Four Bodies Found In Smoldering Mine Near Sardis West Virginia
Rescue workers recovered four men from a smoldering Clinchfield Coal Co mine near SARDIS West Virginia, bringing to seven the total dead after a fire that trapped miners since Saturday. The last victims were Clelk Leedy 53 of Bluefield Robert Savage 57 of Rosemont Isaac Moats 39 of Moatsville and Andy Kuruscz 44 of Galloway. Earlier fatalities included Carl Banish 45 of Lost Creek Kennedy Kerr 53 of Belington and Charles Lantz 26 of Buckhannon. Relatives and clergy waited at the Mars mine entrance through the night.T
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KK. E. Spottee
Clinchfield Coal Co
Clelk Leedy
Bluefield
Robert Savage
Rosemont
Isaac Moats
Moatsville
Andy Kuruscz
Galloway
Carl Banish
Lost Creek
Kennedy Kerr
Belington
Charles Lantz
Buckhannon
Clarksburg
Lantz
Banis
Kerr
Seven Negroes Named on Jury Panel for Wilkins Trial in Alabama
In Hayneville Alabama seven Black jurors were among fifty five in the first panel for the second trial of Collie Leroy Wilkins Jr charged with first degree murder in the slaying of civil rights worker Viola Liuzzo. Oscar Means stands out as a tall Black farmer and deputy sheriff auxiliary member. Attorney General Richmond Flowers took over prosecution amid political pressure, replacing Circuit Solicitor Arthur Gamble Jr. as the trial moved between cases and judges.
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Hayneville
Ala
Collie Leroy Wilkins Jr
Viola Liuzzo
Oscar Means
Means
Frank Royal
Richmond Flowers
Arthur E. Gamble Jr
Gamble
Washington
Flowers
Alabama
Wilkins
Thomas L. Coleman
T. Worth Thagard
Thagard
Coleman
Jonathan Daniels
Keene, N.H
Senators Propose Atlantic Union to Transform NATO
Sen Eugene J McCarthy and Sen Frank Carlson with five House members sponsor a resolution to turn NATO into a federal union. They seek unity in defense trade and international finance and create an Atlantic Union delegation of 18 Americans to organize a NATO allies convention.
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Sen. Carlson
NATO
Washington
Senate
House
Eugene J. McCarthy
D-Minn
McCarthy
Frank Carlson
R-Kan
Ellsworth Denounces Birch Society in Kansas Politics
Rep. Robert F. Ellsworth of Kansas labeled the John Birch Society an extremist group whose major program is fear and hate. He said Birchers have no place in the Republican Party, Kansas, or the United States and urged members to dissociate from extremist activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Robert F. Ellsworth
R-Kan
John Birch Society Today
Ellsworth
Lawrence
The
Birch Society
Kansas
Republican Party
John Birch Society
Birth Society
United States of America
Dwight Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
America
Birch
United States
American
Photograph Stolen From Kansas Union Lobby
Constance Scheerer of 1637 Ill says a photo valued at about 25 dollars was stolen from the Kansas Union lobby. The 11 by 14 inch picture, mounted on a 16 by 20 inch mat, shows the old barn west of 19th and Iowa Streets. It was part of a display of about 60 photographs opened Oct. 7 and running through Saturday.
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Kansas Union
Constance Scheerer
Ill
Two Coaches Die as Train Hits Car at Crossing
A Southern Railway passenger train collided with a compact car at a Knoxville crossing. UT assistant football coaches Bill Majors, 26, and Bob Jones, 39, were killed. Offensive line coach Charles Rash, 28, was seriously injured, a Missouri lineman and All Big Eight pick in 1957 and 1958.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Ex-Lawmaker Hargis Involved After Domestic Incident
The report notes that Hargis, a former mayor of Coffeyville and ex-Census administrator, claimed separation from his wife for three months. He previously ran for Congress, served a term, and later worked as a Defense Department consultant before living in Vienna. His wife, daughter of Theodore and Mrs Greer of Kansas City, worked as a secretary during his congressional tenure.
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Kansas
Coffeyville
Denver D. Hargis
Charlee
Laurel
Hargis
Congress
Department of Defense
Vienna
Missouri
Nebraska
U.S. Census Bureau
Theodore Greer
Kansas City
McCollum Honored as KU Dedicates McCollum Hall
Dr. Elmer V. McCollum, 87, a famed KU alumnus and discoverer of Vitamins A and D, remains active in research at Johns Hopkins. He plans a book on organic nutrients for plant growth, while Kansas University dedicates a second McCollum building named in his honor amid press conferences and reunions with the KU Endowment Association staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer V. McCollum
Baltimore
Kansas University
McCollum Pratt Institute
Johns Hopkins University
John Lee Pratt
Johns Hopkins
McCollum
Dr. McCollum
Lawrence
Irvin Youngberg
KU Endowment Association
Youngberg
Sunset Dr
MecCollum
Ernestine
The
Journal-World
McCollum recalls poverty days during campus years
At a Sunday press conference Dr. McCollum, professor emeritus of biochemistry, recalled living in a newsprint storeroom and an attic above the Lawrence Gas Works while a student at Mount Oread. He spoke of his Johns Hopkins discount and urged careful consideration of radical campus groups.
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Johns Hopkins
Dr. McCollum
Record 530 000 Price For a Charolais Bull
A creamy white Charolais bull named Amigo sold for a record 30000 dollars. The five year old was consigned by the 28 Ranch of Buffalo Wyoming and bought by Lyle Pritchard of Lutz Florida. The sale totals for 56 Charolais heads reached 208000 dollars, completed Sunday night by the American International Charolais Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Amigo
Buffalo
Wyo
Lyle Pritchard
Lutz
Fla
American International
Allen Satisfactory After Heart Attack at Hospital
C Roger Allen of 226 Park Ave was listed satisfactory today at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. He owns the Fritz Co and suffered a heart attack Friday.
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C. Roger Allen
Park Ave
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Allen
Fritz Co
Zoning Proposals Highlight City Planning Meeting
The Planning Commission will hear multiple rezoning requests from C Apartment to D Local Business at 14th and Mass and from A First Dwelling to Shopping Center on Harvard Road and Iowa. Dr. Nelson seeks C to C1 High Rise Apartment Dormitory at Louisiana and Edgehill with Jack Construction proposing a seven to ten story dormitory for 95 men. Other items include preliminary plat for Country Club Estates, Earl's Addition replat, Mississippi street name change, Duckwall Store addition at Hillcrest and two Hillcrest tenants changes with Gary Joyce and Sound Stereo replacements.
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Planning Commission
City
14Th and
Mass
R. O. Nelson
Route 4
Harvard Road
Iowa
Yale
Dr. Nelson
Louisiana
Edgehill Road
Jack Construction Co
Kansas City
Kan
Jack Co
Associated Realty Co
Lawrence
Country Club Estates
Country Club
Earl
15Th
Maryland
14Th
Mississippi
16Th
18Th
City Commission
Hillcrest
Bell Music Co
Gary L. Joyce
Dread Electronics Co
Kansas group seeks charter after federal approval
The board declined comment on the group’s federal charter application and the group began pursuing a state charter. Kansas Bank Board members listed include Fred Needham of Lancaster, J. Wesley St. Clair of Overland Park, Allen Sever of Kansas City, and H. A. Meyer Jr. of Independence.
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State Bank Board of Kansas
Fred Needham
Lancaster
J. Wesley St. Clair
Overland Park
Allen Sever
Kansas City
H. A. Meyer Jr
Independence
State Tax Head Roy McCue Dies in Topeka Hospital
Roy N. McCue, chairman of the Kansas State Board of Tax Appeals, died today at a Topeka hospital after illness. The longtime public official led tax dispute oversight and served in state government roles.
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Topeka
Roy N. McCue
State Board of Tax Appeals
Breidenthal in Serious Condition at KU Medical Center
Maurice L. Breidenthal Sr. 77, board chairman of Security National Bank and president of the Kansas University Endowment Association, was reported in serious condition with a heart ailment at the University of Kansas Medical Center after entering the hospital on October 10 for a checkup.
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Kansas City, Kan
Maurice L. Breidenthal Sr
Security National Bank
University of Kansas Medical Center
Breidenthal
Kansas University Endowment Association
Milling Officials Give Guilty Plea in Price Fixing Case
Six flour milling executives pleaded no contest to conspiracy to fix prices and were fined a total of 15000 with 15 days to pay 2500 each. The executives include Lawrence J. Weidt of Archer-Daniels Midland, Earl F. Cross of Colorado Milling, William Lohman Jr. of General Mills, Bernard Rothwell of Bay State Milling, John J. Vanier of Gooch Milling Inland Mills, and William R. Heegaard of Peavey. The 12 companies had already paid 190000 in fines.
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Buffalo, N.Y
Lawrence J. Weidt
Earl F. Cross
William Lohman Jr
Bernard J. Rothwell II
John J. Vanier
William R. Heegaard
Weidt
Archer-Daniels Midland Co
Minneapolis
Cross
Colorado Milling and Elevator Co
Denver
Lohman
General Mills Inc
Rothwell
Bay State Milling Co
Winona
Minn
Vanier
Gooch Milling & Elevator Co
Lincoln
Neb
Inland Mills Inc
Des Moines
Iowa
Weber Flour Co
Western Star Mill Co
Salina, Kan
Heegaard
Peavey Co
Richard Coffman Killed in Overbrook Wreck
Richard M. Coffman 51 of Overbrook died in a two vehicle crash on county road junction south of town after dark Saturday. Marvel Fisher of Overbrook was treated for severe cuts. Coffman’s funeral will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at Overbrook Methodist Church.
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Richard M. Coffman
Overbrook
Osage County
Methodist Church
Ridgeway Lodge
Af&am
Anderson Raible Post
American Legion
Virginia Coffman
Wayne Coffman
Lawrence
Dana Coffman
Minerva Coffman
Ottawa
Harry Coffman
Lyndon
Don Coffman
Floyd Coffman
Charles Coffman
Seneca
Roger Coffman
Limon
Colo
Woman killed in Ohio two men on crime spree
In suburbs of Valley View and Independence Ohio a kidnapper shot a woman dead after a struggle in canal water. Police hold Clyde W. Rameda and Vincent J. Podosil both 30 and 28 in Hollywood California as suspects with no charges filed yet.
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Ohio
Cleveland, Ohio
Valley View
Independence
James Kosciewicz
Ohio Canal
Harry E. Scott
Scott
Bath
Akron
Hollywood
Calif
Clyde W. Rameda
Vincent J. Podosil
Three Persons Injured In Turnpike Collision
Three people sustained minor injuries in a turnpike crash one mile west of the Lawrence service area at 2 50 p m Sunday. Marilyn Leegan 22 of Kansas City Kansas collided with Barbara McKeown 25 of Leawood in the east bound passing lane. McKeown and passenger Jerry Tomlinson 23 of Kansas City Missouri were treated and released at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Marilyn Logan was not admitted.
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Lawrence
Marilyn Leegan
Kansas City
Kan
Barbara M. McKeown
Leawood
McKeown
Logan
Barbara McKeown
Jerry Tomlinson
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Marilyn Logan
Card of Thanks for Grace Flory
We express sincere appreciation for cards, flowers, food, prayers during Grace Flory s illness and death. Gratitude to Dr. R M Jones Jr and Dr Learned and the nurses. to Arthur E Flory Hallie Hale and families. to William Flory Clarence Flory Alva Flory and families.
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Grace Flory
R. M. Jones, Jr
Learned
Arthur E. Flory
Hallie Hale
William Flory
Clarence Flory
Alva Flory
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Mortuary Home — Owned
New Hampshire
Richard Coffman
Lawrence Memorial Co
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New York Stock Exchange
George Hedrick
Carl Mingos
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Joseph W. McCoskiie
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