Local Notes and Social items from Independence area
Locals report weekend visits among Independence residents including Mr. and Mrs L. 10 Broughton Cheryl Pamela Brenda and Larry of Independence. A free Christian Science lecture is announced for May 5 at First Church of Christ Scientist East and Sycamore. Mrs G A Brooks visited Topeka and joined Gideous dinner at Macy's Wheat Room. A large garage sale is planned May 3 at 519 South St. A McAfee Rest Home outing included Jim Peed Mrs Cooper Miss Brentari Mrs Alvina Griffith and Mr Schilling with Mrs G A Brooks as chauffeur. Mrs Everett Rose hospitalized in Kansas City Medical Center, hopes to return home weekend. Penney's Dress Carnival underway with a chance to register for a free dress. Bill Brundage and daughter Michelle to San Diego, visiting relatives en route. Brundage on two week leave from Navy. Box 77 Reader ad seeks a woman for local store work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McAfee Rest Home
Jim Peed
Cooper Miss Brentari
Alvina Griffith
Schilling
G. A. Brooks
Everett Rose
LaHarpe
Kansas University Medical Center
Kansas City
Kans
St. Joseph
Kenneth Rose
Bill Brundage
Michelle
San Diego
Navy
LH.S. spring play seeks oriental lute for production
A note thanks ministers churches nurses doctors and supporters for prayers and care during illness. The Bowlus Fine Arts Center seeks an oriental lute for the LH.S. spring play and asks anyone with leads to call EN 5-6101 Moran area residents thanked for home and school efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James LaRue
Lh.s
Bowlus Fine Arts Center
Iola Garden Club Plant and Rummage Sale
The Iola Garden Club hosts a plant and rummage sale at Memorial Hall 401 S Sycamore Friday starting 8 a.m. A yard sale follows Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon at 401 S Sycamore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iola Garden Club
S. Sycamore
Card of Thanks and Local Notices
Card of thanks expresses gratitude for kindness during stay at Mercy Hospital Ft Scott. Also notes business hours for Virginia's Sophisticated Chicken in Piqua and reports Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Pasley returning from trips to New Windsor Md New York City with visits to Washington Gettysburg and their daughter in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercy Hospital
Ft. Scott
Clarence Houk, Sr
S. C. Pasley
New Windsor
New York City
Robert M. Pasley
Pasley
Washington, D.C
Gettysburg
New York
Jas. D. Dexter
Hallmark Cards and Street Sale at Cooksey's Drug Store
A community alert notes a family garage sale on May 2 and 3 from 8 am to 6 pm at 405 S 2nd featuring Women and Baby items, clothing, furniture, small appliances, and dishes. Proceeds support Hallmark Mother’s Day cards and local vendors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hallmark
Mother Cooksey’s Drug Store
Family ties amid surgery and visits noted in community update
Mrs. Roy Jarred returned home after helping at the English residence in Kansas City Kansas during Paula Rae English's hospital surgery at Providence Hospital. Paula Rae's grandfather and aunt and uncle visited with Paula and her family on Sunday. Reads also list subscriptions renewed by former area residents including H J Vernum in California and others across Kansas Texas Tennessee Florida and Kansas affiliates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Jarred
Bill English
Kansas City
Kan
Paula Rae English
Providence Hospital
Paula
Walter Jones
Paula Rae
Sunday
Kansans ahead of government in it swap
The 1965-67 federal budget study by the National Industrial Conference Board shows Kansas and Missouri as states where federal spending exceeded tax receipts. Kansas spent 1.40 dollars for every tax dollar, Missouri 1.10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
National Industrial Conference Board
Michael E. Levy
Fiscal and Monetary Department of the Board
Kansas
Missouri
Proxmire Attacks Navy Over Refusal to Recommend Civilians
Sen. William Proxmire accuses the Navy of grudge holding and back handed actions for withdrawing a reprimand and denying a civilian employee a commendation tied to disclosures of a multibillion dollar theft of U S fuel stocks in Thailand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William Proxmire
D-Wis
U.S
Thailand
Power Struggle Delays U S Highway Safety Director Pick
Washington AP report details a revived policy fight over the Highway Safety Bureau as the administration searches for a director. Competing views split between breaking the bureau from the FHWA and possible reorganization, with debate on administrator versus researcher credentials. Industry leans administrator while White House aides caution the process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Administration
Bureau
Highway Administration
Federal Highway Administration
Auto Industry
Transportation Department
White House
Transportation
John Volpe
Rainstorms and community notes mix in Spring Valley update
Large weekend rains spared Spring Valley from hail and wind damage while corn and gardens faced washout. Willing Workers Club met April 24 with 11 members and 5 children for mending tasks, gifts, and refreshments. Local visits included Peggy and Ed McDonald guests, and weekend family attendances in the area. Capitol Hill sources discuss the Highway Safety Bureau’s placement under the Federal Highway Administration, debating authority and organizational fit since its 1966 creation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Maley
Willing Workers Club
Howard Willits
Otis Zornes
Verda Maley
Ed McDonald
Airlene Smith
Jean Maley
Susie Bradford
Peggy
Irvin
Alice Sanders
Wilburn Ludlum
R. M. Moore
Robert Boyd
Kansas City
Capitol Hill
Robert Brenner
Federal Highway Administration
Bureau
William Haddon
Highway Administration
F. C. Turner
Volpe
Washington
PTA Members Favor Sales Tax for School Aid
Kansas PTA surveys at ten regional meetings show 554 of 830 polled support a sales tax to fund increased school aid while 152 favor income tax, 28 favor property tax, and 100 support a combination. Most respondents prefer funds covering 50 percent of operating costs, with 386 choosing that level.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PTA
Topeka
Kansas Congress of Parents and Teachers
Pittsburg
Kansas City
Kan
Liberal
Lawrence
Hoxie
McPherson
Salina
Hutchinson
Wichita
Wellington
Quentin Nelson
Clifton Huff
Emporia
Accident on Washington injures two vehicles backing from parking
A collision occurred on Washington 20 feet south of West Street at 10 55 yesterday morning. Paul D Redfern 47 Route 3 Iola backed from a parking space striking Ralph Benson 70 621 South Buckeye. Left rear of Redfern truck and right side plus windshield of Benson car damaged.
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Washington
West Street
Paul D. Redfern
Route 3
Iola
Ralph Benson
South Buckeye
Redfern
San Francisco Police Use Decoy Unit In Crime Fight
A 150-man detail including a women's auxiliary team of seven male decoy officers begins patrols in high crime areas. The unit uses karate and judo training and carries firearms under skirts as part of a first time decoy duty for male officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Hospital Admits 47 Patients and 3 Babies on April 30
Allen County Hospital reports 47 patients and 3 babies admitted on April 30. New admissions include Robert Morrison Iola John West Iola Gene Kessler Col ony John Huffmaster Iola Travis Jackson Mound City. Discharges include George Johnson Virgil James Tremain Iola Myrtle Casey Iola Mrs O C McGrew Gas City Mrs Henry Kress Iola Mrs Glen Varvel LeRoy Joseph Lundblade Yates Center Mrs Walter Laferite Iola Jessie Turner Iola.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Morrison
Iola
John West
Gene Kessler
Colony
John Huffmaster
Travis Jackson
Mound City
George Johnson
Virgil
James Tremain
Myrtle Casey
O. C. McGrew
Gas City
Henry Kress
Glen Varvel
LeRoy
Joseph Lundblade
Yates Center
Walter Laferite
Jessie Turner
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Broughton
Cheryl
Pamela
Brenda
Larry
Independence, Mo
J. H. Brown
Oscar Broughton
First Church of Christ, Scientist
East and
Sycamore Streets
G. A. Brooks Jr
Carmen Cappa
Cappa
Macy's
South St
Penney's
Ia Jones
Eole
Mr. and All and Girls
Moran
Nungesser Skelly
State Bank
Americard
Virginia
Piqua
Piqua State Bank
Catfish
Faberge
Eyler Drug
Cook’s
West Side
Register
H. J. Vernum
Paso Robles
Granada Hills
Calif
K. W. Dice
Sabetha
Kenneth H. Lasater
Pomona
W. E. McFarland
Shirley St
Marshall
Tex
David Funston
Pineridge
Ron McDonald
Richmond Hill
Nashville
Tenn
Willis Pereau
Conant St
Long Beach
Thomas Ailstock
Alabama _ St
Hazel Northrup
Frabrique
Rers
Kenneth Raney
Lapsing
Clifford James
Harbor Blvd
Port Charlotte
Fla
Kansans
Highway Safety Bureau
Spring Valley
R&d
Chicken Shack
Bernice Schlichting
Dwight C. Dyer
J. R. Williams
Allen County Hospital
Zenith
Televisions
Stereos
Miller’s
N. Jefferson
South State
Clara
Los Angeles
Gertie
Southwestern Bell
Heh Battin
Caleere
Emer Ney Eros
Gassen Oti Ereus
Bargeke
Tate Gane
Susronsa
Geechicy Apsenta
Manrg Sora
Eote
Deak Qevargre
Ide
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