Summer Weather and Community Notices in Wellington
Pleasant sunny day with 89 degree high and 59 degree low. The Daily News shifts to offset printing with an upcoming Saturday issue printed early, carriers delivering before noon. Events include the 6th District Junior Angue Show in Winfield Monday June 25 and the Fourth Union Service June 24 at Hillside Baptist Church hosted by Rev. Virgil Swift. A Sumner County Associate Council meeting is set for June 26 at 7 p.m. at St Luke's Hospital Classroom. Mrs Helen Holdaway Hornbeck, formerly of Wellington, visits Mayfield from San Bernardino. Birthday observances include Charles Lindbergh Gerry Adkins Carolyn Bretches and a wedding anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. Robert Booe.
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Daily News
Carrier Boys
Jerry Reed
County Extension
6Th District
Hillside Baptist Church
Virgil Swift
Sumner County Associate Council
St. Lukes Hospital
Wellington
Helen Holdaway Hornbeck
San Bernardino
Calif
Kansas
J. R. Jackson
Mayfield
Hornbeck
L. F
IRS
Charles Lindberg
Gerry Adkins
Carolyn Bretches
Robert Booe
Kansas approves 51.5 million in crime fighting grants
Governor’s Criminal Administration Committee approved federal crime fighting funds for Kansas law enforcement. Grants include Wichita and Topeka planning sums, narcotics and drug abuse programs, jail and probation supports, patrol and training initiatives, and university research efforts totaling over 1.5 million in grants to multiple counties and agencies. Some requests were not approved.
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Kan
Committee On Criminal Administration
Robert Docking
Kansas
Federal Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Metropolitan Regional Justice Committee
Wichita
Kansas City
Chikaskia
Indian Hills
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Wyandotte County
City of
Sedgwick County
Judicial Administrator
Kansas Public Defender Program
Kansas Judiciary Council
Kansas Judicial Study Advisory Committee
Junction City
Shawnee County
Sheriff's Department
Bonner Springs
State Department of Social Welfare
Boys Industrial School
Brise House Inc
Halfway House
Menninger Foundation
Washburn University
Kansas Criminal Justice System
Kansas County and District Attorneys Association
Johnson County
Court narrows obscenity test to curb porn
The Supreme Court, in a 5 to 4 ruling anchored by Nixon appointees, tightens the obscenity standard and shifts focus to local community standards. The decision signals tougher prosecutions of hard core pornography and narrows reliance on expert testimony in jury judgments.
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Vernon A. Guidry Jr
Associated Press
Washington
Supreme Court
Nixon
High Court
Thessue
Warren E. Burger
Hearings Open on Hutch Reformatory
Kansas lawmakers opened a session into the Hutchinson State Industrial Reformatory. Former employee Ron Smith testified that pay, staffing, and dangerous, steamy basement showers contributed to poor conditions. Randy Fry, an inmate, is serving a five year to life term for armed robbery. his father praised guards.
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Saline County
Saline Youth Care Home Foundation
Butler County
Kansas State Industrial Reformatory
Hutchinson
Kan
Hutchinson Institute
Ron Smith
Reformatory
Albert Fry
Smith
Fry
Randy
Cessna Fluid Power Division
KSIR
Wint Linter
Charles Durfee
Two Policemen Arrested In Prostitution Probe
Kansas City Kansas police faces federal and state probes over vice activities. Ten warrants were filed in Wyandotte County, with indictments naming patrolman Jerry Lawson and former vice squad member Jack Harmon for false statements. Other personnel face bribery and gambling charges amid ongoing inquiries.
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Kansas City
Kan
Wyandotte County
Patrick L. Connolly
Geneal
Jerry W. Lawson
Jack Lee Harmon
Gran Grand Jury
William M. Lowman
Inde
Pendence
Lowman
R. J. Gaffney
Kansas Penitentiary
Lansing
Gaffney
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Roosevelt Harris
Grady Wayne
Criminal Investigation Bureau
John H. Donnelly
Donnelly
Henry Albert Wille
James Thompson Morris
Monty Morris
A. J. Kickhoff
A. D. Kickhoff
Edward M. Mufich
Harris
Wayne
Connolly
Attorney General's Office
Kansas Wheat Harvest Nears Record With Wide Price Swings
Kansas wheat harvest moves toward a possible 374 million bushels as cutting begins across counties from Wichita to Liberal. Officials foresee a yield above last year’s 315 million, despite moisture content, protein quality, and weather worries plus volatile government policy and export prices on the Kansas City Board of Trade.
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Cleo Harris
Wellington
Neal Shinn
Caldwell Farm Placement Office
Caldwell
Shinn
R.F. Harrison
Associated Press
Kansas City
Kansas
Wichita
Kan
Sas
Hutchinson
Pratt
Liberal
Oklahoma
Kansas City Board of Trade
Who's Who In Wellington Everett J Mitchell
Everett J. Mitchell 417 N A is a lifelong Wellington resident, retired builder and former mayor. His family firm J H Mitchell & Son built many Wellington structures, paved streets, and worked across Kansas and Oklahoma. He served as mayor in 1944 and remained active in community groups for decades.
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Wellington
Everett J. Mitchell
N.A
J. H. Mitchell & Son Construction Co
W. Harvey
Kansas
Oklahoma
Mitchell
J. H. Mitchell
Smith & White
Arlington Hotel
Everett Mitchell
Mitchell Construction Company
First Ward
Everett
West Harvey
St. Lukes
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Oral B
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Wellington Elks Lodge
Wellington Lions Club
Sumner County Building & Loan
Old Wellington School Board
Wellington Chamber of Commerce
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Jean) Warner
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Barbara) Matley
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Donna) Cannicott
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