Colonel returns 12 medals in anti Beatle protest in London
Col Frederick Wagg 74, veteran of two world wars, sent back 12 medals to Queen Elizabeth II in protest of the Beatles being named MBE. He resigned from Labour Party and canceled a 33600 dollar bequest. He kept the Croix de Lorraine. hundreds of letters poured into Downing Street and Buckingham Palace as public reaction split.
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London
Frederick Wagg
M.B.E
Order of the British Empire
Harold Wilson
Labor Party
Buckingham Palace
Wagg
Queen Mother
Wilson
Charles de Gaulle
No. 10
Downing Street
Appendix Removed For Second Time In Detroit Boy
Seven year old Robert Lee Carroll left a Detroit hospital after his appendix was removed again. He had first lost an appendix two months earlier, then underwent a second operation on June 4 for another appendicitis. Surgeon Dr. James R. Lloyd called it a rare case and noted duplication of parts of the intestinal tract can occur.
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Detroit
Robert Lee Carroll
James R. Lloyd
Lloyd
Twenty Erie Scouts Attend Camp Wilderness
Twenty Erie Boy Scouts spent last week at Camp Wilderness near Elk City. Activities included fishing swimming canoeing and scout work. The Rattlesnake Patrol won first in the camp competition Friday while the Eagle Patrol placed third.
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Erie
Wilderness
Bee Creek
Elk City
Rattlesnake Patrol
Eagle Patrol
Kimball area social notes highlight neighborhood gatherings
Community updates recount a surprise birthday for Mr. Milford Page hosted by Mrs. Max Page. Many families from Kimball and nearby towns shared visits to Topeka, Chanute, Iola, and Parsons. Hospital, travel, and extended family events fill a busy week with multiple dinners and reunions.
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Elmer Owen
Ethel
Topeka
Owen
Kimball
Don Dreyer
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Max Page
Richard Brenneman
Jeff
Parsons
Brennemans
Carol Stewart
Timmy
Teresa
Joe Vincent
Carla
Jean
Penny
Rosemary
Milbern Kelsey
Iola
Moran
Mary Patterson Smith
Kelsey
Valley School
Francis Vandegrift
Chanute
Floyd Lee
Paul Cook
William
Nettie Davis
Johnnie
Jeffrey Gard
Milford Page
Emery Gard
Ed Brown
Pete Gunter
James Greenwood
Russell Page
Verl Pontious
Three Housewives Five Others Learn Belly Dancing Art
Eight women study Mideast belly dancing at The Penn Center Dance Club in Philadelphia. Susanne Hoffman known as Princess Neila teaches the art, while students cite personal satisfaction and release. participants include three housewives, a student, two dancers, a ceramics teacher and a photographer.
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Philadelphia
Susanne Hoffman
Penn Center
Princess Neila
Miss Hoffman
Marie Vartanian
Republicans Gain Seats In Georgia
In Georgia’s general election Republicans won 17 of 47 contested House races and hold 22 of 205 seats while Negro legislators gained eight seats marking the first African American representation since 1907. Fulton County favored Democrats amid reapportionment shifting urban weight toward the legislature.
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Fulton County
Atlanta
Georgia county elects Negro Democrat over white Republican
In Muscogee County Columbus Alabama area Chief victory went to attorney Albert W Thompson over Dr I A Maxwell Jr with Thompson securing a landmark win in a segregated era. The county supported Barry Goldwater in 1964 and lies within Rep Howard Callways district.
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Albert W. Thompson
I. A. Maxwell Jr
Muscogee County
Columbus
Barry Goldwater
U.S
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Mons
Ranz Motor Co., Inc
Oldsmobile 50
Eddie Hazen
Lynn Hazen
Bowman
Archer
Ricky Shireman
NRA
Hunter
Wayne Lunday
Pioneer
James Phelps
Chip
Joe Phelps
Yeoman
Earl Lunday
Frank Howard
Stanley Walker
Craig Burress
David McGowen
Arrow
Tom Currie
Randy Stroup
Buddy White
Roger Wood
Charles Finley
Russell Long
Harold Enos
Mike West
Steve Mill
James Rowland
Jack Shireman
Art West
Tom Burress
Dick Wood
Earl Miller
Raymond Enos
E. L. Howard
Ernest Craig
Manfred McGowan
Ed Naanes
C. O. Wright
Kansas State Teachers Assn
Naanes
Post County Superintendents Assn
Mary Richey
Charles Coleman
Janet Smith
Oklahoma City
Holly Jones
Wichita
Toby Watkinson
Newport
R. L
Gene Johnson
Kirk
DeAnn
Bartlesville
Phil Parker
Hancock
N. Y
Bruce Leonard
South Carolina
Harry Rodman
Troy
Bill Harwood
Southington
Conn
Bill Nielsen
California
Bill Coleman
Nova
Cecil Thurman
Tom Thurman
Morrie Berglund
St. Petersburg
Fla
Elsie Cation
Ruth Brooks
Humboldt
Mary Wittsell
John Kozaka
Sam Wood
Kiwanis Club
al Wilburn
Kiwanis Division
Don Lawrence
Melanie
Sterling
Oliver Killough
Walnut
Carnation Club
Kimball Area
R. E. Davis
Sunnymead
Calif
Clarence Collins
Hazel Clark
Henderson
Nev
Camdenton
Clark
Jewel Clements
Richard
Mary Ellen
Roy Daggett
Guy Renfro
Cheryl
Joe
Jimmie Dean
Clarence Daggett
Marion Page
McCune
Bill Shively
Weir
J. J. Schenherr
Vern Heilman
Don Sailors
Lavenburg
Carol
The
Federated Church
Fred Beard
Tulsa
Anna Beard
Otis Fisher
Opal Currie
George Holding
Mary Eby
Manhattan
Holding’s
Eby
Clara Holding
Charles Babcock
Max LaRue
Cora McKinney
Grace Lindsey
Kansas City
Kansas Weighing and Inspection Department
CCC
Mae
Chanute Grain & Seed
South Santa Fe
Jackson
Miss
Midwest Auto Store
Main & Aighland
Georgia
Atlanta, Ga
House of Representatives
Chanute Tribune
Bank of Commerce
SEARS
Allstate
W. Main
East Main Street
Maalox
Colgate Dental Cream
Upjohn Unicaps
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