Western Ballad Plea Reaches Governor in Thayer
Ronnie and Ricky Trim, 11 and 15, guitarists from Thayer, ask Gov. Robert Docking for help publishing their western song. The governor met them during watermelon festival activities and discussed the letter Ronnie gave him, which the singer said contained their song.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trim Brothers
Ronnie
Ricky
Thayer
Robert Docking
Betty Heilman
Carl Trim
Gov. Docking
Hand fan echoes Chanute merchants tale from 1904
A reader found an old hand fan from The Mammoth Racket Store run by H. L. Freeman & Son in Chanute Kansas. The card claims 1904 was the 13th year with a $15000 gain over the prior year and taunts credit as inferior to spot cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Freeman & Son
Chanute, Kansas
Unusual Yates Center Ride Leads to Injury
Harold Swope was struck by a running horse ridden by 15 year old John Stockebrand while crossing Main Street in Yates Center. He suffered a broken nose cuts and a cracked ankle and was treated at Allen County Hospital in Iola before being released.
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Yates Center
Swope
John Stockebrand
Stockebrand
Allen County Hospital
Iola
Richard W. Clasen
Yates Center News
Richard
Doc Swope
Belfast mobs burn and loot Catholic bars amid sectarian clashes
Protestant mobs in Belfast firebombed Catholic bars in three areas and looted shops as 1 600 British troops were reinforced to separate Catholic Falls Road and Davis Street districts from Protestant neighborhoods. Casualties rose with two killed and 224 wounded, part of Ulster’s worst violence since 1920 22.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Falls Road
Ulster
Britain
Queens and Wales
Davis Street
Londonderry
Bogside
Bernadette Devlin
World traveler retired dancer settled on Kansas farm
Meredith Old and Reginald Webber live on a 340 acre farm near Yates Center Kansas after decades abroad. Old toured England France Africa and more as an acrobatic dancer and contortionist with USO troupes in WWII. Webber worked for Shell Oil and follows world news while calling Kansas home. Their studio attracts about 50 area students and two of their children perform locally.
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Barbara Deane Yates
Here
Merideth Old
Reginald Webber
Shell Oilfields
Chanute High School
England
France
Africa
Portugal
Spain
Italy
Holland
Switzerland
Norway
Mexico
Canada
Guatemala
Australia
Philippines
New Guinea
USO
Peoples Theater
Memorial Auditorium
Chanute
Webber
London
Biafra
Shell Oil
Owerri
Kansas
Kimmy
Jack David
Radio City Music Hall
New York City
Paris
Mrs
Chester Old
Yates Center
Laundry Plant Closes in Chanute Move to Independence Planned
Chanute Linen and Laundry Service at 402 E. Main will close its mechanical operations Friday. Pickup and delivery will continue with a truck moving to Independence in the morning and returning in the evening. Four of 16 local workers will be kept. equipment will shift to Independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chanute
E. Main
Raymond York
Independence
York
Charles Rice
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha in Laundry Note
A fragment notes an intercepted letter titled Dear Cha. The text hints at difficulties in the laundry business and signs off with Yours.
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Cha
Burger Refuses Decision on Mayo Foundation Post
Chief Justice Warren E Burger stays silent on whether he will quit the Mayo Foundation board post worth 2000 dollars for four days a year. He left Rochester after a closed session amid publicity and controversy surrounding other justices.
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Rochester, Minn
Warren E. Burger
Mayo Foundation
Burger
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Las Vegas
Supreme Court
Weather update and stray details mix in press clipping
Partly cloudy through Sunday with little or no precipitation. Low tonight in mid 60s. High Sunday mid 80s. Precipitation today at 10 a.m. trace. yesterday 0.93 inch. Temperature highs 68 today and 73 yesterday. year ago 93. Sunrise 6:38, sunset 8:14. Barometer 28.74, humidity at 10 a.m. 100 percent.
Gas Trains Carry Phosgene For Peaceful Uses
Two trains carrying phosgene, a World War I poison gas, neared destinations for peaceful conversion. One train headed to Geismar Louisiana for plastics, another to Vandemark in Lockport New York for weed killer or synthetic foam. Protests arose as a 300 ton shipment moved via Illinois Central and B&O routes, with rerouting through Indiana Ohio and Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Rocky Mountain Arsenal
Colorado
Mississippi
Geismar
Illinois Central Railroad
New Orleans
Baton Rouge
Vandemark Indus
Ohio
B&o
Army
U.S. Department of Transportation
Ravenna
Pennsylvania
Erie- Lackawana Railroad
Buffalo
N.Y
Robert D. Ray
Iowa
New York
Lockport
Jerald Gerson
Chemical Commodities Corp
Olathe
Kan
Louisiana
H. Peter Metzger
Boulder
Colo
Hurricane Camille Advances Through Gulf Coast Watch
More than 500000 residents from Florida to Mississippi were placed on a hurricane watch as Camille neared with 100 mph winds. The storm tracked toward the coast from Biloxi to St Marks, with warnings expected along Mobile Pensacola, and forecasters warned of dangerous conditions and possible landfall Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Gulf Coast
Florida
Mississippi
Camille
Biloxi
Miss
St. Marks
Fla
Mobile
Ala
Pensacola
Cuba
Florida West Coast
Gulf
Grand Isle
Panama City
United States
Hurricane Center
Robert H. Simpson
Havana
Debbie
Atlantic
Lesser Antilles
Caribbean Sea
Neil Frank
Alabama
Beret Appeal to Laird in Middleton Case
Attorney George W. Gregory asks Secretary Laird to release Maj. Thomas C. Middleton Jr. from the Long Binh stockade arguing inhumane pretrial confinement harms his defense. Army rejects Gregory’s Friday petition and keeps Middleton in a 5 by 7 foot cell with little light or ventilation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
Green Berets
Secretary of Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Laird
George W. Gregory
Cheraw
S.C
Army
Maj
Thomas C. Middleton Jr
Gregory
Gregory Friday
Middleton
Long Binh
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Dwight Wallingford
Ronnie Trim
Publishing Aid
Babe Holloran
W. Main
Tribune
Harold
Doc) Swope
Ray
R. 3
Vietnam
Memorial Hall
America
Free World
Bob Dole
R - Kan
1011Th Supply and Service Company
Joe Shubitz
Yours
Abe Fortas
Family Foundation
William ©. Douglas
Minnesota
Beret
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