Red Rebels Rout Laotian Royalists
Royal Laotian troops fled across the Mekong into Thailand as pro Communist Pathet Lao seized Houei Sai and overran northwest Laos. The five day advance, backed by the Soviet Union and allies, stretched the cease fire and raised U.S. concerns over a unity government and SEATO action.
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Vientiane
Loas
Mekong
Thailand
Houei Sai
Red
Laos
Souvanna Phouma
Pathet Lao
Tha Fai
Defense Ministry
Soviet Union
Viet Nam
Red China
Investigators Hear Estes Aides May Talk in Case
Washington sources say indicted financier Billie Sol Estes could gain disclosures as former aides are willing to discuss his finances. Senate subcommittee plans public hearings within a month and subpoena Estes. Tower cites possible political reverberations comparing to Teapot Dome.
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Washington (Ap
Billie Sol Estes
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Estes
Washington
John G. Tower
R-Tex
Teapot Dome
Tower
Agriculture Department
Texas
Warren G. Harding
U S Considers Stronger Steps as Laos Crisis Deepens
Washington reports say President Kennedy and aides weigh forceful actions to stop pro Communist advances in Laos if the fighting cannot be quickly halted. The Red assault breaches a year old cease fire, prompting renewed White House and State Department talks and calls for Soviet influence to stop the advance. Souphanouvong is urged to pull troops back to the cease fire line. Kennedy previously opposed U S troops in Laos but now reexamines the policy.
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Washington
US S
Laos
Kennedy
White House
State Department
United States
Nam Tha
Britain
Soviet Union
Souvanna Phouma
Souphanouvong
U.S
Ferguson to Speak at Ottawa University Banquet
Kansas Attorney General William Ferguson will speak Saturday night at the Ottawa University Young Republican banquet to be held at the North American Hotel starting at 6 30 p m. Prescriptions Raney CH 2 3092.
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Kansas
William, Ferguson
Ottawa University
North American
London Mistaken Flight Sends Couple to Texas Not London
CORPUS CHRISTI TEX AP A retired Corpus Christi janitor and his wife misbooked a Pan American flight in New York after mistaking a Texas city named London for London England. They flew to Texas by way of London, then back to New York, traveling about 14000 miles since leaving Southampton. The airline covered the rescheduled tickets. The couple planned to visit sister Kitty Carassis in Corpus Christi, where she teaches English to foreign students. Charlie Wood retired two weeks ago after saving for the trip with his wife Marie.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Texas
London
Charlie Wood
Atlantic
Columbus
Charlie
Ford
Dagenham
England
Kitty Carassis
New York
United States
the Woods
Southampton
Idlewild
Marie Wood
Pan American
County Forecast Shows Warmer Weekend With Scattered Rain
Partly cloudy and warm through Saturday with widely scattered showers or thunderstorms. Evening and Saturday afternoon bring a low to night in the mid 60s and a high Saturday in the lower 90s.
Principal in Wheelchair Keeps Hawthorne School Running
Hawthorne Grade School principal Ralph Loyd works half days in a wheelchair with a full leg cast and a fractured leg after slipping on ice last February. He plans to return fully by late June, insisting he enjoys the job and praises the students and teachers who support him.
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Hawthorne
Ralph Loyd
Loyd
Hawthorne School
Joel Nichols
Bill Nichols
S. Mulberry
Clarence Jacob
L. C. Jacob
S. Cherry
Herald
United States conducts eighth atmospheric nuclear test
Washington AP reports the United States detonated its eighth nuclear device in the Pacific test series, dropped from an aircraft. The interim yield was above 20,000 tons and below one million tons of TNT, near Christmas Island, as announced by the Atomic Energy Commission and Defense Department.
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Washington
United States
Atomic Energy Commission
Defense Department
Wallace Principal At Auburn
Wallace, principal at Pomona Rural High School, will become principal at Auburn High School next year. He closes Pomona May 25 with 12 years’ service, the longest tenure there. A new gym was completed during his administration as Pomona shifted from a Class C to an approved school. Mr and Mrs Wallace have been active in church and community organizations.
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Pomona
Lamar Wallace
Auburn High School
Wallace
Saffels Files For Governor Democratic Candidate
Rep. Dale E. Saffels, House minority leader, filed today as a Democratic candidate for governor. The Garden City attorney, 40, has served four terms in the Kansas House. He is a native of Moline and pledges to attract funds for research if elected. George Hart, former state treasurer, also has announced.
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Topeka
Dale E. Saffels
House
Saffels
Garden City
Moline
Elk County
George Hart
Wichita
Manhattan
Traffic Toll Topeka Log May 11 1962
Kansas traffic death log reports zero fatalities in the Topeka area from 9 a.m. Friday to 9 a.m. Saturday for May 11, 1962. Comparable figure for May 1961 stands at 183. The brief log notes no injuries or incidents beyond the zero count.
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Topeka
Kansas
Tanys Toot Seeks Looser Depreciation Write Off
A local note shows Tanys Toot requesting a more liberal depreciation write-off for an older body before qualifying for a $1,200 exemption. The inquiry suggests tax strategy attention and future exemption timing.
Kansas Wheat Crop Seen in Good Condition in 1962
The Crop Reporting Service said May 1 that Kansas wheat was in good to excellent shape in major producing areas with a forecast crop of 229.8 million bushels. Yield expected around 25 bushels per acre on 9,193,000 harvested acres, down from last year but above the 1951-60 average.
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Topeka
Kansas
Crop Reporting Service
Kennedy tax break move signals business depreciation reform
The Kennedy administration announced an imminent liberalization of tax depreciation write-offs aimed at boosting business. Estimated 1962 savings run around 1.25 billion, with revisions to take effect late next month or by July. Treasury officials stressed broad, automatic applicability to existing and new equipment.
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Hot Springs
Business Council
Roger M. Blough
U.S. Steel Corp
Kennedy
Big Steel
Secretary of the Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Treasury
Advertising Manager Change at The Ottawa Herald
The Ottawa Herald announces Don Shipman will resign as advertising manager to join Troy Daily News as advertising director. Jack Day, three year Herald staffer, will become advertising manager on June 4. Shipman has worked in several cities and will move to Troy after selling his Ottawa home. Day, Ottawa native, AB graduate, previously with Hercules Powder Co. at Sunflower Ordinance, lives at 1004 S. Hickory.
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Don Shipman
Ottawa Herald
Shipman
Troy
Ohio
Daily News
The
Herald
Robert B. Wellington
Jack Day
Newspa
Hickory
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Texas Court of Inquiry
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Ferguson
Ottawa
Raney
Kay Reams
Roxie Lennard
Linda Ames
Anne Casida
Ottawa High School
Christmas Island
Auburn
Tany
J. E. Pallesen
Dillon
Henry H. Fowler
Fowler
Tom Chappell
Sue McKinley
Chamber of Commerce
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