Argentine Plane Crash Kills 67 in Patagonia
Buenos Aires based Argentine Airlines DC6 crashes while en route to Patagonia oilfields killing all 67 aboard. The four engine plane burst into flames after attempting an emergency landing near Azul Cha char i near Comodoro Rivadiva. Names Wilbur Taylor Hilda M Anderson among the passengers.
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Buenos Aires
Patagonia
Ezeiza
Azul
Esso Oil Co
U.S
Wilbur Taylor
Hilda M. Anderson
Chachari
Curtiss
Comodoro Rivadiva
YPF
Ottawa youths use hotel roof as club house
Two unnamed Ottawa boys were heard but not seen as police and hotel guests listened to their radio chatter from the North American Hotel. They climbed to the roof and used the base station radio shack, with a microphone left open broadcasting their conversation.
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Ottawa
Man Quoted Safety First Driver Cites License
In Santa Monica a traffic stop over speeding led officers to a motorist who replied with Safety First as his name. He produced a license issued to Safety First, 67, of 1427 Camden Drive.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Camden Dr
Jap Firm Wins Suez Canal Dredging Contract
Tokyo reports Mizuno Gumi Co of Hiroshima won a $4.72 million bid to dredge the Suez Canal for the United Arab Republic. The plan calls for widening and deepening the canal to about 13.5 meters to allow larger ships, with signing set for Cairo on July 25.
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Tokyo
Suez Canal
Mizuno Gumi Co
Hiroshima
United Arab Republic
Cairo
County Forecast: Partly cloudy and cooler with storms
Partly cloudy and cooler today with a chance of scattered thundershowers this afternoon and evening. Tonight partly cloudy, with highs in the upper 80s and lows in the mid 60s. Thursday will be partly cloudy with highs near 90.
Cooler Days Bring Relief After Heat Wave
Ottawa and much of Kansas cooled from yesterday’s highs near 100 with a noon 87 in the business district. Garden City led the state at 105 while Manhattan Salina Abilene posted 104 103 101 and 100 in several cities. A five day forecast predicts eastern Kansas 5 to 8 degrees below normal with scattered showers and thunderstorms later in the period.
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Weather Bureau
Garden City
Mercury
Manhattan
Salina
Abilene
Concordia
Lawrence
Emporia
Wichita
Topeka
Olathe
Kansas
Governors In South Meet in Jackson Mississippi
Four governors and representatives of three others gathered in Jackson to discuss cooperative economic development for the South. States rights and segregation were not on the agenda, but expected to dominate the spotlight. Mississippi Governor Ross Barnett convened the one day session, inviting twelve governors. Orval Faubus John Patterson and Ernest F Hollings attended. Louisiana Florida and Georgia sent reps while Texas Governor Price Daniel could not attend.
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Jackson, Miss
South
Mississippi
Ross Brnett
Honolulu
Orval Faubus
Arkansas
John Patterson
Alabama
Ernest F. Hollings
South Carolina
Louisiana
Florida
Georgia
Price Daniel
Texas
Southern Governors Conference
Jayhawker Days Draw Big Crowd in Williamsburg
About 1,200 people attended Williamsburg Jayhawker Days for the second night. The parade featured seven floats with Kansas Centennial themes. Winners included Washday by Friendly Neighbors HDU and Birthday Party by Central Community and Better Homes HDU. further winners covered bicycles, saddles, and costumes. Tonight’s program includes Bill Kirk and group from Topeka, a baby show, and a closing performance.
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Friendly Neighbors Home Demonstration Unit
Central Community and
Better Homes Hdu
Kansas
American Legion Auxiliary of
Bill Kirk
Topeka
Bee Sting Causes Crash In Arkansas City
Police report a bee sting on the throat caused Mrs. R. L. Pinet, 51, of 1400 Willow, to lose control of her 1958 car in the 800 block of S. Oak around noon. Her vehicle struck a parked car owned by Lawrence L. Becker, causing major damage to both cars. Mrs. Pinet was not injured.
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Willow
S. Oak
Pinet
Lawrence L. Becker
Arkansas City
Destructive chain after grain truck wheel loss near Carthage
A grain truck lost a wheel on Highway 37 at Reeds, smashing a station wagon and careening into a gas pump area. An explosion and fire destroyed the service station, injuring three people including attendant Raymond Allenbaugh. George Pippin and Melvin Ellis and Allenbaugh were hospitalized. Ellis Hull and Lloyd Hull aided in freeing Allenbaugh.
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Reeds
George Pippin
Melvin Eugene Ellis
Ellis
Raymond Allenbaugh
Allenbaugh
Ellick Garren
Stella
Highway Patrol
Garren
Ellis Hull
Lloyd Hull
Hulls
Hull
Ottawa University gears up for fall term orientation
Orientation day at Ottawa University to begin Saturday at 9 am with entrance tests for more than 75 new students. Students will select subjects and tour the campus as part of orientation activities ahead of the fall term.
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Ottawa University
Doubts A Moon Shot Before 1971
Brig. Gen. Donald F. Flickinger, head of Air Force aerospace medical projects, said a U S lunar landing is at least 10 years away due to gaps in knowledge about space phenomena. He spoke at the Franklin Institute and noted unpredictability of Soviet timing.
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Air Force Aerospace Medical Projects
United States
Donald F. Flickinger
Franklin Institute
U. S
Flickinger
Soviet Union
JFK Urges Russia To Change Policies
Cape Canaveral, Fla. AP A weather system scrap canceled the second Mercury launch attempt for Astronaut Gus Grissom delaying a new try by at least three days Weather cleared briefly but thick cloud cover returned forcing officials to halt the countdown with 10 minutes 30 seconds to go Grissom had spent 3 hours 6 minutes in the capsule before the postponement reference is made to Shepard’s earlier abortive May 2 attempt and to project leaders Gilruth and Williams observing the worsening clouds
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Fla
Virgil I
Gus) Grissom
This Space Center
Project Mercury
Grissom
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Shepard
Robert Gilruth
Walter Williams
Kennedy to decide on bolstering defense for Berlin
President Kennedy said a final decision on strengthening U S military forces to meet the Soviet challenge would be made soon. He warned Moscow the move could be risky but vowed to honor commitments to West Berlin while seeking tax and spending plans to fund any expansion. He spoke to reporters at the State Department and outlined goals on Berlin, space, and the economy amid a high turnout press conference.
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Kennedy
Soviet Union
Berlin
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United States
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Germany
Moscow
Russia
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East Berlin
German Democratic Republic
U.S
Bowles
Chester Bowles
Woman wrestles dog to pool edge at Forrest Park
A frightened Cocker Spaniel weighing about 30 pounds jumped into the Forrest Park swimming pool yesterday afternoon, biting two Ottawa women. Mrs. Lillian Reed and Miss Joan Ochs were treated for bites. Ochs received a tetanus shot, Reed antibiotics. Reed recalled wrestling the exhausted dog to the bank by gripping its ears, the animal finally subdued with a rope and help from bystanders. The dog's owner’s name was not available.
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Forrest Park
Lillian Reed
N. Sycamore
Joan Ochs
Miss Ochs
Mrs. Reed
Topeka Hotel Death Of Topeka State Hospital Patient
Mrs. Bonnie Conrad a 35 year old Topeka State Hospital patient from McPherson Kansas fell to her death Tuesday from a downtown Topeka hotel. Officials said she was the wife of John J. Conrad and had been admitted last November after prior hospitalization elsewhere.
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Topeka
Bonnie Conrad
Topeka State Hospital
McPherson
Kan
Conrad
John J. Conrad
Traffic Toll Topeka Log Shows July Year Patterns
AP reports Kansas traffic deaths tally over a 24 hour window to 9 am Wednesday, noting July figures and annual comparisons. The record contrasts 1961 with the prior year and 1960, highlighting how current toll fits within historic patterns.
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Topeka
Kansas
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