Wild car chase ends at Illinois roadblock in St Louis
A man Hiller Hayes and woman Darlene McCracken fled with hostages after shooting a motorcycle trooper in St Louis. They led officers through Missouri and into Illinois before surrendering at a roadblock near Waterloo. Hostages Portell Wilde and his mother-in-law were unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Illinois
David Jones
Jones
St. Louis County
Mississippi River
Hiller
Red) Hayes
McNeil Island
Wash
Darlene McCracken
Kansas City
Robert Portell
Harry Wilde
Wilde
Marie Schelting
Hayes
Portell
Waterloo
Ill
McCracken
Humboldt junior high group tours Kansas City churches
A Humboldt junior high summer Bible class group visited Kansas City sites including a Jewish synagogue Episcopal Cathedral Lutheran and Presbyterian churches and the Methodist Book Store They picnicked at Swope Park and returned Saturday Attendees were Marlene Johnson Phil Fussman Clifford Van Nice Tyson Nunnels a guest Sharon Taylor and Rev Robert E Osborne The Women s Missionary Society of the First Baptist met Friday with president Mrs Lloyd Hengan leading the opening song and prayer Reports list white cross quota clothing for Bacone College and Murrow Indian Home Muskogee OK and later clothing for Mather School South Carolina Summer meetings move to 2 pm and Love Gift was led by Mrs A L Chaney Twenty one members and four children attended Mr and Mrs Robert G Osborn
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United Presbyterian Church
Kansas City
Swope Park
Humboldt
Marlene Johnson
Phil Fussman
Clifford van Nice
Tyson Nunnels
Sharon Taylor
Robert E. Osborne
Women’s Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church
Lloyd Hengan
Ralph Kepley
E. J. Lombard
Ray Middendorf
Joe Peters
White Cross
Bacone College
Murrow Indian Orphanage
Muskogee
Okla
Harry Smith
Mather School
South Carolina
A. L. Chaney
Lawrence Larson
Mmes
Herbert Tidd
Frank Johnson
Carl Huffmaster
Lombard
Lions club hosts Ladies Night dinner in Altoona
Altoona observes Ladies Night at a Lions club dinner with guests including Mrs. Maude Barnett of Wichita and Mrs. Madge Addington. The Sweet Town Gems Home Demonstration Unit served at the school cafeteria. Decoration Day hosts at the Gamble home included Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Gamble and Mrs. Robert Evans. Family visits and travel noted among multiple local residents and friends, with pastor Rev. R. David Craig relocating to Bourbonnais Illinois.
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Altoona
Lions Club
Maude Barnett
Wichita
Madge Addington
James Johnson
Sweet Town Gems Home Demonstration Unit
Virgil Gamble
Rose
C. F. Gamble
Robert Evans
Vicki
Chanute
Ross Burns
Douglass
Bernadine Burns
Estill Skull
Neosho Memorial Hospital
J. D. Follick
Don Endicott
Kansas City
Kas
R. David Craig
Bourbonnais
Ill
Craig
Lynn Aldridge
Independence
Alta Aldridge
Joan Starbuck
Judy High
Linda Watson
D-Day anniversary observed at Bayeux ceremonies
Bayeux marked the D-Day anniversary with solemn ceremonies as French Veterans Minister Raymond Triboulet and Foreign Minister Maurice Couve de Murville laid wreaths on a floodlit liberation monument. Also reported were an AP dispatch on Southeast Asia air exercise and Ecuador’s Velasco Ibarra winning the presidency.
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Bayeux
France
Normandy
Europe
Raymond Triboulet
Maurice Couve de Murville
Quito
Ecuador
Jose M. Velasco Ibarra
Eichmann Tries Suicide in Israeli Prison Awaiting Trial
A spokesman said Eichmann attempted suicide in an Israeli prison where he awaits trial for complicity in the Nazi mass murder of six million Jews. All measures have been taken to prevent further attempts.
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Adolf Eichmann
Eichmann
British TV announcer removes coat and necktie on air
London AP reports BBC announcer Alex MacIntosh appeared in an open neck shirt on air marking a first for British television. The studio felt hot as outside temperature reached 83 degrees.
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London
Alex MacIntosh
British Broadcasting Corp
Family voyage to Colorado cousins and back home
The family left Friday for Denver to visit cousins and will travel to other parts of Colorado before returning home.
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Denver
Colorado
Sisters Headed to Wichita for Convent Activities
Sisters M Dorothy and M Cath erine, teachers at St Josephs School, departed Friday for Wichita to attend a con vent of the Sisters of the Most Precious Blood. Sister Dorothy will later teach a vacation school in Loving New Mexico. Mr and Mrs Alfred Hastings drove the sisters to Wichita.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Dorothy
M. Catherine
St. Joseph's School
Wichita
Sisters of the Most Precious Blood
Dorothy
Loving
N. M
Alfred Hastings
Garvie Couple Vacationing at Grand Lake Colorado
Mr and Mrs George T Garvie are spending a vacation at Grand Lake in Colorado. They are described as traveling to the resort town for leisure and relaxation. The note highlights their stay at a local lodging over an unspecified period.
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George T. Garvie
Grand Lake, Colorado
Earthquake Reported Along Chile South Coast
Moscow based Central Seismic Station of the Soviet Academy of Sciences and Tass news agency report another strong quake today along Chile's southern coast.
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Moscow
Soviet Academy of Sciences
Chile
Tass
Nadine Threatens Pacific Shipping With 65 MPH Winds
Manila weather bureau warns Pacific shipping of tropical storm Nadine with a 65 mile per hour center. The storm was last spotted about 600 miles northeast of the Philippines northern tip and moving northeast at 12 miles per hour.
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Manila
Weather Bureau
Nadine
Philippines
Memorial Day Observed for Korean War Dead in South Korea
In Seoul a Memorial Day observance honored the 136,324 South Korean servicemen who died in the Korean War with services across the nation and commemorations by officials and citizens.
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Seoul, Korea
South Korea
Rotary Club Tonight Hears Dr Kensett on Contact Lens
Dr James W Kensett of Chanute will speak at the Rotary Club this evening. His topic is Contact Lens covering its use and care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Kensett
Chanute
Rotary Club
Marcia Blackston
Intelligence consolidation forecast after U2 incident
Senator Javits predicts a consolidation of U.S. intelligence activities as a response to the U2 spy plane incident. He suggests the secretary of state oversee information gathering across agencies, saying the Senate inquiry showed a lack of coordination rather than fault.
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Washington
Jacob K. Javits
R-Ny
Javits
Senate
Two Year Old Driver Crashes Family Car
Evansville Indiana AP reports a two year old boy Richard Bevens caused a crash when he was found to have driven the family car after bouncing off a telephone pole and smashing into a house. His parents heard the crash a block away and found him after he had disappeared minutes earlier. He reportedly boasted he knew how to drive.
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Evansville
Ind
Richard Bevens
Richard
Everett Bevens
Local families relocate and visit in Bristow and nearby towns
Rose Gamble and others move to Bristow Oklahoma while Miller enters insurance. Sunday dinner guests include Madge Addington and relatives from Guthrie Sedgwick and directions. Vacation Bible school slated June 6 for 10 days with Mrs Clifford Fisher as superintendent. Lt Col Don Hearst and son John visit from Governors Island. Extended visits from Wichita and Chanute. A Toronto Reservoir trip in the Gamble home amphibian fishing dock follows. Funeral for Terry Shepard held in Colony with burial at Altoona Cemetery. he was son of Robert Shepard and grandson of Guy Daniels.
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Rose Gamble
Linda Watson
Janice Wolf
Phyllis Wiles
Sandra Borrer
Joyce Bennett
Richard Stewart
Jim Callarman
Claude Crawshaw Jr
Tom Miller
Bristow
Oklo
Miller
Madge Addington
Bruce Addington
Guthrie
Okla
Hattie Davis
Goldie Gardner
Wichita
Estal Payne
Tampa
Tex
Gordon Goltry
Robert Evans
Vicki
Chanute
Virgil Gamble
Rose
Toronto
Gamble
H. D. Clayton
Bill All
McPherson
Colony
Terry Shepard
Altoona
Terry
Robert Shepard
Guy Daniels
Boyd club formed to back Neosho County governor bid
Fred Harris of Head Huck Boyd Club Here announced in Topeka that a Neosho County Boyd for Governor club is formed. Mr and Mrs Fred Harris of Chanute will be co chairs with more officers to be elected later. The kickoff drew over 100 Boyd supporters from Eastern Kansas counties as Harris attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDill
Huck) Boyd
Topeka
Neosho County
Fred Harris
Chanute
Boyd
Kansas
Harris
Unusual Salesman Case in Philadelphia Store
Alice Brothers bought a necktie at a Philadelphia men's wear shop when a clerk asked her to show him the neckties. The clerk was a bandit who, with an accomplice in a back room, robbed the owner Morris Greenberg of 153 dollars before fleeing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Alice Brothers
Morris Greenberg
Blarney Word Origin Traced to Irish Lord Blarney
The term blarney comes from the famed Irish Lord Blarney celebrated for his fair words and soft speech.
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Blarney
Lord Blarney
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Hi-C
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Riera Bate
UI Amer
Agen
Marshall
Palmolive
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Sylvia Pack
N. Malcolm
van Camp
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Vis
Jor
AJAX
All Purpose Cleanser
Liiquip
U.S
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John P. Nation
Hazel V. Stacy
Head Huck Boyd Club
FAF Club
John Pruitt
N. Lafayette
Atom 4H
Alcott School
W. N
Bil) Gardner
University of Kansas Medical Center
Gardner
John Bardwell
Charles Bardwell
Humboldt High School
George Norris
Thayer
Joey Drilling and Exploration Co
Randall Bell
S. Santa Fe
Gerald Puckett
Norris
James A. Hutton
James B. Hutton
S. Lincoln
San Francisco
Korea
Wichita University
Army
Fort Leonard Wood
Fort Sill
Fort Riley
Marilyn Ostrander
Arthur Dawson
Omaha
Paul Arthur Buchanan
Buchanan
Jennie Lee Dawson Scurlock
Marilyn Mull
John A. Mull
N. Steuben
University of Kansas
Lawrence
Miss Mull
Kansas University School of Medicine
Brotton
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