Judge Acquits Messina in Sedalia arson case
Ralph Messina, 54, of Kansas City was acquitted by directed verdict after the state failed to place him in the Gordon office building on Feb 12, 1961. Four witnesses identified him as Abe Rosen, who rented the third floor where gasoline and a fuse were found.
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Sam C. Blair
Messina
Abe Rosen
Robert Rasse
Rasse
Blair
Rosen
Frieda Nelson
Ronald Christian
Gordon Building
Katharyn Rosecrans
Sedalia Insurance
Mel
Employees Arraigned Over Sunday Blue Laws
Four employees from Katz Drug Store and Safeway Store were arraigned by Magistrate Bernard W. Gnefkow on charges of violating the Sunday sales law. All pleaded not guilty and posted $300 bond each for trials starting the week of April 23. Defendants include Daniel O Connell Mary Gagliardi Eugene Southard and Michael Louis Postelwait. Police allege Easter bunny sales to two detectives occurred Sunday.
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Kansas City
Bernard W. Gnefkow
Daniel O'Connell
Mary Gagliardi
Katz Drug
Eugene Southard
Michael Louis Postelwait
Safeway
Hold Up At Syracuse Station Involving Two Robbers
A stocky Negro man and a slender white companion robbed Log Cabin service station operators Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F Butcher west of Syracuse between 11:15 and 11:30 p.m. of 500 to 600 dollars. They tied the couple, cut phone lines, and drove away in a 1957 blue over white Buick. The white man cited a sick baby as motive. Police issued a pickup for the two and the car, with no arrests or vehicle recovery yet.
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Syracuse
Missouri State Highway Patrol
Thomas F Butcher
Butcher
Troop F
D. L. Schaefferkoetter
J. M. Luker
Insurance Rate Hike Announced for Northwest Missouri Areas
Blue Cross announced rate increases affecting group subscribers in 30 northwest Missouri counties and parts of Kansas. Individual direct-payment plans rise July 1 with about 145,900 affected. group plans cover about 109,000. Rates climb across standard and semi-private group plans and direct-payment options with higher room benefit levels.
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Marian Polk
Northwest Missouri
Johnson and Wyandotte
Kansas
Kennedy asks Congress for 500 million for cities traffic overhaul
President Kennedy asks for 500 million over three years to fund urban traffic facilities and reduce federal control over intercity fares. He calls for an overhaul of transportation laws, argues for less regulation and subsidization, and outlines plans to improve the nation’s transportation system. Magnuson praises the administration’s stance as a step forward for carriers and shippers.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Government Department of Transportation
Warren G. Magnuson
D-Wash
Senate Commerce Committee
Minuteman Contract Boost At Whiteman AFB
Sen Stuart Symington announced a new Air Force increment of 1,279,816 to the Boeing Co open end contract for Whiteman Air Force Base. The latest addition raises Boeing totals to 5,328,630 with more increments planned as work proceeds. An estimated 127,000,000 overall is being spent on construction and equipment for the Minuteman complex around Whiteman, including 66,000,000 awarded to Morrison Knudsen.
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Stuart Symington
Air Force
Boeing Company
Seattle
Whiteman Air Force Base
Minuteman Missile Site
Boeing
Minuteman
Whiteman
Hope Expressed for Marathon Site Jamboree 1963
Gen Daniel Spry head of the world Boy Scout movement visited Athens and expressed hope the Greek government will approve a site near ancient Marathon for the 7th Boy Scout Jamboree from August 1 to 11, 1963.
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Athens
Greece
Daniel
Spry
World Boy Scout Movement
Ancient
Marathon
Walker Says He Was Framed With Two Officials Named
Edwin A. Walker claims a den of iniquity frames him and names Secretary of State Dean Rusk and adviser Walt Rostow as influential figures in a secret control apparatus. Rusk denies any framing and calls Rostow a capable colleague. Walker testified before a Senate subcommittee amid a heated confrontation with a reporter.
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Washington
Edwin A. Walker
Dean Rusk
Walt Whitman Rostow
Rusk
Rostow
Walker
White House
Senate Armed Services
George Lincoln Rockwell
Sam Kelly
Washington Dailey News
Rockwell
Gen. Walker
Germany
Army
X15 Rockets Reach Near 34 Miles High in Test Flight
At Edwards Air Force Base Neil Armstrong piloted the X15 to nearly 34 miles altitude in a test of an automatic control system for Dynasoar and Apollo programs. The flight aimed to prep a future peak altitude run toward 250000 feet and advance spaceflight guidance with electronic brain control in both space and atmosphere.
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Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
U.S. Space Agency
Neil Armstrong
Deadlock in Geneva Talks Delays Nuclear Test Ban
U S Ambassador Arthur H Dean said negotiations are frozen as the Soviet Union insists on a take it or leave it stance. Soviet delegate Semyon Tsarapkin accused U S plans to resume atmospheric testing, while Moscow would accept a moratorium as talks continue. The three powers agreed to reconvene Monday at the 17 nation general disarmament conference subcommittee.
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Geneva
Soviet Union
U. S
Arthur H. Dean
United States
Semyon Tsarapkin
U.S
mid-Pacific
Kremlin
Britain
Continuance Granted in Harvey Suit Over Sunday Sales at Union Station
St. Louis Circuit Judge James F. Nangle granted a two week continuance Thursday in a suit by Fred Harvey Inc. seeking authority to sell certain articles at St. Louis Union Station on Sundays.
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ST. Louis
James F. Nangle
Fred Harvey Inc
St. Louis Union Station
Tiny Tax Payment in Bari Owes 3 Lire Back Taxes
In Bari Italy Mrs Brigida Acquaviva faces 1961 lire in back taxes. The city letter allows payment in three installments, noting the amount is just under half a cent.
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Bari
Italy
Brigida Acquaviva
Men Plead Innocent Get Change of Venue
ROCK PORT Missouri two men aged 45 Pony Max Burnaugh and Frank E Kent pleaded innocent to 13 charges and received a venue change to Andrew County for trial in Savannah. They were jailed for cattle theft and faces added counts after escaping jail February 21 and being recaptured. The arraignment was waived on the original charges and new counts include breaking jail assaulting the Atchison County sheriff stealing the sheriff s weapon and stealing two motor cars.
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Rock Port
Andrew County
Savannah
Ray Weightman
Pony Max Burnaugh
Frank E. Kent
Atchison County
Grand Jury Probes Arson at White Neighborhood Home
Kansas City Jackson County grand jury opened an arson investigation into a home bought by a Black resident in a white area. Lorenzo Worren and police arson investigator Dan Breece were summoned to testify. Four fires struck the Wor ten residence in Vineyard Woods Monday night. repairs push move-in two weeks away.
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Kansas City
Jackson County
Grand Jury
Lorenzo Worren
Dan Breece
Worten
Vineyard Woods
Weather Outlook With Showers And Warmer Friday
Cloudy and damp through Friday with a few showers and a warming trend reaching highs in the mid 50s to mid 60s. Friday night lows near 40s, Saturday brighter but cooler as skies clear. Official temps: Thursday 44 at 7 am and 58 at 1 pm. Lake of the Ozarks stage 56.2 feet, 3.8 below full.
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Lake of Ozark
Still Waits On Important Phone Call
New Orleans segregationist Mrs. J. B. Gaillot Jr says she awaits a promised audience with Archbishop Joseph Rummel. She has received a letter threatening excommunication over her militant stance against desecration of Catholic schools. She pledges to publish the archbishop’s letter if no audience by Friday.
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New Orleans
Joseph Francis Rummel
J. B. Gaillot Jr
Catholica
Gaillot
Japan to Import 231 Films in 1962 Fiscal Year
Tokyo reports Finance Ministry data showing Japan will import 231 feature-length films in the 1962 fiscal year, with more than half sourced from Hollywood. The move reflects ongoing cinematic exchange between Japan and the United States.
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Tokyo
Japan
Hollywood
Finance Ministry
Beat Down Move For Surrender Beat Down Move For Surrender
The Dutch lower house defeated Labor party motions to transfer sovereignty over West New Guinea to Indonesia and to halt Dutch military reinforcements. The 90 to 47 votes followed Foreign Minister Luns's arguments. US diplomat Ellsworth Bunker proposed resuming talks, but leaders did not mention revival in the debate. Subandrio said Indonesia noted U S activity with some success.
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The
Hague
Netherlandsi
Labor Party
West New Guinea
Indonesia
Joseph Luns
Pacific
United States
Netherlands
Washington
Ellsworth Bunker
Luns
Jan de Quay
Subandrio
Jakarta
U.S
Missouri and Kansas Senators Back Majority on Veto Amendment
The Senate rejected the Russell amendment to grant Congress a veto over U N operations. Missouri and Kansas senators joined the majority. Sen. Mike Monroney of Oklahoma voted against, Sen. Kerr did not vote but was announced against. Arkansas senators split with Fulbright for and McClellan for the amendment.
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Washington
Missouri
Kansas
Senate
Congress
U.N
Mike Menroney
Oklahoma
Robert S. Kerr
Arkansas
Jo William Fulbright
John L. McClellan
Missouri Governor Warns of Guard Loss to Army Plan
Missouri Governor John M. Dalton opposed Army recommendations to break up eight National Guard and Reserve divisions. He warned Washington that Missouri would lose about 22 units and nearly 3,000 guardsmen from the 35th Infantry Kansas-Missouri National Guard Division, stressing the Guard as a frontline defense.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
John M. Dalton
Washington
Kansas
Dalton
Kennedy
Senate
House of Representatives
National Guard
United States
The
National Guard Association
William H. Harrison
Harrison
Congress
Pentagon
State Guard
Norman Erbe
Iowa
34Th Infantry Division
Iowa-Nebraska National Guard
Frank B. Morrison
Nebraska
35Th Infantry
Kansas-Missouri National Guard
House
Reds Infiltrate British Civil Service Report
A Radcliffe committee report finds Communists have heavily infiltrated the British civil service and warn that spies operate across many departments. It notes unions show deeper penetration than other sectors and urges agencies to assume ongoing espionage and tighten security measures.
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London
Lord Radcliffe
Harold Macmillan
House of Commons
Macmillan
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Tiny
Connie
Indiana Women’s Prison
Indianapolis
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Connie Nicholas
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