Independence Art in the Park Showcases Local Crafts
Independence hosts the third annual Art in the Park at Riverside Park featuring more than 50 artists from Missouri Oklahoma and parts of Kansas. Twenty two will demonstrate welded steel sculpture stained glass leaded glass calligraphy painting pottery weaving pottery and other crafts while children explore the Creative Corner and attendees enjoy vocal and instrumental music and theater. Admission is free.
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Independence Arts Council
Riverside Park
Missouri
Oklahoma
Kansas
Doctors Clinic to Rise Near Labette Center
Site work has begun for a new doctors clinic near Labette County Medical Center. The six to nine month project will house eight physicians. Dr. Walter S. Murphy, a Independence native, will start a podiatric practice here on July 18 after moving from Fairmont West Virginia.
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Parsons
Labette County Medical Center
Walter S. Murphy
Murphy
Independence
Fairmont
W. Va
Deaths and funerals Tilford Ames III
Tilford Ames III 89 of 301 S. Rutter died Thursday at Bethesda Nursing Center. He farmed in Pleasant Valley before moving to Chanute in 1955 and was a boiler maker. Born in Fredonia, he lived in Tulsa from 1910 to 1941, then returned to Kansas. He married Katie Walker in 1909 and Bertha E. Travis in 1955, who survives. Survivors include two daughters, a step-son, three step-daughters, 17 grandchildren, 21 great grandchildren, and one great great grandchild. Funeral 2 p.m. Monday at Gibson Koch Chapel. burial Elmwood Cemetery.
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Tilford Ames
S. Rutter
Bethesda Nursing Center
Pleasant Valley
Chanute
Fredonia
Tulsa
Kansas
Baptist Church
Chanute Senior Citizens Club
Neosho
Katie Walker
Bertha E. Travis
H. W
Mona) Lyon
Martha Clifton
Steilacoom
Wash
Max R. Travis
R. 1
Ray
Phyllis) Stevens
Kansas City
Frank
Bertha Jean) Adams
Kent
Carl
Vera) Magill
S. Allen
Gibson-Koch
Children Die As Train Strikes Onlookers In Park
In Huntington Park California a freight train struck four children playing on the tracks killing three and critically injuring a fourth. Brakeman Maurice Dieu described repeated warnings as the locomotive approached at about 15 miles per hour and the children showed no reaction.
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Huntington Park
Calif
UPI
Maurice Dieu
Dieu
Four Kansas women die in two car crash near I 635
A heavy rain collision near an interstate entrance ramp kills Decia Bell Brownie Worden Clara Buck Isabel Buck. The Buck vehicle with five occupants hits a westbound car driven by Howard Hunt who is uninjured. Buck driver Francis Buck is among the injured.
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Kansas City, Kan
UPI
Kansas
Decia Bell
Brownie Worden
Douglass
Clara Buck
Lincoln
Isabel Buck
Augusta
Francis J. Buck
Brownie Worder
Buck
Kansas Avenue
Interstate 635
University of Kansas Medical Center
Med Center
Howard Hunt
Kansas City
Kan
Hays Plans Water Rationing Under 1954 Ordinance
Hays officials plan a Saturday start to water rationing using a 1954 ordinance amid record daily use. City Manager Joe Pence urges extreme conservation as wells near Schoenchen suffer outages and reserves lag.
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Hays
HNS
Joe Pence
Pence
Schoenchen
Neighborhood Notes Reunion and Activities in Chanute Area
The Bockover family plans a Sunday reunion at Highland Park with the whole family expected to attend. Arts and crafts sessions run 9 to 11:15 a.m. on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday at Central Park Building led by Patty Allen. information at Chanute Recreation and Parks Commission, 431-4199. Edna Petterson hosted visitors from Illinois and Oklahoma as funeral services for Tillman Stevens were held in Bartlesville. Worth Waltermire and family celebrated their 45th anniversary with relatives from Oregon and Germany visiting. Johnny Thornton guests included family in Idaho, California, and Oregon. David J. Rideau attended Kansas State University seminars at Manhattan.
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Central Park Building
Patty Allen
Chanute Recreation and Parks Commission
Edna Petterson
S. Central
Beverly Guier
Barrington
Ill
William Steinbrook
Bartlesville
Okla
Tillman Stevens
David J. Rideau
W. 4Th
Kansas State University
Manhattan
Insurance Agents of Kansas
Neosho Memorial Hospital Visiting Hours and Admissions
Daily transcript lists visiting hours 2 to 4 pm and 6 30 to 8 pm with no morning visits. Patient census shows 46 adults and pediatrics and three babies. Thursday admissions include Roy Hurt R 4 Steve George 910 N Forest Mark Roush 1301 S Highland Lee Weeks Grove Okla Mrs Fred White Humboldt. Today Carroll Cummings 802 N Grant Dismissals Thursday Anna Orr Ardyn Heights Home Mrs Carl Young 1109 N Washington Mrs Perry Swan 605 S Steuben Terri Nelson Elsmore Mrs Jim Mugrage and son 324 W 1st Today Earl Whitworth 1412 S Evergreen Orville Shapley Yates Center Craig Jaro Humboldt Mrs Paul States Toronto
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Neosho Memorial Hospital
Roy Hurt
Steve George
N. Forest
Mark Roush
S. Highland
Lee Weeks
Grove
Okla
Fred White
Humboldt
Carroll Cummings
N Grant
Anna Orr
Ardyn Heights
Carl Young
Washington
Perry Swan
Steuben
Terri Nelson
Elsmore
Jim Mugrage
Earl Whitworth
S. Evergreen
Orville Shapley
Yates Center
Craig Jaro
Paul States
Toronto
Sleepy driver injured in truck crash near Neosho County
Lewis Bartholomew, Eric, was admitted to Labette County Medical Center after his 1976 truck hit a culvert on a county road, about 1.5 miles east of the U.S. 59-K 108 junction, after apparently falling asleep around 3:30 a.m. The truck sustained about $4,000 damage and Bartholomew was in good condition by midmorning with minor injuries noted by the hospital.
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Lewis Bartholomew
Eric
Labette County Medical Center
Neosho County
Chanute Receives Ongoing Family Practice Resident Support
Doctor practices Chanute benefits from another in the series of family practice residents. Tom Alderson from St. Francis Hospital Wichita works with Dr. Reuben Burkman during June and July. Beginning in January at least one family practice resident will be in Chanute year round, each serving two months.
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Chanute
Tom Alderson
St. Francis Hospital
Wichita
Reuben Burkman
Burkman
Young driver collides with Humboldt police car
A two vehicle crash at 8 05 p m in Humboldt caused about 575 dollars damage with no injuries The 1971 Ford driven by 19 year old Harry S Salzwedel of Lola struck a 1970 Chevrolet police car driven by Humboldt patrolman Lyle Kee Salzwedel said he looked away to adjust a radio and failed to see the other vehicle In court he was cited for speed not justified by conditions The police car sustained little damage
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Humboldt
Allen County
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Chanute Tribune
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Main
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Biles Lend
Gibson
P.O
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PPA
Degetiam Discount Center
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Jason Lack
Amanda
Cudahy
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Holly
L.A. van Daele
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John Forbes
Virgie Bockover
Frank Bockover
Highland Park
Stevens
Chanute High School
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Erie
Jim Finley
Sam Waltermire
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Ore
Jim Waltermire
Germany
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Thayer
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Boise
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Pasadena
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Martha Ferguson
Darrel
Jean Peterson and Son
Oregon
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Nebraska
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Board OF Zoning Appeals
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City of Chanute
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Elim
Memorial Building
Leamon Hardman
Lucille Beeler
Mobile Home Park
Commercial Club
S. Katy
Chanute Neosho County
Thayer Fire Department
Sonny Smediey
ST. Pat’s
S.E. Kansas
Bockover
Al-Anon
Alcoholics Anonymous
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T& T
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Katy Park
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Tribune
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Quick Restaurant
N. Santa Fe
Belcher
Wayne McCallum
IMP Boats
P.O. Box
Iola
MID Western Distribution Inc
Midwestern Distribution Inc
Pizza Hut of
Westvie Nursing Home
West 2Nd St. Chanute
Advanced System Homes
Mike Palmer
Montgomery Ward
SIX Bulls Restaurant
Humboldt Auction Center
Carma & Firmie Taylor Owners
S. 8Th
Humboldt, Ks
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