Survivors recall C124 crash fighting sharks in Pacific
Three airmen tell how sharks attacked during the crash of a C124 Globemaster in the mid Pacific. Nine aboard. one body recovered, five missing and presumed drowned. Survivors reached by USS Boxer after ditching 200 miles northeast of Johnston Island. Captain Jonathan W Brown, James M Phillips, and James P Vanderee, from Travis AFB and California units, describe exploits and injuries.
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Honolulu
mid-Pacific
Boxer
Johnston Island
Jonathan W. Brown
Calif
James P. Vanderee
San Rafael
Travis Air Force Base
California
Tokyo
Hawaii
Brown
Sioux City
Iowa
Travis Afb
San Francisco
Phillips
Vanderee
Army
Tripler General Hospital
Traffic Citations and Drilling Notices From Local Blocks
Police report lists speeding citations in Pittsburg with names Paul Dennison Clyde Hinkle and Wiliam Duncan each posting $5 bond. Building permits show a new house at 8128 Wi son with estimated cost 6000. Notices of drilling intent across multiple Kansas counties list operators Chanute Aylward Willis Dietrich and Woodson Pipe Line with various Secs TD depths and surface pipe lengths.
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Paul Dennison
Pittsburg
Clyde Henry Hinkle
Wiliam D. Duncan
Scott
Wison
Accident injures Humboldt boy at home during fireworks
Six year old Bruce Royse, son of Mr and Mrs Dean Royse, suffered an eye injury when a firework exploded in his face at their Humboldt home Friday evening. Doctors say the eye should heal in about 72 hours.
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Humboldt
Bruce Royse
Dean Royse
Bruce
Erie District 105 organizes new school board and staff
The Erie district 105 school board installed officers led by Chairman Marion Richey and Clerk Dr. William C. Weir with Treasurer Louis Edwards. Directors are Lee Clark and Clark Fleming. The board approved lighting for three grade school rooms and the high school kitchen. Superintendent Robert Krieger announced faculty completion with Melva Hudson replacing Gail Taxter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Richey
William C. Weir
Louis Edwards
Lee Clark
Clark Fleming
Robert Krieger
Erie
Krieger
Melva Hundson
Gail Taxter
Walter Beard
Cecil Sears
Paul Wagner
Walker Beard
Ernest Craig
Louise Stroup
Randy
Merle Yockey
Zoe Beard
Della Wilson
Pittsburg
Elmer Caldwell
Caldwell
Oil drilling notices for Mack C Colt Inc and others
Records show multiple oil well drilling start dates in 1910s era blocks. Mack C Colt Inc begins July 1 1 300 foot TD 1300 feet surface pipe rotary wells No 21A Lauber Sec 23 26 14 and others with varied TD and June 12 to July 12 starts. D D Sandlin listed for Eu reka and Sec 6 26 14 with TD 1500 for oil. Cecil Jones Yates Center and A H Jones listed for Sec 16 24 16 with TD 1050 feet.
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Allen County
Alvin Tipton
Colorado Springs
Colo
Ogden
J. R. Burris
Marvin E. Bower
Aviward
Willis
Chanute
Dietrich
Bec
Aylward
Fown
Tietrich
Swi
NW SW
Aylward and
Squire
Fown Tools
Wilson County
Daire-Willis-Mitchell Chanute
Folger
Bert Young
Eureka
McAntosh
KR. Festers
Woodson County
Woodson Pipe Line & Production Co
Tola
Mack C. Colt Inc
Iola
Inia
Cobble
Mack
Colt Inc
Lauber
MAO Lahner New NE
NENE
Mack C. Coit Inc
L. L. Cannon
D. D. Sandhin
A. J. Woolaway
D. D. Sandlin
Cecil Jones
Yates Center
A. H. J Jones
Swse
Humboldt Holiday Gatherings Across Local Families
The Fourth was spent in Humboldt by the Jacksons and Carpenters families visiting kin in the area. Crawfords and Betty Crawford traveled home to Kansas City after holidays with relatives, with KU summer student Neva Crawford joining from Wichita. Circle II of the Presbyterian church hosted a breakfast, and four Humboldt Explorer Scouts headed to Philmont Ranch for a camping session. Local visits included the Longbine and Wakefield family appearances, and other neighboring confirmations with Mr. and Mrs. Tobler and the Trowbridges hosting guests.
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Tola
Humboldt
Arthur Jackson
Betty Jo Carpenter
Emporia State College
Paul L. Carpenter
Richard W. Crawford
Linda
Ricky
Kansas City
Herman Crawford
Betty Crawford
Neva
Orville Mason
Judy
Camp Crawford
Fredonia
BYF
Philmont Ranch
Charles Hiller
Robert Hiller
Larry Armel
Paul Finney
George Longbine
M. H. Wakefield
Wakefield
Carthage
Machine's Mistake Delivers Million Dollar Postal Money Order
Ft. Riley soldier Pfc. Paul Scibetta cannot cash a postal money order for one million and five dollars though it should be sixty five. The extra funds appeared from a faulty printer while he intended a down payment for an apartment for his wife Lucille from New York.
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FT. Riley
Kas
Pfc
Paul Scibetta
Lucille
New York
Scibetta
Local Folks Visit and Return from Trips
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Fisher and their son visit with Wes Whitworth family. Paul Cassady and sons Micky and Terry return from Cheyenne Oklahoma. Marilyn Shaffer attended a friend’s wedding in Moran. L. R. Rogers home for the Fourth in Yates Center with Mrs. Light and kin. Wills family from Wyoming return after visiting Thurman relatives. Ronald Shaffer, summer worker at Kansas University, visits home with his parents.
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Cecil Fisher
Wes Whitworth
Paul Cassady
Micky
Terry
Cheyenne
Okla
Marilyn Shaffer
Moran
American Legion and Auxiliary Meet For Covered Dish Dinner
Thayer American Legion and Auxiliary held a 7 o'clock covered dish dinner with Mrs. Dale Anderson as hostess. Marjorie Fitzgerald of Cleveland Ohio presented the puppet show The Black Strawberry. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. J E Vance Eric county commander. The Auxiliary will meet July 11 with Mrs. McCready. Christian Service camp enrolled 107 juniors and 23 faculty members. Bradley Coffey served as dean.
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Cherryvale
George Papusch
Martha
Nancy
Kay
Fort Worth
Tex
H. M. Minnich
Jean Enroute
Gary
Ind
Jim Forbredy
Kristin
Lisa
Danville
Milo Hazen
Harold Umbarger
Cheryl
Marilyn
Carrie Stipp
Will Roger Me
Local 4-H and family news from Thursday report
Cheryl Umbarger chosen for 4-H music camp at Rock Springs June 3 to 7. Lucky Clover 4-H club member. Harold Umbarger family visits from Ontario California. Kay Leaming to wed Eugene Kent Simeon May 26 in Clayton New Mexico. Betsy and relatives update from Thayer to Manhattan to Coffeyville.
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Harold Umbarger
Kay Frances Leaming
Dodge City
Eugene Kent Simeon
Clayton
N. M
Kay
Ralph Leaming
Thayer
Mike Brewer
Parsons
J. S. Burt
Bob
Cheryl Umbarger
Cedar Bluffs
Coffeyville
Bernice Walt
Mary Johnston
Manhattan
Robert Sellers
Paola
Lena Black
Young Circus Siblings Highlight Hamid Morton Display
The Chanute Tribune notes the world’s youngest circus stars Nida Rene and Yvonne, aged 2 6, as trick uni cyclists with the Hamid Morton circus. Their father John Joanides, a Greek-born juggler, and mother Vonda, a trapeze star born in Torino, Italy, headline the family’s act. The children were born in Florida.
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Nida 2
Renee
Yvonne
Hamid-Morton Circus
John Joanides
Athens
Greece
Vonda
Torino
Italy
Florida
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James M. Phillips
Vacaville
Daily Transcript
Gilbert Wilson
Banta
Central
N Larson
Lewis Stowell
Garfield Harold Stephens
Grant
Evergreen
L. Winans
Denman
State Corporation Commission
Cestion
Carl Pullman
Women's Missionary Society of the
First Baptist Church
Mmes
A. L. Chan- EE
J. Lombard
Will Hoke
World Wide Guild
WWG
Arthur Solomon
Ralph Kepley
Sharon Pullman
Carl Pollman
Alva Trowbridge
Pullman
William Leonard
Rosetta Hammond
Erie & Vicinity
Mary Mears
Beloit
C. P. McKinnie
Mildred Mears
Emporia State Teachers College
Emery Davis
Topeka
Roy Davis
Lennell Slaten
Pittsburg State Teachers College
Hugh J. Slaten
Chester Doyle
Doyle
John Yawman
Frank Ladd
Stephen
Stanley
Billings
Mont
Jake Whitworth
Bartlesayville
Harvey Weide
BBC
Katy
Chanute, Kansas
Marjorie Fitzgerald
Cleveland
Paul Holter
Holter
Donald Baker
Mike
Tommy Mitchell
Gary Wright
Larry Anderson
Lucky Clover
Rock Springs
Janis Stafford
Batesville
Ark
Cleo Stafford
Martin Riggle
Larry Umbarger
Main & Santa Fe
Ashford Manka
Wichita Lawyer
Wichita University
Washburn Law Schoor
Sedgwick County
Republican County
Duz
Fiuste
Camhy
CAMRY
Spic Span
Main & Highland
West Main & Plummer
Olsen
Wieners
Olsen’s
Texas
Charleston
Clearfield
Oxydol
Olson
Reg
Charmin
Ooh
Ves
Woodbury Soap
Riceland
Carton
C&h
Ugar
Acai
Mapa Detergent
Adishes
The
Chanute Tribune
Timmy
Carolyn
Glenn Thornton
Alan
Terrie
Ronnie
Raymond Stafford
Tulsa
Truman Fogleman
the Tribune
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