Historic Church Sold Near Abilene for $1020
ABILENE The Belle Springs Brethren In Christ Church, 16 miles southeast of Abilene, was sold at auction for $1,020. The church, once tied to Eisenhower family history, will have proceeds plus $457.30 from furniture auctions used to fund a South Africa memorial for Jess Engle. Buyer Robert Moyer of Chapman plans to tear it down and reuse lumber for a house.
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Kansas Death Toll Up Four
Kansas highway crashes over the weekend killed four people. Three servicemen died in a two car crash south of Hutchinson during a heavy rainstorm. Airman J C William N Wassel age 20 from Bridgeport Connecticut Airman Claude L Haviland age 21 from Council Grove Kansas and Ernest A Witwer age 20 Navy man from Detroit Michigan died. George W Dickson 45 from Hoisington Kansas died in a separate one car crash east of Pratt on U S 54.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Claude L. Haviland
Council Grove
Kas
Ernest A. Witwer
Detroit
Mich
George W. Dickson
Hoisington
U. S. 54
Pratt
Mrs FDR In Russia Continues Tour After Fatigue
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt resumed her Soviet Union tour after a brief indisposition. She traveled by air to the Black Sea resort of Sochi as doctors cited fatigue as the main cause of her illness.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Soviet Union
Black Sea
Sochi
Hippo Guest Of A Baby Shower In Kansas City
Cleo the expectant hippopotamus attended a large baby shower yesterday. She watched gifts opened including apples carrots cabbage and 21 bales of hay tied with ribbons. Baby bottles ranged from 1 to 5 gallons for night feedings. Cleo appeared calm as two men revealed an eight by eight foot hippopotamus diaper. Zoo director William T. A. Cully calls her very refined.
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Cleo
Scout Leaders Plan Finance Campaign in Kansas
More than 60 Boy Scout leaders met to plan a statewide finance drive starting Oct. 22. Direct campaigns will cover 242 communities, with participation in Community Chest or United Fund drives in 60 other communities. Murray F. Gill of Wichita chairs the steering committee, with Richard Robbins of Pratt and Murray Wilson of Salina as state vice chairs.
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Community Chest
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Murray F. Gill
Wichita
Richard Robbins
Pratt
Murray Wilson
Salina
Cool Cops To Make It Hot For Violators
WALTHAM Mass To crack down on traffic violators the police in the traffic division taxed themselves one dollar weekly to buy a one ton air conditioner for their office and a small unit for the squad commander. They also renovated the quarters by tiling the floors themselves Captain Walter T Weir head of the squad says he is sold on do it yourself.
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Myrna Loy Denies She Tries To Influence U N
New York actress Myrna Loy denied Communist claims she used sex appeal to sway the United Nations. Loy, 52, said the Hungarian report was an attempt to belittle a petition urging U N action on Soviet aggression during the Hungarian revolution. The deputation included Norman Thomas, the Very Rev. James A. Pike, Victor Reuther, A. Philip Randolph, and Sen. Jacob K. Javits.
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Plan Nuclear Defense Tests In Mid-Pacific Next Year
Washington plans a new American nuclear test series in the mid Pacific at Eniwetok proving grounds aimed at perfecting weapons for defense against missiles using atomic or hydrogen warheads. The AEC and Defense Department say the tests will also pursue greatly reduced radioactive fallout while signaling willingness to suspend tests via a disarmament agreement. The statement notes continued weapon development is essential to U S defense pending such agreement and makes no direct reference to Soviet ICBM claims.
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Tornado Hits Sacred Heart Community Killing Two Injuring Thirteen
KONAWA Okla Not all tornadoes roar like a freight train residents of Sacred Heart say. The twister struck Saturday night killing two and injuring 13. Lonnie Smith did not seek shelter thinking it was only a storm until the house was hit.
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Stanton Area Social Notes From The Week
Callers visited the Geo. Brassfield home and nearby families in the Stanton area during the past week. Visitors included Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hatcher and Becky of Bedro Valley California, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Calvin and family from Osawatomie, Mrs. Raymond Bryan, Mr. and Mrs. Willis Smith, Jim Chamberlin, Howard Grigsby and Bill, Wayne Brassfield, Mr. and Mrs. Joy McDaniel of Paola, and Roy Brassfield of Osawatomie. Prof. George E. Rouse of Me Kenzie Tennessee visited the Raymond Bryan and Everette Miller homes Friday evening.
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Tom Hatcher
Becky
Bedro Valley
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Bill Calvin
Osawatomie
Raymond Bryan
Willis Smith
Jim Chamberlin
Howard Grigsby
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Wayne Brassfield
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Teaching Twins in Grand Rapids Public Schools
Grand Rapids public schools will add a second set of twin teachers for next semester. The latest twin teachers are Gwen and Gail Williams, both 21, from Oshkosh Wisconsin, joined by Janet.
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Grand Rapids
Gwen
Gail Williams
Oshkosh
Wis
Janet
Grand Rapids teachers include Joan Seeberger and twins
The snippet notes Joan Seeberger as among Grand Rapids teachers alongside other twins, highlighting a local education context and educators identified by name.
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Grand Rapids
Vehicles Collide In A White Cloud In Rock Hill
In Rock Hill South Carolina a city truck releasing a fog to exterminate insects rolled along East Main Street and collided with a car driven by Samanie Massey. Behind Massey a second vehicle driven by Workman also entered the fog and crashed. Both drivers reported bruised vehicles and about 200 dollars in damage each.
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Samanie Massey
Rock Hill
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Tokyo Shaken by Light Quake Hit Tokyo and Vicinity
A light earthquake rattled Tokyo and surrounding areas today with no damage reported. The tremor prompted brief tremors felt across the city and a cautious response from residents and officials.
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Tear Out This Ad For $1000 Life Insurance Offer
A mail order ad targets adults aged 60 to 20 offering a $1,000 life insurance policy to cover final expenses. No obligation and no calls. respond by mail with name address and age to Old American of Kansas City and American Ins. Co. 3 West Dept. L915B Kansas City.
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American Ins. Co
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