Fatal Two-Vehicle Crash Near Erie Claims Two Lives
A two car collision eight miles southeast of Erie near US 59 last night killed Mrs. Lina Ann Sexton 66 and her granddaughter Ronnie Marie Sexton 10. Har ris 18 and Joyce Campbell 15, both of Erie, were injured. Authorities identified the victims after notifying relatives. The crash occurred at a county road intersection with the highway. Deputies noted the bodies and the Erie Clinic and Kansas City hospital treated the survivors. Funeral arrangements are pending with the Erie Funeral Home.
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Kansas City
Erie Clinic
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Kenneth Sexton
Missouri
R. L. White
Highway Patrol
Chanute
Lina Ann Sexton
Amoret
Ava
James Sam Sexton
Parsons
Appleton
Baptist Church
Bernard Smith
Bob Cason
Iola
Leonard
Downing
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Cecil
Don
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Fort Leonard Wood
Virgil
Gerald
Garfield Henson
Bill Scrivner
Abilene
Tex
George Scrivner
Brunswick
Jim Scrivner
Charles
Ronnie Marie Sexton
Humboldt
Kenneth Mervin
George Bates
Chetopa
Erie Funeral Home
Mixup Corrected in Chanute High Cheer Leader Election
The Chanute Tribune corrects an error listing Sharon Cooper as the newly elected senior high cheerleader. Kathy Cooper was mistakenly named. Also noted is a correction about 1896 commencement site conflicting with Williams Opera House and a tassel collection from a graduate.
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Chanute High School
Williams Opera House
Opera House
E. Main
30 Drivers Arrested For Speeding In Two-Day Push
Police used a traffic timer on North Santa Fe and South Santa Fe reporting 30 arrests over two mornings. Fifteen speeders stopped at 35 to 47 mph in 30 mph zones along US 169. Chief Lige Matlock said the effort aims to boost safety before the Memorial Day holiday.
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North Santa Fe
South Santa Fe
Lige Matlock
Showalter Seeks Re-election As County Clerk
Marion Showalter announced his candidacy for re-election as county clerk pending the Republican primary in August. Born in Neosho County and raised in Erie, he is 44, a WWII Army veteran with four children, and active in local churches and veterans organizations.
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Erie
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Neosho County
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Parsons Junior College
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American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Kiwanis
Little Boy's Fund Grows For Chanute Child Heart Surgery
Contributions to a fund for seven month old Mark Bright of Chanute total 12 dollars by noon. The boy, son of Mr and Mrs Dean Bright, faces heart surgery at Kansas City Kansas University Medical Center on June 13. The Tribune offers to collect donations as expenses mount and insurance is absent. An application to the Crippled Children’s Association is pending.
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Tribune
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Mark Bright
Dean Bright
N. Forest
Kansas University Medical Center
Kansas City
Kan
Bright
Crippled Children’s Assny
Venus Car Found In Kansas City
A 1953 Pontiac owned by Merle Venus of 1016 West 9th was stolen on April 24 from a lot behind 27 West Main. It was found abandoned in Kansas City, with condition not yet determined, police said. Recovery was confirmed by the Kansas City police department.
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Kansas City
W. Main
Governor Signs Second Commutation for Spencer
Gov. George Docking signed a second commutation of murder convict Bobby Joe Spencer from death to life in prison. A prior commutation on April 12 was deemed void on a technicality after review by pardon attorney Dale Spiegel. Spencer murdered 59 year old Rubie Blanton.
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Topeka
George Docking
Bobby Joe Spencer
Docking
Dale Spiegel
Spencer
Board of Probation and Parole
Spiegel
Rubie Blanton
Wyandotte
Wayne Fife
Blanton
Robert Foster
Foster
Probation and Parole Board
Lansing
Eugene Gaither Crist
Memorial Day service set for Elmwood Cemetery Monday
Alvin F. Grauerholz Coffeyville lawyer and Kansas Park Authority member will give the Memorial Day address at Elmwood cemetery Monday at 9 30 a.m. A high school band will play and the event is sponsored by the Boerstler May American Legion post with Chanute patriotic orders participation.
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Alvin F. Grauerholz
Coffeyville
Kansas Park Authority
Elmwood Cemetery
Boerstler-May American Legion Post
Chanute
Ken Malson Hurt Falling From Car in Neosho
Ken Malson a 13 year old of 802 S Western was knocked unconscious but not badly hurt when he fell from a car at 6th and La Fayette about 3 pm yesterday. He was taken to Neosho Memorial Hospital for examination and was released with severe facial bruises and body bruises. The Malson family said he and two to three other boys were riding on the back of a small foreign made car driven by a teenage friend when the accident occurred.
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Gail Malson
S. Western
6Th
Lafayette
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Neosho Juvenile Officer Pioneers Two Year Progress
Neosho County juvenile officer Kenneth Wilson has guided two cases from delinquency to intervention since the 1958 start of the office. Jimmie and Johnny, both youths with troubled families, faced hearings, schooling changes, and potential placements as Wilson documented needs, progress, and outcomes.
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Larry Mathews
Jimmie
Johnny
Kenneth Wilson
Chanute
Wilson
Atchinson
Kansas
Neosho County
Royster Junior High
Hays
Tom Morehead
Graduation parade as 43 junior college and 146 seniors received diplomas
Forty-three junior college and one hundred forty-six senior high graduates were awarded diplomas at Memorial Building. About 1,500 attended as the band played Pomp and Circumstance. Rev. Stephen J. Williams urged graduates to believe in permanent truths and “a dream worthy to be believed.”
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Leland Clapson
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Floyd Thuston
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Floyd Potter
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Reed
Anita Rutledge
Humboldt
Sigma Alpha
Mary Wood
Phil Dryden
Carol Barnhart
Betty Wilson
Patricia Black
God
Injuries Fatal For Kansas Youth
Jerry Weichen age 17 of Bison Kansas died in a hospital from injuries from a highway crash east of Carthage on U S 66. His father Norval Weichen was killed in the same accident which involved three cars and a truck.
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Jerry Weichen
Bison
Kan
Norval Weichen
Traffic Fatalities Log Reports Kansas Toll
Kansas traffic death log shows 24 hours to 9 am 3 during 1960 161 comparable 1959 period 192. Data notes TOPEKA AP report details fatalities by hour and day.
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Topeka
Kansas
Teenage Talent Show Highlights Miss Chanute Crowning
A 22 act talent show to raise funds for the Chanute Teen Canteen will be held tonight at 8 in the Memorial Building. Eleven contestants vie for Miss Chanute with Linda Park newly added. Master of ceremonies is Glen Halbe. judges include Mrs. Bowyer and others from Chanute Humboldt and Pratt.
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Judi White
Rosalea Hanson
Mary Truitt
Billie Soleiman
Judi Greathouse
Alice Ma
Rie Hazen
Charlotte Rhodes
Pat Blackston
Betty Wilson
Miss Park
Krokstrom
Wendell Bowyer
Ralph Dietrich
Fred Harris
Joe Melnyk
Dwight McCreight
Chanute
John Hatch
Humboldt
Tioga Hotel
Memorial Building
Glen Halbe
JayCees
Jay- Cee Jaynes
Pratt
Kansas City
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Sharon Cooper
LaDonna Eastburn
Judy Montague
Judy McNeal
Jacque van Gotten
Sandra Friederich
Teen Canteen
Tribune Building
Weather rivers Kansas Memorial Day forecast reports fair heat
The Topeka weather forecast says Kansas will have generally fair skies over the Memorial Day weekend with a slight warming trend. Thursday highs ranged from 77 in Olathe, Clay Center and Goodland to 85 in Garden City with lows from 47 to 57 across several sites.
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Kansas
Weather Bureau
Olathe
Clay Center
Goodland
Garden City
Hill City
Manhattan
Hutchinson
Wichita
Poppy Day Observed in Chanute by American Legion Auxiliary
Poppy Day will be observed in Chanute with junior auxiliary members selling red paper flowers in the business district. Funds support disabled veterans and their families, and the memorial poppy is made by disabled veterans from World War I World War II and the Korean Conflict.
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Chanute
America
C. E. Blackwood
American Legion Auxiliary
Marvin Seefeldt
Main
American Legion
John McRae
Flanders
Feilds
United States
Crash Is Fatal Near Great Bend
A head on collision on U S 56 near Great Bend killed 16 year old Sara Tammen of Larned daughter of Mrs Virginia Tammen welfare director of Pawnee County. Two other persons were injured.
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Kan
U. S
Sara Tammen
Larned
Virginia Tammen
Pawnee County
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