Men Bound On Charges Of Break-In
Two men tied to the Frey and Williams Liquor store break-in were bound over for Douglas County District Court. Fred C. Skunk and Frank B. Madplume face burglary and property damage charges with bonds of 2500 and 2000 respectively. Madplume also faces a petty theft dismissal noted by the court.
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Frey and Williams
Douglas County District Court
Fred C. Skunk
Frank B. Madplume
Haskell Indian Junior College
Skunk
Madplume
Kathryn A Fikan
Ohio
Fort Scott Man Charged in Bowser Slaying
James E. Hunt 27 of Fort Scott Kansas was charged with first degree murder in the December 7 1960 slaying of Robert L Bowser of Lee's Summit Missouri Bowser s nude bound and gagged body was found in his apartment with three gunshot wounds Hunt a former Bowser roommate was traced to Fort Scott via a letter found in the victim s apartment Hunt was arraigned in Independence Missouri and held in Jackson County jail.
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Independence, Mo
James E. Hunt
Fort Scott
Kan
Robert L. Bowser
Lee’s Summit
Hunt
Jackson County
Independence
Bowser
Corps Reviewing Move of City Sanitary Landfill
The city’s plan to relocate its sanitary landfill to the North Lawrence Flood Control Levee awaits final approval from the U S Army Corps of Engineers in Washington. City officials hope a decision by year end but delays persist due to unresolved objections from Grant Township and others. The Drag Strip Road site strains the sanitation budget and unbudgeted funds of 13 200 were approved to operate to year end, with next year’s budget not yet set.
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Drag Strip
Board of Tax Appeals
Topeka
North Lawrence Flood Control Levee
Journal-World Photo
North Lawrence
Washington
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Asst
Dennis Kallsen
Corps
Grant Township
Kallsen
Drag Strip Road
Re enlistments fall to 15 year low in U S armed forces
Washington reports show overall re enlistment rate at 30.5 percent for the year ending June 30, the lowest since 1955, with August at 33.5 percent. President Nixon prioritizes volunteer service, while Melvin Laird seeks reforms to boost attraktiveness despite gains in first enlistments exceeding 329,000 year to date.
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Washington
Pentagon
Nixon
White House
Laird
Army
Navy
Air Force
Marine Corps
Fess Parker Arrives in Saigon With Trees and Turkeys
Actor Fess Parker landed in Saigon aboard a chartered plane carrying Christmas trees and turkeys for U.S. troops in South Vietnam. He said, I just wish we'd never gotten in over here. I'd just as soon we loaded everything on trucks and moved home.
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Saigon
Fess Parker
U.S
South Vietnam
Parker
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Lawrence
Melvin R. Laird
6Th & Cole
Krazy Karls
Skelly
Smith-Corona
Zenith
Zenith Chromacolor
Chromacolor
TITAN
Carey
Orville Carey
Massachusetts
Viet
McConnell Lumber
Beverlee's
Black & Decker Tools
Armstrong's Finest
Armstrong
McConnell Peco
East 13Th Street
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