Mysterious 2640 Mile Taxi Ride Ends With $1200 Fare
In Toledo a wealthy widow paying $1200 for a cross country taxi trip to California arrived at the Kehriotis home incognito. Two Black and White Cab Co. drivers described a 50 hour journey with two drivers as the woman neared privacy and family ties. The company withheld her identity while noting she is involved in a legal estate battle.
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Richmond
Calif
George Kehriotis
Toledo
Ohio
San Francisco
Kehriotis
Paul Mertz
Chet Re
Neau
Mertz
California
Olson Building under way at Erie on West 1 2th
Construction of the new Olson food store began April 18 west of the Nazarene church with Star Construction Co. of Tulsa as erecting contractor. Estimated completion is August 1. Local movers and visitors are noted, including many families from Parsons and St. Joseph.
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Erie
Olson
Nazarene Church
Star Construction Co
Tulsa
Ernest Nicholas
Parsons
Claude Cleaver
West 2Nd
Commanders Club
The
American Legion
Marvin Huffman
Charles Forsyth
Robert Morris
Mike
Johnny
Robert Morris Jr
St. Joseph
John Collins
Vivian
Lester Shepard
Lawrence
Anne Wooster
University of Kansas
Verle Winans
William Clayton
George William Winans
St. Louis
Winans
Ozark Air Lines
Richard Wood
Roger
John Phelps
Dean Riedesel
Earl Beck
Randy
Joplin
Lawrence Shaffer
Lloyd Kimble
Chanute
Cedars of Lebanon Dwindle to 400 Trees on Flag
The famed Cedars of Lebanon once tied to Solomon and Egyptian funerary ships dwindle to about 400 trees. They are guarded as a national treasure and appear on the Lebanese flag.
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Lebanon
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Co Soc
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U. S
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Betty Crocker
Angel Food
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Wishbone
Washington Crimson
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Florida
Ama Ae
Tan
VAAN
WSST
Vla
Witte
Kansas
Sox
Tim
ROYAL
Alma Spinach
A. O. Cornell
Leon Pugh
Fredonia
Phillip Pugh
Labette County Medical Center
Sharon Clark
Ernest Smith
E. 4Th
Melvin Stierwalt
W. 3Rd
Tally Club
Cleo Dalton
Sidney Linscott
Harold Heaton
Bertha Heaton
Guy Rush
Ralph Burghart
Earl Reinhardt
Charles Cox
Wayne Ellis
Ora Cheyney
Deva Yockey
Ida McCoy
Wayne Knox
Walter Poor
Carl Breiner
Etta Hanson
Byron Johnson
Neva Blair
Clyde Rush
Topeka
Myron Rush
Iowa
Lyle Clark
Independence
Jim Draper
Arkansas City
Foster Harding
Milo
Ralph Debler
Humboldt
Ellen Maison
Henry Peacock
John Peacock
A. A. Williams
Clarence Caldwell
Bull Cavanaugh
Clara Cavanaugh
Carlyle Ward
St. Paul
Delbert Sinn
Kim
Fort Scott
Ivan Harding
Albert Granneman
Paul Diskin
Pat Duling
Walter Clapson
Francis Kanute
Walnut
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Steffen
Steffen's Dairy Drive
West Main
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