Beckwith faces murder charge in Evers case
Former resident is injured in a head on collision near Arkansas City. Mrs. Carol Hawkins 20 of Wichita suffers fractures and serious injuries. Alvin G. Combs 22 of Shidler Oklahoma is hospitalized and charged with driving under the influence. Campbell Hawkins and children witnessed the crash at 6 20 p m about one and a half miles west of Arkansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Hawkins
Wichita
Oletha Barth
North C
Arkansas City
Memorial Hospital
Eldon Miller
Kansas Highway Patrol
Alvin G. Combs
Shidler
Okla
West Mainstreet News Weekend Update
Firework sales to be legal in a few days with limited city sales on July 3 and 4. Rural carriers shift start times to 9:15 am. WHS Class of ’43 reunion draws 103 at the Legion Building. ZIP codes 67007 and 67152 cited for Anson and Wellington. Elks lodge meetings, local birthdays. Byron de La Beckwith held in Jackson jail charged with Medgar Evers murder. FBI ties gun’s serial prints to Beckwith. potential death penalty in Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WHS
Legion Building
Anson
Leona M. Brownlee
Wellington
Elks
Leila Arwood
Jean Rankin
Robert Anderenn
Harold Gibson
Jackson, Miss
Byron de la Beckwith
Jackson
Medgar N. Evers
M.B. Pierce
Beckwith
FBI
Greenwood
Mississippi
Grenada
Yerger Moorehead
Medgar Evers
Navy probes depths for sunken Thresher aboard Fort Snelling
The Trieste bathyscaphe descended a mile and a half into the North Atlantic in a bid to locate the Thresher. Lt Cmdr Donald Keach and Kenneth McKenzie joined the dive as evidence indicated the wreck site near where the submarine sank in April with 129 men. A yellow Bagel II buoy will guide the operation, 220 miles off Boston, near the Thresher’s last known position.
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Fort Snelling
North Atlantic
Navy
Cmdr
Donald Keach
Somerville
Mass
Kenneth McKenzie
Naval Electronics Laboratory
San Diego
Calif
Trieste
Frank A. Andrews
Thresher
Atlantic
Boston
Britain expels Czech diplomat over secret information case
The United Kingdom ordered Premys Holan a Czech embassy third secretary to leave Britain after he was accused of trying to persuade a member of the public to obtain secret information. Foreign Office officials did not reveal details or where the incident occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Foreign Office
Premys Holan
Peter Thomas
Ambaddasor
Zdenek Trhlik
Holan
Thomas
Britain
Veterans urged to attend meet in Wellington
The American Forum of Arkansas City will host a program at the American Legion Building in Wellington at 7 30 p m Wednesday. All war veterans VFW American Legion and auxiliaries are invited. Speakers include Dr. Garland L Campbell J Russell Leach and G J Naber with a film Two Berlins and discussions on national policy civil service and disarmament.
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American Forum of
Arkansas City
Wellington
American Legion
VFW
Garland L. Campbell
J. Russell Leach
G. J. Naber
Berlins
Germany
Leach
Council of Foreign Relations
Naber
Campbell
Lloyd Russin
American Forum
United States of America
Patient’s Noon Cough Riddle Stumps Doctor
A patient boasts smoking twelve packs daily shocking the doctor. The physician asks to return at eleven for questions, but the patient says he cannot stop coughing until noon, turning the visit into a humorous standoff.
British government levels eight new morals charges
AP reports Britain levels eight new morals charges against Dr. Stephen Ward, a key figure in the Profumo scandal. Ward, 50, is jailed on living off earnings of prostitution with fresh accusations including procuring a woman identified as Miss X and advising an unknown person to unlawfully procure a miscarriage. Accusations fuel security and blackmail rumors as U.S. airmen connected to the case are recalled for questioning.
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Ward
Miss X
James Burge
Burge
George Wigg
Labor Party
London
an_ international
New York
Wigg
John Profumo
Christine Keeler
House of Commons
Profumo
Christine
U.S. Air Force
Britain
Washington
Charles Lee Wright
Mountennon, HL
Sgt
George Hopkins
Bellaire
Ohio
3Rd Air Force
Ruislip
Khrushchev Warns of Nuclear War Perils at World Congress
Soviet Premier Khrushchev warned that a new world war would kill hundreds of millions and incinerate much of civilization, calling it a rocket nuclear war of extermination. He stressed peaceful coexistence, criticized US war preparations, and spoke as Valentina Tereshkova received a hero’s welcome at the World Woman’s Congress in Moscow. delegates from the United States, Red China, and 119 nations attended.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Woman's Con
Gress
Soviet Union
Khrushcev
Peking
Tass
United States
U.S
Valentina Tereshkova
Valya
Valery Bykovsky
Valentina
Nina Popova
Bykovsky
Red China
Pope Paul VI pledges ongoing Vatican peace efforts
Pope Paul VI pledged to do all possible to promote world peace based on truth justice love and freedom. He urged cordial Vatican relations with every nation and said the Holy See would not interfere in temporal affairs while continuing John XXIII’s four pillars of peace.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Vatican
Church
Holy See
United States
Soviet Union
Kennedy
Paul
John XXIII
Pope Paul
Milan
Christian Unity Organization
Secretariat For Promoting Christian Unity
Augustin Cardinal Bea
Cardinal Bea
Sistine Chapel
Secretariat
Pla
Kennedy Adenauer discuss NATO Navy and Berlin talks
In Bonn President Kennedy and Chancellor Adenauer met for two hours to discuss a multinational NATO nuclear surface fleet and efforts to strengthen the Atlantic partnership with the United States and Western Europe. They also covered forthcoming Moscow talks on a nuclear test ban and trade relations with the European Common Market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonn
Kennedy
Konrad Adenauer
NATO
United States
Europe
Moscow
White House
Pierre Salinger
Bad Godesberg
Adenauer
U.S. Senate
West Germany
Cobean Named to Fifth Term on Judicial Council
Robert H. Cobean Wellington attorney is named by Kansas Chief Justice to a fifth four year term on the Judicial Council starting July 1 1963. He also chairs a committee to modernize Kansas laws on incompetents and improve justice administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert H. Cobean
Wellington
Kansas
Jay S. Parker
Judicial Council
Cobean
Caldwell Native Mrs Earl Parsons Dies at 59 in Molalla
Former Caldwell resident Mrs Earl Parsons 59 of Molalla Oregon died at her home Wednesday. Born September 23 1903 in Caldwell she moved away about 20 years ago. Survived by husband mother Mrs Ala Baker Caldwell brother Cyrus F Baker Caldwell sister Mrs George Stentz Caldwell nieces Mrs Henry Berline Caldwell and Mrs Karen Baldridge Harveyville Kansas. Services set 2:30 pm Tuesday at Caldwell First Presbyterian Church with Rev Ben Walker officiating burial in Caldwell Cemetery Schaeffer's Mortuary in charge.
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Caldwell
Earl Parsons
Molalla
Ore
Ala Baker
Cyrus F. Baker
George Stentz
Henry Berline
Karen Baldridge
Harveyville
Kaw
Caldwell First Presbyterian Church
Ben Walker
Caldwell Cemetery
Schaeffer
Weather For Topeka And Wellington Area
Skies cleared generally in Kansas after heavy showers in the northeast that might push the Black Vermillion River above flood stage by nightfall. Wellington area expected fair with a low around 72 and highs near 90, while weekend temperatures range from 62 to 90 degrees and rainfall about .39 inch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Wellington
Summer band concert on the tennis courts
The first 7 30 p m summer band concert will be on the tennis courts behind the Junior High School. Roger Shepherd performs a cornet solo and a cornet trio features Stephen Feaster Mike Gibson and Shepherd. Wendell Mercer, director, calls the group the finest yet. Rehearsals have strong turnout with graduates joining. Concerts run 30 to 40 minutes with free admission.
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Roger Shepherd
Stephen Feaster
Mike Gibson
Shepherd
Wendell Mercer
Mercer
Wesley S. Watson dies at Fairview
Wesley S. Watson former Santa Fe Panhandle Division conductor died Saturday at Fairview. He lived in Wellington before moving to Fairview after retirement eight years ago. Survivors include widow Effie and four nephews Jim Harkle road Wellington Johnny Hark leroad Washington Joe Harklée road Florida Jerry Harkl le road Derby. Funeral services 10 am Tuesday at Fairview with burial at Waynoka Oklahoma.
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Wesley S. Watson
Santa Fe Panhandle Division
Fairview
Wellington
Effie
Jim Harkle
Johnny Harkleroad
Washington
Joe Harklée
Florida
Jerry Harklle
Derby
Waynoka
Okla
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Eddie J. Shaw
Miss
Hardy Lott
Stanny Sanders
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Ralph Hargrove
Jackson Police Identification Bureau
Hargrove
Citizens Council
Cuba
U. S
Joseph L. Worzel
Pope Paul VI
St. Peter’s Basilica
St. Peter’s Square
Msgr
Salvatore Capoferri
Rome
Nikita
Giovanni Battista Montini
Palais Schaumburg
Berlin
East Germany
Salinger
Cologne
Italy
Dean Rusk
Gerhard Schroeder
Villa Hammerschmidt
Henrich Luebke
Nikita Khrushchev
Kremlin
U.S.S.R
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