Storm Debra Leaves Wide Texas Damage Toll
Houston area surveys show millions in damage from Hurricane Debra as the storm roared from Freeport to southeastern Oklahoma. Boats, crops, roofs, and trees were wrecked while Gulf fleets bore the brunt. Freeport and Lamarque report about one million dollars each, Houston suffers only minor damage.
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Houston
Tex
Debra
Gulf Coast
Freeport
Oklahoma
Gulf
Jim Russell
Lamarque
Rawls and Hanson Lead Mount Prospect Showdown
Betsy Rawls and Beverly Hanson hold 54 hole totals of 219 and lead by one stroke over Mickey Wright and Louise Suggs at 220 in the Mount Prospect Women's Open. Fay Crocker sits at 221 with Patty Berg at 224 as the $6,500 first prize pursues the $20,000 event total.
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Mount Prospect
Betsy Rawls
Beverly Hanson
Mickey Wright
Louise Suggs
Fay Crocker
Montevideo
Uruguay
Miss Rawls
Miss Wright
Miss Suggs
Alliance
Miss Hanson
Miss Crocker
Patty Berg
Two Children Critical After Long Falls
Two children remained in critical condition after falling from a high building in New York. Francine Gibson, 9, jumped from a fifth floor window and was cushioned by a tree on the sidewalk. Tony Cruz, 3, fell from an eight story roof to a grassy area below.
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New York
Francine Gibson
Tony Cruz
Gas Service to Seek Rate Increases Across Four States
The Gas Service Co plans to seek higher rates for about 580,000 customers in Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and Nebraska. Missouri rate rise would be 6 cents per 1 000 cubic feet. Kansas customers east of Emporia face 6 cents more with those west of Emporia set to 32 cents higher if approved.
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Kansas City
The
Gas Service Co
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Emporia
Nixon and Stevenson Comment on Moscow Visit Tone
Richard Nixon in Moscow Friday said Khrushchev acts by mood shifts and repeats behavior with Americans. Adlai Stevenson, vacationing in Havant, England, called the international situation more grave than a year ago. Stella Thompson, 37, keeps a tame wild mouse in her single room flat and refuses to move from a large house, saying the mouse would not adapt to new surroundings.
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Richard M. Nixon
Moscow
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Stevenson
Havant
England
Stella Thompson
Miss Thompson
Will
Pittsburg Couple's Pet Duck Joins Trips and Moves
Norma and Bob Barclay of Pittsburg raised a mallard duck rescued as a chick. The duck, named Jackie after laying eggs and hatching eight ducklings, accompanied trips, returned from Garden City zoo, and will move to Iola where Jackie will become a teacher.
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Harold O. Taylor
Pittsburg
Kas
Norma
Bob
Norma Barclay
Jack
Barclays
Duck
Garden City Zoo
Garden City
Barclay
Jackie
Iola
London Bank Raid by Child Led Burglars Stuns Police
A weekend bank raid in east London was led by a gang including a child or dwarf who slid between bars to open a lavatory window. Police say the tiny member let the others in through the front door and the gang escaped with 20 000 pounds.
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London
East London
Humboldt And Nearby Residents Travel And Celebrate
Humboldt residents and visitors recount weekend trips to Tennessee Kentucky and Arkansas including Memphis and Tullahoma visits. A birthday dinner honored Mrs J A Van Nice Jr of Emporia with multiple family attendees. Local gatherings included Elmdale anniversary and a library story hour with 32 children.
Humboldt and friends gather for summer weekend notices
Humboldt with her parents Mr and Mrs Herman Crawford visits in town. KU guest H J Bergeron spends weekend with home folks and joins J A Van Nice family. Paul Finney returns from Cheley Camp Estes Park Colo after four weeks. Guests include Mr and Mrs Verlin Peterson and children from Columbus and Dr Fred Shaw from Chanute as guest minister at the Presbyterian church. The choir sings Bach anthem If Thou But Suffer God to Guide Thee. organist Todd Cannon plays. Church vacation observance starts in August with only Sunday school services. The Hall of Fame Kansas drive planning meeting occurs Tuesday in Great Bend with national leaders.
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Helen Peters
Clinton
Harry Peters
Miss Peters
Tennessee
Kentucky
Arkansas
Albert Slater
Memphis
Tullahoma
Tenn
Paul Hardman Jr
U. S. Force
J. A. van Nice Jr
Emporia
Community Park
H. J. Bergeron
Baytown
Tex
C. G. Puckett
Lawrence
G. C. van Nice
Nellie Kester
Wichita
J. A. van Nice
Minnie Towles
Humboldt
Curtis
David
Jane
Susan
Warren Works
Clyde Lowry
Elmdale
Ed Rensick
Bill Broadbill
the Swordfish
Coffeyville
Phil
Leon Barfoot
Presbyterian
Cedar Bluffs
Roy Mason
Floyd West Sr
Dale Fairchild
Chanute
Anna Stout
Marshall Stout
Iola
Homer Thomasson
Hepler
Betty Crawford
Kansas University
Fred Shaw
Presbyterian Church
Robert A. Finney
Bach
Todd ‘Cannon
Farm Hall of Fame Chairmen Named in Kansas Drive
Twelve district chairmen were named to spearhead a Kansas Agricultural Hall of Fame drive aiming to raise one million dollars. The five million dollar memorial will be built near Bonner Springs. State chairman J A Mermis Jr of Great Bend announced the appointees including David Ferguson of Colby and C L Cushing of Downs with J Milton Sorem among others.
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Great Bend
Kas
Kansas
Agricultural Hall of Fame
Bonner Springs
J. A. Mermis Jr
David Ferguson
Colby
C. L Cushing
Downs
J. Milton Sorem
Ottawa man jailed for multiple traffic and assault charges
Jon Eugene Alterman, 20, of Ottawa Kansas, was sentenced to five months in jail and fined 445 dollars for resisting arrest reckless driving speeding up to 90 mph running a red light excessive noise driving without headlights and attempting to assault a patrolman with an automobile.
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Kansas City
Kas
Jon Eugene Alterman
Ottawa
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Rawls
Hanson
Main
Santa Fe
Philadelphia
Theodore J. Welsh
William Tartuski
Department Store
First National Bank
Chanute, Ks
F.d.1.c
Global Briefs
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Australia
China
Edwin L. Williams
Churches of Christ Bible College
Russia
Alexandria
Egypt
Israel
United Arab Republic
Gamel Abdel Nasser
Farouk
Nasser
Moshe Dayan
Manila
U.S
Charles Bohlen
Felixberto ‘Serrano
Clark Air Force Base
Bohlen
Florence
Italy
Adlai Stevenson
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Long
Louisiana
Earl K. Long
Harry Truman
Truman Library
Independence
Little Rock
Ark
Concordia
Dan J. Dresling
Seneca
Clifford Hope Jr
W. E. Lehmberg
McPherson
Herbert A. Binger
Topeka
Leigh Warner
Cimarron
Robert Cribb
Pratt
A. J. Collins
Hutchinson
Ralph Perkins
Howard
W. C. Hartley
Paola
Hall of Fame
W. Maio
Bidg. & Loan
Ings
Discount Company, Inc
Evergreen
Kanses
Lae
Yea
Michigan
Sunshine
Tin
Washington — Moorpark
U. S
U. S. No
Bauers Market
Swift
Oriole
Meadow Sweet
Sweet
Cottage
Rami Tae
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