Kansas Traffic Safety program awards and notices
Ottawa shares second place in Kansas Traffic Safety program with Hutchinson Parsons and Prairie Village in cities of 10 001 to 75 000. Topeka and Wichita tie for first in Class A for 75 001 and over. Garden City and Newton tie for first in Class B. First place bronze plaques awarded. Also notes golf ace Bill Cooper at Willow Oaks. Virginia radio survey questions Virgil Grissom. Fatal fall in Kansas City involves Sandra Miller, age 4.
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Ottawa
Kansas
John Anderson
Topeka
Hutchinson
Parsons
Prairie Village
Wichita
Garden City
Newton
Richmond, Va
Bill Cooper
Richmond
Cooper
Willow Oaks Country Club
Weather COUNTY FORECAST Showers and mild temperatures ahead
Considerable cloudiness today tonight and Sunday with scattered showers and little temperature change. Lows near 65 tonight and highs around 85 Sunday.
Gus Unwinds As U S Plans Next Move In Space Trips
Grand Bahama Island AP report details Virgil Grissom and Alan Shepard Jr meeting other astronauts to plan future space efforts, aiming to match Yuri Gagarin and advance Kennedy's moon goal. Grissom recounts a perilous suborbital flight, noting a hole in the parachute chute and delayed capsule control.
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Gus
U.S
Grand Bahama Island
Virgil Grissom
Alan Shepard Jr
Moon
Yuri Gagarin
Earth
Kennedy
Shepard
Rocket Control Center
Grissom
Traffic Toll TOPEKA AP Traffic Log July 1961
Kansas traffic death log reports 290 deaths in July 1961 up to 9 am Saturday, compared with 263 in the same period in 1960. The AP log tallies hourly tolls for Topeka and statewide traffic fatalities to track trends.
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Topeka
Kansas
Little People Talk Problems at Washington Convention
The Little People of America gathered in Washington for a weekend convention to discuss education and employment while sharing ways to adjust to the world. About 150 delegates, including Art Noble of Indianapolis and Bill Albaugh of Camden, NJ, attended as leaders emphasized mutual help and sociable exchanges for clothing and shoes.
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Washington
Little People of America
Art Noble
Indianapolis
Ind
The
Little People of America, Inc
Noble
Bill Albaugh
Camden, NJ
Albaugh
America
Dan Turner
Asheville
N.C
Wellsville Woman Describes Riding Freedom Bus
Mrs. Rowena Pinkerton, a Wellsville resident, recounted a Biloxi to Jackson trip with a group of Freedom Riders. She said Southern Negroes doubt their motives and that local authorities escorted the bus, with tensions rising at Mississippi stops and mixed reactions among riders and onlookers.
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Wellsville
Biloxi
Miss
Rowena Pinkerton
T-Sgt
William B. Pinkerton
Claire
John
Carolyn
Freedom Riders
Jackson
Bizerte Resistance Broken By French
The Marais des Cygnes river rose sharply after heavy rain in the upper valley reaching 9.9 feet on Ottawa Main Street by 10 am with a crest expected around 17 feet near noon tomorrow. Weather officials note showers for 38 more hours and widespread unsettled conditions persist across the region as wild weather moves through the Middle West.
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Marais Des Cygnes
Ottawa
Richard Garrett
Weather Bureau
Topeka
Garrett
Doctor Moves To Ottawa
Dr. Chet Strehlow, released from Air Force duty, joins Drs. Frank Barr and R A Gollier in the Professional building. He and wife Mary moved Friday to 92 S Sycamore with five children. Strehlow, Kansas City native, KU quarterback in 1950 51, earned MD from KU, trained at Bethany and St Luke's, served as Luke AFB surgical chief, holding the rank of captain.
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Chet Strehlow
Air Force
Frank Barr
R. A. Gollier
Strehlow
Mary
S. Sycamore
Vicki Anne
Gail Louise
Mark David
Diane Annette
David Mathew
Kansas City
Kas
Argentine High School
University of Kansas
Bethany Hospital
St. Luke's Hospital
Luke Air Force Base
Phoenix
Ariz
Luke
Rebel Chief In Plea For Negotiations
President Habib Bourguiba urged negotiations to end France s hold on the Bizerte base as French troops, backed by armor, fought Tunisian forces in the city s heart. He criticized US and UK backing of France while signaling Tunisia may withdraw its stance depending on the UN Security Council decision.
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Tunis
Tunisia
Habib Bourguiba
France
Bizerte
Bourguiba
United States
Britain
Claim A Judge Too Romantic
LAS ANGELES AP A municipal judge in Downey faces a Superior Court hearing on a bribery charge after investigators say he offered a woman defendant romance or jail The judge Lynn W Johnston 42 was arrested in Anaheim by district attorney detectives acting on the complaint of Miss Viasa Dolphus 26 of Anaheim The arrest says Johnston registered at a Sea Beach motel Thursday under an assumed name and was with Miss Dolphus when they arrived She says she was a defendant in a $25 forgery case due for sentence when he made advances
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Los Angeles
Downey
Lynn W. Johnston
Viasa Dolphus
Anaheim
Calif
Johnston
Sea Beach
Miss Dolphus
U S and Britain seek UN ceasefire call
The United States and Britain urged the United Nations Security Council to demand an immediate cease-fire in the French Tunisian fighting. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold had urged action without waiting for Bizerta base dispute resolution. U S Delegate Charles W. Yout proposed a one hour suspension of debate to seek agreement on Hammarskjold’s plea while France urged immediate action.
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United Nations, N. Y
United States
Britain
U. N. Security Council
Dag Hammarskjold
1-Nation Council
Bizerta
Charles W. Yout
Hammarskjold
France
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