Audit Reveals Bank Shortage Of Thirty Five Thousand
A First National Bank of Wood River audit found a 35000 shortage in currency from vaults in 50 and 100 dollar bills. Supervisory teller Frank Morehead, missing since Wednesday evening, is not connected to the loss, FBI and police say. Morehead’s car was found abandoned four miles south of Wood River. insured funds were involved.
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Wood River, Til
First National Bank of
Wood River
FBI
Frank Morehead
Charles F. Arbuthnot
Morehead
Arbutnot
Robert D. Gibbons
Springfield
Kendal Hills
East St. Louis
Two robbers imprison tavern couple in walk in cooler
Two men bound William Rawn and his wife inside their Ninth and Broghton tavern walk in cooler after robbing them of 270 dollars. They promised to report the robbery so the couple could be released before freezing to death. An anonymous call later alerted police but the Rawns had escaped.
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Kansas City
William Rawn
Ninth and Broghton
Rawns
Rawn
Mission Heads For Dominican Republic
A formation mission left Washington today for the Dominican Republic to investigate local conditions. Appointed by the Organization of American States, the six hour flight departed at 10:27 a.m. aboard the Columbine, the Eisenhower era plane. The mission includes representatives from Panama, the United States, Uruguay and Colombia with a small OAS secretarial staff aboard. Panama’s Ambassador Augusto Arango chairs the group and pledged to seek factual understanding of the situation.
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Washington
Dominican Republic
Organization of American States
Columbine
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Panama
United States
Uruguay
Columbia
OAS
Augusto Arango
Eisenhower Attends Ball Game on D-Day Anniversary
Former President Eisenhower marked the 17th anniversary of D-Day by attending a ball game with 14 WWII commanders. He and his party dined at the ball park and watched Cleveland defeat the Senators 14 to 8.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ball Park
Cleveland
Senators
Weather COUNTY FORECAST: scattered storms this night
Scattered thunderstorms are forecast tonight into early Thursday with partly cloudy skies this afternoon through Thursday. Highs reach around 80 degrees, with overnight lows in the 60s.
Marais des Cygnes Delegation to Washington for Flood Control Hearings
A Kansas group from the Marais des Cygnes valley heads to Washington D C to urge flood control funding before House and Senate subcommittees. Attorney Robert A. Anderson will represent Gov. John Anderson of Kansas at hearings on Corps of Engineers Bureau of Reclamation and Agriculture projects.
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Marais Des Cygnes Valley
Washington, D. C
House
Senate
John Anderson
Kansas
Robert A. Anderson
Ottawa
Houses
Congress
Corps of U.S Army Engineers
Bureau of Reclamation
Department of Agriculture
Marais Des Cygnes
Kenneth Andrews
James Grogan
William Bowers
George Lister
Lamar Phillips
Francis Jones
Melvern
Pomona Reservoir
Melvern Reservoir
Anderson
New York
Washington
Missouri
Arkansas
Hightower Leaves Kansas to Turn Pro
Wayne Hightower, the Kansas basketball star, announces he will quit college to pursue professional basketball. He cites financial and moral family obligations and slow personal development, aiming to play next season in the new American League or Eastern League or with the Harlem Globetrotters. His NBA eligibility would require graduating in June 1962.
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Philadelphia
Wayne Hightower
Inday
University of Kansas
Hightower
Kansas
Werlern Globetrotters
National Basketball Association
Aightower
Driving Course Draws Large Enrollment in Ottawa Summer
Ottawa Public Schools report 54 students enrolled in a summer driving course taught by H. K. Stevens. Classes run 8 to 11 a.m. at Ottawa High School and are split into two groups, one finishing by June 16 and the other by late June, with about 30 hours of instruction required. The program, essential for Kansas driver licenses, covers theory and actual driving under supervision.
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H. K. Stevens
Ottawa
Stevens
Ottawa Public Schools
Kansas
Don Meyer
Edwin V. Meyer
S. Main
Don
Castro Trade Talks Study Dictates Tractors Swap
Detroit AP active report on Castro’s latest condition for trading 1,200 Cuban invasion prisoners for 500 American tractors. Castro reiterates May offer while hedging on details. UAW leader Reuther and bankers consult with Roosevelt, Eisenhower, and others as committee awaits official confirmation and translation of Castro’s cable.
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Citizens’ Movement Today
Fidel Castro
Castro
Walter P. Reuther
Cochairman
Tractors For Freedom, Inc
Joseph M. Dodge
Detroit
Reuther
Dodge
Eleanor Roosevelt
Milton S. Eisenhower
Johns Hopkins University
United Auto Workers Union
Havana
Cuba
Mrs. Roosevelt
Dr. Eisenhower
Fidel Castro replies to prisoner swap committee with fifteen points
Havana reports Prime Minister Fidel Castro answered an American committee planning a prisoner exchange involving tractors. The message outlines fifteen points addressing conditions and terms of the potential swap, signaling a structured approach to negotiations.
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Castro
Havana
Fidel Castro
Castro offer on Cuban prisoners sparks split views
Conflicting reports leave Miami puzzled over swapping American tractors for prisoners captured by Fidel Castro in Cuba. One of 86 U S citizens arriving on a repatriation flight doubts Castro will honor the deal, citing safety concerns for family in Cuba and calling Castro's offer a propaganda setback.
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Miami
Fla
Fidel Castro
Cuba
United States
Castro
Ottawa Schools Summer Maintenance Routine Planned
Ottawa school officials report summer work will focus on routine maintenance. Howard Larson, Ottawa school board clerk, says no major equipment purchases this summer, but new drinking fountains will be installed in some grade schools. Four to five male staff have painted classrooms in past years, with only three high school industrial arts instructors and custodians retained this year.
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Ottawa
Howard Larson
Ottawa School Board
Larson
Shaken In Crash At 5th and Sycamore
Mrs. Bill Seymour, 29, of Sycamore, was injured in a two car crash at 5th and Sycamore yesterday around 5 pm. She was driving a 1949 car north on Sycamore when a 1951 model driven by Kath leen K. Crawford of Wells ville, going west on 5th, collided at the intersection. Seymour’s car sustained major damage while Crawford’s car had minor damage.
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Bill Seymour
Sycamore
5Th
Seymour
Kathleen K. Crawford
Wellsville
Weather Forecast Warns of Severe Storms and Hail
Ottawa recorded a trace of rain with sunny spells today as thunderstorms were forecast for eastern Kansas this afternoon or evening. Reports showed heavy rains in several places including 3.63 inches in Atlanta Cowly County and 2.50 inches near Winfield. Areas like Colby Great Bend Dresden logged various totals while Kansas City warned of a storm zone spanning Missouri Illinois Iowa and parts of Kansas with damaging winds large hail and possible tornadoes.
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Ottawa
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Atlanta
Cowly
Winfield
Colby
Great Bend
Dresden
Kansas City
Columbia
Peoria
Ill
Iowa
Ilinois
Missouri
Weather Lifts Ottawa area job prospects says official
Cal Ewing new manager of Ottawa office Kansas Employment Service Franklin Anderson and Miami Counties notes favorable weather will boost calls from farmers needing help as conditions permit. Unemployment claims in May total 1354, April 1621, year ago 765. Office still cannot fill orders for office work and garment factory jobs while testing shows girls finish high school with better training. He sent 15 to 20 men to western Kansas as construction laborers mainly building elevators. Wages around $1.25 per hour, with up to 70 hours possible weekly, jobs lasting through summer. local response to Hire Now program noted.
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Cal Ewing
Ottawa
Kansas Employment Service
Franklin
Anderson
Miami
Ewing
Kansas
Geneva Talks Delayed After Padong Defeat
Western delegates cable capitals to decide if the Laos cease-fire talks should continue as major Communist violations surface. Britain's Malcolm MacDonald, to chair session, cancelled proceedings with no new date set. Western officials question U.S. resolve amid Kennedy Khrushchev Vienna pledge and Soviet hypocrisy remarks.
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Geneva
Padong
Laos
Britain
Malcolm MacDonald
Kennedy- Khrushchev
Vienna
U.S
Kennedy
Pro Western Forces Fired On In Laos
In Geneva the United States accused Communist forces of blatant violation of the Laos cease fire after Padong fell. Harriman endorsed delaying talks to consult Washington as Western delegates weigh continuing sessions amid truce breaches. Pro Western forces at Padong faced heavy artillery fire and withdrew to prepared positions, with some troops from North Vietnam.
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Geneva
United States
Laos
Padong
W. Averell Harriman
U.S
Washington
Harriman
State Department
Viet Nam
U S Keeps Laos Talks Alive At Geneva Conference
Washington says it will not end the Geneva talks on Laos and will press for a cease fire. State Department criticizes Communist participants and affirms U S aims for a neutral Laos free of foreign interference, continuing the objectives voiced by Laos’ king.
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Washington
United States
Laos
Geneva
State Department
Russia
Red China
U.S
Padong
Lincoln White
White
Former Kansas State Professor Honored
Manhattan Kansas AP Dr Howard T Hill professor emeritus of speech at Kansas State University has been selected as one of seven distinguished professors for the John Hay Whitney Foundation visiting professor program 1961 62 He will join Park College Parkville Missouri speech department staff in September Hill led the K State speech department for 32 years from 1922 to 1954 and retired in 1959 since then he has been visiting professor at the University of Missouri.
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Manhattan
Kan
Howard T. Hill
Kansas State University
John Hay Whitney Foundation
Park College
Parkville
Hill
K-State
Department of Speech
University of Missouri
Two Judges Named By Gov Anderson
Gov John Anderson appoints L A McNalley of Minneapolis as judge of division 2 in the 30th Judicial District and W S Gossage of Hutchinson as judge of division 2 in the 40th District. The 30th District covers Lincoln Ellsworth Ottawa and Saline counties. the 40th District is Reno County. Each district previously had one judge before a second division was created by the 1961 Legislature.
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Topeka
John Anderson
L. A. McNalley
Minneapolis
W. S. Gossage
Hutchinson
Lincoln
Ellsworth
Ottawa
Saline
Reno
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Milton
Eisenhower
Penny Schnoke
Eldon Schnoke
Maple
Betty Shader
George Shader
Centennial Cabin
Kansas State
Gov
Raney Drug
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