Flying Farmers Meet Draws 100 At Chanute Airport
About 100 people registered for the Kansas Flying Farmers 17th annual state convention at Chanute Municipal Airport. Regional and international officers attended as activities included Blue Seal rides, a $100 scholarship, tours of the Safari Museum, a public aircraft showing, and a queen crowning tonight.
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Chanute Municipal
Kansas
Tioga Hotel
Iowa
Missouri
Nebraska
Wichita
Lee Hagemeister
Estes Park
Colo
Walter Ross
Aden
Alberta Canada
Don Schafer
Sterling
Bert Fuller
Suttle
Ala
Lawrence Sutter
Woodward
Okla
Blanche Moxley
Rosetown
Saskatchewan
Canada
International Dutchess
Frank Krone
Prairie City
Jackie Slaughter
Roswell
N.M
Earnest Bressler
Bird City
Inez Koenig
Raymond
Jolene Sessler
Elmwood
Dickerhoof Flying Service
Flying Farmers
Flying Farmer
Archer Petroleum Co
Safari Museum
Bressler
Kansas Flying Farmers
International Organization
Grocery and Locker Plant Burns at Herington
A two story Styles grocery and locker plant in Herington Kansas burned Friday night destroying the building. The fire endangered several nearby firms including a domino parlor and apartments. Loss was estimated at 200000 with cause undetermined.
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Herington
Herington, Kan
Styles
Woman Pilot Polly Stoehr, 72, Flies From California to Attend Kansas Event
Nina Polly Stoehr of Pasadena, California, age 72, arrives for a Kansas Flying Farmers convention weekend. She has logged over 1,200 hours and flown to Mexico, Alaska, and more, holding a pilot's license since age 65. Stoehr, Kansas born, teaches math, owns two airplanes with her husband, and plans continued flying with optimism about aging and adventure.
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Kansas
Alsaka
Mexico
California
Nina
Polly Stoehr
As Air Tours
Pasadena
Calif
Times
Steeler
Stair
Stafford County
Ottawa
Emporia
St. John
Stanford University
Fred
Traffic Fatalities in Topeka Area Traffic Log
Kansas traffic death log reports 24 hour figure to 9 a.m. Saturday with 38 deaths in April and 145 for 1962, compared with 155 in the 1961 period.
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Topeka
Kansas
Wichita Woman Killed in Crash
Mrs. John Gillilan of Wichita was killed and her husband critically hurt when two cars collided at the U.S. 54 and Andover Road intersection seven miles east of Wichita. Mrs. Gillilan was 70 and her husband 71. William Peak of Topeka and three daughters were treated for less serious injuries at St. Joseph Hospital. Gillilan and Peak were drivers in the two cars.
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Wichita
John Gillilan
U. S. 54
Andover Road
Gillilan
William Peak
Topeka
St. Joseph Hospital
Peak
Alert Performer Saves Aerialist At St Louis Circus
Aerialist Ronald Abbott fell badly during a Flying Abbotts trapeze routine at the St. Louis Police Circus before 7,211 at the St. Louis Arena. Ray Maranda, a 27 year old magic act performer, rushed to the net and grabbed Abbott, breaking his fall to the ground and preventing serious injury.
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ST. Louis
St. Louis Arena
Ronald Abbott
Abbotts
Ray Maranda
Abbott
Reservists and Guardsmen to Return Home by August
About 110000 reservists and national guardsmen will end up to one year of active duty from October to August. The Army set a release window of August 1 to 11 for units called up during the Berlin crisis, with many returning to part time service and weekly or monthly drills. The Navy will release 8000 reservists and ships on August 1, while the Air Force and Army plan further dates. Wisconsin's 32nd Infantry Division departs Fort Lewis August 1 and returns to Wisconsin by the 5th. Texas's 49th Armored Division leaves Fort Polk August 5 for delivery back to Texas. Reserve drills resume once units arrive home.
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Army
Berlin
Kennedy
Air Force
Navy
49Th Armored Division
Texas
National Guard
Ft. Polk
Back-to-Back Nuclear Tests Reported Across Continents
The United States conducted two nuclear blasts in one day, underground in Nevada and an atmospheric burst over the Pacific near Christmas Island. The Nevada shot was a low-yield underground test, the Pacific detonation described as intermediate range with power 20 000 to 1 000 000 tons of TNT.
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Ed States
Nevada
Pacific
Atomic Energy Commission
Christmas Island
Central Pacific
Hiroshima
AEC
Soviet Union
United States
Easy Sale
Hutchinson Kansas report of a mix up as Mrs. Ernest Dicks paid a $2.50 parking fine after accepting a 50 cent ticket from two uniformed men. Neighbors alerted police chief Carl Spriggs but no officer was found to be involved. Fire Chief Fred Dimond then confirmed another early ticket sale to Mrs. Dicks for a firemen's ball.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Ernest Dicks
Carl Spriggs
Spriggs
Mrs. Dicks
Fred Dimond
Drum Corps Marks 25th Year In Southeast Kansas
The High School drum corps celebrated a silver anniversary with a show at the Senior High gym. Alumni attended a tea after the program led by Helen Anderson. The Senior corps, organized 1936 37 by W. W. Bass, numbers 40 members with 8 snares and 4 tenors among drum units. The Senior corps heads to the Drum Corps Festival in Joplin next Saturday. The Junior High corps, under Barbara Keller, has 31 members.
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Royster Junior ‘High
Helen Anderson
W. W. Bass
Army
Kansas
Patti Arnold
Marcia Blackston
Judy Chandler
Sandra Friederich
Vickie Gardner
Pam Gray
Llewlyn Jenkins
Susan Schmitt
Janice Smith
Jacque van Gotten
Jane Wallingford
Joplin
Barbara Keller
Tribune Phone Contact and After-Hours Dialing
Instructions to reach the Tribune by phone through your carrier and an alternate after 6 PM contact at HE 1-3400 if the primary line is unavailable.
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Tribune
Maj. Roberts Barred From Active Army Duty
Maj Arch E Roberts is ordered back to civilian life by the Army after an unauthorized speech to the Daughters of the American Revolution. Secretary Elvis J Stah Jr cited improper statements. Roberts plans an appeal and expects a hearing, while the Army notes no formal appeal procedure.
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Washington (Ap
Arch EE. Roberts
Army
Daughters of the American Revolution
Elvis J. Stah, Jr
Maj
Roberts
Dar
Edwin A. Walker
Pentagon
Los Angeles
Samuel Yorty
Yorty
G. Mennen Williams
Stahr
Defense Department
U.S. Army
Department
Ft. Lee
Senate Armed Services Subcommittee
John Stennis
D-Miss
State Department
Stennis
Strom Thurmond
D-S.c
Miss Chanute Pageant Lights Up Tonight
Miss Chanute 1961 Gillam crowns a new queen as 11 local contestants perform in formal wear swim suits and talent. Judges listed include Mrs. Laura Blaser Parsons and Ken Pearson Fort Scott JayCees. Prizes include a $100 scholarship and gifts. The event features Little Miss Chanute entrants piano by Sherrill Rush and a High School quartet.
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Carol Knox
Gillam
Kansas
He Jim Fehr
America
Memorial Building
JayCees
Jaynes
JayCee
Dick Coykendall
Laura Mae Blaser
Parsons
Marilee Justice
Woodson County
E. J. Linender
Yates Center
Ken Pearson
Fort Scott JayCees
Clarence Rasdall
Independence JayCees
First National Bank
Sherrill Rush
Margaret Campbell
Sarajane Clements
Pat Fail
Carol Ferguson
Nancy Griffith
Nancy Heilman
Linda Malson
Glenice Neptune
Janet O'Connor
Billie Solomon
Vera Swope
Little Miss Chanute
Barbara Brinkmeyer
Ronda Clements
Debbie Cook
Cindy Coy‘Kendall
Nancy Gibson
Susan Gorton
Elizabeth Ann Kneeland
Lisa Richman
Peggy Smith
Felicia Tarpley
Debbie Wood
Tulsa Man Admits $20,000 Jewelry Store Holdup
Emmanuel Oliver of Tulsa Oklahoma confessed to a $20,000 jewelry store holdup in Kansas City Missouri. Detective Charles McKinnie said Oliver described the crime in detail after arrest two hours later. store operator Harry Bernat was bound and gagged during the theft.
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Kansas City
Emmanuel Oliver
Tulsa
Okla
Charles McKinnie
Harry J. Bernat
Kan
Kennedy and Macmillan hold White House talks on Cold War
President Kennedy and British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan met at the White House to discuss nuclear testing and a Berlin settlement with Russia. Diplomats cited a possible Western call for an enforceable test ban treaty and a pledge to halt U S testing in the Pacific upon Russia signing such a pact. Rusk reported slow but steady progress toward an East West Berlin accord with Russia.
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Washington
Kennedy
Harold Macmillan
White House
Berlin
Russia
U.S
Pacific
Macmillan
Dean Rusk
Rusk
Graf
Cultist slain in Los Angeles riot with police
A black suited Muslim cultist was killed and four others wounded as police fired during a riot at Muhammad's Mosque No 27 in Los Angeles. Four cult members were wounded and 19 people detained for questioning after officers from three divisions responded to the clash.
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Los Angeles
Robert T. Stokes
Muhammad
Tomlinson
Central Receiving Hospital
Anderson
Kensie
California
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Elijah
Weather Outlook and Rainfall Across Kansas
Eastern and southern Kansas received beneficial rain amounts as a slow cold front stalled near Missouri. Subsoil moisture is ample while topsoil remains dry in northwest and north central areas with a chance of moisture this weekend. A new storm from the northwest is expected to bring unsettled weather and showers statewide Sunday. Top moisture totals include Eureka 1.45 inches, Hoyt 1.15, Valley Falls 1.04, Topeka 0.73, Lawrence 0.59, Manhattan 0.49, with several other reports reaching around half an inch.
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Topeka
Kansas
Missouri
Eureka
Hoyt
Valley Falls
Marysville
Neosho Rapids
Lawrence
Peck
Caldwell
Osage City
Junction City and Elk
Manhattan
Nevada Trucker Dies In Lawrence Crash
Rex Howard aged 49 from Nevada Missouri died when his grain truck crashed through a metal railing and plunged 15 feet down an embankment at the U S 59 and U S 40 intersection on the edge of Lawrence.
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Lawrence, Kan
Rex Howard
Nevada
U. S. 59
U. S. 40
Lawrence
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LaVeta Hahn
Belpre
N. M
Nina Stoehr
Nellie Allender
Dalhart
Tex
Kansas Flying Farmers Convention
Tober
Wisconsin
Ft. Lewis, Wash
Drum Corps
Maj. Roberts
Chanute
Stanley V. Kensici
Richard T. Anderson
Frank Tomlinson
Newsment
Nevada Trucker
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