Sea Tiger houseboat project near completion near Chanute
A do it yourself team led by Dr. Don Abbuehl and Dr. Jim Kensett nears completion of a 25 foot long houseboat called Sea Tiger at the Abbuehl home. The venture began from discarded counter stock and grew into an ambitious 15 month build with no formal plans and labor into late nights.
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Elks Lake
Chanute
Don Abbuehl
Jim Kensett
John Sherman
Sherman
Tual
Whentorney
Abbuehls
Abbuehl
Buehl
Kensett
Ab‘buehl
Left Hand Pitch Left Hand Pitch in Family Anecdotes
Two long running family jokes are retold: a lunch order misstep where I would like the chicken snake replaces chicken fried steak and a 14 mile ride home when a mare balks and the buggy is hauled by four youths and pushed by two girls.
Wamego Drill Corps Takes Second in Majorette Contest
Judy Barton of Knoxville won the senior twirling title as the international majorette contest neared its end. The Sunflower Court of Wamego Kansas finished second in the drill corps competition as the event moved toward a close on Saturday night.
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Fayetteville
N. C
Judy Barton
Knoxville
Sunflower Coutts
Wamego
Kas
One-Package Water Flood Unit Delivered In Texas Oilfield
Chanute National Supply Co. completed a portable water flood unit for Russell Operating Co. five miles west of Colony Texas. The unit, a rare design built to fit purchaser needs, includes pumps filters and a control panel with safety features. It is skid mounted for mobility and can reach 4720 barrels per day at 560 psi, with a configurable option for higher pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chanute
National Supply Co
Russell Operating Co
Abilene
Tex
Colony
National
Raymond Kern
EF. G. Bartley
Wichita
Harvey Young
Kern
Junior Zimmerman
Oilfield Electrician
Federal Grant For Kansas Sewer Projects Totals 93 673
The Department of Health, Education and Welfare approved grants to aid sewer construction in seven Kansas communities. Oskaloosa La Cygne Pleasanton Americus Augusta Meriden and Iola receive funds totaling 93 673 with project costs ranging up to 407 860.
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Washington
Frank Carlson
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Kansas
Oskaloosa
la Cygne
Pleasanton
Americus
Augusta
Meriden
Iola
Traffic Fatalities Log For Topeka Kansas
A Topeka Kansas traffic death log shows 24 hour totals to 9 a.m. Friday August 16 1961. The 1961 count is 319 compared with 303 for the comparable 1960 period.
Snyder Sentenced To Seven Years
Stanton Palmer Snyder, 49, held $164 000 in bogus cashier checks when arrested June 10. He pleaded guilty June 29 to federal charges involving bad checks and a stolen car, and was sentenced Thursday to seven years in a federal prison amid nationwide fraud investigations.
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Kansas City
Kan
Stanton Palmer Snyder
Snyder
Six Erie Youths Enlist in Navy for Kansas City Tests
Six Erie youths departed yesterday to enlist in the Navy in Kansas City. Upon passing tests they will go by jet to San Diego for further training. The group includes Richard McGown Leroy Hoskins Gary Jobe Donald Malcolm Loren Schoewalter and Wendell Allen.
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ERIE
Kansas City
Navy
San Diego
Richard McGown
Leroy Hoskins
Gary Jobe
Donald Malcolm
Loren Schoewalter
Wendell Allen
Golden Clippers Saddle Club Keeps Busy Boosting Area
The Golden Clippers Saddle Club in Chanute and Neosho County nears its season end with a ninth appearance at Linn County Fair and Rodeo in Mound City. The all Palomino group with 21 members performs mounted drills and square dances and plans to enter the American Royal in Kansas City in October.
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Golden Clippers Saddle Club
Linn County
Mound City
Chanute
Neosho County
Erie
Kansas City
Toronto Dam
Fredonia
Moline
Burden
Sky Show Tonight Moon Eclipse and Echo I Satellite
A near total lunar eclipse occurs tonight with the Moon rising at 6 53 p m and mid eclipse at 9 08 p m More than 99 percent of the lunar surface will be obscured as it enters and exits the umbra The Echo I satellite will be visible twice tonight around 7 10 p m and between 9 10 and 9 25 p m with a second appearance tomorrow night 40 minutes earlier.
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Earth
Umbra
More Donors Of Blood Are Needed
Neosho County Red Cross appeals for donors ahead of a bloodmobile visit Tuesday in the Memorial Building. Only 114 appointments are booked toward a 160 pint goal, with 200 needed including drop ins. Blood will be drawn at the Methodist church 9 a.m. to 2 15 p.m. Erie also hosts a bloodmobile Monday from noon to 5 15 p.m.
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Red Cross
Walter Johnstone
Neosho County
Memorial
Methodist Church
Erie
Federated Church
Chanute One-Week Shifted Fall Festival Dates
The 18th annual Cha nute Fall Festival has been moved to September 21 to 23 due to carnival and National Guard Armory access issues. The change cuts planning time for floats and adds more Friday night festivities with no home football game. About 35 of 80 tickets remain for the Chanute Baseball Special to Kansas City, with sale continuing until 10 a.m. Sunday departure by chartered buses.
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JayCee Festival
National Guard Armory
Chanute
Kansas City
Chanute JayCees
Carl North
Red Warning Shots For West Berliners
On the 13th day of border tension West Berliners watched as communist guards fired warning shots at the barbed wire barrier in the French sector. An East German order to move back 100 meters prompted a brief gun glare, then chilling. Western police urged the crowd to retreat for safety as US Army garrison artillery and tanks increased border readiness amid ongoing quarrels over refugees.
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Berlin
McNair Barracks
John L. Sanders
Amarillo, Tex
West Berlin
East Berlin
Neues Deutschland
Communist Party
East Germany
Realtors Gather for Southeast Kansas Zone Meeting
About 50 realtors from southeast Kansas attended a zone meeting in Chanute led by Rich Wood of Erie, president of the Kansas Association of Realtors. The program featured Harold Baldwin of Overland Park on cooperation in selling and a panel on high versus low pressure selling, with Luncheon at the Tioga Hotel followed by talks by Otto Culbert of Wichita and Nestor Weigand of Wichita.
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Kansas
Rich
Tone
Wood
Erie
Kansas Assn
Neosho County
Harold H. Baldwin
Overland Park
Baldwin
Johnson County
Cleo I. Dalton
Tioga Hotel
Otto L. Culbert
KAREB
Wichita
Home Savings
Nestor R. Weigand
National Institute of Real Estate Brokers
A. J. Dawson
Kansas Real Estate Commission
Topeka
Weigand
Phil Cooper
Chanute
Ebur Schultz
Schultz
Quadros Resigns as Brazil President Under Pressure
Rio de Janeiro AP reports President Janio Quadros resigned citing inability to continue his efforts for economic and political liberalization due to domestic and international pressure.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Janio Quadros
Brazil
Cancer society grants lifetime research to KU pathologist
The American Cancer Society awards 533375 to Dr John Higginson 33 at the University of Kansas School of Medicine to fund lifelong cancer research. The 15th lifetime fellowship aims for a 32 year study with Higginson becoming ACS professor in geographical pathology. Born in Ireland he joined KU in 1958.
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New York
American Cancer Society
John Higginson
University of Kansas School of Medicine
Cancer Society
Higginson
South Africa
Ireland
Arden Miller
Ae School
Colby Names Horace Menasco New City Manager
Horace Menasco, 36, former Derby aircraft worker, is Colby Kansas new city manager. He replaces Ed Burne who resigned to take the Englewood Colorado post.
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COLBY
Kas
Horace Menasco
Derby, Kas
Ed Burne
Englewood
Colo
Crash Fatal Near RELOIT Kansas Claims Spencer Mathis
A one car crash on U S 24 southeast of Reolot killed 84 year old Spencer Mathis of Callao Missouri on Thursday. The accident occurred as the vehicle left the roadway in Riley County.
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Reloit
Kan
Spencer Mathis
Callao
U.S. 24
Here
Ulbricht demands full control of Berlin transit links
East Germany chief Walter Ulbricht called for full sovereignty over Berlin air, land, and water links with the West and pledged no disruption to Western military communications before a Soviet Union peace treaty. He warned negotiations would focus on expelling Western agents and regulating transit under GDR control if talks fail.
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Bonn
West Berlin
German Democratic Republic
GDR
Ulbricht
Soviet Union
Berlin
Lothar Bolz
Weather forecast for Kansas: warm with mostly fair skies
Statewide temperatures trend toward moderates through today and Saturday with highs from the 80s in the east to near 90 in the west. Lows tonight expected in the 60s, with Thursday highs from 79 in Topeka to 92 in Goodland, Garden City, and Hill City.
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Topeka
Kansas
Goodland
Garden City
Hill City
Emporia
Pittsburg
Governor Declares Labor Day Holiday for State Employees
AP reports Gov. John Anderson announced Labor Day as an official holiday for state employees in Topeka. The proclamation designates September observance and outlines the holiday for workers across state agencies.
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Topeka
John Anderson
Anticancer Vaccine Tests Outlined by Cleveland Scientist
Dr. Sergio de Carvalho of Rand Development Corp outlines a plan to test an anticancer serum on humans, noting production would take about a year. Antibodies grown in horses would target cancer types, with preliminary animal results showing protection against cancer implants.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland
Sergio de Carvalho
de Carvalho
Rand Development Corp
Electron Microscope Society of America
Pittsburgh
Parke, Davis & Co
Detroit
Humans
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