Neon sign at Kansas State Bank remodeled with clock
The electric sign above Kansas State Bank has been remodeled with neon lighting and a hanging clock. Other notes include Lt. Col. Chester T. Medaris at Fort Leavenworth in the senior officer atomic employment course, Max Bolton’s divorce on grounds of gross neglect, Centropolis School picnic set for June 21, and local police reports including a drunkenness plea by Charles Marshall and a bicycle theft reported on Hickory Street.
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Kansas State Bank
Chester T. Medaris
Ft. Leavenworth
Command and General Staff College
Col. Medaris
105Th Field Artilery Group
Kansas National Guard
Gas Service Co
Max Bolton
Rose E. Bolton
Jerry
Chester
Danny
Well-Dressed Robber Strikes Fridays in Bay Area
A middle aged man robbed an American Trust Co. branch of $783 yesterday. FBI special agent H. G. Foster said he appears to be the same robber who has hit 13 other Bay area banks since February 3, 1956. He dresses conservatively and targets Friday afternoons.
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San Francisco
American Trust Co
H. G. Foster
FBI
Bay Area
Foster
Local Market Prices For Grains And Livestock
Readable market list shows soybeans rye white and yellow corn shelled yellow corn oats at 34 test Milo in hundred pounds and butterfat with egg categories graded eggs heavy hens light hens cocks and a string of unclear codes and numbers.
Jayhawker Days Ends With Tri Anns Acts In Williamsburg
Williamsburg crowds capped Jayhawker Days with an hour long program by the Tri Anns trio from Lawrence, carnival acts, a teen age dance, and merchandise drawings. Highlights included baby and poetry prize wins, horse shoe and pony contests, float honors, and a large Thursday parade drawing about 2,500 attendees. Winners spanned the Book Titles prize, pony entries, decorated bicycles, baby contests, and checker and youth divisions with multiple local families named.
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Williamsburg
Tri-Anns
Lawrence
American Legion Auxiliary
Leslie Mallory
Beryl Forbes
Bill Bitts
Friendly Neighbors
Williamsburg W.S.C.S
Duane ‘Shaw
Don Brown
Chuck Burgoon
Ottawa
Dr. Hill
Waverly
Edith Keenan
Richard Smith
Sandy Shaw
Belinda Miller
Dianne Fitzgerald
Sharon McCurdy
J .Whizzo
Ray Roberts
Deaths SAM ZENTNER of Garnett region
Sam Zentner age 82 of northwest of Garnett died Wednesday at Anderson County Hospital after a weeklong admission. He served as county commissioner from 1940 to 1948. Survived by two sons Joe Zentner Kodiak Alaska and Bill Zentner of Garnett. daughter Eunice Swift Topeka. Funeral Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Farris Funeral Home Garnett.
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Sam Zentner
Garnett
Anderson County Hospital
Erma Crocker
Joe
Kodiak
Alaska
Bill
Eunice Swift
Topeka
Farris Funeral Home
Driver Injured When His Car Overturns
Jose Mora of 621 King was hurt when a car passed him at high speed on the John Brown Highway 40 miles east of Princeton causing dust that blinded him. Mora’s car overturned two to three times, total loss, and he was taken home by a passing motorist with severe bruises.
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Jose Mora
King
Willard Lister
Mora
John Brown
Princeton
Lister
Barbara Anne Eisenhower Takes Up Golf in Gettysburg
Barbara Anne Eisenhower, the President's oldest granddaughter, begins golf as another member of the Eisenhower family takes up the sport in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
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Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Barbara Anne
Kansas City Trip for Richmond Youths
The Richmond Chamber of Commerce sent Coach Roy Myers and 45 Richmond High School athletes to Kansas City to see the Kansas City Athletics play the New York Yankees as thanks for their fine sports record and sportsmanship. The trip doubles as Myers farewell as he resigns to become athletic director and basketball coach at Joplin Junior High School in Missouri.
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Richmond Chamber of Commerce
Roy Myers
Richmond
Kansas City Athletics
New York Yankees
Myers
Joplin Junior High School
Joplin
Forfeit Bonds On Speeding Charges
Four individuals forfeited bonds in Police Court for speeding as the electric speed timer recorded violations. Donald E Clabaugh of Kansas City timed at 40 mph in a 30 mph zone with a $20 bond forfeited. Katherine Beiderman aged 59 of 716 E 15 timed at 45 mph in a 30 mph zone with a $25 bond forfeited. Jack Comer of Kansas City timed at 40 mph in a 30 mph zone with a $20 bond forfeited. Erwin L Michel aged 16 of Cedar timed at 40 mph in a 30 mph zone with a $20 bond forfeited.
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Donald Eugene Clabaugh
Kansas City
Katherine Esther Beiderman
Jack C. Comer
Marriage Licenses For Powers Gottschamer Harrell Evans
John Richard Powers 20 of Ottawa and Virginia Mae Gottschamer 17 of Pomona obtain a marriage license. Jerald Don Harrell 25 of Ottawa and Eleanor Louise Evans 23 of Ottawa also receive license.
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John Richard Powers
Ottawa
Virginia Mae Gottschamer
Pomona
Jerald Don Harrell
Eleanor Louise Evans
Hospital Notes Admits Several Patients and Births
Hospital notes list admissions including Ronnie Beets at 309 E. 5th and Miss Florence Allen at 634 S. Cedar. Birth announcements for Garry and wife at 824 S. Sycamore a boy weighs 8 lb 14 oz and James E. Black at 210 Maple a daughter. Discharges include Mrs. Ned Crawford and baby, and others in Baldwin, Quenemo, and RFD areas.
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Ronnie Beets
Florence Allen
S. Cedar
Garry Gorton
S. Sycamore
James E. Black
Ned Crawford
Ison
Bert Heminger
S. Hickory
Vernon Scott
Quenemo
B. L. Taul
Baldwin
R. E. Turner
Death Toll in Hurricane Audrey Rises to 502
Lake Charles La death toll from Hurricane Audrey stands at 502 with the number of dead and missing updated today.
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Lake Charles
Audrey
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Federal Home Ten Bank System
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Milo M. Hewitt
Maxine Finch
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Naomi Cole
William W. Wallace
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Elvira Luce
Jess Gilmore
Lunder
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Patricia Ann Neal
Wilbur ‘Neal
Melvern
Cheryl Hamilton
Robert Hamilton
Royce Edgar Swank
Edward Swank
Lyndon
Joe Binns
Larry Milliken
Nancy Bethell
Jim Milliken
Ned Bethell
Larry Anderson
Lamb Funeral Home
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George Kirk Stewart
Charles A. Hawley
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National Dairy Queen “Development CO
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S. Main
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Ottawa & Wellsville, Kansas
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Clyde Shade
Wellsville
Miami County
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