Miniature modeling began with small corps cannon
Marine veteran R G Cade recalls starting miniature soldier modeling after a toy cannon made from pipe and match heads. Since retiring in 1964 after 20 years service, he has crafted about 1200 metal soldiers, many mounted on horseback, copying uniforms from reference books. He notes differences among makers and England’s three producers, compares war gaming, and plans future elephant and camel mounts. Cade trades or gifts figures to researchers, travels for exchanges, and lives with his wife Florence in Pomona area with three children. He works as a warehouseman for General Motors in Lynxena.
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Cade
United States
England
exeMarine
Mexico
West Coast
Florence
S. Locust
Charles
Mary
Eddie
Pomona
General Motors
Leenexa
Wescoe backs athletic boss over firing of KU coach Easton
Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe voiced complete confidence in Athletic Director Wade Stinson regarding the dismissal of Bill Easton, KU track coach for 18 years. Wescoe said Easton refused to follow department procedures and stressed the program must be cohesive and regulated by the university. The firing followed a disputed equipment purchase related to the recent KU Relays.
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Stinson
Wescoe
Easton
K.U
Ote tawa high school cost rise outlined by architects
Horst and Terrill estimated the new Topeka high school at 1 289 000 dollars, about 109 000 more than planned. District 30 superintendent Marvin Forker said existing funds total about 1 250 000 and hoped bids would lower costs while exploring alternatives such as tile choices. The 13 hour meeting reviewed floor plans, square footage, and project oversight with Joe Terrill to supervise construction. a bid session is set for May 27 in the Anchor Savings Building basement.
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Zeke Wigglesworth
Horst and
Terrill
Topeka
Otetawa
Board of Education
Marvin P. Forker
Horst
Forker
Terazzo
Jolstebys Joist
W. P. Shepard
Don Hoss
Joe Terrill
Anchor Savings
Mail for Vietnam War prisoners hits new channel
The American Red Cross reports Viet Cong leaders agreed to deliver mail to thirteen U S servicemen detained in South Vietnam. No direct U S Viet Cong link exists. international Red Cross and Cambodia negotiate the contact. Pentagon shifts focus to relief without detailing channels. Detained list includes twelve seen in Vietnam and one Air Force pilot shot down over North Vietnam.
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Washington
American Red Cross
South Viet Nam
Pentagon
International Red Cross
Cambodia
Red Cross
Associated Press
Defense Department
Air Force
South
Viet Nam
Hayeden J. Lockhart Jr
Springefield
Ohio
North Viet Nam
Raids Nab Nude Performers in North Beach Clubs
San Francisco police arrested 27 people including 15 young female performers and 12 club managers and owners in a crackdown on indecent exposure at a dozen North Beach nightclubs. The action follows civic and political pressure amid ongoing controversy over topless shows that have drawn national attention since last summer.
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San Francisco
North Beach
Sacramento
County Forecast Uneven Showers and Storms Tonight
Variable showers and thunderstorms through tonight with cooler conditions Saturday. South winds diminish tonight. Lows 65 to 70 tonight. Saturday highs in the 70s. Also notes Thursday high around 90 and today’s low near 59 with year ago figures of 71 and 53. Record highs and lows for the date listed. Hourly temps end at 8 a.m. today.
Paola Youth Joins Corps
Lois Smith reports 18 year old Charles Brannan, Paola, sworn in as the area’s first Youth Job Corps volunteer. He will depart April 29 for Tongue’s Point Oregon conservation center, joining 100 to 200 youths. Brannan will train in natural resource conservation with basic education and skills, under a personal counselor. He applied at the Ottawa Kansas Employment Service last December, with Dallas Turner screening, and more local applications expected as camps activate.
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Charles Brannan
Rex Lewis
Dallas Turner
Cal Ewing
The
Kansas Employment Service
Lois Smith
Brannan
Paul F. Brannan
Paola Rfd 4
Louisburg High School
Tongue’s Point
Ore
Ottawa
Franklin
Miami
Anderson
Washington, D. C
Turner
Library Coffee Hour Promoted At Carnegie Free Library
Carnegie Free Library schedules a coffee event from 9 30 to 11 a m Tuesday for men and women in business. It coincides with National Library Week April 25 to May 1 and features books for various groups on display. Nell Barnaby notes Kansas aims to showcase library offerings and how to access them, with the coffee break fitting into the workday.
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Carnegie Free Library
National Library Week
Kansas
State Wheat Loss Biggest Since 97
Kansas wheat farmers face the largest insured losses since 1957, with 20 eastern counties hit by winterkill and freezes destroying 25 to 50 percent of the crop and seven western counties hit by drought and wind destroying 50 to 75 percent. Estimated insured losses total about 1.75 million dollars, with some 4,300 farmers to receive indemnities as 20 additional adjusters work claims after harvest.
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Manhattan
Kan
Federal Crop Insurance Corp
Kansas
Russell Bowling
FCIC
Bowling
FIC
State Park Permits Required at Six Saline Reservoirs
SALINA AP Visitors to Kansas six major reservoirs must buy permits to use public facilities starting this weekend. Park officials say permits are needed at Cedar Bluff Kanopolis Toronto Fall River Turtle Creek and Pomona now and at other reservoirs as they open. Temporary permits cost 3 this year and annual permits 5. Vehicles without permits will be ticketed and tickets must be validated within 24 hours at park offices or concession areas. arrests may follow for noncompliance.
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Salina
Kan
Kansas
Lynn Burris Jr
State Park and Reesources Authority
Burris
Cedar Bluff
Kanopolis
Toronto
Fall River
Turtle Creek
Pomona
Bure Tris
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Rosie Lister
R. G. Cade
Robert MarkhamIil
Frisco
Paola
Ottawa Herald
Nell Barnaby
Wabaunsee, Douglas
Johnson
Osage
Coffey
Lyon
Chase
Marion
McPherson
Wale Lace
Greeley
Wichita
Hamilton
Kearney
Stanton
Grant
Kansas Telephone Association
Ottawa Country Club
John G. Foster
Miltonvale
William T. Hollis
Baxter Springs
Wilbur G. Leonard
Bill Culbertson
Sterling
Vernon Chesbro
Junior Clark
Wamego
Elvin Durr
Kansas City
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