Boy Stabs Neighbor To Death In Timken Kansas
Rush County authorities investigate a fatal stabbing of Mrs. James Pivonka by a 16-year-old neighbor, John O Berny, near Timken. The youth, son of a general store operator, admitted the slaying and is held in juvenile custody pending possible adult prosecution. The attack left Mrs. Pivonka dead from multiple stab wounds after she staggered toward her brother-in-law’s home. She named the boy before dying. he was found at his father’s store and admitted the act before a lie detector test. The case raises questions about motive and the handling of a minor in a murder charge. Timken lies about 25 miles northwest of Great Bend.
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Timken, Kan
Rush County
James Pivonka
Young O'Benny
la Crosse
Pivonka
Final Arguments Today Before Railroad Panel
Washington AP report on final arguments in the rail labor dispute before a presidential emergency panel headed by Wirtz. The panel will draft a report for Kennedy to send to Congress by Monday, with a July 29 deadline looming and possible mediation or compulsory arbitration options discussed. The clash centers on new work rules tied to featherbedding and the potential loss of 60,000 jobs versus safety concerns and union bargaining.
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W. Willard Wirtz
Congress
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House
Oliver P. Bolton
Ohio
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State Junior Golf Opens at Independence Kansas
The state Junior Amateur golf tournament starts in Independence with an 18 hole qualifying round. Ninety one entrants under 18 compete as Tom Frenn of Topeka wins the warm up with a 234 yard drive and Greg Tompkins of Newton is runner up at 231 yards. Two 18 hole rounds of match play proceed Wednesday and Thursday culminating in the final.
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Independence, Kan
Tom Frenn
Topeka
Greg Tompkins
Newton
Ministers urge Garnett race study and Sunday ban
Garnett Kansas ministers urge Governor Anderson to appoint a committee to evaluate the Grand Prix sports car races for value or harm. A riot during the Fourth of July weekend disrupted the town. They also propose not scheduling races on Sundays and restricting alcohol sales to minors.
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Garnett
Kan
John Anderson
Kansas
Garnett Ministerial Alliance
Salina Jarretts Top Bronson To Reach Fourth Round
The Salina Jarretts beat the Bronson Broncos 8-5 to eliminate Bronson from the Kansas Non Pro baseball tournament. Salina improves to 2-1, while Kansas City Truckers won 2-0 over Hutchinson Warriors on Tom Corrigan’s no-hit pitching. Wichita Rapid Transit defeated Junction City 4-1.
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Salina Jarretts
Bronson Broncos
Kansas
Salina
Kansas City Truckers
Hutchinson Warriors
Tom Corrigan
Wichita Rapid Transit
Junction City
Dodge City Moose
Kinsley St. Mary's
Wichita National Guard
Greenley
McPherson
Wichita Iga
Bandit Steals $4500 From Missouri Bank
A quiet unmasked bandit entered the Madison Bank in Madison, Missouri, held two cashiers at gunpoint and forced them to fill a white cloth sack with cash. After fleeing in a late-model white Plymouth, estimated at 1962 or 1963, the suspect and vehicle have not been located as of Monday.
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Madison, Mo
Madison
Thelma Maxey
Nancy Dixon
Jepsen to Attend FCIC Meeting in Minneapolis
Albert R. Jepsen district supervisor for southeast Kansas will attend the FCIC national conference in Minneapolis from July 22 to 26. The agency marks its 25th anniversary. plans for program improvements will be presented. FCIC now covers 1,100 counties in 38 states and provides crop cost insurance on 20 crops for about 500,000 farmers.
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Albert R. Jepsen
Yates Center R. 3
Kansas
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
Minneapolis
Minn
FCIC
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Jepsen
York in improved condition. hospital says ulcers healing
Sgt Alvin York, Medal of Honor recipient, is reported in improved physical condition at a Nashville hospital. Ulcers that had hospitalized him are healing well, but no decision has been made on when he will be released to Pall Mall, Tennessee, where he lives.
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Associated Press
Nashville
Tenn
Alvin York
Nashvill
York
Pall Mamm, Tenn
Veteran oil producer Theo Morgan dies in Wichita
Theo A. Morgan, 83, longtime oil producer and former Kansas Corporation Commission director, died Monday in his downtown Wichita office. His death was due to a heart attack, discovered by his brother-in-law, Charles Peebles, after he did not return to his apartment. Morgan’s oil career began after early investments and the El Dorado field opening in 1915. He served on the commission from 1934 to 1937 and 1939 to 1956, and earlier worked as a shoe merchant before entering oil full time around 1919. In later years Danish farmers supplied mink skins, with Morgan acting as a consultant.
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Wichita
Theo A. Morgan
Kansas Corporation Commission
Charles Peebles
Morgan
el Dorado Field
Corporation Commission
Subcommittee Named By Development Group
The Kansas Economic Development Commission formed a subcommittee at its first regular meeting in Wichita to pick a permanent director. Members Wesley Sowers, Mark Robeson, and Harrison Johnson were named with Sowers as chairman, while interim director William Yerkes remains in place until a permanent hire.
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Wichita, Kan
New Kansas Economic Development Commission
Wesley Sowers
Wichita
Mark Robeson
Kansas City
Kan
Harrison Johnson
Independence
Sowers
William Yerkes
Shirley MacLaine to make final film after settlement
Actress Shirley MacLaine will star in one more movie for Hal B. Wallis and Joseph Hazen under an out of court settlement made public Monday. The deal grants her unqualified script approval before production. She sought to void her 1957 contract, citing a California law banning long employment terms.
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Los Angeles
Shirley MacLaine
Hal B. Wallis
Joseph Hazen
Miss MacLaine
California
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