Benefit Dance For Arlie Wood In Princeton
A community benefit in Princeton raises funds for Arlie Wood 19 after a farm diving accident left him with a broken neck and six weeks of traction. The event features a dance band refreshments and an auction of pies and cakes donations from locals. Wood is recovering at University of Kansas Medical Center.
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Arlie Wood
Princeton
Wood
Ballard Wood
University of Kansas Medical Center
Franklin County
Job Picture Not Too Bright
Washington AP reports August shows both jobholders and unemployment down, but idle rate rises sharply. Employment falls 407,000 from July, unemployment drops 229,000 to 3.788 million, workforce declines 636,000 mainly in agriculture. Idle rate climbs to 59 percent, highest since last November, though auto industry changes complicate seasonal adjustments. Deputy secretary Seymour Wolfbein notes the plateau in employment but warns of steel industry weakness and unmet idle-rate expectations.
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Washington
Labor Department
Seymour Wolfhein
Auto Indus
Wolfbein
School Vote on $250000 Bond for District Projects
LIBERAL AP voters will decide in November whether to approve a $250000 bond issue to finish a junior high school building started now, add classrooms to two elementary schools, and acquire new school sites.
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Liberal
Weather County Forecast Clears Slowly With Cool Weekend
Slow clearing from the north this afternoon with continued cool conditions. Highs reach 65 to 70s and northeasterly winds 15 to 20 mph. Lows tonight 50 to 55 with further cooling. Saturday looks fair and cool with highs in the 70s.
Queen Crowned As Wellsville Fair Opens Its Two Day Stand
Judy Wiseman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pete Weseman Wellsville RFD 1, was crowned queen by Gilbert McConnell at the Wellsville 4 H Picnic and Fair opening day. judging featured cattle and floral exhibits with prizes for swine dairy cattle beef cattle and breeds. parade slated for today. events continue with a baby contest at 7 p.m. and prizes at 10 p.m.
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Wellsville Fair
Wellsville
Judy Wiseman
Pete Weseman
RFD 1
Gilbert McConnell
Bonnie Bivins
Ruth Ann Cobb
Hampshire
Douglas
Higbie
J. Higbie
Douglas Higbie
Lytle
Helen Conklin
Osawatomie
Brenda Rae Barnes
W. D. Barnes
Barnes
Wellsville High School
Lois Smith
Katanga Defies U.N. Order in Airlift Action
In Elizabethville Katanga defies a U.N. order to ground all traffic and begins moving military aircraft toward the border. Katanga forces, including white officers, gunpoint Swedish UN guards to allow two Katanga air force planes to take off. UN officials report Premier Lumumba's soldiers crossing toward Katanga-Kivu as forces claim to have halted the invasion.
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Elizabethville
Congo
Katanga
U.N
U. N
Jan Berendsen
Katanga - Kivu
Patrice Laumumba
Lumumba demands UN departure from Congo as crisis deepens
Premier Patrice Lumumba, after a Senate boost, calls on the United Nations to yield control of Congo radio and airports or leave the country. He accuses the UN of obstructing his government, seeks a Security Council session in Leopoldville, and thanks the Soviet Union for aid while warning of severing ties with the UN or Britain if the conflict continues.
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Leopoldville
The
Congo
Senate
Patrice Lumumba
United Nations
Lumumba
U.N. Congo Command
U.N
Great Britain
Dag Hammarskjold
Security Council
Soviet Union
Emergency Session of Council Asked Over Congo Crisis
Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold urged the United Nations Security Council to convene an emergency session tonight to address the deteriorating Congo situation. The move signals urgency as international efforts respond to growing unrest and humanitarian concerns.
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United Nations, N.Y. Wa
Dag Hammarskjold
U.n.security Council
Congo
Traffic Toll Topeka Up Kansas 24-Hour Death Log
Traffic toll in Topeka rose to 24 hours ending 9 am Friday with 2 deaths. The 1960 period shows 312 fatalities compared with 417 for the comparable 1959 period.
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Topeka
Kansas
Eisenhower arrives at Gettysburg Farm for quiet weekend
President Eisenhower reaches his Gettysburg farm by car from Washington for a tranquil weekend. He visits the Gettysburg Country Club for golf before staying through Monday morning. A helicopter plan was scrapped due to cloudy weather. He will fly to Friendship Airport near Baltimore for a 9,000 mile campaign tour starting the next day with Vice President Nixon.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Washington
Gettysburg Country Club
Friendship
Baltimore
Richard M. Nixon
Only Three Polio Cases Reported in August in Kansas
AP notes that only three polio cases were reported in Kansas during August, a typically peak month. The Board of Health data bring the year’s total to nine, far below the 155 cases seen in the same period last year.
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Topeka
Kansas
Board of Health
86 year old boxer dog Buller begins changing sex
London AP reports an 86 year old boxer dog named Buller started a sex change, shocking owner Charles Vineau and baffling veterinarians at the Royal Veterinary Hospital and the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Vineau renamed him Lulu as the dog mopes at home and resists food.
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London
Buller
Charles Vineau
Lulu
Vineall
Royal Veterinary Hospital
Royal Society For the I Prevention of Cruelty
Showers End Heat Wave Across Kansas
Cool air and light showers break a long hot spell in most Kansas areas. Ottawa sees 1 inch rain with highs in the low 70s and lows in the low 60s as heavier storms push eastward. Central Kansas reports up to 2.90 inches in the storm, with Wichita and Leavenworth recording notable totals.
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Ottawa
John Kelsey
Kansas
Leavenworth
Centralia
Manhattan
Wichita
Hutchinson
Seven-Year-Old Girl Found Slain in Kansas City
AP reports Judy Marie Barnhart, 7, was killed after being attacked near her home. She disappeared Thursday afternoon near 2414 Cherry and was found in a weed-filled vacant lot after an overnight search. Police detained a 53-year-old laborer with a prior child molestation record for investigation.
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Kansas City
Judy Marie Barnhart
Karrel Eugene Barnhart
Joe Connors
Hyde confesses attempt to break into Topeka jail
Warren Hyde admitted to attempting to break into Topeka jail citing a desertion by his wife and lack of money. He sought to start a jail term he already had for a misdemeanor and caused a disturbance when denied entry. He pleaded guilty and received ten more days.
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Topeka
Warren Hyde
Court of
Hyde
Echo Timetable for Saturday Evening Flights
Washington AP reports the Echo I timetable lists times and directions for Saturday. Entries show Kansas City at 6:40 pm facing north with elevation 51 degrees southeast, 8:45 pm heading south at 88 degrees southeast, and 10:55 pm south at 15 degrees southeast. Local standard time applies.
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Washington
Kansas City
North
South
High Water To Overflow Keys This Afternoon
Hurricane Donna churned near south Florida, with hurricane warnings hoisted from Miami to Vero Beach and a watch to Melbourne. Forecasters warned of rising tides in the Keys, possible U.S. 1 closure, and evacuations as the storm marched toward the Florida Straits.
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Miami
Fla
Weather Bureau
Fort Lauderdale
Donna
Florida
Vero Beach
Melbourne
Key West
Keys
Gulf Coast
Punta Gorda
Fort Myers
Naples
St. Marks
Lake Okeechobee
Cuba
Florida Strait
Gibara
Reds Erect Iron Curtain Inside Berlin
In Berlin the East German regime barred West German visitors without red stamped passes as entry into the Soviet sector, defying the four power pact on free movement. Ludwig Erhard rushed to West Berlin and met Willy Brandt, calling the move a striking breach of law while travel limits tightened at major crossings.
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Berlin
Ludwig Erhard
Konrad Adenauer
West Berlin
Erhard
Bonn
Willy Brandt
East Berlin
Fair Finance Report At Ottawa Chamber Meeting
The Ottawa Chamber of Commerce heard a fair finances report for the Franklin County Fair showing expenses of 8943.40 and income of 11372.40 including donations. After payments for land and rodeo equipment, the cash balance stands at 1141. Centennial plans were discussed by Latimer and Madison, with Robert Riley of the U S Chamber outlining a political action program aimed at increasing businessman participation in politics.
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Franklin County
Ottawa
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Riley
National Chamber
Bus Plunge Near Fatsa Kills Sixteen in Turkey
A crowded bus veered off near Fatsa in Ordu province and toppled into a deep ravine killing sixteen people and injuring two. Authorities investigated the cause as rescue crews worked at the scene.
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Ordu
Turkey
Fatsa
Judge Two More Beauty Winners
ATLANTIC CITY N J AP Miss Utah Marian Faye Walle er won the talent competition with the waltz aria from Mireille and Miss District of Columbia Ruth Rea won the swimsuit event, each earning a $1,000 scholarship. Miss America finals are Saturday with a $10,000 prize and potential $40,000 in appearances.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Miss Utah
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