Range and fell over 84 000 feet in a record parachute test from near space. He opened a stabilizing chute after 13 seconds and landed safely, with officials noting multiple altitude and distance records.
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Tularosa
N.M
Air Force
Joseph Kittinger
New Mexico
Ballon
David G. Simons
Kittinger
Auguste Piccard
White Sands Missile Range
Holoman Air Force Base
Los Angeles
George A. Post
Aero Space Medical Laboratory
Wright Air Development Diviersion
Dayton
Ohio
Willard Penn Dies in Electric Shock at Work
Willard T. Penn, 56, was electrocuted in Coffeyville Kansas while removing old water pipes under a house. The fatal shock came from a defective extension cord as a plumber replaced copper tubing.
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Coffeyville
Kan
Willard T. Penn
High House
Penn
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