The Parsons Sun from Parsons, Kansas • 1

PRICE: 10 CENTS ID tyo PARSONS KANSAS 67357 VOLUME 101 NO 15 12 PAGES TUESDAY EVENING JULY 4 1772 ONE HUNDRED ONE YEARS OF Work for Unification Koreas Reveal Secret Accord The Country Parson of the most vital things in a life are likely things he had the least to do with choosing his religion and his I SEOUL (AP) -South and North Korea announced to their surprised citizens today they have agreed in high-level secret meetings to set up machinery to work for unification of the long-divided peninsula Simultaneous announcements in Seoul the South Korean capital and Pyongyang capital of Communist North Korea said a new accord provides for a telephone hotline between the two cities to prevent accidental war and for a joint political committee to open exchanges in many fields and to promote unification of North and South through peaceful means without outside interference The two govrnments also agreed to refrain from armed provocations and from slandering or defaming each other and to avoid accidental military incidents The agreements were reached at meetings in Pyongyang May 2-5 and Seoul May 29-June 1 It was the first such contact reported between North and South Korea since before the 1950-53 Korean War that took two million lives including 54246 Americans fighting for the South The three-year conflict ended in an armistice July 28 1953 and the two Koreas are still officially at war First friendly contact between the two nations began last September when Red Cross officials of South and North Korea opened talks to arrange communications between divided families involving an estimated 10 million persons The governments agreed to cooperate in bringing these talks to an early and successful conclusion Korea a Japanese colony from 1910 through World War 11 was divided into US and Soviet occupation zones after the defeat of Japan The zones became separate republics in 1948 South Korea has a population of more than 32 million and a 5 6 000 0-man army North Korea with a larger area has a population of only 14 million and an army of 340000 Cool Weather To Continue It was overcast and an unseasonable 68 degrees at noon today in Parsons The low was 62 and high 84 TOPEKA Kan (AP) -Cloudy and cool weather was forecast for Kansas tonight with scattered showers southeast and a chance of showers in the west It was to be cloudy and cool with scattered showers today with highs in the upper 50s west to the mid 70s east Overnight lows are to be in the upper 40s northwest to the upper 50s southeast The forecast for Wednesday was for cloudy skies in the west and partly cloudy in the east with a slight chance of showers in southwest Kansas High should be in the 70s The extended outlook called for unseasonably cool temperatures Thursday through Saturday with highs in the 70s and 80s and lows in the 50s northwest to the low 60s southeast There is a chance of thunderstorms Friday and Saturday it was which emit only smoke and leave a curvy ash when lighted Parents of six-year-old Lori are Mr and Mrs Jerry Bowman 2604 Grand SUN PHOTO KEEPING HER COOL Brisk 4th of July weather accounted for Lori garb today as the Parsons girl went about the serious business of playing it safe with fireworks In this case By JIM DAVIS Dave Cotten of St Louis who grew up in Parsons mailed in a story about Parsons which he clipped from the St Louis Globe-Democrat of June 28 The article deals with the Parsons urban renewal project It is written from the viewpoint of Urban Programming Corp of America which is based in St Louis UPC designed Parsons Plaza The story appears on the front of the business and financial section It is illustrated with a before and after picture of the Parsons business district Parsons effort is now up 'for the sixth biennial Housing and Urban Development awards for design excellence the article says Cotten wrote that to him the mall looks good should be a real boon to he said on Main was always an exciting adventure but I suspect the risk and trouble to drivers was greater than the time saved a former he continued guess the term will have to change There must still be ways for kids to blow their money on gas on other avenues Maybe now on foot their term will be the the sounds a little too much like a cheap FOR THE past 26 years Joe Crandon has arisen at 3:30 am six days a week to open his Parsons restaurant Yet one sees him in circulation at night What keeps his eyes open are afternoon naps WHILE CLEANING up in the basement the other day some folks at the First National Bank ran across a 1916 photograph of exceptional scope The Electric Studio of Parsons made it The Ivaty railroad shops and station are shown in a panoramic view of at least 180 degrees Viewers get a good look at the Main Street subway when it accommodated only rail-riding vehicles Pedestrians and horse-drawn conveyances can be seen crossing the railroad tracks on a street on top of the underpass NOT LONG ago the Katy-Parsons golf club installed two geese and a gander at its pond in front of the No 9 green Now some of the members mostly those who are not married and do not have to hurry home after a sit around and discuss what one should cal! a female goose Some of them maintain that there should be a name better to call her than hen or goose They point to gander and gosling as the special designations for male and baby geese They claim that there must be an equivalent for the female goose if only someone would reveal it It may be though that the female goose is highly liberated completely unburdened with a female designation such as cow doe or Mrs (Mother Goose count) And those who call geese of both sexes geese may argue that what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander and vice versa HENRY writes: cookbook says that bananas should not be kept in the refrigerator Any reason why not? Everything else eatable or drinkable is stored You put bananas in a refrigerator because it makes them turn black and taste like garbage What you are supposed to do with bananas is eat them Any monkey will tell you so THE JOSEPH Carrier Jr family lives on a 4 Parsons farm where there are two ponds and a and Mrs Carrier sometimes worries about her son Curtis 2 y2 drowning She talked to Arvon Phillips city recreation director a-bout including swimming lessons for the very young in a swim school starting July 24 Phillips agreed to provide an instructor for one week for youngsters between 2 and 4 years of age if interest warrants Parents who want the course should telephone the Parsons Recreation Commission at 421-6820 A parent must accompany a child to the class to help care for him There must be at least eight kids in the class but no more than 15 know how much good a week of instruction will said Mrs Carrier year maybe we could have a longer For Labeffe County Assessment Ratio Is at the States Average an average of 15 including 13 per cent for rural and 17 per cent for urban property Cherokee County had a current average ratio of 18 from a rural property assessment of 17 and an urban assessment of 21 per cent The Montgomery County ratio was 22 Its niral ratio was 18 per cent and urban ratio 25 per cent erty He would pay $548 in taxes on the land and improvements The county has increased the percentage at which it assesses property according to the 1970 real estate figures published in the July issue of the Kansas Governmental Journal Throughout the state assessment ratios for both urban and rural properties likewise have In July 4 Address whether he considered the Russian move threatened to wreck the whole match he replied Fischer arrived in Reykjavik about 10 hours before his first scheduled match with Spassky Euwe said the Russians gave no indication what action if any would satisfy them know what they want Perhaps they want an he said Sent to find out were second the Rev William Lombardy and his lawyer Paul Marshal They went to hotel to get clarification from the Russian champion Because of the protest and walkout there was no drawing of lots to decide which player would play the white pieces and have the first move The 29-year-old American challenger flew from New York after accepting London banker James offer to match the $125 009 purse put up Nixon Invites Visitors The 1971 Labette County assessment ratios used for property taxes are comparable to state averages according to the State Property Valuation Department It has released the findings of its annual assessment study The average ratio derived for the county from urban and rural assessment ratios is 20 per cent the same as that for the whole state The ratio itself is found by comparing the assessment price with the market value of the property based on actual sales Urban property in Labette County was assessed at 23 per cent of true market value compared to a state ratio of 22 in that category and rural property was assessed at 18 one point below the state average of 19 To the Labette County taxpayer the figures mean a city resident will be paying relatively more taxes than his rural by the Icelandic Chess Federation Now the winner of the 24-game match will get $156250 and the loser $93750 Each will also get 30 per cent of the $250000 paid for the TV and movie rights to the match or $75000 each The match which could last two months had been scheduled to start Sunday afternoon but Fischer stayed in New York demanding a 30 per cent cut of the gate receipts A Tass dispatch said Spassky had refused to play Fischer until the American punished by the International Chess FIDE is of the opinion that Fischer insulted him personally and the Chess Federation of the USSR by failing to appear at the ceremony opening the match on July the official Soviet news agency said jeopardized his moral right to play in the counterpart For example using the 1971 county tax levy of 30491 mills the city $1000 worth of property would be assessed at $230 He then would pay $701 per $1000 worth of assessed property A rural resident whose property was assessed at 18 per cent would have an assessment of $180 per $1000 worth of prop- Palnt Spiller Easy To Track Down MARYVILLE Tenn (AP) The culprit who spilled paint in the garage at the rural home of Mr and Mrs Roy White was easily identified White said there were bear paw prints on his house and in the yard The bear apparently wandered down into the lowlands from the nearby Great Smoky Mountains Harmony Fiesta Held In Georgia ATLANTA Ga (AP) -An estimated 6000 members of the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America Inc are holding their annual convention The events build up to the selection of the outstanding quartets The winners will be announced Saturday night ItsL (jJmIIwl PARSONS AREA (Via police radio from the Wichita weather bureau) Mostly cloudy and mild today and tonight with scattered showers and thunderstorms north winds 10-20 mph today cool today and tonight a little warmer Wednesday scattered showers and thunderstorms early Wednesday high today 70s low tonight 63-68 high Wednesday 78-83 precipitation probability 30 per cent today 40 tonight 20 Wednesday Our Skies Today Tuesday July 4 Sunset today Sunnse tomorrow 605 a Moonrise tomorrow 116 Stewart Pharm Ph 421-1150 adv been increased In the 1970 study Labette over-all ratio was 18 Rural property was assessed at 16 and urban at 22 per cent of the true market value in the earlier assessment In Neosho County the average for the 1971 study was 19 with rural property assessed at 17 and urban assessed at 23 per cent Crawford County showed to be The President spent much of Monday at his office near his oceanside home here Among those he conferred with were Henry A Kissinger assistant for national security affairs and John Ehrlichman domestic policy aide Nixon signed a batch of minor private bills and declared parts of Arizona and West Virginia to be disaster areas cli- Plan Is Offered The board of the Parsons Urban Renewal Agency voted Monday to act on a proposal for redevelopment of a half block between 17th and 18th streets on the south side of Corning in the downtown renewal area Charles Cook of Carthage Mo a real estate developer made the proposal to the board for 41000 square feet of land which constitutes a redevelopment tract offered for sale by the agency Cook said he proposes to construct a 6000-square foot office building on the tract together with adjacent off-street parking and redevelop the balance of the tract for other possible occupants The agency will request that the city rezone the tract from its present multiple family category to that for office and professional use Then it will advertise under urban renewal procedures to establish a price on the land and seek bids on it Cook told the board at a noon meeting at The Parsonian that Russian Walks Out Chess Match Postponed Again to US gihle for federal relief funds Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler ruled out appointment of a special investigator to conduct a blue ribbon probe of the recent attempted bugging of Democratir National Headquarters in a move urged upon Nixon by Democratic party Chairman Lawrence In Washington is-Continued on page 2 on a Trad Here he has a prospective lease for the new building he will erect The lessee is a state governmental agency he said but otherwise identify it at the meeting The tract is across the street south from the site of a new motor bank to be built by the First National Bank of Parsons Corning is on a new route of US160 highway to be built as a relocation of the present routing between 16th and 22nd streets on Main Bids will be let this fall on the highway project Cook Is a developer who has built office buildings and neighborhood shopping centers in Carthage and other cities for investment purposes Cook and associates are owners of an office building at 312 16th Street in Parsons which was converted from its former use as a grocery market The structure is occupied by the Frame Office Equipment Co and the Work Incentive Unit of the State Employment Security Division SAN CLEMENTE Calif (AP) President Nixon issued a broadcast invitation to the world today to visit the United States on its 200th birthday in 1976 America be known throughout the world as the of the open Nixon said in a liva holiday radio broadcast from the Western White House He spoke from a prepared text Nixon expressed hope that upon millions of would help celebrate the US bicentennial Nixon said he would send formal invitations to foreign governments a welcome to the people of those nations to visit the United States as laws and circumstances permit during the bicentennial and especially during the year Noting that America has been peopled by immigrants from many lands the President said it is time to say to the nations: helped to make us what we are Come and see what wonders your countrymen have worked in this new country of curs Come and let us say thank you Come and join in our celebration of a proud past Come and share our dreams of a brighter He struck much the same theme in a formal holiday message that said in part: trials and greater triumphs still lie ahead for us as a people There are still wrongs to be righted and new goals of peace prosperity justice and a better environment REYKJAVIK Iceland (AP) Hours after Bobby Fischer endpd his holdout and gave the world chess championship new life Russian Boris Spassky put the match in doubt again today Spassky the champion lodged a formal protest objecting that Fischer the American challenger violated the rules of the by failing to appear for its scheduled start on Sunday Spassky told Max Euwe president of the World Chess Federation that his decision to allow a postponement in favor was unacceptable Then Spassky and his aides who were expected to draw lots for match staged a glum-faced walkout Spassky was asked if there was a chance for a game today He said is not Speaking to new'smen after the Russian walkout Euwe was much more forthright Asked I.