County Youths To Attend Oklahoma Freedom Seminar
Four Franklin County high school students will depart tomorrow at 9 30 a m for Oklahoma City to join the second annual Citizenship Seminar at Oklahoma Christian College July 10 through 14 They are Helen Lederer Pomona sponsored by the Franklin County Farm Bureau Roger Reynolds sponsored by Rotary Club Hoenie Meiers and Ronald Daugharthy sponsored by American Legion Elks Club and Eagles Lodge They were chosen for character scholarship and leadership The Kansas Farm Bureau has chartered three buses with one stopping at the North American Hotel to pick up the four delegates The seminar theme Exploring American Freedom aims to help youths understand the American constitutional form of government and free enterprise system Activities include lectures group discussions industry and government tours campfire programs athletics and a banquet The faculty includes Dr George S Benson Dr Nicholas Nyaradi John Noble and Dr Clifton L Ganus Jr
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Franklin County
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Christian College
Helen Lederer
Pomona
Franklin County Farm Bureau
Roger Reynolds
Rotary Club
Hoenie Meiers
Ronald Daugharthy
American Legion
Elks Club
Eagles Lodge
Kansas
Kansas Farm Bureau
North American Hotel
Pur
George S. Benson
Nicholas Nyaradi
Department of International Studies
Bradley University
Ottawa
John Noble
Clifton L. Ganus, Jr
Department of History
Harding College
Searcy, Ark
Model airplane found near Rock Creek School farm
Carl Snyder reported his model airplane, which disappeared on the Fourth of July morning, has been found on Earl Hancock’s farm about 24 miles east of Rock Creek School. The craft suffered slight wing damage and was water soaked but restorable. wingspan about five feet and an alcohol-burning motor of roughly one horsepower powers a roughly 20 mph flyer.
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Carl Snyder
Earl Hancock
Rock Creek School
Snyder
Laughton Sits in Senate Gallery for Accent Study
Charles Laughton, preparing to portray a Southern senator in Advise and Consent, observed Senate atmosphere from the gallery. He sought a suitable Southern accent and reportedly found one, though he declined to name the senator whose speech he will imitate.
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Washington (Ap
Charles Laughton
Senate
Laughton
Police aid woman in distress after midnight Missoula
MISSOULA Mont AP A Missoula woman Mrs Bob Miles phoned the Police Department at 4 am Friday fearing her car was running A patrolman was sent to switch off the engine He also rang the doorbell and returned her keys in a show of extraordinary service by local lawmen
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Missoula
Mont
Bob Miles
Weather County Forecast Fair to partly cloudy and mild
Fair to partly cloudy and mild through Sunday. Highs in the 80s this afternoon and Sunday. Lows tonight in the 60s.
Teacher Left Big Estate
A retired Tulsa high school domestic science instructor Miss Clara Kimble died in Tampa, Florida, Dec 28, 1960, at 86 leaving an estate valued at 567811 dollars largely in gilt-edge stocks. The National Bank of Tulsa filed the inventory as administrator. four close survivors listed Frances Sanders Sarasota, William Taylor Wellsville, William Kimble Tampa, Martha Wall Independence as heirs.
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Tulsa
Okla
Florida
Clara Kimble
Houston
Tex
Kimble
Kansas City
Tampa
Fla
National Bank of Tulsa
Convictions Upheld In Clutter Murders
Kansas Supreme Court upholds the death sentences of Richard Hickock and Perry Smith in the Clutter family murders near Holcomb. The state’s high court found no plain error in the Finney County trial and affirmed convictions for the 1959 killings of Mr. and Mrs. Clutter and two of their children.
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PEKA
Kansas Supreme Court Today
Richard Eugene Hickock
Perry Edward Smith
Clutter
Finney County District Court
Herbert Clutter
Nancy Mae
Kenyon
Cheif
Jay Parker
Hickock
Smith
Supreme Court Court
William Floyd Wells
Kansas
Soviet Union halts arms cuts amid world tension
In Moscow Khrushchev announced suspension of planned Soviet force reductions and a 3.144 billion ruble defense increase for the year. He framed the move as forced by rising Western military budgets and urged the US Britain and France to seek a peace treaty with Germany while warning of security needs for Soviet citizens. The United Nations Security Council remained deadlocked over Kuwait Iraq tensions, with Britain pulling 250 elite troops to Bahrain and maintaining a 5,000-strong Kuwait force despite the stalemate.
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N.Y
Security Council
Iraq-Kuwait
United Arab Republic
Iraq
U.A.R
Soviet ‘Union
Ceylon
Britain
Kuwait
Bahrain
Persian Gulf
Sheik Abdullah as-Salim as-Sabah
Middle East
Council
Leopoldo Benites
Ecuador
Moscow
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
North Atlantic
United States
France
Germany
Kremlin
Shortage of Pretty Uncut Wheat Surfaces in Kansas
In Wichita Kansas AP Mrs Pat Talbott a Kansas Wheat Commission marketing specialist reports a shortage of uncut real pretty wheat for decorative pieces despite a surplus In a food show at the Kansas Centennial Exposition visitors sought the decorative wheat for hair ornaments corsages wreaths and table centerpieces Talbott said she is willing to buy a whole acre or two to obtain the needed material The wheat harvest is nearly complete except in the far northwestern corner of the state
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Wichita
Kan
Pat Talbott
Kansas Wheat Commission
Beatrix Receives Doctor Title From Leiden University
Princess Beatrix, heir to the Dutch throne, was awarded a law degree by Leiden University. She studied sociology international law modern history and constitutional law.
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the Hague
Beatrix
Juliana
Leiden University
Rescind Action In Newton Case
Newton Kansas school board withdrew disciplinary action against Gary Miles a high school sophomore after a community controversy over his dropping a lighted firecracker into a mailbox at a teacher's home. Superintendent Scott said he would not be admitted to the full term. Miles's father protested jurisdiction and timing of the prank. The case drew local debate over authority and school property.
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Newton, Kas
Gary Miles
Newton Board of Education
Gary
H. W. Scott
Monroe Miles
Hoffa Defies Critics As New Teamsters Leader
James R. Hoffa, 48, narrowly re elected president of the Teamsters, vows to expand membership to at least 2 million and seeks a return to the AFL CIO. He dismisses investigations as a waste of time, urges officials to let the union operate freely, and aims to reduce retirement age to 55 after 20 years, with many contracts setting 60.
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Miami Beach
Fla
James R. Hoffa
Hoffa
Detroit
The
Teamsters
House of Labor
Afl-Cio
Murder Suspect Commits Suicide Amid Kidnap Probe
Abel E. Aragon 35, a Price Utah resident and former Navy Cross recipient, fatally shot himself Friday night when FBI agents attempted to question him about the murder of Denise Sullivan, 41, and the kidnapping of her daughter Denise, 15, near southeastern Utah. Authorities said the girl’s whereabouts remain unknown as they pursue leads and backtrack from Aragon’s car.
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Moae
Utah
FBI
Connecticut
Abel E. Aragon
Price
Dennis Sullivan
Rockville
Conn
John Stocks
Grand County
Denise
Jeanette Sullivan
Herber Clegg
Aragon
Albert Passie
Carron County
Guam
Clegg
British fixings Russians teeth raise NHS costs
London AP reports Russian ballet dancers visiting London dentists funded by Britain’s NHS. A 23 year old ballerina received 14 extractions 11 fillings two crowns and two false teeth at a personal charge of one pound while the rest is covered by government funds. A London dentist says about a dozen dancers have similar regular visits paying one pound each.
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London
Britain
National Health Service
Leningrad Kirov Ballet Company
Hoffa Eyes Labor Party Takeover For 1968 Bid
Newsday quotes James R Hoffa at Miami Beach convention saying a young aggressive group including himself will gain control of the labor movement and form a labor party to elect the president they want in 1968. He asserts he will lead a great labor political organization. Hoffa says a third party would not succeed in the country.
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Garden ‘City
N.Y
Newsday Today
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Labor Movement
Labor
Hoffa
Miami Beach
Fla
Teamsters Union
Newsday
Bob Greene
Greene
Police Seize Thrill Pills in Kansas City Arrest
Police confiscated more than 1500 amphetamine tablets and arrested 46 year old Willard Thomas Smith. Officers found similar pills in his home at 915 Bales Ave linked to burglaries in Kansas City and Independence Missouri. Smith said he obtained the drugs in Joplin from an unknown truck driver and claimed the pills were for his own use. A police informer recently bought 30 tablets from Smith for 5 dollars.
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Wells
Hickock
Clutter
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Smith
Las Vegas
Nev
Kansas City
Willard Thomas Smith
John Flavin
Independence
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Holcomb
Kas
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Rosemary Crist
Bobby Kennedy
Secretary of Labor
Senate Select Committee
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Atty
Robert F. Kennedy
Arthur J. Goldberg
Mittee
Sen
John L McClellan
D-Ark
Earl Richardson
Labor Party
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