Local briefs recap Kansas items and notices
A Kansas news brief roundup reports Robert Cheney being discharged from KU Medical Center to recuperate at home after a tractor accident, Community and university figures at OU and Ottawa University events, school staff changes at Highland Park and Capper Junior High, a Rotary Club address by Maj. Grout on Laos, 4-H and local crime notes, and small business ads. Names include Cheney J R, Starr Daily, Maj Grout, Don L McKelvey, Roy Browning Jr, Curtis Stoll, Andrew B Martin, Harold Tickner, Darrel Sieg, Oliver Taylor, James L Allen, Warner Lutz, Jack Sauer, Herman Ziesch, F R Bennett, Sarah Cook, David L Young.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy W. Browning Jr
Itawan
Highland Park High School
Topeka
KCC Orders Gas Refund to Kansas Customers
The Kansas Corporation Commission orders Gas Service Co to refund 4.37 million dollars to Kansas customers for a rate increase allowed only partly, with refunds due within 120 days. Nine other gas firms will also refund smaller amounts, affecting about 800 Gas Service customers.
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Topeka
Ap) — Gas Service Co
Kansas
Corporation Commission
Gas Service Company
Gas Service
Cities Service Gas Co
Commission
Explosion wrecks Stannard Rock Light in Lake Superior
An explosion of propane and gasoline at Stannard Rock Light House in Lake Superior destroyed the coal storage area and cut all communications. One crewman, William A. Maxwell, 34, is missing. another was seriously injured while two others were unharmed. The Woodrush found the lighthouse dark after 48 hours. The light, built on a crib 11 feet below the surface, has operated since 1882 with an 18 mile beacon range. Nearest land Manitou Island 23 miles away, Marquette 45 miles south. The tower remained standing but the shaft bottom was gutted.
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Cleveland
Stannard Rock
Lake Superior
U.S. Coast Guard
Coast Guard
Woodrush
Duluth
Mike O’brien
William A. Maxwell
W. Calverly St
Houghton
Mich
O’brien
Manitou Island
Marquett
Lonely Rock
O'Brien
Unrest Greets Adlai in Bogota During South America Tour
Adlai E. Stevenson concludes his 10-nation South America tour with talks planned in Bogota after bombs and student protests. Kennedy’s envoy arrived amid tight security as violence and rock throwing disrupted demonstrations near the National University and embassies. Stevenson dined with President Lleras Camargo and expected meetings with Latin American foreign ministers on hemisphere issues.
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Bogota
Colombia
Adlai E. Stevenson
South Ameri
Kennedy
Stevenson
Ecuador
Alberto Allastres
National University
Techo
New International
Alberto Lleras Camargo
Federal suit seeks desegregation of Georgia polls
Five Negro plaintiffs filed what state officials say may be the nation s first federal case challenging segregated polling places in Albany and Dougherty County Georgia The suit in U S District Court at Albany seeks desegregation of polling places and voting lists and comes as other civil rights actions unfold across the South including Freedom Riders journeys and college admission disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
U.S. District Court
Albany
Dougherty County
Freeman Leverett
Elberton
Kansas City Market Report Cattle Hogs and Lambs Mix
KC Markets reports cattle at 1,500 head with calves and various classes steady to mixed. Good to choice steers 21.50 to 22.25, heifers 20.00 to 21.75, vealers 23.90 to 27.00. stockers 18.00 to 22.09. Hogs 3,200 head, barrows and gilts steady to 25 lower, sows steady to 24 lower. barrows 190–230 lb 6.25 to 7.00, sows 270–400 lb 13.60 to 14.75. Lambs fully steady, ewes and feeders about steady. feeders 12.00 to 13.00.
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Kansas City
Franklin County
Kansas
Lincoln Township
L. O. Pabert
Ray Farris
Carl Richardson
Yd & Satan
Pees Tear
Pte
Eee Sa
Richmond Township
Richmond City Hall
Geo
Udget
Atchison
Raymond B. Wagner
Dee V. Spaulding
General Fund
Township Auditing Board
Lee Bee Eee
Beep Nee Seyeme
Richmond Library Service
Vues Ee Eeae
Bal
Pema Aw
Cee Benewee
Soneeeeneearae
Sener Erenoeenone
Hospital Notes and Dismissals Across Several Towns
Hospital notes show patient and address data for multiple towns including Kanopolis Wellsville Eldon Good Williamsburg and share names Barbara DeWald George Anderson Joan McCandless and others with dismissals and newborns listed across Tuesday Wednesday andTuesday. The fragmentary item references patients and relatives at several local addresses with dates for discharges.
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George Anderson
S. Hickory
Barbara DeWald
Davis
Joan McCandless
Howard Cochran
Kanopolis
William L. Clark
Virgil Bien
N. Sycamore
Eldon Good
S. Maple
Carl Good
Wellsville
Anderson W. Spooner
E. 1St
Kenneth Morse
S. Oak
Florence Graham
W. 5Th
Donald Lee Smith
Williamsburg
Eichmann Defends Role in Nazi Machinery
Adolf Eichmann testified before Israeli judges claiming minimal personal responsibility for the Holocaust. He argued his office handled only emigration and evacuation, with the extermination plan coming from higher police and Foreign Ministry levels and his deputies following Gestapo orders. He provided a detailed map of the Gestapo command structure and was reminded to keep his statements concise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Adolf Eichmann
Gestapo
Reich Security Office
Foreign Ministry
Eichmann
Moshe Landau
Robert Servatius
Berlin
Senators Back Largest Farm Bill Without Roll Call
Washington AP reports senators shouted approval of the largest annual farm money bill in history, providing just over 7 billion dollars for agriculture programs starting July 1. Passed by voice vote, it returns to the House where roughly 115 million was approved, with both versions well above current-year funding but under Kennedy's request.
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Washington
House
Congress
Kennedy
Gas Regulators Damaged Amid Gas Workers Strike
Kansas City AP report says three gas pressure regulators were damaged or shut off during the night amid a strike by the Gas Workers Metal Trades Union. 468 customers lost service and a meter serving 18 units was shut off. A $1000 reward was offered for arrests. Service resumed to all customers. Union president Harley Oakes denies union involvement.
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Kansas City
Gas Service Co
Gas Workers Metal Trades Union
R. M. Power
Power
No. 781
Harley Oakes
Divers Seek Pipe Weapon Under Chain of Rocks Bridge
Divers will search beneath the Chain of Rocks bridge for a length of pipe used in the fatal June 8 bludgeoning of Martin Drenovac, one of seven victims in a cross country crime spree by teens James Latham and George York. The pair admitted killing Albert Reed earlier that day and plan to be prosecuted in Kansas for a separate slaying near Edwardsville.
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Granite City
Chain of Rocks
Martin Drenovac
James Douglas Latham
George Ronald York
Utah
Drenovac
York
Latham
Kansas
Albert E. Reed
Litchfield
Ill
Drenovach
Reed
Edwardsville
Pigeon Causes Fire Alarm Shutdown in Mechanicville
A carrier pigeon from South Dartmouth, Massachusetts paused on a high tension line, short circuited the system and triggered Mechanicville New York fire alarms. The incident briefly interrupted city services as responders investigated the alert.
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Mechanicville
N.Y
Dartmouth
Mass
Overbrook Livestock and Furniture Sales Listings
A fragmented sale notice catalog lists weekly livestock auctions in Overbrook and Ottawa Kansas with dates and contact numbers. It mentions local sales gatherings including farm machinery and household goods near Franklin County and Lawrence with times around 1 p.m. and addresses on Locust Wilson Ottawa and Edgerton.
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Franklin County Sale Company
Locust & Wilson
Ottawa
Kas
Cars Collide on US50 Near Homewood
A two car crash on US50 at Homewood at about 10 a.m. injured several people but none seriously. Leo Catflisch of Independence was cited for failing to yield. The Lawrence vehicle carried William Lawrence Phyllis Lawrence Douglas Ray Lawrence Christian Lawrence and Lavon Castle from Wellsville and Independence. injuries were cuts and bruises with no hospitalizations.
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Homewood
Leo Catflisch
Independence
William R. Lawrence
Burlington
Lawrence
Phyllis A. Lawrence
Douglas Ray Lawrence
Christian Lawrence
Wellsville
Lavon Castle
Margaret McMann
Caflisch
William Lawrence
Phyllis Lawrence
Catflisch
Strike Hits Topeka Goodyear Plant
TOPEKA AP The Goodyear Tire and Rubber plant in Topeka shut down after Local 307 United Rubber Workers struck Tuesday night. Picket lines formed at 11 p.m. affecting about 1,750 workers. The dispute concerns a local supplement to a nationwide contract signed two months ago and center on working conditions. Negotiations had been ongoing since May 15 with no renewal date set.
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Topeka
Goodyear Tire and Rubber
United Rubber Workers Union
Arthur Price
Price
Goodyear Company
Retail Clerks In KC On Job
Striking members of Local 782 returned to work at three independent food stores in Greater Kansas City. A tentative agreement with 30 independent operators was reached Tuesday night and will be voted on Friday. Wages were not an issue. the union sought the same fringe benefits offered to chain store clerks.
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Kansas City
Vale and salutatorian named at Fairport High School
Rightly Named FAIRPORT N Y Vale dictorian and salutatorian at Fairport High School were Robert Witty and Diane Schoolmaster.
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Fairport, N.Y
Fairport High School
Robert Witty
Diane
House Passes Damages Bill for Ishmael Property
Washington AP reports the House approved a bill to pay 862 to Mrs. David Ishmael of Manhattan Kansas for damages from Turtle Creek Dam construction. The government acquired 1.0 acre in 1956. the Ishmaels have since died. The bill would authorize payment despite late filing and covers settlement expenses.
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Washington
David Ishmael
Manhattan
Kas
Turtle Creek Dam
House
Senate
Ishmael
Ottawa Township Budget Hearing Notice 1961 Kansas
Ottawa Township Franklin County Kansas invites taxpayers to a July 1 1961 budget hearing at 10 00 A M at Kansas State Bank to hear objections and consider amendments to the proposed budget.
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Ottawa Township
Franklin County
Kansas
Kanesas State Bank
Executor appointed for Walter M. Price estate in Kansas
In Franklin County Probate Court Dorothy Cottrell Price is named executor of Walter M. Price deceased with letters testamentary issued June 6 1961. Creditors heirs and others must file claims within nine months of first publication or be barred. Anderson and Byrd attorneys for the executor.
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Franklin County
Kansas
Walter M. Price
Dorothy Cottrell Price
Probate
Walter M. Frice
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Robert Cheney
J. R. Cheney
University of Kansas Medical Center
Starr
First Methodist Church
Don L. McKelvey
Laos
Maj
Gilbert Grout
Ft. Leavenworth
Rotary Club Today
Maj. Grout
Command and General Staff College
Andrew B. Martin
Ottawa University
American Association of University Women
Ottawan
J. B. Mickey
Ellis
St. Luke’s Hospital
Harold Tickner
Cottonwood
Darrel L. Sieg
Baldwin
West 2Nd
Sieg
Oliver W. Taylor
Walnut
National Guard Armory
Ross Nelson
Douglas
Miami
Anderson
Osage
Shawnee
Snyder Pharmacy
James L. Allen
Warner Lutz
West Docking Road
North Truman Terr
Jack Sauer
W. Std
Herman Ziesch
RFD
Guy Carpenter
Ziesch
David L. Young
East 3Rd
Sarah H. Cook
S. Locust
F. R. Bennett
W. 3Rd
Ransom Memorial Hospital Board
Bob Bundy
Hickory
KCC
Adlai
Shriners
Oscar Mas
Fla
Oscar
Detroit
THE
Associated Press
Montgomery
Ala
Greyhound
Alabama
Jackson
Miss
New Orleans
Berkeley
Calif
Mississippi
J. R. Gilroy
Fredom
Misissippi’s State Penitentiary
Congress of Racial Equality
Memphis
Tenn
Assembly of God
Fountaine Ferry Park
Louisville
Georgia Tech
Atlanta
Tech
Eeeveeeee Ltd
Milo
Ccscecsasasenes
Jack Nelson
Pomona
Overbrook
Gordon James Phone Feed
Home
Elsworth
Edgerton
Furniture and Person
Main
Wilson
Myers Bros
Centropolis
Claude
Howard
Richard Funk & Johnning Bros. Farm Machinery
E. H. Kimmel Household Goods
West Centropolis
Albert Stewart and Son
C. Beatty
Albert
Harold
Lyndon
Ottawa Livestock Com. Co
Wilson St
Eas
Ren
Theresea Drake
Ash St
Nellie Jones
Walnut St
N. Malin
Ciapel Dependable Ambulance Service
North Malin
Optpawa
Legals
Rollie R. New
Keith Page
W. H. Rice
Cea
Dn Eavenenee
Vreeeereerens
Bem
Tees
Sane
Ee Ben Eenebee
Pd da Td Vor
Stdeeeetree Eens
Lagais
Anderson and Byrd
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