Beech pilot seeks single engine nonstop record Manila to Seattle
Marion Pat Boling, 43, of Palo Alto, flies a Beech single engine at 125 mph from Manila toward Seattle aiming for a 45 hour 6,682 mile record. He hopes to reach Seattle Friday morning then possibly continue to Wichita if possible, with Boise wife waiting and church benefiting from the prize money.
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Tokyo
IAP
Marion Pat Boling
Manila
Seattle
Boling
Palo Alto
Calif
Wichita
Kan
William Odom
Honolulu
Teterboro
N.J
Joyce
Boise
Idaho
Beech Aircraft Co
Mid-Year Traffic Toll Rises From 1957 Figures
The National Safety Council cites a mid-year toll of 16,240 traffic deaths, with expectations of 1,500 fewer deaths for the year if trends hold. The six-month rate was 7 percent below 1957 and the best six-month toll since 1954. The council also lists top cities with the safest six-month records per vehicle category.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
St. Louis
Humboldt social notes recount family visits and travels
Claudia Glover Kate Moore and Eva O Conner return from a multi state trip visiting the Wisconsin Dells Soo Locks at Sioux Saint Marie Mackinaw bridge Bayview and Notre Dame in South Bend Indiana They hosted and visited relatives in Humboldt including Mrs Clara Lockhart 91 visiting Pittsburgh Indiana Pa Dubuque Iowa Fort Scott Kincaid Grand Lake Colorado and Lawrence Kansas City others welcomed guests from across Iowa and Kansas with dinners and stays noted for several households including the McFarrens Schmidt Morris and Hauser families.
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Claudia Glover
Kate Moore
Eva O'Conner
Wisconsin Dells
Soo Locks
Sioux
Ste Marie
Mackinaw Bridge
Bayview
Miss Glover
Eleanor Squire
Notre Dame
South Bend
Ind
Joe Potts
Robert Roelfs
Randy
Pam
Clara Lockhart
Karl Lockhart
Dubuque
Iowa
Fort Scott
Kincaid Herbert Garvie
Bartlesville
George Garvie
Grand Lake
Colo
W. T. Garvie
Humboldt
Kansas City Prisoner Faces Murder Charge
Porfirio Aleman, a 37 year old prisoner at a Kansas City jail, is charged with second degree murder in the beating death of fellow inmate Ora Glenn Chapman, 53. Preliminary hearing set for Aug 12 after Chapman died from a brain injury following a confrontation over a cigarette.
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Kansas
Mother Kills Son During Fast Draw Drills in Home
Riverside California sheriff reports Dorothy Clayton 45 accidentally shot and killed her 23 year old son James during at home practice of fast draw drills. Deputies said the incident occurred Wednesday night and is under investigation.
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Riverside
Calif
Amother
Sheriff's Office
Dorothy Clayton
James
Tragic Caliber Duel At March Air Force Base
An airman and Mrs. Clayton exchanged shots with .22 revolvers during a supposed unloaded draw at March Air Force Base. On the third attempt, Mrs. Clayton pulled the trigger and accidentally killed her son with a bullet near the heart.
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March Air Force Base
Tractor backfire costs farmer fourteen hundred dollars
Richmon dMo AP Cliff Oliphant was baling straw when a tractor backfire ignited gasoline in the manifold. The fire spread to the bale motor but Oliphant was not injured.
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Richmond, Mo
Cliff Oliphant
Oliphant
Pensions Approved for Former Presidents At $25,000 Year
The House passed a bill by 165 to 45 to grant former presidents pensions of 25000 dollars annually and widow payments of 10000 dollars per year. The measure would also cover free postage and office staff, though the Senate balked on free office space and mail privileges.
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Washington
Harry S. Truman
Herbert Hoover
Eisenhower
House
Senate
Lion Walks Into House After Meeting Children
An escaped 350 pound lion jumped through a window into Merrill W Heuer s home in Malibu after meeting children in the street. The owner fled as the animal roamed for more than two hours tearing furniture clawing drapes and emitting roars before being lured into a makeshift cage with meat. Heuer keeps the seven year old lion on his property and did not know how it escaped.
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Malibu
Calif
Tne Lion
Merrill W. Heuer
Heuer
Visitors and Funeral Notices Gather in Altoona
Rev. Charles Ice of Jackson Mississippi visited Altoona after attending his father Charles Ice Sr.'s funeral in Joplin Missouri. Mrs. Alice Haywood of Albia Iowa, Mrs. Lois McMurray of Selah Washington, and families connected with the Daniels and Brown households visited or were mentioned. Bruce Daniels died in Chico California and funeral services were held in Fredonia with burial in Altoona cemetery.
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Altoona
Charles Ice
Jackson
Miss
Joplin
Charles Ice Sr
Alice Haywood
Albia
Iowa
Alva Daniels
Lois McMurray
Selah
Wash
Amelia Brown
Mabel Beaty
R. David Craig
Methodist Church
Fredonia
Bruce Daniels
Pryce Daniels
Chico
Calif
Altoona Cemetery
Darrell Allison
Community Guests and Family News Across Town
Local families hosted visitors from Independence to Bremerton and Chanute as travel and reunions filled the week. Highlights include extended stays by the Turners and Short family, Nevada trips by Frank Stanley and Doris, a copperhead bite treated at Wilson County Hospital, and Irvin Wiles celebrating 40 years of marriage with a neighborhood surprise party.
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Pete Turner
R. P. Crotser
Bull Shoals
Ark
Richard Livingston
Baby
Independence
Florene Livingston
Gene Daniels
Wichita
Harry Welk
Irving Latta
Wilson County Hospital
Wayne Douglas
Palms
Calif
Hugh Douglas Sr
Thayer
Ethel Gibson
Mabel Beaty
Amelia Brown
Lois McMurray
Cecil Shoop
Neodesha
Gene Beaty
Don Beaty
David
Parsons
Robert Shepard
Northwest
Robert Stanley
Mandan
N. D
Irvin Wiles
Warren Wiles
Richard Wiles
Guy Daniels
Pryce Daniels
Ward
Dean
Marjorie
Bruce Dannels
Etiquette guidance on separate and joint wedding invitations
The guidance states that each engager should receive individual invitations but allows a joint outer envelope if invitations are short. It suggests addressing the outer envelope to Miss Jane Miller and the inner to both Miss Miller and Mr. Robert Collins and notes that the first page of a social letter need not be numbered, though subsequent pages may be numbered if desired.
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Jane Miller
Miss Miller
Robert Collins
Oil and gas release forfeiture and marriage license notices
Daily Transcript lists district court filing of W C Morgan et al versus Paul Cassady et al concerning oil and gas release forfeiture. Also lists marriage licenses: Karl Lofthouse and Nancy Donaldson. Dallas Dickerson and Joan Lopeman. John Stich and Betty Chase. A L Breedon Jr and Edwina Tarvin. Richard Dearinder and Edna Rousch. Deed transfers and property descriptions follow in Neosho County and Allen County records. Advertising note urges READ THE ADVERTISEMENTS for safe buying.
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District Court
Eric
W. C. Morgan and Wife
Paul Cassady
Karl T. Lofthouse
Kansas City
Nancy Joan Donaldson
Chanute
Dallas Wayne Dickerson
Humbolt
Joan Louise Lopeman
John Richard Stich
Betty Lou Chase
A. L. Breedon Jr
Freedon
Oklo
Edwina Elsie-Tarvin
St. Paul
Richard Ellis Dearinder
Iola
Edna Mae Rousch
82 Westmar College students named to President's Honor Roll
Darrell Dean Life of LeMars joined 82 students at Westmar College in LeMars Iowa to receive President's Honor Roll honors for a 3.25 GPA. The award will be recognized at the September 12 convocation led by President H H Kalas. Also noted is the birth of a grandson to Mr and Mrs Joe Thurman of Sioux City on Mrs Thurman's birthday, born Wednesday morning to Mr and Mrs Dick Wedan of Wichita. the Wedans have two other sons.
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Darrell Dean Life
W. 5Th
Westmar College
LeMars
Iowa
H. H. Kalas
Joe Thurman
S. Malcolm
How Can I Answer Everyday Household Questions
A reader asks about storing furs, mouthwash, powder puff care, proper letter addressing, and removing rust stains. The advice covers cleaning furs, using tobacco and newspaper wrap, lemon juice antiseptic rinse, warm soapy wash for powders, always using titles in envelopes, and pumice stone for rust marks.
Impatient Teen Steals Taxi After Waiting 45 Minutes
In Laramie Wyoming police captured a teenage boy who admitted he stole a taxicab. He said he called for a cab, waited 45 minutes, and, when none arrived, took one from the taxi stand.
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Laramie
Wyo
Two Year Sentence To Attend Church
A Santa Fe woman was ordered by AP District Judge David Carmody to attend church with her children every Sunday for two years or face prison. She had been charged with cashing a $90 welfare check that did not belong to her, with a prison term ranging from two to five years, suspended on faithful church attendance for two years.
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Santa Fe, N. M
David Carmody
Santa Fe
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Wichita, Kan
Richard McFarren
Lawrence
Ellen Marie
Frank McFarren
Leo Schmidt
Schmidt
Paul Schmidt
McFarrens
Kenneth Sharpe
Arnold Thowe
Wayne
Alma
Thowe
Kansas Rural School Association
Frank Thompson
Greeley
Mitchell Thompson
Thompson
Norman Cross
Merle Morrris
Shara Morris
Miss Morris
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Deana Sebbert
M. L. Brown
Nederland
Charles A. Prout
Clinton
Clifton H. Brown
Denver
Henry Hauser
Neva Dawson
Eva
Hauser
Badenheim
Rhine Valley
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George W. Whitsel
Alton C. Franks
Fort Myers
Fla
Texas
Bill Sheffield
Whitsel
Flanders Thompson
Franks
Huntsville
Nippon
Shirley MacLaine
Japan
Far East
Lion
Skip Dent
Daily Transcript
Neosho County
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Lioyd Dell Reed
Dunham's
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Harold Wayne Palmer
Burton's
Cecil Ray Storck
Walter J
Alice Moss
Eden Park
Cleo I. Dalton
Louise
L. G. Rice
Eric Maude E. Johnson
Richard E. Johnson
Ney & Nesey Savif
Herla Rush
Hugh F
Eunice I. Breiner
Beach
Sadie Smith
Floyd M. Cartwright
Allen County
Iola Abstract Co
Lloyd W. Cox
Paul C Ard
Elsmore
George W. Bruner
Estelle G. Hobart
Robert Lee McCoy
Robert A. Voisinet
Frances B. Laster
J. D. Conderman
Ruth Holeman
Marjorie C. Nelson
Arthur Orville Nelson
Harold L. Johnson
Lavonburg
Olof Howerton
Loren M. Howerton
Glenn O. McGuire
EF. Hagerman
Tol
Pauline M. Harrison
Iola Mabelle Y. Brown
R. L. Copening
U.S. Royal Tires
Glen’s Tire
S. Santa Fe
Tribune
Hamburger
W. Maia
Jack G. Reynolds
Meadow Sweet
Sue — Ann
Diane
Bob
Butch
Anahi Anthi
Lee H. Montgomery
Neosho Co
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