Fire damages Caldwell Messenger office in lightning storm
A Caldwell fire caused several thousand dollars in damage to the Caldwell Messenger office during an electrical storm. The blaze started after 2 a.m. as Max Ames alerted the fire department, which fought the flames for about two hours. The editor said records were destroyed but the paper would publish on schedule despite extensive smoke damage in nearby furniture and mortuary buildings.
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Caldwell
Caldwell Messenger
Max Ames
Schaeffer Mortuary
Messenger
Ames
Doyle Stiles
Stiles
Nispel Furniture Store
Messenger Plant
Jayne Mansfield Decapitated in Highway Crash
Hollywood actress Jayne Mansfield and her lawyer companion Samuel S. Brody died when their car was struck by a truck on the Old Spanish Trail near New Orleans. Mansfield’s four children were injured. two Chihuahua dogs died. The driver Richard Rambo reported the car entred beneath the trailer. Mansfield, born Vera Jayne Palmer in 1933, rose to fame after a Warner Bros contract and later starred in The Wayward Bus and It Happened in Athens.
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Hollywood
Samuel S. Brody
Ronnie Harrison
Mississippi City
Peirce
Miss Mansfield
Marie
Mickey Jr
Zoltan
Mickey Hargitay
Georg Carmichael
New Orleans
Biloxi
Miss
Richard Rambo
Pensacola
Fla
Rambo
Charity Hospital
Mickey
Gus Stevens
Brody
Matt Cimber
Cimber
Antonio
Bryn Mawr
Phillipsburg
N.J
Vera Jayne Palmer
Texas
Highland Park High School
Dallas
University of Texas
University of California At
Los Angeles
Florida
Jane Russell
Miss Russell
Warner Bros
20Th Century Fox
Marilyn Monroe
Miss Monroe
Jayne
Marilyn
Monroe
Athens
Paul Mansfield
Mae West
Miss West
Hargitay
Primo Carnera, Former World Heavyweight Champion, Dies
SEQUALS Italy AP Primo Carnera the Italian giant known as The Ambling Alp died in Sequals at 60 after cirrhosis of the liver He won the 1933 world heavyweight title by KO of Jack Sharkey and later lost the belt to Max Baer in 1934 He led a high profile life including a WWII resistance role and wrestling comeback with a long public farewell to the United States and his family.
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Sequals
Italy
Primo Carnera
Carnera
United States
Jack Sharkey
New York
Max Baer
Paulino Uzcudun
Rome
Tommy Loughran
Miami
Pina
Glendale
Calif
Primo
Leon Lee
France
Europe
America
Pressure at UN Sessions on Jerusalem Annexation
A United Nations emergency session hears pressure from fifteen nonaligned nations calling for Israeli withdrawal from lands seized in the 1967 Six Day War and opposing the integration of the Old City into Israel. Jordan, Turkey and others push resolutions while the U.S. opposes. UK backing discussed.
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United Nations, N.Y
Israel
U.N. General Assembly
Old
Jerusalem
Assembly
Egypt
Jordan
Syria
Danilo Lekic
Yugoslavia
Old City
Pakistan
Turkey
Spain
Peru
U.N
Palestine
U.S. State Department
Security Council
United States
Washington
U.S
Latin America
Africa
Asia
Middle East
Reagan Eyes 1968 Run as GOP’s Best Hope
California Republicans push Reagan as their strongest prospect for the 1968 presidential nomination. Despite no formal campaign, he signals willingness if urged, while party conservatives rally around Nixon and Rockefeller moderates seek unity. Reagan’s statewide economy drives boost with national speaking tours planned.
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Sacramento
Calif
California
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
White House
Max Rafferty
John A. Love
Colorado
Love
David M. Cargo
New Mexico
Cargo
Romney
Michigan
Gov
McCall
Nixon
Washington
Nevada
Nebraska
South Carolina
Montana
Wisconsin
Charles H. Percy
Percy
Ilinois
Paul Laxalt
Tom Reed
New York
Goldwater
Guv
Rockefeller
Wellington Turnpike Interchange Reports Traffic and Rain
The Wellington interchange on the Kansas Turnpike logged 4 253 vehicles in the last 24 hours. Rain fell along the Wellington to Wichita corridor and rainfall at the interchange reached 2.10 inches by 6 a.m. today.
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Wellington
Kansas Turnpike
Wichita
Car Fire Report Includes City Transformer Incident
A 1962 Ford owned by Betty Larmer burned in the 1100 block North Washington after a wiring and hood fire. The cause is unknown. Two service calls were answered Wednesday. A cat believed in the vent of an overhead heater was found later. A city transformer fire in the 600 block East 9th was reported at 8 05 p.m. firemen stood by until the electrical department arrived.
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Washington
Betty Larmer
Daily News
East 9Th
Mulvane Woman Found Dead
Mulvane resident Mrs Earl Lawrence 54 was found dead about 3 p m Wednesday at 414 South 4th Mulvane by her son Billy E Lawrence The coroner P G Price Sumner County Sheriff and Mulvane police investigated Cause of death undetermined at this time She likely died early Wednesday morning Body sent to Senter Funeral Home Mulvane
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Mulvane
Earl
Winifred Oleta) Lawrence
South 4Th
Billy E. Lawrence
P. G. Price
Sumner County Sheriff's Department
Mulvane Police
Senter Funeral Home
Western Kansas Hit by Severe Thunderstorms and Hail
Severe thunderstorms struck western Kansas on Wednesday night bringing heavy rain and hail. Totals included Jerome 3.50 inches Ness City 2.85 WaKeeney 2.04 Elkader and Sharon Springs 2.00 Goodland 1.45. Reports noted gusty winds above 50 mph and power interruptions in Wichita area with a trailer destroyed near Clearwater injuring one.
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Kansas
Topeka
Dodge City
Hill City
Jerome
Ness City
WaKeeney
Elkader
Sharon Springs
Goodland
Clearwater
Wichita
Eve
State law requires motorcycle riders to wear safety helmets
A new state law taking effect July 1 requires both operators and passengers on motor or motor-driven cycles to wear a protective helmet approved by the State Highway Commission. Wellington police will enforce the rule amid a recent serious cycle accident, with temporary exemptions noted. Fireworks stands outside the city report sales began Tuesday with no complaints of inside-city discharges, and several local birthdays are listed for the end of June.
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State Highway Commission
Wellington
Jimmie M. Little
Campers & Hikers Association
Arizona
Manuel Perez
Kansas
Fred McCoy
Delbert Moore
Ted
Marge) Blue
Denver
Colo
Everet Blues
Bue
Colorado 9'Ers Women Flying Club
Tulsa
Okla
Atlantic City
California
Neil Young
Emmett Edgar
Cindy Deschaine
Brad Ewing
Willard Wise
Bob Brownlee
Schalk Brothers Honored for Bloodmobile Donations
The Midway-Kansas American Red Cross salutes brothers Raymond and Melvin Schalk of Wellington for contributing blood. They have donated 110 pints to date and will add two pints at a Friday blood drive, aiming to reach 14 gallons. The center asks 160 pints total to help three open heart surgery patients in July.
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Midway-Kansas
American Red Cross
Schalk Brothers
Raymond and
Melvin
Wellington
Bloodmobile
Raymond
Tere
Wichita Regional Center
American Legion
Dog inherits estate from late owner in Missouri
A 9 year-old black mutt named Last Minute II inherits $51,553 from June Kieselhorst of Greendale in a Clayton Probate Court arrangement. The fund goes to the Missouri Humane Society when the dog dies. Kieselhorst was 45 and the daughter of St. Louis businessman Henry Kieselhorst.
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Clayton, Mo
Missouri Humane Society
June Kieselhorst
Greendale
Clayton
The
Humane Society
Miss Kieselhorst
St. Louis
Henry Kieselhorst
Rev Hoglan Installed as Lions Club President
The Rev George Hoglan was installed as president of the Wellington Lions Club for the coming year at the Ramada Inn. He succeeds Dwight Miller, who led the club last year. Past district governor Raymond Schalk officiated.
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Rev. Hoglan
Lions Club
Miller
George Hoglan
Wellington Lions Club
Ramada Inn
Dwight Miller
Raymond Schalk
Wellington Club
Dale Bard
Elmer Rinkle
Dean Ecklund
Jack Lansden
Reynolds German
Russell Kanitz
Bill Murphy
Bob Miles
Karl Komatz
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Thelmna
Jayne Mansfield
Charles Storer
Holy
George Romney
Richard M. Nixon
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Omaha
Neb
West Yellowstone
Mont
Oregon
Tom McCall
Barry Goldwater
Hill 174
Demilitarized Zone
Mao Tse-tung
Red Guard
Canton
China
Weather Bureau
Leavenworth
Pittsburg
By Eddie J. Shaw
South Haven
Mexico
Kansas Lions Club
Leslie George Axline
Myron Unruh
International Convention of Lions Clubs
Chicago
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