Local RFD Residents and Births Reported in Community Notes
Birth announcements list Mr and Mrs Robert Ferguson RFD 2 a son born Wednesday weight 8 lb 8 oz. Mrs Vernon Chism 540 Birch a daughter born Thursday weight 7 lb 10 oz. Omitted details note dismissals and other names like Paul Howell John McAninch Robert Schneider Irvin Myers and Billie Avery with baby daughter at 715 Ponton.
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Paul Howell
John McAninch
de Soto
Robert Schneider
Irvin Myers
Lane
William E. Burgoon
S. Locust
Ursula Fetherngill
S. Cedar
Ruben Ay Fanning
Donna Jean Smith
Pomona
Sam B. Weidner
Joseph Pear
Robert Ferguson
Vernon Chism
Birch
Harry V. Seevers
Willow
Billie Avery
Princeton
J. H. McClung
Ae Richardson
Locust Mrs Ball Returns Home From Kansas City Hospital
Mrs Harry Ball of Locust in 1968 has returned home from Research Hospital in Kansas City after an operation was canceled. Community notes include car races at The Barn with fresh catfish on sale for 1.35 and winners in a checker tournament with multiple firsts and ties among local students. Centropolis Baptist Church announces summer Bible school starting July 27 with Rev Willard Neumann leading, a planned Ottawa bus ride, and a program ending July 31 focused on Operation Scripture comparing Kansas laws to the Bible.
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Harry Ball
Kansas City
Centropolis Baptist Church
Willard Neumann
Ottawa
Kansas
Frankie County
Ruth A. Moody
Anid
Frances
Pippenger
Two Citizens Charged With Traffic Violations in Police Court
Quana Police charged two men with traffic violations yesterday. Leslie H. Wheat, 46, 1105 Main, cited for driving without a valid license. Wesley F. Howard, 27, Paola, charged with littering after tossing a beer can. Both to appear in Police Court July 28.
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Quana
Leslie H. Wheat
Main
Wesley FE. Howard
Paola
Funeral services held for Mrs Raymond M Bitts
Funeral services for Mrs Raymond M J Bitts who died July 20 were conducted July 22 at Lamb Funeral Home with Rev Charles P Knight officiating. Pallbearers included Floyd Hackett Roger Monfort L E Nelson Don Randel Merle Montague and James Spooner. Burial followed in Mt Hope Cemetery Williamsburg.
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Raymond M. Bitts
Raymond M. J. Bitts
Lamb. ‘Funeral Home
Charles P.' ‘Knight
Floyd Hackett
Roger Monfort
L. E. Nelson
Don Randel
Merle Montague
James Spooner
Charles Briles
Harvey Staadt
J. R. Henning
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Williamsburg
No Clue To Missing Girl 63rd Annual Ohio Days
Baffled police admitted the search for missing socialite Jacqueline Hart 21 has been futile. Her fiance Stanley Gaines described fear as investigators probe disappearance after her departure at Newark Airport. Her car found locked at the airport.
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Short Hills
N.J
Jacqueline Hart
Newark
Ralph Hart
Colgate
Palmolive
Colburn
Jacqueline
James H. Moore
Scranton
Ottawa
Stanleyers
William Gray
R. J. Con
Gaines
Fayetteville
Pittsburgh
Retiye
M. Cates
Richardfield
Coast W. Schultze Sr
The
Standard of Co
David L. Burgoon
New Hope Baptist Church
Fla
Douglas McKay Wills Eyes To Needy In Oregon
Former Secretary of the Interior Douglas McKay died in Salem Oregon and willed his eyes to the Good Samaritan Hospital eye bank in Portland. The corneas were transplanted to two recipients after removal in Salem. Funeral services set for 10 a.m. Saturday in the Oregon House chambers.
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Portland
Ore
Secretary of the Interior
Douglas McKay
Salem
Oregon
Good Samaritan Hospital
McKay
Oregon House of Representatives
KC Athletics Manager Harry Craft In Satisfactory Condition
Kansas City Athletics manager Harry Craft remained in satisfactory condition after a restful night at Downtown Hospital. He was admitted Tuesday for chest pains but said he did not have a heart ailment. Doctors plan further tests as hospital officials cited fatigue as the cause.
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Kansas City
Harry Craft
Kansas City Athletics
Downtown Hospital
Craft
Jewelry Loot Found Near Carthage from Wichita Theft
The burglary stolen jewelry and watches worth about 50 000 dollars plus 4500 dollars in cash from Eugene Wetzel's Wichita store were recovered on a country road near Carthage. A farmer found the burned pile of papers and jewelry, suggesting the items were dumped and burned with gasoline. FBI agents joined the probe as Wetzel estimated about five thousand dollars salvageable from repairs for customers.
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Carthage
Wichita
George Hickam
Eugene P. Wetzel
Fred Garrison
Garrison
Wetzel
FBI
Traffic Toll Topeka Report 1959 Fatalities Rise
In the 24 hours ending at 9 a.m. day-1, Kansas traffic fatalities were 7. To date in 1959, 307 deaths are recorded. Comparable period in 1958 shows 317 fatalities.
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Topeka
Kansas
Herter Sees Little Chance Of Geneva Success
U S Secretary of State Christian A Herter told Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko there is little hope for Geneva success unless Berlin demands change. He criticized Soviet proposals as obstacles to an accord while Khrushchev warned of backing East Germany to liquidate the West Berlin occupation regime.
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John M. Hightower
Geneva
U. S
Christian A. Herter
Andrei Gromyko
Gromyko
Berlin
Herter
West Berlin
West
Palace of Nations
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Warsaw
East Germany
Moscow
To Scare Pigeons At Governor's Home
AP reports pigeons at the Kansas governor's mansion will be driven away today by Otto B. Standke, a Great Bend bird man using a heavily padlocked black box. Standke refuses to reveal the method, claiming it permanently clears birds from large buildings in several cities. Secretary of State Paul Shanan looks over the mansion job before inspecting the statehouse and state historical building.
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PEKA
Kansas Executive Mansion
The
Mar
Otto B. Standke
Great Bend
Starling
Standke
Paul Shanahan
Marriage Licenses and Kansas Court Moves
Wife Harry E. Wood attorney for Day says any further moves to save the soldier must be in Kansas courts. Homer Davis of Leavenworth represents Day as his Kansas attorney.
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Harry E. Wood
Day
Kansas
Homer Davis
Leavenworth
Three New Polio Cases Hit In KC
Kansas City AP reports three new polio cases raise the year’s total to 60 with seven in critical condition. Six are children at Mercy Hospital. Five deaths this year noted in the family. The piece also contains scattered agricultural and local financial data and an obituary line for Harley Bennett.
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Kansas City
Mercy Hospital
Wees
Wees Widen Coos LL
Sven
Seeeers
Old Earl Cold To Stripper
Governor Earl Long of Louisiana passed on a late night date with Tempest Storm, staying in his hotel suite while she performed. He spent the afternoon at a race track, claiming a $100 win, then quipped about a simple drink. He forecast reelection prospects and dismissed impeachment chances as a snowball in hell.
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Denver
Colo
Earl Long
Louisiana
Long
Miss Storm
Earl
Clue to Missing Airmen Found in Libyan Wastes
In Wiesbaden Germany AP reports five days of Libya searches uncover a parachute fragment near a prior trail of markers indicating a trek to death in the North African desert. U S Air Force European HQ says the search continues for nine airmen from a World War II bomber.
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Wiesbaden
Germany
Libya
U.S
Air Force European
Army Mortuary
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