Three Boys Found Alive After 50 Hours In Mine
In Castle Shannon, Pittsburgh AP reports three teenagers Bobby Abbott 15 Danny O'Kain 13 and Billy Burke 13 survived more than 50 hours in a gas contaminated abandoned coal mine. They were rescued 2000 feet from the entrance and treated at St. Clair Memorial Hospital for dehydration exposure with Burke's minor lung issue. The boys had parked bikes at the entrance and said they had entered the mine before but took a wrong turn this time.
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Pittsburgh
Castle Shannon
Bobby Abbott
Danny O’kain
Billy Burke
St. Clair Memorial Hospital
Burke
Congress Slowest In History
Washington AP reports the 88th Congress moves slowly with no acceleration on the Senate and House floors. Legislation this week covers peanuts for boiling and data processing gear in the House while the Senate menus include lead zinc stabilization fish hatchery research and Pacific Flyway wildlife conservation.
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Washington
Senate
House
Cheney Man Dies In Helpful Act
John W. Pietze 24 of Cheney Kan died while saving a water skier at Lake Afton. He helped Julietta Elderton into his boat after she fell, then swam after her skis and sank in 20 feet of water. Elderton drifted away as Pietze drowned. the body was recovered.
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Wichita
Kan
John W. Pietze
Pietze
Cheney
Julietta Elderton
Lake Afton
Top Catch in Contest Doesn’t Win Prize
Steve Hass a Fort Scott boy, 13, caught a two foot alligator in the west pond of the Kansas State Reformatory during a fishing contest. The prize catch surprised sponsors. Steve kept the reptile and took it home. Origin of the alligator unknown.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Steve Hass
Steve
West Pond
Kansas State Reformatory
Fort Scott
Chandler vows not to quit at retirement age in Kentucky
A.B. Chandler, aging 65, declares he will not quit politics. The former Kentucky governor and U.S. senator says he will stand up and fight again on his Versilles lawn as he faces retirement after an unelected bid for governor. In Dublin, Bobo Sigrist, heiress wife of Irish filmmaker Kevin McClory, gives birth to a son, after marrying McClory in Nassau last March.
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Versailles
A.B
Chandler
Versilles, Ky
Sigrist
Kevin McClory
Sunday
Dublin
Bobo
McClory
Nassau
Bahamas
State Traffic Fatal to Four Four Killed in Kansas Weekend
Four people died in Kansas traffic accidents over the weekend. In Johnson County a car crashed into a tree killing John Leffert 52 and his wife from Wyandotte County and a car passenger Leland Arlie Junker 25 of Kansas City Kan. Barbara Leffert 16 was critically injured. In Bucklin a Urbana Illinois woman Mrs George Harington 30 died in a one car crash three miles west on US 54. Eva Bell 60 of Urbana was critically hurt. Harington’s car reportedly veered into a ditch while she fought flies.
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Associated Press
Kansas
Johnson County
John Leffert
Wyandotte County
Leland Arlie Junker
Kansas City
Kan
Lefferts
Barbara
Urbana
George Harington
Bucklin
U.S
Eva Bell
Bell
Harington
Missouri
Ark Cillan Wins Kansas Amateur Medal Play Golf
John Nullard of Arkansas City shot 134 for 36 holes to set a course record and win the Lyons Town and Country Club event. OSU student posted 69 on Saturday and 65 on Sunday to finish 7 under par. Runner-up Jamie Thompson of Wichita, 70-69-139, and Jim Colvert of Manhattan, 73-68-141, lead a top 10 including Ludes, Chew Jr., Schedemann, Brown, Jones, Begert, Stevens.
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Lyons
Kan
John Nullard
Arkansas City
Kansas
Lyons Town and Country Club
Oklahoma State University
Jamie Thompsson
Wichita
Jim Colvert
Manhattan
Colbert
Jim Ludes
Jim Chew Jr
Ron Schedemann
Roger Brown
Gun Accident Fatal To Kansas City Boy
AP reports a gun in a friend’s hand accidentally discharged killing 5 year old Mike Sanders in Kansas City. Police say 15 year old Walter Russell Wade claimed the gun was faulty and would not fire.
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Kansas City
Mike Sanders
Walter Russell Wade
Marine PFC Gibson Participates in Wet-Net Training
Marine PFC Donald E. Gibson, son of Mrs. Leona M. Gibson of 111 S Gretchen, took part in wet-net training at Camp Pendleton California with F Company Second Battalion Fifth Marine Regiment First Marine Division. Wet-net training transfers Marines from a troop transport to amphibious assault craft at sea by descending a cargo net over the ship’s side.
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Donald E. Gibson
Leona M. Gibson
S. Gretchen
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Fifth Marine Regiment
First Marine Division
Shirley Return From Kansas City Visit
Mr and Mrs Mose Shirley of 713 W Main have returned home after a two week visit with their daughter Mrs George Krapes and husband in Kansas City.
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Mose Shirley
W. Main
George Krapes
Kansas City
Warren Couple Returns Home After Funeral Notice
Mr and Mrs W T Warren of 620 S Highland have returned from Madison where they were called by the death of her father Frank Greenwood on July 10.
Klauman graduates at San Diego boot camp in weekly Recruit Review
Elton T. Klauman, grandson of Mrs. Amanda Klauman of R. J. Earlton, completed basic training at the Naval Training Center San Diego. He graduated in the weekly Recruit Brigade Review in which about 3,000 men participated.
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Elton T. Klauman
Amanda Klauman
R. J. Earlton
Naval Training Center
San Diego
Corpus Christi Visitors At Lindquist Home
Mrs. L. B. McIntosh and her children Michelle and Shane of Corpus Christi, Texas, are visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Lindquist at 718 North Evergreen and other relatives.
Lloyd Locke Jr Returns From Ozarks Vacation
Lloyd Locke Jr. of 301 S Central returned home Sunday evening after a four day vacation in the Ozarks.
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Lloyd Locke Jr
S. Central
Ozarks
Indian Exposition Opens in Anadarko With 5000 in Attendance
The 32nd annual American Indian exposition began in Anadarko Oklahoma attracting about 5000 members from a dozen southern Plains tribes for a week long event. The scene featured feathered headgear and painted faces marking the cultural gathering.
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Anadarko, Okla
Producer Janney Is Found Dead On Natural Causes
NEW YORK AP Theatrical producer Russell Janney author of Miracle of the Bells was found dead in his apartment Sunday Janney 80 remembered on Broadway for The Vagabond King Police said he died of natural causes
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New York
Russell Janney
Janey
Kansas City Boy Found Dead in Hotel
A 15-year-old Kansas City boy, Robert William McGowan, was found dead in a hotel room from alcohol and amphetamine overdoses. Companions Larry Lee Eriksen and Charles Wayne Wyatt, both residents of the hotel, and an unidentified juvenile were questioned. an autopsy was planned. McGowan had recently left the Ozanam Home for Boys and reportedly never drank before.
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Kansas City
Robert William McGowan
Clarence Huffman
Larry Lee Eriksen
McGowan
Ninth
Oak
Eriksen
Charles Wayne Wyatt
Wyatt
Ozanam
South Korean Foreign Minister Leaves for Washington
Envoys meet in London as Yong Shik Kim departs for Washington to confer with Secretary of State Dean Rusk on Thursday.
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London
Yong Shik Kim
South Korea
Washington
Dean Rusk Tursday
Fast Efficient Commercial or Residential Units Sale
Real estate listing advertises fast and efficient commercial or residential units available by telephone inquiry at HE 1-1090.
Auction of School Furnishings and Buildings in Private Sale
A July 20 auction offers Moore Propane heaters, sewing machines, typewriters, encyclopedias, bookcases, ocean of office and science equipment, plus a 1952 GMC school bus and several buildings. Terms are cash. sale includes private sale of science room gear and multiple structures to be removed by Avent by date. Not responsible for accidents.
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State
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Sunbeam
Royal
Power Kraft
H.P
Atlas Power King Band
H.P. Delco
Craftsman
H.P. Craftsman Motor
GMC
Avent
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