Neosho River flood control and lunar connections noted
Dwight Wallingford reviews decades of Neosho floods from 1930 to 1965 and credits the John Redmond Council Grove and Marion reservoirs with reducing damage. He recalls promoter John Redmond and the 1868 lynching tale, plus a science comparison between Apollo 8 and Jules Verne.
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Neosho River
Council Grove
John Redmond
Bosche
Marion
Gordon Barker
Burlington
Montgomery County
Independence
U.S. Corps of Engineers
Redmond
Burlington Raily Republican
Neosho
Topeka
Washington
Strawn
Glasgow
Scotland
Jules Verne
Earth
Moon
Verne
NATO Troop Withdrawal Faces NATOUnity Test
Washington AP Defense Secretary Melvin Laird urged Canada to rethink its plan to pull two-thirds of its 10 000 troops in Europe saying a snowballing effect on U S NATO commitments must be avoided He noted Congress ultimately decides NATO levels and urged not to undermine allied unity amid debate over possible U S troop withdrawals and NATO modernization measures.
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Washington
Melvin R. Laird
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Congress
U.S
NATO
Canada
Europe
Laird
Nixon
United States
Senate
Czechoslovakia
London
Brussels
Area Crash Kills 4 Near Altoona on Highway K47
Four people died and three had minor injuries in a head on crash involving four cars less than a mile east of Altoona on highway K47 around 7 40 p m Thursday. Victims were John W Lear 47 and Sandra Lear 30 of Wichita Bill H Belcher 28 and James Cook 25 of Neodesha. Survivors were Sue Douglas 15 Mary Douglas 42 and Karen Douglas 13 of Thayer R 2.
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Altoona
K47
John W. Lear
Sandra
Wichita
Bill H. Belcher
James Cook
Neodesha
Sue Douglas
Mary Douglas
Karen Douglas
Thayer R. 2
The
Highway Patrol
Lear
Belcher
Douglas
Clarence Collins
Erie R. 3
Here
Alta Thompson
Thompson
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Collins
Cattle Drive Frills Appeal to Old Hands in Bluewater
BLUEWATER NM AP A 160 mile cattle drive organized for sentiment rather than profit features 750 Charolais cattle shipped from Texas Arizona Oklahoma and Colorado for pasture near Pagosa Springs Colorado. 12 veteran cowboys recall World War I days as city folk join in with tents cots a chuck wagon chef and gas powered mounts. Despite frills the two week ride keeps the traditional hard hours with nights in portable corrals and stock valued at a quarter of a million dollars.
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Bluewater
N.M
Texas
Arizona
Oklahoma
Colorado
Pagosa Springs
Colo
District 413 Board of Education Meets Monday Evening
District 413 holds a regular meeting Monday at 7 p.m. in the board office at Fourth and Evergreen. Agenda includes appeal study calendar revision social studies curriculum library reorganization and summer school plans.
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District 413 Board of Education
Fourth
Evergreen
Weather outlook shows warm day with storms later
Today’s high around the 80s with a low in the low 60s. Partly cloudy skies become showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and evening with some clearing tomorrow. Relative humidity near 77 percent and a 28.59 inch barometer reading.
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha
A fragmentary note addresses Cha with the phrase Intercepted Letter Dear Cha. It mentions Memorial Day and the automobile as a contributing factor, though no clear event or date is provided. The text preserves a personal tone and a nostalgic reference to cars shaping Memorial Day observances.
Memorial Day highway deaths hit record pace in 1969
The first Memorial Day weekend saw 242 traffic deaths, 11 boating fatalities, and 68 drownings. The National Safety Council estimated 550 to 650 total holiday deaths through Sunday, with highway fatalities running above 1968. Apollo 10 milestone quoted by NSC president Howard Pyle contrasted with driving hazards.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
The
Safety Council
Howard Pyle
McCune Named Chanute Chamber Manager
George McCune a former resident and Chanute native has been hired as manager of the Chanute Area Chamber of Commerce. A 30 year old, he is to report within 36 days from Norton where he serves as chamber manager. He replaces Jack Groves who has accepted a position with the McPherson Chamber of Commerce.
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George McCune
Chanute
Chanute Area
Chamber of Commerce
McCune
Norton
Jack Groves
McPherson Chamber of Commerce
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Dwight Wallingford
Cottonwood River
Marion Reservoir
Frank J. Bosche
Cecil Wilson
Kansas Forestry, Fish and Game Commission
Neosho County
Clifford Webb
Humboldt R. 2
Big Creek
Webb
Frank Davidson
R. 4
Arlington
Tex
C. E. Brown
Brown
Pat Davidson
Davidson
American Airlines
Dallas
Cape Kennedy
Verne's
Pacific Ocean
Leah Eastburn
Mr. and
Tribune
Glenn Eastburn
S. Central
Leah
Chanute High School
Ing
Defense Alliance
Cook
Ford
Mercury
Franklin Jones
Jones
Cha
Yours
Yates Center
Frank
Frank Rountree
Randy
Donald Smith
Gil
Kenneth Stockebrand
Stockebrand
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