Avalanche claims seven youths during Banff expedition
Seven American teenagers died in an avalanche high in the Canadian Rockies near Banff Alberta while climbing with a Philadelphia Wilderness Club group. Two other climbers were seriously injured as rescue crews worked in freezing rain. Names include Richard and James Balls, William Wise, William Watts, Miles Marble, David Chapin, and Luther Seddon.
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Canadian Rockies
Temple
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Richard and
James Balls
Philadelphia
William Wise
Souderton
William Watts
Whitemarsh
Miles Marble
Collegeville Pa
David Chapin
Stamford, Conn
Luther Seddon
St Luisa
Banff National Park
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Leavenworth Turnpike Contracts Move Forward in Kansas
Fourteen contracts totaling 3.7 million dollars for construction on the Kansas Turnpike in Leavenworth County were awarded by the Turnpike Authority. Projects cover earthwork drainage bridging and fencing across four contract sections as bids await for reinforced pavement. Landowners receive payments from the right of way program as it winds down with key disbursements to come. Work orders issued Friday allow construction to begin in contract section 37 in eastern Leavenworth and extending into Wyandotte counties.
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Leavenworth County
Kansas Turnpike Authority
Gale Moss
KTA
Wyandatte County
Ft. Dodge Home May Be Used as Vets Hospital
Wichita public proposal seeks to convert the old Soldiers Home in Ft. Dodge into a veterans hospital. Plan counts on local support and city approval to repurpose the facility for veteran care and medical staff deployment.
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Ft. Dodge
Amvets push for Ft Dodge veterans housing aid plan
Amvets leader Larry Crane of Wichita announced the proposal to place a Kansas veterans hospital project before the next Legislature. The plan, approved by the department executive committee, aims to secure brain housing or other aid at Ft Dodge for needy veterans or their families through the national service office at the VA hospital.
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Kansas State Veterans Hospital
Kansas Amsets
Larry Crane
Wichita
Amvets
Department
State Veterans Commission
Ft Dodge
Carlson Urges Talbott To Move Defense Plant
Sen. Carlson urges Secretary Talbott to secure a proposed secret Air Force defense plant in southeastern Kansas. The Mant would employ about 2,000 within two years, operated by private industry, with Coffeyville and Independence delegations seeking the site due to unemployment.
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Talbott
Kansas
Washington
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Air Force
Coffeyvlle
Independence
Sunflower Village Rental Transfer Approved to Army
Sen Carson reports that the Public Housing Administration cancelled orders to vacate Sunflower Village near the Sunflower ordinance plant. The project will transfer housing to the Army under a disposal plan previously due to wind up by June 30.
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Sunflower Village
Army
Sen Carson Ir
Carlson
Public Housing Administration
PHA
Defense Department
Mrs Myrtle Davis Dies at Missouri Methodist Hospital
Mrs Myrtle Davis, widow of AWC, died at Missouri Methodist Hospital in St Joseph, Missouri after a car injury complications. Born December 18, 1895 in St Joseph, she was a longtime Sunflower resident and member of First Christian Church and Pearl Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star. Her father Dr Stamey preceded her in death 12 days earlier.
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Myrtle Davis
Missouri Methodist Hospital
St. Joseph
Davis
AWC
Sunflower
St Joseph, Mo
Stamey
First Chrisan Church
Pearl Chapter
Order of Eastern Star
Sunflower area notices and community updates
The page lists funeral and family notices for residents including Nora Rausin and Jean Robert Bennett, plus Sunflower auxiliary meetings, military training events, and local visits. It mentions Frank Hutfman as a carrier injured at a hall park and a string of relatives traveling to Ottawa and Topeka for visits and illnesses.
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John Rausin
Savannah Ave
Davis
Nora Ean Rausin
Jean Robert F. Bennett
Stamey Mortuary
St. Joseph
Frank Roether
Jamnita Smith
Mir
Robert Rhodes
Sunflower
VFW
Frank Hutfman
Journal-World
Old Village
Hall Park
Lawrence Hospital
Rolly Hawkes
Leland
Leonard
Ottawa
Isrart
Sam Israel
Robert
Porter
Kart Cook
Neil Dye
Navy Reserve
Olathe
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Coloray
Charles Neiland
Furth
Kenneth Hobson
Lttle
Robert Gute
Karen
Lawrence
Lutz
Russell Lawson
Clora Noble
Falleys
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Woc Morgan
Willard Peel
Robert Rhoades
Falke
Robert Rheales
Janes Beck
St Margaret Tinspital
Kansas City
Pill Morgan
Carla
DeSoto
Therters
Sam Tscarl
Poyse
Roether
Lassege
Hushang
Lee Tiperntihd
Ashe Mancha Meret
Ternaee Edmonds
Korps
Loraine Sevkine
Dittle
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Ile
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Fy Cygne
Aloe
LaClane
Floyd ‘Talley Ivey
Mr Talley
Tally
Joan Igans
Jiminy
Robert Walton
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Sade Metin
Pally
Trot
Edo Soepentr
Mary
Mire
John Cain
Vd. Barrett
Stodws
Dyck Meyers
Monfa
Ashasnon
el Paso
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Ft Bliss
Mtv
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Dheen Posmlentis
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Des Moine
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Jorge Cannell
Brian Bartholome
Newton
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Lawtrence O Memorial Hospital
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Mike Hailey
Harold Wiliams
Jeanie
Springfield
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Joan
Aileen
Missouri
St Joe
Gary Drake
Fremont
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United Finance Corp
Massachusetts
Harry J. Anglum, Jr
United Finance Office
United Finance
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