Ex-Convict and Girlfriend Captured After Wakeneey Slaying
Ex-convict Harry J. Bloomer and his 17-year-old companion Shirley Nion were captured after a three day search near WaKeeney Kansas. Bloomer, charged with murder and assault, gave a signed statement deemed satisfactory by County Attorney W R Hainline. The town marshal Al Claycamp was killed and Sheriff Chet McAfee wounded during the incidents. Bloomer faces a first degree murder charge and joint custody issues for Shirley.
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W. R. Hainline
Rego County
Harry J. Bloomer
Youngstown
Ohio
Bloomsburg
Benton
Bloomer
Shirley Nion
Wilsonville
Neb
Here
Wakkeeney
Trego County
al Claycamp
Chet McAfee
McAtee
Shirley
Kansas
Hutchinson
WaKeeney
National Guard
Benson Place
Ogallah
Left Hand Pitch Protest Against Animal Target Practice
Mrs. Orville Morrison of Earlton R1 filed a protest letter to The Tribune opposing use of dogs for rifle target practice. She defends dogs as helpful farm companions and cites her collie Skippy as a loyal friend that protects family and livestock from snakes.
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Orville Morrison
Earlton
R 1
the Tribune
DWI Charge Linked to Local Driver in Chanute
Skippy the dog was treated after a bullet was removed at the animal center on S. Santa Fe in Chanute. Orville Hibbs faced a July 31 trial date on a driving while intoxicated charge after a highway patrol arrest. Also reported is Tuffy the Boxer delivering seven male pups in the “Lucky Seven Litter,” a rare all male litter noted by owner Owen Oliphant.
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Skippy
Animal Center
S. Santa Fe
Chanute
Orville Hibbs
S. Grant
Highway Patrol Ae
Tuffy
Owen Oliphant
R. 3
Oliphant
Joint Rural High School District approves 40000 bond for shop building
STARK JUR District No 3 patrons vote 264 to 163 approving a 40000 bond to build a 50 by 100 foot Armco steel shop block with classroom and facilities. The project will be repaid over ten years at about 1.50 per 1000 assessed value annually. Construction starts soon but may miss fall opening. It enables new courses in drawing leather craft woodwork cabinet making farm carpentry welding painting auto mechanics plumbing and heating.
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Armco
Falling Concrete Fatal at Augusta
Augusta Kansas report says 47 year old Ralph R Bennington was killed when a 200 pound concrete slab fell from a 30 foot high school building hitting him on the head. Painter Dave Tipton escaped injury as the chunk broke loose from the capstone masonry during window painting. Officials suspect the platform hooks may have loosened the concrete.
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Augusta
Kan
Ralph R. Bennington
Bennington
Dave Tipton
Tipton
Nude women in station wagon puzzle PENTWATER police
Law officers in Pentwater Michigan report limited options after four nude women drive about in a station wagon. They urge the public to note license plates if seen again to aid identification.
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Pentwater, Mich
Western Michigan
Lincoln Man Dies in Fire in Kansas Plant
Lincoln Kansas AP report: William Price about 50 died in a blaze at Mason Refrigeration Co. Tuesday night. Price lived in rear quarters and was found on the floor with a fire extinguisher beside him. Investigators suspect he sounded the alarm and perished trying to fight the fire before firefighters arrived. Cause undetermined.
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Lincoln, Kan
William Price
Mason Refrigeration Co
Price
Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Richard Garrett
Rawlins County
Stafford
Washington
Gormly
Hill
Pittsburg
Wichita
Car Bicycle Collision on Main No Injuries Reported
A 1962 Chevrolet driven by Howard Smith, 43, and a bicycle ridden by Eddie Bridges, 10, collided yesterday afternoon on Main Street as Smith prepared to turn into a parking space in the 100 block. No injuries or damage were reported.
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Howard Smith
Eddie Bridges
Evans Bridges
N. Grant
Main
Smith
E. Main
Bridges
Laos Peace Treaty Approved At Geneva Conference
Fourteen nations at the Laos Conference in Geneva approved the final version of a peace and neutrality treaty for the jungle kingdom.
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Geneva
Laos
Skubitz Attacks Waste Amid Call for Spending Cut
Joe Skubitz longtime Kansas Republican candidate for Congress from the Fifth District spoke at a Neosho County GOP rally blasting federal spending and debt. He urged re evaluation of Agriculture and Interior programs and warned of a $600 billion debt by 1970 while criticizing present tax and foreign aid policies. Anna Peterson announced as a write in candidate for Neosho County Superintendent with about 240 votes needed.
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United States
Agriculture Department
Interior Department
Skubitz
Doles
Sku
Washington
U.S
Ed Peterson
Neosho
Women form committee to improve Chanute parks
Twenty one women met at the Tioga Hotel yesterday to form a Chanute Chamber of Commerce women’s committee. Betty Butcher presided and the group set third Tuesday luncheons. The committee aims to maintain and improve city parks with input from local organizations and city officials before the July 30 budget meeting. Mahlon Morley reviewed an area development seminar as the groups plan joint park efforts and city liaison functions.
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Tioga Hotel
Glen Halbe
Parks and Recreation Committee
Chamber of Commerce
City Commission
Halbe
Mahlon Morley
Chamber
Area Development Committee
Women's Committee
Billfold Recovered. $110 Cash Missing
Clifford Schnedler reports losing a billfold containing $110 and his driver’s license. The billfold was found this morning in front of the Santa Fe depot by L. B. Wilson and turned over to police. Police note the cash was not recovered.
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Clifford Schnedler
S. Evergreen
Schnedler
Santa Fe
L. B. Wilson
S. Central
Traffic Fatalities Log For Topeka Kansas July 27
Kansas traffic death log covers 24 hours to 9 am Wednesday noting 3 fatalities and two earlier deaths not previously reported. The July 27 tally compares with 297 deaths in the comparable period of 1961 and 287 in 1962.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Forecast From 1936 Entrylevel Almanac
Generally fair today and tonight with a rise in clouds Thursday. Temperature little changed with tonight’s low near 70 and Thursday’s high around the mid 90s. Humidity, barometer and exact times not clearly readable.
Pacifist Gormly deemed mentally ill over tax protest
Walter Gormly, a Mount Vernon engineer and pacifist, wrote that a psychiatrist labeled him mentally ill for balking at income taxes after his June Des Moines sit-down hunger strike. He remains at the U S Medical Center in Springfield, Missouri, as he pursues nonviolent tax resistance against the federal system.
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Walter Gormly
U. S. Medical Center
Springfield
Gormly
Mount Vernon
Iowa
Des Moines
James M. Coombs
Peru Coup Seizes Prado Palace in Bloodless Takeover
In Lima troops surrounded the presidential palace and arrested President Manuel Prado after a coup that ended weeks of crisis. The military cited alleged fraud in the June 10 elections and the failed bid by Manuel Odria to seize power.
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Lima
Peru
Manuel Prado
Prado
Manuel Odria
Union Blasts Plan of Rails To Cut Jobs
Cleveland AP report says union leaders deride railroad plans to trim thousands of jobs by new work rules set for Aug 16. Five-union leaders, representing about 200000 workers, may set a strike date Friday though no immediate strike is seen. Kennedy could delay action with emergency provisions.
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Cleveland (Ap
H. E. Gilbert
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Gilbert
White House
Iiremen
Kennedy
J. E. Wolfe
Chicago
Railway Mediation Board
Ratner Case In Hearing In Kansas
Russell Kansas AP Jerry Driscoll Kansas Supreme Court commissioner for the disbarment of former Gov Payne Ratner and his son Payne Ratner Jr sets a preliminary hearing Friday. The board of law examiners and Attorney General Ferguson accuse the Wichita pair of soliciting law business and ethics violations. Driscoll must first rule on motions to dismiss for lack of evidence and to bar Ferguson and the state Bureau of Investigation from questioning active Ratner clients.
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Russell
Kan
Jerry Driscoll
Kansas Supreme Court
Payne Ratner
Payne Ratner Jr
Driscoll
Ratners
Wichita
Kansas
Kansas Board of Law Examiners
William Ferguson
Ferguson
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
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Neosho County
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