Oilers Drop Two Narrow Games in Kansas City
Chanute Oilers outhit Lenny's Tavern in both games but dropped a pair of 3-2 and 4-3 losses. Gary McKenzie struck out 12 in the opener, while Elmer Batterree hit a two run homer for the hosts. Tom McKenzie and George Holtzman led Chanute with two hits apiece, and Ray Scott took the loss in the nightcap despite solid hits from Chanute.
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Kansas City
Chanute Oilers
Lenny
Ray Scott
Lenny’s
Oilers
Jack Warhurst
Scott
Chanute
McKenzie
Don Beal
Dan Schooley
Elmer Batterree
Fehr
George Holtzman
Bob Holtzman
Tom McKenzie
Warhurst
George
Bob
Berm Snart
Holtzman
Snart
Arvel Stinnet
Polo Perez
Carl Yates
Altoona High School holds 21 graduated as bom speakers
Altoona Rural High School held its baccalaureate and plans graduation in the high school auditorium. Buford E Fisher of Chanute will deliver the commencement address on Little Things If Such There Be.
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Altoona
Buford E. Fisher
Chanute
Joseph L. Mays
Paul A. Millard
Max Travis
Board of Education
Wendell Gillham
First Baptist Church
Madge Addington
Gary Hemmingway
Methodist Church
Janice Cranor
Girls’ Glee Club
Jim Smith
First Christian Church
Chanute Tribune
Cedar Creek
Wilson
Neosho Counties
Kansas
Thornburg Grange Hall
Wichita East Wins AA Track Meet and Records
Wichita East tops the Class AA state high school meet with 38 points led by Jim Ryan’s 3:58.3 mile, plus records from Bill McGuire and Gary Tucker. Hoisington claims Class A, Kinsley earns Class B, Edson takes Class BB. fifteen meet records set or tied.
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Wichita East
Jim Ryan
East
Wyandotte
Topeka
Hoisington
Concordia
Russell
Kinsley
Belle Plaine
Caldwell
Edson
Mount Hope
Haddam
Bill McGuire
Gary Tucker
Bill Kimble
Vint Arnett
Belleville
Jerry Boxberger
Keith Christensen
Jeff Weltmer
Beloit
Kenney Gaines
Chuck Brass
Coldwater
Kelly Rudolph
Smith Center
Ed Morland
Everest
Nick Gieber
Don Winters
Preston
Mayer Wins New Orleans Open in Comeback Victory
Dick Mayer, 42, who dipped from golf prominence after 1957, won the $100,000 New Orleans Open with a final 68 and 273 total after a dramatic 90 foot chip on the 18th hole. The win marks a notable return in a career alongside legends Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson.
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New Orleans
Dick Mayer
Mayer
Ben Hogan
Byron Nelson
Erie High School Hawaii Buffet Tops Week
Home Economics I class at Erie High School hosted a Hawaiian Cruise themed buffet supper for mothers, faculty spouses, and staff guests. Carol Mills led as toastmistress, with Sharold Fitzgerald giving the invocation and a mother’s welcome from Mills's mother.
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Erie
Home Economics I
Erie High School
Carol Mills
Sharold Fitzgerald
Miss Mills
N. J. Mills
Brenda Runer
Linda Deweese
Jane McDermed
Gloria Tredway
Vicki Stipp
Donna Vogel
Martha Frederick
Miss McDermed
Virginia Moody
Surfboards Reach California From Hawaii Around 1907
A historical note records surfboards arriving in California from Hawaii about 1907 marking an early phase of the sport's spread along the Pacific coast.
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California
Hawai
Capture Delayed in Kansas Drug Store Intrusion
Police captured Thomas Robert Casey after surrounding a suburban Overland Park store and firing three shots. A second intruder, James W. Blake, was flushed from a storeroom by employee Alice Becker and later captured by a manager and a motorist. Both men are jailed in Johnson County.
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Kansas City
Kan
Thomas Robert Casey
Overland Park
Casey
James W. Blake
Omaha
Blake
Alice Becker
Johnson County
Olathe
Cripple Charged With Murder In Kansas City
Jesse Herman Sirls, 35, charged with murder after shooting Thorton Tibbs, 35, with a shotgun following an assault that left Sirls in his wheelchair. Sirls, unemployed, arraigned Sunday, held on 7500 dollar bond.
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Kansas City
Jesse Herman Sirls
Sirls
Thorton Tibbs
Tibbs
Desert Warriors of Danakil Guard Water Holes
Travelers in Ethiopia fear fierce Danakil tribesmen who enforce a desert code by killing outsiders to prevent water hole depletion. The region’s dangers and customs threaten caravans and travelers seeking relief in arid water scarce zones.
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Ethiopia
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Dale Graham
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Karen Mee Waterman
Robert LeRoy Watson
Michael Eugene Burris
Mark Whitney Dice
Thomas Ray Erbe
Roberta Faye Greer
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Jerry Houghton
Barbara Jean Huss
Thomas Eric Hyde
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Leon Joy
Este Eugene North
Marvin Dale Parrett
Melvin Glen Parrett
Sharon Ann Pedigo
Cynthia Carolyn Smith
Gerry Topham
Carol Susan Carter
Jerry Ray Charles Cooper
Alien Winfred Daniels
Walter Dewey Davenport
Jerry Leon Hawley
Alannia Dianna Holtsclaw
Kathy Louise Lovin
Mark Willard McCulstion
Clifford Lewis Moorer
Alana Ruth Nannenkamp
Carolyn JoAnn Ogden
Walter Evan Skog
June Marie Starbuck
Herbert Lawrence Stites
Jackie Stites
Max Robert Travis
Moscow
Fail
Percy Rowan, Jr
Neosho County
Floyd C. Swiler
State OF Kansas
J. C Swiler
J. C. Swiler
Richard L. Ashley
South Santa Fe Chanute
Petitioner Artest
Alberta Gough
Eugene Pittenger
Spokane
Wash
Christian Women’s Fellowship of the Christian Church
Zella Baldwin
Junior Currie
Baldwin
Henry Watkins
Richard Wood
John Bass
Ralph Watkins
Willard Bright
John Hines
Paul Casady
Lawrence Noakes
Lorene Green
Ralph Mahar
Fred Newell
Fred McCoy
Howard Weitzel
Durward Hines
Spencer Austin
Lola
Glen Johnson
Kenneth Blankenhagen
Humboldt
J. E. Vance
Ranz Motor Co., Inc
Cadillac
Pontiac
KCRB
John Deere
Oliver
IHC
Massey-Harris
van Brunt
Westinghouse
Marquette
Triumph
Cocoa Brown
Nice
Singer
Arvin TV
John, Mary
Donald Fitts
Marple & Troutman
First National Bank, Chanute
Parsons, Kansas
Peaches
Hunt
Morrell's
Purina
PEPSI
Tis
U. S
PAT Dal
South Santa Fe
Tribune
Hans Foes
S. Central
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