Seaman Apprentice Carter Completes Navy Electricity Course
Armed Services Seaman Apprentice Bill Carter has earned a basic electricity certificate from Navy electronics school and is assigned to the data systems technical school in Vallejo California. He is the son of Mrs. Chester Umbarger and the late Troy Carter and has 114 weeks of training ahead. Also Sgt John R Van Houden reports to the American Division in Vietnam as a crew chief. His mother Mrs Adeline Caldwell and wife Kunigunda live in Denver area with his father in Nucla Colorado.
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Bill &. Carter
Navy Electronics School
Data Systems Technical School
Vallejo
Calif
Chester Umbarger
N. Lafayette
Troy Carter
McPherson College
McPherson
Navy
John R. van Houden
Vietnam
Adeline Caldwell
Airman Matzek Assigned to Colorado Duty
Airman Paul R. Matzek is assigned to a unit of the Aerospace Defense Command at Peterson Field Colorado for photomap ping training and duty. He finished basic training at Lackland Texas and is a Chanute High School 1956 graduate.
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Paul R. Matzek
Aerospace Defense Command
Peterson Field
Colo
Lackland Air Force Base
Tex
Harray A. Matzek, R. 3
Chanute High School
Neosho County Community Junior College
Local News Briefs From Independence and Surrounding Areas
A collection of short notices reports traffic control after a wheel loss on Seventh and Lincoln and a radio antenna damaged on Lafayette. Local families visit relatives in Missouri and Colorado with camping trips and birthdays celebrated in Thayer Barton and Chanute. A 16 year old was held overnight for curfew violation following a family disturbance.
Leakage at Fort Scott pool drains city budget
Utilities commissioner Albert Price reports the Fort Scott swimming pool loses about 25 000 gallons daily due to a leak. The pool will close Tuesday morning for a second time this summer to repair an earthen base under the diving boards, costing about 30 dollars daily for water and chemicals and an estimated 200 dollars for labor materials and backfill. The pool will be closed two days.
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Fort Scott
Albert Price
Price
Frizzell Sets Public Hearing on Barton County Grievances
Kansas Attorney General Kent Frizzell announced a public hearing in Great Bend on July 24 to address a growing file of complaints from Barton County. He promised cooperation with the county attorney to prosecute any illegal acts and said the hearing could spur a new investigation if needed.
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Topeka
Kent Frizzell
Great Bend
Kan
Barton County
Frizzell
Atty
Robert Sonderholm
University of Kansas Closed for State Moon Flight Holiday
Gov Docking proclaims July 21 as a state holiday in observance of the U S moon flight and all KU offices and classes are suspended Acting Chancellor James R Surface says only a freshmen preview program and essential maintenance and protection activities will occur on Monday in Lawrence Kansas
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Lawrence
Kan
Robert Docking
University of Kansas
James R. Surface
Deaths and Funerals Mrs Loneta Swanson
Mrs Loneta Johnson Swanson 40 daughter of Fred C and Mrs Johnson died in Tulsa. Born August 3 1928 in Tulsa she married William E Swanson December 2 1950. Survived by husband son Ron two brothers George C Johnson Carroll sister Dora E Bonar. Funeral arrangements by Stanley Funeral Home Tulsa.
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Loneta Swanson
Loneta (Johnson) Swanson
Tulsa
Fred C. Johnson
William E. Swanson
Cha
Stanley Funeral Home of
Daily Transcript Neosho Memorial Hospital Notes
Visiting hours are limited to 2 to 4 PM and 6 30 to 8 PM. The patient census lists 68 adults and pediatrics with seven babies. Friday admissions include Paul E Frazier Judy E Baker Ray Orr and today Troy Hunziker. Discharges Friday include several named residents. Police summons issued Friday and one arrest for intoxication and resisting, held in city jail.
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Neosho Memorial Hospital
Paul E. Frazier
Moran
Judy E. Baker
Humboldt
Ray Orr
S. Highland
Medical
Troy Hunziker
W. Main
B. R. Pearman
W. 4Th
John Gray Jr
Donald Wyatt
W. Elm
Dee Mitchell
S. Larson
Kay Lowe
Alfred Hastings
Edward Guenther
Benedict
Roscoe Offenbacker
Buffalo
James Brant
Kenneth van Wickle
S. Steuben
Myron Gallison
S. Evergreen
Curtis Hupp Jr
S. Forest
Independence City Budget Sees Tax Levy Cut
Independence tax levy for 1970 drops to 28.87 mills from 1968 level. City valuations rise to 15.45 million, expenditures set at 1.51 million, about 236 thousand higher than the current year.
Independence Juco Tax Levy Higher
Independence Junior College district trustees approved a 1.04 mill levy increase and a 1.50 mill vocational education tax for the coming year. The 1970 total levy rises to 10.43 mills from 9.39. General fund budget is $526,056 with tax valuation up to $37,000,170 from $36,332,753.
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Independence
Independence Junior College
Board of
Trustees
Gen Real Fund
Reassurance To Parsons and Goldwater Case Summary
The 2nd U.S. Court of Appeals upheld the 1968 verdict against Fact magazine publisher Ralph Ginzburg and editor Warren Boroson over a 1964 Goldwater issue. Goldwater was awarded $50,000 punitive damages and $1 in compensatory damages from the magazine in a suit tied to allegations of psychological fitness. Separately in Parsons Kansas, the Army will allocate its share of ammunition production despite a delay in selecting a new contractor operator for the Kansas Army Ammunition Plant.
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New York
U.S. Court of Appeals
Fact Magazine
Sbeling
Barry M. Goldwater
Arizona
Goldwater
Fact
Ginzburg
Warren Boroson
Lyndon B. Johnson
Parsons, Kan
Kansas Army Ammunition Plant
Joe Skubitz
Parsons Sun
Skubitz
National Gypsum
View of Campus Used in Book
An aerial image of Neosho Junior College’s campus will appear in a University of Arkansas professor’s book. Dr. R W Roberts selects the campus as an example of a modern college site for vocational and arts instruction.
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Neosho Junior College
University of Arkansas
R. W. Roberts
W. H. McMurry
Roberts
Charles Moore
McMurray
Robert
Data Program For SEK Area Data Program
The Ozarks Regional Commission based in Little Rock Ark has contracted with T. W. Willis and Associates of Farmville NC to build a four state community data information program. Data on all incorporated cities will be collected across labor transport utilities and more then fed to a computer to create a city profile used for planning and attracting industry. Mid-America Inc will run the program in southeast Kansas with a start aimed for mid August and city visits planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Ozarks
Mid-America, Inc
Discharge Received for Ronald Holmquest
Ronald Holmquest was discharged from the Marines on July 1 and has returned home. His parents are Mr and Mrs Howard Holmquest. He served 13 months in South Vietnam.
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Yates Center
Ronald Holmquest
Marines
Howrd Holmquest
South Vietnam
Traffic flow across Kansas rises 2.6 percent in 1968
A state highway commission map shows total traffic on Kansas highways increased 2.6 percent in 1968 from 1967. Southeast Kansas rose 2 percent, while North Central Kansas saw the largest gain at 4.9 percent. Traffic was measured at 3,300 spots nationwide annually by the commission.
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Kansas
State Highway Commission
Commission
Kansas Bureau of Investigation picks new director by next Wednesday
Atty. Gen. Kent Frizzell said two candidates remain for KBI director with one from the bureau and one outside. The chosen director will work with outgoing director Logan Sanford until Sanford’s retirement at the end of August.
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Topeka
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Atty
Kent Frizzell
Frizzell
Black Hills
South Dakota
Bureau
Logan Sanford
Sanford
Leg Show In Idaho Leg Show In Idaho
At Farragut State Park Idaho the National Boy Scout Jamboree seventh edition draws 31000 young scouts in green shorts and their leaders not a female in sight. Russ Buskins a Princeton veteran jokes about bloomers while Lloyd Reeder of Friendswood Texas says space messages from Apollo 11 will arrive and cites his father Maj Lloyd Reeder as trainer coordinating with Neil Armstrong.
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Farragut State Park
Idaho
Las Vegas
Mountains
Lloyd Reeder
Friendswood
Tex
Lloyd
Maj
Neil Armstrong
Appointment Made To Alaskan Post
Former Anchorage mayor George Sharrock is named to the $30,000-a-year Alaskan development post. President Nixon’s brother declined the post for personal reasons after Edward C. Nixon was appointed chair of the Federal Field Committee for Development Planning in Alaska last April.
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Washington
George Sharrock
Anchorage
Nixon
Department of Commerce
Edward C. Nixon
Federal Field Committee
Alaska
Seattle
Wash
Woodson County 4 H Camp Attendee List Report
Thirty six Woodson County 4 H ers and three agents attended the county 4 H camp at Rock Springs State 4 H Center near Junction City last week. Read list includes Marian Massoth Lynda Scott Lurita Scheibmer Peggy Zar ing Angie West Karen Brazil Patsy Fitzpatrick Joyce Blec ha assistant home economist Mrs Mary Lee Edwards home economist Joe Smith agri cultural agent Betsy Light Donna Lewis Rick Weston Gary Frederick Gil Stockbrand Lynnder Morton Charles Maule Jr Danny Karmann Marold McCoy Glenda Patterson Linda Frederick Debbie Cope Kandi Gaudren Kim Gordon Nancy Zaring Maria Jay Deanna Stevens Patty Weston Kathy Kreuger Susan Cope Roxanne Smith Lori Rodgers Lyndal Stockebr and Karen Riley Judy Smith Beth Pringle Cheryl Hartzler Cindy Old Debbie Morrison.
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Yates Center
Betsy Light
Donna Lewis
Rick Weston
Gary Frederick
Gil Stockbrand
Lynnder Morton
Charles Maule Jr
Danny Karmann
Marold McCoy
Glenda Patterson
Linda Frederick
Debbie Cope
Kandi Gaudren
Kim Gordon
Nancy Zaring
Maria Jay
Deanna Stevens
Patty Weston
Kathy Kreuger
Susan Cope
Roxanne Smith
Lori Rodgers
Lyndal Stockebrand
Karen Riley
Judy Smith
Beth Pringle
Cheryl Hartzler
Cindy Old
Debbie Morrison
St Paul requests fulltime deputy amid burglaries and patrols
Residents push for a fulltime deputy in St Paul to aid Neely's office as burglaries verurs heavy losses. Two volunteers patrol the town and cemetery nightly, four to six hours, and say crime and traffic problems have been greatly reduced since the patrol began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Neely
Recovery Plan Aims to Restore $60,000 to Kansans
Michael G. Quinn of the Kansas State Securities Commission prepares restitution claims for about 40 or 50 investors in Television for God a non profit claiming Shawnee County District Court ruled against the firm The suit sought an injunction on further sales and restitution The investors were told proceeds would fund religious TV films with no risk and guaranteed profits
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Topekap
Television For
God
Michael G. Quinn
Quinn
Shawnee
Kansas
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Thayer
Coleson
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Dutton
Hanke
Loyd Whitworth
Grandaughter
Nanette Waldrip
S. Sgt
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Panama City
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Grand
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Daily Transcript
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Parsons
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North Forest
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