Valachi Memoir Stirs Justice Department Review
The Justice Department weighs releasing 1200 page memoir by Joseph Valachi, the former mobster who exposed Cosa Nostra. Spokesmen say material aligns with prior testimony, but department decision hinges on public interest and safety, with Valachi still held in District of Columbia Jail. The fate of his solitary confinement and possible transfer remains undecided amid concerns about mixing with prisoners.
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Washington
Justice Department
Joseph Valachi
District of Columbia
Senate
Cosa Nostra
Department
William G. Hundley
Hundley
Herbert J. Miller
Valachi
Underworld
Erie group meetings span school topics and clubs
Erie residents attended a magician show at an all school assembly and Kiwanis luncheon speaker Marion Richey discussed school unification. Hi Lo Club dessert bridge winners were announced and installation of officers planned. CNC League basketball begins at Riverton next week. New Year’s events included visits with relatives and a Rock ’n Roll HDU meeting with prizes and a consumer products talk planned Jan 14.
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Erie
Jay Vincent
International Lectures
Independence
Richard Salb
Kenneth Killough
William C. Weir
Neal Trumbull
Marion Richey
Erie Board of Education
Kiwanis Club
John Shireman
Rock 'N Roll Hdu
Sam Ricketts
James Rowland
Lawrence Noakes
Everett Shields
Howard Kennedy
Merle Davis
Eddie Reeves
Mildred Walker
Extension Department
Glenn Dunlop
Reptiles Diet Study Focuses on Bullsnake Feeding
Terrye Lassman a Chanute student at St. John's College in Winfield traveled to Topeka with her parents to observe a zoo bullsnake feeding on six dead mice, a New Year’s Eve overindulgence beyond its normal weekly three. The study, part of a biology project, notes snakes eat less in winter and may sleep more, while highlighting zoo photos for teaching careers. The piece also references the 1524 founding of the first hospital in the Americas in Mexico City under Hernando Cortez and its 1663 renaming to Hospital of Jesus of Nazareth.
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Terrye Lassman
N. Forest
St. John’s College
Winfield
Topeka
Zoo
Gary Clarke
Chanute
Terrye
Forest
Terrve
Americas
Mexico City
Hernando Cortez
Hospital of Jesus of Nazareth
Visitors gather in Elsmore area for family and guest meals
Numerous local residents and out of town visitors held dinner and coffee gatherings across Elsmore and nearby towns. Guests included families from Kansas City Iola Pittsburg Neodesha Walnut Porterville and Walnut as well as Topeka Fayetteville and Moran boosters. A funeral service for John Jordan was held in Moran.
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L. E. Moore
Elk City
Julia Carlson
Pem Atteberry
Leonard Carlson
Rebecca
Anna Marie
Eric
Gerald Johnson
Kristine
Fred Cunningham Jr
Merrill
Rosann
Randall
Russell Ludlum
Wallace Seasteadt
Don Bauer
Iola
Elmer Wood
Herbert Henderson
William Steele
Kincaid
Wallace Senstedt
Clyde Laver
Brenda
Earl White
Lavonburg
John Jordan
Charley Braden
Moran Funeral Home
Merton Trast
Jim
Topeka
Fredolph Hawkinson
Jack Campbell
Walnut Area Groups Meet And Holiday News
Walnut area social notes record the Walnut Home Demonstration Unit Christmas party at Mrs. Nelle Shireman s home in Girard with many attendees. Local families share holiday visits, births, medical updates, and weekend hospitality across Walnut, Girard, Fort Scott, and nearby towns.
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Walnut Home
Nelle Shireman
Girard
Tony van Leeuwen
Airplane pilot grows beard on Pittsburgh Symphony tour
An airplane pilot aiding the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra on a cargo plane spent 11 weeks touring Europe and the Middle East. A woman asked if he was with the orchestra and he replied that his instrument is the Constellation, a playful punchline about the aircraft.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Europe
Middle East
Wilson County Rural Fire District holds first annual meeting
About 65 residents attend the Wilson County Rural Fire District meeting at the county courthouse electing Ralph Vandever Jr as chairman McCager Thompson Jr as vice chairman and Marvin Ambrose as secretary treasurer By-laws are adopted plans target nine operating units within a year with two already ready at Altoona and the K39 K96 junction The district schedules the next meeting for January 13 at 7 30 p m
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Fredonia
Wilson County Rural Fire District
Ralph Vandeveer Jr
McCager Thompson Jr
Marvin Ambrose
Altoona
Visits Span Holidays As Families Gather Across Kansas
Benedict visitors of Mrs. Laddie Bird included her sister Mrs. Alexia Lorson and grandson Stephen Lorson of Salina, plus Mr and Mrs Ed Gunnerson of Salina and Mr and Mrs Preston Lorson of Valley Center after a southern trip. Edwardsville and Yates Center kin called on Mrs Ollie M. Smith and Mrs Clara Williams. Weekend guests included Mr and Mrs Collie Chambers in Perry Oklahoma. Mr and Mrs Paul Best and Leslie Paul of Tulsa visited Olive Wilson and Leota New Year’s day. Gary Hutchison of Neodesha stayed with Jerry Scott and attended church Sunday. Mary Ellen Thompson returned to KU as a freshman. her parents drove her to Lawrence with visits to Bill and Mrs Ramirez and daughter Ileana. Ramirez, a Costa Rica IFYE in 1957, studies entomology on two scholarships. New church aisle carpeting matches the green pulpit carpet.
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Mary Daling
Mercy Hospital
Fort Scott
Harvey McFarland
Bessie Yeager
Kansas City
Max Ball
Kathleen Marie
Oklahoma City
Kim
B. F. Titmus
Rose Moore
Mary Pryor
Benedict
Laddie Bird
Alexia Lorson
Stephen Lorson
Salina
Ed Gunnerson
Preston Lorson
Valley Center
South
Collie Chambers
Dean Chambers
Linda Kay
Perry
Okla
Paul Best
Candy
Leslie Paul
Tulsa
Olive Wilson
Mary Ellen Thompson
McCager Thompson
McCager
Jennie Bea
Curtis
Vienna
Lawrence
William Ramirez
Ileana
Ramirez
IFYE
Costa Rica
Thompson
District Sets Annual Meeting Date for January
In a Monday meeting the district designated the second Tuesday of each January as the annual meeting date for third class cities. The decision establishes a fixed yearly forum for official business and community matters.
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Joseph Valachis
CNC
Riverton
Paul Wagner
Paula Beard
Hutchinson
Columbus
Bill Porter
Scott
Stephen Richey
Claude Sample
Stephen
Overland Park
Hazel Meeker
Marion Showalter
Hugh Slaten
Caney
Clayton D. Stanton
Erie Rest Home
Norman
Oklahoma University
Robert Lassman
Elsmore
Robert Franklin
Roy Johnson
James Nelson
Terri
Earl Cochran
Porterville
August Johnson
Walnut
James Smith
Bill
Betty
Neodesha
Dennis
Dwight
Elizabeth Alderman
Clarence Alderman
Charley Alderman
Earl Munson
Arnold Swanson
Clifford Olson
Earl Ericson
Farr Ericson
Pittsburg
Kevin
Fayetteville, Ark
Alvin Ericson
Cora Seastedt
Wallace Seastedt
Stella Laver
Ray
Wayne Romine
Elsie Cation
Humboldt
Harry Laver, Moran
Harold L. Johnson
Gene
Janice
Pam
Paul Harcelrode
Moran
Floyd Boler
Alice
Larry
Clara
Jerry Mercing
Linda
Betty Boler
Ronald Brower
Walnut Area
Ben Eggleson
Sunflower Club
Mmes
Alma Archer
Ruth Bowler
Marjorie Bishop
Geraldine Clark
Elizabeth Eggieson
Helen Goodinson
Marjorie Herod
Evelyn Jones
Mabel Kensinger
Catherine Ludlum
Lelia Masquelier
Lillian McFarland
Clara Morgan
Mildred Peters
Elsie Sampsel
Mattie Taylor
Bernice Welty
Inez Zur Buchen
Ora Plum
Rod van Leeuwen
Duncan
Charles Fredricks
Joe van Leeuwen
Debbie
Uniontown
Delbert Sinn
Kimberlee Kay
Indianola
Iowa
Ivan Harding
John Standfast
Wichita
Douglas Edward
Marie Standfast
St. Louis
Raymond Little
Rural
Standfasts
Mike
John Carr
Kenny
Brian
Tom Lucas
Girard Hospital
Tom Sowers
Sue Sowers
Bertha Moore
Mary Markley
Joe Johnson
Mr. Johnson
Joe Stephen
Billy Rodgers
Dallas
Tex
Teresa Stephens
Vincent
Kelvinator
Coast To Coast
E. Main
Geo
Sylvia Dufek
Alexander
New York Couture Group
Rural Fire District Meets
Orval Smith
Edwardsville
Clara Williams
Yates Center
Frank West
Olllie M. Smith
Gary Hutchison
Jerry Scott
David L. McCune
Chanute Ins
Boaré
al Interest
U. S. Government Securities
Banking House & Furn
Federal Reserve Bank
C. A. Wood
First National Bank
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