Little Cindy Cooper Crowned Water Carnival Princess
Cindy Cooper three years old daughter of Mr and Mrs Wayne Cooper was crowned Water Princess at the Munipal Swimming Pool during the 25th annual water carnival. About 700 spectators attended a program featuring clowns divers a water ballet and a style show of bathing suits. Winners in the swimming races were announced with multiple firsts and seconds in beginner intermediate and two division races. The crowning of Cindy Cooper closed the event with a beach ball necklace and crown.
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Cindy Cooper
Wayne Cooper
S. Lincoln
Carl Ranabargar
Bob Brundage
Bob White
Gary Kennedy
Tommy Lindblad
White
Coral Naides
Vickie Gardner
Linda Rhodes
Jackie Marts
Barbara Koenig
Elaine Durham
Julie Hansen
Dinah Morris
Judy Ranabargar
Andrea Evans
Gloria Byers
Michal Gibson
Peggy Dormois
Karen Kreider
Bertie Goolsbee
Barbara Hunt
Karen Poos
Red Cross
Ronnie King
Stan Maring
Ann Neeley
John McCoy
Robert Marts
Jeff Erickson
Robert Pearman
Kathy Erickson
Evelyn Seefeldt
Nancy Weseloh
Sherry
Mary King
Debbie Barker
Janice Scott
Bill Crumline
Bill Broughton
Bobbie Crumrine
Bruce Burris
Dalice Rush
Don Abbuehl
Burris
Tribune
Cindy
Rattlesnake Foils Haying Incident Near Urbana
Two area youths Earl Wayne Hole and Larry Ingraham were working on the Roy Triplet farm south of Urbana when a rattlesnake coiled under a baler. Hole narrowly avoided injury as both men killed the three foot snake with hay hooks after hearing buzzing noises from beneath.
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Earl Wayne Hole
Larry Ingraham
R. 1
Urbana
Hole
Ingraham
Heart Attack Fatal In Rugged Oregon Mountains
William J. Horner a 24 year old University of Kansas graduate from Libertyville Illinois died in the rugged mountains of northeastern Oregon. The coroner said he suffered a heart attack. Eighteen men working in shifts carried Horner from a wilderness area about 50 miles northwest of Baker after he collapsed last Monday.
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Baker, Ore
University of Kansas
William J. Horner
Libertyville
Ill
Oregon
Horner
Baker
Leavenworth Escapee Captured by FBI
Claude Monroe Hornback 40, who escaped from Leavenworth’s honor farm, was arrested by FBI agents after being spotted on a Kansas City street. He was serving a five year sentence for moving forged securities across state lines. Harold Norman Stewart, who fled with Hornback, surrendered earlier at the Platte County Missouri sheriff’s office.
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Kansas City
Claude Monroe
Hornback
U. S
Leavenworth
Kan
FBI
Harold Norman Stewart
Platte County
Cattle Prices Steady In Replacement Sale at Kansas City
Prices held steady at the weekly replacement cattle sale at the Kansas City stockyards. Top price was 26.85 for 50 Hereford steers averaging 441 pounds. Calves under 500 pounds sold 22.10 to 26.60, yearlings 20.75 to 23.50, and feeders over 700 pounds 21.35 to 23.29. Receipts reached 1,300.
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Kansas City
Panel Discussion On Recreation Plan At Tioga Hotel
A public panel on the proposed city recreation program will meet tomorrow at 8 PM in the Tioga Hotel. Don Jolly and local leaders from PTA and the Ministerial Alliance join the Chamber of Commerce arranged event. Questions will be answered. the recreation measure appears on next Tuesday's primary ballot.
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Tioga Hotel
Don Jolly
Parsons Recreation
PTA
Ministerial Alliance
Chamber of Commerce
Wonderful progress on Osa Johnson museum walls and plans
The Osa and Martin Johnson museum project advances as the former Santa Fe freight depot at 16 S. Grant nears completion. Interior painting, plumbing, and air conditioning hookups are underway, with an open house planned in about two weeks to showcase progress.
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Osa and
Martin Johnson Museum
E. Rosenthal
Chamber of Commerce
Rosenthal
Santa Fe
S. Grant
Weather sees heat trough as storms move into state
Forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with scattered evening and night showers and thunderstorms tonight and Friday. Hot and humid conditions continue with lows near 70 and highs in the upper 90s. In Kansas, Garden City hit 108, Dodge City 106, Goodland 101 while Hill City and Russell saw lower readings amid sparse rain.
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Topeka
Kansas
Garden City
Dodge City
Goodland
Hill City
Russell
Oklahoma
Nixon Acceptance At 8 Tonight
CHICAGO AP Vice President Nixon’s office tentatively fixed 8 oclock CST tonight as the start of the Republican presidential nomination.
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Chicago
Nixon
Nixon Chooses Henry Lodge as GOP Running Mate
Nixon taps Henry Cabot Lodge United Nations ambassador as his vice presidential pick at the Republican National Convention. Lodge acceptance is expected after late arrival with Nixon planning a broad campaign across the nation.
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Nixon
Henry Lodge
Chicago
Richard M. Nixon
GOP
Luaity
Henry Cabot Lodge
Lodge
South
Texas
Georgia
New York
Nelson A. Rockefel
Walter H. Judd
Minnesota
U.S
United Nations
Midwest
U. N
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
White House
Illinois
William Stratton
Kennedy
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Eisenhower
Johnson
Election Officials to Attend School of Instruction Here
Election clerks and judges working Chanute polling places for Tuesday's primary will attend a school of instruction tomorrow night led by City Clerk Howard Parsons. Ninety officials will staff double election boards as Parsons outlines polling place locations and precinct boundaries across the city and county.
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Howard Parsons
Parsons
Lith
Evergreen
Senior High Trade School
Third Precinct
Fourth Ward
11Th South
Roosevelt School
Chanute
Alcott
Lincoln
Two Escapees Recaptured by Erie Sheriff
Two escapees from the U S Disciplinary Barracks at Leavenworth were recaptured by Sheriff Jerry Sloan and Undersheriff George Neely in Erie. Gerald L. Cooke 23 Mt Pleasant Michigan and Paul E Bowerman 23 New Albany Indiana face terms for burglary larceny and AWOL. They fled Tuesday evening and were chased down in an alley after attempting to bolt. A 1950 Chevrolet pickup tied to the escapees triggered further inquiry into vehicle ownership and possible theft.
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Sloan
Meno
Neely
Virgil Olson
Erie
Leavenworth
Wasser
James E. Dewberry
U. S
Paul Bowerman
Gerald Cooke
R. L. White
Highway Patrol
Cottage Grove Votes Move Polling Place to Prairie Grove
Township Trustee Grover Russell directs Cottage Grove voters in Allen County to cast ballots at Prairie Grove school for the upcoming primary. The Cottage Grove school previously served as the polling site.
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Cottage Grove
Prairie Grove
Cottage Grove Township
Allen County
Grover Russell
Russell
First Polio Case Reported in Sedgwick County
Wichita health officials said Sedgwick County records its first polio case of the year. A 22 year old Wichita woman shows slight paralysis in one arm despite having received two polio immunization shots.
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Wichita (Ap
Sedgwick ‘County
Wichita- Sedgwick County
Rosemary Harvey
Wichita
Altoona man hit by car near town center
Jack Reynolds a 78 year old Altoona resident was struck by a car about 10 am He was treated at St Margaret’s Hospital Fredonia for a head cut and a bruised hip and kept overnight Undersheriff Ron Klingenberg said James Post Sr driving on the wrong side of the street caused the crash Reynolds is an uncle of John Corns Chanute
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Altoona
Jack Reynolds
Wilson County
Klingenberg
Post
Second Hugh Wilson Bogus Check On Bank Circuit
Police report a second no fund check tied to Hugh Wilson. A $15 check cashed at Coast to Coast last Friday followed by a second $11 check from McCune Drug Store. Both drawn on Bank of Commerce and payable to Hugh Wilson, signed by A. C. Martian and A. C. Barnes.
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Hugh Wilson
McCune Drug Store
Bank of Commerce
A. C. Martian
A. C. Barnes
Man chokes to death as pills blamed in Coral Gables
Jamieson H. Pereira, 26, an office worker, was found slumped near his bed with a half-eaten meal. Medical examiners say he apparently took sleeping pills before eating, leading to his death.
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Coral Gables
Fla
Jamieson H. Pereira
Pereira
Traffic Fatalities Log For Topeka Area Given
Kansas traffic death log shows 24 hour period ending 9 am with 268 fatalities, comparing 1960 to 324 for the corresponding 1959 period. Data notes include Topeka and nearby regions with daily counts and trends in road fatalities.
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Topeka
Kansas
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Tom Durkin
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Henry Cabot
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