Nixon's Brightening Bid After Knight Quits Race
In California the 1962 governor contest narrowed as Goodwin J. Knight quits the June 5 primary due to hepatitis a liver disease. Republican frontrunner Richard M. Nixon gains solid footing while Joseph C. Shell emerges as the main challenger. Democrats hope for GOP rifts. Brown awaits confirmation of his candidacy.
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Sacramento
Calif
Goodwin J. Knight
California
Richard M. Nixon
Knight
Nixon
Joseph C. Shell
Los Angeles
Shell
Brown
William F. Knowland
Knowland
Neat Shave By Train At Kansas City Encounter
A passenger train sliced through a grain truck near Kansas City injuring no one and delaying the Missouri Pacific route for 45 minutes. Trucker Gene Wilson of Sterling Colorado and helper Cliff Radcliff reported a sudden drag as the tractor crossed the tracks. The Missouri River Eagle stood between the front and rear halves of the grain trailer after the impact, with Wilson hauling 750 bushels of wheat toward an elevator at the river junction.
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Kansas City
Kan
Gene Wilson
Sterling
Colo
Cliff Radcliff
Missouri Pacific
St. Louis
Omaha
Wilson
Missouri
Kansas
Science At Work Mother Earth Tired From Shaking
A 1961 Earth quake activity summary notes the year was relatively quiet for big quakes, with major events in former years. LASER research promises advances in communications and surgery, while aerial skytyping uses coordinated planes for fast skywritten ads with central control triggers.
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Mother Earth
U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Pacific Ocean
Ethyl News
Glenn mission to orbit postponed to January 24
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP the plan to orbit astronaut John H Glenn Jr around the world was delayed one day to January 24 due to a faulty valve in the cooling unit for his space suit. NASA gave no new date and did not comment. Previous launch dates December 20 and January 16 also slipped because of other issues. Glenn is set to complete three orbits in about four and a half hours.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
John H. Glenn Jr
Glenn
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Wellsville News Highlights Local Property Remodel
Mrs. Bertha Miller buys a Main Street house and two lots from the Moldenhauer estate to remodel for rental use. A newborn named Terry Lynne joins Mr. and Mrs. John Randel. weighs 8 pounds 15 ounces at Lawrence Memorial Hospital on January 8. Darrell Kerr honored at a Sunday gathering hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Moldenhusher with Darla, Kerrs, and Murray present.
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Bertha Miller
Main Street
Emma Moldenhauer
Terry Lynne
John Randel
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Carrie Sue
Clarence Moldenhuser
Darrell Kerr
Darla
Fank Kerr
Richard Murray
Thomases Welcome Daughter At Gardner Hospital
Mr and Mrs Richard Thomas are parents of a daughter born at 6 08 am Saturday at Gardner hospital. The infant weighs 7 pounds 10 ounces and has three brothers and one sister. Grandparents Walter Revy and Clarence Coffman attend. Great grandmother Mrs Cora Barnett is named in the notice.
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Lloyd Greaves
Wellsville
Gene Randel
Baldwin
Roy Batteman
Leavenworth
Ida Gwin
Edgerton
Richard Thomas
Gardner Hospital
Walter Revey
Clarence Coffman
Cora Barnett
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Morrie Landsberg
Harold J
Butch) Powers
Gover
Edmund G. Brown
Diversified Services
Pension and Profit Sharing Plan
Richardson
S. Hickory
Rvestors Syndicate Life Baference and Annuity Company
Aaweouri
Chrvestors Diversified Services, Inc
Science At Work
THE
Associated Press
Navy
Ron
Kansas City Power & Light Company
Motorola
Westinghouse
Admiral
Wellsville News
Bernice Holden
HFC
Household Finance
Corporation of Lowrance, Kansas, Inc
Massachusetts Ave
Litwins
Viking
Chet
Anand
Car Life Magazine
Car Life
Chevrolet
South Main St
Ottawa
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