Aged To Build City Within A City At Hesston Villa
The Hesston community opens Schowalter Villa a nonprofit retirement home on eight acres near Hesston College. Funded by a J. A. Schowalter foundation grant of about 600000 dollars, the village-like complex offers apartments cottages a hotel-type residence a nursing wing and individual cottages. The project aims to let residents manage their own retirement within a living community supervised by the Mennonite Board of Missions and Churches with a self amortizing financing plan and founder gifts from 5000 to 7500 dollars plus monthly rentals.
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Hesston
Eas
Harvey County
Schowalter
Hesston College
J. A. Schowalter
Halstead
Allen Erb
Erb
Mennonite Board of Missions and Churches
Struc
Apologize For Poke At Williams
Officials of the Rhodesian Federation and Northern Rhodesia apologized for the punch in the face given to U.S. Assistant Secretary of State G. Mennen Williams at Lusaka airport. Sir Roy Welensky and Sir Evelyn Howe conveyed regret to Williams and Lusaka authorities. Lusaka Mayor Richard Sampson called the incident disgraceful and sham ing in our city.
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Salisbury
Southern Rhodesia
Rhodesian Federation
Northern Rhodesia
U.S
G. Mennen Williams
Lusaka
Roy Welensky
John Emmerson
Williams
Evelyn Howe
Richard Sampson
Mo Pac Hearing Postponed Over Train Discontinuation
A Kansas City hearing on Missouri Pacific's plan to discontinue two passenger trains between Kansas City and Omaha was postponed indefinitely. Interstate Commerce Commission examiner hearings had been held in Omaha on August 1 and Atchison, Kansas on August 3.
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Kansas City
Missouri Pacific
Omaha
Interstate Commerce Commission
Atchison, Kan
KC Girl Dies After Car Crash
Miss Louella Hobbs aged 16 died in a Kansas City hospital after a car accident on the city west edge. The driver Robert Franklin, 21, lost control, the car skidded 181 feet, struck a tree, and Hobbs was thrown from the vehicle while Franklin sustained minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kan
Louella Hobbs
Robert Franklin
Franklin
Williamsburg School Dates Announced For Fall Term
Williamsburg principals announce a Friday start for both grade and high school students with half day buses. The full first day is Tuesday September 5 with the hot lunch program starting Tuesday at 25 cents per meal. The page also lists community visits and family travels across several states.
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Williamsburg
Forrest Bond
W. R. Binns
Mabel Matlock
Employment At New High
Washington August employment rose to a record 68,539,000 up 40,000 from July while the unemployment rate stayed at 6.9 percent. Unemployment fell by 598,000 to 4,542,000, and the year-ago totals were 68,282,000 employed and 3,788,000 unemployed.
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Washington
Arthur J. Goldberg
Also Mentioned on This Page
Stuart Awbrey
Hutchinson News
Associated Press
Dale Dronberger
Hutchinson
Wurlitzer
Butler's
Robert D. Dick
Naval Reserve
L. Doden
Olathe Naval Air Station
Brunswick
E. G. Dick
Willow
Ottawa Herald
Audit Bureau of
Williamsburg News
Harlan McMillan
Arlene
Sonny
Hoisington
Vena McMillin
Lorraine
Piedmont
McMillin
Leonard Andrews
Joe
Wichita
W. R. Vanetta
Dianne Owens
San Diego
Calif
Frank Davis
Davis
Veterans Administration Hospital
L. A. Green
Boyd Higgins
Mary Jeanette Milliken
Robert Rogers
Overland Park
Jim Mersmann
J. E. Deckers
Jerry Gilmore
Frank Dehn
Grace Jeffers
Lanagan
Wil Dehn
D. I. Goodwills
J. J. di Natale
Indianhead
O. M. Milliken
J. D. Pagel
Chester Chambers
Chanbers
Mrs. Raldo Brown
Boulder, Colo
Fr. N. Traberts
North Carolina
Mrs. Brown
Russell Milliken
Mike
Greenville
Miss
Mary Milliken
Jesse Neal
Harold
Auburn
Ala
Lloyd
E. E. Neal
Melvern
Memphis
George Hewitt
Manhattan
Richard Neal
Rosemont
Forest Park
Ottawa
Carol Bethell
Emporia State Teachers College
Vernon Bethells
A. L. Bredengerd
Alma Reed
Bredengerd
Carrie Reed
Irwin Heth
May Wilson
Greenriver
Utah
Glenn Jefferson
Olathe
D. N. Jefferson
Linda Sutherland
Burnham Williams
Linwood
Kansas
Frances Williams
West 17Th Street
FBI
Hugh Bion Morse
Los Angeles
Morse
Spokane
Wash
St. Louis
New High
Printy Auction House
N. Main
Hollywood
Ward Wringer
Mont. Ward
Norge
Florence
Todd Mobile Homes
Printy & Son
Zadar
Migg
Mpans
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