Fredonia Welcomes Star Janell Smith
A 1200-strong crowd in Fredonia Kansas welcomed 17 year old Janell Smith home after she earned a U S Olympic track team spot with a 400 meter American record 54 6 and won Jamaica Invitational 440 yard race in 54 9 She was named Fredonia goodwill ambassador by the mayor and plans to train daily ahead of Tokyo Olympics She is a senior at Fredonia High School and is coached by her father Meade Smith
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Fredonia
Kan
Janell Smith
U. S
Randall Island
Kingston
Jamaica
Kansas City
Dor. Janel
Tokyo
Fredonia High School
Janell
Meade Smith
Screams for Help Mistaken as Beatle Fans Raid Hilton
A woman was beaten, shot, and robbed in her Hilton hotel room in San Francisco. Gertrude Goodman of Marysville Calif was in critical condition at Children’s Hospital after a grazing head wound. Police noted fan commotion as about 2,000 Beatles fans gathered outside hours before the group arrived.
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San Francisco
Hilton Hotel
Gertrude Goodman
Marysville
Calif
Children’s Hospital
Southeast Kansas industrial group to host fall program kickoff
Mid-America Inc president Paul Armstrong announced an area wide dinner meeting at 6 30 p m September 10 in Parsonian Hotel ballroom to inaugurate the fall program of the Southeast Kansas industrial development organization. The main topic will be the Kansas State Development Credit Corporation impact on the local economy. Trustees and leaders from Southeast Kansas will join financial officials and Chamber of Commerce executives for the discussion.
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Parsons
Paul Armstrong
Mid-America, Inc
Southeast Kansas Industrial Development Organization
Parsonian Hotel
Kansas State Development Credit Corporation
Armstrong
Southeast
Kansas
Trustees of Mid
Kansas Gets Major Share In 1965 Highway Funds
The Commerce Department announced a $3.8 billion national highway apportionment for the new fiscal year starting July 1 1965. Kansas receives $19,524,454 for the ABC program and $21,649,950 for interstate aid as part of a nationwide plan to complete the 41 000 mile interstate system by 1972. The program aims to reduce travel time while handling over 20 percent of total traffic once the system is finished.
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Washington
Commerce Department
U.S
ABC
Erie and Vicinity Guests at Dalton Home
Mrs C V McCune Jr and Bruce with Mrs Lou Trailor of Prairie Village and Mrs Vincent McCune of Chanute were Saturday supper guests of Mr and Mrs Cleo Dalton. Nancy Bartholomew visited from Kansas City where she works as a seamstress. Mrs Floyd Ruble and Billy attended a party in Parsons for Stanley Clingan’s fourth birthday hosted by his mother Mrs Buddy Clingan, with Stanley’s other grandmother also present.
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Bruce
Lou Trailor
Prairie Village
Vincent McCune
Chanute
Cleo Dalton
Nancy Bartholomew
Kansas City
Floyd Ruble
Billy
Parsons
Stanley Clingan
Buddy Clingan
Stanley
Crash Fatal Near McPherson Claims Life
Mrs. Leroy Borg, 23, of Lindsborg, Kansas, died Tuesday when her car hit a concrete culvert on a county road seven miles northeast of McPherson. The fatal crash occurred in clear weather and Police investigated the scene.
Parsons group attends Pittsburg television Fun Club
A Parsons group led by Mrs Maynard Cook along with Christine Dana Cook and others from Parsons and Newmarket Alabama went after refreshments to Pittsburg to attend the television Fun Club event.
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Maynard Cook
Christine
Dana Cook
Roy Evans
Janice
Ralph Hopper
Kevin
Cindy Bowman
Jill Clingan
Parsons
James Stiles
Denevia
Patricia
James Michael
Newmarket
Ala
Pittsburg
Television Fun Club
Sound of Music to Close Starlight Finale run
Kansas City theatre marks the most successful Starlight season as Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music closes the outdoor venue’s two week Grand Finale run beginning August 24.
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Kansas City
Starlight Theatre
Swope Park
Sound of Music
Nancy Dussault to star as Maria in Austrian musical
Nancy Dussault replaces Mary Martin in the Broadway production running 44 months and will portray Maria Rainer, the postulant nun who brings music to motherless children in Austria just before Nazi takeover. Webb Tilton co stars, in his sixth Starlight appearance.
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Nancy Dussault
Mary Martin
Maria Rainer
Austria
Webb Tilton
1963 Oldsmobile 6 Passenger Station Wagon for Sale
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Fimerson
Emerson
East Main
Midwest
West Main
N. Highland
Peoples Cleaners
AL Chauncey
Mid-America
San Clemente
Roy Rogers
Missouri
Oklahoma
Erie & Vicinity
C. V. McCune Jr
Neosho County
Ivan A. Engel
Tioga Specialty Shop
Hilda Rovita
Tiega Hotei
Ford
Merle Kelly Ford
N. Evergreen
Rudy Patrick
Chanute Grain & Seed Company
Chanute, Kansas
Rudy Patrick Seed Company
Chanute - Farmers Coop Association
B & N Feed & Seed Company
Fredonia - Cox Produce & Grain
Fredonia Coop Association
Cherryvale
Cherryvale Grain Co
Dennis - Labelle Co. Coup
Earlton
Earlton Grain, Inc
Erie - Hines Grain
Galesburg
Duccy Grain Co., Inc
Hepler - Hepler Grain Company
Independence - Star Mill Co., Inc
Mound Valley - Johnson Seed Co
Neodesha
Neodesha Coop Association
Hailiard Seed Company
Thayer - Thayer Grain, Inc
Lincoln & Walnut
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