Side Swipes in Defuniak Springs and Honolulu Tragedy
In Defuniak Springs Roy Rogers is charged with shooting Jack Armstrong using a gun owned by Gene Autry. Armstrong is hospitalized. The three men are residents of Flowers Quarters. Sheriff says Rogers jailed on assault charge. In Honolulu Charles Lo, 18, jumped from a seawall to reach a girl in water and was left paralyzed after being rescued.
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Defuniak Springs, Fla
Roy Rogers
Jack Armstrong
Gene Autry
Flowers Quarters
Defuniak Springs
Andy Anderson
Rogers
Armstrong
Honolulu
Charles Lo
Waikiki Beach
Carlson In Hospital For Prostate Operation
Senator Frank Carlson of Kansas is confined at Bethesda Naval Hospital in Maryland and is expected to undergo a prostate operation Wednesday. He will remain hospitalized about 10 days and will be replaced on the Senate foreign aid conferee by Senator Homer E. Capchart of Indiana.
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Washington
Frank Carlson
Traffic Toll Rise In Topeka Kansas Toll Log
AP reports Kansas traffic deaths over a 24 hour period ending 9 am Tuesday total zero for August and 1961 year to date 318, compared with 302 for the same period in 1960.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather County Forecast Cloudiness Eases Tonight
The forecast notes decreasing cloudiness tonight with Wednesday partly cloudy and warmer conditions. Lows tonight in the mid 50s, Wednesday highs in the 80s to mid 80s. Yesterday high was 0, low today 59, record highs 1966 and 1936, record low 56 in 1920 and 1949. Hourly temps show 67 at 9am rising to 73 by afternoon and 61 by 6am.
Rainsoaked Ottawa Area Sees Heavy Rainfall Totals
Northeastern Kansas, including Ottawa, soaked by a steady rain from 3 p.m. yesterday to 10 a.m. today. Ottawa logged 1.56 inches by 7 p.m. with 0.02 more by 10 a.m. Estimated totals varied with Pomona at 1.42 inches and Quenemo at 1.06. The Marais des Cygnes river near Ottawa rose six inches since yesterday afternoon but no major runoff expected.
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Ottawa
Kansas
John Kelsey
Pomona
Quenemo
Kelsey
Marais Des Cygnes
Weather Bureau
Restrict Guard Enlistments Noted by Kansas Officials
Kansas Adjutant General announces a policy effective Sept 1 1961 limiting non prior service National Guard enlistments to men under 20. Those over 20 may enlist until Aug 31. Interested youths should contact local National Guard at West 17th Street Armory for consultation.
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National Guard
Adjutant General of
Kansas
Nation Guard
West 17Th Street
Escapers Captured After Robbery At Hospital
Two escapees from Osawatomie state hospital were captured Monday night. Police identified them as William Harland, 22, Kansas City, and William C Loftus, Topeka. They allegedly talked James S Watson, 27, Osawatomie man, into driving them to Kansas City where they beat him and took his car.
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Kansas City
Kas
State Hospital
William Harland
William C. Loftus
Topeka
James S. Watson
Foul Weather Forces Inside Move for Franklin County 4 H Event
Rain and mud affect the Franklin County Fair opening day with indoor venues planned. Ottawa hosts a 4 H musical tonight at 8 in the municipal auditorium instead of the fairgrounds grandstand. Wednesday brings judging in armory events for rabbits poultry floriculture beef 4 H and dairy. Rodeo performances are set for 8:30 Wednesday and 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday as the sidewalk bazaar continues.
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Franklin County Fair
Franklin County 4H
Ottawa
Municipal Auditorium
Fairgrounds
Merlin Sowers
Williamsburg
Franklin County Fairgrounds
Herald
John Macdonald
Enrollment Schedule Announced for Ottawa Schools
The first day of classes at Ottawa public schools is Friday September 1 with no school on Monday September 4 for Labor Day. Enrollment schedule details appear on page 9.
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Ottawa Public Schools
KSU Receives NSF Grant for Triga II Reactor Extension
MANHATTAN AP The National Science Foundation awarded Kansas State University a 108 285 grant to extend research facilities for the K State Triga Mark II reactor now under construction on the campus.
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Manhattan
National Science Foundation
Kansas State University
Wednesday At The Fair Busy Day Of Judging And Rodeo
The fair schedule lists 9:00 a.m. judging for all exhibits except floriculture in the Armory. 10:00 a.m. entries for floriculture and poultry and rabbits judging. 1:00 p.m. floriculture judging and 4-H livestock and dairy judging. 6:30 p.m. beef judging west of cattle barn and 4-H beef fitting. 8:30 p.m. rodeo first performance.
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Vunerwist
Plas Ur Lie Rau
Ottawa
Fairgrounds
Kennedy era lessons in world politics editorial
Editorial notes the Kennedy administration’s study of international diplomacy with emphasis on free West Berlin and the perceived absurdity of Communism, reflecting postwar tensions and U S stance in global affairs.
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West Berlin
Parolee to Get Part of Lost Savings Replaced
A 59 year old Tulsa parolee will have $250 of the $520 found in a peanut butter jar replaced by the U S Treasury after his senile father remembered the buried money. The man seeks another $1 500 to $2 000 still buried by his father he hasn’t recalled. He kept spare cash in a Tulsa bank by mail and sent the rest to his elderly parents.
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Tulsa
Okla
Gilbert Pinkerton
Pardon and Parole Board
U.S. Treasury
Harold McGrath Retiring Grabham Named Division Manager For Gas Services
Harold D McGrath ends 36 years with The Gas Service Company as Ottawa division manager. Robert Grabham, former Ottawa division superintendent since 1957, will take over September 1. Grabham, a War II veteran and Washburn alumnus, rose from draftsman to engineer before joining the Topeka division. McGrath’s Ottawa tenure since 1928 included leadership roles and community involvement.
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Robert Grabham
Ottawa
The
Gas Service Company
R. M. Power
Kansas City
Grabham
Harold D. McGrath
Company
Topeka
Army
Field Artillery
Gas Service
Washburn
First Methodist Church
Community Theater
East Fifth Street
Capital Gas and Electric Company
St. Louis
McGrath
Flrence
American Surety Company
American Radiator Company
Cincinnati
Hot Springs
Ark
American Legion
40 & 8 Society
Chamber of Commerce
Elks Club
County Club
Association
Gas Service Co
Herald
Planning Group Begins School District Survey
Franklin County planning subcommittee opens with officers elected led by W D Farney as chair and Willard Binns as vice chair. The group will compile detailed district data on budgets enrollments teachers courses bonded debt buses area and costs to guide a county unification plan.
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Franklin County
W. D. Farney
Wellsville
Willard Binns
Williamsburg
Maurice Ponton
Farney
Binns
Herald
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Big
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Harold McGrath
Ile
Zena
John M. Wassmer
Rodney L. McClay
Larry B. McGrath
University of Kansas
Robert A. Anderon
Ponton
Prade
Anderson
Ralph Bloomer
John Lederer
Appanoose
Lee Perkins
Richmond
James Driver
Gene Domnanish
Princeton
Harry White
Lane
Robert Wellington
Emory Morgan
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