Community notes record visits and travels across area
Coyville area residents share visits with family in Fredonia Wichita and Kansas City. Several families travel to Denver Seattle Huntington Beach and Chicago for trips and relatives manage chores at home town stores while owners are away. Weekend guests from Wichita Chanute and Independence are listed alongside church visitors and a local store closure for travel.
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Coyville
Archie Spillman
McCune
J. L. Spillman
Albert
Spillman
Fredonia
Bill Sterling
Rhonda Kay
Riverside
Calif
Emmett Miller
Maurice Miller
Pittsburg
Guy Claiborne
Kenton
Dollie Claiborne
David Wimer
Pamela Beth
Kansas City
Allen E. Wimer
Joan
Wimner
Everett Holland
Ernest Thompson
Denver
Warreen Franks
Gayle Ashlock
Wichita
June Greathouse
Richard Edwards
Roger Lee Steele
Ernest Evans
Hays
Edwards
Cloyd Gillespie
Buffalo
Roger Lee
Neela Steele
George Lewis
The
Christian Church
A. J. Johnson
Pat Fitzmorris
Bill Marr
Monty
Jan
Marian Beaney
Rosalia
Seattle
Bill Jones
Bobby
John Hollis
Luther Payne
Huntington Beach
Ralph Fairman
Clyde McVey
Fort Scott
Raymond Reynolds
Sons
Abilene
Dell Findley
Adam Stock
Garyard Connie
Carol Willhite
Toronto
Bagnell Dam
Scott Edens
Tulsa
Ed Hess
Independence
Cora Willoughby
Emporia
George Grogen
Dwight Ecton
Grogan
Jim McVey
Max Dixon
Council Grove
Fred Dixon
Herb Hare
Trenton Hare
Ransom Puckett
Alta Willhite
Toronto Lake
Harold Parnell
Little Rock
Chester Parnell
Parnell
Moses Lake
Wash
Allen E. Wimner
Chanute
Chicago
Russell Russ 102 Dies Founder and First Head of Pittsburg State College
Russell S. Russ, 102, founder and first head of Pittsburg State College, died Tuesday in Muskogee Oklahoma. He led the old State Manual Training Normal beginning in 1903 for eight years and earlier headed Pittsburg public schools. Survivors include his widow and son C. M. Russ of Muskogee. Funeral at 10 a.m. Thursday in Muskogee with burial there. F W Brinkerhoff, editor of the Pittsburg Headlight and Sun, to give the funeral address.
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Pittsburg, Kan
Russell S. Russ
Pittsburg State College
Muskogee
Oklo
Russ
Old State Manual Training Normal
Pittsburg
C. M. Russ
F. W. Brinkerhoff
Kansas City Goat Causes Midnight Sighting
A goat appeared after midnight on the sidewalk at Ninth and McGee in downtown Kansas City. A bystander said teenagers dumped it there and fled. A tavern patron fed the animal chewing tobacco while another gave beer. Police removed the goat to a municipal animal shelter.
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Kansas City
Ninth and McGee
Munipai
Trunk Uncovers Second Body in Garage Death Case
In San Francisco Ingleside district a steamer trunk yielded a second body beneath a cement floor. Police tied the remains to Mildred Arneson, 58, wife of Jay Arneson, whose body was found nearby. Derek Kroeger and his wife face arrest warrants as investigators pursue the case involving the Santa Rosa motel disappearance.
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San Francisco
Ingleside
Mildred Arneson
Jay Arneson
Arneson
Santa Rosa
Calif
Ralph Kroeger
Kroeger
Iva
Dan McKlem
FBI
Arnesons
Brazil
Smith to serve on credentials for Topeka council meeting
Wichita Democrat K L Smith accepted invitation to serve on the credentials committee for the Kansas Democratic council meeting in Topeka on August 27. Smith, the party's candidate for the U S Senate against Republican Frank Carlson, was named by the state Democratic chairman.
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Wichita
Topeka
K. L
Ken) Smith
Smith
U.S. Senate
Frank Carlson
Elsmore School Opens With Expanded Facilities
Elsmore districts start fall term Monday with 85 in grade school and 44 in high school. Dismissal at 1 30, regular classes resume Tuesday. Buses run and hot lunches served. New facilities include a music room shop finish room and rest rooms. Faculty additions and board members listed for grade and rural high schools.
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Elsmore
Carl Otto
Eunice Ziba
Mary Smart
Myrtle Massey
Norine Hobert
Millie Ericson
Deloris Orton
Bernard Hays
Paul Russell
James K. Hutchins
Art Mayer
Gerald Johnson
Gordon Ericson
Hazel Starliper
Lorene Roedel
Willard Mills
Don Huffman
Dale LaRue
Carroll Daniels
Orville Krokstrom
George Covey Jr
Princess Margaret birthday photos spark second child speculation
Photographs from Abbeyleix Ireland show Princess Margaret at age 32 with a fuller figure fueling talk of a possible second pregnancy. The visit is with Lord Snowdon to his relatives Viscount and Viscountess de Vesci. Churchill returns home after 54 days in hospital following a broken thigh in Monte Carlo. Syria accuses Israel of frontier shooting with no casualties reported.
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London
Margaret
Abbeyleix
Ireland
Lord Snowdon
Viscountess de Vesci
Winston Churchill
Hyde Park Gate
Middlesex Hospital
Monte Carlo
Damascus
Syria
West Germany frets over acute labor shortage threat
A derailed unemployment scare shifts focus in West Germany as officials warn that a shortage of skilled workers could impede postwar economic recovery. Reports indicate potential gaps in manufacturing, chemistry, and technical sectors with firms seeking new recruitment routes.
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West Germany
Atchison Approves Bond for Urban Renewal and Flood Control
In Atchison Kansas voters approved a $345000 bond issue in a special election by 1849 to 1251. The issue funds urban renewal and flood control to supplement an earlier $800000 bond for rehabilitating the business district after a previous flash flood. Total turnout was just over 52 percent of registered voters.
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Atchison
Former Officer Robs Bank in Inverness
A former deputy sheriff robbed Bank of Inverness of 22 121 at gunpoint and was arrested 47 minutes later with the money recovered. Clinton Warren Taylor 48 of Winter Haven jailed on bank robbery charge. Taylor had served as chief deputy sheriff in Sumter County. During the holdup Tuesday the event occurred.
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Inverness
Fla
Bank of Inverness
Clinton Warren Taylor
Winter Haven
Taylor
Sumter County
Robber Stopped After Bank Drive-In Theft
A gunman robs a bank at its drive-in window while customers are outside. After fleeing, he is tracked by police to a Coleman area incident where a state trooper stops the suspect and seizes him. Police recover the vehicle and obtain its license number from witnesses.
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Bank
Coleman
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Lloyd Findley
Orville Jackson
Charles Ecton
Russell Russ
Lincoln & Walnut
Global Briefs
Davis Paints
Kentucky
Red Lion
Aluminum
Sanders & Edgers
Davis Paint Store
N. Main
Erie, Kansas
Kelvinator
Filter Queen
Maytag Wringer
Universal Coffee Maker
Trixie Hager
Home State Bank
Fred Hiett
Robs
Marletiers
Earlton E.U.B. Church
Bryant
N. Central
Penney
Penney's
Mooresville
Dan River
Scotchgard
Penney’s
C. D
Seersucker
Spark Fall
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