Left Hand Pioneers Retire After 107 Years at Santa Fe
L Ray Cole age 76 of 209 S Highland and Jess Snyder age 67 of 1205 S Highland retired from the Santa Fe Railroad last Friday after 61 and 46 years of service respectively. Cole logged about 30 million miles with a top annual 65 000 miles while Snyder began in 1917 and spent most of his career as a flagman. They end long careers marked by steam to diesel shifts and radar radio additions, and plan to enjoy fishing hunting and family in retirement.
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Santa Fe Railroad
L. Ray Cole
S. Highland
Jess Snyder
Cole
Santa Fe
Snyder
The
Tulsan
Cherryvale
H. Snyder
Seattle
Wash
Will Brown Is Released From Custody
Will Brown, who admitted the fatal shooting of his wife at their 1306 N Garfield home, was released from city jail today. County Attorney Pennington cited lack of charges, possible lesser offense, and Brown’s ill health as factors, with lab reports to inform a final decision. Brown said he acted in self defense after his wife snapped a gun. a loaded .22 with an unexploded shell was found in the victim’s hand.
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Will Brown
N. Garfield
Ecity
Pennington
Brown
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Topeka
Mott Gives $128 Million GM Shares to Flint Foundation
Charles Stewart Mott, age 88, donated 1,826,421 General Motors shares valued around $128 million to a Flint based foundation he created with the Flint Board of Education oversight. The gift, kept secret until a stock exchange report surfaced, will fund five areas including training, interracial understanding, civic awareness, and making Flint a center for school administration. Mott built his fortune from early GM stock received in wheel maker ventures started in 1909 and expanded over the decades.
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Flint, Mich
Charles Stewart Mott
General Motors
Flint
Flint Board of Education
Adminis
New York Stock Exchange
Securities Exchange Commission
Mott
General Motors Corp
Trial Ordered For Coffeyville Appliance Dealer
Albert Lesco, an appliance dealer with stores in Coffeyville and Independence, Kansas, was ordered to stand trial in district court at the September term. Judge Raymond Weld set his bond at $50,000 and ordered him held in custody on charges of forging five appliance mortgages and selling them to a finance company in Independence.
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Coffeyville, Kan
Albert Lesco
Independence
Kan
Raymond Weld
Lesco
Coffeyville
Mother of Four Faces Prison Term
Elizabeth Metz, 31, mother of four, in Hutchinson Kansas, faces up to 10 years in prison for forgery after District Judge James Rexroad denies her appeal for a new trial and sentences her.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Elizabeth Metz
James Rexroad
Commandos Land On Cuban Shores Reported by Council
The Cuban Revolutionary Council claimed to have landed commando forces across Cuba with peasant aid and promised a radio transmission the next day. U S officials said they had no confirmation of a large invasion and offered no details on location or numbers, while some reports cited about 500 men.
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Revolutionary Council
Cuba
Cuban Revolutionary Council
Council
Luis Botifol
Washington
State Department
Richard I. Phillips
Department
Miami
U.S
Junior High Band Concert At Central Park Pavilion
Tonight at 8:30 the Junior High Summer Band performs at Central Park Pavilion conducted by Glenn Peak. The 60 member group will play Star Spangled Banner Onward Christian Soldiers The Opener March Two Tunes Overture The Juggler March Give My Regards To Broadway Boogie Woogie Roll Call March with Nada Wagoner leading community singing before and after.
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Pavillion
Central Park
Glenn Peak
Nada Wagoner
Lohoff 53 Dies. Hotel Kansan Manager in Topeka
Albert E. Lohoff 53 manager of the Hotel Kansan in Topeka died Tuesday night after an extended illness. He had led the hotel operations for several years and was a prominent local figure in Topeka's business scene. The death was reported by AP.
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Topeka
Albert E. Lohoff
Kansan
Two Youths Not Guilty In Thayer Justice Court
Two Erie youths Dick Marnell and Dale Moses were found not guilty of reckless driving by a 12 man jury after a about two and a half hour trial in Thayer. Deputy sheriff Carl Studebaker had cited them about two weeks earlier.
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Thayer
Erie
Dick Marnell
Dale Moses
Carl Studebaker
Steel Pact II Reached for Basic Steel Industry
Pittsburgh report says United Steelworkers Union and major steel firms reached an unprecedented contract agreement. Sources say the settlement was finalized at a Labor-Management Human Relations Committee meeting Wednesday night, potentially ending strike pressure in the basic steel sector.
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Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers Union
Basic Steel Industry
Labor-Management Human Relations Committee
Weather Forecast For Topeka And Kansas Area
General forecast calls for fair and warmer weather through Friday with highs in the 80s and mid 60s lows. Topeka notes clear skies and mild temps with upcoming scattered showers spreading across eastern Kansas Friday. Wednesday highs ranged 74 to 87 across Chanute to Salina, with rainfall totals up to 2.92 inches in Burlington and lighter traces elsewhere.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Chanute
Salina
Goodland
Pittsburg
Burlington
Parts Needed Delays Restore Lincoln Finn Signals
City Manager R. J. Hayes said full service of the new traffic control signals at Lincoln and Finn will be restored only after new parts are obtained for the electronic signal controller. The controller and a section of underground cable were damaged by lightning last weekend, and until repairs are made the lights can be used only as flashing signals.
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Lincoln and
Finn
R. J. Hayes
Intercepted Letter Advises Address Book Updates
A brief intercepted note urges Cha to add ZIP codes to street numbers and city zone numbers, include area codes and phone numbers, and mentions payroll implications amid rising rates. The casual tone suggests internal memos about distribution and compensation.
West Main Rezoning Approved by City Planners
The city planning commission voted 10 to 1 to recommend reclassifying West Main residential areas to B-2 business zoning. The plan covers the 900 and 500 blocks, including a Foodtown site to replace the current Main and Grant store. The city commission will review the recommendation next Monday. officials expect adoption and cite growth and reduced spot rezoning as goals.
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City Planning Commission
West Main
Planning Board
City Commission
Bete
Garfield
West
Ning Board
Foodtown
Mar
Mem Ker
George Barker
Marlin Blackston
Doty
Traffic Fatalities and Power Tie-In Debate
Discussion led by O H Cunningham of Mid-America Refining raises concerns about standby power in case of a serious accident at the city plant. He warns that without electric power Mid-America could go broke within 90 days. KG&E debates contract ties to a new Altoona Humboldt line while the city weighs a power pool with TOPEKA towns or its own 24 hour to 9 am remote control units.
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O. H. Cunningham
Mid-America Refining
Altoona
Humboldt
Topeka
T AP
Kansas
Two Teens Arrested in Parsons Thefts and Burglary
Larry Caldwell 16 of 217 S Larson and Dennis Baker 16 of 521 S Central face Neosho and Labette county charges for a break in at Sportsmans Supply 201 W Main and an International Harvester dealership burglary in Parsons last Friday. Caldwell arraigned and freed on 2500 bond with June 26 hearing. Baker jailed on Labette charges awaiting bond or transfer. Authorities say a pistol from Sportsmans Supply and a buried box with stolen money and merchandise were recovered.
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Larry Caldwell
S. Larson
Neosho County
Sportsman's Supply
W. Main
Dennis Baker
S. Central
Caldwell
Baker
Labette County
International Harvester
Parsons
Justice of the Peace Court
Sportsmans
Zip Code Numbers Will Speed up Mail Chanute
Chanute will assign five digit ZIP codes effective July 1. Acting postmaster Florence Kelly urges residents to include 66720 on return addresses and to check incoming mail for the correct ZIP number. The new system speeds delivery by allowing clerks to identify destination at a glance, reducing mis-sent mail and possible delays. (List of local ZIPs provided: Altoona 66710 Benedict 66714 Buffalo 66717 Earlton 66731 Elmore 66732 Erie 66733 Galesburg 66740 Humboldt 66748 Piqua 66761 Lavenburg 66772 Stark 66775 Thayer 6677 Walnut 66780 Yates Center 66783)
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Chanute
Florence Kelly
John Doe
Main Street
Kansas
Post Office Department
Altoona
Benedict
Buffalo
Earlton
Elmore
Erie
Galesburg
Humboldt
Piqua
Lavenburg
Stark
Thayer
Walnut
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Babe
Coles
Roberta Sewell
R. Mayer
Shawnee Mission
Cleo Congdon
Evergreen
Kansas City
Bartlesville
Drisdell Studio
Robert Pennington
Trator
Miami, Fla
Steel Pact Iis
Tribune
Larry Mathews
Cha
Yours
Lafayette
Foodtown Grocery Chain
Main and
Grant
Bank of Commerce
H. W. Doty
Kay
Main and Highland
Kansas Gas and Electric
Burgwin and Martin
Yates Center
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