Robbery suspect found in bed with money pockets full
In Oakland police arrested Gerald E. Tyrvanen after a shopping center robbery. He was discovered in bed wearing all clothes with money in his pockets and his wallet containing identification near the cash register. In Paso Robles a new fire truck arrived by rail and was returned to San Luis Obispo due to improper car orientation.
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Oakland
Calif
Gerald E. Tyrvanen
Tyrvanen
Paso Robles
San Luis Obispo
Here
Tokyo station uses stretchers for injured skiers
Attendants at Ueno Station wheel in a stretcher to greet trains from northern winter sports areas as 77 skiers were injured and taken off trains in the first seven days of 1960. The attendant who suggested the stretchers quips that TV got tired of carrying them.
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Tokyo
Ueno
Garlic price set by Schenectady City Council
In Schenectady New York the City Council voted Monday night to pay Viola Masucci 12.50 dollars per bushel for garlic she says was hauled from her back porch by city garbage collectors. She had asked 25 dollars.
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Schenectady
N.Y
Viola Masucci
Traffic Toll Topeka AP log reports 24 hour toll
Kansas traffic death log records 24 hour toll to 9 am Tuesday, with figures from 1960 and 1958 comparisons. Earlier fatality not previously reported.
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Topeka
Kansas
Special Fried Chicken Dinner at N A Coffee Shop
A notice advertises a special fried chicken dinner tonight at the N A Coffee Shop. The short ad names the meal and event but provides no additional details.
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Tonite N.A. Coffee Shop
Ady
Weather County Forecast Mostly cloudy this week
Mostly cloudy this afternoon through Wednesday with scattered showers this afternoon and occasional drizzle or light rain tonight and Wednesday. Cooler tonight and Wednesday. Highs 55 to 65, lows 40 to 45, Wednesday highs 45 to 55. Record high 70 in 1953, record low 19 in 1912.
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Csveess
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OM. Sievenee Eonace
SB A. Mevyneses
Heat Wave Pushes Kansas Temperatures to Unseasonable High
A warm front moving north into Kansas Monday night raised eastern state temperatures to record highs for January. Ottawa saw an all time high minimum of 62 degrees, the previous high low for January 57 degrees in 1985, while Topeka reached 64 degrees at 3 am tying the January 12 record. The front lined from Dodge City through Marysville, with 60s east of the line and near freezing in the northwest. Showers and thunderstorms were forecast for eastern and southern areas, with partial clearing expected northwest today and east Wednesday. Rain totals included Iola 0.55, Fredonia 0.54, Columbus 0.50, Chanute 0.44.
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Kansas
Ottawa
Mercury
Topeka
Dodge City
Marysville
Iola
Fredonia
Columbus
Chanute
Sandburg to read poems after show cancellation in Chapel Hill
The World of Carl Sandburg at University of North Carolina was canceled when Cameron Mitchell fell ill. Bette Davis and Mitchell’s troupe found a substitute and the program will proceed. Sandburg offered to appear from Flat Rock, read poems, tell yarns, sing, and strum his guitar for free.
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Chapel Hill
N.C
Bette Davis
Cameron Mitchell
Carl Sandburg
University of North Carolina
Mitchell
Sandburg
Flat Rock
Pull More Off Sinking Island
FAIRBANKS Alaska AP The Air Force plans two daily flights to Station Charley to remove equipment and crew as the ice floe containing a scientific expedition continues to collapse. Seventeen evacuees have been rescued since the ice began breaking near Barrow 400 miles away last Wednesday. The five men evacuated Monday night were Airman Franklin D Yates Sgt Jerry A Bailey Airman Hildon H Carter Sgt Thomas A Boger and Sgt E K Fernald.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Air Force
Charley
Barrow
Philip Peacock
Ladd Air Force Base
Franklin D. Yates
Ypsilanti
Mich
Jerry A. Bailey
Salisbury
N.C
Hildon H. Carter
Fort Smith
Ark
Thomas A. Boger
Greensboro
E. K. Fernald
Honolulu
Hawaii
Ottawa city to auction six Walnut and four Tecumseh houses
The Ottawa Kansas city government will accept bids to sell six Walnut Street houses and four Tecumseh Street houses. Bids must be received by 7 p.m. January 27, 1960 at city hall. Specifications available from the City Clerk's office. Signed Donald R. Capper, City Clerk, Ady.
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City of
Ottawa
Kansas
Walnut Street
Tecumseh Street
City Hall
Donald R. Capper
Ady
Drill Test Near Pomona in Kansas On 2000-Foot Level
Eureka Drilling Co of Hamilton Kansas operates a rotary rig for a deep test on the S. E. Bowman property three miles north of Pomona. H. E. Martel of Hamilton leads the operation for Emporia geologist Robert Hill. Tools reportedly cut at the 2,000 foot level on Tuesday.
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Eureka Drilling Co
Hamilton
Kas
S. E. Bowman
Pomona
H. E. Martel
Hamilto
Emporia
Robert Hill
Nevil Shute Dies at 60 in Melbourne AP report
Best selling British author Nevil Shute Norway died in Melbourne at age 60 after suffering a stroke. Aviation career included flying the Atlantic twice in 1930 in a dirigible. Noted works include On the Beach and The Far Country. he also wrote Pastoral Requiem for a Wren In the Wet and his autobiography Slide Rule.
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Melbourne
Nevil Shute
Shute
America
Norway
Atlantic
Oxford University
England
The
Royal Aeronautical Society
New Kansas Development Chair Elected in Monday Vote
TOPEKA AP Murray H Hodges of Olathe was chosen as chairman of the Kansas Industrial Development Commission to succeed George Lister of Ottawa. Earl Bigibee of Hugoton was elected vice chairman. Lamb Insured Payment Plan adv.
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Topeka
Murray H. ‘Hodges
Olathe
Kansas Industrial Development Commission
Docking Budget Proposes Cuts to State School Budgets
Gov. George Docking proposed operating budgets totaling 50.2 million dollars for 1961 for state schools under the Regents, 1.4 million below the Regents' request but 2.1 million above current year expenditures. He trimmed several building projects yet kept a five-year 12 million dollar plan afloat. He added funds for a new School for the Blind building and cut others at KU and Kansas State. The total includes capital improvements and allocations for individual colleges and the KU Medical Center.
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Topeka
George Docking
Board of
Regents
Docking
Board of Regents
School For the Blind
University of Kansas
Kansas State
Kansas
General Fund
Fort Hays State College
Kansas State University
Emporia State Teachers College
Pittsburg State College
School For
K. U. Medical Center
Kansas Supreme Court to Name Commissioner in Hugoton Gas Case
TOPEKA AP The Kansas Supreme Court said it will appoint a commissioner to conduct hearings on consolidations of appeals in the Hugoton gas field case. The appeals challenge powers of the Kansas Corporation Commission in setting market demand for gas in the Hugoton field.
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Topeka
Kansas Supreme Court
Ndld
Hugota
Kansas Corporation Commission
Hugoton
Major Kansas City Fire Destroys Factory Building
A Monday night blaze in North Kansas City destroyed a 75 by 330 foot one story frame and sheet metal building housing Safe-Tlare Corp and All-Metals Equipment Co. The loss was put at 200000 to 250000 dollars after an explosion of unknown origin near a paint spraying department.
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North Kansas City
Safe-Tlare Corp
All-Metals Equipment Co
Colleges Underperform In Public Service Says Gresham
Boston AP report cites Dr. Perry Epler Gresham of Bethany College claiming American graduates fail the test of public service. He notes strong personal finances but little leadership in politics economics or public philosophy during the 46th AAC meeting. The AAC may push Congress on long term low interest college housing loans and finance for classrooms labs and libraries. They may also act on loyalty oath and disclosure in student loans as more universities protest provisions.
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Boston
Perry Epler Gresham
Bethany College
Gresham
The
Assn. of American Colleges
AAC
Congress
Association
Harvard
Yale
Ottawan held for burglary after snow tire thefts
Petty larceny charges against 23 year old Wilbern McQuay of Ottawa were dismissed yesterday as he admitted involvement in 19 burglaries in Miami County. He was turned over to Miami County authorities for trial on burglary and grand larceny after authorities searched his home at 32644 Walnut. McQuay moved to Ottawa from Osawatomie and was stopped at a driver’s license check when police found no license and an illegally registered car. He had been cited in Miami County for no license two weeks earlier.
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Donald White
Miami County
Wilbern McQuay
McQuay
Ottawa
Osawatomie
Franklin
Walnut
White
Paola
Boyd Hollinger
Plan A School For State Legislators Plan A School For State Legislators
The legislature will hold 26 hours of information sessions on state government for lawmakers during the 1960 budget session. Announcement came from House Speaker Jess Taylor, Ways and Means chairman Robert Anderson, and Rep. Dale Saffels. Heads of state agencies will address the sessions and answer questions.
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Topeka
Kansas
Jess Taylor
Tribune
Robert A. Anderson
Ottawa
House
Ways and Means
Dale Saffels
Garden City
Rhine Petroleum stock halted by Kansas regulator
Topeka Kansas Securities Commission ordered Rhine Petroleum Industries of Denver not to offer stock or securities in Kansas. Investigation shows the firm sold over 5.5 million dollars in stock across several states, with Osage City and Lyndon investors among the 15 Kansans. The company reportedly operates water flooding wells near Bartlesville Oklahoma and faces federal action including a bankruptcy, with assets impounded in Denver.
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Topeka
Rhine Petroleum Industries
Denver
Kansas Securities Commission
Kansas
Colorado
Bartlesville
Okla
Osage City
Lyndon
Oklahoma Wells
KSC
Champ Graham
Federal Securities and Exchange Commission
Graham
Kansas Agency
Increase In Postal Rates Predicted
Washington AP Eisenhower plans to call again for higher postal rates Rep Charles A Halleck said after a White House briefing on the new fiscal year budget Halleck indicated the administration would renew its push for an increase but offered no figures or specifics.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Charles A. Halleck
R-Ind
Halleck
White House
Schools May Close For Jewish Holidays in NYC
New York City public schools may close next fall on Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur after a recommendation by Schools Supt. John J. Theobald to the Board of Education. The plan cites about 18 000 of 40 000 teachers and just over a third of more than 50 000 pupils as Jewish.
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New York
New York City
John J. Theobald
Board of Education
Theobald
Italian Dining at Reaos Every Thursday Ad
A brief ad notes Italian foods available at Reaos with dining on Thursdays.
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Reaos
Kansas Governor Docking Seeks Modest Tax Cuts Budget Increase
Governor Docking unveiled a 338.5 million dollar Kansas budget for the year beginning July 1, proposing a one cent cut in the gasoline tax to four cents a gallon and a ten mile per hour heavy truck levy to offset losses. He urged combining general revenue and sales tax funds to bolster cash reserves and argued the 2 percent sales tax rate may be sustained with surplus funds. He forecast state cash won’t dip below 14 million in 18 months if his plan passes, while noting Republicans favor keeping the sales tax at 2.14 percent and using surplus for schools and mental health.
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Topeka
George Docking
Kansas
Docking
Board of Regents
Kansas State University
Kansas University
Emporia State
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Harold Good
W. E. Peterson
Don Averill
Lester Cramer
Wellsville School Board
Supt
Franklin County School Board
Jack Fenton
Lister
Lamb
Clyde Johnson
Ottawa Police Department
Baldwin Junction
Lawrence
School For the Deaf
Kansas City
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