Lane teacher Ethyle Welton honored at banquet
Miss Ethyle Welton Lane Grade School teacher received a traveling bag from pupils at the Lane awards banquet last night. She announced her resignation at term end and plans a vacation to Hawaii after seven years in the Lane system and a total of 46 years teaching. The award was presented by Bill Wheeler, a Lane sixth grader, during the event. Miss Welton teaches the fifth and sixth grades.
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Ethyle Welton
Lane
Miss Welton
Hawaii
Bill Wheeler
Faints In Robbery In Oroville Bank Heist
A California bank teller Mrs Pat Thelander recounts counting money as a robber fainted on the floor near the counter during a Bank of America branch incident. The man, Timothy J Ma honey 49, claimed hunger and was taken by police for FBI processing after brief detainment.
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Oroville
Calif
Pat Thelander
America
Timothy J. Mahoney
Feather River Canyon
Bastille
FBI
Employment Service plans student summer help card file
The local Employment Service office will assemble a card file for students seeking summer work. Robert Wasson, manager, said the office is reaching out to schools and prospective employers. The agency serves Franklin Mi ami and Anderson Counties with openings from across the country. Construction jobs have expanded most recently, and several workers were placed in that line. In April 1969, 196 new applications were filed, up 39 from March, with 80 placements out of 129 openings. There is growing demand for waitresses, housekeepers, stenographers, and typists. New unemployment claims fell from 274 in March to 189 in April, with fewer weeks of claims paid.
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Robert Wasson
Franklin
Miami
Anderson
Wasson
Lady trapped in loo wins damages in court
Mrs Eileen Sayers was locked in a public lavatory and injured trying to escape. The Court of Appeals apportioned fault, finding 75 percent against the council and 25 percent to Sayers, with damages to be decided later. The case hinged on a jammed lock and a revolving toilet roll.
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London
Court of Appeals
Justice Morris
Omerod
Lord Evershed
High Court
Solomon
Sayers
Master of the Rolls
Council
County Forecast Brings Warmth With Scattered Storms
Partly cloudy and warmer this afternoon with southerly winds 20 to 30 mph. Scattered showers and thunderstorms tonight and Thursday. Highs today around the mid 70s, tonight's low near 50, Thursday highs in the mid 70s.
Navy balloon flight ends with successful 40,000 foot ascent
Commander Malcolm D. Ross and astronomer Alfred H. Mikesell completed a 12 hour ascent to 40,000 feet in an experimental stars and space flight. They landed near East Dubuque after crossing Minnesota Wisconsin Iowa and Illinois. Data collected included heartbeats respiration and other reactions sent 1300 miles to a Washington naval lab.
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Washington
Navy
Ross
Alfred H. Mikesell
Mikesell
Naval Medical Laboratory
Washington, D.C
Earth
River Bluffs
Mississippi
U.S. Highway 20
East Dubuque, Dl
Crosby
Minn
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Illinois
Big Three Expand Summit Talks With NATO Partners
The United States Britain and France propose widening East West summit talks to include select NATO partners such as Italy. A joint statement at Christiansborg palace signals openness to broader participation while affirming Western unity and resolve to negotiate in Moscow without Soviet veto power.
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Copenhagen
NATO
United States
Britain
France
Italy
Soviet Union
Christiansborg Palace
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Czechoslovakia
Poland
India
Egypt
Sweden
Moscow
West
Bar President To Speak At Kansas Bar Convention
Charles S. Rhyne of Washington DC will address the Kansas Bar Assn at its annual convention in Topeka. About 800 members planned to register today as social events and executive council meetings were set. Business sessions begin tomorrow with associated meetings for city and district attorneys and shorthand reporters.
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Topeka
Charles S. Rhyne
Washington, D. C
American Bar Assn
The
Kansas Bar Assn
Rhyne
Kansas Bar
Snow and sleet hit North Georgia from early morning
North Georgia faced snow sleet and rain with falling temperatures in the pre dawn hours. Nell Collins of Blairsville near the North Carolina line reported the unseasonable weather.
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Gainesville
North Georgia
Nell Collins
Blairsville
North Carolina Line
Hospital Buys New Elevator for Wing Renovation
Ransom Memorial Hospital will install a new elevator in the south wing shaft. Administrator Bruce Bredeson announced the $31,000 contract with Elevator Sales and Service of Kansas City includes elevator purchase and a remodel of the old unit. Work to begin this summer funded by a special levy from last summer.
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Ransom Memorial Hospital
Bruce Bredeson
Hospitl
Board of Trustees
Kansas City
Reports Atomic Tests Started
Congressman Charles O Porter said the Atomic Energy Commission began a series of 30 nuclear tests at Eniwetok with the first blast on April 24 He added he did not witness the test and that details of the April 23 explosion were not disclosed by the AEC
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Washington
Charles O. Porter
D-Ore
Atomic Energy Commission
Eniwetok
Porter
Pacific Atoll
House
AEC
Woman Faces Charge Of Poisoning Four
MACON Ga a young widow faces murder charges in arsenic poisonings over six years. Annette Donovan Lyles 32 was arrested in a hospital and held under guard. She is linked to the deaths of her daughter Marcia Elaine Lyles in April 1982 and three relatives, Ben F Lyles Sr her first husband, Joe Neal Gabbert her second husband, and Mrs Ben F Lyles Jr her mother in law, with state crime lab tests confirming arsenic.
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Macon
Annette Donovan Lyles
Marcia Elaine Lyles
Out
Lyles
Fof
Ben F. Lyles
Joe Neal Gabbert
Ben F. Lyles Jr
Coone L H. Chapman
State Crime Laboratory
Docking to Run Again Gov Docking Announces Re candidacy
Democratic state chairman Frank Theis told about 150 people at the Oddfellows Lodge that Gov Docking will formally announce his bid for another term Wednesday. Theis condemned the Republicans and described the gathering with John Gaynor and local party officials in Franklin County.
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Elmer Hoge
Overland Park
Frank Theis
John Gaynor
Charman
Kenneth Andrews
Republican Party of
Kansas
Theis
Oddfellows Lodge
Docking
Franklin County
Jack Harris
Lawrence
Congress
A Vigorous Campaign is Promised
Kansas Governor George Docking filed for reelection promising a vigorous campaign to combat the Republican backed sales tax. He framed tax policy as central to 1960s race and noted his recovery from bronchitis while defending past vetoes and urging budget balance through spending control. Docking named Fred Hall as his toughest potential rival and highlighted support for water projects as part of his platform.
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Topeka
George Docking
Kansas
Docking
Princess Margaret Returns From Caribbean Tour
Princess Margaret flew home today from a 14000 mile tour of British possessions around the Caribbean. Her plane made a short fueling stop here this morning.
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Princess Margaret
Caribbean
State Officials To Hold All Day PTA Meeting Here
Ottawa PTA officials will gather for an all day workshop with state leaders Mrs. R. W. Schoville of Kansas City and Mrs. J. E. Beth of Wellington. Figures will split sessions between Garfield and Eugene Field Schools with talks on legislation education publicity library welfare and room mother duties. Closing remarks set for Garfield at 3 10 p.m. A nursery will be provided at First Baptist Church and plans include a luncheon at Bob's Truck Stop.
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PTA
Ottawa
Parents and Teachers Association
R. W. Schoville
Kansas City
J. E. Beth
Wellington
Garfield
Eugene Spield
Scoville
Beth
Eugene Field
Garfield School
First Baptist Church
Bob
Theis blasts Republicans over tax hike and old guard influence
In a special session Theis accuses the Old Guard and lobbyists of pulling Republican strings. He claims tax increases, a “termite tax” on sales and income tax, were passed to benefit insiders. Theis calls for Anderson’s replacement and praises Gov Docking’s reform. He criticizes national Republicans and notes a Democratic tide rising.
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Docking
Supreme Court
State House
House of Shadows
Thels
Theis
Robert A. Anderson
Lin County
Anderson
Rep
Errett
File Suit Over Bottle Of Wine
Two Washburn University law students Don F Rowland and Don C Staab of Topeka filed a court petition seeking $4.42 plus $100 for emotional distress after drinking a bottle they believed was wine that allegedly had turned into vinegar. The suit contends the bottle lacked carbonation and misled the buyers, who say the purchase caused distress.
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Topeka
Washburn University
Don F. Rowland
Don C. Staab
Rowland
Staab
Secretary Folsom Resigns as Welfare Secretary
Washington reports Secretary of Welfare Folsom resigns for personal reasons and President Eisenhower selects Arthur Flemming, president of Ohio Wesleyan University, to succeed him. Folsom, 64, will step down between July 15 and August 1.
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Washington
Marion Foloo
Eisenhower
Arthur Flemming
Ohio Westyar University
Folsom
Governor Docking Cleared Final Session Bills
Gov. George Docking disposed of the last of the 38 bills from the special session. He signed 34 into law, two became law without his signature, and vetoed two. The Legislature overrode his veto of a sales tax raise while he vetoed a quarterly meeting bill for the State Finance Council. Seven bills signed yesterday included measures regulating installment sales and a $1,151,644 appropriation to restore fire gutted East Waters Hall at Kansas State College.
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Topekaw
George Docking
Docking
State Finance Council
East Waters Hall
Kansas State College
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