Unconstitutional test filed on Kansas school district unification act
A new test case was filed at Hill City challenging the 1961 Kansas district unification act. Ten districts from Rooks Russell Ellis and Graham counties join, arguing vagueness and indefiniteness. District Judge Peters previously ruled the act unconstitutional for delegating power to a school board. Ferguson plans swift Supreme Court action with a November decision hoped. Birney expected a ruling next week.
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Topeka
Hill City
Atty
William M. Ferguson
State Supreme Court
Rooks, Russell, Ellis
Graham Counties
Attorney General’s Office
Ferguson
Birney
Lorin T. Peters
Ness County
Thief Takes Tampa Police Typewriter From Press Room
Dana Cessna, the Tampa Times police reporter, had to borrow a department typewriter to write his first story after someone stole his typewriter from the police department press room on Tuesday.
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Tampa, Fla
Dana Cessna
Tampa Times
Police Department
Child asks about double jeopardy in parental spanking
In Nashville a boy asks if his mother can be arrested for double jeopardy after being spanked at school and then at home. The police clerk Fred Stromatt responds that a mother can spank a child anytime for misbehavior.
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Nashville, Tenn
Fred Stromatt
Nashville Police
Stromatt
Stranded Californians Face Indefinite Wait At Gatwick
A charter plane party of 88 Californians, members of the British American Club of Los Angeles, faced an indefinite delay home from Gatwick Airport after their plane operated by President Airlines failed to appear. The carrier's owner cited a Shannon crash last September that wiped out a third of its fleet, leaving about 700 tourists in Europe and disrupting schedules. President has ordered 34 new planes and plans to resume operations soon.
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London
Los Angeles
Gatwick Airport
President Airlines of
Glen H. Taylor
President Airlines
Shannon
Taylor
Europe
Weather county forecast fair and mild through Thursday
Fair and continued mild weather dominates the forecast with lows tonight in the 40s to 45 and daytime highs around 80 by Thursday. Residents can expect light winds and dry conditions across the county with no precipitation indicated.
Yankees Beat Reds 2-0 In World Series Opener
Whitey Ford allowed two hits through seven innings as the Yankees blanked Cincinnati 2-0. Elston Howard and Bill Skowron hit solo homers to back the two run support in New York’s victory at Yankee Stadium before 62,397 fans.
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Whitey Ford
Cincinnati Reds
Elston Howard
Bill Skowron
New York Yankees
Yankee Stadium
Yankees
Howard
Kasko
Skowron
Berra
Lopez
Boyer
Ford
REDS
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Robinson
Post
Richardson
Freese
Kubek
Blasingame
Maris
Johnson
Abrhrebioa
Om Richardson
Marts
Teeaes
Enna
Eueeee Lopez
Seeee Blanchard
Eee
Reed
Eesouee
D. Hahcinen
O’toole
Cincinnati
D. Johnson
Coleman
Howard Skowron
Rescuers hoist unconscious teen from Fox Mountain cave
In rising Fawn Georgia rescue crews spent 12 hours freeing Ronnie Reese 15 trapped on a ledge 50 feet deep in a Fox Mountain crevasse after a 50 foot fall. He was unconscious most of the time and taken to a hospital with non serious injuries. Rescue was aided by Civil Defense from Chattanooga and families watched in grim quiet.
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Rising Fawn
Ronnie Reese
Fox Mountain
Reese
Byron
Associated Press
Ronnie
UAW Ford Resume Talks on National Strike Deadlock
Detroit United Auto Workers President Walter P. Reuther met Ford labor chief Malcolm L. Denise as the 120,000 Ford hourly workers stay off the lines. Sub committees will draft language on national noneconomic matters and local disputes while top-level talks resume at 2 p.m. Reuther proposed a single package covering working conditions to end the stoppage without new deadlines. Denise said local issues would continue to be addressed.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers
Walter P. Reuther
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Reuther
Malcolm L. Denise
Denise
Movies Change Policy On Sex Deviation in Films
HOLLYWOOD AP reports the Motion Picture Association revised its production code to permit treatment of sex deviation on screen. Subjects must be handled with care discretion and restraint and conform to the code in all other aspects. The association represents major film makers.
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Hollywood
Motion Picture Association
Traffic Toll Topeka AP Log For 24 Hours To 9 A M
Kansas traffic death log reports 0 fatalities in the 24 hours ending 9 a m Wednesday for October 1961 compared with 2 for October 1960. The year to date totals show 398 in 1961 versus 366 in 1960.
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Topeka
Kansas
Knight Names Edgerton as Nixon Representative
Former California governor Goodwin Knight said Los Angeles financier J Howard Edgerton acted as Nixon’s rep and offered him a state job if he quit the governor race. The three met August 7 at Nixon’s home. Edgerton denies any offer. Nixon calls Knight’s allegations false.
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Los Angeles
Goodwin J. Knight
J. Howard Edgerton
Nixon
California
Knight
Edgerton
Richard M. Nixon
George Bunger, Ex-Legislator, Dies at 78 in Topeka
Topeka AP reporting former state legislator and city commissioner George G. Bunger died Tuesday at age 78. Bunger served 1910 to 1914 in the legislature and authored the bill granting the state authority to print school textbooks. He was appointed to the state board of regents in 1913.
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Topeka
George G. Bunger
Bunger
State Board of Regents
Catalog Burns In An Alley Behind 1019 N Main
A catalog burned in an alley behind 1019 North Main prompted Otta wa's fire department to respond at noon today. No damage was reported.
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N. Main
Ottawa
Franklin County School Unification Subcommittee Studying Plans
Franklin County’s school unification subcommittee met two hours to discuss potential district consolidations. Albert Dunbar joined, succeeding Lee Perkins Richmond who resigned. Proposals include joining Williamsburg Pomona Appanoose high districts with local grade schools and combining Rantoul Princeton Richmond Lane into a single district. The panel awaits enrollment, bus routes, staff and course data and set next meeting for October 17.
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Franklin County
Albert Dunbar
Lee Perkins
Richmond
Williamsburg
Pomona
Appanoose
Rantoul
Princeton
Lane
Miami-Franklin
Kennedy and Gromyko to Meet on Berlin Friday
President Kennedy and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko will confer Friday on the Berlin situation. White House said the time is expected to be announced, with Salinger declining to detail topics. The talks follow New York discussions between Gromyko and Dean Rusk to probe prospects for East-West negotiations on Berlin.
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Kennedy
Andrei Gromyko
Berlin
White House
Pierre Salinger
New York
Gromyko
Dean Rusk
Salinger
State Department
U. S
Moscow
Rusk
Kremlin
Germany
Khrushchev
West Berlin
East Germany
No Place to Hide in Nuclear War Editorial
A newspaper page notes a page 4 editorial urging awareness of nuclear conflict, stressing universal vulnerability and the need for prepared public discourse. It mentions the absence of safe shelter and calls for broader civil defense considerations.
Government blocks factory move to South Carolina
The National Labor Relations Board ruled that Sidele Fashions, Inc. must provide jobs for its Philadelphia workers either at the existing facility or at the Ware Shoals plant in South Carolina, preventing the move over a labor dispute.
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Washington
South Carolina
Philadelphia
National Labor Relations Board
Sidele Fashions, Inc
Ware Shoals
S.C
Governor Byrd Discuss Jewel Ogden Job Issue
Gov John Anderson met with Corporation Commission Chair Richard Byrd to review Jewel Ogden’s job status after the conservation director post was abolished. A legal opinion is being prepared. Ogden seeks reinstatement and back pay, while the commission contemplates next steps amid a classified-list downgrade and questions over reinstating a nonexisting position.
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Byrd
Jewel Ogden
Topeka
John Anderson
Corporation Commission
Richard C. Byrd
Ogden
Alvin Grauer
Anderson
State Finance Council
Qyden
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