Southeast Kansas notes from Fredonia to Oswego
Fredonia nears armory completion as sunflowers obscure the site with a grader likely to clear weeds. Parson s Local 5508 AFL CIO calls for a work halt at the Kansas Ordnance plant with pickets at entrances. Bourbon County Fair plans a tractor safety demonstration at 3 pm. Iola girls softball team wins regional title earning state bid. Oswego crowns Wyvern Bryson fair queen with two alternates named at Labette County Fair.
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Parsons
Kansas Ordnance Plant
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union
Afl-Cio
Earl Pruitt
Fort Scott
Bourbon County
IOLA
Kansas
Hutchinson
Scouts Earn Awards At Camp Nih Ka Ga Hah Wisconsin
Nine members of Boy Scout Troop 88 spent a week at Camp Nih Ka Ga Hah in the Kansas Missouri area. Awards earned include swimming merit badge second class rank and archery honors. Several scouts worked on first class rank and pioneering merit badge while others excelled in inspections and the adventure trail. A watermelon feast followed a parent campfire and local families provided transportation.
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Walnut
Boy Scout Troop 88
Gard Lee Post
The
American Legion
Mo- Kan
Joplin
Bernard Smith
Junior Harding
Jackie van Meter
N.R.A
Billy Augustine
C.A.A
Jimmy Finley
Ivan Harding
Harry Kennedy
V. A. Smith
al Moore
Jim Hart
Jerry Mitchell
Karen Thiesing
Don Lloyd
Wilbur Kennedy
Frank Mitchell
Ricardo Rosa
International Farm
Uruguay
Ike Smith
Homer Hall
Berkley
California
Pittsburg
Hall
Emmett Ashlock
Garnett
Ashlock
Lillie Dyson
Earl Goodson
Richard Noland
Oklahoma City
Richard Salb
Connie
Billy
Erie
Junior Kirby and Sons
Bill Hance
Weekend visitors and relatives noted around Glasco and Garnett
Surnames group visits: Mrs. Kirby and her parents Mr. and Mrs. Wadsack hosted. Margaret Ann Butler left with them after visiting her aunt. Clell McClung and family were in Glasco last week with Kathleen singing at the Cloud County Fair. R R Smith of Coweta Oklahoma visited the Ike Smith home. George Summers of Garnett was a weekend guest.
Florence Chadwick Sets Bristol Channel Swim Record
Florence Chadwick, a top distance swimmer from San Diego, completed a 14 mile Bristol Channel swim from Weston-Super-Mare to Penarth in 6 hours 7 minutes, beating the 7 hour 5 minute male mark set by Harry Temme. She described the water as cold but easier than the English Channel and plans an Irish Sea attempt in two weeks.
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Penarth
England
Florence Chadwick
Bristol Channel
San Diego
Calif
Harry Temme
Jenny James
Wales
Weston-Super-Mare
Chadwick
English Channel
Irish Sea
Parole Board Opinion Clarifies New State Board Powers
Atty. Gen. John Anderson issued guidance on the new State Probation and Parole Board. The board has exclusive supervision over parolees in all counties except Wyandotte Johnson and Sedgwick where probation officers exist by statute. A district court may reduce a sentence within 60 days but cannot increase it. The board can regulate parole eligibility. Earned good time under the old law carries over. The new board replaces the old State Board of Penal Institutions.
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Topeka
John Anderson
State Probation and Parole Board
Anderson
Wyandotte
Johnson
Sedgwick
Probation and Parole Board
State Board of Penal Institutions
Penal Board
Eisenhower Library Plans Begin In Topeka
State architect John Brink has started preliminary work on plans for the Eisenhower Library project in Topeka. The move signals early steps toward designing a public library honoring the late president with possible civic and educational uses.
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Topeka
John Brink
Brink to Inspect Presidential Libraries for Eisenhower Project
Gov. George Docking said Brink has obtained descriptive material on the Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman libraries and the Eisenhower structure. Brink will inspect the Truman Library at Independence Missouri soon and confer with the federal archivist there. Docking will meet in Chicago later this month with business leaders to plan a 1.5 million fundraising campaign for the library.
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Eisenhower
Abilene
George Docking
Brink
Franklin Roosevelt
Harry Truman
Truman
Independence
Docking
Chicago
Police Station Resembles a Zoo
Detroit's Conner Precinct police station resembled a zoo as officers took in a 15 pound turtle found on a resident's lawn then a wandering white goat and three stray dogs. The turtle was sent to the Detroit Zoo while the dogs and goat were sent to the dog pound.
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Detroit
Conner Precinct
BYF Senior High Picnic at Lake Farlington
BYF of First Baptist Church hosted an all day picnic at Lake Farlington Sunday. Members swam and boated in the afternoon followed by group singing led by Sandra Nicewaner and devotions by Gary Grogan. Thirty attendees including guests.
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First Baptist Church
Lake Farlington
Sandra Nicewaner
Gary Grogan
Advertising Is Your Guide to Safe Buying
A brief advisory in ad form urges caution for shoppers. It explains checking credentials, comparing prices, and reading terms before purchasing. The notice promotes prudent consumer actions and highlights common pitfalls to avoid.
Doves and Birds Hunting Dates Set by Interior Department
Interior Department announces dove season dates set by state game agencies. Mourning doves have a 10 bird daily bag limit. Kansas runs Sept 1 to Oct 20 and Missouri uses a split season Sept 1 to Oct 10 and Nov 10 to 19. Rails and gallinules run Sept 1 to Nov 9 in both states, woodcock in Missouri from Nov 10 to Dec 19.
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Washington
Interior Department
Kansas
Missouri
Woodcock
Survey Planned of Polio Victims Nationwide Census
NEW YORK The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis will conduct a nationwide census of all persons disabled by polio. Basil OConnor, the foundation president, announced the project as the first step in a broad rehabilitation program for postpolio patients. He stated that 175,000 physicians will be asked to assist in the count. The effort aims to create one of the largest rosters of disease victims ever compiled.
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New York
National Foundation For
Basil O'Connor
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