Side Swipes From Washington and Tokyo News
AP reports a Soviet official says no atomic bomb shelter is needed and relies on the American government. In Miami, a Peace Corps member is denied deferment and urged to serve to learn Americanism. A jail dispute in the city leads to relocating the evicted man to an abandoned shed for shelter. Prince Yoshi of Japan must marry before Harvard study abroad, per palace spokesman.
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Washington
Ivan P. Azarov
Tokyo
Yoshi
Hirohito
Harvard
Japan
Miami, Fla
Miami
Kennedy
Peace Corps
Local Board 46
Charles Kamen
Kamen
Communist ousted ETU chief takes chorus job in London
London AP reports Frank Haxell, former general secretary of Britain's Electrical Trades Union, has been ousted by court order and now works at the Mermaid Theatre in London for $38 weekly, after previously earning $722 a week as ETU leader while heading the union.
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London
Britain
Electrical Trades Union
ETU
Frank Haxell
Mermaid Theater
Haxell
Traffic Toll Topeka Kansas 1961 Log
AP traffic death log records in Topeka for a 24 hour period ending 9 a.m. Saturday shows 24 deaths for August 21, 1961 and 324 compared to 305 in the comparable 1960 period. The figures reflect statewide traffic fatalities and provide a snapshot of road dangers in that era.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather County Forecast Mostly fair warm through Sunday
The county forecast calls for generally fair and warm weather through Sunday. Expect highs in the 90s and lows in the mid 60s with light winds and dry conditions.
Ottawans Among Reservists Called
The Defense Department calls up 76,500 reservists and National Guardsmen amid the Berlin crisis. Ten Ottawa area Air Force reservists are among about 2,000 from Kansas City and Oklahoma City areas activated for the 442nd Troop Carrier Wing. Names and home towns of the Ottawa men are listed. activation to begin around Oct. 1 with base training at Richards-Gebauer in Kansas City area.
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Washington
Defense Department
Berlin
Air Force
Ottawa
Kansas City
Oklahoma City
442Nd
Richards-Gebauer Air Force Base
Kenneth 0. Hoss
S. Poplar
Bill Mapes
Richards-Gebauer
Mapes
School Bells Next Week in Ottawa and Franklin County
School bells toll for Ottawa and Franklin County youngsters with Sacred Heart expected to enroll about 150 students for a two day half-day session. Ottawa public schools start Friday while the 4 day Franklin County Teachers Institute opens Monday at Ottawa First Baptist Church. Enrollment schedules for junior and senior high schools begin Monday with seniors and ninth graders in the morning and others in the afternoon.
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Ottawa
Franklin County
Sacred Heart
Franklin County Teachers Institute
First Baptist Church
Moon eclipse captivates Ottawans after sunset
Ottawans gathered Friday night to watch a 99 percent lunar eclipse. The event began before 9 pm and the moon faded to a coppery red face, stealing the show from television screens and drawing crowds outdoors.
Injury Brings Fine For Grover
Wellington AP reports grocer R L Childs fined 100 dollars plus costs for failing to protect worker safety after an accident at his store on July 4 when Dennis Alvarez lost his right hand using a meat grinder.
Wives Return From Sea as Two Sailors Reunite at Norfolk
In Norfolk Virginia two sailors Raymond Burnette of Chamblee Georgia and Carlton Simpson of Atlanta greet wives who arrived from Georgia after seven months aboard the carrier Forrestal in the Mediterranean. Amid the confusion Mrs Burnette boarded the Randolph believing it was the Forrestal then the Forrestal moored. The Randolph sailed again after a brief port call.
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Norfolk
Georgia
Forrestal
Pier 12
Burnette
Honey
Randolph
Auto Workers Move Toward First Profit-Sharing Plan
DETROIT, Mich. AP union negotiators from the United Auto Workers and American Motors Corp. near a historic profit-sharing plan with weekend talks and late-night breaks. UAW President Walter P. Reuther and AMC VP Edward Cushman led marathon sessions as technical staffs prepared for morning talks. Big Three bargaining sessions loom if AMC and UAW reach no weekend accord, with contracts due next Thursday and Sept. 6 for AMC.
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Detroit
Mich
American Motors Corp
United Auto Workers
Ward
Walter P. Reuther
UAW
AMC
American Motors
Reuther
Reading Program Sees Growing Summer Attendance in Ottawa
Nell Barnaby city librarian notes Ottawa summer reading program for children is growing with higher books checked out each year since 1958. July figures show rising totals from 2354 in 1958 to 4272 this year, with 531 enrollees from 24 schools and 41 from outside Ottawa.
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Ottawa
Nell Barnaby
Miss Barnaby
Carnegie Free Library
P.T.A. Council
Boot Hill
Dodge City
UN orders France to withdraw from Tunisia
The UN General Assembly approved 66 to 0 a resolution demanding France negotiate withdrawal of troops from Tunisia. France boycotted the debate while the United States Britain and other NATO powers abstained. The measure calls for a timetable for complete troop withdrawal from the Bizerte area following last month's fighting.
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United Nations
N.Y
General Assembly
France
Tunisia
United States
Britain
NATO
Yugoslavia
Bizerte
Berlin
Five Killed In Explosion At Naval Plant
Five civilian workers were killed when a blast shattered a reinforced concrete propellant plant at Indian Head Maryland. It was the third accident this year at the plant making rocket and missile fuel, with nine deaths in related incidents since January 1959. The explosion wrecked the building, spreading body parts over about 500 feet and causing an estimated $200,000 in damage. The cause was not immediately known and a Navy spokesman noted ongoing high energy propellant research in the area.
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Naval
Navy
Jacquelines New Flight Record At Edwards AFB
Jacqueline Cochran claimed a new women's speed record of 842.6 miles per hour after piloting a Northrop T38 jet. She said she is the fastest woman in the world, noting the mark was set Thursday at Edwards Air Force Base, California, surpassing the prior record held six years by Jacqueline Auriol of France.
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Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Jacqueline Cochran
Jacqueline Auriol
France
Stars Sued For Taxes In 1960 Returns
The Internal Revenue Service filed civil suits against Ernie Kovacs and Edith Adams for 13401 dollars, Billy Eckstine and Carole for 16099 dollars, Ken Murray and Bette for 7264 dollars, Marie Wilson and Robert Fallon for 4130 dollars, Dick Contino and Leigh for 1745 dollars, and Max Steiner and Leonett for 22386 dollars.
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Los Angeles
Internal Revenue Service
Ernie Kovacs
Edith Adams
Billy Eckstine
Carole
Ken, Murray
Bette
Interstate Route To Gulf Freeway Proposed along state line
A Missouri Kansas interstate highway might reach the Gulf of Mexico, speaker says at a Friday meeting organizing the Kansas Missouri State Line Freeway Association. Mayor H T Smith of Drexel notes shared cost could boost economy. road would relieve U S 69 and 71 and could extend south toward Oklahoma and Arkansas with possible Gulf access.
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Fort Scott
Kan
Gulf of Mexico
H. T. Smith
Drexel
Missouri
Kansas
Smith
U. S. 69
The
Joplin Globe
Leftist Joao Goulart poised to assume Brazil presidency
In Rio de Janeiro and across Brazil emergency turmoil followed the sudden resignation of President Janio Quadros. Vice President Joao Goulart, 48, heads the Labor party and returns from a tour in Asia to take power amid threats of general strikes. The army maintains control as protests erupt in Brasilia Recife and Rio de Janeiro with clashes and tear gas.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Janio Quadros
Joao Goulart
Goulart
Labor Party
Singapore
Red China
Mao Tze-tung
Peiping
U.S
Brasilia
Recife
Atlantic
Allies denounce Soviet air corridor threat in notes
The United States Britain and France delivered notes to the Soviet foreign ministry denouncing the implied threat to West Berlin air corridors. The contents will be released simultaneously at 5 p.m. EST in Washington London Paris and Moscow.
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Moscow
United States
Britain
France
Soviet Union
West Berlin
Foreign Ministry
Washington
London
Paris
Gun Battle Kills Jewelry Robber as Trooper Is Injured
Lawrence Kansas AP Don ald Lee Jackson sought for a 150000 Greenville jewelry store robbery was killed Friday in a gun battle with Kansas highway patrolman Price Laub who was wounded in the knee Jackson’s car was recognized from a broadcast alert and he was cornered east of Lawrence on the Kansas Turnpike Laub ordered him to stop and after Jackson reached for a gun the fugitive fired Laub struck Jackson with two head shots one in a hand and one in each arm Jackson died at a hospital in Lawrence Two armed men robbed the Greenville store on Aug 17 Frederick Ray Williams 29 surrendered Tuesday in Houston Texas
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Lawrence, Kan
Donald Lee Jackson
Greenville
D. C
Freday
Kansas
Price Laub
Jackson
Laub
Lawrence
Kansas Turnpike
Frederick Ray Williams
Houston
Tex
LIFE program launched to aid foreign students in Kansas
Lawrence leaders organize a national pilot project named LIFE, the Lawrence International Friendship Enterprise, described as a Peace Corps in reverse to give foreign students greater insight into American life.
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Lawrence
Kan
Lawrence International Friendship Enterprise
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