Two Murders: Confession Ties Maxey to Slayings in Plainfield
Joseph Maxey confessed to participating in two rapes and killings in Plainfield, admitting he killed Mrs. Elliott C. Ewell by running her over. Lorelle Parks admitted strangling Mrs. Robert Tyson after raping her, with both charged with abduction, rape and murder. A preliminary hearing was planned, psychiatric exams were held, and a memorial service attended by about 300 people.
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Plainfield
Joseph Maxey
Maxey
Lorelle Parks
Elliott C. Ewell
Parks
Robert Tyson
Life Begins at Forty: A Skew on Retirement and Jewelry
A reader and columnist discuss aging, marriage, and vanity. A man laments his wife keeps an expensive necklace in a bank safe, while retirees consider cross country trips and cosmetic surgery for improved appearance. The exchange explains aging terms and geriatrics basics.
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Robert Peterson
Ceremonies End For Boy Scouts
Fort Scott Kansas AP Boy Scouts of the Mc Kan Area Council returned home Sunday after an encampment in Fort Scott. They hiked 35 miles along an old military road from Pittsburg Friday and Saturday. Adj. Gen. Joe Nickell told 662 scouts from 25 Kansas and Missouri cities that international tension will continue for years and that sacrifice is necessary. Nickell received the council's first Kansas Centennial patch.
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Fort Scott
Kan
Boy Scouts
Mc Kan
Ast
Pittsburg
Adj
Joe Nickell
Kansas
Missouri
Food Stamps Test Starts In Welch West Virginia
Food stamps, a Kennedy pilot program to bolster needy diets, were to be issued over the counter in Welch this afternoon. About 10,000 McDowell County families were approved to receive commodities, with Secretary Freeman and Governor Barbour attending the launch of the first test program aimed at substituting food stamps for surplus commodities.
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Welch
Kennedy
West Virginia
Orville
McDowell County
Food stamp plan aid for needy families outlined
A Garden City Telegram summary notes a test project allowing needy families to buy stamps for a nutritious diet. It explains that a family spending about 70 dollars a month could receive roughly 130 dollars in stamps for the same food expenditure, with details about income levels and eligibility.
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Westfield
the Warren Hotel
Tion
Grand Canyon
Mammoth Cave
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Gov. W. W. Barron
Garden City Telegram
Dillon's Food Market
Duckwall
Fansler Tires, Inc
Fidelity State Bank
Geier Electric
Gardiner’s All Star Dairy Garden National Bank
Garden City Co-op Equity Exchange
Ideal Food Store
Laughlin Drug Store
Mayo's
Mullin Furniture, Inc
McDonald's McClung & Payne Drug
Northside
Nolan Motor Company
Norris Drug J
Penney Go
Purnall's Fashions
Pearl Drug
Roger's Paint Products
Renick Drug
Schulman Hardware
Sears, Roebuck and Company
Sweetbriar Shop
Stoner
Safeway
Spencer's Food Market
Standard Supply
Tech
Vogue Shop Wall
Iga Warren Hotel
Trail Room
Woolworth's
Anthony's’ Department
Collins Furniture & Spt
Garden City
Donald's McDonald CO
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