Fiesta Queen Crowned As Governor Attends Chanute Fiesta
Governor Avery crowns Rachael De La Torre Chanute Fiesta queen during opening night events. May or Harris and City Manager Hayes join ceremony as crowds enjoy mariachi music, a park platform, and a sidewalk sale amid drizzle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Harris
R. J. Hayes
Neosho County
Henry Watkins
Erie
Harris
Virginia Vaca
Kansas City
Patti Grant
Parsons
Delores Meza
Independence
Becky Rangel
Emporia
Watkins
Hayes
Santa Fe Park
Fiesta
Eulalio Garcia
Park
Memorial Auditorium
Memorial Building
National Guard
Chanute
Tribune
Keith Wright
Rachael de la Torre
Blood Donors Reach 213 Pints at Red Cross Drive
The Red Cross bloodmobile collected 213 pints over Thursday and Friday, toward a 300 pint goal. John Kirkwood hit six gallon total, Alford Serrato five gallons, Earl Morgan four, and William Neeley three. Several donors reached two gallons, and many others reached one gallon.
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Red Cross Bloodmobile
John Kirkwood
Red Cross
Alford Serrato
Earl Morgan
William G. Neeley
Fred Bright
Helen Oliverson
Wayne Ward
John Hovorka
Raymond Burghart
Robert Procter
Leroy Chard
Charles Sommers
Nancy Patterson
Grace Knox
Ken Casper
Donald Summers
Maxine Wolfe
Wayne Jackson
Don Daniel
Clifford Wade
George Beamon
Mickey Callerman
Wendall McMurray
Paul Mueller
Erwin Pereboom
Richard Williams In Satisfactory Condition After Crash
Sixteen year old Richard Williams of Chanute was injured in a motorcycle car collision at Island Lincoln and is listed in satisfactory condition at Neosho Memorial Hospital. He suffered a compound fracture of the lower right leg, with family stating amputation is not expected.
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Richard Williams
Chanute
Island Lincoln
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Seven Escape Olathe Jail After Overpowering Officer
Seven inmates escaped from the Johnson County jail in Olathe after overpowering jailer Cassius Stanley who was tied and gagged. They seized keys, moved to the courthouse area, exited via an office window, leaving a trail of blood from a cut on one man. The fugitives faced felony charges including parole violation forgery grand larceny burglary and armed robbery. names include Brown Bruffett Comstock Henley Mandina Milum and Warn.
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Olathe
Kan
Johnson County
Cassius Stanley
Michael Byron Brown
Overland Park
Leonard Eunice Bruffett
Kirkland
Wash
Jimmie Lee Comstock
Kansas City
Billy Don Henley
Carl Joseph Mandina
Independence
Stephen Decatur Milum
Robert Leon Warn
Stanley
Woman Found Dead in Holton Home
Mrs Marcia Chandler 39 was found dead at her Holton Kansas home Friday afternoon. She was married to John E Chandler publisher of the Holton Recorder. Deputy coroner Dr Roy Moser ruled the death a self inflicted suffocation by a plastic bag over her head.
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Holton, Kan
Marcia Chandler
John E. Chandler
The
Holton Recorder
Roy Moser
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha
A brief wartime era note from Nute to Cha discusses heavy rains fostering hope for tomato vines and potential harvest. The missive reflects weather impact on crops and personal sentiment during uncertain times.
Weather summary for Topeka area and Kansas forecast
Mostly cloudy and cool with scattered showers and a few thunderstorms tonight. Sunday will be warmer with highs in the mid 70s. tonight lows upper 50s. In Kansas through Sunday expect mostly cloudy conditions with a possible shower in the northeast this evening. Reports show rainfall across the state with Weskan 0.77 inch and Cedar Bluff Dam 0.30 inch. Maximum Friday temperatures ranged from 59 Hill City to 71 Pittsburg. morning lows 49 to 59.
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Otpeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Weskan
Jerome
Collyer
Cedar Bluff
Hill City
Pittsburg
Two Vehicle Crash in Bar tlesville No Injuries Reported
Bar tlesville resident Barney C Sisco 43 was shaken but not injured in a two car collision at 7th and Lincoln around 5 15 p m with a 1957 Ford driven by Sisco and a 1959 Pontiac driven by Rita Aikins 20 of Fort Scott. The Aikins children were uninjured and both cars had left front damage. A separate incident at Main and Steuben involved a city street sweeper and a 1961 Lancer driven by Victor D Willis with no damage reported.
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Barney C. Sisco
Bartlesville
7Th
Lincoln
Sisco
Rita Aikins
Fort Scott
Mrs. Laird Dean Dies in Topeka at 64
Mrs. Laird Dean widow of a Kansas banker died Friday in Topeka at age 64. Her husband, who passed in 1963, was chairman of Merchants National Bank and a director of Santa Fe Railway and the Gas Service Co.
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Topeka
Laird Dean
Kansas
Merchants National Bank
Santa Fe Railway
The
Gas Service Co
Truck-Train Crash Injures Driver Near Erie
Ronald J. Wintjen, 25, of rural Erie, collided westbound with a Santa Fe freight near Shaw. His 1960 GMC pickup was a total loss while he sustained only minor injuries to a hand and forehead. The 10-car train, en route from Chanute to Pittsburg, carried Chanute crew: engineer O. B. Stowell, brakeman W. C. White, conductor K. F E. Summers. He was taken to Labette County Medical Center for examination.
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Erie
Wintjen
Neely
Chanute
Pittsburg
O. B. Stowell
W. C. White
K. F E. Summers
Ronald J. Wintten
Labette County
Parsons
Santa Fe
Shaw
George Neely
Neosho County
Intercity Viaduct Crash Kills Lake Lotawanna Man
David Fultz, 30, of Lake Lotawanna, Missouri, was killed in an early morning crash at the west end of the Intercity Viaduct in Kansas City. Betty Salvens, 23, also of Lake Lotawanna, was injured and listed in fair condition at St. Margaret's Hospital in Kansas City Kansas. Police said the car struck a guard rail.
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Kansas City, Kan
David Fultz
Lake Lotawanna
Kansas City
Betty Salvens
St. Margaret's Hospital
Kan
MIG Down in North Vietnam as US Planes Lose Two
In two air battles northeast of Hanoi US pilots scored a hit on a Soviet built MIG using a Sidewinder. One MIG air combat left two US planes lost as a Phantom crew bailed out and the pilot was listed missing. Marines also engaged near the DMZ with heavy enemy casualties reported.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
North
U.S
Hanoi
Air Force
Viet Nam
Demilitarized Zone
Panhandle
Bernard D. Giere
Chicago
Henry J. Knock
Akron
Ohio
UN fund hopes rise as Soviet and Hungarian aid eyed
The Soviet Union and Hungary are expected to volunteer contributions soon to ease the UN peacekeeping deficit. Eastern European sources say funds may arrive within a week or two, aimed at supporting U Thant’s abilities and spotlighting the United States as a barrier to his possible second term.
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United Nations, N.Y
Soviet Union
Hungary
U.N
U.N. General Assembly
Janos Peter
Andrei A. Gromyko
U Thant
Burma
United States
Viet Nam
Soviet Bloc
France
Fall From Roof Fatal For Woman 85
An 85 year old woman in Ithaca New York died after falling 14 feet from a roof while checking a tarred job at her home. Mary Lincebaugh suffered injuries hours earlier and died at Tompkins County Hospital. The family said she had painted the house last year and replaced siding earlier this year.
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Ithaca
N.Y
Mary Lincebaugh
Tompkins County Hospital
Radical Buddhist Ends 100 Day Fast
Thich Tri Quang, once a powerful radical Buddhist leader, reportedly ended his antigovernment, anti Johnson hunger strike after 100 days. The 42 year old monk bowed to appeals of the Vien Hoa Dao Buddhist church and was to leave the hospital for An Quang pagoda, though he stayed at Duy Tan clinic for treatment due to asthma and weak condition.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Thich Tri Quang
Vien Hoa Dao
Trn Quang
An Quang
Duy Tan
Plant Workers at Alcorn Vote to Organize Union
Workers at the Alcorn Combustion Plant voted 71 yes to 26 no to organize and join AFL-CIO Local 83. NLRB certification is awaited within about 10 days to begin contract talks, with Noel Faulkner Louis Young and Francis Bernd named to a temporary negotiating group.
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Alcorn
Alcorn Combustion Plant
Afl-Cio
Noel Faulkner
Louis Young
Francis Bernd
International Brotherhood of Boilermakers
Lloyd H. Russell
Kansas City
Fred George Jr
St. Louis
Tot Rescued From Fire at Topeka Trailer Home
Richard W. Miller, a Southwestern Bell representative, entered a burning trailer near the Topeka municipal airport and rescued eight month old Victor Tinoco III. The mother had left the child in a playpen for about five minutes when she heard a horn and saw smoke. Fire marshal Floyd Dibben suspects a defective stove as the fire’s cause.
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Topeka
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Richard W. Miller
Victor Tinoco III
Miller
Floyd Dibben
Traffic Fatalities Log From Topeka Records 1966
Kansas traffic death log shows 24 hours to 9 am Saturday September 37 1966 with 500 comparable to 458 in 1965. Officials note fatalities include multiple incidents across Topeka and surrounding areas.
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Topeka
Kansas
Leak Plotter Proves Highly Successful In City Gas Checks
Earl Malcolm city gas superintendent said a hired leak plotter used this week to test natural gas lines in the business area and high pressure feeder mains was highly successful. The business area was in good shape though several leaks were found in the city distribution system and will be repaired quickly.
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Earl Malcolm
Malcolm
Pargo Sail Submarine Launched at New London Yard
The Pargo, the Navy’s 24th nuclear attack submarine, was launched today at Electric Boat in New London Conn. It is the second U S submarine named Pargo, the first WWI vessel making nine Pacific patrols under Rear Adm David B Bell, now A CNO for manpower.
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New London, Conn
Electric Boat Division
General Dynamics Corp
U.S
Pacific
David B. Bell
Naval Operations
Man Power
Judge issues Order to Protect Negro Children in Grenada
Federal judge Claude Clayton permanently restrains Grenada officials from allowing attacks on Negro children outside desegregated schools. He cites police inaction and condemns local leadership for the violence. Constable Brady Carroll receives four months for contempt after defying a subpoena. Justice Department seeks injunction to enforce civil rights protections in Grenada.
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Grenada
Miss
Claude Clayton
Oxford
Clayton
Brady Carroll
Carroll
Eisenhower Talks With Philippine President at Gettysburg Farm
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower met for nearly an hour with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos at the Eisenhower farm in Gettysburg. Newsmen were barred from the site as Eisenhower returned to the farm after a two night stay at Walter Reed Army Hospital for a periodic checkup.
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Gettysburg
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ferdinand FE. Marcos
Eisenhower Farm
Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Washington
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Yates Center
Iola
Humboldt
Seven
Olathe Jail
Warn
Holton
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Yours
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Boyd
al Assembly
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