Calm Bandit Flees With Five Thousand At Cheltenham Bank
A masked gunman dressed in a lumberjack shirt and white gloves robbed the Cheltenham National Bank in Philadelphia before closing time. He filled a paper bag with about $5,000 from multiple tellers, then escaped in a stolen car. FBI later joined the investigation.
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Philadelphia
Monroe W. Long
Cheltenham National Bank
Theman
Anna Kirk
Thomas Regan
Electric Company
FBI
Photo-Journalism Session at Emporia
Four experts on photography and an attorney lead a short course in photo journalism at Emporia State Teachers College November 1-2. Art Whitman Vincent Stibler Cliff Edom and Robin F. Garland are the specialists with links to St. Louis Post Dispatch Brookland College Missouri and Eastman Kodak.
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Emporia, Kan
Emporia State Teachers College
Art Whitman
St. Louis Post- Dispatch
National Press Photographers Assn
Vincent Stibler
Brookland College
New York
Cliff Edom
University of Missouri
Robiin F. Garland
Eastman Co
Kiwanis Talk Highlights Brussels Fair Visit
Erie Kiwanis meeting at First Christian church Tuesday noon featured Dr. Jack Lundstrom describing his Brussels World Fair visit during a Europe tour. The program included a short business session led by Dr. Wm. C. Weir.
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Kiwanis
First Christian Church
Jack Lundstrom
Erie Clinic
Europe
Wm. C. Weir
Raymond Moses
Walter Gibbs
Centerville Township
Roy Riffel
Everett Crismas
Linda
Leon
Raymond Wundcerlich
Erie Community Notes And Visits Highlight Local Activity
Dues are due by Oct 13 with prizes to the room showing the highest parent participation. Kenneth Dutton and family visited El Dorado relatives with Mrs. McMullen. Erie teachers association officers Mrs. Hines Pontious and Supt. Krieger attended Fort Scott meetings. Flora Waggoner bought the Stitzel estate on East 3rd. Erie Grain Co added a new grain dryer and local elevators handle a record mile crop as James Anderson and grandson Earl Lewis visit from California, with brief stops in Colorado Springs and Wichita.
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Russell Heady
Shaw Road
Ed Richardson
Clarence Sare
Ted Sare
Springfield
Earl Dyson
Richardson
Elizabeth Currie
Chanute
Marie Kennedy
Maude Daggett
Erie
Ralph Gough
Galesburg
W. L. Larimore
Stark
Eugene Olson
Wich
Randall Eugene
Emery Olson
Kenneth Dutton
Bethel
el Dorado
William McMullen
Glen Dietz
Nettie Hickey
Ethel Hines
Marie Pontious
Fort Scott
Robert Krieger
The
Erie Teachers Assn
Flora Waggoner
Stitzel
East 3Rd
Erie Grain Co
James Anderson
Earl Lewis
Redwood City
Calif
Colorado Springs
Wichita
Peace Officers Sponsor Student Essay Contest
The Kansas Peace Officers Assn through the local police department announces its second annual essay contest for Kansas high school students on The Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency. Scholarships of 300 200 and 100 dollars await the top essays.entries due April 1 mailed to Essay Contest Kansas Peace Officers Assn Box 1592 Wichita with a principal’s unaided affidavit.
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Kansas Peace Officers Assn
Wichita
1959 Oldsmobile on Display at Ranz Oldsmobile
The 1959 Oldsmobile debuts with two-tone sapphire mist and frost blue styling. At Ranz Oldsmobile & Cadillac Co. in Lincoln Friday, the Super 88 Sport Sedan will be shown along with details on new Rocket engines advanced suspension and air scoop brakes. The line offers 15 body styles across Dynamic 88 Super 88 and 98 series with features like increased passenger space and wider glass areas.
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Oldsmobile
Oldsmobile & Cadillac Co
Lincoln
Ranz
Smoother and quieter designs introduced in 1949
The text notes that both items were introduced in 1949 and emphasizes they are smoother and quieter than prior versions.
Lorraine Youth Steer Grand Champion at Kansas show
Hereford steer shown by Melvin Splittes, 15, Lorraine, Kansas, won grand champion at the Kansas National Junior Livestock Show in Wichita. Splittes, a Lorraine High School junior, belongs to the Lorraine 4-H club and received a grand trophy and a Hereford heifer from Andy Buffle of the American Junior Hereford Association. Reserve champion went to Myra Lawson with a Shorthorn steer from Leonardville. Shorthorn champion was Warren Campbell of Geneseo, with reserve Shorthorn heifer by Lawrence Crandall of Sedgwick.
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Wichita
Kas
Melvin Splittes
Lorraine
Kansas
Warren Campbell
Geneseo
Lawrence Crandall
Sedgwick
International Letter Writing Week observed October 5 11
Postmaster Leif Nelson announced the observance of International Letter Writing Week during Oct 5 11. The 21 year old event emphasizes letter writing as a link between people worldwide and urges participation to foster friendship and mutual understanding. Nelson described letters as near to visits in personal communication.
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Leif Nelson
Nelson
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Calm Bandit
Kansas Assn
J. P. Tonkoff
Washington
Attoriney
Gary Mason
Emporia
Erie & Vicinity
PTA
Peace Officers
Rustain Products
Seid Grocer Fairlawn
Tard Wore
Dept
del Monte Catsup
Kritsehmer
Reynolds Foil
del Monte
Welchade
del Monte Tomato
Birdseye
W. Moss
U. S. No
McKesson
Squibb
Rybutos
Bettie
Tom
Squibb Theragran Jr
Sominex
Vigran
Laperot
Devarex
Devanex
Squire & Sons
Gznitol
U.S.P
Lee
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