Diem Declares Communists Losing War in Viet Nam
In Saigon President Ngo Dinh Diem urged the National Assembly that Viet Cong guerrilla resistance faces inevitable defeat. He praised military gains in the Mekong Delta and claimed the Buddhist crisis was Communist inspired as an ultimate maneuver. The crackdown drew U.N. scrutiny and protests from U.S. officials after police clashed with reporters.
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Saigon
Viet Nam Cap
Ngo Dinh Diem
South Viet Nam
National Assembly
Diem
Omnis Viet Cong
New York
U.N
U Thant
Anem
Viet Nam
Mekong Delta
Market roundup at City Livestock Market report
Total receipts 2248 cattle 4121 hogs with uneven stocker calves and steer prices. Hogs steady to $1.40 gain. light weight steers 300-400 lbs $25.50-$27.50, 350-450 lbs $24.50-$25.75. Heifer calves $24-$35.75, yearlings $18-$21.50, cows and calves scarce $165-$210 per pair. Top hogs $15.40. lights $13-$14.75. sows $11.50-$19.50. boars $8.50. Market movement mixed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unche Co.op
Garden City
Market Near All Time High Sees Mixed Wall Street Action
The market hovered near a two week high with small price moves and active trading. Dow Jones stood just above the Sept. 24 record at noon, with the Associated Press 60 up, industrials ahead and rails down. Mixed sectors included autos volatile and metals rising while utilities and chemicals showed uneven gains. East German border guards crossed into West Germany in a rain soaked crawl, led by a former border guard.
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New York
Wall
American
Studebaker
Asler
American Stock Exchange
Wv Eschwege
Germany
Iron Curtain
West Geraggeny
Prairie Fire Finally Subdued Near Ellsworth
A prairie fire southwest of Ellsworth burned three fourths of a mile wide and seven miles long. Firefighters from Great Bend Ellsworth Lorraine Geneseo Rushton and Schilling Air Force fought the blaze driven by a 20 mile an hour southwest wind. Some hay barns were destroyed but other buildings were saved by fire breaks cut with bulldozers.
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Ellsworth
Kan
Great Bend
Lorraine
Geneseo
Rushton
Schilling Air Force
Ellsworth County
Dismissals And Visitors At St Catherine Leopold And Nearby
A list shows visitors and dismissals at St Catherine and Leopold with multiple names and addresses including Mrs Vernon Ball 310 Edwards Lee Conley 306 N and James A Boman 310 Ander Miles Partin 507 N 3rd Jack Corn Randall Schaffer 3044 N 13th and others. The roll includes residents from Lakin Deerfield Satanta Garden City Copeland and Ulysses among towns.
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St. Catherine
S@turday
Vernon Ball
Edwards Lee Conley
James A. Boman
Ander
Miles Partin
Jack Corn
Randall Schaffer
Larry Mercado
William Hamill
Byron Stancliff
Randal Ct
Patricia Medina
W. Ful
Darrell Billings
N. Main
Wallace Kuhlman
Lakin
R. D. Elliott
Deerfield
Daniel Rojas
City
Marcellus Barker
Birth at St. Catherine reports Elliott daughter
A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. RB. D. Elliott of Deerfield at St. Catherine on Oct 6 at 9 50 a.m. weighing 7 pounds 1 41 ounces.
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St. Catherine
RB. D. Elliott
Deerfield
Civic Center dance draws Garden City juniors after football
About 160 Garden City Junior College students attended the Civic Center dance after the Garden City Dodge City football game on Saturday night. Businessmen aiding included Hank White, Harold Fansler Jr, Walt Weber, John Robinson, Duane Hays, Virgil Craig and Bob Gardiner. Dr V A Leopold attended the 68th annual American Osteopathic Association convention last week in New Orleans with nine osteopathic specialty groups. Assistance day at the Internal Revenue office is set for Monday Oct 28 offering both telephone and office help to taxpayers. Kenneth Jones Ullysses joins Wichita University Singers for fall. Carlos Green Garden City High School grad new freshman president at McPherson College. Melva Turner Holcomb named to membership in Southwestern College Cappella Choir as a freshman.
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Garden City Junior College
V. A. Leopold
The
American Osteopathic Assn
Jung Hotel
New Orleans
Graveside services held for Lola Rose Mercado
Graveside services were held for Lola Rose Mercado a one day old daughter of Mr and Mrs Larry Mercado of 1209 Jones. She died Sunday morning after being born Saturday at St Catherine Hospital. Survived by parents five sisters Rosemary Suzanne Sophia Brenda Louise and Gloria Marie maternal grandparents James White dress Denby D paternal grandparents John Mercado Gardendale. Garland Funeral Home supervised.
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Lola Rose Mercado
Larry Mercado
Jones
Valley View Cemetery
St. Catherine Hospital
Rosemary
Suzanne
Sophia
Brenda Louise
Gloria Marie
James Whitedress
Denby
John Mercado
Gardendale
Garland Funeral Home
Obituary of Mrs Alvina Breitkreutz Leoti Kansas
Mrs Alvina Breitkreutz 75 of Leoti died Saturday after a long illness at St Catherine Hospital Garden City. Born June 29 1888 she lived in Wichita County most of her life. She married Richard J Breitkreutz on November 5 1913. Survived by daughter Irene Johnson Cheyenne Wells Colo son Walter Leon four brothers and three grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday 10 am at Presbyterian Church Garden City with Rev Herman Mayer officiating. Burial Leoti Cemetery.
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Leoti
Alvina Breitkreutz
St. Catherine Hospital
Garden City
Lydia
Wichita Couty
Richard J. Breitkreutz
Trinity Lutheran Church
Irene Johnson
Cheyenne Wells
Colo
Adrian Town Finds Temporary Water Relief From River Pool
ADRIAN Missouri residents faced a severe water shortage as the town’s reservoir held only about two feet of water. Volunteers completed an eight inch pipeline to divert six miles of water from the South Grand River, delivering temporary relief that Mayor Arthur L. Kells warned will not last. The river pool is half a mile long and lawn watering and car washing remain banned for the 900 residents.
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Adrian, Mo
South Grand
Adrian
Arthur L. Kells
High Court Opens With Record Docket for Term
The Supreme Court begins a term facing the heaviest docket in its history with nearly 1 200 cases. Chief Justice Warren starts his eleventh year as hundreds of appeals await action and new apportionment cases from several states will be heard amid civil rights disputes.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Earl Warren
Tennessee
New York
Georgia
Alabama
Maryland
Virginia
Angry Husband Shoots and Kills Kansas City Man
In Kansas City Kansas Homer Cowan, 19, died in a hospital after being shot by Roy Lee Williams, 55. Williams, living at 917 Haskell, is charged with murder after firing into a car where his wife was seated with Cowan. Mrs Williams was wounded in the hand. Williams said he fired on sighting the couple and then called police.
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Kansas City
Kan
Homer Cowan
North Halleck
Roy Lee
Williams
Haskell
Cowan
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U.N. General Assembly
United Nations
Mia. Nhu
Nhu
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Sorder Guard
Leeds Way To Freedom
Rosella Cobb
Grand Junction, Colo
Verna Graham
Elsie Renshaw
Herbert Watson
Kalves
Leslie Russell
Deborah Reid
Frank Medina Jr
W. Ma
J. W. Jakeway
Jill Marie Hull
Herbert Dean Hull
Satanta Car Cruz
Safford
Cathy Small
Holcomb
James Johnson
Timothy Dale Unruh
Doris Saye
Inge
Howard Noel
Cloyce Singer
Scott City
Wilbur Ritch
Jay Benson
N. Belmont
St. Catherine (Sundsy
Ross Fink
Penn
Edgar H. Gereck
Richard Burt
Star
Alfred Stoecklein
Jonkling
Walter Loucks
Copeland
Robert Peat
Emerson Linda Jean Geckles
Laurel
Hope Delgado
Pete Garcia
Leopold
Ben Oliver
Ulysses
R. W. Lange
Catherine C. van Doren
Stevens
Courts
Patricia
Schulz
Thomas E. Valentine
L. C. Geist
Letha Johnson
Gilbert Pacheco
W. Fulton
Kenneth Dale Overbeck
Junior Oscar Burns
Dean L. Biggs
Clarence M. Walker
Clara Morales
James Richard Nelson
James Meldie Baker
Alvina Pachel
Richard William Hadfield
Norman W. Sage
N. 6Th
Cleo Earnest William
Jenny
Dora Long
4Th
Hackberry
Elmer Lee Applehans
Hamline
Grant Ray Hastings
Srd
Kansas
Jones Leake Payne
Margaret Lile
Rt. 1
Gerald Meier
Howard Brock
Telegrama
Arkansas River
Wilmer
Bill) Kline
Finney, Gray
N. Sth
Kline
Internal Revenue Office
Kenneth Jones
Ullysses
Wichita University Singers
Carlos Green
MsPherson College
Melva Turner
Southwestern College
Aca
Mrs
Alvina Breitkreuts
U.S. Army
Century Refinery
Fort Riley
Fort Carson
Riley
High Court
Kansas Citi
Fidelity State Bank
Federal Beposit Insurance Corporation
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