Spelling Bee Ends in Draw Between Two
Washington AP Officials crowned co-champions Michael Day and Nettie Crawford after a longest head to head spell off where neither could spell esquamulose. The 1962 winners each receive 1000 dollars and a New York sightseeing trip. Barbara Brugnaux won 250 dollars as third place.
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Washington
Michael Day
Hardin, Ill
Nettie Crawford
Roswell
N.M
Nettie
New Mexico
Michael
New York City
Barbara Brugnaux
Youngstown
Ohio
Therese Horvat
Kansas City
Kan
1000 Homes Go on Sale in Kansas
AP reports more than 1000 low cost homes put on the market in Kansas under FHA guidance. Listings span the state with many Wichita area properties. Most homes fall into 8000 to 11000 dollar range. some foreclosed or deeded back by owners due to missed payments. FHA Kansas director Frederick A. Mann cites defense cutbacks and overbuilding as causes along with looser credit fueling poor risk loans.
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Topeka
Kansas
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
Wichita
Frederick A. Mann
Mann
Light earthquake rattles San Francisco Bay area
A light quake shook parts of the San Francisco Bay area on Wednesday night. It followed a heavier quake that damaged shelves and plaster in the Ukiah Cloverdale area about 100 miles north. Seismologist Don Tocher said the center was 50 miles southeast of Berkeley. No damage reports followed.
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San Francisco
San Francisco Bay Area
Ukiah-Cloverdale
Here
Don Tocher
University of California
Berkeley
Santa Fe Payroll Tops One Million for Chanute Area
Santa Fe representatives told Chanute Chamber members that the railroad’s Chanute payroll exceeds 1000000 annually, with 210 employees in Chanute and $14 million yearly in wages. The visit covered local operations, track mileage, trains, and tax contributions, noting 526 miles of Neosho County track and four daily passenger trains. The group highlighted Chanute as a vital division freight hub and outlined future industrial development plans.
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Chanute
Santa Fe Railroad
Chamber of Commerce
Santa Fe
Chamber
Tioga Hotel
Jeff A. Smyth
Frank Young
Topeka
Harold Cox
M. M. Mowrey
L. S. Lawrence
Lawrence
Wilbur Allison
Smyth
West 21St
North
Lincoln
Santa Fe Trail Transportation Co
Neosho County
Joplin
Tulsa
Wellington
Kansas City
United States
Santa Fe Railway
Leavenworth
Octave Chanute
L&g
14Th
Car Crash Damages Vehicles at 2nd and Forest Intersection
Cars driven by W. M. Benson and Mrs. Mildred MecQuin sustained extensive damage in a collision at 2nd and Forest about 1:45 p.m. Benson said sun glare blinded him. Estimated front damage to the Benson car $225 and to MecQuin’s left side $250. A separate minor accident on 11th near 1020 S. Washington involved a 1955 Chevrolet backing from a garage hitting a parked 1951 Chevrolet. damage to the LaLage vehicle estimated at $25.
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W. M. Benson
N. Steuben
Mildred MecQuin
S. Grant
2Nd and Forest
Benson
Neal Heil
Savonburg
McQuin
2Nd
Forrest
Heisman
Richard Smith
S. Washington
Smith
Leo LaLage
N. Central
LaLager
Gordon Willis
Plummer
Kansas Pilot Killed in Texas in Plane Crash
Amarillo Texas AP report states Austin E Wetzler 68 a Kansas pilot and Boeing aircraft engineer died from injuries after a fuel exhaustion crash near Panhandle Texas His death followed in flight from Kansas en route to various events including a dairy princess contest and a Jensen Egg Co salute to Industry event including a chamber meeting set for next Tuesday.
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Mahlon Morley
Chamber
Amarillo
Tex
Kansas
Austin E. Wetzler
Chamber Board
Panhandle
Texing
Wetzler
Aeronautithe
Ottawa-South Asia
Boeing Aircraft
Neosho County
Wichita
Kan
Jensen Egg Co
Estes Case Hearing Delayed Over Manuel Firing Question
A House subcommittee postponed its Estes hearing to debate whether to dismiss staff attorney Robert Manuel amid accusations he leaked an Agriculture Department report. Democratic and Republican members argued in executive session before public testimony by former Agriculture official James T. Ralph was to begin.
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Washington
House
Billie Sol Estes
Robert &. Manuel
Manuel
Agriculture Department
Estes
New York Herald Tribune
L. A. Fountain
D-N.c
Fountain
Ross Bass
Tennessee
Neal Smith
Iowa
Florence Dwyer
New Jersey
Odin Langen
Minnesota
Bass
James T. Ralph
Secretary of Agriculture
Methodists Plan History Of Kansas Church Written
The Kansas Conference of the Methodist Church and the Central Kansas Conference hire Dr. Roy L. Smith of San Bernardino to write and publish a history of the Methodist Church in Kansas. Ten thousand copies initial, no publication date yet. Bishop Eugene Slater says Kansas is a real mission field.
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Emporia
Kansas
The
Methodist Church
Central Kansas
Roy L. Smith
San Bernardino
Calif
Smith
Christian Advocate
Church Magazine
Nickerson
Kan
Eugene Slater
Topeka
Community Planning Seminar Attracts Local Interest
An average of over 30 residents attended two hour sessions this week in Chanute to study town growth and planning. Donald D. White of Kansas State University led the seminars sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce and funded by the city.
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Chanute
Ing
Donald D. White
Kansas State University
Manhattan
Chamber of Commerce
Tioga
Tthe Home Savings Building
City Commission
Lucky Luciano Dies Of Heart Attack In Naples Airport
Charles Lucky Luciano, aged 64, died January 26 in Naples from a heart attack, not poison, according to an Italian medical report. Reports had linked his death to possible poisoning after he staggered and collapsed at the airport while under narcotics police observation. A U S narcotics official noted his deportation and imminent arrest as investigations continued.
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Naples
Italy
Charles
Lucky) Luciano
United States
New York
U.S. Bureau of Narcotics
Luciano
Wheat Harvest Resumes in Kansas From Southern Field Activity
Wheat combines busy in Sumner County with spot cutting along the southern Kansas border. Harvest expected to reach full swing in the southern third of the state by next Monday barring more rain. Minor labor and combine shortages reported at Wellington Pratt Bucklin. branches opened today at Meade Montezuma Bucklin and Ness City.
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Great Bend
Kan
Sumner County
Kansas
Kansas Harvest Labor Control Office
Next Moniday
Wellington
Pratt
Bucklin
Meade
Montezuma
Ness City
Lord Attlee Is Discharged After Ulcer Surgery
Lord Attlee, 79, former Labor prime minister, was discharged from a London hospital after duodenal ulcer surgery. A hospital spokesman said his recovery is satisfactory.
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London
Lord Attlee
Senate keeps limited aid to Yugoslavia and Poland
The Senate voted 57 24 to amend the foreign aid bill to ban aid to Communist ruled countries, while allowing limited shipments of surplus food to Yugoslavia and Poland. Undersecretary Ball argued the policy risks a no win outcome and urged continued Western support to maintain influence and deter Soviet dominance.
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Washington
Senate
Kennedy
Yugoslavia
Poland
George W. Ball
Ball
Strom Thurmond
D-S.c
Kremlin
Dean Rusk
Missouri
Kansas
Kansas Traffic Fatalities Log For June 1962
AP report from Topeka shows 0 deaths in the 24 hours ending 9 a.m. Thursday. The June total stands at 3, with 1961 comparable period at 229 for the year.
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Topeka
Kansas
Cat’s Missing Tail Shocks Junction City Power
A Junction City cat triggered a 30 minute power outage after contact with high voltage lines while chasing a bird at a sub station. It suffered a likely tail loss from the main charge, with about 7200 volts involved. workers found the stunned cat atop a circuit recloser before it fled.
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Junction City
Richard Thiessen
Kansas Power & Light Co
Thiessen
Flash Flood Fatal To Two Oklahoma Women
A flash flood on Euchee Creek swept away a Creek County farm family home near Sapulpa Oklahoma. Mrs Evelyn Smith 35 and her daughter Sharon 11 died, Belva 13 and cousin Larry Webster 16 were found clinging to a tree and rescued.
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Creek County
Euchee Creek
Here
Evelyn Smith
Sharon
Throckmorton Seeks Eighth Term as Public Instruction Head
Adel F. Throckmorton, state superintendent of public instruction for 14 years, filed for his eighth term as a Republican. Rep. Ralph E. Skoog of Topeka also filed for reelection to the Kansas House. Gov. John Anderson plans to file for a second term after returning from the World Fair in Seattle.
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Topeka
Adel F. Throckmorton
U.S. Senate
John Anderson
Seattle
Weather forecast shows thunderstorms and heavy rain spread
Central and eastern Kansas face further rain as a cool front moves south. Northwestern areas report up to four inches of rain with damaging hail in Greeley Gray and Sherman counties. Goodland records 2.25 inches at the airport and up to four inches downtown. Southeast Kansas sees early rain statewide totals around .61 to .70 inches in Pittsburg and Coffeyville.
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Topeka
Kansas
Greeley
Gray
Sherman
Weather Bureau
Goodland
Pittsburg
Coffeyville
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Sapulpa, Okla
W. Main
Kevin Rhodes
Mike Rhodes
Marc Rhodes
Lon
Nie Rhodes
Allen
Danny Martin
Oscar Martin
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