Cherryvale Newspaper Plant Destroyed by Fire
A two story Cherryvale building housing the Cherryvale Daily Republican on the first floor and apartments above burned last night. Estimated damage totals 36000 dollars with 30000 to equipment 5000 to the building and 1000 to apartment contents. Firemen from Cherryvale Independence and Parsons fought the blaze to about 1 am. About a dozen apartment occupants escaped unharmed. The owner is Robert Moffatt who bought the paper from Ray Francis Jan 1. Cause under investigation and smoldering debris hindered inquiry.
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Cherryvale
Daily Republican
Independence
Parsons
Robert Moffatt
Ray Francis
Bob Ringle
Margaret Kolb
Phil Johnson
Parsons State Hospital Auction for 111 Holstein Cattle
The Parsons State Hospital and Training Center will sell its herd of 111 registered Holstein cattle at auction Thursday marking the end of dairy operations at the hospital and state social welfare institutions. The farm, started over 50 years ago, was discontinued in 1953. superintendent Charles Baumgardner will stay on in maintenance. A prior sale at Larned State Hospital closed the state's remaining dairy program.
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Parsons
Parsons State Hospital and Training Center
Charles Baumgardner
Larned State Hospital
Good Friday Services Planned by Churches
Churches of the Ministerial Alliance plan a Good Friday Union Service from 12 to 3 p.m. at First Methodist with seven ministers. State employees get a half day. public library closes. Individual services also observed at St Patrick's Catholic and Grace Episcopal with Mass and readings.
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Ministerial Alliance
First Methodist
Chanute
William T. Hunt
Paul Life
Life
Gerald Curry
First Methodist Church
Kenneth Ellsworth
Ray Hutchison
St. Patrick’s Catholic
Grace Episcopal
Tre-Ore
St. Patrick’s
Christ
St. Patrick's
St. John
Rev Waldron Named New Pastor at Fremont Church
The Rev LaMoine Waldron will become the minister of the First Christian church here effective June 1. Waldron, 31, married with three children, hails from Nebraska and holds a BDiv from the College of the Bible in Lexington Kentucky. He replaces Rev Ted Hurst who resigned last August for a Wellington post.
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LaMoine Waldron
First Christian Church
Fremont
Neb
Waldron
Rita
Carol
Kurt
College of the Bible
Lexington
Fremont Ministerial Assn
Ministers of Christian Churches of Nebraska
Nebraska Fellowship of Christian Churches
Ted Hurst
Wellington
Arthur J. Atkins
Oxford
Traffic Fatalities Log For Topeka Area
Kansas traffic death log records 24 hours to 9 am shows 0 fatalities in Topeka region during the 1960 99 comparable 1959 period, indicating no new deaths reported in this window.
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Topeka
Kansas
Holy Week Observances At Chanute Schools
Chanute schools observe Holy Week with multiple services and assemblies. Dismissal follows Thursday classes for Easter vacation. students return Tuesday morning. Junior College hosts a 10 24 a m assembly by the Student Education Assn with Dr William F Keucher speaker and Jollene Mendenhall scripture. Choirs perform Easter pieces directed by Harold Tarpley. Senior High presents An Easter Cycle at 9 36 a m with a sequence of hymns and scripture. Y Teens and Rays sponsor daily devotions at 7 30 a m. Royster Junior High hosts an Easter Assembly at 1 15 p m with Rev Ray Hutchison speaker and Gary Eastburn presiding. Daily meditations on Christlike Qualities run in Royster classrooms led by five subcommittees.
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Chanute
Student Education Assn
William F. Keucher
Kansas
The
American Baptists
Jollene Mendenhall
Jaco
Jesus
Lonesome Valley
Harold Tarpley
Dale Lee
Karen Earnest
Divine Redeemer
Girls Glee Club
Tarpley
Christ the Lord
Dick Anders
Gary Eastburn
Lois Mee
Dee‘dra Lucas
Royster
Dick An
Two Die In East Side Kansas City Crash
In Kansas City two men died after a car and a truck collided on the east side. Victims were Gene Coontz, 32, and Ray Clevenger, 18. The 1960 city traffic toll reached 24 deaths, up from 12 on the same date last year.
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Kansas City
Gene Coontz
Ray Clevenger
Rices Involved in Separate Crashes in Independence
A truck driven by Franklin H. Rice and an automobile driven by Gerald Rice collided at an Independence intersection. Moments later and nearby Edward Forest Rice was in a similar crash with an out of town driver. The three Rices are not related.
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Independence, Kas
Franklin H. Rice
Gerald Rice
Independence
Edward Forest Rice
Rices
Tax Filing Deadline May Move To April 18
Washington authorities weigh delaying the federal income tax deadline due to Good Friday on April 15. Officials say a decision is expected soon as Treasury and IRS hold talks. The issue has created a bureaucratic headache with the Secretary of the Treasury and IRS officials seeking resolution.
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Washington
Coffeyville Man Convicted of Murder
A Montgomery County jury convicted 52 year old Alvin Kerns of second degree murder over a December 2 1958 shotgun fatality. The case stemmed from an argument about a dog and Kerns awaits sentencing by the Montgomery County District Court.
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Coffeyville
Alvin Kerns
Kerns
William Evert Thomas
Thomas
Montgomery County District Court
Aid to Navigation Satellite Goes Into Successful Orbit
The Transit 1B navigational satellite launched from Cape Canaveral into a stable orbit using Doppler tracking to determine position. Ground stations in Las Cruces and Austin confirmed overhead passes, with Johns Hopkins and other receivers detecting signals as the craft orbited.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
United States
Space Messenger
Washington
Navy
Las Cruces
N.M
Austin
Tex
University of Texas
Indica
Newfoundland
England
Germany
Johns Hopkins University
Howard County
Farm Labor Wages Peak in 11 Years in Kansas
Topeka AP report shows Kansas farm labor wage rates reached their highest in 11 years in March while the number of workers fell. Daily rates with room and board averaged 7.20 and 9.10 without, up from a year ago, and hourly rates averaged 1.07. The total worker count was the lowest on record due to late spring work start.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kansas Crop and Livestock Service
Building and Loan Shows Big Year Gain in Chanute
The Chanute Building and Loan Assn. reports a strong year with total assets at 4,889,307 up 648,123 from last year as of April 1. Savings and investments reach 4,550,254 up 649,885. accounts rise to 1,974. Real estate loans total 4,148,491 up 469,836, with 840 loans. Directors re-elected include Robert N. Allen, Harry Byers, and others.
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Chanute Building and Loan Assn
Robert N. Allen
Allen
Chanute
Harry By‘ers
Erma Joe King
Kenneth G. Horton
Carl H. Haight
Tommy Anderson
Wilbur R. Thompson
Byers
Wendell Bowyer
Marian Shike
Marie Galt
Gloria Goff
Mary Jacot
Judith Houston
Carolyn Davenport
Collision at Lincoln and Elm Damages Plymouth and Chevy
Cars driven by Elmer John Wehlage and Mary G. Jordan collided at Lincoln and Elm at about 5 30 p m yesterday, police reported. The right front of the Wehlage 1955 Plymouth sustained about 50 dollars in damage.
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Elmer John Wehlage
E. 9Th
Mary G. Jordan
S. Western
Lincoln
Elm
Wehlage
Plymouth
Alienation suit opened in Chanute district court
A $20,000 alienation of affections case filed by Dollie Mariucci of Chanute against Ruth Hodgin began in district court. Mariucci testified that her husband Sam Mariucci separated in 1958 and that Hodgin allegedly enticed him to her home. The trial followed a May 1958 divorce. jurors were seated as the case opened amid other court actions.
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Dollie
Mariucci
Ruth Hodgin
Chanute
Sam Mariucci
Fendant
Defense Council
Mariuccis
Mae Campbell
H. V. Stevenson
James ,Boerwinkle
Kenneth Mitchell
Docking criticized for commuting killer's death sentence
Kansas politics heated as Gov. Docking commuted Bobby Joe Spencer's death to life. Atty. Gen. John Anderson, rival candidate, condemned the move as undermining the people’s law and warned it could set a dangerous pattern for future capital cases.
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Topeka
John Anderson
George Docking
Bobby Joe Spencer
Docking
Anderson
Spencer
Ruby Blanton
Facts About Transit 1B Satellite Details
Washington AP reports Transit 1B as a 36 inch sphere weighing 265 pounds launched by Thor Able Star with a restartable second stage engine. It targets a nearly circular 500 mile orbit using two oscillators for radio navigation at four fixed frequencies 54 324 162 and 216 megacycles and aims for a 50 year operational life.
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Washington
Thor-Able- Star
Theis Enters Race for U.S. Senate in Kansas
Democratic state chairman Frank Theis announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate at a Topeka news conference. He plans to resign as state chair April 23 and remains a national committeeman. Lt. Gov. Joe Henkle is his only announced Democratic challenger. Republican Sen. Andrew Schoeppel is expected to have no GOP opponent. Theis spoke from Gov. George Docking’s office and criticized Schoeppel.
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Topeka
Frank Theis
U. S. Senate
Arkansas
Theis
Democratic Party
Joe Henkle
Great Bend
Henkle
Senate
Andrew Schoeppel
George Docking
Schoeppel
Mostly Cloudy Cooler Forecast for Kansas Then Rain Delays
A Kansas weather summary notes mostly cloudy conditions with cooler temperatures tonight and Thursday. Highs in the 60s, lows from 40s to mid 50s, and forecast rain amounts generally light with some localized heavier totals in western Kansas. Top temperatures reached 77 in Pittsburg, 69 in Russell. lows ranged to 61 at Topeka.
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Topeka
Kansas
Bird City
Jhail
Ashland
Englewood
St. Francis
Syracuse
Russell
Sun City
Larned
Claflin
Weather Bureau
Pittsburg
Goodland
Eisenhower to Toss Opening Ball for AL Season
President Eisenhower planned to fly to Washington to toss out the first ball at the Washington Senators vs Boston Red Sox opening game. He will then return to Augusta for additional vacation and golf.
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Augusta
Eisenhower
Washington
Washington Senators
Boston Red Sox
Wasser
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Floyd Thuston
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Arnold Thoren
H. A. Simmons
iHigh
A. J. Atkins
Rev. Waldron
Rev
Christian Johann Doppler
Earth
Walter C. Davis
Harry Soderquist
Tom Hudson
Joe Reissig
Eric
Howard Dixon
Maxine Crager
St. Paul
William F. Holding
Maynard Cook
Jerry Griffith
State Penitentiary
1St and Central
Dale Spiegel
Riety
Richard Hickock
Perry Smith
Herbert W. Clutter
Garden City
Ock
Smith
Duane West
Finney County
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West
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