Four-County Notes Recall Local Roots and Market History
Dwight Wallingford’s column retells Robert G Graves search for Robertson family members near Thayer and Mound Valley, recalls local names Alma Robertson and Effie Robertson, and notes area social links. It also surveys area population density, truck farming history from Wheatley and Rhubarb King Chappell, and the shift as Wheatleys retired in 1964 ending a truck farming era.
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Robert G. Graves
Hopkinsville
The
Tribune
John Robertson
Here
G. T. Wheatley
Chanute
Thayer
Walter Chappell
Ray Russell
Harry Briley
al Latimer
Wheatley
Ozark
Ozarks
Wheatleys
Shaw Not Guilty Verdict Unanimous Declared
A New Orleans jury found Clay L. Shaw not guilty of conspiring to assassinate President Kennedy. The 12 jurors rejected the state case and District Attorney Jim Garrison’s assertion that a conviction would curb government power. Shaw stood with deputies in court as the verdict was read at 1:02 a.m. and spectators reacted with noise.
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New Orleans
Clay L. Shaw
John F. Kennedy
Dist. Atty
Jim Garrison
Garrison
David I. Powe
Shaw
Edward A. Haggerty
Asst. Dist. Atty
James L. Alcock
Powe
Lee Harvey Oswald
Kennedy
Dallas
Warren Commission
Oswald
Thayer melon growers form pilot marketing project
Seventeen melon growers gathered in Thayer to explore a joint venture under Farm Products Management Inc with backing from the Ozark Regional Commission and Mid-America. Earl Shell and Earl Polk will help shape the agreement while technical agency reps from TAP and state and federal groups attend.
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Terry Murphy
The
Tribune
Thayer
Farm Products Management
FPM) Inc
Ozark Regional Commission
Mid- America, Inc
FPM
Earl Shell
Earl Polk
Neosho County
Shell
Ministration
Federal Finance Agency
Kansas State
Polk
Nixon and de Gaulle Begin Talks At Grand Trianon Palace
President Nixon and Charles de Gaulle met at the Grand Trianon in Versailles for a frank cordial two hour session as the start of talks. Both leaders planned a six hour continuation in De Gaulle’s wing with police controls quiet in the streets and a small welcoming crowd nearby.
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Paris
Nixon
Charles de Gaulle
Grand Trianon Palace
de Gaulle
Versailles
Quai D’orsay
Grand Trianon
Fifty Years on Main Street Frank Collett Keeps Shine Tradition
Frank Collett marks 50 years selling shoe shines on Chanute's Main Street. His shop history spans from 2 East Main to 211 East Main and now in the Tioga Hotel, with earlier work in cement plants and a railroad stint. Collett's family includes sons George, Marion, and Joe thriving in technical and production roles.
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Terry Murphy
the Tribune
Frank Collett
Chanute
Collett
Henry Ford
Palermo
Italy
Joe Blow
East Main
George
St. Louis
Claremore
Okla
Frank
Independence
Chanute Tank Co
2 East Main
211 East Main
Tioga Hotel
Bartlesville
Ohio
Fort Scott
Wadsworth Hospital
Marion
Kansas City
Joe
Ramco Industries
Weather Summary and Forecast for the Area
Temperatures today at 10 a.m. around 35 with 32 yesterday and 70 two years ago. The record highs and lows for this date are 73 and 5. Relative humidity at 10 a.m. 73. FAA recorded February precipitation at Martin Johnson airport is 0.59 inch. Area forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies with little temperature change tonight and Sunday with a light rain or rain mixed with snow late tonight and Sunday. High Sunday near 40 and low tonight around 30 with a 30 percent chance of precipitation Sunday.
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FAA
Martin Johnson Airport
Tear gas used on students at Berkeley campus incident
National Guardsmen used tear gas to break up student pickets at the University of California Berkeley. It marked the third campus where the guard has been mobilized amid ongoing student unrest. Guardsmen alerted by Gov Ronald Reagan on February 20 faced a clash with police and students outside the main gate. About 75 pickets and 200 onlookers scattered as tear gas dispersed the crowd.
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Associated Press
National
University of California Berkeley
California Guardsmen
Ronald Reagan
Sheriff's
Intercepted Letter On Volunteers For Watermelon Samplers
A fragment notes an intercepted letter referencing willing volunteers to serve as samplers for the Thayer watermelon growers. The text implies organized volunteer participation in agricultural sampling activities tied to a local Thayer operation.
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Thayer
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Dwight Wallingford
Graves
Robertsons
Effie Robertson
Mound Valley
Ralph
Arthur
Miss Robertson
Robertson
Alma A. Robertson
Mulvane
Perry Swan
S. Steuben
Abbott Rural School
Charles Berthot Sr
S. Katy
Madison
John Erwin
Humboldt
Effie
Reuben Bean
S. Evergreen
Clifford Webb
Humboldt R. 2
Arthur Robertson
Home Place
Floyd Powers
Robertson Home Place
van Leeuwen
St. Paul
Kennedys
van Leeuwens
Jones
Kansas
Allen County
Neosho
Wilson
Woodson
Wyandotte
Kansas County
New York City
Judy Mendez
Neosho County Community Junior
Dez
N. Lee
Student National Education Association
NCCJC
Melon Growers
TAP
Conservation Service
Kansas State Extension Services
Experiment Station
Farmers Home Ad
Arkansas
Richard Liebert
Coffeyville
Liebert
Roger Manda
Mid- America
Fred Harris
Mid-America Board
Anti-Thieves Association Hall
Columbus
Miss
the Trianon
Main
Cha
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