91 Head of Top Livestock Sell for 11647 at Fair
A fat stock sale at the Neosho County Fair saw 91 prize animals auctioned led by a grand champion Black Angus owned by Gene Pontious bringing 335.48 and sold for 11 647.70 total across beef swine and sheep. Purchasers paid strong bids with Richey’s Rexall Erie buying the top beef and First National Bank Chanute plus Thayer Erie firms buying hogs and sheep.
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Erie
Neosho County
Gene Pontious
Parsons
Richey
Rexall
Gale Mullen
Kenny Taylor
Walnut
First National Bank of Chanute
First National Bank of Thayer
Tom Thurman
Johnnie Heady
First National of
Chanute
Lowell, Sharp
Byrd Clark Insurance Co
Richey's
Joyce Womeldorff
St. Paul
Weather Outlook With Rain and Cooler Front Moves In
Topeka reports heavy rains across western and north central Kansas as a new cold front shifts in from the northwest. More rain and cooler daytime temperatures expected across eastern Kansas tonight and Saturday with extensive cloudiness and high humidity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Traffic Fatalities Report For Topeka Area
Kansas traffic death log records 24 hours to 9 am Friday showing 1 death. Figures cover August 14 and 196.9 period. Comparable 1960 period lists 29 fatalities.
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Topeka
Kansas
Joplin Driver Is Held Here
W D Holmes a 38 year old from Joplin was arrested after his pickup struck two parked cars on Main Street. He faced charges of driving while intoxicated reckless driving and lacking a valid license. Holmes a salesman for Joplin Mattress Co drove a firm 1958 Chevrolet. Damaged vehicles included a 1955 Ford station wagon owned by Donald Lassman and a 1954 Pontiac owned by Kenneth H Hinshaw. Bond set at 160 with hearing pending.
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W. D. Holmes
Joplin
E. Main
Holmes
Joplin Mattress Co
Donald Lassman
S. Malcolm
Kenneth H. Hinshaw
Stark
Lassman
Hinshaw
Alligator Tops Army Officers On Fort Stewart Road
A 6 foot alligator challenged three Fort Stewart officers driving a truck on the reservation. The reptile snapped two canoe paddles, then chewed the tailpipe and muffler under the vehicle before the trio fled the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FT. Stewart, Ga
Army
Ft. Stewart
H. E. Motley
Motley
Chanute United Fund Plans First Drive This Fall
Plans for a Chanute United Fund drive were formed at a meeting of officers and board directors at the Bank of Commerce. Joe Lewis, chairman of the budget committee, said today that the drive will be the first of its kind in Chanute.
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United Fund
Chanute
Chanute United Fund
Bank of Commerce
Joe Lewis
Kennedy signs bill to boost space program funding
President Kennedy signs a bill authorizing 8.966 billion dollars for federal agencies inclining a moon effort. The vote totals show major funding for veterans affairs and a space drive headed by volunteers with no paid staff. Chanute unit plans to work with local drives but not join the national United Fund yet.
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Washington
Kennedy
America
Veterans Administration
Youth Crowns This year's drive would be for 1962
A local United Fund drive described by Lewis aims to set up a withholding system for year round contributions. Meetings discussed bylaws and organizational policies with a committee reviewing proposed changes. Next session is set for Tuesday at 3:30 in the Bank of Commerce with 15 of 32 board members present. Walter Fonzo Lewellen, 16, drowned while swimming in the Kansas River Wednesday night. his father Everett Lewellen resides in Lawrence.
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Lewis
Albany
Ind
Sherman Minton
U.S. Supreme Court
United Fund
Bank of Commerce
Lawrence, Kas
Walter _Fonzo Lewellen
Kansas River
Fverett Lewellen
Lawrence
Mahler 70 Former IWW Leader Dies in New York
Herbert Mahler once led the Industrial Workers of the World died Thursday at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York. He was 70 and had been a prominent labor figure in the early to mid 20th century.
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Peterson
Chanute
New York
Herbert Mahler
The
Industrial Workers of the World
Columbia Pres‘byterian Hospital
Wall in East Berlin To Halt Refugee Flight
East Germany began building a brick wall inside East Berlin to stop refugees fleeing to the West. A heavy truck rammed through wire by three refugees but the men reached West Berlin unharmed. one bullet hit a Western house.
Tulsa Meter Scratcher Turns Dimes Into Dime Road to Freedom
Virgil Hougland, 34, describes his improvised income scratching grass around downtown Tulsa parking meters. He started after a rough day when he saw a dime at a broken meter and chose to chase spare change from other meters, earning 18 dollars in his first month.
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Virgil Hougland
Tulsa
Hougland
Natural Gas Blast Destroys Home in Kansas City
An explosion of natural gas demolished the home of Petro Harakas on Kansas City's south side Thursday night. No one was injured. Harakas, president of Ironworkers Local 10, was away with his wife and four children on vacation in California Aug. 6. Firemen estimated the Harakas home loss at $10,000 and $750 damage to a neighboring house. Only rubble remained after firefighters contained the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Petro Harakas
Harakas
Ironworkers Local 10
California
Washington Strains Under Berlin Crisis And Khrushchev Pressure
Washington grapples with a crash crisis as Khrushchev seals off East Berlin and pressures West with a series of Cuban style crises. The Nixon era changes, NATO balance, and fear of escalating conflict frame the analysis by John P. Harris.
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The
Tribune
Washington, D. C
John P. Harris
Hutchinson News
Mother Kills Her Family Then Self
In Atlanta a housewife Lammie Jean Kicklighter Richardson killed her husband James C. Richardson and three children ages 6 months to 3 years with a pistol before taking her own life. Police say she believed she was pregnant again, a post mortem found she was two months pregnant, explaining the motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Lammie Jean Kicklighter Richardson
VA to Air Condition Kansas City Hospital at $1 26 Million
Rep. William Randall says the White House informed him the Veterans Administration will spend 1 260 000 dollars to air condition the VA hospital in Kansas City. The report notes the funding amount and the official who conveyed the decision.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Kansas City
William Randall
D-Mo
White House
Fredonia man released after Urbana assault inquiry
Bill Brown of Fredonia, questioned in connection with an Urbana assault and robbery, was released pending further investigation. County Attorney Richard Ashley cited Brown's verified whereabouts in Fredonia at the time, arguing misidentification. Victim John Meyers, Brown’s uncle, suffered a severe head wound and was treated at St. Margaret's Hospital after an armed attack at his Urbana home around 9 pm, during which a payroll check totaling 112.94 and a billfold were stolen.
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Bill Brown
Fredonia
Urbana
Richard L. Ashley
Brown
John Meyers
St. Margaret's Hospital
Meyers
Kansas City Worker Burns in Tank Leak Test
Bernard Leland Putnam, a 29 year old steel worker at Standard Steelworks in North Kansas City, suffered critical burns to most of his body while testing a tank for leaks. Co workers heard him shout for help as flames spread from his clothes, a liquid used for testing and a saturated floor described by police.
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Kansas City
Bernard Leland Putnam
Standard Steelworks
North Kansas City
Putnam
Lee Jennings
Jennings
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