Sumner County Farmers Rush Wheat Harvest Amid Mixed Weather
Sumner County farmers resume cutting after a season of dry spells hail and heavy rains. Merle Lintecum of Mayfield Co-Op reports test weights near 58 pounds and moisture around 15 percent, with grain expected to dry further. Officials aim for a 5 million bushel yield though hail damage may limit results versus the 10 year and prewar averages.
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Sumner County
Merle Lintecum
Mayfield Co-Op
Lintecum
Wellington
Hancock
Tencleve
Dennis
Daily News
Bill Whistler
Spelling bee begins today with 70 finalists
Florida girl Janet Silverblatt 13 from Coral Gables became the first casualty in the 35th annual national spelling bee after misspelling loneliest. Karen McComas 13 of Rittman Ohio was the first speller. 49 girls and 21 boys compete for $5700 in cash with winner slated to receive $1000 and a New York trip.
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Washington
Florida
Janet Silverblatt
Coral Gables
Fila
Janet
Karen McComas
Rittman
Ohio
Smaragdine
John Capehart
Tulsa
Oklo
New York City
Scripps-Howard
U.S
Gems of Thought The true work of art is a shadow of perfection
The quotation reflects Michelangelo stating that a true work of art mirrors divine perfection, recognizing artistic creation as a partial representation rather than the ultimate form. It emphasizes the lofty standard artists aim toward in the craft.
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Michelangelo
AMA says medicare bill not association on trial
President Kennedy asserts the King Anderon medicare bill is on trial not the American Medical Association. He contends past AMA actions against Social Security are irrelevant to the bill’s merits and raises questions about the AMA’s 1949 and 1953 positions.
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AMA
Chicago
Kennedy
King-Anderson
Leonard W. Larson
Larson
Ation
Congress
House of Delegates
Kennedy Says West Point Class Faces Unprecedented Defense Opportunity
President Kennedy told the West Point class of 1962 that new lieutenants will see greater opportunities for defending freedom over the next 16 years. He urged them to deter wars as well as fight them, and granted amnesty to cadets released from detention. Cadet John H. Fagan led the class, while Kennedy became an honorary member of the academy.
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West Point
N.Y
Kennedy
U.S. Military Academy
U.S
John H. Fagan
Northampton
Mass
Academy
Washington
Stewart Air Force Base
White House
Udall Woman Burned in Home Fire After Collision Near Scene
A Udall farmer's wife Mrs Vere Rutter suffered serious burns to hands and arms when a kitchen fire broke out at her Udall home. A collision between a fire truck and a station wagon occurred en route to the scene, injuring no one. Fire officials cited a washing machine failure as the fire cause and the incident blocked a narrow township road. Mrs Rutter was transported to Winfield hospital for treatment.
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UDALL
Here
Winfield
Vere Rutter
Hal Payne
Leonard Johns
Ivan Spence
Johns
Rutter
Jim Thornton
Wayne Jones
Local forecast shows mild temps and scattered storms
Partly cloudy with little change in temperature through Thursday. Scattered scattered storms likely late afternoon or night. Highs in the mid 80s, lows around 65 to 70. Tuesday forecasted high near 89 degrees and overnight low around 66 degrees.
Former resident Faye DeBuhr dies in New Mexico
Mrs. Faye Rothrock DeBuhr, 32, formerly of Wellington, died Wednesday in Truth or Consequences New Mexico where she had lived 15 years. Survived by two brothers Alfred and Morris Rothrock and two sisters Mildred Adams and Ruth Holifield. Funeral at 2 p.m. Thursday at Fisher Mortuary Chapel with Rev Vern Livengood officiating. Burial in Prairie Lawn Cemetery.
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Faye Rothrock DeBuhr
N.M
Wellington
Ani
New Mexico
Albert DeBuhr
Alfred Rothrock
Morris Rothrock
Dallas
Tex
Mildred Adams
Orange Valley
Calif
Ruth Holifield
Fisher Mortuary
Vern D. Livengood
First Methodist Church
Prairie Lawn Cemetery
Lions Club safety driver of the week plan proposed
Mainstreet Today notes a Lions Club safety idea to choose a safe driver of the week and invite the winner to a noon luncheon with police involvement. It also mentions August filing for local offices due June 20, and tax payment deadlines, plus a fishing trip by Charley Webb and others to Frazee Minnesota. Wheat trucks begin rolling into area elevators as rains delay.
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Lions Club
Lion
Charley Webb
Pop” Lehman
Gary Gasper
Ralph Lehman
Blackwell
Okla
Frazee
Minn
Local Reserves to Missouri for Two-Week Training
Local Reserves from Wellington will depart June 10 for a two week basic combat training at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri. The group includes officers and enlisted men from Wellington Wichita Caldwell Mulvane Belle Plaine and Caldwell with Captain James Wright and Lieutenants Camp Clynch Marsh White Cate and others. Training runs to June 24 with rifle range work on the M 1 rifle and regular training staff.
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Wellington
Army Reserves
Ttwo
Ft. Leonard Wood
353Rd Regiment
James Wright
Wichita
James Camp
Marvin Clynch
James D. Marsh
Wayne White
Thomas M. Cate
Ramon Reyes
Jim Sandell
Dale Chamberlain
Mulvane
Darold Elrod
Ronald Onstott
Donald Bergman
Kermit Rickard
Edwin Roberts
Caldwell
Louis Skrolla
Donald Coffman
Buddy Edington
Belle Plaine
Leon Kabureck
Patrol chief Jim Martin reassigned to lead First Division
Capt. Jim Martin, former Salina highway patrolman, moves to Topeka to command the First Division. E. P. Mooman led the division until a permanent replacement for Harvey Schmedemann, who has retired, could be found. Schmedemann previously served as colonel under Gov. George Docking. The changes come amid retirements as KCOL Larry Hughes noted.
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Jim Martin
Kansas Highway
Nixon wins California primary to face Brown in governor race
Republican Richard Nixon and Democrat Edmund G Brown won decisive nominations in California's 1962 primary. With 414 million ballots counted, both emerge as leading contenders for the November governor race.
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Morrie Landsberg
San Francisco
Richard Nixon
Edmund G. Brown
California
Snake rescue fails as neighbor downs serpent with shotgun
Wellington firefighters led by Chief Robert Gilliland failed to remove a four foot snake from a tree at Edna McCann’s home after half an hour of effort. Neighbor Deroyal Frazier ended the incident by shooting the snake from the yard. It was the first such call in the area. The report notes all tools failed to reach the animal.
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Wellington
Robert Gilliland
Louis Marousek
Neil Young
Edna McCann
South
Washington
Deroyal Frazier
Wellington Man Escapes Injury In One Car Wreck
A Wellington man, Jim Abbott 24 of 1020 North Poplar, escaped serious injury when his 1960 Pontiac convertible ran off the highway, hit a telephone pole, broke a barb wire fence and struck a tree near the Ninnescah river bridge on US 81. Abbott, returning from Wichita, was treated for possible back injuries at the scene.
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Wellington
Ninnescah River
Jim Abbott
North Poplar
Elks Lodge
Abbott
Wichita
Rail workers reach wage agreement amid inflation concerns
About 450000 non operating rail employees nationwide will get 10.28 cents per hour raise under a one year deal. The agreement follows a presidential fact finding board recommendation and retroactive boosts of 4 cents to Feb 1 and 6.28 cents to May 1.
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Chicago
Tee
Western Railways
Kennedy
Wolfe
Nixon leads but faces tough path to California governorship
Four states held nominating contests as Richard Nixon won the Republican bid for California governor and trailed in a tight race with Joe Shell. Pat Brown led Democrats seeking a second term while Nixon vowed a hard-fought campaign and Republican leaders urged unity. Other GOP winners included Kuchel Case Smylie.
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Nixon
Shell
Sacramento
California
Brown
Alfred Hamilton
Phillip Moore
John C. Stuart
Richard M. Nixon
Edmund G
Pat) Brown
Joseph C. Shell
Little Snown
William Miller
Washington
Joe (Shell
Far West
Thomas Kuchel
Francis Case
South Dakota
Robert E. Smylie
Idaho
Connecticut
John Alsop
Jamie Whitten
Frank Smith
Congress
Mississippi
Los Angeles
California Assembly
Leslie G Woods Dies in Wichita
Leslie G Woods aged 62 of 1706 South Hiram Wichita died Tuesday in a Wichita hospital. He moved to Wichita 21 years ago from Caldwell. Born February 9 1900 in Spruce Missouri he was a retired farm laborer. Survived by wife Georgia seven daughters Katharine White Lucille Ensley Venita Reed Mary Boyce Alta Smith Leroy E Maxwell Caldwell three great grandchildren. Funeral 2 p m Thursday Schaeffer Mortuary Caldwell Rev Harold Bishop officiating burial Caldwell Cemetery.
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Caldwell
Leslie G. Woods
South Hiram
Wichita
Spruce
Georgia
Katharine White
Lucille Ensley
Venita Reed
Mary Boyce
Alta Smith
Leroy E. Maxwell
James L. Welch
Idana
Kan
Arthur Fell
Schaeffer Mortuary
Harold Bishop
Caldwell Free Methodist Church
Caldwell Cemetery
Wide Open Letter Starts Another Winning Streak
The author writes with optimism about starting a new winning streak at Duke, hoping for continued success in upcoming games and praising team effort and future prospects.
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Bernard Tencleve
Gene Signer
Howard
Combine
Circle of Tencleve
Wayne Hancock
Mayfield
Milan
Fin
The
American Medical Associ
JFK
Whitney Shoemaker
Menneuy
Dief
By Eddie J. Shaw
Missouri
Snell
Kansas Highway Patrol
Sheriff’s Office
Argonta
Highway 160
Warren Krohn
Paul M. Phillipps
W. G. Frost
Leeburg
Fla
Frost
Krohn
George E. Leighty
James E. Wolfe
Carriers Conference
Associated Press
San Francisco, Calif
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