Grissom Caps a Near-Disaster Space Flight
Virgil Grissom survived a 5 280 mile per hour reentry and swam to safety after his capsule sank in the Atlantic. The mission shortfall will not delay Project Mercury as NASA reports most data was captured via telemetry. Grissom's escape hatch launch from Cape Canaveral and hi s rescue aboard the Randolph showcased U S progress toward orbital flight and moon missions, with President Kennedy and family watching on TV.
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Gus) Grissom
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Moon View Tonight At Ottawa University Telescope
Dr. W. D. Bemmels announced the Ottawa University telescope will be set up at 8 PM in front of the Science Hall for campus visitors to view the moon Jupiter and Saturn if skies clear. If not, setup will occur tomorrow evening. This is an annual campus event inviting public viewing.
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Saturn
Weather County Forecast Oc casional rain and storms this afternoon
Occasional rain and scattered thunderstorms cover the area this afternoon. Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday with cooler conditions. Highs near 80s this afternoon, tonight’s lows 60 to 65, Saturday highs mid 80s.
Moisture In Ottawa Area Passes The Two Inch Mark
A stormy night drenched Ottawa and eastern Kansas with welcome rain. Ottawa recorded 2.16 inches as showers and lightning eased dry spells, aiding pastures and crops. The Weather Bureau noted widespread soaking rains across Kansas, with Osage City and Pomona reservoir area reaching four inches, and many towns reporting one to four inch totals. A showery pattern continues with scattered showers and thunderstorms likely in the southeast and extreme northwest later today.
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Wellsville
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Horton
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Emporia
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Lebo
Neosho Rapids
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Paola
Marion
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Topeka
Clay Center
Hays
Gove
Fort Scott
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Garden City
Liberal
Sanity Test For Killers
SHARON SPRINGS Kansas AP A sanity commission will examine two youths who admitted killing seven persons in five states. George Ronald York 18 Jacksonville Florida and James Douglas Latham 19 Mauriceville Texas are scheduled for trial September 18 in the slaying of Otto Ziegler 62 of Oakley Kansas County Attorney James Taylor said the sanity of both would be tested. York and Latham stood mute during arraignment. District Judge Benedict F Cruise entered pleas of innocent for both. Captured June 11 near Salt Lake City the two AWOL soldiers related details of a tour of robbery and murder between May 28 and June 10. They told of killing two women near Jacksonville Fla a railroad porter at Tullahoma Tenn a man near Edwardsville Illinois a man at Granite City Illinois Ziegler near Colby Kansas and an 18 year old hotel maid at Craig Colorado. York and Latham are held at the Kansas Reformatory in Hutchinson pending trial.
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James Douglas Latham
Mauriceville
Tex
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Oakley
James Taylor
York
Bernard E. Whalen
Goodland
Latham
Benedict F. Cruise
Salt Lake City
Tullahoma
Tenn
Edwardsville
Granite City
Ill
Ziegler
Colby
Craig, Colo
Kansas Reformatory
Hutchinson
Two Small Boys Admit Crimes
Two boys aged 12 and 9 admitted breaking into two oil companies a grocery store and a house trailer at Ogden Kansas Wednesday night. They were arrested in Manhattan Thursday. About 460 dollars a shotgun and small items were taken from the oil firms and other places. The shotgun was recovered. The house trailer, a new one, burned Wednesday night. The boys said they smoked cigarettes in the trailer.
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Plaster Drops Hit John Kaiser Drug Store Roof
A three foot square chunk of plaster fell from the ceiling of the John Kaiser Drug Store at 420 S Main in the Masonic Temple building after water backed up on the roof from a plugged drain. The debris damaged mints and bubble gum but missed cigars, occurring last night.
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Family Night Delayed by Rain at Ottawa Forest Park
Ottawa Recreation Commission postpones annual Family Night to Monday at Forest Park. Pee Wee baseball exhibition postponed due to soggy field. church softball games proceed. Program begins 5 p.m. with base ball exhibit, 7:15 p.m. crafts display, 7:30 p.m. baton twirlers, then school contests in box hockey, bean bag and three legged races.
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Seizure of French Oil Line Ordered
In Tunis, President Habib Bourguiba ordered troops to seize the pipeline at Skhira carrying output from France's Sahara Edjele field. He called for volunteers from all nations to aid Tunisia against France as fighting raged in Bizerte with Tunisian infantry and civilian volunteers opposing French paratroops, tanks, and rocket planes after a dawn attack.
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Radio
Expanded Space Bill Is Signed
President Kennedy signed a bill authorizing vastly expanded space projects including a start toward sending a man to the moon. He noted Captain Virgil I. Grissom’s flight as he approved the measure granting NASA $1,784,300,000 for the coming year.
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Virgil I. Grissom
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Santa Fe Tank Car Overturns Near McPherson
A propane tank car overturned six miles west of McPherson causing risk of explosion. U S 56 traffic was rerouted as guards worked to right the car. Cause undetermined, railroad bed may have softened by heavy rain. No propane escaped.
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JFK May Freeze National Guard Units in Berlin Crisis
President Kennedy aims to freeze six National Guard divisions on active duty indefinitely amid the Berlin crisis. He also plans to seek a higher Army manpower ceiling from 875,000 to 975,000. The six divisions, with training sites and dates, may be frozen if a national emergency is declared or Congress extends officer and enlistment terms. Ottawa elements of the 35th division depart for Camp Ripley.
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Tennessee
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Texas
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Tex
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Kansas-Missou
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Minn
38Th Infantry
Indiana
Camp Grayling
Mich
Ottawa
Traffic Toll Topeka AP Log July 23 Summary
Kansas traffic death toll for the 24 hours to 9 am Friday notes 2 fatalities. The report compares July totals with 1961 showing 289 deaths versus 262 in 1960. Data reflects ongoing annual toll patterns and period-to-period changes as published by AP in Topeka.
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Kansas
School Budget Here Dips Slightly In Ottawa District
The Ottawa district unveils a modest school budget for 1961 62 with total expenditures at 834 496 98 down from 840 113 32 the prior year. Levy set at 2959 per 1000 and several funding shifts including increased teacher salaries and state aids offset by reduced building funds.
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Howard Larson
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