Local Briefs and Social Notes From Chanute Area
News items list funeral notices, club meetings, and family news. Cremona Grange meets Friday at Cremona School at 8 with sandwiches and iced tea. Neosho Valley HD Unit gathers Friday at 2 at Mrs. George Maddill’s home. Local residents Loy family visit Chanute relatives from Arlington Virginia. Chanute students cited on KU dean’s list: Jack Wortman, Jean Ashley, Marilyn Mull. Lt Paul Gilmore visits family in Urbana and bases transfer to Alexandria Louisiana. Birth announced for Ronald Edwin Manning in Hawthorne California. Manning family includes Ricky Lee.
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Chanute
University of Kansas
Jack Wortman
Carl Wortman
Jean Ashley
Ed Ashley
S. Highland
Marilyn Mull
John
A. Mull
N. Steuben
Paul J. Gilmore
John L. Gilmore
Urbana
Gilmore
Alaska
Malmstrom Air Base
Great Falls
Mont
Alexandria
Ronald Edwin
Billy Joe Manning
Hawthorne
Calif
Mannings
Ricky Lee
Manning
Joe Manning
Troop 6 Takes Second In District Swim Meet
Retabulation shows Troop 6 of the Christian church placed second in the SeKan Area Scouts district swim event at the municipal pool on Monday night. Troop 55 of Iola won with 39 points. Troop 87 Humboldt and Troop 3 Chanute followed as top finishers. individual winners include Bill Horton and Tim Rule in the 50 yard crawl.
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Boy Scouts
The
Christian Church
SeKan
Methodist Church
Iola
Chanute
Humboldt
Bill Horton
Tim Rule
Bob Hiegele
D. Potts
Chris Coots
Winters
Local youth swim meet results and participant names
87 year old Jolds Robert Henderson placed in the 25 yard back stroke for 12 to 13 year olds. Chris Coots and Donald Dodd posted times with 25 and 55 respectively. The 50 yard back stroke included explorers Charles Hiller 87 Jerry Ulrich 55 Bob Wulf 87. Relays covered 100 yard events with teams Roberts Hurst Hiegele Greathouse 55 Rubew Dean Halverstadt Winters 3 Haller Wood Brazil Zaragosa 27. Medley relay named explorers Jerry Ulrich Vernon Lee Lee Brown Buck Thompson 55 Potter Van Gotten Legge Palen 3 Bob Wulf Ron Wulf Dwight iCrum Dick Griffith 87. Diving across all ages featured Dennis Dodd 25 Parkins 55 Brian Haller 27.
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Jolds
Robert Henderson
Chris Coots
Donald Dodd
Andy McDonald
Charles Hiller
Jerry Ulrich
Bob Wulf
Roberts
Hurst
Hiegele
Greathouse
Rubew
Dean
Halverstadt
Winters
Haller
Wood
Brazil
Zaragosa
Vernon Lee
Lee Brown
Buck Thompson
Potter
van Gotten
Legge
Palen
Ron Wulf
Dwight iCrum
Dick Griffith
Dennis Dodd
Parkins
Brian Haller
Wooden Rig For Drilling Is Assembled
A faithful reproduction of an old wooden oil drilling rig has been erected in Boomtown at the Semicentennial Ex position in Oklahoma City. Sam Shakley spearheaded the project for Anderson-Prichard Petroleum Co. with timbers sourced from Drumright and Dilton areas. two critical pieces required construction from patterns and spliced beams.
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Oklahoma City
Boomtown
Oklahoma
Sam Shakley
Anderson-Prichard Petroleum Co
Drumright
Dilton
Parkersburg
W. Va
General Maxwell Taylor to Speak at Army CGSC Graduation
Gen Maxwell D Taylor chief of staff will be commencement speaker at graduation exercises June 18 for 617 regular course students at the Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth.
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FT. Leavenworth
Maxwell D. Taylor
U. S. Army
Army
Command and General Staff College
Atlas Missile Explodes After Two Mile Rise at Cape Canaveral
The Atlas intercontinental missile launched from Cape Canaveral rose two miles before exploding in a fireball at 2 38 p m. Air Force officials gave few specifics but confirmed a missile was fired and no casualties occurred. Convair and General Electric observers noted this differed from prior blasts and valuable data was gained.
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Missile Test Center
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Air Force
Defense Department
San Diego
Calif
Convair Corp
General Electric
State Department Plans Major Staff Cut
Washington report states the State Department is mapping a cut of up to fifty percent in its staff, aiming for substantial staff reductions across divisions.
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Washington
State Department
34-member U. S. legation staff in Communist Hungary
A 34 member U S legation staff remains in Hungary as the Communist government tightens control over foreign missions. The situation highlights ongoing diplomatic sensitivities between Washington and Budapest amid heightened political friction.
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U. S
Hungary
Only State Approved Fireworks Are Legal
TOPEKA As far as the state is concerned the sale and shooting of fireworks will be legal for eight days this year June 27 July 5. Only fireworks tested and approved by the state fire marshal s office may be sold. State regulations do not supersede city ordinances prohibiting sale and handling of fireworks. Regulations limit the types of fireworks which may be sold in Kansas to roman candles fountains pinwheels railway fusees sparklers parachute shells non poisonous snakes firecrackers up to half inch in diameter and 12 inches in length mines stars comet or floral type shells and colored box one fire and smoke pots.
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Topeka
Kansas
Chapman Named to Wadsworth VA Post
Marvin A. Chapman age 42 was appointed manager of the Veterans Administration Center at Wadsworth Kansas. He currently serves as domiciliary administrative director in VA medicine and surgery at the same agency in Washington. He will assume duties June 1 succeeding William N. Gregg who retires.
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Washington
Marvin A. Chapman
Veterans Administration Center
Wadsworth
Kas
Chapman
Department of Medicine and Surgery
William N. Gregg
Labette to Issue No-Fund Warrants for Salaries and Repairs
Labette County receives approval from the State Commission of Revenue and Taxation to issue 23450 in no fund warrants. Funds will raise county pay scales, repair the Oswego courthouse elevator, and refurnish Parsons municipal courtroom.
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Topeka
Labette County
State Commission of Revenue and Taxation
Oswego
Parsons
Midwinter Musings and Fort Larned Dedication Reflections
A writer uses a second floor porch as a night work space for column writing and correspondence. The Fort Larned dedication, led by Col Brice Custer and Col Carl Reber with Senator Glee Smith as chair, is celebrated with local society, volunteers, and a museum re dedication on the old Santa Fe Trail. The piece notes new plantings including Golden Chain Tree and a Sedgwick County tagged car lingering by the house, suggesting company or casual curiosity.
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Gevurue
Paris
Eiffel Tower
Fort Larned
Frizell
Parsons Team Wins Kansas Officers Pistol Meet
The Topeka police department No. 1 team scored 1174 points of 1200 to win team honors at the Kansas Peace Officers convention pistol contest. Awards were given at a dinner ending the spring meeting. Ferris Keroney, 91, Syr ian, died in Souieda Syria while returning to his homeland to be with family. A letter from his son Najim, postmarked May 24, gave no death date. Johnnie Adams, 16, from LaHarpe, is missing after leaving his home Monday.
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Parsons
Topeka
Kansas Peace Officers Assn
Coffeyville
Ferris Keroney
Souieda
Syria
Letha Bowser
Keroney
Najim
Runaway suspect eyed after dental appointment in Chanute
Sheriff B. E. Lorance said Adams vanished on Tuesday after an appointment for dental work. Officers statewide were asked to watch for him as the search continued. In Parson s the Kansas Wholesale Liquor Dealers Assn opens its annual two day convention with about 95 attendees expected.
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Parsons
Kansas Wholesale Liquor Dealers Assn
Six Story Dorm For KU Students
Topeka bids open July 9 for a six story men s residence hall at the University of Kansas to house 400 students in double rooms. The state architect s office estimates the building will cost about 1 2 million dollars.
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Topeka
University of Kansas
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