Martha Rae McCoy Crowned Miss Chanute 1966
Martha Rae McCoy, 19, daughter of Neal W. McCoy, was named Miss Chanute 1966 before about 850 spectators at Municipal Auditorium. Nicki McGuire crowned her successor and the field of eight included Nancy Pennington and Sherry Mosley. McCoy received a $125 scholarship, a $50 wardrobe allowance, and about $300 in gifts. Lisa Hartman won Little Miss Chanute. First runnerup Pennington earned $75, second runnerup Mosley $50.
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Municipal Auditorium
The
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Chanute
Nicki McGuire
Neal W. McCoy
Miss McCoy
Dean Sutcliffe
Nancy Lee Pennington
Robert Pennington
S. Rutter
Sherry Lee Mosley
George B. Mosley
Humboldt
Gray Lumber
Lisa Hartman
Edwin Hartman
S. Western
Lisa
Mimi Frink
McCoy
College of
Jaycees
Pratt
Bob Reynolds
Miss Chanute
Miss Pennington
Miss Mosley
Humboldt High School
Kansas
Sutcliffe
Martha McCoy
Tribune
Bill Jenkins
Miss Kansas
Two Chanute Teens Injured In US 169 Crash
Two Chanute girls Jackie Jones 15 and Bobbie Jones 16 were taken for examination after the car they rode in rolled over on US 169 near Morehead. Driver Joe R. Hughes 24 of Independence was not injured. The Plymouth was a total loss.
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Jackie Jones
Bobbie Jones
Edith
Bobbie
Jackie
Highway Patrol
Joe R. Hughes
Independence R. 2
Hughes
Price Named Chief Justice of High Court
TOPEKA AP Robert T. Price became chief justice of the Kansas Supreme Court succeeding Jay S Parker who retired Price, a Burlingame native, rose to chief by seniority serving on the court since 1948 to replace the late Allen B Burch Parker resigns after 23 years on the court and has been chief since 1957.
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Topeka
Robert T. Price
Kansas Supreme Court
Jay S. Parker
Price
Burlingame
Supreme Court
Allen B. Burch
Parker
Highway Meeting on US 169 Corridor Planned
Chamber of Commerce representatives from towns along US 169 from Kansas City to the Oklahoma line are invited to a meeting tomorrow night at 7 30 in the local chamber office. Harland Martin chairs Coffeyville Chamber highway committee and will call the session to discuss a limited access highway through the corridor.
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Chamber of Commerce
Kansas City
Oklahoma Line
Harland Martin
Coffeyville Chamber of Commerce
Oxygen cuts out at 57 000 feet rider in critical condition
Parachutist Nick Piantanida, 33, from Brick Town New Jersey, suffered three minutes without oxygen during a 57 000 foot descent. He remained in a hyperbaric chamber at Hennepin County General in Minneapolis with brain injury undetermined. Flight surgeon Dr Leonard Thompson noted the drop from 57 000 to 40 000 feet before oxygen resumed.
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Minneapolis
Claude Hitchcock
Leonard Thompson
Piantanida
Thompson
Worthington, Minn
Weather: Temperatures Rise as Spring Returns to Kansas
Today at 1 p.m. temperatures reached 65 with a 37 low, yesterday’s high 60 and low 41, barometer 30.42 and rainfall 0.16 inch. An area forecast calls for generally fair skies and warmer conditions into Tuesday with a low tonight 40 to 45 and a high Tuesday 70 to 75. Topeka reports springlike weather with fair skies and rising temperatures.
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Topeka
Kansas
Watkins elected state chairman of Kansas Young Democrats
Ralph Watkins of Erie was elected state chairman at the Kansas Young Democrats convention in Parsons. Jeanne Pollock of Independence and Marlin White of Holton were named vice chairmen with Rose Mary Ramirez of Atchison as secretary and James Wells of Topeka as treasurer. Paul Pendergast of Topeka was chosen Young Democrat of the Year. The group adopted resolutions criticizing Gov. Avery's administration for a tax hike, supporting liquor sales by the drink, lowering the voting age to 18, and raising student minimum wages by $1.25 hourly on state campuses.
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Parsons
Kan
Ralph Watkins
Erie
Kansas Young Democrats
Jeanne Pollock
Indpendence
Marlin White
Holton
Rose Mary Ramire
Atchison
James Wells
Topeka
Paul Pendergast
State Democratic Central Committee
William H. Avery
Kansas
U S Navy destroys anti aircraft missile site near Vinh
U S Navy fighter bombers leveled a missile site near Vinh amid a South Viet Nam lull. B52s hit Viet Cong areas near the Cambodian border while 300 plus sorties were flown against suspected targets. Two Soviet launchers were among those destroyed. two planes were lost over North Viet Nam but crews were rescued.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U. S. Navy
Vinh
U.S. Command
South
Viet Nam
Guam
Hancock
Ers
U.S
North
House Approves $2.95 Billion Higher Education Bill
The House sent to the Senate a $2.95 billion higher education bill by voice vote. It funds student loans grants and loans for construction of college facilities and academics buildings.
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Washington
House
Johnson
Senate
Petrolia Building Burns in Out-of-Control Blaze
Fire destroyed a former Petrolia grocery building, with an upstairs apartment rented to the Kenneth Wood Jr. family. Firemen faced a water shortage from a small Chanute line as Milo Johnson of Chanute owned the building. the department fought the 1:10 p.m. blaze.
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Petrolia
Chanute
Kenneth Wood, Jr
Milo Johnson
Abductor Contact Sought Through New York Rabbi
Miami oilman Aaron Goldman said a man who may be the kidnapper contacted a New York rabbi for an important message. He offered to pay $25,000 through a church via a designated clergyman once his son Daniel is identified. Daniel, 18, was abducted from Surfside before dawn on March 28 after Goldman and his wife were bound.
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Miami
Fla
Aaron Goldman
Daniel
New York
Goldman
Surfside
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