Franklin County site tours end with sign postings
The county extension office keeps calls going as co chairmen note tours during centennial week left signs up and maps available. A major sign at Main and Park will be removed today while tours were conducted on two days. Jimmy Bristow, 18, hurt on his bicycle after gravel caused a skid, required eight stitches and is home from school. His parents took him to Ransom Memorial Hospital. Levi B Groty, Wichita, will celebrate his 90th birthday with a long garden year, crediting faith and a modest pension for still being active. He arrived in Wichita in 1875 after leaving Green County Ohio. He worked as a Frisco Railroad section boss. James E Wingfield of Louisville advocates liberal education.
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Franklin County
Don Brown
Brown
Main and Park
Jimmy Bristow
Herald
Red Jacket
Cherry Streets
Jimmy
Wichita
Kan
Levi B. Groty
Groty
Green County
Ohio
Frisco Railroad
Topeka Man Named Driver Of The Year
George H. Walton Jr. of Topeka was named Kansas driver of the year. He holds a ministerial bachelor’s degree from Louisville Bible College and has earned law, chemistry, and other degrees. Walton has 25 years of highway safety driving for Holton Transport Co. and has logged an estimated 2,826,779 miles without a chargeable accident. He received the award Tuesday night from Gov. John Anderson. The recognition is sponsored by the Kansas Motor Carriers Association in a contest for two-year electronics correspondents and aims toward a divinity degree.
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Walton
Louisville Bible College
John Anderson
Kansas Motor Carriers
Topeka
Holton Transport Co
Holton
Sun Returns Workers To Flood Control Site In Kansas
Sun boosts progress as List & Clark flood control crews resume work after heavy rains. Crews build the lower flood wall near the north end of the Santa Fe railroad bridge and Bennett Creamery, with another concrete pour possible Friday. Upstream, a large pumping plant and storm drain lines are being laid, while Pomona reservoir projects continue amid messy conditions. Weather remains unsettled with rivers flooding yet forecast to recede. Kansas sees mostly light rainfall and rising cloudiness. River stage here remains under seven feet.
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List & Clark
Army Engineers
Santa Fe
Bridge and Bennett Creamery
Tow Railroad
Pomona Reservoir
Fred Banks
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Thousands Homeless In Five States Due To Flooding Rivers
Flooding rivers left 1,250 families homeless across Missouri Indiana Kansas Kentucky and Southern Illinois with 25 dead and millions in damage. Five missing 118 injured 68 hospitalized as Red Cross workers rushed to shelter feed and clothe refugees.
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Midwest
Missouri
Indiana
Kansas
Kentucky
Illinois
Red Cross
Civil Defense
National Guard
Centennial Caravan Visits floodcenters and towns in Kansas
The Kansas Centennial caravan moved toward Council Grove as flood relief efforts continued. The tour included Red Cross and Salvation Army aid stations in Burlingame and Overbrook with thousands participating. In Illinois the Kaskaskia River broke through, prompting postage stamp excitement and a mail re-enactment at the old post office tree east of the river.
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Santa Fe
Red Cross
N.M
Salvation Army
Burlingame
Coupwell Comfort
Grove
Illinois
Kaskaskia
Kansas
Old Post
Netosho River
Baldwin
Ottawa
Welleville
Lawrence
DeSoto
Weather County Forecast Fair Warmer Tonight Warm Thursday
Fair southerly winds 203 mph. Tonight will be fair and warmer with partly cloudy Thursday. Highs this afternoon around 8. Lows tonight Ss. Highs Thursday low 0s.
Americans Want Exit Permits From Cuba, State Dept Says
The State Department reports at least 300 Americans wish to leave Cuba but cannot obtain exit permits from the Castro government. An undetermined number of American citizens are reported to be in Cuban jails. The department has urged all Americans to leave Cuba. The Fidel Castro administration requires foreign persons to secure exit permits.
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Washington
State Department
Cuba
Minin
Fidel Cane
Study of Civil Service Pay Sets Subcommittee
TOPEKA AP A Finance Council subcommittee will study civil service pay scales. Gov John Anderson says no comprehensive pay review in four years and will appoint the panel. Tuesday's council meeting was the first in nearly 20 months, with emphasis on personnel matters and approval of some new classifications and pay increases while others were tabled for study.
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Topeka
State Finance Council
John Anderson
Anderson
George Docking
Docking
Kansas Traffic Toll Report For May 17 1961
Traffic toll figures for Topeka Kansas show hourly comparisons through 9 a.m. Wednesday May 17 1961 with a comparable period in 1960. Data lists percentages and volumes to illustrate trends in motor vehicle incidents and congestion.
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce names new retail leaders
Heads Retail Group Dick Walker, manager of Gambles store, was elected chairman of the Ottawa Chamber of Commerce retail committee with Joel Nordeen named vice chairman. Merchants agreed to follow the holiday closing rule, keeping business open Monday May 29, the day before Memorial Day, since holidays observed on Sunday shift to Monday.
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Dick Walker
Gambles
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
Walker
Joel Nordeen
NATO Stands Firm on Berlin Crisis and Peace Terms
NATO foreign ministers pledged to defend West Berlin's freedom and confront Cold War tensions globally. The communique affirmed Atlantic unity, readiness to negotiate fair settlements, and a resolve to resist Soviet pressure while insisting Western troops remain in West Berlin. It warned against Soviet attempts to undermine allied supply routes to the city.
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Oslo
Norway
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
West Berlin
NATO
Atlantic Alliance
Khrushchev
Laos
Congo
Cuba
Soviet Union
East Germany
Red Cross Lists Flooded Families in Three Cities
The Red Cross reported 165 families in Coffeyville Independence and Elk City suffered flood losses. Coffeyville had 65 families affected with minor home damage and eight businesses damaged. Independence saw 63 families with 61 houses damaged and 13 businesses affected.
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Coffeyville
Kas
The
Red Cross
Independence
Elks City
French Airliner Crashes In Desert, 69 Are Killed
TOPEKA AP Wheat crop prospects improved sharply in the western third of Kansas last week but rain halted field work in most sections. The report notes wheat at jointing stage in nearly every county and heading in several southern counties. Corn planting behind schedule. sixteen percent by May 6, vs 31 percent last year and average. Flooding in eastern valleys may force replanting of early row crops. Pastures and alfalfa growth slow. warm sunshine needed in eastern two thirds.
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Topeka
Kansas
Brief Vacation for Kennedys to Palm Beach Fla
The White House says President Kennedy and Mrs Kennedy will fly from Washington on Thursday to spend the rest of the week in Palm Beach. They will stay at the Wrightsman home near the family residence and will depart from Andrews Air Force Base in a jet used by General Curtis E. LeMay. The Kennedy home is temporarily closed and the Kennedy children will remain at the White House. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Spalding accompany them. Spalding is a New York banker.
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Washington
White House
Kennedy
Palm Beach
Fla
Charles D. . Wrightsman
First Lady
Andrews Air Force Base
Charles Spalding
Spalding
New York
Curtis E. Lente
Air Force
Radio and TV Controls Face Kansas Officials Appeal
Thad Sandstrom, general manager of WIBW Topeka and president of land television executives, urged Kansas lawmakers to maintain government supervision of radio and television programming at a minimum. He spoke during a breakfast meeting of Kansas broadcasters and federal lawmakers.
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Washington
Thad Sandstrom
Kansas Association of Radio
WIBW
Topeka
Land Television Executives
Kansas
Sandstrom
Kansas Radio and Television
U. S. Senate
House of Representatives
House and Senate Confer on Military Construction Bill
Washington AP report says conferees will resolve details of a military construction bill. Senate approved 879.7 million dollars, 75 million more than House. Additional 10.26 million for nine secret Polaris and anti submarine projects plus 120 million to boost nine Titan missile squadrons. Kansas items include Schilling AFB funding cuts, Armory in Phillipsburg, Ft. Riley housing, McConnell AFB facilities, Atchison and Great Bend armories, Kansas City Reserve center, and Olathe NAS utilities.
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Washington
House
Senate
Kennedy
Armed Services Committee
Kansas
Schilling Air Force Base
Salina
Kan
Army National Guard
Phillipsburg
Ft. Riley
McConnell Afb
Wichita
Atchison
Great Bend
Kansas City
Army Reserve Center
Olathe Naval Air Station
Mount Sunflower Declared Highest Point in Kansas
Lawrence AP reports two state geologists from the U S and Kansas Geological Surveys named Mount Sunflower the state's highest point. The knoll in Wallace County near the Colorado line rises to 4025.3 feet, on Edward Harold’s Weskan property on a Goose Willow Creek divide, marked by an iron pipe 1 1/2 feet above ground.
Eisenhower to Receive West Point Sylvanus Thayer Award
West Point N Y AP Dwight D Eisenhower will visit West Point May 16 to accept the Sylvanus Thayer award from the Academy's Association of Graduates. He will be the first graduate to receive the honor, a gold medal and scroll presented annually at the Founders Day dinner for a citizen whose service and accomplishments support the ideals of Duty Honor Country. The selection is aligned with the academy's emphasis on national service and medical aid advocacy by Dr. Thomas A Dooley III, noted for humanitarian efforts in the far east before his death. The bill and House Banking Committee actions are noted in context with the award ceremony.
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West Point
N.Y
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sylvanus Thayer
Academy’s Association of Graduates
Eisenhower
Washington (Ap
Thomas A. Dooley III
East Asia
Ees
Family of U S Official May Be Among Victims
A French airliner carrying 69 people crashed in the Sahara near Edjele. At least five Americans were aboard including U S charge d affaires Alan Lukens and family. The four engine plane from the Congo to Paris went down in a desolate Erg Oriental area. Lukens and kin were identified as aboard. the State Department noted his family vacationing. The aircraft had last reported over Edjele at 1 10 a m. It was bound for Marseille with 1 passenger and 8 crew aboard.
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Algiers
Sahara
Air France
Edjele
Alan Lukens
U.S
Bangui
Central African Republic
Lukens
Benboard
Congo Republic
Paris
France
Marseille
Washington
State Department
Mary Ann Richardson
Elizabeth G. Edward
Alan W. Jr
Edward C. Lukens
W. Mount Airy Ave
Philadelphia
William E. Richardson
Reading
lBiva
Wyomissing
Foreign Service
All-Schools Day Highlights McPherson Centennial Parade
McPhersons 48th All-Schools Day weekend will feature a two day program. About 30 000 visitors are expected with 235 eighth grade graduates honored. Wichita judge Hugo Wedell will address graduation. Parades include Kansas Centennial Caravan and the All-Schools float parade with 40 to 45 floats and 28 bands. May queen Katy Anderson and prince Ronnie Grout lead the celebrations. Each county town selects its own queen and prince. The centennial theme includes a Lakeside Park Maynete pageant and pioneer costumes.
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McPherson
Hugo Wedell
Wichita
Kansas Supreme Court
Kansas
Katy Anderson
Ronnie Grout
McPherson High School
McPherson County
Lakeside Park
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N. Poplar
Galen Bristows
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Louisville, Ky
James E. Wingfield
Topeka Man
George H. Walton Jr
Associated Press
Ind
White River
National Guardsmen
Crane Naval Depot
Oklahoma
Virginia
Vermont
Florida
Pennsylvania
North Carolina
District of Columbia
Centennial
Council Grove
M. Sages Gda
Avesen
Heads Retail Group
Berlin
Richard Hicks
N. Sycamore
Charles R. Hicks
Ottawa High School
Kennedys
Dr. Dooley
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