Deaths and funerals span Chanute area community
Mrs. Wesley H Ballinger 54 of Chanute died at Neosho Memorial Hospital after a long illness. James Edward Donley 79 a former Petrolia employee died in Independence nursing home. Melvin Romine 68 of Chanute died at Neosho Manor after a yearlong illness. Helen Eva Dick of La Habra Calif memorial service planned in Chanute. Harry W Young 88 longtime Chanute resident died in Springfield Mo. Also reported were local police and fire calls including two-car crash at Cherry and Wilson and a highway collision near Thayer with multiple injuries.
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Wesley H. Ballinger
Erie
Wesley H
Vena Ercle) Ballinger
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Frazier
Russell
Chanute
Westview Baptist Church
David
Evie
Carol
Fort Collins
Colo
Henry Sooby
Fredonia
Jeff Sooby
Salina
John Fiden
Winnie
Tex
Nancy
Johnson Mortuary
Petrolia
James Edward Donley
Independence
Mercy Hospital
Empire Gas Company
Cities Service
Edward Donley
Clara Halbert
Robert J
Wichita
Marie Donley
Melvin Donley
St. Andrew's Catholic Church
Doherty
Potts Chapel
F. J. Baumstark
St. Andrews Church
Father Baumstark
Calvary
George Sharp
Melvin Romine
Walnut
Melvin D
Nashville, Tenn
E. C. “Gene
Gibson- Koch Chapel
Livingston N. Witten
Earlton Cemtery
Helen Eva Dick
LaHabra
Calif
Louisiana
Johnson Chapel
Dale Sneeringer
Harry W. Young
Springfield
Butler
Flossie
Robert
Visiting hours and patient census at Neosho Memorial Hospital
Daily Transcript reports visiting hours from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 30 to 8 p.m. with a patient census of 51 adults and pediatrics including three babies. Birth announced for Mr. and Mrs. Robert Oliver of Lawrence a boy born Friday.
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A. L. Burns
S. Garfield
Sarah Willan
S. Santa Fe
Ranny Simpson
S. Highland
Cindy Toomey
Eric
John Rausch
N. Santa Fe
Charles Glassner
Parsons
Mike Herold
Robert Oliver
Lawrence
Madge Osburn
N. Central
Foy O'Neal
W. Oak
Laird Sees No Draft in January 1972
Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announced no military draft in January and possibly none until April. He said he would not project drafts for all of 1972 as the Pentagon pursues a volunteer army by March 1973, noting 1972 drafts may fall below 76,000 from 1962.
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Washington
Melvin R. Laird
Laird
Pentagon
Two Kansas Men Die In Light Plane Crash
The Clay County sheriff confirms two dead after a light plane crashed three miles southeast of Clay Center on Christmas Day. Victims are Dan Bauer 23 of Clay Center and Walter Oetinger 37 of Hesston. Oetinger’s nine year old daughter Aleda survived in fair condition. Sheriff Bill Gonser cited witnesses saying the plane spun and fell into a farm field.
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Clay Center
Kan
Kansas
Clay County
Dan Bauer
Walter Oetinger
Hesston
Oetinger
Aleda
Bill Gonser
Pleas of Guilty To Shoplifting At Local Center
Two persons were charged with petty larceny in separate incidents Friday at Farmers Discount Center 615 W Cherry. Lilia Franklin 18 Iola was accused of taking slacks and cigarettes valued at 10 dollars. Edith Clark 112 N Forest was charged with taking cards and socks valued at 5.27. Each signed a written plea of guilt and posted a 25 dollar bond.
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Farmers Discount Center
W. Cherry
Lilia Franklin
Iola
Edith Clark
N. Forest
Four Deaths On Highways In Kansas Christmas Holiday
Four Kansans died in two late Sunday turnpike crashes and a Saturday car fire near Beloit. The victims include Robert Charlies Jordan Jr., 23, Wichita Eagle reporter, and Gregory M. Scott, 23, Manhattan, in separate two car crashes. Ronald Switzer, 17, and his brother Richard W. Switzer, 23, of Great Bend perished in a fiery crash on Kansas Highway 14 southwest of Beloit.
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Associated Press
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Kansas Turnpike
Robert Charlies Jordan Jr
Wichita Eagle
Shawnee-Osage
Osage County
Gregory M. Scott
Manhattan
Shawnee- Douglas County
Highway Patrol
Ronald Switzer
Richard W. Switzer
Great Bend
Kansas Highway 14
Beloit
Toll rise as Christmas weekend ends
National traffic deaths reached 610 as the three day Christmas Holiday weekend ended at midnight.
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Associated Press
Parsons Livestock Market Prices Summary
The market lists hogs and cattle prices by weight and grade for U S No 1 and 2 hogs 200 220 pounds at 22 00 22 30 dollars, 230 270 pounds 21 00 22 00, sows 16 50 heavy sows 15 50 16 50, boars 15 60. Cattle show grain fed steers and heifers 31 00 33 00. good 28 00 30 00. cows 19 00 23 00. calves and stockers 28 00 51 00. yearlings 32 00 35 00. Bulls 24 00 30 00. sheep lambs 24 00. feeders 15 00 18 00. breeding stock prices listed.
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Parsons
U.S
U.S. Food Exhibit to Tokyo Ties Kansas Agriculture
Kansas will join 11 midwestern states and the U S Department of Agriculture to sponsor a U S food exhibit at the Tokyo Trade Center April 17 21 Roy Freeland Kansas secretary of agriculture announced The exhibit aims to boost American food sales in Japan. A highway patrol arrest was made in St Paul for DWI open bottle and reckless driving, bond set at 400. Two Neosho County accidents were investigated involving a Galesburg driver Inez Gear and a Parsons teen William Good with vehicle damage estimates listed.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Department of Agriculture
U.S
U.S. Trade Center
Tokyo
Roy Freeland
Freeland
Lloyd B. Carter
St. Paul
Highway Patrol
Prie
Neosho County
William M. Good
Parsons
David Kern
Dallas resident Linda Schultz backs from visit to parents
Linda Schultz returned to Dallas after visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. Ebur Schultz at 1210 W 5th. She works in the Dallas market research department of the Dr Pepper Co. A 25 light outdoor Christmas display was reported to police after 9:30 p.m. Sunday by Dennis Mills of 901 S Tennessee.
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Linda Schultz
Dallas
Tex
Ebur Schultz
Dallas Market Research Department
The
Dr. Pepper Co
Dennis Mills
S. Tennessee
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James E. Donley
George Criger
S. Forest
Lyle Taylor
Roger Fairchild
Taylor
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
Fairchild
Main and Allen
Melvin
Lela) Romine
Neosho Manor
Dick Rites
Elmwood Cemetery
Presbyterian Church
Masonic Lodge
Cherry and
Wil
Edward Brinkman
Humboldt
John Campbell
Emporia
Brinkman
Cherry
Wilson
Campbell
Pittsburg
Thayer
Nellie E. Albers
Martha Nelson
Albers
Barnhart
Daily Transcript
Florence Reynolds
Ida
Fred Bright
W. 5Th
Carrie Elmore
Colonial Acres
Hoyt Lefever
S. Plummer
John Thompson
N. Steuben
George Ellis
N. Evergreen
Zella Shaw
Girard
Raymond Mortis
W. Sth
Loren Ball
S. Washington
Charles Donovan
Edgar Harp
W. 1St
Patricia Williams
S. Steuben
Lara McKellips
W. Main
Clarence Bauer
Nellie Albers
F. Dale Wall
W. 7Th
Fred Johnston
S. Rutter
Cyrus Swift
S. Lafayette
Roy Dutro
Harold Mugrage
W. Lin
Nora Allen
Buffalo
Parsons Livestock
Kustom Electronics
Westamerica Securities Inc
Blondie
the Wizard OF ID
Heck
THEM
Wei
Beetle Bailey
Andy Capp
Flo
Archie
Aes
Suzy
Mail II
Steve Canyon
Skeezix
Her
Sheriff's Office
Truitt
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