Letters, mail rise. Urbana school closes long term
Post office figures show mail volume rising with 137000 pieces received in the local area, while national totals reach 63.6 billion. Urbana, for the first time in 90 years, has no school in session as pupils attend Hillcrest. Urbana school closes on a three year basis. A shower for Arthur Hoepker is planned near Humboldt after a lightning fire destroyed their home.
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Urbana
Hillcrest School
Jerry Stirewall
Bank Robbery in Greeley Kansas Silent Escape
A bandit robbed the Bank of Greeley in Greeley Kansas taking nearly 1000 dollars after noon hours. The gunman used a pattern similar to a prior bank robbery in Archie Missouri, locking three women in the vault before escaping. Frank Ohnes later released the women.
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Greeley, Kan
Bank of
Archie
Greeley
Retail Planning Group Will Meet Tomorrow
A Chamber of Commerce retail planning committee will meet at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow at the Silver Grill. On the agenda are the current fund drive for Christmas street decorations and Halloween activities. A Thursday noon luncheon of the Membership Contact Club is set for the Kay Hotel.
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Chamber of Commerce Retail Planning Committee
Silver Grill
Chamber
Kay Hotel
Police Court Collections Rise in September
Police court bonds and fines totaled 1 205 in September up 115 from August, with year to date 5 809 through Oct 1. Parking meter fines rose to 371 for nine months, 1 477 tickets issued that month. There were 1 felony and 36 misdemeanor arrests, 200 calls for service, 14 intoxication and 3 driving while intoxicated arrests, plus 17 traffic accidents inside city limits injuring 10.
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Midwest
Tentative Terms For TV Cable Franchise
City commission discussed tentative terms for a Jola Cable TV franchise. A draft agreement will be submitted for next meeting. A tower at Tola will provide subscribers five TV channels and one FM radio channel.
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Jola Cable Tv, Inc
Tola
Tot's Death Blamed On Plastic Cover
In St Joseph Missouri an AP report says the death of six month old Vicky Sue Bailey was blamed on a plastic cover that apparently loosened and covered her face. The mother Mrs Edward Bailey found her daughter's body after returning from an adjoining room.
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ST. Joseph, Mo
Vicky Sue
Bailey
Edward Bailey
Teens Ronnie Lock Joy Conn Improve After W Kansas Collision
Chanute teenagers Ronnie Lock and Joy Conn were critically injured in a car tractor collision west of Chanute Friday. Both showed signs of improvement with Lock regaining partial consciousness at Neosho Memorial Hospital and Conn recognizing relatives at Kansas University Medical Center in Kansas City.
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Chanute
Ronnie Lock
Joy Conn
Here
Lock
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Miss Conn
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City
Injury claims life of Protection High School player
Barry Lee Rich, 15, a Protection High School football player, died Monday from injuries suffered in a car crash the previous night south of Protection. Two other students Rita Lee Petty, 15, and Gary Girk, 17, were injured in the accident on a county road one mile south of town.
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Protection
Kan
Barry Lee Rich
Lawrence Rich
Rita Lee Petty
Gary Girk
Notorious Kate Bender Home To Be Cherryvale Feature
Cherryvale officials will recreate the Bender home for the Kansas Centennial celebrations. The project aims to gather facts from families connected to the Benders and include souvenirs. Mrs. Jim Holland chairs the 1961 centennial effort with Rev. Bruce Brigden as co chair.
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Kate Bender
Cherryvale
Kan
Bender
Chamber of Commerce
Benders
Jim Holland
Bruce Brigden
First United Presbyterian Church
Cochairman
Joint Rural High School bond vote set for Oct 18
A special election on October 18 will decide a 275000 bond issue to enlarge and remodel Joint Rural High School at Stark. Voting runs 8 am to 6 pm at Stark High School with plans including new classrooms, gym expansion, steel sash windows, and upgraded facilities over 20 years. Trustees John R. Eggen Verle E. Nelson and Melvin W. Morley administer the district.
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STARK
Howard Woodworth
Woodworth
Joint Rural
Grant
Walnut
Hepler
Neosho
Allen
Bourbon
Crawford
Joint Rural School Board
John R. Eggen
Verle E. Nelson
Melvin W. Morley
Minnich Taken by Death Thayer Businessman Dies at 70
Harrison M. Minnich, Thayer builder contractor and former mayor, died of a heart attack at 8 40 after a Neo Sh County Welfare Board meeting at the Tioga Hotel. He was 70, survived by widow Ola Edith Breuer and two daughters Jean Minnich and Helen Papusch. Funeral set for Thursday at the Thayer Christian church with burial in Thayer cemetery. Engel Funeral Home in charge.
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Harrison M. Minnich
Thayer
Minnich
Neosho County
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Thayer Navy
Thayer Picnic and Homecoming Assn
Thayer Christian Church
Blue Lodge AF
AM No. 149
Modern Woodmen of ‘America
Pearl Chapter of
The
Order of Eastern Star
Royal Neighbors
Ola Edith Breuer
Pittsburg Woman Escapes Home Fire
Mrs Harold Compton wife of Pittsburg mayor escaped unharmed after a fire heavily damaged the interior of her home. Defective wiring is suspected. She was alone as her husband was away on business. Her mother advised closing the bedroom door, which helped prevent smoke inhalation before she alerted others.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Harold Compton
Heart Stops, Al Prosser Revived After Long Heart Attack
F. A. (Al) Prosser, 51, a flight service specialist for the FAA at Neosho Municipal airport, suffered a heart attack last night with his heart stopping for almost an hour. He was revived after surgery and massage, and today he is able to talk and improving at Neosho Memorial Hospital.
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F. A
Prosser
Neosho Memorial Hospital
FAA
Soviet Bloc Attacks UN Chief as East West Talks Stall
The Soviet bloc renewed criticism of UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold at the United Nations as East West talks lag. Nikolai Podgorny accused Hammarskjold of serving imperialist interests, while Khrushchev pressed for a Khrushchev-Eisenhower meeting and demanded Eisenhower acknowledge guilt over the U2 incident. Britain sought a Macmillan-Hammarskjold session, with neutralist sponsors called to a conference.
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United Nations
N. Y
Dag Hammarskjold
Hammarskjold
Khrushchev
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Soviet Ukraine
Africa
Congo
Harold Macmillan
Macmillan
Eisenhower
Two U S Rockets In Successful Flight
Two NASA space missions reported success. A 72 foot Scout rocket reached 3 500 miles high and 5 800 miles out over the South Atlantic testing flight performance and a US Air Force radiation detector, while a second mission from Cape Canaveral aimed to orbit Courier IB a magnetic brain satellite for a new military communications system with a 68 000 words per minute capability.
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Washington
South Atlantic
Civilian Space Agency
Special Air Force
Wallops Island
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
South America
Africa
Atlas
Titan
Thor
Air Force
Earth
Cape Canaveral
Fia
U.S
Courier IB
Wilber Brucker
Defense Department
Plans Due Oct 21 For School Projects
Incomplete plans for additions to Alcott and Lincoln elementary schools were shown to the board for tentative approval with Oct 21 set for final approval. John Hankammer outlined preliminary drawings and a 50 percent complete design. Bond sale proceeds of 145000 will be invested in short term treasury notes. A recreation commission will be formed by four appointees to prepare a 1962 program. Other actions included hiring Nona Stevens for Murray Hill sixth grade, closing schools at noon Oct 19 for teacher conferences, and shortening days the week of Oct 24 28. The board discussed eliminating ninth grade commencements at Royster Junior High and installing stage lighting at the Senior High auditorium.
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Alcott
Lincoln
Board of Education
John Hankammer
Hankammer
Recreation Commission
City Commission
Nona Stevens
Murray Hill
Royster Junior High
Fisher
Floyd Potter
Kansas School Board District No. 4
Pittsburg
Harold Anderson
Hutton
del Tolbert
Myrtle Moeller
Paul Paresons
Berra Stroud
Board of Eduation
Navy F4H Phantom II claims speed record
The Navy reports a closed circuit speed record for the McDonnell F4H Phantom II. Cmdr John F Davis flew Edwards AFB California on Sept 25 averaging 1390.21 mph over a 62 mile circle, altitude about 45000 feet above the Mojave Desert. The flight will be submitted for Federation Aeronautique Internationale certification. Davis to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross.
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Washington
Navy
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Cmdr
John F
Jeff) Davis
Chicago
Davis
Federation Aeronautique Internationale
Joseph H. Moore
Air Force
William B. Franke
Mojave Desert
Welfare board advisory meeting discusses community service
Mrs Adeline Fortney county welfare director and Mrs Vesta Lightfoot case worker spoke at the Neosho County Welfare Board Advisory Committee meeting at Tioga Hotel. Fortney outlined welfare services and aging and children programs while Lightfoot noted boarding homes for children and standard requirements. A reorganization plan was submitted by a committee and officer nominations were set for the November 7 meeting at 6 30 p m with rain may affect attendance.
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Adeline Fortney
Vesta Lightfoot
Neosho County
Mary Smith
Nelle Stevens
Fortney
William T. Hunt
R. C. Buchanan
J. T. Johnson
the Tioga
A. Deay
Visory
Drrz
Zie
Ground Is Broken For Pittsburg Building
Ground was broken Monday for a $45,000 structure to house the education and psychology department at Pittsburg State College in Kansas. Dr. Leonard H. Axe, the college president, wielded a shovel at the ceremony. The three story brick and reinforced concrete building will stand between Horace Mann Mann Elementary and College High School.
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Pittsburg
Kas
Pittsburg State College
Leonard H. Axe
Horace Mann Mann Elementary
College High
Four-State Industrial Arts Conference in Pittsburg
About 600 people are expected to attend a four state conference on industrial arts and vocational education at Pittsburg State College in Pittsburg Kansas on Friday and Saturday. Dr. Kenneth McFarland of Topeka will be the principal speaker.
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Pitsburg
Kas
Pittsburg State College
Kenneth McFarland
Topeka
Weather Report and Forecast From Kansas City Area
Fog blankets northeast and north central Kansas with limited visibility. Forecaster reports widespread cloudiness and little temperature change tonight and Wednesday with scattered showers or thunderstorms and highs near 60s.
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Topeka
Kansas
Richard Garrett
Hill City
Hutchinson
Emporia
Traffic Fatalities in Topeka Area Rise in 1960
AP reports Kansas traffic deaths over 24 hours to 9 AM reaching 24 as 1960 totals show 354 for the period versus 444 in the comparable 1959 span. Local data cites Topeka area impact with ongoing road safety concerns.
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Topeka
Kansas
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Hoepker
Retail Planning Group
Skelly
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New Palmn
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