Southeast Faces Impact as LEAA Offices Close
The Carter Administration review leads to the closure of all 10 LEAA regional offices. Southeast Kansas fears reduced grants to the Southeast Kansas Regional Planning Commission for law enforcement and training programs run by Roland Vogel and George Wheeler. Mike Bailey expects continued LEAA funding only if the new allocation occurs. GCCA also handles annual plans for police hardware.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter Administration
Justice Department
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
LEAA
Southeast Kansas
Southeast
Kansas City
Kan
Bailey
Governor's Committee On Crime Administration
GCCA
Ron Gustafson
Kansas
Neosho County
Neighborhood notes and events for Saturday fund-raiser
The Chanute Optimist Club hosts a 9 am car wash at Wal Mart as a youth program fundraiser led by vice president Frank Coble. Daily vacation Bible school runs 1 30 to 4 pm at Savonburg Bible Church Monday through Friday for ages four to eight grade. Bible school ends with a program at 7 pm Friday. John L Maloun of 207 S Evergreen will enter Kansas Technical Institute in Salina to study electronic engineering technology next fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wal-Mart
Chanute Optimist Club
Frank Coble
Savonburg Bible Church
John L. Maloun
S. Evergreen
Kansas Technical Institute
Salina
Wal. Mart
S.E. Kansas
Neosho Memorial Hospital Visiting Schedule and Admissions
Daily transcript reports visiting hours 2 to 4 pm and 6 30 to 8 pm with no morning visits. Census lists 42 adults and pediatrics and three babies. Admissions include Hazel Adkins Humboldt Robert Taylor 217 S Rutter Mrs Charles Keas 102 S Tennessee Mrs Lela Cocklin Westview Home Paul Standfast 516 W 3rd Brenda Van Houten Humboldt Mrs Donald Hart R 2 Clinton Myers Avdlyn Heights Home. Today Robert Pitzer Humboldt Leroy Weidner R 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Hazel Adkins
Humboldt
Robert Taylor
S. Rutter
Charles Keas
S. Tennessee
Lela Cocklin
Westview
Paul Standfast
W. 3Rd
Brenda van Houten
Donald Hart
Clinton Myers
Avdlyn Heights
Robert Pitzer
Leroy Weidner
S. Sgt Jackie J. Bright Serves At Ramstein Air Base
S. Sgt. Jackie J. Bright serves with a U.S. Air Force unit at Ramstein Air Base in Germany. He is the son of Robert B Bright of Cayuga Indiana and Mrs. Maxine Lasley of Cayuga. Bright is an aircraft maintenance specialist and previously served at Reese AFB Texas.
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Jackie J. Bright
Ramstein Air Base
Germany
Robert B Bright
S. Wilson
Maxine Lasley
K. 1
Cayuga
Ind
Bright
Reese Afb
Texas
Chanute Library Hosts Saturday Story Hour for Children
The Chanute Library will present a 10:30 a.m. Saturday Story House read aloud program led by Joanna Welch. Children will hear Periwinkle by Roger Duvoisin A Giraffe and a Half by Shel Silverstein and Frog Went A Courtin by John Langstaff.
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Chanute Library
Joanna Welch
Roger Duvoisin
Shel Silverstein
John Langstaff
Deaths and Funerals Clinton A. Myers Erie
Clinton A. Myers 73 a lifelong Neosho County resident died Thursday at Neosho Memorial Hospital Chanute. Born in Chanute he moved in 1904 to Centerville township near Erie where he lived the rest of his life. Survivors include brother Darrell Myers Overland Park two sisters Iris Quinn Chanute and Glenda Knetzer Erie. Funeral 2 p m Saturday at Pierce Funeral Home with Rev Eddie Sawders officiating burial Lakeview Cemetery.
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Clinton A. Myers
Erie
Neosho County
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Chanute
Centerville Township
Darrell Myers
Overland Park
Iris Quinn
W. 5Th
Walter
Glenda) Knetzer
Pierce Funeral Home
Eddie Sawders
Lakeview Cemetery
Lola youth rescued after dam trapping raft
Police and firefighters in Iola rescued Roger Hoddy a 16 year old after his raft was swept over Elm Creek dam near the Lehigh Cement plant. Hoddy stayed with the raft as rescuers freed him after about an hour in the rain swollen current.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
IOLA
Roger Hoddy
Elm Creek
Hoddy
Lehigh Cement Company
Parsons May Rename Tri City Airport Memorial to Claude Ryan
City commissioners consider renaming Tri City Airport Parsons Municipal Field to Parsons T. Claude Ryan Memorial Airport at the request of Louis E. Stein. Ryan, founder of the firm that built Lindberghs Atlantic aircraft, lives in San Diego and previously rejected such a honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parsons
Tri- City
Aiport
Parsons Municipal Field
Louis E. Stein
Chamber of Commerce
T. Claude Ryan
Ryan
Atlantic
Charles Lindbergh
San Diego
Funeral Director Burned Beyond Recognition in Glasco Fire
Concordia report says funeral director Lewis Dean died May 5 after a carburetor backfire sprayed flame over his body on a Glasco farm. Dr. Claude Harwood testified the body could not be visually identified. Tom Brock and Ardith Clanin testified about Dean and Brock dating Clanin prior to the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Harwood
John Brock Farm
Tom Brock
Larry Vernon
Dean
Vernon
Brock
Ardith Clanin
Glasco
Clanin
Ceiling fire at Six Bulls damages restaurant
A small fire between false ceilings at the Six Bulls restaurant 26 West Main caused an estimated 1500 in damage. Firefighters arrived at 3 30 pm after a report of smoke. Fire chief Jim Haines cited faulty wiring from an old neon sign transformer as the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Six Bulls
W. Main
Leon Carder
Jim Haines
Haines
Cash Register
Register
Honor roll listed for Royster Junior High second semester
Royster Junior High lists second semester honor roll figures with 9th graders Charlotte Hole Tamera Olson and Paul Boecker achieving all A's. Additional groups include students with 35 to 39, 3.0 or above, and various grade levels earning 3.0 or higher, spanning multiple names and classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royster Junior High
Charlotte Hole
Tamera Olson
Paul Boecker
Thayer Man Charged With DWI After Traffic Stop
A 20 year old Thayer man Steven D Swink was arrested and charged with speeding and DWI after police received a CB report of a drunken driver on Santa Fe Street. He was stopped minutes later by officers observing him speeding. Swink remained in jail after the 9 34 p m report.
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Thayer
DWI
Santa Fe
Steven D Swink
Swink
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Wal Mart
Lola
Tri-City Airport
Theresa Bridges
Natalie Burns
Cynthia Criser
Brenda Dorris
Camille Herold
Sandy Hoffman
Jana Jones
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Debbie Shrimplin
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Linda Wolford
Dan Haight
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Patricia Boone
Debra Byers
Trudy Callarman
Sherri Clemens
Mary Cole
Dawn Crowell
Anna Curtis
Michelle Donaldson
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Karen Reading
Brad Parish
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Shelly Beech
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Amy Blecha
Traci Buckelew
Jana Dimond
Marcia Dunlap
Susan Gehrt
Marm Howard
Lisa Jones
Beth LaRue
Kathy Luther
Lisa Moody
Laura Oehlert
Suzanne Peters
Misty Reinhardt
Kelly Sharp
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Irene Ortiz
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Kay Schaal
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Kim Elliot
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Debra Martin
Nicha Olson
Tammy Reeves
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Becky Swaney
Merett Tarpley
Cindy Valliere
Deona Walker
John Benschoter
Joe Bentley
Rob Christman
Rusty Cumings
Tad Druart
Margaret Clerk Byers
God
Bea Dunlap
Scorpion
Nutrition Headquarters
Sunset
Cherry Chanute
Al-Anon
Alcoholics Anonymous
S. Highland
Kepley
Central Park Pavilion
East Kansas
Chanute Tribune
Wyoming
Bud’s Tire & Auto Supply
Mary Newman
Dick Kelly
Neale Kelly Ford
Autumn Manor
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Mike Palmer
Advanced System Homes
TIK Tok
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Thompson Poultry, Inc
Hiway
Iola, KS
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Klau-Mor
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Robert Washburn
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