New Toy for Kids is a 19-Ton Tank
GRAND RAPIDS Mich AP Jerry Bouman Jr finally got his new toy home a 19 ton World War II model T6 tank bought from a Detroit tavern keeper. The 145 mile haul cost 215 and required detours and hours of towing and winching. Bouman hopes to give his wife and three children rides on their Belmont homestead while the engines are tuned for a weekend start.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Jerry Bouman Jr
Bouman
Detroit
Belmont
Kent County Road Commission
Donna
Sheri Yvonne
Jerry
Mark
Navy Aviation
Eudora Posts School Expansion and Community Notices
Eudora Grade School will be finished in August with seven classrooms a kindergarten room and a large library. A north wing was added to Kaw Valley State Bank with a community room for meetings and art shows. Several local students and residents are mentioned for honors funerals and moves including Duane Smith and Darrel Smith, Mary Dardis, and Juanita Bruce. Military and college notes cover A3C Harold Reusch Jr and Tom Chittenden with families in Kansas and California.
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Eudora
Kaw Valley State Bank
Kelvin Hoover
Emma Johnson
James Smith
Ottawa
Johnson
Clara Mignot
Dengel and Son
Wellsville Cemetery
Gayle Bender
Max Burkhardt
Eureka
Agnes Schwantz
Hamilton
Duane Smith
Eudora High
College of Emporia
Darrel
Emporia State Teachers College
Emporia
Mary Dardis
Future Homemakers of America
Topeka
Joy Herndon
Elaine Lutz
Judy Schehrer
Vicki Saler
Patricia Kelly
Rose Mary Born
Kathleen Groninger
Roberta Ott
Kathy Dardis
Jane Saler
Cherry Stanley
Christina Laughlin
Juanita Wray
Cedar Crest
Governor’s Mansion
Topeka Chamber of Commerce
Nineteen Hundred and New Club
Minnie Edelbrock
Jerry Ott
Arden Ott
Kansas
Young Farmers
The
Young Farmers Association
Memphis
Alta Young
Lenexa
Soquel
Juanita Bruce
Bill Bruce
Calif
Cabrillo College
Miss Bruce
California
125 Year Old Man Signs Up for Medicare in Mississippi
Sylvester Magee who will reach age 125 May 29 signed up for Medicare though he has rarely used benefits in his long life. He cites a tobacco chew habit as his only vice and describes his health as robust despite slavery origins and a lifetime on welfare.
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Hattiesburg, Miss
Sylvester Magee
Magee
O.T. Houlditch
Social Security Administration
Carpet
N.C
Rankin County
Miss
Progress for Control of Pollution in Water
Governor William H. Avery praised Kansas for making great progress in water pollution control. He noted the 1907 law and amendments reduced untreated sewage, with only three small communities lacking treatment works, totaling under 5,000 residents.
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Topeka
William H. Avery
Kansas
Avery
American Waterworks Association
Kansas Water Pollution Control Association
Irish Saint Patrick questioned as legend splits two men
University of Detroit scholar Dr. John Mahoney suggests St. Patrick may represent two different figures. The idea echoes ideas about early maps and Viking exploration, while Irish officials play down the controversy, noting legends matter more than factual certainty.
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University of Detroit
St. Patrick
Patrick
John Mahoney
County Cork
County
Kerry
Teacher at Haysville resigns after sanction request
Merlin Strahm resigned from Campus High School in the Haysville district amid criticism of administration. Board president Al Bunting said resignations followed his recent actions and statements as he sought sanctions against the district. Strahm’s resignation is effective March 25. Quarterback Felix Bazzi wearing No. 13 for Navy is listed as No. 3 quarterback.
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Wichita
Merlin Strahm
Haysville
al Bunting
Strahm
Kansas State Teachers Association
National Education Association
Campus Teachers Association
Lynda Johnson Plans Birthday Trip With George Hamilton
Lynda Johnson heads to Hollywood to celebrate her 22nd birthday with boyfriend actor George Hamilton and his mother at their Beverly Hills home. She will fly from Austin where she is a senior at the University of Texas as plans remain undisclosed.
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Lynda Johnson
George Hamilton
Washington
Hollywood
Actor George Hamilton
Hamilton
Beverly Hills
Calif
Lynda
California
Austin
Tex
University of Texas
White House
Mrs Johnson Attends Circus With 6000 Children
Mrs Lyndon B Johnson accompanied about 6000 underprivileged preschool children from Head Start programs to a circus in Washington. She sat with the youngsters and called the outing a fantastically good time while they enjoyed cotton candy milk and hamburgers. Johnson serves as honorary chair of Head Start.
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Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
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Taming of the Shrew
Murphy Hell
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