Santa Fe Plans New Ottawa Station For Town Hub
The Santa Fe railroad will build a new passenger and freight station on Ottawa’s north edge near US 59, starting about Oct. 1. L. M. Olson, general manager of the eastern lines, said the 32 by 140 foot brick and glass one story building will include a waiting room, ticket and freight offices, rest rooms, and a loading platform with 20-car parking. The site won’t require moving tracks, and bids and completion dates were not announced. The existing Tecumseh-rail station may be leased as storage.
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Santa Fe Railroad
Ottawa
L. M. Olson
Santa Fe
Eastern Lines
Topeka
Olson
Junction Ave
Tecumseh
Connie Clary to Speak on Ireland Trip at 4-H Meeting
Connie Clary, International Farm Youth delegate to Ireland in 1960, will speak at the County 4-H Council meeting in First Methodist Church at 8. She will show slides and recount living with Irish people. Miss Clary is from Pottawatomie County and sister of Rainbow 4-H leader Mrs. Gene Vining.
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Connie Clary
International Farm
Ireland
First Methodist
Miss Clary
Gene Vining
Rainbow 4-It
Pottawatomie
Fort Hall fire training erupts into 10 acre blaze
About 100 men practicing fire fighting on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation sparked a brush fire that devoured 10 acres before seasoned firefighters halted it. In London, comedian Mort Sahl quipped at the House of Commons that Congress resembles it, noting few members present and many asleep after a Punch-arranged visit.
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Fort Hall
Idaho
London
Mort Sahl
House of Commons
Congress
House
Punch
Likes Her Pipe
West Plains Missouri report says Mrs Queen Ann Daugherty 91 Tecumseh Mo hospitalized with a broken left leg kept her favorite pipes. She began smoking at age five on a doctor's suggestion claiming smoking cures asthma and she has not had an attack since starting.
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West Plains
Queen Ann Daugherty
County Forecast Mild and Partly Cloudy Outlook
Partly cloudy and mild through today tonight and Saturday. Highs near 80s and a low around 60s tonight. Saturday will see highs in the 80s as the pattern continues.
Chrysler proposes wage cuts to future workers
Detroit AP reports Chrysler Corp presents to the United Auto Workers a plan to cut wages and starting salaries for future employees at six defense plants and for office and engineering staff. UAW vice president Norman Matthews rejects the plan, calling it a flat no and saying it would erode years of wage-equality progress. Chrysler counters that minimums in some areas exceed those at rivals and that current workers are not affected.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corp
United Auto Workers Union
Chrysler
Defense
Norman Matthews
UAW
Chrysler Department
Baby dies after choking on bottle milk in Kansas City
Four month old Rocky Dean Knapp died after choking on milk from a bottle. He passed away in an ambulance en route to a hospital after rescue attempts at home failed. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Jerry G Knapp.
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Kansas City
Kan
Rocky Dean Knapp
Jerry G. Knapp
Danny Kaye Conducts Boston Symphony With Flyswatter
Danny Kaye led the Boston Symphony Orchestra in The Flight of the Bumblebee at Tanglewood, using a fly swatter and gifting batons to players. Dr. Charles Munch played piano as the event raised over 25 000 dollars for the musicians pension fund with about 6000 attendees.
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Lenox
Mass
Danny Kaye
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Charles Munch
Boston Symphony
Kaye
Munch
Chuck
Symphony
Tanglewood
Musicians’ Pension Fund
One Killed In Topeka Crash
One man was killed and two injured in a collision about 20 miles west of Topeka on U S 40. Carol O Peters a 23 year old Topeka resident was killed driving one of the cars. One car burned and the other was demolished. An injured person was taken to Forbes Air Force Base Hospital in serious condition and the other to a Topeka hospital.
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Topeka
U. S. 40
Carol O. Peters
Peters
Forbes Air Force Base
Traffic Toll Topeka AP Log July 1961 Traffic Deaths
Kansas traffic death log records 24 hours to 9 am Friday noting 1 death. For July data, 1961 shows 282 deaths versus 1960's 260. The file compares recent totals with prior year figures across the July period.
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Topeka
Kansas
Annual Jayhawker Days Set in Williamsburg
Williamsburg hosts three day Jayhawker Days July 17 18 and 19 with amateur contest parade band concert home talent show baby show and rides by Jayhawk Amusement Company prizes for best costume and baby contestants 1 prize plus merchandise drawings throughout the event.
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Williamsburg
Jayhawk Amusement Company
White Paper On Berlin Is In The Works
Washington reports the Kennedy administration prepares a white paper on Berlin to showcase Western efforts for a German peace settlement. The crisis has become propaganda driven with Khrushchev pressing to remove Western troops or accept a free city. The U S plans to send a note to Moscow by mid next week rejecting that demand and warning Western rights to Berlin will not be yielded.
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Washington
Kennedy
Berlin
Soviet Union
U.S
West Berlin
Khrushchev
Germany
East Germany
United States
Britain
West Germany
France
Moscow
Tax Withholding Plan Gains Tentative Committee Approval
House Ways and Means Committee gave tentative approval to a plan for withholding one sixth of dividends and interest payments. The measure would raise about 537 million yearly for the Treasury with quick refunds and exemptions for non taxpaying individuals. It aims to boost revenues under the existing tax system despite not meeting President Kennedy’s request, signaling a major administration victory in Congress.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
The
Treasury
Kennedy
Chanute Safari Museum Opens With Johnson Photos
In Chanute visitors reached 6132 in the first month of opening for the Safari Museum honoring late jungle photographers Osa and Martin Johnson. The exhibit features their wildlife photographs and trophies. Osa was from Chanute and Martin from Independence. The museum opened June 11.
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Chanute
Osa
Martin Johnson
Safari Museum
Johnsons
Martin
Independence
Fredonia considers $100,000 pool bonds vote set
Fredonia residents will vote on July 18 whether to issue $100,000 in general obligation bonds to fund construction of a swimming pool in Eastside City Park. The proposal outlines bond authorization for park improvements and would require public approval at the ballot.
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Fredonia
Eastside City Park
Four Named To Faculty At Ottawa U
Ottawa University appoints four men to new faculty posts. Keith C. Shumway from Chicago and Ronald C. Averyt of Lawrence will join history and political science. John Lee Smith of New Haven will teach religion and philosophy. Michael S. Tweet of Huron will lead speech and drama and oversee radio and debate activities.
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Andrew B. Martin
Keith C. Shumway
Chicago
Ronald C. Averyt
Lawrence
John Lee Smith
New Haven
Duke University of Durham
N. C
Averyt
University of Kansas
Texas Technological College
Lubbock
Smith
University of Texas
Yale University
Danforth
Rockefeller
Texas
North Carolina
Mason City
Iowa
Two Men Escape Jail At Liberty
LIBERTY Mo AP Two men awaiting trial on bank robbery charges escaped from Clay County jail by sawing bars. Allen Everett Bellew 35 Independence Mo and James Dolan 35 Las Vegas Nev were arrested within an hour after the $20000 Bank of Farley Missouri robbery March 31. Most of the money was recovered with the arrest in North Kansas City. They were held in Liberty after officials feared further escape attempts from Platte County jail Ten new saw blades were found outside the jail after the pair had visitors.
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Clay County
Allen Everett Bellew
Independence
James Dolan
Las Vegas
Nev
Farley
Kansas City
Platte County
MacArthur Calls Philippines Loyal Ally, Praises Reception
New York AP General Douglas MacArthur, returning from a triumphant Philippines tour, says the islands are this country’s most loyal ally. He describes reception there as fabulous and overwhelming, beyond adequate expression of gratitude.
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New York
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Williams Visit to South Africa Meets a Rebuff
The United States learns South Africa will not host Assistant Secretary of State G Mennen Williams on his Africa tour next month. The refusal follows apartheid policies and a Johannesburg Star editorial urging Williams visit despite criticism from Afrikaans DieBurger and Foreign Minister Eric Louw.
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Williams
South Africa
Washington
United States
Asst
G. Mennen Williams
State Department
Republic of South Africa
Francis W. Tully
Johannesburg
U.S
Africa
Kenya
Eric Louw
Doors Locked At Wichita Church Service
About 50 members of a minority group at First Baptist Church in Wichita found the doors locked when seeking a worship service Thursday night. They held a brief alley service as Dr. Lewis Jacobsen preached from a fire escape amid a dispute over the church’s withdrawal from the American Baptist Convention and limits on church use for ABC-related functions.
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Wichita
First Baptist Church
Lewis Jacobsen
American Baptist Convention
ABC
ABC Group
Annual Hereford Tour To Be Held Here On Saturday
The Northeast Kansas Hereford Association sponsors a Saturday Hereford cattle inspection tour in Franklin County starting at 9 a.m. The route visits Lew Stratton's Silver Domino and Zato Heir herd, Husker Mischief breeding stock, Joel Cutting and Roy Herring farms, Silkville Ranch for lunch, and ends at Harold McDonald’s Polled Hereford herd. Special guests include Paul Swaffer, Earle Pallas, Dr. Rufus Cox, and Jackson George.
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Franklin County
Northeast Kansas Hereford Association
Lew Stratton
Joel Cutting
Stratton
Roy Herring
Williamsburg
Silkville Ranch
G. L. Todd
Wiliamsburg
Harold McDonald
Paul Swaffer
American Hereford Association
Earle Pallas
Kansas City Livestock Co
Rufus Cox
Department of
Animal Husbandry
Kansas State University
Jackson George
Kansas Hereford Association
President Kennedy Drives Foreign Aid Push in Congress
President Kennedy has personally led efforts to win approval for a five year eight billion dollar foreign aid program. Senate and House panels show reluctance to act despite his appeal in a group of nine senators that the nation faces a critical year and decade for military and economic assistance to friendly nations. Senate Foreign Relations Committee members weigh major controversies as Fulbright hopes for a mid next week report.
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Washington
Kennedy
Senate
House
Mike Mansfield
Montana
White House
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
J. William Fulbright
Fulbright
Kennedy to Hold News Conference at White House
The White House announced President Kennedy will hold a news conference at 9 a.m. next Wednesday. A conference scheduled for 4 p.m. Monday was tentatively set but later changed.
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Washington
Kennedy
White House
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