Girl Killed in Crash Near Altona K 1962
Deedra Coble, 11, died en route to KU Medical Center after a two-vehicle crash on a county road six miles north and east of Altona. Six others were seriously injured including Rebecca Stover and Frank Stover. Coble was a sixth grader at Lincoln School and attended First Baptist Church. Funeral arrangements will be announced.
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Deedra Coble
University of Kansas Medical Center
Frank Coble
N. Lafayette
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Dawn
Frank Stover
Altoona
Earl
Neosho Memorial
Rebecca Stover
KU Medical Center
Altoo
Stover
Cable
Kansas City
Chanute
Lincoln School
First Baptist Church
Denise
Debbie
Dana
Frank Tichenor
S. Garfield
Subpoenas Demand Newsroom Records in Agnew Probe
Subpoenas issued to reporters at the Washington Star News Washington Post New York Times and New York Daily News plus Time Magazine seek records of conversations with sources about the Agnew kickback inquiry. The move, authorized by Judge Walter Hoffman, targets leaks from prosecutors and orders reporters to appear at the Baltimore federal courthouse. The Times vows to fight the subpoenas as unconstitutional.
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Washington
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
Washington Star-News
Washington Post
New York Times
New York Daily News
Dictment
Maryland
Agnews
Judah Best
Best
U.S
Walter E. Hoffman
Federal
Baltimore
Echlin to Build Iola Plant Employing 500
Echlin Manufacturing Co plans a 5 million dollar plant at Iola with 500 jobs. The project includes two 100000 square foot buildings on 26 acres to produce an anti skid braking system for tractors and trailers plus cables and pressure switches. First building by next year, full production within two years. second by five years. Bill Johnston to lead as division manager. FEEM will supply die cast parts from Independence.
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Iola — Echlin Manufacturing Co
Branford, Conn
Echlin
Independence
Bill Johnston
Iola
Feem, Inc
Kansas City
Illinois
California
Canada
South Africa
Scotland
West Germany
Lions Candy Day Set By Chanute Lions Club
The Chanute Lions Club will conduct Sight Saving Candy Day on Oct. 12 and 13 to raise funds for the Kansas Lions Research and Training Center at KU Medical Center and the Wichita Vision Clinic. Local businessmen support the project with candy costs, and members will circulate downtown collecting donations and distributing Sight Savers.
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Chanute Lions Club
Lions Club
Norvel Lee
Kansas
Robert Docking
Lee
Candy Day
Lions’ State
Kansas Lions Research and Training Center
Opthalmology
University of Kansas Medical Center
Lions Clubs of Kansas
The
State Project
Kansas Lions Vision Clinic
Wichita
City officials assess turbulent mixer as asphalt plant option
City Manager Kenneth Sanborn and Street Superintendent John Duff with two commissioners visited Clovis New Mexico to evaluate a turbulent mass mixer bid by State Industrial Supply. The bid undercut others but did not meet specifications. Chanute plans a 100000 bond for an asphalt plant amid total project costs near 238000, with lower bids from VanKeppel and Berry Equipment, while a storage tank bid also exists.
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Kenneth Sanborn
John Duff
John Cronco
John Schultz
Clovis
N.M
Chanute
State Industrial Supply Co
SISCO
Wichita
Orozco
G. W. VanKeppel Co
Kansas City
Berry Equipment Co
Center
Mike Murphy
Larry Guetschow
John Orozco
K Sanborn
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Declares Rejection
An intercepted letter notes a contention that women priests could be rejected on grounds of gendered titles. The phrase Father Mary Margaret is cited as a dismissive or nonsensical example used in the debate.
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Mary Margaret
Mid-America Refinery Sold to Tulsa Group
Oscar Cunningham sold his capital stock to a Tulsa group that renames the plant Mid-America Refinery Inc. New officers include K. E. McNeal, Justus O Reilly, and B. F. Stewart. O Reilly moves to Chanute with his family, previously with Skelly Oil since 1935, plans no policy changes, and will manage the refinery.
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Mid-America
Group
Mid - America Refining Co., Inc
Oscar Cunningham
Tulsa
Mid
K. E. McNeal
Justus O'Reilly
S. Tennessee
Skelly Oil Co
Cunningham
the Petroleum Products Co
MFA Oil Co
Columbia, Mo
Mid-America Refining Co., Inc
MFA
Justus O’reilly
Larned Firemen Fight First Grass Fire Since August
After over a month of heavy rain, Larned volunteer firefighters responded to their first grass fire since August 2. Assistant Fire Chief Owen Edwards kept the caller on the line to confirm the report, which persisted as a grass fire.
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Larned
HNL
Owen Edwards
Pentagon drops mutiny charges against four released prisoners
Pentagon officials say the Army and Navy secretaries will drop the mutiny charges against four Army and Marine enlisted men released this year by North Vietnam due to lack of evidence. The action leaves no remaining mutiny charges against released detainees.
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Washington
Pentagon
Army
Navy
Florida Republican admits dirty tricks against Democrats
In Washington, Robert Benz, 25, testified to the Senate Watergate committee that he carried out political tricks to retaliate against Democrats. He alleged phony posters appeared in a 1970 Florida race but could not prove Democratic involvement. Elliott Roosevelt declared vindication after committee said the dispute would go to the Justice Department for possible perjury charges.
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Washington (Ap
Florida
Senate Watergate Committee
Robert Benz
Benz
Washington
Elliott Roosevelt
Senate
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Justice Department
Bahamas
Justice Dept Considers Wiretap Limits and Internal Watchdog
Deputy Attorney General William D. Ruckelshaus said the Justice Department is moving toward new wiretap restrictions and may appoint an internal watchdog. The department also weighs making U.S. marshals and possibly U.S. attorneys career officials rather than political appointees.
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Washington
Justice Department
Atty
William D. Ruckelshaus
U.S
Stormont Castle Meeting Aims At Power Sharing Plan
Police and British troops ringed Stormont Castle as Protestant and Catholic leaders met to craft a power sharing formula for Northern Ireland. A failure to agree could trigger Britain absorbing Ulster, a move bitterly opposed by Catholics and Protestants alike.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Stormont Castle
Britain
Ulster
Boston Reopens Schools After Fear of Violence
Two white residents were murdered in Boston as fear of racial violence rose. A 24 year old woman died after being doused with gasoline and set aflame, and a 65 year old fisherman was stoned and stabbed by a mob of 30 to 40 black youths. Episcopal Church Denies Women Prioress Ordination.
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Boston
Spontaneous Viruses Raise Biohazard in Lab Work
Researchers at the National Cancer Institute warn that animal cells used in labs can spontaneously generate viruses akin to cancer-causing strains. These viruses may transfer to humans, posing a significant biosafety risk to workers handling cell cultures.
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New York
National Cancer Institute
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E. Coble
Humboldt
Stephen Lawrence
Bertha Lawrence
Parsons
Gibson-Koch Chapel
Time Magazine
Nick Gage
Times
Duff
Sanborn
Cha
America Refinery, Inc
B. F. Stewart
O'Reilly
Girard
Kansas State University
Tulsa University
Flossie May Smith
Weir
Larry
Air Force
R. E. Bales
Menlo Park
Calif
Mutiny
Louisville
Episcopal Church
Charles Perry
Washington, D.C
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