First Graders Name Animals They Wish To Be
Roosevelt school first graders choose animals they would like to be. Giraffes appear popular for reaching high in trees while bears appeal for winter naps. Some children favor snakes kittens or frogs reflecting playful ideas about life as animals.
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Roosevelt Grade School
Ormore
C. L. Childers
Teresa Vanderford
Ray Vanderford
S. Central
Terri Harris
Cleo Harris
S. Malcolm
Rhonda Morrow
Lonnie Morrow
S. Edith
Tina Pack
Roy Pack
E. 15Th
Sharon Kay Purdy
Vernon Purdy
Evergreen
Dining options line Chanute area with diverse eateries
The Chanute area offers many eateries within minutes of the post office. Home style cafes, diverse meals, a buffet, a modern cafe with Southern Fried Chicken, a lakefront truck stop, a chicken noodle place, Kansas style fried chicken, Mexican specialties with tostadas and enchiladas to try.
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Chanute
Small Plane Crashes on Kansas Turnpike
A small private plane crash landed on the Kansas Turnpike Sunday afternoon injuring none of the five aboard. All were from Wichita. Pilot John Pruitt had a cut on his left eyelid but refused medical treatment.
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Cassoday
Kan
Kansas Turnpike
Wichitta
John Pruitt
Weekend forecast arrives a day late yet grand
An intercepted note expresses a cheerful weekend forecast that arrives late but remains upbeat and hopeful, signed Yours.
Car Damage Reported In Multiple Weekend Smashes
A 1958 Chevrolet owned by Don McFarland was damaged after rolling from a Skateland parking space and hitting the Sportsman's Bowl. Across town other drivers Jim Arnett, Craig Skinner, Alicia Magill, Bertam Stierwalt and Tom Bertram reported minor collisions with damaged bumpers and a utility pole, with totals around $50 in damage.
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Don McFarland
Thayer R. 2
Skateland Roller Rink
North Allen
Jim Arnett
N. Western
Craig Skinner
Santa Fe
Main
Skinner
Arnett
Carl Magill
S. Plummer
Alicia
Plummer
Magill
Melvin Stierwalt
Chanute
Tom Bertram
Evergreen
W. Main
Bertam
Stierwalt
City Commission Meeting Tonight
A regular meeting of the city commission will be held tonight at 7 30 in the commission room at the memorial building.
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Memorial Building
Free X-ray Schedule for Memorial Building
Free chest X-rays are offered by the mobile unit in front of Memorial building from 1:30 to 6:30 p.m. today and tomorrow and Wednesday, and 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. and 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday. The service is supported by the Christmas Seal educational program.
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State Department of Health
Weather summary and Kansas forecast update
Area forecast calls for fair weather tonight and Tuesday with cooler nights and warmer days. ToPeKA forecast places fair weather in the west and clearing skies in the east, with rainfall along the eastern border and cool front. Temperatures ranged from 25 to 71 across western and eastern Kansas, with overnight lows from 25 to 43.
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Topeka
Kansas
Elgin
Havana
Columbus
Pittsburg
Chanute
Olathe
Mercury
Liberal
Goodland
Fort Scott Fire Fatal to Woman
A 70 year old resident, Mrs Lydia Stone, died in a house fire in Fort Scott Kansas. Firemen found her body in the living room and believe she was awakened by smoke and trapped while trying to escape. The cause of the fire was not determined.
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Fort Scott
Kan
Lydia Stone
Beate Leber Loses $2.5 Million Breach Suit
Beate Leber, 44, of Heidelberg, Germany, lost her $2.5 million breach of promise suit against Arizona rancher William Henry Brown, 65. U.S. District Judge John C. Bowen dismissed the complaint after Brown's defense motion.
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Tucson, Ariz
Beate Leber
Heidelberg
Germany
Arizona
William Henry Brown
U.S
John C. Bowen
Brown
Norman Hull
Beate
Ralph Leber
Turnpikes Fair Housing School Budgets In Legislature
Top issues for the Kansas Legislature this week center on turnpikes fair housing and school budgets with work in the Senate Highways Committee and debates over idle state funds interest rates. Senate leaders signal possible bills on Wichita to Tulsa and Wichita to Galena turnpikes while education groups push for budget guidelines changes.
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Topeka
Senate
Glee Smith
R-Larned
Senate Highways Committee
Joseph Harder
D-Moundridge
Sebelius
Docking
Legislative Council
Smith
Clyde Hill
R-Yates Center
House
Viet Cong Shell Base at Da Nang
Viet Cong shelled the U S Air Base at Da Nang and nearby village with mortars and rockets killing 11 Americans and 35 South Vietnamese civilians. Seventy Vietnamese and 32 Americans were wounded, and fires destroyed 150 shacks in Ap Do. Marines found 46 rocket positions, six unused 140mm rockets and two tubes with indications of Soviet and Chinese markings.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
U.S
da Nang
Ap Do
Cheating Scandal At Air Force Academy Expands
In Colorado Springs 24 cadets are questioned as resignations rise to 36 after three admitted breaking the honor code. Five others were found guilty of toleration for knowing of the cheating and not reporting it. Chaplain Gilchrist urged discipline as essential to national security.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Air Force Academy
Francis J. Gilchrist
Thaw of Road Fund in Part Eases Highway Freeze
The Johnson administration loosens part of the highway funding freeze from Thanksgiving. Secretary Alan S. Boyd tells a joint hearing no extra $400 million cut is planned. An additional $175 million becomes available for highway contracts this year, lifting federal funds to $3.475 billion.
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Washington
Johnson
Secretary of Transportation
Alan S. Boyd
Senate House
Boyd
Way
Governor cites federal decision lifting highway funds freeze
Gov. Robert Docking said the federal move to lift the 175 million highway matching funds freeze will help Kansas. State officials have not yet learned the amount available and note about 15.241 million in federal funds were frozen last year. it is unclear if this total will be released again.
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Topeka
Robert Docking
Kansas
Highway Department
Rivers Are Mined In North Vietnam
Washington reports President Johnson seeks to avoid a direct Soviet confrontation over any sinking of Soviet ships near North Vietnam while ordering mine layers to keep explosives out of international lanes. Officials expect mining at Hai Phong may follow the rivers action.
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Washington
Johnson
North Vietnam
U.S
Haiphong
Maxwell D. Taylor
Joint Chiefs of Staff
South Vietnam
Moscow
Taylor
Soviet Union
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
Vietnam
Four Die In Kansas Weekend Traffic Toll
Four persons including a mother and daughter died in Kansas traffic accidents over the weekend. Sara Ann Korsmayer and her 9 year old daughter Andrea perished in a two car crash west of Nortonville, with husband Truman and daughter Paula injured. A separate one car crash near the Butler Greenwood line killed James Gustin and left Richard Harper with minor injuries. Merle Sappenfield died when a car plunged into Cow Creek five miles north of Chase. her husband Merle Sappenfield suffered severe injuries.
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Associated Press
Kansas
Sara Ann Korsmayer
Effingham
Andrea
Nortonville
Korsmayer
Truman
Paula
Winchester
Frank Rygard
James Gustin
Toronto
Kan
U.S. 54
Butler - Greenwood County
Richard Harper
el Dorado Hospital
Highway Patrol
Harper
Butler County
Merle Sappenfield
Chase
Cow Creek
Resolution seeks reversal on Gunsmoke cancellation
In Topeka the Kansas House introduced a resolution asking Columbia Broadcasting Co to reconsider ending the program Gunsmoke after the current season. Reps. Glenn L. Winkelman and George W. Fowler filed the measure. The show, set in Dodge City, has drawn tourist interest for years and has been on air for 12 seasons.
Two Children Die In Chapman Car Train Collision
In Chapman Kansas a car collided with a Union Pacific switch engine, killing Janice five and Randy three. Their mother Mrs. Bob Booth was seriously injured and taken to Abilene Memorial Hospital. Janice died at the scene while Randy died in Abilene Memorial Hospital. Their father Mr. Bob Booth is a patient at St John’s Hospital in Salina after a back operation.
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Chapman, Kan
Union Pacific
Chapman
Janice
Randy
Bob Booth
Abilene
Abilene Memorial Hospital
Booth
Abilene Hospital
St. John’s Hospital
Salina
Traffic Fatalities Log For Topeka 1967 February
Kansas traffic death log lists 48 hours to 9 am Monday February 26 1967 with 4 fatalities versus 86 in the comparable 1966 period.
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Topeka
Kansas
Coffeyville Woman Lillie Colbert Found Dead Near Border
Funeral services were held for 31 year old Lillie Mae Colbert as police investigate her death found near the Oklahoma line. The body showed 21 stab wounds to the neck and shoulder and was discovered by a farmer while seeking water for a hot truck engine. No arrests, no prime suspect, and Colbert had been separated from her husband.
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Coffeyville, Kan
Lillie Mae Colbert
Oklahoma
Coffeyville
Rifle and Tools Stolen In Separate Incidents
Bob Reynolds reported a .30-30 rifle with telescopic sight stolen from his car on Saturday night, valued at $130. Officers later learned Gus Brenner’s pickup, parked at Self Service Grocery, was missing a two ton bumper jack and a 24 inch pipe wrench Friday.
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Bob Reynolds
S. Malcolm
Gus Brenner
Good Will Breakfast Visit To Iola Schedules Released
The Chanute Area Chamber of Commerce sponsors a Good Will breakfast visit to Iola with about 30 local businessmen. They depart Memorial Building at 6 30 and meet at the Kelley Hotel. Other chamber events include executive committee at 2 p m today and legislative committee at 3 p m tomorrow.
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Chanute Area
Chamber
Hugh Chapman
Jack Groves
Fred Harris
Kansas City
Kan
Tulsa
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