Topeka Beauty Miss Kansas Held During Home Burglary
Linda Light 19, a Washburn University sophomore and Miss Kansas in last year’s Miss Universe contest, was held captive by a burglar in her Topeka home. He demanded money, cut her abdomen and face with a butcher knife, and left her unconscious after ransacking desks. She remained under a physician’s care.
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Topeka
Kansas
Linda Light
Washburn University
William J. Light
Light
Ambika the Asian elephant not pregnant say scientists
Washington AP Ambika a 144 ton Asian elephant at the National Zoo underwent pregnancy tests with electronic equipment. Georgetown University scientists say she is not pregnant, despite hopes she would give birth as the third elephant in an American zoo.
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Washington
Ambika
Georgetown University
National Zoo
India
United States
Tany's Toot Yes, It Is Cold Enough for Me
A brief utterance notes the cold weather and personal resolve to endure the chill. The statement frames a simple mood observation without additional events or figures.
Weather County Forecast Cloudy and windy outlook
Cloudy, windy, and cold this afternoon with little temperature rise. Not quite so cold Sunday. Partial clearing tonight.
Get Busy Bailey Urges Democrats After Kennedy Gala
President Kennedy and his wife headlined a lavish inaugural anniversary event drawing about 6 000 party members and notable figures. John M Bailey urged Democrats to intensify registration and turnout work, citing past election gaps and warning the GOP advantage could widen without aggressive organizing ahead of 1964.
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Kennedy
Kennedys
Lyndon B. Johnson
Kennedy Eyes $6 Billion Five Year School Aid Plan
Washington AP Kennedy administration aims to propose a five year education aid program totaling more than 6 billion dollars. It would be outlined in a late January budget message and Congress is expected to review a 144 million dollar initial year plan. The proposal includes public school construction and teachers salaries with authorization for up to 1.215 billion in commitments to support multi year funding.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Donkey Basketball Game Scheduled at Local Junior High
A donkey basketball game with real donkeys is set for tonight in the Junior High School gymnasium after relay races and a donkey act. Donkeys are from Crescent, Oklahoma. Doors open at 7. Admission is one dollar for adults and 50 cents for students.
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Crescent
Okla
Roads Open Across Kansas After Overnight Snow
TOPEKA AP Highways were in good condition in nearly all sections today per the Kansas Highway Patrol. Overnight snow drifted in protected areas but no roads were closed and no freezing rain was reported to create slick conditions.
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Topeka
Kansas Highway Patrol
Marine In Fight Of Life To Save Sewed-On Leg
An ex marine, William Hunt, 37, father of seven, battles to save his left leg after a serious accident. Surgeons at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital stitched together a nearly severed limb, inserting an 18 inch rod into the femur and reattaching arteries, veins, nerves, and muscles. The six hour operation left Hunt able to move his toes and speak with doctors shortly after, with optimism tempered by the long recovery ahead. The case recalls 13 year old Everett Knowles whose arm was reattached at Massachusetts General Hospital after a similar injury last spring.
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Boston
William Hunt
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
Francis B. Moore
Hunt
Brookline Public Works Department
Thomas B. Quigley
Henry Wilde
Moore
Everett Knowles
Somerville
Knowles
Massachusetts General Hospital
Iola Church Claims Divine Selection Draws Migrants
A Kansas minister says God chose Madison Avenue Baptist Church in Iola to send at least a thousand missionaries abroad. Dozens of families moved from Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Illinois to Iola, swelling the church to about 75 members. The Kansas Southern Baptists group will seek withdrawal of fellowship and support over a $65,000 loan default.
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Iola, Kan
Christ
Don Kindhart
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Illinois
Madison Avenue Baptist Church
Strikes At A Glance And Tip Worth Five Dollars
Local readers sent in tips to The Herald with Mrs. James Daugherty winning five dollars for stopping a faucet drip. Other contributors included Mrs. Raymond Gillette Clara Nichols Mrs. Dale Goforth H. H. Britain and Mrs. Harold Hensick. Across the nation longshoremen at Atlantic and Gulf ports faced a four week strike with mediation talks led by Sen. Wayne Morse. Efforts to end a 43 day New York newspaper blackout continued with no talks scheduled. In Cleveland the Guild and Teamsters pressed for an end to the 51 day strike at the Plain Dealer and Press and News. Philadelphia faced a five day transit walkout as talks broke off after a suit to place SEPTA in receivership. Boeing machinists vote next Wednesday on a contract with wage raises but no union shop. Brockton area shoeworkers ended a two week strike with raises and improved sick benefits.
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James Daugherty
N. Oak
The
Herald
Raymond Gillette
Ottawa
Clara Nichols
S. Oak
Dale Goforth
H. H. Britain
Harold Hensick
S. Cedar
New York City
Cleveland
Plain Dealer
Press and News
Newspaper Guild
Teamsters Union
James H. J. Tate
Philadelphia Transportation Co
Boeing Co
Seattle
Quick Action By Volunteer Firemen
Wellsville volunteers saved the Peterson home after Mrs. Peterson alerted firemen to a blaze in a floor furnace. Superintendent W. E. Peterson rushed home with a extinguisher as volunteers arrived to control the fire. Officials say a gas line drop and pilot light caused the outbreak. state fire marshal witnessed drills at the school.
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Wellsville
Volunteer Fire Department
W. E. Peterson
Peterson
Baldwin
Getting His Teeth Early
Proud parents Donald Cromwell and wife of Waverly report their newborn son Michael Ray born January 7 at Ransom Memorial Hospital weighed 7 pounds 3 ounces and already has three teeth two below and one above. Grandmother Mrs. E E Stewart of Williamsburg confirms the news.
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Michael Ray
Ransom Memorial Hospital
E E. Stewart
RFD 2
Williamsburg
United Dry Half Hour Morality or Liquor Debate
A radio and TV program titled United Dry Half Hour Morality or Liquor By the Drink airs on WIBW Radio 580 KC and television on Sunday at 12 30 p m. The broadcast discusses prohibition themes and public morality.
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United Dry
WIBW
K.C
Vanik Pokes Fun At Shirt Sale In Consumer Talk
Rep Charles A Vanik warns about deceptive clothing marketing after jokes about a neckwear free sized shirt and Japan made fabrics at a department store sale He calls it Consumer Bulletin No 1 and vows more addresses on business practices affecting consumers in the House.
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Washington
Charles A. Vanik
Ohio
Vanik
Consumer Bulletin No. 1
Chosen For Air Force Academy
Ben F. Park son of Mr and Mrs Ben F Park 324 S Locust has won a principal appointment to the Air Force Academy Colorado Springs announced by Sen Frank Carlson Ottawa High senior he will enter in July He graduates this spring from OHS already passed prelim physicals taken college board tests remaining Air Force physicals and board acceptance He is active in the Baptist Youth Fellowship former class vice president now student council president runs the half mile in track and plays basketball on the high school squad
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Ben F. Park
S. Locust
Air Force Academy
Colorado Springs
Colo
Frank Carlson
Ottawa
Ottawa High
Air Academy
Park
OHS
Air Force
Academy
Baptist Youth Fellowship
Ordination for Former Ottawan in Garnett Church Service
Former Ottawan Gaylord W. Plummer will be ordained Baptist minister in a 2 p.m. service at First Baptist Church Garnett. He has pastored in Garnett 18 months and attends Ottawa University while living with his family in the Garnett parsonage. Ottawans Dr W H Dickinson Dr Raymond P Jennings and Rev Homer Ganong participate. a fellowship hour follows in the church hall.
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First Baptist Church
Garnett
Gaylord W. Plummer
Alaine Plummer
Ottawa
Ottawa University
Plummer
Dennis
Uniontown
Plummers
Garnett Baptist Parsonage
Ottawans
W. H. Dickinson
Ft. Scott-Miami Baptist Association
Raymond P. Jennings
Homer Ganong
Wellsville
Ballet And Belly Not Same Dance Confusion at Church Show
Washington AP report describes Princess Zaka, also known as Joan Hanna of Worcester, whose belly dance at a New York Avenue church was consented by a pastor who misheard as ballet. They will confer next week to adjust performance to be less explicit.
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Washington
Zaka
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church
George M. Docherty
Docherty
Princess Zaka
Worcester
Mass
Joan Hanna
British Labor Leader Hugh Gaitskell Dies at 56
London AP reports Labour party leader Hugh Gaitskell died Friday night at age 56 amid Britain's political crisis. His death ends a potential prime ministership as elections loom. Illness from a two week virus infection affecting the heart and lungs, complicated by a kidney ailment, occurred during Macmillan's cabinet doubts over joining the European Common Market.
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London
Labor Party
Hugh Gaitskell
Britain
Gaitskell
Suez
Laborites
Harold Macmillan
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