Beale Street Facelift Marks Urban Renewal Plan
Memphis prepares a 20 million dollar urban renewal project to revitalize nine blocks of Beale Street while preserving Handy Park and the statue of William Christopher Handy. Secretary Udall and Mrs. Handy attend ceremony as dilapidated blocks give way to a mixed residential commercial district.
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Visitors return from Dallas and trips across Texas
Erie residents recount a two week Dallas trip visiting Oliver Pearson and family and cousins in Fort Worth. Guests include Buffalo Eastern Star members Mmes. Ferguson and Kennedy. The town notes a new baby Traci Marie born to Mr. and Mrs. Max Roberts.
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Henry Watkins
Howard Kennedy
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Fire Truck for Canville Two Enlists Volunteers
Earlton plans to enlist as a sprinkler focused volunteer fire fighter. A two and half ton Army truck from Fort Riley, driven by John Waltermier, will serve Danville township and Earlton as a fire vehicle once equipped with a tank and gear. Volunteer help will assist fire control within the township.
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Earlton
Fort Riley
John Waltermier
Danville Township
Alva McLaren
St. Louis
Kidwell Bound Over For Murder Trial
Former state legislator Thomas Kidwell of Wichita was bound over for trial on first degree murder charges after Betty Goetsch Kidwell was found shot four times in a wrecked car southeast of Topeka. Kidwell, wounded in the incident, was in the driver’s seat as the district coroner noted his injuries as personal safety related. Judge Reese H. Robrahn set a bail ruling for Monday following two days of testimony at the preliminary hearing.
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Topeka
Thomas Kidwell
Wichita
Betty Goetsch Kidwell
Kidwell
Reese H. Rebrahn
Court of Topeka
Robrahn
Church Property Exempt From Tax Questioned
Kansas Attorney General Robert Sonderholm said a proposed tax classification for church and affiliated properties would require a constitutional amendment. Senator Jack Quinlan raised the issue, noting possible taxation at half the rate, but court rulings confirm exemption under the state constitution.
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Topeka
Robert Sonderholm
Jack A. Quinlan
Sonderholm
Quinlan
Notice of hearing on petition for administrator in probate
In Neosho County Kansas the matter of Roy J Chapple and Anna Marie Chapple deceased the petition by Orrin N Wartenbee brother and heir at law for appointment of an administrator will be heard November 16 1966 at 10 00 A M in the Erie Kansas court written defenses must be filed otherwise judgment will be entered Henshall and Pennington Chanute Kansas Attorneys for Petitioner Test Alberta Gough Probate Judge
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Neosho County
Kansas
Roy J. Chapple
Anna Marie Chapple
State OF Kansas
Orrin N. Wartenbee
Erie
Henshall and
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South Forest Street
Chanute
Alberta Gough
Floyd Prather
Anna Prather
Hershall Prather
Henshall Prather
Henshall & Pennington
South Forest Chanute
Estates of Floyd Prather and Anna Prather Probate Notice
Hershall Prather petitions for appointment of administrator for the estates of Floyd Prather and Anna Prather both deceased. Respondents must file defenses by November 16 1966 at 10 00 a m in Erie Kansas with Horshall Prather and the firm Henshall Pennington 15 South Forest on record.
Auto makers report record nine month sales but lower profits
Ford GM and Chrysler posted higher nine month revenues than ever before while third quarter profits plunged. GM said nine month sales were second only to 1965, while Chrysler's profits fell 64 percent and GM 62 percent with Ford down 36 percent. Executives cited higher labor and material costs plus increased marketing and expansion expenses. Chrysler noted costs not fully recovered in pricing.
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Detroit
Ford
Chrysler
General Motors
American Motors
Henry Ford II
New York
Area Dams Conditions Reported for Yesterday
Water pool levels and discharge figures update for Toronto Fall River and John Redmond reservoirs. Yesterday levels include 948.50 for Toronto Fall River and 1 035.50 for John Redmond with contrasting readings for other sites while discharge rates are noted in cubic feet per second.
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Toronto Fall River
John Redmond
Toronto
Ccccee
TOD Isccceren Esonsevesss
Fall River
Seeebbosees
Jets QB Na math Draws Waterfield Comparison
Mel Hein, AFL supervisor of officials, says Jets quarterback Joe Namath releases the ball so fast he reminds him of Hall of Fame quarterback Bob Waterfield.
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Mel Hein
American Football League
Joe Namath
Bob Waterfield
Today in History Highlights from Oct 29 1966
The date reviews major past events: 1940 first national lottery for drafting order with number 158, 1956 Israeli forces in Sinai, 1961 India train derailment with 19 dead and 52 injured, and 1965 Luci Johnson's Texas trip amid marriage rumors.
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Sinai Peninsula
India
Luci Johnson
Texas
Pat Nugent
Nugent
Niece Top Beneficiary in Miss Arden Will
Elizabeth Arden named her niece Patricia Graham Young as chief beneficiary and residuary heir in a $30 to $40 million estate. The will, filed for probate, leaves $2 million in cash and all jewelry to Young, plus a $20,000 bequest to Doris Williams, the London hairdresser known as Little Willie.
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New York
Elizabeth Arden
London
Miss Arden
Little Willie
Doris Williams
Patricia Graham Young
Arden graham will filed under maiden name in probate
The Chanute Tribune reports a will where Elizabeth N. Graham uses her maiden name Arden Graham. Despite two marriages and divorces she kept the Graham surname.
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Miss Arden
Elizabeth N. Graham
Graham
Motorcycle Crash Fatal Near Lawrence
Wendell O. Landon 25 of Edora Kansas was killed Friday night when his motorcycle struck a guard rail on the Kansas Turnpike access road in west Lawrence. Police Lt. Jack Evans reported.
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Lawrence, Kan
Wendell O. Landon
Eudora
Kan
Kansas Turnpike
West Lawrence
Jack Evans
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