Side Swipes and a Sing Along With Matt at City Park
Loren Matthews directs a summer band concert at City Park with Al Williams leading sing along numbers. The program includes When Irish Eyes Are Smiling Take Me Out to the Ball Game Star Spangled Banner Thunderer March Die Meistersinger Gloria March Deep River Suite Washing ton Post March Music Man excerpts God and Country Overture Semper Fidelis March. Douglas Wade Adams, a four and a half year old foster son of Mr and Mrs Lloyd Dyck, slept in high weeds, was awakened by a shout, and later found a quarter mile from home after a citywide search by more than 100 people including sheriff's deputies and Hesston residents.
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City Park
Matt
Loren Matthews
al Williams
Ottawa
Washington Post
God
Hesston
Kan
Douglas Wade Adams
Lloyd Dyck
Douglas
Paddling Approved by Oakwood School Board
Dayton report notes Oakwood School Board legalizing paddling for serious disciplinary problems after years of unwritten policy. Superintendent George Pfleger cites repeated talks as insufficient. Franklin Township approved a 2 mill tax levy for two years to fund road improvements, with 18 voting yes and 4 no.
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Dayton, Ohio
Oakwood
George Pfleger
Franklin Township
116 Persons Aboard as UAL Jet Crashes at Denver
DENVER AP A United Air Lines DC8 jet carrying 116 aboard crashed on landing. No fatalities reported, but many injured. Flight 859 from Philadelphia with stops at Chicago and Omaha. Ambulances police cars and a temporary morgue were set up as rescuers battled flames and confusion.
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Denver
United Air Lines
T. EF. Johnson
UAL
Philadelphia
Smiley Junior High School
Chicago
Omaha
Colorado General Hospital
Mantle Hit by Golf Ball In San Francisco
New York Yankees outfielder Mickey Mantle was knocked down by a golf ball on Monday in San Francisco and appeared only stunned. The ball hit Mantle on the right forehead about an inch above the eye and left a red welt. Witnessed by Roger Williams, sports editor of the San Francisco News-Call Bulletin.
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SAN Francisco
Mickey Mantle
New York Yankees
Mantle
Roger Williams
San Francisco News-Call Bullletin
County Forecast Partly Cloudy and Warm Today
Partly cloudy and warmer this afternoon with intermittent showers or thunderstorms. Tonight and Wednesday include showers or storms. Highs near 90 this afternoon, tonight lows near 70, Wednesday highs mid 80s.
Ben Paulen Dies At Fredonia
Former Kansas governor Ben Paulen died in a Fredonia hospital morning. He would have turned 92 on July 1. Paulen served as lieutenant governor in 1922, governor in 1935 for two terms, and mayor of Fredonia for three terms. He held roles as state senator oil inspector and welfare board chairman. A longtime Mason, he was past grand master of Kansas and is survived by wife Barbara.
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Fredonia
Kas
Ben Paulen
Paulen
State Welfare Board
Kansas
Barbara
Corn Harvest Estimate Down
The Agriculture Department forecast this year's corn harvest at 3,175,177,000 bushels, down about 18 percent due to land idling under a new feed grain program. Wheat output is seen at 1,259,007,000 bushels, lower than last month and last year, with the ten year 1950-59 average at 1,004,770,000.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Frog Days At Ottawa Parks Bring Frog Jump Contests
Ottawa recreation program invites children to Field Garfield Lincoln and Hawthorne playgrounds Friday and Saturday for frog and turtle events. Kids may enter frogs and turtles in contests. hats are encouraged and suckers are given to attendees.
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Ottawa Recreation Commission
Orlis Cox
Field and
Garfield
Lincoln
Hawthorne
Cox
Red China North Korea sign mutual aid pact
Tokyo AP report says Red China and North Korea signed a mutual assistance pact in Peiping with Kim Il-sung and Chou En-lai. The Soviet Union pledged aid to North Korea in Moscow last week, seen as a bloc rift but Zhou En-lai and Mao welcomed the Soviet treaty at a banquet, praising unity.
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Tokyo
China
North Korea
Peiping Radio
Soviet Union
Moscow
Kim Il-sung
Peiping
Kim
Chou En-lai
Red China
Korea
Asia
Iu Shao-Chi
Foreman Electrocuted in Kansas Gas Line Accident
Newton Kansas AP report states William H Scery 57 a line foreman for Kansas Gas and Electric Co accidentally triggered a switch that energized a 12 500 volt powerline causing fatal electrocution on Monday at the job site.
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Newton
Kansas Gas and Electric Co
William H. Scery
Firemen Inspect Equipment In Annual Hose Test
Ottawa Fire Department conducts its yearly equipment inspection with a hose test. Fire Chief Harry Gilliland explains delays due to other duties while crews unload hoses and test by pressurizing to 200 pounds. The department uses five men, three trucks, and about 6,900 feet of hose in various sizes, with age and condition affecting readiness.
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Walnut
Ottawa Fire Department
Harry Gilliland
Gilliland
Ottawa
Final training stage for second U S manned flight
Cap William Virgil Grissom leads final prep week in a landlocked craft as NASA plans a July 16 attempt for a second U S manned suborbital flight. Marine Lt. Col. John Glenn Jr. backs him up while pilots train for orbital missions later in 1961. Changes to the capsule include a larger observation window a more advanced control system and a faster escape hatch with explosive bolts to speed emergency egress.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
America
Air Force
Virgil I. Grissom
John H. Glenn Jr
Grissom
Mitchell
Ind
Glenn
Shepard
New Concord
Ohio
Mothers Have Their Own Language During Summer
Elimira New York July AP reports mothers craft a summer language that baffles fathers. The piece playfully lists topics from family routines to backyard feuds and teen attitudes, illustrating how maternal phrases shape daily life during vacation and heat.
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Elmira
N.Y
Mother Shoots Son Poisons Daughters in Tragic Family Incident
In a distressing event in eastern Kansas a mother shot her son and poisoned her daughters before dawn. The incident prompted police and medical responders to the scene as investigators begin to determine motive and sequence of actions. Weather notes forecast light showers in eastern Kansas tonight with possible heavier moisture in spots, cooler conditions expected across most sections on Wednesday. Ottawa reported a high of 84 degrees yesterday with a cooler low thereafter.
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Kansas
Weather Bureau
Ottawa
Kansas City Woman Kills Boy and Poisons Daughters
Lois Eisler, 35, killed her son Jackie Daniels, 13, at their Kansas City North home and attempted to kill another son, while three daughters aged 7, 4, and 2 were made to drink poison. She and the girls were hospitalized in satisfactory condition after stomach pumps. A six page note implied she planned to kill all the children, and her husband offered little explanation. Neighbors described her as quiet but friendly, with a history of mental disturbances and prior hospital treatment.
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Kansas City
Lois Eisler
Jackie Frank Daniels
Eisler
Jackie
Larry Price
Larry
TVA Sues Westinghouse Over Defective Steam Generators
The TVA sues Westinghouse Electric Corp. for 20 million dollars in U.S. District Court claiming defective, low efficiency steam generators were installed at the Shawnee plant near Paducah Kentucky the Kingston plant in Tennessee and the Gallatin plant in Tennessee. The defects caused outages excess fuel costs lost revenue and repair expenses.
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Chattanooga, Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
Westinghouse Electric Corp
TVA
U.S
Shawnee
Paducah
Kingston, Tenn
Gallatin, Tenn
Traffic Toll Topeka Death Log July 1961 Update
Kansas traffic death log reports 24 hours to 9 am Tuesday. July 16 figures show 1961 total 280 compared with 255 in the same period 1960. an earlier fatality not previously reported is noted.
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Topeka
Kansas
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