Costs Of County Government To Climb Next Year
The Franklin County budget for fiscal 1962 will total $1,862,314.47, about $112,826 more than 1961, with welfare leading the rise at $722,304. General funds, high school, hospital, and mental health accounts all show increases. Welfare funding gains are partly offset by a drop in county participation and rising federal aid. A new $15,000 retirement program for county employees is included, subject to remonstrance.
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Franklin County
Bruce Spears
Jevy
Spears
General High School
Food preservation class at Masonic Hall Friday
A demonstration on freezing fruit and vegetables led by Miss Rosemary Crist will be held Friday at 1 30 p m in the basement of the Masonic Hall. The first of two classes covers freezing corn beans and peaches and includes sugar packed fruit and packing materials. A second class on canning is set for August 4 at the same time and place. Also noted is a call from Kansas State headquarters for eight prospective draftees for August physicals, with no July or August inductions or prior calls since September 1960.
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Masonic Hall
Rosemary Crist
Franklin Couty
Miss Crist
Selective Service Board
Kansas
Topeka
Phil Hart
Local Board No. 24
Pratt Woman Dies at 104 in Pratt County Hospital
Mrs. Walda Augusta Hoeme of Pratt died in Pratt County Hospital Tuesday evening at age 104. The obituary notes a long life in Pratt and local associations.
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PRATT
Walda Augusta Hoeme
Pratt County Hospital
Weather COUNTY FORECAST shows showers and warm humidity
Considerable cloudiness with scattered showers and thunderstorms tonight and Thursday. Temperatures stay warm with highs in the 80s and nights in the 70s.
Traffic Toll Topeka Kansas 24 hours figures
The Topeka Kansas traffic toll report shows 109 for the 24 hour period ending at 1 a.m. Wednesday. Figures compare 1961 to 1960 with June data noted. 294 versus 276 in the prior year.
Use Of Arms Plant Considered At Parsons Kansas
Senator Ben Frank Carlson of Kansas said he explored in Washington the possibility of reopening the Parsons Ordnance plant to build conventional ammunition. The plant, opened in World War II and capable of producing artillery shells and bombs, has been on standby since the Korean conflict. A Pentagon spokesman indicated no decision had been made on which plants would resume conventional ammunition production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parsons
Kan
Ben Frank Carlson
Parsons Sun
Washington
Kansas
Kennedy
Carlson
the Sun
Pentagon
Blow Your Own Horn Homebuilders Told Here
Leo Mullin of the Kansas City Home Builders Association urged Ottawa builders and officials to promote the town. He stressed growth and modernization, and forming a building code through the association to guide future improvements. John Wiedeman encouraged wider news media use to spotlight Ottawa and discussed a potential appearance on Home Builder's Showcase. Allen Loyd said plans for an Ottawa Home Show with the Chamber of Commerce are in the works for next spring.
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Leo Mullin
Kansas City Home Builders Association
Ottawa
Mullin
Home Builders Association
John Wiedeman
Home Builder's Showcase
Kansas City
Allen Loyd
Ottawa Home Builder's Association
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
Clouds Linger With Showers Across East Kansas
Weather bureau forecast shows lingering clouds and showers through this afternoon tonight and Thursday in east Kansas with a risk of heavy rains in extreme northeast Kansas. Morning reports note locally heavy rainfall in Topeka 1.80 inches Holton 1.30 Centralia 1.10 and Leroy 0.59 to 0.62 inches in various locales.
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Kansas
Weather Bureau
Topeka
Holton
Centralia
Tola
Leroy
Man Attempts Hijack of Mohawk Airliner
Savio Zazzara, 22, in a personal crisis, threatened a loaded pistol at Captain Emil Spadoni and tried to fly a Mohawk airliner at Binghamton airport. About 150 passengers hid as officers stopped him and took him to a hospital for mental observation. Investigators said no anti American motive was found and FBI involvement was limited to possible federal charges. He cited marital trouble as his reason, saying he had flown a light plane and wished to fly a big plane before harming himself.
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Binghamton
N.Y
Savio Zazzara
Zazzara
Emil Spadoni
Sheriff's Department
Yazzara
Ithaca
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Albany
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Richards Will Leave Orioles
New York AP reports Paul Richards will resign as Baltimore Orioles manager at season end to become general manager of the new Houston National League club. Informants say a five year contract at 360,000 dollars per year was agreed. the deal was finalized during Cooperstown Hall of Fame events.
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NEW York
Paul Richards
Baltimore Orioles
New Houston
Associated Press
Richards
Cooperstown
N.Y
Houston
Gabe Paul
Cleveland Indians
4-H Appreciation Picnic Showcases Franklin County Youth Talent
About 150 Franklin County 4-H members and local business men attended the annual 4-H Appreciation Picnic in a basement auditorium. Twelve acts from seven clubs performed including accordion duets, square dances, and various solos. Winners will be announced at the Franklin County Fair in Ottawa next month.
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Franklin County 4H Club
Franklin County
Becky Lawrance
Margaret Good
Jayhawk
Rambling
Silver Leaf
Gail “Garrett
Rambling Ranchers
Nancy
Mary Annn Hewitt
Donna
Diane Bones
Lassus
Helen Lederer
Patricia Abersold
Stardust
George Brenner
Connie Lloyd
Marva Walker
Marilyn Wasmund
Rainbow
Hurst Coffman
Joy Long
Acorn Rustlers
Franklin County Fair
Ottawa
Ross Nelson
County 4-H
Alfonso Mages
Forest Park
Kennedy Seeks 3 Billion More for Military Boost
President Kennedy called for a 3.0 billion increase in defense spending in a Berlin crisis speech. West German leaders Adenauer and Brandt welcomed U.S. leadership, while Tass accused him of using a threat to justify arms buildup. New Delhi criticized the excess but praised openness to peace.
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Berlin
Kennedy
United States
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Tass
Washington
West Berlin
Soviet Union
New Delhi
Nehru
Konrad Adenauer
Willy Brandt
Adenauer
Bonn
Brandt
McNamara Signals Boost in Draft Call to 20,000
Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara said the September draft call would rise to 20,000 men, up from July’s 8,000. He did not elaborate in testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee, but suggested the higher figure would likely hold as the armed forces expand.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
Senate Armed Services Committee
Planes Hijacked to Cuba and Security Measures Active
In Miami a large American airliner was seized and reposed in Havana as U S authorities seek to recover the Electra valued at 3 5 million dollars. FBI identifies hijacker Jose Marin 35 a longtime U S resident. Cuban troops disarmed him and led him away at Jose Marti Airport. Police and FBI tighten airport security in New York and Tampa amid fears of further hijackings and a pro Castro plot.
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FBI
Miami
Jose Marin
United States
W. E. Buchanan
Buchanan
Marin
U.S
Havana
Jose Marti
Kennedy seeks 3.5 billion aid to bolster Berlin defense
President Kennedy asked Congress for 3.5 billion dollars in new defense funds and authorization to call up reserve forces and extend enlistments. He proposed a 117000 man rise in active forces, 250000 reserve calls, and up to 12 months active duty for units or individuals lasting through next July. He outlined six military steps including larger army strength, expanded Navy and Air Force, doubled draft calls, retention of ships and planes, and procurement of nonnuclear weapons.
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Washington
Kennerly
Congress
Russia
Berlin
United States
Kennedy
National Guard
Ready Reserve
Armed Services
Defense Department
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
West Berlin
White House
Navy
Air Force
Air National Guard
U.S
Cuban waiter charged in hijacked Eastern Air Lines flight
FBI filed kidnapping and related charges against Wilfredo Roman Oquendo 36 Cuban-born waiter aboard the hijacked Eastern Air Lines plane. He used the alias J. Marin and faces counts of kidnapping assault on the high seas assaults with a deadly weapon and interstate transport of a stolen aircraft. Investigators say he was previously a member of Cuba’s secret police under Carlos Prio Socarras.
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Miami
Fla
FBI
Wilfredo Roman Oquendo
Eastern Air Lines
Richard S$. Beier
FBI Office
Qoquenda
J. Marin
Oquendo
Oquenda
Secret Police
Carlos Prio Socarras
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Towa
William E. Ashby
Polk County Board of Supervisors
Ashby
Bessie
Boston
Boston Public Library
Benjamin Franklin
Milton E. Lord
Lord
Franklin
Orioles
Raney Drug
Ady
Sharon Rice
Norma Houston
Rock Springs Ranch
Florida
Castro
New Orleans
al Lanken
Miami Beach
Peter Gunny
Atlanta
Lanken
George Nathanson
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