Pontious Angus Grand Champion at Neosho County Fair
Gene Pontious' Black Angus entry owned by Gene Pontious of St. Paul won the junior division grand championship at the Neosho County Fair. Kenny Taylor's reserve Angus placed high, with Herefords also contending as judging wrapped for junior and open livestock, poultry, FFA and HDU exhibits. A Shetland pony team won a pulling contest, and tonight features a public style revue at Erie High School followed by dairy judging tomorrow and the fat stock sale at 7 p.m. at the fairgrounds.
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Erie
Gene Pontious
Verle Pontious
St. Paul
Prairie Schooners
Neosho County
Kenny Taylor
Don Taylor
Stark
Jolly Jayhawkers
FFA
HDU
Ralph Willson
Ray Roberts
Fairgrounds
Aucion
City Budget Adopted in Changle With Retirement Plan
Changle city commission adopted the 1962 budget after a public hearing with minor changes. A fund for the city employees' retirement program was authorized and the city will apply for participation in the statewide plan with a next year cost of 21 658 dollars, keeping the tax levy at five mills. Electors may force an election on participation if a petition with required signatures is filed within 60 days. No objections were heard at the hearing.
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Changle
City Commission
Weather forecast for Topeka and Kansas regions
Fog and clouds gave way to sun in southern and western Kansas with warmer temperatures through Thursday. Tonight as low as mid 60s and Thursday high near 85. Tuesday highs ranged from 71 at Goodland to 83 at Wamego with varied overnight lows around 60s to 70s.
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Topeka
Kansas
Goodland
Wamego
Russell
Salina
Olathe
Driver's License Case In District Court
John B. Finley of Erie faced a district court case on driving while suspended. He posted 500 bond after Neo sho County sheriff's arrest following a July 28 sighting at St Paul. He had previously been found not guilty in a Labette County charge.
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John B. Finley
Erie
Finley
Neosho County
St. Paul
Labette County
Woman Dies After Fall From Pickup West Of Odessa
Mrs. James W. Moore, 37, was killed Tuesday when she fell from a pickup her husband was driving on U.S. 40 three miles west of Odessa. He said he was turning off a side road. She apparently struck her head on the pavement. The Moore home is at Bates City, six miles west of Odessa.
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Odessa
James W. Moore
Moore
Missouri Highway Patrol
U.S. 40
Bates City
Stranded Ohio Family Helped by Larned Residents
An Ohio family stranded in Larned after a collision will finish their California trip in a used car donated by an anonymous local. Mr and Mrs Arthur Henry Richards and their two children plus Mrs Clara Ann Ipson escaped serious injury and had no insurance. Nearly 200 dollars in donations were raised alongside the vehicle gift.
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Larned
Kas
Ohio
California
Arthur Henry Richards
Deborah Jean
Arthury Henry Jr
Richards
Clara Ann Ipson
Niles
Calif
Lisbon
Oho
Boy Recovers After Faucet Stuck In Mouth
In Aston Illinois Mrs Virginia Coons rushed to get a six inch faucet from her 5 year old son Michael Edward’s mouth. Police and firemen aided before a doctor at St John’s Hospital removed the faucet with a hacksaw. The boy was kept for observation and his mother received shock treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aston, Ill
Virginia Coons
Michael Edward
Mike
St. John’s Hospital
Windmill satellite studies space travel conditions from Cape Canaveral
A new robot observer named Windmill sped into space to study how solar radiation and Earth's magnetic fields affect astronaut travel. Eleven hours after launch from the missile testing center Tuesday night, officials reported initial progress and data collection.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Earth
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Johannesburg
South Africa
Ascension Island
Santiago J
Antofagasta
Chile
Lima
Peru
Woomera
Australia
John W. Townsend
Goddard Space Flight Center
Townsend
Ruling On Kansas Blue Law Appealed To Supreme Court
A ruling that Kansas Sunday closing laws are invalid was appealed to the state Supreme Court. Rich ard Mankin, Lyon County attorney, led the appeal from Emporia where a grocery employee was charged for selling nonessential items. The case tests the 1855 law’s clarity and the notion of immediate necessity.
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Topeka
Kansas
State Supreme Court
Richard Mankin
Lyon County
Emporia
Supreme Court
Dist
Jay Sullivan
William M. Ferguson
Ferguson
Shawnee County
Sullivan
West German envoy cites German disappointment over Berlin blockade
U S diplomats hold a brief meeting at the State Department as West Germany's Wilhelm Grewe notes German disappointment over the Allies' lack of countermeasures to the Berlin refugee blockade. Western powers debate retaliatory steps while planning new protests to Moscow. Britain may oppose immediate action.
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Washington
Wilhelm Grewe
State Department
Germany
West Berlin
Berlin
Kenne
Aldy
Dean
Rusk
Westerce
White House
Britain
Grewe
Dalf
East Berlin
East Germany Tightens Tightens Border as Berlin Protests Grow
West Berlin rallies draw about 200000 as Mayor Willy Brandt denounces Western delays and accuses Moscow of loosening the leash. East German border guards bar the flow with tanks and barbed wire, while Col. Solovyev dismisses protests as irrelevant.
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Berlin
Fap
East Ger
West
Jto
West Berlin
Willy Brandt
Kennedy
Andrei I. Solovyev
East Berlin
Salina City Probe Request Sparks Police Discontent
Salina five member commission unanimously asks Attorney General W M Ferguson to investigate the city administration amid a police department dispute. An attorney for a detainee announces a $100 000 slander suit against a city commissioner. Commissioner Harry Banker cites a woman released from jail by a detective who urged silence and a small fine payment.
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Salina
W. M. Ferguson
Harry Banker
Gaylor Spangler
Detec
Wasser
Zillah School Vandalism Reward Boosted to $500
The Zillah school board extends a $500 reward to identify vandals after last Friday’s damage to the Humboldt area building. A double plate glass door and six thermo-pane windows were smashed, with rocks taken from a road construction site. Three other vandalism incidents occurred the same night, totaling about $1,000 in damages and losses with investigation by the Allen County sheriff.
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Humboldt
Zillah
Harold Whitaker
Here
Whitaker
Allen County Sheriff's Office
Iola
B. E.lorance
Kansas Traffic Deaths Rise in 24 Hour Period
Topeka report shows 24 hour period ending 9 am Wednesday with 1961 tally 316 compared to 293 in the comparable 1960 period.
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Topeka
Kansas
Start of School 1961 62 Enrollments Planned Across Chanute
Chanute public schools begin September 1 with half day sessions and full day on September 5 after Labor Day. St Patrick’s and Royster Junior High set enrollment August 31 and September 1. Lincoln and Murray Hill grade transitions noted. Fees include $2.50 book rent at enrollment. New students at Royster urged to enroll. orientations planned for July 25 and late August.
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Charate
Halflday
St Patrick’s
Nora Knight
Lincoln
Murray Hill
Royster
Chanute
Parsons
Marsha Morton
Cherrie Zillner
Doris Diver
Tom Gerken
Steve Alcock
Linda Sparks
Joanna Eskridge
Marilyn Arthur
St. Patrick’s
Neosho County
Hazel Meeker
Chanute Junior College
Juco
Little Theater
Buford Fisher
Fisher
iChanute Teachers Assn
Knight
Hutton
Kansas Crash Claims Two Bell High Teachers
Ioan Laskowski 26 a Bell High School teacher died Tuesday night from a Greensburg collision Sunday. Ruth Marie Buetler 32 formerly of Hinsdale Ill died in Greensburg two hours after the accident. Truck driver Howard R Freeman 75 Mullinville Kansas suffered lacerations.
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Greensburg
Kan
Iap
Ioan Laskowski
Bell
Calif
Ruth Marie Buetler
Hinsdale
Lil
Inglewood
Howard R
Freeman
Mullinville
Kasi
Federal funds accelerated for Missouri and Kansas highways
President Kennedy ordered immediate release of more than 22 million for Missouri and 10.6 million for Kansas from the federal highway program. Missouri plans early plan prep and bidding, with use possible on interstates or other federal aid roads at half to 100 percent cost shares.
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Washington
Missouri
Kansas
Kennedy
J. J. Corbett
Missouri Highway Department
Jefferson City
Corbett
Lightning Blow Torch Burnincident In Kansas City
In Kansas City two 9 year olds and a 15 year old tried to light a blow torch. Robert Bratkovic suffered burns over 75 percent of his body after leaping from an attic window to escape flames. Francis Bratkovic put out the flames with a garden hose while Phillip Vesel escaped unhurt.
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Kansas City
Kan
Robert Bratkovic
Frank Bratkovic
Robert
Francis Bratkovic
Francis
Phillip Vesel
Pittsburg Man Forced to Drive to Joplin
Pittsburgh Kansas man lmer Ryder said a stranger jumped into his car near 11 pm and forced him to drive to Joplin. Ryder, an employee of Dickey Clay Manufacturing Co., alerted police who involved the FBI. Further details were not immediately available.
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Joplin
Lmer Ryder
Pittsburg
Kan
Ryder
Dick‘ey Clay Manufacturing Co
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Fire causes smoke at Hallmark plant in Kansas City
A resin-based plastic dust ignited in a ventilating hood above a finishing machine at the central Hallmark Cards plant. About 200 workers evacuated the seventh floor Tuesday night with no injuries reported.
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Kansas City
Hallmark Cards
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Tribune
East Germany
U.S
Moscow
Walter Ulbricht
Brandt
Bruce C. Clarke
Europe
Clarke
Brandenburg Gate
Rhine
Western Germany
Salina City
Zillah School
The
Hum
Atence
Dell Reed
Federal Fund
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