Church Plans To Build An Annex In Weillsville
The Building Committee of the Weillsville Methodist Church hires Horst and Terill of Topeka to prepare plans for an Educational Annex south of the church. Glen Horst grew up in Wellsville and Joe Terill is from Ottawa. The committee drafts specifications for interior features of the annex.
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Horst and Terill
Topeka
Glen Horst
Wellsville
Joe Terill
Otawa
Vincent Knecht
Kansas City
Kas
Vern Isenhower
Damon Higbie Sr
RFD 2
Local News Briefs Highlight Births and Events
Mr and Mrs Bob Jones of Manhattan welcomed daughter Mary Elizabeth born Sunday weighing 7 pounds 7 ounces. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs George M Stewart and Mr and Mrs Deck Jones of Ottawa. Also noted are a deer sighting near Worden by N W Hartman in southern Douglas County and an upcoming appearances by The Four Gottens at Ohio Days celebrations and other fairs.
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Lawrence
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Fair Grounds
George Sherman
Wellsville
Atending
Kansas State University
Sieg
Forest Park
Ottawa
Jessie Smith
Indiana
Virginia Collier
Canada
Olevia Sieg
Elaine Lambert
Delores Sieg
Kathy Sieg
Dick Jones
Rolla Stow
To‘peka
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Kansas City
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Delores Ziegler
Osawatomie
James Lee
Louisburg
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Dale Sieg
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Russell
Bob Jones
Manhattan
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George M. Stewart
Deck Jones
Gottens
Waverly
Melvern
Osage
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Don Langer
Floyd Smith
Harold Tickner
Jail sentences for two men in county court
Two men cited by sheriff's officers on July 23 were sentenced to 30 and 60 day jail terms. Pierce Whitfield, 29, Kansas City Kansas, fined 175 dollars and given 30 days for driving while intoxicated and having an open bottle. Reckless driving was dropped. Jimmy Morton, 25, 745 Ash Morton, sentenced to 60 days for being drunk in public and disturbing the peace.
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Kansas City
Kas
Whitfield
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Ash
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Kansas City Livestock Market Report Summary
KC livestock market report shows cattle at 4,000 head with varying prices. good to high choice steers 21.50 to 25.00, heifers 21.00 to 25.00, cows 14.25 to 15.50, stockers 21.00 to 23.50. Hogs 3,500 with under 240 lb barrows and gilts 18.00 to 40, sows 14.50 to 16.50. Sheep 3,000 lambs barely steady, ewes steady to weak, spring slaughter lambs 18.75 to 19.50, feeder lambs 15.00 to 16.00.
Docking Says Kansas Democrats Firm After Convention Split
Governor George Docking says Kansas Democrats are not damaged by a split in delegation over Kennedy. He notes the state leans Republican in presidential elections and Kennedy faces long odds, but could still win Kansas in November. Docking emphasizes his good relationship with party leaders and his own store of optimism.
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George Docking
Kansas
Docking
California
John F. Kennedy
Los Angeles
Kennedy
Five Charged In County Court After Highway Citations
Five individuals cited by highway patrol on July 24 in Ottawa region face County Court charges. Jere L. Throndson, Earl Lovelace, and LeRoy C. Boyd faced speeding or weight violations on I-35 east of Ottawa. Roger A. Keith and A. Roy Miller were charged with defective lights and a no passing zone, respectively, with Arthur Gale Mitchell facing no license and no muffler charges. Appearances set for July 28 to 30. Boyd posted a $15 bond.
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Wichita
Earl Lovelace
Yates Center
LeRoy C. Boyd
Ferguson
Mitchell
Keith
Miller
Boyd
Launch Campaign For Fred Seaton
In Chicago Nebraskans at the Republican National Convention launched a drive to win the vice presidential nomination for Secretary of the Interior Fred Seaton. Seaton said he was not a candidate but would lead a strong campaign if Nixon and delegates pick him. About 100 people attended the breakfast with Governors Smylie and Hatfield among attendees, plus convention leaders Mel linger Groseclose and Hickman.
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Chicago
Fred Seaton
Oregon
Sam Mellinger
Kansas
Bob Groseclose
Alaska
Harry Hickman
Wisconsin
Trigger Happy Girl Is Silent In Chicago Standoff
Amelia Velasquez, a 16-year-old runaway, stood off 40 policemen in a West Side apartment armed with multiple pistols and rifles. Chiropractor James Adam Cuming, owner of the apartment, was held without charge as police investigate his ammunition stock. The girl, missing since July 19, was disarmed after Lt. Michael J. Foley spoke with her for 15 minutes. She is in Cook County Psychopathic Hospital.
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Chicago
Amelia Velasquez
James Adam Cuming
West Side
Michael J. Foley
Cook County Psychopathic Hospital
Complete Making of 1960 Models Complete Making of 1960 Models
DETROIT AP Chrysler Corp and Studebaker Packard assembly lines closed Monday after finishing 1960 model production. General Motors and Ford shutdowns due next month. Ford plants resumed boosting output, allowing GM Chevrolet to surpass Ford for the calendar year. Chevrolet built 1,065,767 standard cars versus Ford’s 1,064,101 including Fords Falcons Thunderbirds Lincolns Mercurys and Comets deployed. Passenger car output last week reached 113,492, up from 105,171. The 1960 total remains about 450,000 above 1959.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corp
Studebaker-Packard
General Motors
Ford
Chevrolet
Ford Motor Co
Nine Have Died In Western Fires
Three fire fighters died Monday raising the West fire toll to nine. Two men died in Washington from burns while fighting blazes in the Umatilla National Forest. A Canadian firefighter near Kamloops was killed by a falling tree as fires charred about 275000 acres and remained out of control.
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Ore
Washington
Umatilla National Forest
Kamloops
British Columbia
Canada
Britain to send infantry battalion to Kenya unrest
London reports Britain will dispatch an infantry battalion to its East African colony Kenya amid fears of a new Mau Mau outbreak against white settlers. The move signals heightened security measures as tensions rise in the region.
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London
Britain
Kenya
Bonds Forfeited and Fines Levied in Police Court
Four drunk in Saturday session forfeited $200 in bonds Ross Begay Prewitt N M Wilson Platero and Jack Tapaha Gallup N M Ruth Martin 836 E 7th Also Alvin Bruce Cox 73 847 Hamblin paid $10 for failing to yield right of way while backing. Fines totaling $100 were paid by Robert W James 18 822 S Poplar for wrong way turn and Charles Norton Jr 18 213 S Oak for following too closely without valid license Also fined were Jerry W James 16 733 Locust for reckless driving Leonard Fisher 25 Waverly for suspended license and George Lawrence McBath Jr Temple Ariz for allowing Norton to operate. Two more drunks Norman Elliot 34 Clinton Mo and Herbert Brown 23 Gallup Mo were fined $30 each. Clyde Eldon Stone 33 Overland Park arraignment continued to Aug 2.
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Prewitt
N. M
Wilson Platero
Jack Tapaha
Gallup
Ruth Martin
Alvin Bruce Cox
Hamblin
Robert W. James
S. Poplar
Charles Norton J Jr
S. Oak
Jerry W. James
Leonard Fisher
Waverly
George Lawrence McBath Jr
Temple Ariz
Norton
Norman Elliot
Clinton
Herbert Brown
Clyde Eldon Stone
Overland Park
Police Fire On Rioters In Bulawayo Violence Rises
Police fired on African rioters in Bulawayo Southern Rhodesia killing at least one. Rioting continues for a third day as 2,000 troops seal off the African townships. The city’s white sector hunkers down amid fears of a wider uprising.
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Deskins Rites Set in Lyndon for Prince E Deskins
Prince E Deskins 84 of Lyndon died this morning after three years of illness. Born August 8 1875 near Baldwin he married Cecelia Brown in Centropolis on December 26 1907. Survived by Cecelia and seven children, eighteen grandchildren, six great grandchildren. Services at Assembly of God Church Lyndon with burial Sutton Cemetery Baldwin.
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Virginia Shhrey
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Leavenworth
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Atlanta
Hospital Notes Admissions and Dismissals
Admissions list includes Mrs William Kleinsorge Westphalia Timothy James Kramer 1107 S Hickory Ronald Dean Mavity 418 S Mulberry Jack Langley Pomona George Sheeler 916 Willow Birthe A daughter today to Mr and Mrs Roy E Schulz 30 N Mulberry weight 7 lb 9 oz A son today to Mr and Mrs Arthur A Coffman 718 Cypress weight 5 lb 8 oz Dismissals names include Mrs Roy L Brock Country Club Mrs Grace O Bennett RFD 3 Mrs Larry Masenthin and baby daughter Quenemo Mrs Shimon Massad and infant daughter 437 E 12th Mrs David N Griffin and infant son 714 E Std Timothy James Kramer 1007 S Hickory Kenneth Hollon 720 W 5th Emory Howell Princeton today
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Westphalia
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S. Hickory
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S. Mulberry
Jack Langley
Pomona
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Willow
Roy E. Schulz
Arthur A. Coffman
Roy L. Brock
Country Club
Grace O. Bennett
RFD
Larry Masenthin
Quenemo
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David N. Griffin
Hickory
Kenneth Hollon
Emory Howell
Princeton
Drop In U. S. Steel Earnings
United States Steel Corp. reports a sharp drop in second quarter earnings to 80.9 million dollars, or 1.38 a share, from a year earlier record of 148.4 million dollars or 2.64 a share. Six months earnings total 193.5 million dollars, 3.35 a share, with sales 2.19 billion. Taxes and outside factors noted. dividend of 75 cents per share declared.
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NEW York
United States Steel Corp
U.S
Industrial Men To Meet At Lyons
Lyons Kansas August 4 attendees of the Central Kansas Industrial Development Assn will tour salt mines at Lyons and Hutchinson and elect officers at the quarterly meeting in Lyons.
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Lyons
Kas
Kansas
Central Kansas Industrial Development Assn
Hutchinson
Tax Levy and Expenditure Totals for Years 1959 1961
Legals summarize General Operating and Bond and Interest tax levies for 1959 1961 with per year totals. 1959 shows 10.77 tax levy expenditures 2500.06, 1960 shows 10.08 expenditures 2390.49, 1961 shows 11.24 expenditures 2524.25.
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Equal Rights For GOP Women Step in Chicago
In Chicago the 1080 rules committee voted equal representation for men and women on the rules, credential and permanent organization committees, effective at the 1964 convention. Mrs. Clare B. Williams called it historic and said Republicans require equal status, contrasting Democrats’ earlier 50 50 approach with a loophole. She asserted women are not second class citizens.
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Chicago
Thp
Clare B. Williams
Ational
GOP
Damaging Fire Destroys Wing at Loma Vista Center
A sizeable blaze destroyed one wing of the Loma Vista shopping center at 87th and Blue Ridge in Kansas City. The loss is about 370000, with Rieder Food Center bakery grocery and restaurant gutted. Firefighters from seven suburban departments fought the fire.
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Loma Vista
87Th
Blue Ridge
Rieder
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