The Parsons Sun from Parsons, Kansas • 12

0 would have been in serious Fiesta crowd keeps (organizers hopping want to apologize to the people who came for having to wait so long or for being turned away Things will be different next Already plans are in the making for the next Mexican Fiesta she said and Parsons Plaza merchants are hopeful the celebration will become an annual event Foot traffic was heavy all day on the plaza Ms Chavez-Martinez said It was estimated that $1000 was raised from the fiesta to be used solely toward the Voz scholarship fund A $300 donation presented to the group from Dick De-Bauge on behalf of Valley Distributors Inc brought the total close to $1300 It will be an even bigger and better event next year Ms Chavez-Martinez said planning to have a separate table set up for bulk sales and more food lines to move people through more quickly was our first fiesta we made some mistakes but it was a real learning experience for More than 74 dozen tamales and enchiladas were sold during the first oi hour of the Parsons Mexican Fiesta held Saturday on the Parsons Plaza were literally fjj Jeannie Chavez-Martinez a member of the Voz Organization and coordi-0) nator of the event said today had no idea what a tremendous response we would receive from the she said and the Voz Organization and the Chamber of Commerce the sponsoring groups simply weren't prepared for the onslaught of people one hour all of our prepared food was Ms Chavez-Martmez said a group of ladies went home and began cooking more food We were able to continue selling food until 4pm but we still had to stop the fiesta two hours early because there just wasn't anymore food to sell While there were no estimates as to how many people attended the fiesta Ms Chavez-Martinez said "there were continual lines on the plaza We City commissioners to meet on Tuesday By LEW FERGUSON Associated Press Writer TOPEKA As the ancient mariner battled the sea Alf Landon fights the encroachment of age these days Arthritis has eroded the steadiness when he walks For nearly two years been unable to ride Red the old horse on whose back he traced the Kansas River banks so many years He can only feed him apples now Friends must speak boldly to be heard for he refuses to wear a hearing aid He occasionally apologizes for letting a name from history briefly slip his mind as he recounts some episode from a half-century ago or more Yet through his struggle with infirmity Alfred Mossman Landon retains his remarkable memory and his astounding obsession for learning analyzing and imparting wisdom As his Thursday birthday approached he wanted to talk about the Soviet Union's proposed construction of a trans-European natural gas pipeline and about national politics not about himself He expressed concern over the state of the US and world economies and confided some regret that he never practiced law after earning a law degree from the University of Kansas in 1908 course at 95 just not as active as you have he said while giving assurance he is generally in good health that doesn't mean not keeping up on going on in HE VOWED weeks ago he would be in Manhattan Thursday when President Reagan pays tribute to the Grand Old Man of Kansas by delivering a Landon Lecture at Kansas State University Given his tenacity one can be assured Landon will be in Ahearn Fieldhouse even though such travel is terribly tiring for him He also vowed he would not let the trip to Manhattan keep him from birthday greeting students of Landon Middle School on the front porchofhis northwest Topeka home Thursday afternoon after he gets back He go to a Republican Party fundraising reception in downtown Topeka at which Reagan is the star attraction Instead stay home and have a few words for the youngsters from the school which bears his name Quite simply rather see the young people and talk to them than hobnob with those who can pay $100 apiece to see the president in a purely political setting He said the Manhattan trip and greeting the students a tradition built over the past decade would be enough birthday activity for him He had Theo his wife of 52 years cancel a family dinner originally scheduled Thursday night His daughter US Sen Nancy Landon Kassebaum will be there anyway AT 95 ALF Landon remains an astute politician fiercely loyal to the Republican Party which nominated him for president 46 years ago last summer Landon always has been much more than a politician A success in the oil business and in radio station ownership his intense interest in international national and local affairs made him a confidante of businessmen and reporters as well as politicians Ronald Reagan is not the first US president to pay him homage Richard ixon delivered a Landon Lecture 12 years ago when he was president and Gerald Ford gave one after he left the presidency It is insatiable appetite for information and the analyzing he does with it which undoubtedly have aided his longevity The intensity of his concern sometimes worries Mrs Landon concerned of course about our domes- LANDON CALLED it unique in his memory for two ranking leaders of the opposition party to support a president unless it was wartime the first time in peacetime we have the recognition of the opposition party that the policies of a president are correct because of their belief that the country is in serious he said lifted Kennedy to a stronger position before the country as a statesman think they should be recognized for their spirit of bipartisan government in a time of trying IT WAS tight-fisted operation of state government in the depression and his handling of the worst political scandal in Kansas history which caught the eye of Republicans nationally Landon reacted swiftly and sternly to the revelation that nearly a million dollars worth of state school fund bonds had been secreted from the state office in 1933 duplicated and the proceeds converted to the personal use of Ronald Finney son of a prominent Emporia banker Within hours Landon had plainclothed National Guardsmen stationed at the door to the office with the office closed until a full accounting could be made The state wound up losing $708000 although much of it was recovered through legal action taken against the Finney banks Young Finney his confidential secretary Leland Caldwell and state Treasurer Tom Boyd all went to prison father Warren Finney also was convicted but killed himself rather than go to prison In addition both Attorney General Roland Boynton and state Auditor Will French were impeached but were acquitted by the state Senate Editorialists and opposition Democrats praised handling of the scandal IT WAS AN especially touchy situation for Landon because William Allen White and the Finneys were close friends and neighbors and Boynton was Whited cousin However Landon said his aggressive prosecution of the scandal never caused trouble between him and White it put any strain on my relations with William Allen Landon said White said to me one day early if got anything you want Finney to know trust him to know and tell me on the telephone because he has my telephone tapped Mr White told me that himself alerted me to Finney for the first time Mr White always had a different picture of Finney and his telephone Landon said White's word of caution about dealing with the Finneys came before the school bond scandal that reason I taken by surprise by the developments in the bond case" Landon said I talked to him White I one of his first questions was prompted you to act so He should have As Landon neared his 95th birthday on Thursday he reiterated what he has said for several years: He know whether he will make 100 taking them one year at a he said for the first time I am coming to think the prospect is not so attractive with all the world in turmoil and upset like it On the other hand the prospect of winning football seasons by the Kansas Jayhawks and the Kansas State Wildcats excites him like to be around for he said However not dispensing advice to the football teams or anybody else Asked what advice he would give Landon Middle School students when they come calling Thursday he replied: have any the last thing I'm going to do start giving advice at my recommend a replacement for a New York channel when Cablevision of Parsons expands its channels The commission also will review a request for speed breakers in the alley between the 1600 block of Washington and Crawford In other business the commission will discuss buying a house at 2727 Crawford for no more than $600 recommend appointments to the Lake Advisory Board recommend two people to serve on the Cable TV Public Access Advisory Board and select three delegates and three alternates for the 1982 Kansas League of Municipalities meeting in Topeka Because of Labor Day the Parsons city commission wil hold its regular meeting on Tuesday instead of today The meeting will be at 6 in the Public Library For those concerned about the animal control ordinance brought before the commission before the commission is not expected to discuss it and has not placed the ordinance on its agenda But there will be discussion on designating about half the city as an enterprise zone which provides incentives to businesses to expand and create jobs The commission will review cable TV programming in Parsons and will AP Wfrephotc 'In all of my years I've never seen the world in so much turmoil' Inmate population remains high at jail vealed that sheriff's officers had made three trips to the Osawatomie State Hospital in August and that they spent a total of 49 hours transporting prisoners to and from the jail Sheriff officers investigated 20 burglary-thefts six reports of vandalism and one assault during the month the report revealed Officers worked 14 traffic accidents in August six of which involved injuries and all but one of which involved more than $300 in damage Eight speeding tickets were written by sheriffs deputies last month as were four citations for other traffic violations tic policies and our foreign Landon said in an interview all of my years never seen the world in so much turmoil There a nation in the world that really has a stable government today except for the United States of America fortunate Despite the criticism of President domestic policies his leadership will enable him to go down in history as a strong leader in a world in turmoil the mooring post the world can tie to in attempting to work out the troubles besetting virtually every Landon has become much impressed with political acumen a darn smart he said said when he went to visit (Democratic House Speaker) Tip O'Neill before he was sworn in that it was a smart move and now look happened it been forTipO'Neill in the House and Ted Kennedy in the Senate passage of the tax increase bill needed to reduce the budget deficits and combat inflation Special to The Sun OSWEGO It's been more than a year since the inmate population at the Labette County jail first hit its official limit of 24 There is still no indication that the end of the overcrowding problem is near The Labette County sheriffs office today released its monthly report for August That report revealed that the average daily population at the jail last month was 22 just two less than the state-imposed maximum It was on Aug 18 1981 that the jail first reached its 24-inmate capacity and the subsequent months the average daily population has remained at or above the 20 mark The report for last month also re Nine hurt 26 arrested after fisticuffs in KC It's time for Katy's golf outing second night of night Labor Day shows sheriffs Detective Henry Mineey said The was sponsored by a local radio station The officers continued to patrol on foot but about a half-hour later customers began throwing objects at them and the drive-in's manager called for reinforcements When Kansas City and Independence police and sheriffs deputies arrived they were met by about 250 people who hurled bricks rocks and bottles at them They radioed for more help and a total of 58 officers armed with nightsticks finally subdued the crowd about 3 am KANSAS CITY Mo i APi Nine policemen were injured and 26 people were arrested and charged with disorderly conduct early Sunday at a drive-in theater after some 250 movie-goers pelted police with bricks rocks and bottles after an officer attempted to break up a fight None of the officers was seriously injured in the 2 a incident which police said started when one of three off-duty Jackson County sheriffs deputies employed by the 1-70 Drive-In tried to break up a fist fight between two young men A third man threatened the officer with a beer bottle and later ran into the crowd of 3112 attending the here as well as the city of Parsons There will be a lunch on Wednesday to open the schedule It will be followed by nine holes of golf a social period at 6 pm and a buffet at 7 Then will come an event to determine team groupings and tee times on Thursday Eighteen holes of golf will be played on Thursday Prizes will be awarded about 4 pm Pat Terry greenskeeper at the golf club said the bermuda fairways are in as are the bent grass greens By MARTIN THOMAS Katy Railroad officialdom will be represented almost en masse this week at an event of long standing at the Katy-Parsons Golf Club It is the golf and social outing for members from a distance principally railroad supplymen The event will be Wednesday and Thursday JD Hemperley of Denison Texas is in charge of arrangements He is director of purchases and stores The officials from Dallas expected to attend are headed by HL Gastler Wood Katy Northern Division superintendent with offices in Parsons PW Larery of Parsons superintendent of motive power and Charles Johnson also of Parsons sales manager If the anticipated attendance of supplymen is borne out this event may be the largest ever It was begun here in 1937 10 years after the golf club opened About 50 supplymen are expected Hemperley said Also among the guests will be representatives of the financial and business community Katy president and chief operating officer KR Ziebarth executive vice president-financial and WH Zeidel vice president-administration Coming from Denison will be TG Todd vice president-operations ML Janovec general manager MF Rister assistant vice president-maintenance of way and WL Dorcy vice president-accounting Numerous other executives from both Dallas and Denison intend to attend Hemperley said Also attending will be Jerry Sebelius Congressman for 1 2 years dies with he said on the eve of his retirement perspective was different It was sure good to get back to Kansas to be with friends to be home enjoy this he said of Washington miss it but had no second thoughts on district has some of the most productive farmland He was a member of the House Committee on Agriculture and the Committee for Interior and Insular Affairs Survivors include his wife Bette and two sons Gary and Doug The funeral service will be at 10 am Wednesday at Norton United Methodist Church Burial arrangements were not announced vants but Keith was just the best The more you knew him the better you liked him long as I knew him I never saw him lose his Roberts said seen him irritated and stubborn a couple of times but he always said the public trust was something you couldn't lose your temper Kansas Sen Bob Dole said Kansas farmers never had a better friend For more than a decade Keith was the big 1st District But above all history will remember him as one of truly outstanding public figures We will all miss Democratic Gov John Carlin said Sebelius standards for us all to strive for He was a good friend and a superb representative to the people NORTON (AP) Former Republican Congressman Keith Sebelius who represented the 1st District in western Kansas for 12 years died Sunday at age 65 after a long fight with cancer Sebelius died about 2 a at Norton County Hospital his family and hospital officials said Sebelius was elected to the House in 1968 succeeding Republican Bob Dole who became a US senator Sebelius served six terms in the House before retiring in 1980 He was succeeded by Republican Pat Roberts who until then was his chief administrative aide for 12 years lost a real close personal friend and a man who was like a father to me" Roberts said "Kansas has had a lot of fine public ser of western personally very saddened by his passing and I join thousands of other Kansans in expressing my sincere sympathy to family" Dan Glickman the only Democrat in Kansas' five-man congressional delegation said he met a man or woman who like and respect Keith Sebelius always remember his putting a Wonder bread wrapper around his arm once a year to demonstrate the plight of the American "His death is a great loss to all of said McDill Boyd Republican national committeeman for Kansas though he had been ill his advice was available to all of us He was a man of strong conviction intensely loyal to his hometown and to his Sebelius was born Sept 10 1916 in Almena He graduated from Fort Hays State College and received a law degree from George Washington University Law School After law school Sebelius returned to northwest Kansas He served as city councilman city attorney and mayor of Almena and later became Norton County attorney He was elected to the Kansas Senate in 1962 and served for six years until he was elected to Congress Although he discovered in late 1979 he had cancer of the prostate gland Sebelius later said his decision not to seek a seventh term was based on a desire to spend more time with his wife and two sons have anything to do i A Wirephoto Keith Sebelius.