Western Kansas Briefs Include Birds Farm Race and Eggs
Western Kansas report notes fashion trends fading, 40 whooping cranes seen near Scott County, Scott County corn yield 3 278 000 bushels last fall, average 48.9 bushels per acre. Saddle Club trail ride set for Sunday April 21. Easter egg hunt brings a lizard find by Dempsey Morgan son of Truman Morgan of Syracuse.
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Scott County
Finney County
Stevens County
Kearny County Saddle Club
Dempsey Morgan
Mrs. Truman -Morgan
Syracuse
Lions Club
Reds Launch Earth Satellite Cosmos XIV in Soviet Space Effort
MOSCOW AP The Soviet Union launched Cosmos XIV, an artificial earth satellite, to advance its space research program begun in 1962. Tass reported the satellite orbits every 92.1 minutes from 164 to 318 miles altitude with a 20,004 megacycle radio link and a precise orbital measurement system.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Tass
Space
Nuclear Reactor Center Bids Are Studied
The University of Missouri reviews bids above estimates for a nuclear reactor center. The low bid of 2,820,800 was submitted by B D Simon Construction Co of Columbia and General Electric Co. The university has 2,025,000 available from state and federal sources and seeks 500,000 more from the Legislature.
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Columbia, Mo
University of Missouri
B. D. Simon Construction Co
Columbia
General Eelectric Co
Hong Kong Hilton Promotes Itself as Asia's Largest Hotel
A 26 story Hong Kong Hilton, heavily funded by Texas investors, claims the title of Asia's biggest hotel. A Texas flag flies from the roof.
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Hong Kong Hilton
Asia
Elkhart Plans 50th Anniversary Celebration Events
Elkhart's four day Gold Anniversary starts April 28 with a bathing beauty contest at the high school gym. The Rebekah Lodge will judge 1913 costumes and whiskers. Friday features a children's parade, carnival hours, an E S A Sorority floor show, and an old timers breakfast. Saturday includes a parade, rodeo, mounted drill team, and a rodeo queen, plus Hank Thompson and his western swing band. Final day offers another rodeo and museum setup by the VFW Auxiliary.
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Elkhart Jaycees
Rebekah Lodge
Hattie Bloodhart
Rodeo
Tone Steele
Hank Thompson
Pym
VFW
Lions Club
Convicted Man Escapes Custody Near Fort Madison
Ronald Leroy Gramenz, 27, of Menlo Park California, awaiting transfer to the Iowa Penitentiary at Fort Madison, escaped from sheriff's officers Friday night near West Point 12 miles northwest of Fort Madison. He was serving a 50 year sentence for second degree murder of a friend of his estranged wife. Patrol cars pursued in Lee County near the Illinois and Missouri borders.
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Fort Madison
Iowa
Ronald Leroy Gramenz
Menlo Park
Qalif
Fort Dodge
Gramengz
Ray 0. McCoy
West Point
Grass fires extinguished by Garden City volunteers
Garden City's volunteer fire department extinguished two grass fires Friday afternoon. First alarm at 1:36 p.m. reached property of Roland Tate near Valley View Cemetery, second at 2:20 p.m. burned less than an acre on property of Taylor Jones twelve miles south of Holcomb. No damage was reported at either site.
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Garden City
Roland Tate
Valley View Cemetery
Taylor Jones
Holcomb
Minor injuries in two car collision on Main Street
Two Garden City residents suffered minor facial cuts after a 2 p.m. Friday crash in the 1200 block of North Main. Mrs Bert Mastin Jr., 20, and passenger Jowilla Arwine, 17, were taken to St. Catherine Hospital for treatment after the Mastin vehicle struck a parked car owned by Charles Robert Morris at 1203 N Main. Both cars sustained extensive damage.
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N. Main
St. Catherine Hospital
Bert Mastin Jr
W. Hazel
Jowilla Arwine
Mastin
Charles Robert Morris
Lumber consumption climbs to 1962 record
Lumber consumption reached 37.4 billion board feet in 1962, a slight rise above 1961 levels, reflecting ongoing demand in the timber sector.
Admissions and births reported in Garden City area
In Garden City today hospitals list admissions at St Catherine including Jacob Dechant Eminence Rt Donald Butler and Ruth Strickland Wichita among others. Dismissals include Kent Denton Walter Snell and Albert Sinclair. Births at St Catherine include Ason to Harold Solze Rt 1 and a daughter to Thomas Hutchins Dighton with weights 7 pounds 8 ounces and 6 pounds 4 ounces respectively.
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St. Catherine
Pat
Albert Sinclair
Jetmore
Louis
Beyreis
Martin Franco
Clifton Hull
Satanta
Glenn Koehn
Ulysses
St. Catherine Ason
Harold Solze
Thomas Hutchins
Dighton
Court Bonds and Fines For Several Individuals
Bonds posted for Robert L Katz Holcomb and Mrs Burt Mastin Jr of 10914 W Hazel for improper parking and driving in a no parking zone. Bonds forfeited for Cecil La verne Jacobs Office Paul Hein rich Billie J Crawford James William Dunsworth Leonard R Moody and Robert L Katz.
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Robert L. Katz
Holcomb
Burt Mastin Jr
W. Hazel
Cecil Laverne Jacobs
Ollce Paul Heinrich
Billie J. Crawford
James William Dunsworth
Leonard R. Moody
Traffic County Accident Friday Evening on US 83
A traffic accident occurred Friday at 7 45 pm ten miles south on US 83 involving a car driven by Dennis Kleysteuber age 20 of 308 Olive Street. Moderate injuries were reported. Police investigated at the scene.
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Dennis Kleysteuber
Olive
Infant Daughter of Smiths Dies Shortly After Birth
The infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Lorren Smith Rt 1 died at St Catherine Hospital Friday morning after being born about eight hours earlier. Survived by sister Christine and grandparents Glen W Smith Topeka and A C Austin Overland Park. Body taken to Wichita for cremation with Phil lips White Funeral Home handling local arrangements.
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Lorren Smith
Rt. 1
St. Catherine Hospital
Christine
Glen W. Smith
Topeka
A. C. Austin
Overland Park
Wichita
Phillips-White Funeral Home
Visit to Prison Impresses Youths
Seven youths ages 16 to 22 from Prairie Village, convicted of breaking car windows, toured a Kansas prison in Lansing. They passed through five gates into the exercise yard, met by a chaplain, and saw guards, solitary cells, and inmate meals. Some said the visit was depressing and others felt it gave them something to think about.
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Lansing
Kan
Kansas
Prairie Village
Harry F. Roark
James Post
Kenneth Horton
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Scon
Jack Dean
Scott
Sheriff's Department
Reds
Triple
Finney County Fairgrounds
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Elkhart
E.S.A
Harvey House
Denmark
Lee County
Tllinois
Missouri
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