Family News From Richmond Area Highlights Visits
Richmond area notes list numerous visits and travels among local families and friends. Frank Roatch’s birthday cake is noted alongside a weather balloon find. Names include Pickett, Lewis, Gretencord, Riebes, Sigler, Morford, Seevers, and many others with destinations such as Topeka Paola Paola Osawatomie and Kansas City.
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Richard Morrows
Topeka
Millie Chiles
Minneola
Tex
Carrie Wittman
Ralph Converse
Kincaid
Frank Roatch
Kenneth Cox
LaCygne
Mader Bros. House
Viaduct
Cecil Orr
Gault
Osawatomie
Ervin Greencord
Id Morford
John Yerkes
Praise Village
Harper Lyons
Eugene Seevers
Wichita
C. R. Moberly
Robert Siglers
Blueé Rapids
Alfred Sigler
Clarence
Sandy Staley
Tolay
Margaret Sedwards
L. E. Hamiltons
Emporia
Berti Stevensons
Arthur Pough
Paola
I Gordon Coldsmith
Hugh Kelsay
Cleveland
Ohio
Warren Vackles
Steve Hoelschers
Martial Law Declared in Pakistan Under Iskander Mirza
President Iskander Mirza imposed martial law in Pakistan dissolving the central and provincial governments and outlawing political parties. He appointed Gen Mohammed Ayub Khan chief martial law administrator and pledged to honor international commitments amid Pakistan’s defense pacts. The two provinces hold about 170 million people.
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Karachi
Pakistan
Iskander Mirza
Mirza
United States
India
Mohammed Ayub Khan
Weather forecast fragment from September report
Fragmentary weather note cites the Weather Bureau with partial figures. Mentions light precipitation in portions of the state, including the north and northeast, estimating about half an inch in a third of the area. Details are incomplete but indicate statewide unsettled conditions.
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Matter Sanset
Yama Bahama Wins By KO In San Antonio Bout
Yama Bahama earned a knockout in the 10 round middleweight bout Tuesday night in San Antonio. Bahama bled from a cut above the eye, fought through the fourth round, and finished Jesse Bogart, of Monterrey, Mexico, who weighed 156. Bahama weighed 153 and bled profusely, needing four stitches to close the cut.
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San. Antonio
Tex
Yama Bahama
Jesse Bogart
Bahama
Bimini
Bahama Islands
Bogart
Monterrey
Mexico
Fraud Case Nears End
Kansas City report notes nearly one million dollars from a 1935 insurance fraud case will be turned to Missouri schools. The 10 percent fire insurance rate increase was ruled fraudulent, 137 firms ordered to repay about 10 million dollars. Policyholders totaling 889,227 could not be located. funds plus interest reach 991,802. A federal court ordered transfer, recalling R Emmet O Malley and Tom J Pendergast.
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Kansas
Gage
Missouri
R. Emmet O'Malley
Tom J. .Pendergast
Absentee Ballot Requests Down in Kansas
TOPEKA AP The secretary of state office said yesterday that requests for absentee ballots by Kansans in the armed forces are far below 1956 levels. About 1,500 requests have been received, roughly one fifth of the roughly 7,500 requests recorded in the 1956 presidential election year.
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Topeka
Secretary of State
Melon Theft Case Solved
Kansas City AP report says Sol Feldman exposed James Huff for selling watermelons from a Feldman truck en route to New York City. Huff, last seen with the truck in Butler Georgia, sold melons for 257 dollars, bought a used car and whisky, and returned to Kansas City hours before Feldman confronted him. Huff faces theft charges from an interstate shipment.
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Kansas City
Sol Feldman
James Huff
Huff
Feldman
Butler
New York City
Harrisburg
Mystery Stolen Wooden Indian Found in Michigan Ditch
An anonymous caller reported a man found face down in a ditch. Deputies investigated in Mason Michigan and located a wooden Indian statue allegedly stolen from a local house. Names and locations appear garbled in the report.
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Amason
Mich
Gap
Ingham County
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Chandler
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Will
Mary
Pickett
Aurora
Frank
Victor Lewis
Stanberry
Tom
Glen Wharton
Cecil. Vining
Sand Lake
Cora Loree
Louis Riebes
Don Hamners
George Riebes
Fred Miller
Irene Akin
W. J. Akin
Abe Severns
Elmett Sutton
Princeton
Parker
Rural Carriers Association
Howard Gretencord
Fort Leonard Wood
Frank Gretencords
Korea
John Miller
Alvin Sharps
Clarence Gault
Guy Richard
Ivan McLee
Harry Guions
Abiline
Mabel Wheeler
Minneapolis
Elmer Nilges
Kay
al Nilges
Lee Hendersons
Harrisonville
Keith Nitcher
Berlin
N. J
Edsi
Gene Nitchers
Williamstown
Archer
Everett Pickerts
Pickerts
Mes
Carl Forbes
Roy Wilson
Merritt Menard
Wilma Fishburn
Lord's Acre
Jim Fills
Charles Jedwards
William Lverel
Newton
Edwards
Frank Gerhold
Scott Gault
la Plata
Noel Freese
Albert Dunbars
Don Cades
Leavenworth
Shirl Severns
Kenneth Cunningham
Clyde Cunninghams
Manhattan
Dean Coats
Independence
Chat Conta
Kenneth Jones
George Atchisons
Charles Talbott
Clyde Borrys
Tom Ruzich
Tony Pratzel
Bernard Gaffneys
J. D. Thompson
K. U. Medical Center
Fred Wiesner
Ed Fawver
John Deere-Van Bruni
John Deen van Brunt
Ottawa
Trac, & Impl. Co., Inc
Persons
Wilton B. Persons
Eisenhower
Willams Rogers
White House
Hardy Boys
Nancy Drew
Bobsey
Stafford
United Fund
United Way
RED Cross
BOY Scouts Teens, Inc. Mental Health
Ass'n Salvation Army Boys' Club
KANS
Children's Serv. League
Girl Scouts
C.R.O.P
U.S.O
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Franklin County Well — Child Clinic
United Ottawa Fund
Civic Activities Fund
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