Parsons Kansas plant named in solid fuel missile project
The Kansas Ordnance Plant at Parsons is officially listed by the Department of Defense as one of four potential sites for a solid fuel missile project. The Joliet meeting gathers six firms as bidders to operate the project, with KOP seen as a leading standby site.
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Parsons
Kansas
Department of Defense
U. S
Andrew F. Schoeppel
Department
Kop
Cornhusker Ordnance Plant
Grand Island
Neb
Ravenna
Ohio
Louisiana Ordnance Plant
Shreveport
Joliet
Ill
Army Ordnance
Sen. Schoeppel
W. H. Caldwell
Mid-America, Inc
Southeast Kansas
Lopment Organization
Astrodyne, Inc
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
Grand Central Rocket Co
Hercules Powder Co
Olin-Matheson Chemical Co
U. S. Rubber Co
Woman shot dead on porch near Wamego
Delta Seematter, 27, mother of two, was killed by a shot entering through a screened porch window at the family farm nine miles west of Wamego. Hired man Robert Lyon, 36, uninjured. husband Ray Seematter found her body. Coroner's jury to meet. inquest set for tomorrow night. Police, Kansas Bureau of Investigation aiding.
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Wamego, Kan
Wamego
Don Williams
Delta Seematter
Robert Lyon
Williams
Seematter
Cynthia
Terry
Pottawatomie
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Lyon
Little Change Fore Cast In Kansas Through Friday
FORECAST: Generally fair and warm through Friday with low tonight near 70 and Friday highs around 95 to 96. Slightly cooler weather and isolated thunderstorms expected in some Kansas sections. Northwest tonight and west central areas Friday may see partial clouds and cooling. east and south remain fair. Overnight lows 60 in the northwest to the 70s elsewhere. highs 80s in the west to 90s in other areas. Only recent precipitation noted was a sprinkle at Goodland. Hill City topped 102 Thursday. Overnight lows ranged from 64 at Goodland to 74 at Concordia and Hill City.
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Topeka
Kansas
North Central
Goodland
Hill City
Concordia
Young Kansas Mother Drowns Near Parsons
PARSONS Kan AP Mrs Roy Rasmussen 19 drowned in a farm pond near Parsons while swimming with her husband. The couple and their 6 month old son were en route from Salina to Springfield Mo where Rasmussen planned to enroll in a Bible college. He tried to rescue her after she panicked and became exhausted.
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Parsons, Kan
Roy Rasmussen
Parsons
Salina
Kan
Springfield
Rasmussen
11th Annual School Bus Clinic Draws 100 Drivers
The State Highway Commission hosted the 11th annual school bus clinic attracting about 200 attendees from Southeastern Kansas and seven other cities. Speakers included Ralph Stinson and Dr. A. J. Edwards with sessions on maintenance, child management, and traffic law enforcement.
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State Highway Commission
Kansas
Ralph Stinson
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Les Page
Southwestern Greyhound Lines
A. J. Edwards
University of Kansas
Richard C. Smith
Kansas Highway Patrol
Chanute
William Woodard
Carter Harrison
William Woodward
Southwest Greyhound Lines
Kansas Highway
Thayer to Vote On Bond Issue For Water Plant
Thayer voters will decide on a 127000 dollar bond proposal to build a city water system. Public meeting tonight at 8 at the high school with engineers and bond company representatives detailing dam reservoir water treatment lines storage tank and financing plan.
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Thayer
Traffic Fatalities Updated by State Records Section
Topeka reports 24 hour period ending 9 a.m. fatalities totaling 347 for 1959, vs 315 in the comparable 1958 period. Earlier death not previously reported.
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Topeka
Kansas
Prices top at Neosho County Fat Stock Sale in Erie
The 5th Annual Junior Fat Stock Sale closed the three day Neosho County Fair with strong bids. Grand Champion Fat Steer sold for 44.50 per hundred pounds to First National Bank of Chanute for 403.47, a record high for the event. Grand Champion Fat Hog brought 110.57 to Richey’s Drug Store of Erie. Grand Champion Fat Lamb went to Bank of Commerce of Chanute for 50.50. About 400 people attended, with many standing for lack of bleacher space.
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Erie
Neosho County
Gale Mullen
Bill Frederick
First National Bank of Chanute
Mullen
Jeanne Guy
Chanute
Richey’s Drug Store
Bank of Commerce of Chanute
Joy Broughton
Neal McCoy
Mahlon Morley
John Gorton
Lynita Swiler
Earlton
Mid-America
Prowler Scored More: Total $350 in Thefts
Police report a string of house burglaries tallying about $350 taken from purses and billfolds. Victims include Mrs Harold Claus who noted $216 missing, Suzy McNeal $174, Mrs Ralph Puckett $7, and Mr and Mrs Harry Lewis $12 to $14. Donna Moon also reported a stolen billfold with $4 and papers.
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Harold Claus
Highland
Claus
Suzy McNeal
Edith
Ralph Puckett
S. Highland
Harry Lewis
S. Malcolm
Seven Calves Missing From Chanute Sales Pavilion
Seven Hereford calves were reported missing from the Chanute Sales Pavilion. Neal McCoy, owner, said the calves were consigned for today’s weekly sale and seven were taken while three gates to the pen were left open. The calves weighed about 450 pounds and were valued at around 1400 each.
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Chanute Sales
Neal McCoy
McCoy
Four Children Admit Damage to School
Four youths aged 10 to 14 admitted shooting holes in a plate glass double door at Murray Hill school with air rifles. School officials estimate damage at 90 dollars, to be paid by the parents of those involved.
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Murray Hill School
Surgeons deny Miss Kojima bust-enlarging injections
Tokyo doctors claimed Akiko Kojima received liquid plastic injections to enlarge her bust before winning Miss Japan and Miss Universe. Her mother denied the report as false. Sankei Shimbun and Sports Nippon questioned the claim, noting Kojima’s confirmed stats and lack of need for surgery.
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Tokyo
Akiko Kojima
Miss Kojima
Toshizo Matsui
Hisako Kojima
Matsui
Kojima
Matsui's
Sankei Shimbun
Sports Nippon
American Medical Assn
United States
Miss Universe contestant denies cosmetic injection
Akiko Kojima of Japan denied undergoing a bust enlargement operation for the Miss Universe contest which she won. A Tokyo plastic surgeon had claimed to have performed the treatment as other beauties reportedly did, while Kojima spoke during a stopover in Honolulu.
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Beauty
Long Beach
Calif
Honolulu
Akiko Koima
Tokyo
Kojima
Air car to be produced by Curtiss Wright at South Bend plant
Curtiss Wright Corp announced plans to produce an air car that travels on a cushion of low pressure air. The 300 horsepower, four passenger vehicle will be built at the South Bend Indiana plant with production starting in November, but public sale is not planned yet. The vehicle runs up to 60 mph and can operate over unpaved land water or swamps six to twelve inches above ground.
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New York
Curtiss
Wright Corp
South Bend
Ind
Trav
Els
Missouri Pacific Track Relocation Contract Awarded
The Kansas City Army district engineer awards Ace Construction Co of Omaha a $2 247 741 contract to relocate 14 miles of Missouri Pacific Railroad track in the Turtle Creek Dam area near Manhattan Kansas Senator Frank Carlson notes the project funded by the Army Corps of Engineers.
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Washington
Missouri Pacific
Turtle Creek Dam
Manhattan
Kas
Frank i Carlson
Kansas City
Ace Construction Co
Omaha
Injuries Are Fatal In City Traffic Crash
A 29-year-old Kansas City Kansas salesman Edwin Muckenthaler died from injuries suffered in a motor car truck collision Wednesday. The death marks the 29th traffic fatality of the year in Kansas City.
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Kansas City
Kansas City, Kan
Edwin Muckenthaler
Flaxico
Kan
Thieves Take TV Station Photo Equipment in Great Bend
Thieves stole photographic equipment valued between 3000 and 4000 dollars from TV station KCKT in Great Bend Kansas. They entered the station, forced open a darkroom door, and carried off cameras and supplies. Part of the gear belonged to a local drug company.
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Great Bend
Kas
KCKT
Barton County Sheriff's Office
KBI
Luther Tindall
Great Up Drug Company
Tribune Delivery Help Line Prompted by Missing Issue
The notice urges readers to call their carrier if the Tribune is not received and provides a phone line for after hours assistance. The message stresses contacting the carrier and using the specified number after 6 pm.
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Tribune
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Schoeppel
Frank Carlson
David Swiler
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Joyce Womeldorff
St. Paul
Art Hudspeth
Sandra Thurman
Eric
First National
Jim Neely
Nancy Womeldorff
Erie Grain Co
Martha Frederick
Earlston
Chanute Production Credit Association
Michael Dent
Wickard and Mull
Billy George
Pat Johnson
Erie Savings & Loan
Kenneth Swiler
Marsha Dent
Art
Bill Fredericks
Farlton
Prowler
Donna Moon
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Wasser
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