Ottawa Flood Gates Close As River Rises
The Marais des Cygnes river climbs with heavy rains inland leading to flood crest forecasts of 23 to 24 feet by Thursday at Ottawa Main Street bridge. Gates at three levee points near Skunk Run Maple Street and north of Main Street were closed for the first time to prevent storm sewer backflow and basement flooding.
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Ottawa Main Street
Weather Bureau
Topeka
Ottawa
Quenemo
John P. Kelsey
KOFO
Osage
City
Reading
Melvern
Lebo
Harveyville
Waverly
Miller
Skunk Run
Maple Street
Main Street
List & Clark
Army
Cliff Moore
John White
Rube Byler
Kenneth Ligorot
Corps of Army Engineers
Herald
Sizzler Contest Encourages 100 Degree Guess
A Herald coupon invites readers to guess the date and hour the thermometer at the Double TT on 2nd and Main will reach 100 degrees. The note cites a Wichita 100 degree reading in May and notes June offers higher odds. Clip and mail in from Page 3.
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Herald
Wichita
Kansas
Severe Flooding Hits Kansas Towns and Rivers
Torrential rains of over five inches caused severe flooding in northern Kansas. Frankfort suffered the worst damage with water 2% to 3 feet deep in the business district before receding. 150 to 200 families evacuated. no casualties reported.
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Kansas
Topeka
Frankfort
Weather Bureau
Memorial Day Observances Open With Cautious Hearts
A. L. van Cleave notes sorrow and joy as Ottawans honor veterans from Civil to Korean wars. Memorial Day services in Highland Cemetery at 10 a.m. with Rev. Thomas Ingle speaking and taps by Ed Curby. Government offices close. Nike base at Gardner hosts open house 1 to 4 p.m. and highways await heavy traffic. Law officers urge caution on roads and at leisure sites.
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A. L. van Cleave
Bunker
San Juan Hills
Argonne
Pearl Harbor
Yalu River
Hope
Highland Cemeteries
American
Ottawa
Forest Park
Max Gilmore
Eugene Flaherty
Highway Patrol
Traffic Death Toll Higher in First Four Months
The National Safety Council reports 11 360 traffic deaths in the first four months, up six percent from a year earlier. Chicago led large cities in the lowest death rate with 58 fatalities, 1.8 per 10 000 registered vehicles, while Los Angeles totaled 132 deaths at 3.0, Detroit 3.3, Philadelphia 3.3, and New York 4.9 with 67, 60, and 236 deaths respectively.
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Chicago
Los Angeles
Detroit
Philadelphia
New York
President Kennedy Celebrates 45th Birthday Quietly
President Kennedy marks his 45th birthday with a private family dinner at his Virginia country home. The event is described as low key and personal, reflecting a simple observance away from public duties.
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Washington
Kennedy
Virginia
Weather County Forecast Scattered Storms to Clear
Scattered thunderstorms this evening, then clearing forecast. Wednesday will be fair with lows around the upper 50s and highs in the lower 80s.
Link Seen Between Airliner Crash and Murder Suicide Pact
Federal investigators stayed silent on a possible tie between a murder suicide pact and the Continental Airlines crash that killed 45. A briefcase with initials T.C.D. or T.G.D. was found among debris and is in FBI custody. Investigators have not confirmed a bomb and noted the explosive cause. A Chicago American report links the initials to a passenger who bought a $225,000 life policy in Kansas City and then flew to Chicago to meet a woman before boarding the plane, both of whom perished.
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Centerville
Iowa
Continental Airlines
T.C.D
T.G.D
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Chicago
Kansas City
Paradise Road Access Moves From County to State Control
Lansing AP reports that Michigan will take over county roads to Paradise and Tahquamenon Falls, with no plan to build a state highway to Hell. Paradise lies west of Sault Ste. Marie in Chippewa County, Hell near Ann Arbor in Livingston County. The move expands state control over routes to notable places.
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Lansing
Mich
Hell
Paradise
State Highway Department
Ann Arbor
Livingston County
Sault Ste. Marie
Chippewa County
Tahquamenon Falls
Old Glory Will Wave Across Ottawa Homes Tomorrow
The American flag will fly from numerous Ottawa homes tomorrow to honor war veterans. Flags, with fixtures, are available at The Herald for 3, part of the civic flag campaign.
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Ottawa
Herald
Blue Chip Rebound After Stock Market Slump
New York markets staged a late rally as blue chips rebound from Monday and Tuesday losses. Investors, led by institutions, bought fallen blocks of stock while the Dow fell earlier to 565.84, with big declines and a 12 million share day. The AP 60 stock average slid to 211.20, erasing part of a vast decline since 1929.
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New York
Eldon Grimm
Walston & Co
New York Stock Exchange
American Telephone
Polaroid
du Pont
Wall Street
Dow Jones
Wall
Kennedy
Associated Press
Plan High Altitude Bomb Tests
Washington reports that three or four high altitude nuclear bursts will occur in about three days over Johnston Island. The tests aim to assess effects on wartime communications and radar, with first shot near a megaton yield at tens of kilometers height, and subsequent blasts higher up with megaton to sub megaton yields.
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Washington
U.S
Pacific
Johnston Island
Traffic Toll TOPEKA May 1962 Deaths Report
Kansas traffic death log shows 47 fatalities in May 1962 through 9 am Tuesday, 24 hours to. For 1961 comparable period, 203 deaths in the year 1961. Data compares 1962 year total to prior year totals.
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Topeka
Kansas
Tany's Toot Honor the Dead but Don’t Join Them
The brief notes a memorial or tribute theme with a line about honoring the dead, referencing prescriptions and a channel or page number 2-3002, implying classified or column-style listings in a period newspaper.
Stock Market Slump Tests Consumer Confidence and Economy
New York AP report analyzes how a stock price drop signals investor fears of a recession while consumer spending may hold steady. It notes high employment, longer work weeks, rising wages, and record savings as buffers, with profits at new highs and stabilizers cushioning potential downturns.
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New York
Hodges Urges Immediate Tax Overhaul and Writeoffs
Secretary Hodges called for positive action to lift confidence amid slumping stock prices and urged a rapid tax overhaul. He favored reductions in individual and corporate income taxes and pressed for an early Treasury plan revising depreciation schedules for business investments in plant and equipment.
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Washington
Secretary of Commerce
Luther H. Hodges
Iges
London Stocks Crumble After Wall Street Slide
The London Stock Exchange posted its steepest fall since 1938 as Monday’s Wall Street drop echoed across Europe and Japan. Low-yield growth stocks and favored American investments led losses, with Paris down 3 to 4 percent and some shares plunging up to 7 or 8 percent.
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London
London Stock Exchange
Munich
Wall Street
Paris
Zurich
Frankfurt
Europe
Japan
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