Pupils Stage Ambitious Fort Scott Centennial Pageant
Fort Scott pupils from Eugene Ware school will present Footprints on the Frontier in a near professional hour long performance on April 27 and 28. About 450 pupils with adult narrators will participate supported by a 64 piece pit orchestra. The production covers Camp Scott to statehood and Civil War eras with scenery and percussion simulating battles and gunfire.
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Fort Scott
Kansas
Eugene Ware
No. 1 National Military Cemetery
Arleen Purcell
Bertie Cole
Tory
Fort Scott's
Purcell
Camp Scott
Chris Cooper
Steven Roberson
Millie Hart
Cynthia Byer
Heir Found Shot to Death Near Jennings
State authorities searched for 11 year old Shari Sue Chiaborel last week after a grandmother left her half interest in a small house. Found dead with her mother Mrs Ramayne Chiaborel at their Jennings area home, coroner's inquest pending.
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St, Joseph
Shari Sue Chiaborel
Shari Sue
Ramayne Chiaborel
Jennings
Ecuadoran President denies Soviet switch amid protests
President Jose Velasco Ibarra told Quito readers there is no danger Ecuador will join the Soviet Union in orbit despite anti American demonstrations. He cited broad anti communist sentiment as protection against communism. A separate report from Olathe Kansas details a light plane crash killing a flight instructor Merle Ferguson and student Edward Middleton near the airport.
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Quito
Ecuador
Jose Velasco Ibarra
Soviet Union
U.S
Peru
Velasco Ibarra
Holiday Will Be Happy For Parents of Airman
Santa Monica AP reports an elderly California couple will find a gaily wrapped Christmas package under their tree, believing it from Air Force Capt. Eugene Posa missing since a July RB47 shot down by the Russians. His brother Philip fabricates letters from England to spare them shock while awaiting official word.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Joseph Posa
Pele Non
Air Force
Eugene Osa
Air Forcs
Capt. Posa
Philip
Eugene
England
Betty Lou
Vicki Jean
Kathy Andrea
Topeka
Kansas
Philip Posa
Atomic bomb claim shocks Cairo editor says UAR will obtain bomb
An Al Ahram editor close to President Nasser predicts the UAR will acquire an atomic bomb at any cost when target nations possess one. Heikal’s piece echoes Cairo’s reaction to reports of Israel and France collaborating on a bomb. Israel and France deny the charges, saying the research is peaceful. In California, a separate U.S. 66 crash near Bakersfield kills H. A. Burns, 79, with three others injured.
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Cairo
Gamal Abdel Nasser
U.A.R
Mohamed Hassanein Heikal
al Ahram
Israel
Bakersfield
Calif
H. A.burns
Kechi
Kan
Burns Fam
Eugene Posa
Lily
Topeka Family Updates On Capt John McKone Letter
The McKone family of Topeka reports a new letter from Capt John A McKone navigator of the RB47 shot down by the Russians last summer. McKone and another crewman were captured and are held by the Russians. The children are John Jr six months Kathy Lori two. A photo shows a plane similar to McKone's and the family will stay in Topeka for the holidays.
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Connie McKone
Topeka
John A. McKone
McKone
John Jr
Kathy
John
Lori
Kidnap Suspect Gets Release
Leavenworth Kansas AP costello of St Louis former owner of a taxi firm released Sunday after 30 months in a U S penitentiary for carrying a pistol across state lines. He was questioned about ransom money in the Bobby Greenlease kidnap and slaying case from October 1953 in Kansas City. He refused to testify before a federal grand jury.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Joseph G. Costello
St. Louis
St. Loui
U.S
Body found along road near Andover Kansas
The body of George Wesley Best, 45, Wichita, was found beside a country road four miles south of Andover. He had been shot in the head. Sheriff Jell Reed said Best, who was out hunting, apparently crawled through a fence when his shotgun discharged.
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Andover
Kan
George Wesley Best
Wichita
Reed
Best
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