East St. Louis Juke Box Killings Trigger National Crime Debate
Editorial notes a high profile gangland style shooting of an East St. Louis distributor amid warnings from police that violence would be stopped. The case spreads beyond Illinois to St. Louis Missouri New York offices and distributors in several cities, signaling a multi state crime situation likely to draw federal attention and a warning from J Edgar Hoover about rising crime.
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East St. Louis, Ill
St. Louis
Missouri
New York
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
America
Solution From Afar Pushes Federal Crime Powers
The piece notes Congress last session expanded federal crime powers and Attorney General Robert Kennedy plans to push more laws. It warns opponents of centralized police power that stronger local and state enforcement, streamlined agencies, better training, higher salaries, and more equipment funding are needed to avoid distant authorities solving local crime.
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Uncle Sam
Congress
Robert Kennedy
Kidnappings and beggars in West Pakistan a grim trade
A reporter describes kidnapings in West Pakistan as long established, with teen girls often abducted for slaving or marriage and older women maimed or turned into beggars. Begging is an organized business run by a few men who collect profits nightly, while ceremonies involve scattering small coins along streets to signal fortune.
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Lahore
Pakistan
Red Light
Iran
Persian Gulf
Rawalpindi
Television Log of a Day in 1961 Highlights
A dense schedule listing morning to midnight television programming across networks with news, soap operas, dramas, comedies, and variety shows. Notable items include Popeye, The Dell, Huntley-Brinkley, Bonanza era titles, and film lineups, reflecting a busy broadcast day.
Staph germs and the fight against outlaw strains
Dear Dr Mother explains Staphylococcus aureus, including antibiotic resistant Type 80-81, and how carriers shed risk through nosing and surfaces. Cleanliness, handwashing, and the new penicillin form Staphcillin aim to curb infections, though ongoing drug development is needed to counter evolving strains.
Finish Nuclear Propulsion Test
LAS VEGAS Nevada AP Tests of the Tory II A-1 reactor designed to prove nuclear ramjet propulsion for missiles have been completed an Atomic Energy Commission spokesman said. The next step in Project Pluto is development of the larger Tory II C reactor for tests under full power. Bids have been asked for expanding the facility at the Nevada test site 65 miles north of here.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Atomic Energy Commission
Pluto
Nevada Test Site
Here
Local Newspaper Rates and Editorial Details
The Ot tawa Kansas daily paper lists subscription prices for trade and outside areas with monthly, quarterly, semiannual, and annual options. Editor Robert B. Wellington signs as publisher. The paper is a member of the Associated Press and reprints local news and AP dispatches.
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Ottawa
Kansas
Robert B. Wellington
Associated Press
AP News Dispatch
This Evening's TV Highlights Cards
Television listings describe Channel 9 Huck and Ladder Huck and Ladder besides Wyatt Earp Donna Reed Real McCoys Dr Kildare My Three Sons Hazel Jim Backus Sing Along With Mitch Untouchables and late Bogart film All Through the Night Channel 5 13 features The Littlest Rebel with Shirley Temple and Mickey Rooney plus other movies and specials listed by channel and time.
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Johnny Yates
Huntley-Brinkley
Douglas Edwards Ceri
Outlaws
Frontier Circus
Wyatt Earp
Donna Reed
Dr Kildare
Bob Cummings
Peter Gunn
Dev Nelson
Jack Paar
Five Star Theater
Kansas Afield
Brooklyn
Channel 9
Untouchables
Chicago
Humphrey Bogart
Lew Ayres Returns After Fight Years Of Traveling
HOLLYWOOD AP Lew Ayres returns to public life after years of travel and activity. In a Senate skit scene Ayres exchanged lines with Charles Laughton and Peter Lawford while the cast teased him about his long absence from film. He said Donovan’s Brain was eight years ago and noted his work in TV drama tours and lectures on world religions.
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Lew Ayres
Hollywood
Senate
Old Blighty
Charles Laughton
Hyannis Port
Peter Lawford
Guy Gillette
U.S. Senate
Walter Pidgeon
Don Murray
Edward Andrews
Ayres
Lionel Barrymore
Ottawa News Briefs: Bones misidentified and local notes
A geologist ruled dug up remains were horse bones from a 1902 livery stable fire burial in a ravine now part of the country club lake. Ottawans followed Mrs Wallis Simpson's divorce news while Fire Chief Gilliland attended a Kansas fire school. Mayor Getchell set a new 41 minute Williamsburg to Ottawa drive record. Elijah Lemaster left for Perry County Arkansas for hunting and fishing.
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Country Club Lake
A. C. Carpenter
East 2Nd Street
America
Wallis Simpson
England
Harry Gilliland
University of Kansas
Matt Getchell
Williamsburg
Ottawa
Capt. J. H. Ransom
W. A. Rodgers
Davenport
Elijah Lemaster
Perry County
Ark
Seasons Of Youth TV Show Mix Delights In Gay Moments
New York AP reports a variety night on ABC and NBC featuring Steve Allen Perry Como and an ABC musical special Seasons Of Youth with Barrie Chase Bob Fosse Paul Anka and Jill Corey. The review praises Chase's dancing and calls the evening engaging while noting TV's ongoing struggle for female leads with Marilyn Maxwell dropped from Bus Stop after 13 episodes.
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New York
ABC
Steve Allen
NBC
Perry Como
Barrie Chase
Bob Fosse
Paul Anka
Jill Corey
Homicide
Network TV
Loretta Young
June Allyson
Barbara Stanwyck
Donna Reed
Harriet Nelson
Marilyn Maxwell
Hollywood
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Popeye
Roy Rogers
Highway Patrol
Buinesa News
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Harold Mack
Huckleberry Hound
Don Harrison
U.S.A
Unity Daily Word
Texas Rangers
Continental Classroom
College of the Air
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Today
Good Morning World
Cartoonland
Heckle & Jeckle
Captain Kangaroo
Whizzo
Jack la Lanne
Video Village
Texan
Bob
Guiding Light
Ron Cochran
Asua
Jan Murray
House Party
Doctor Vintone
Daddy
Kukla
Ollie
Silverado
Dey Nelson
Gordon Jumpa
Cochise
News
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Sea Hunt
Rawhide
Margle
National Velvet
Hathaways
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Flintstones
Sunset Strip
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Third Man
Bob Newhart
Eye Witness
Studio Five
Heabose
Impact Theater
Late Show
Dr. Meotner
Dr. Mother
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E.M.J
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Oberg
Linda
Appleton
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Ft. Lewis
Wash
Harold Wenninger
Robert Henning
Roger Peterman
Dennis Brucks
Robert Brouillard
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Shirley Temple
Bill
Bojang- Jes” Robinson
Channel 4
Real McCoys
Grampa McCoy
Mickey Rooney
Hazel
Jim Backus
Mitch
Show Business
Kildare
Richard Chamberlain
Doris Day
Warner Bros
Cinemascope
Warnercolor
Janes O'Hanlon
Robert O'Brien
Irving Elinsom
James Chanlon
Metecat
Ray Marcanet
Henry Blanke
Sack Donqhle
John Wayne
Ward Bond
Arring
Joni Wayne
IND EE
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