Tractor accident kills Franklin County farmer Strafuss
A 65 year old Franklin County farmer Frank J Strafuss was killed in a farm accident late yesterday afternoon. He was crushed between two tractors in a mile field while attempting to pull one tractor from mud. Strafuss was seen in the field between 2 30 and 3 00 pm and was found about 5 30 pm by Chester Fredricks. He leaves a sister Katherine Strafuss and a brother Anton Strafuss. Services will be held Saturday at St Anthony s Church Homewood with burial in St John s Cemetery. Rosary will be recited Friday night at the Lamb Funeral Home
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Franklin County
Frank J. Strafuss
Homewood
Strafuss
Max Gilmore
Joe Ferns
Chester Fredricks
Wensele Carl
Anna T. (Hauptman) Strafuss
Katherine Strafuss
Anton J. Strafuss
Ottawa
St. Anthony's Catholic Church
William Kaufman
St. John’s Catholic Cemetery
The
Lamb Funeral Home
Frank Strafuss
Sheriff Max
Arrow
Gilmore
Herald
Push for Franklin County school district plans advances
Franklin County unification subcommittee votes to continue setting up school districts despite Senate Bill 400 challenges. Planning moves forward with tentative district lines, meetings with other counties, and a target to present a county wide plan.
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Franklin County
Gene Domnanish
Princeton
Albert Dunbar
Richmond
Supreme Court
Horse Fugitives Spook Roselle. Cop Lams Foot Incident
A Roselle housewife called police after spotting a horse on her porch. Near Roselle a trainer reported two brown mares escaping from a farm, menaced motorists were forced off by the mares, deputies corralled them with roping, and a deputy suffered a foot injury. In Los Angeles a travel agency offers a $1 policy paying up to $5,000 for loss of life sight or limb in holiday shopping incidents.
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Roselle
James Prideaux
Los Angeles
California
Residents Seek Annexation to School District 30
Ottawa school board received two petitions from residents south of Ottawa seeking admission to District 30. One area lies near the city airport four miles south, including Sections 25 and 36. The other covers nearly five Mud Creek and Chippewa sections adjacent to Wycoff district, including all of Chippewa Sections 18 and 13, all of Mud Creek Section 24, and parts of Sections 19 and 20. Twenty names appear on the second petition. Enumerators for both petitions will be named soon.
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Ottawa
Hood
Maurice Ponton
Ottawa School Board
Mud Creek
Chippewa
Wycoff
Prairie for posterity or present editorial tease
A compact preview lists page references for editorials and features. It mentions Santa and the Flying Shoe on page 9 and a teacher turned coach piece about running up big scores by Nason on Education page 5.
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Flying Shoe
Nason
UN Jets Hit Katanga Bases in Kolwezi Clash
UN air and ground forces pressed operations as jets from Sweden India and other nations attacked Kolwezi base destroying several Katanga planes. A Katanga bomber raided Elisabethville airport dropping three bombs amid ongoing fighting over the Congo mandate.
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Elisabethville
Katanga
United Nations
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Kolwezi
Congo
U.S
Britain
U.S. Air Force
Leopoldville
Stockholm
Dublin
Albert Nyembo
Abdul Latif Snegar
Did York And Latham Kill This Woman Too
Madison County investigators probe a skeleton found near a service station for possible links to cross country killers James Latham and George York. The remains, of a tall woman aged 25 to 30, have six bullets in the skull from a .38 caliber handgun. A ballistics test is planned.
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Edwardsville, al
James Latham
George York
Madison County
Martin Drenovac
Latham
York
Drenovac
Kansas Supreme Court
Kansas Railroad
Fallout Village Planned in Tulsa by Private Investors
A group of private investors announced a $2.5 million Fallout Village project in Tulsa. The plan calls for a 1,000 foot long shelter with 831 family units housing up to 4,400 people.
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Tulsa
Okla
Weather forecast for the county turns colder Thursday
Clear to partly cloudy and colder tonight and Thursday. Lows tonight in the 20s, highs Thursday in the upper 30s to low 40s.
First U S manned Mercury orbital flight planned for January
Washington AP reports NASA scheduled the first U S manned Mercury orbital flight for early January with John H Glenn Jr as pilot and M Scott Carpenter as backup. The agency announced no further animal or unmanned flights are needed before the mission after Enos chimpanzee's orbital flight analysis. Glenn is a United States Marine Corps captain.
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Washington
U.S
Space Agency
John Hi. Glenn Jr
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Soviet Union
Enos
John H. Glenn Jr
M. Scott Carpenter
Glenn
Marine Corps
Couldn't Buy That Collie
In Nashville Tennessee James Dixon nine pleaded with his father to keep Anne the collie in the house. After days of denial Dixon won a concession and Annie woke him during a nap minutes before the fire destroyed the home. Dixon lamented no amount of money could replace the dog.
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Nashville
Tenn
James Dixon
Anne
Nixon
Dixon
Annie
Traffic Toll Topeka Report Dec 5 1961
Traffic toll report from Topeka shows 24 hours ending 9 am Wednesday December 5, 1961. Compared with 1960 period, the toll stands at 4s7. This AP log notes Kansas traffic figures and year over year contrast.
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Topeka
Kansas
Tanly's Toot Touches On Santa Travel Without Snow
A playful note questions Santa’s mode of around holiday travel, suggesting the season need not rely on snow for movement and dreaming about Christmas.
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