Coon Chase Ends With Bite After Home Invasion
A Tuesday night raccoon chase in a town home turned chaotic as the animal roamed the Crawford residence from room to room. Dean Skinner and a neighbor captured the high-spirited critter on a snare, but not before Mrs. Crawford was bitten by the family dog during the struggle. The coon was later housed by Gary Hinkle with a state permit pending.
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Crawfords
Dean Skinner
N. Forest
Skinner
Crawford
Herman
Coon
Gary Hinkles
Hinkle
State Fish and Game Commission
To Hear Prison Site Bids In Topeka
A Legislative Council committee will hear bids from cities seeking a proposed new penitentiary. The $6.5 to $8 million medium security facility would be built in three phases, with about $2 to $2.5 million asked for the first stage. Potential sites include Abilene Coffeyville Arkansas City Chanute Emporia Holton Independence Lansing Ottawa Paola Parsons El Dorado Marysville Osawatomie Junction City Pittsburg Eureka Pratt Wellington Lincoln Iola Newton Topeka Doniphan County Clay Center Blue Rapids Valley Falls.
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R Kingman
Council
Abilene
Coffeyville
Arkansas City
Chanute
Emporia
Holton
Independence
Lansing
Ottawa
Paola
Parsons
el Dorado
Marysville
Osawatomie
Junction City
Pitt
Ginny Hurls 100 mph Winds Toward South Carolina Coast
Evacuation was urged along a 100 mile stretch of South Carolina beaches as hurricane Ginny bore down with 100 mph sustained winds. The storm was expected to make landfall late tonight with the eye near the South Carolina coast and 65 miles southeast of Charleston at noon.
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Charleston
S.C
South Carolina
Ginny
Cape Fear
N.C
South Carolina Line
Weather Bureau
North Carolina
Ocean
Georgia
Brunswick
Fifty Germans Trapped in Mine Rescue Efforts Continue
In Hildesheim region, 50 miners were trapped after a flood from an ore processing pool. Seven were reached in a side shaft by a six inch drill and a 20 inch hole planned for a rescue bell. Main shaft flooded, 43 others unaccounted. 79 escaped earlier. Officials unsure of cause. nearby highway construction suspected. Public and troops aiding as search proceeds.
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Hildesheim
Germany
Lengede
Hannover
Brunswick
Calf Crippled in Fairfield Bus Collision
A Fairfield school bus driven by Raymond F. Whitworth struck and crippled a Black Angus calf eight miles southeast of Erie while on its route. Whitworth said the calf dashed into the road from undergrowth. The calf owned by Clarence Deweese Erie R.1 valued at $125. No bus damage reported.
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Fairfield
Raymond F. Whitworth
S. Central
Erie
Here
Whitworth
Clarence Deweese
Erie R. 1
Docking Released From Hospital
Washington AP report says George Docking former Kansas governor and Ex-Im Bank director left Doctors Hospital after weeks of treatment for a recurring fever. Wife says doctors have not found a cause yet his temperature has been normal for several days and he will stay in bed another week before resuming work.
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Washington
George Docking
Export-Import Bank
Doctors Hospital
Docking
Kansas
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Intercepts in Chanute
Chanute holds several irons in the fire as a letter to Cha is intercepted. The memo notes continued momentum and urges ongoing efforts to keep the bellows roaring.
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Cha
Chanute
Riegle Orr Named to Safari Museum Board
Appointment of Ellis Riegle and Gene Orr to the Safari Museum governing board was announced by president Dale Fairchild. New vice president is Dr. Richard Good and Riegle becomes secretary-treasurer. Other members include Phil Cooper Mrs. Virginia Horton Floyd Naff and curator Anna Lou Mattix.
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W. 7Th
Gene Orr
N. Highland
Safari Museum
Dale Fairchild
Richard Good
Riegle
M. L. Morton
Joe Lewis
James A. Butin
Phil Cooper
Virginia Horton
Floyd Naff
Cooper
Horton
Naff
Orr
Good
Dr. Butin
Anna Lou Mattix
Topeka picks Santa Fe man as Kansas development chief
Jack Lacy of Santa Fe New Mexico was named director of the Kansas Department of Economic Development at a salary of 20000 dollars. Lacy, 49, previously administrative assistant to Senator Edwin Mechem and ex director of New Mexico Development. William Muchnic of Atchison, chair of the KEDC, said the unanimous choice came after screening 67 candidates nationwide and 32 months of work.
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Topeka
Jack Lacy
Santa Fe
N.M
Kansas Department of Economic Development
Lacy
Edwin L. Mechem
R-N. M
New Mexico
Muchnic
Facial Injuries for Wertz In Odd Two Part Accident
Earl Wertz 76 of 101 S La Fayette suffered nose and cheek injuries in a two part traffic crash on North Plummer near highway K39. He was taken to Neosho Memorial Hospital. Eldon H. Lloyd, Wilber Mathews and three Lloyd occupants involved. Mathews Buick totaled. Lloyd car damaged $150. Wertz pickup $90. Visibility hill blocked junction view.
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Earl Wertz
S. Lafayette
North Plummer
Neosho Memorial Hospital
K39
George Neely
John VanWickle
Wertz
Plummer
Eldon H. Lloyd
Lloyd
Mathews
Three boards discuss area tech school plans
Chanute Humboldt and Iola boards meet to outline steps toward a Kansas vocational technical school for southeast counties. A survey of 42 counties will gauge student interest and future industry needs while financing options and potential sites are debated.
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Kansas
Chanute
Humboldt
Iola
Weather outlook fair with morning fog through Saturday
Topeka area forecast predicts continued mild, fair weather with local morning fog or low cloudiness. Saturday highs in the mid 70s, tonight lows near 60. Kansas adults see a cool front bringing temperature drops of 10 to 15 degrees, especially in the southwest and north central regions, while the southeast stays warm. Early lows ranged from 38 at Goodland to 63 at Pittsburg. Today’s highs expected in the 70s, with tonight’s lows from the lower 40s northwest to mid 60s southeast.
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Topeka
Kansas
Goodland
Pittsburg
UF Climbs to 13883 in Chanute United Fund drive
Donations to the Chanute United Fund total $808 in the past 24 hours, lifting the campaign to $13,883.88 or 63.4 percent of the $21,896 goal. Payroll employees, led by Bill Bodley’s team, are 80.4 percent complete. business and professional gifts are about 65 percent. residential drive is about half done with 229 of 461 blocks reporting and $1,702 raised toward $5,802. A total of 1,206 donations average $11.51 each.
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Chanute United Fund
Bill Bodley
Curious furious round robin on quackery day
Washington AP reports the second National Congress on Medical Quackery opened with attacks on Krebiozen and Farmer Browns Master Cell. FDA and AMA sponsor opposing meetings as quackery foes clash. Dr Edward R Annis and FDA Commissioner George P Larrick vow aggressive action while listing FDA actions against quackery and noting Krebiozen’s prior AMA verdict of ineffectiveness.
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Washington
Krebiozen
Edward R. Annis
AMA
FDA
Larrick
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