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The Kansas City Times from Kansas City, Missouri • 4

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METROPOLITAN Johnson County 4A THI KANSAS CITY TIMES Thursday April 10 1969 Ch ief Black Bo Lacked Land Sense Lee's Summit PRISON TERMS Ftt TWO IN A KIPNAPWS David Hulbert Arthur Johnson Are Sentenced AFter Pleading Guilty ABDUCTEQ WOMAN 22 Victim Seized in Kansas City Was Assaulted in Wyerv dotte County Fund Loss Possible in Inspection Lag Summit may lose all tions made on new developments compensated out of code en- funds earmarked for it by the during that time Breuer said forcement funds and must come Department of Housing and Ur- But for this year it was imper-J from the city ban Development because ative that the city hire or assign There are about 1000 homes to spending in the city code en- a full-time inspector to cover the be inspected and HUD expects forcement program has been too code inspections outside the reg- about 200 inspections a year ular code enforcement areas he The code enforcement program code en- added is part of a government drive to told the penalty for not living up ensure that persons live in safe council Tuesday night at a spe- to our contract with the govern- homes cial session that present records he said be the hudeetarv limita show the city has not spent the canCelling of our government as- Because of budgetary limita $16000 a year for inspections sistance for code enforcement the council decided to reoutside the code enforcement urban renewal sewer lines fer the matter to Jerry Winkel-area agreed to with HUD in swimming pools and so man city administrator for 1966 Breuer went on to recommend study and recommendation at The records show he said the hiring of Dorsey West for the the next council meeting that only S12JH809 was spent in inspection job at a salary of $500 annrnved a 1967 and $922192 in 1968 The a month and $100 monthly car a deficiency in these two years allowance It should be under- yearI-v increase in the salaries of could possibly be made up by stood that to receive credit for the code enforcement project figuring in the cost of inspec- the cost of the inspections he personnel low Walter Breuer forcement director SHOP LATE TONIGHT downtown metcolf loading ontioch ond prairie villoge when they the 77-year-old farmer recalled was brought up on sorghum cornbread and hard times and lived to be 91 said that quite a few Indians roamed the country in those days and a bunch of them had their main camp a mile and a half south of us on Coffee McCaughey and his wife still occupy the original McCaughey homesite They farm the north half of the 160 acres settled by the grandfather John McCaughey just south of the tiny community of Morse Trees Are Evidence Three cedars that shade their front porch make the antiquity of the premises evident And within the clapboard walls of the white farmhouse is an enclosed 4-room log cabin the original McCaughey homestead Black tribesmen used to ride by on their ponies and peer in the windows grandfather who was a tailor from Zanesville was one of $he first white settlers in our McCaughey recalled came because he caught the land fever like so many back East He needed more land to support his family Like so many who came west on a shoestring and a prayer McCaughey assumed that all Indian lands could be acquired by redemption with title to be acquired later from the government for $125 an acre said his grandson speculator bought up a large tract unbeknownst to him Finally he got title from the speculator 1 think he paid $8 or $10 an Black band never accosted the setters who usurped their land When fishing and hunting became poor and there were fewer places for Indians to pitch their tents along the streams they migrated to Oklahoma By Margaret Olwine (A Member of The Star Staff) If Black Bob were alive today he probably would be wiser And if he were wiser he probably would be sadder Black Bob and his band of nomadic Shawnee Indians carelessly lost about 200000 acres of lush Kansas prairie land to speculators and squatters between 1854 and 1868 Their reservation covered the southeast corner of what is now Johnson County from the long-extinct town of Oxford (site of the Leawood Drive-In theatre at 120th street and State Line) to the southern boundary of the county and was west to a line south of Olathe The Price Varied Some of Black band sold their 200-acre head rights for $125 an acre One thirsty brave signed his over for a jug of whisky Some got nothing at all By 1866 land speculators were reselling Black Bob lands for prices ranging from $8 to $12 an acre and it would have been more if the federal land office put a ceiling on their selling price Black Bob believe remarked Francis Miller a realtor in the Stanley community is selling north of 151st street for $2-500 an acre south of 151st for $1500 an Around the Johnson County airport signs dot the roadsides The going rate for 80- and 160-acre tracts in that area also averages $1-500 an acre A 120-acre homestead a mile north of Morse has sold twice in the past year the other said Mrs Virginia Lukehart a tenant in the 2-story white frame house with a 125-year-old rock cabin attached to its rear ver- DESCENDANT OF A PIONEER settler on the Black Bob Indian reservation Lloyd McCaughey turns the wheel of an iron sewing machine that his grandfather brought to Johnson County in 1866 On it the former Ohio tailor made gloves and trousers for the Indians In the foreground is a candle lantern that lighted the covered wagon on the trip West and anda came 200000 acres then let that go A 22-year-old man was sentenced yesterday to 30 years in prison and his 20-year old codefendant to 20 years for the October 1 1968 kidnaping of a Kansas City woman David Michael Hulbert wfio received the more severe penalty and Arthur Frederick Johnson III were sentenced- by Judge Arthur Stanley wrlo had received their pleas of guilty in the District court Kansas City Kansas The men had been indicted on charge of abducting the 22-year old victim near her home and forcing her to accompany them to Wyandotte County where both defendants allegedly raped her Judge Stanley said the difference in the sentences was on reports he had received that actions were aggravated and much more dangerous to the victim than John Flannagan Johns6ns court-appointed attorney the court that Hulbert haff weapon during the offense end Johnson did not The victim testified at a preliminary hearing that Hulbert struck her orf the head with a revolver Hulbert has listed addresses -St 290 North Nettleton street Springs and 1707 Metropolitan avenue Kansas City Kansas Johnson gave his addresses 2900 Forty-third avenue Katfifts City Kansas Charles LeRoy Slezak 23 pi South Eighth street Kansas Cf Kansas was sentenced for trt-ment and supervision for oin-determinate term following his pleas of guilty to selling a stimulant drug and passing a forged money order May 18 The probation of Allah "-'Armstrong 40 of 5005 North NDttdv-third street Wyandotte was revoked by Judge Stanley who then imposed a 2-year Sentence Armstrong had been placetbon 3-year probation June 17 198-af-ter a plea of guilty to theftcof goods while employed at the Motor Freight line -ffli Miami avenue Kansas City Kansas The terms of probation included monthly reports and restitution of $1369 for the stolen goods Armstrong was taken to court September 8 for alleged failure to report and to make restitution but Jmige Stanley continued the matteioat that time Continued alleged violation of the terms resulted in the court action yesterday removed the iron fence around the old Williams Like most of the many new residents of the area Mrs Lukehart had never heard of chief Black Bob who went to Washington in 1854 along with seven other Shawnee chiefs and inexplicably signed away 16 million acres in return for too One versed in the history of those days is Lloyd McCaughey whose grandfather came to Oxford township in 1866 bringing his wife seven children and all his household goods in a covered wagon father Thomas McCaughey was 7 years old JUCO LEVY CONSIDERED and renovation of the I downtown facilities Kansas City Kansas Board jje college was levy-Discusses Building Fund ing 29 cents of the 30 cents on GRANT TO ART INSTITUTE Six Schools in Union to Share $76900 A grant of $76900 from the orders handling plus 3 sales tax Implemehtation of a 5-cent each $100 valuation allowed by building fund levy in the Kansas aw or operating the school Dr 5 office of Education to be City Kansas Community Junior Flint said the building fund levy shared by the Kansas City Art 1 college district was discussed fetat' cents by stalte aYiieYr Institute and five other schools yesterday by the board been assessed in the was announced yesterday by of trustees xhe attorney was di- ReP- Richard Bolling Dr Jack Flint college rected to draw up a resolution The Art Institute is the co-or-i president said the assessment authorizing implementation of dinating school of the Union of was being considered because of the building fund levy for consid- Independent Colleges of Art (U expenses in the upkeep repair i eration at a future meeting a) Dean Tollefson executive director of the I A Isaid the money would be used for curriculum innovation ini' structional support and administrative improvement in the visual arts field at the schools The other colleges sharing the grant: INVENTORY FUR CLEARANCE Model Set at Park College More than 400 high school students from Mid-West schools are expected to attend the 12th annual Model United Nations General Assembly at Park college April 17 on the Parkville campus Discussion topics are to include disarmament internationalization of waterways reorganization of the United Nations and the Middle East crisis Registration will begin at 8 April 17 Opening ceremonies will be held in the Graham Tyler memorial chapel followed by committee meetings at various locations on campus The activity will conclude with a general assembly session ending at 4:30 About 20 Park college political science students will assist after Easter TRAFFIC MISHAP FATAL St Louis Joseph fin-gels 32 of Potosi Mo died at St John's Mercy hospital yesterday of injuries suffered fti a traffic accident March 27 California College of Arts and Crafts Oakland the Rhode Island School of Design Providence Philadelphia College of Art the Minneapolis School of Art and the Maryland Institute College of Art Baltimore Shop tonight until 8:30 Plaza and Downtown TO SEE WATER BIRDS Burroughs Nature at Lake Jacomo Sunday The Burroughs Nature club will be directed by Miss Lilyan Warner Pleasant Hill in the observation of water birds at Lake Jacomo Sunday morning The group will leave Forty-seventh street and Troost avenue at 7 and reassemble at south boat dock Claycomo Help to Family Of Shot Victim The Claycomo police and fire departments have raised more than $700 for the Don Hamerle family whose 4-year-old daughter was killed accidentally Saturday Melody Hamerle was watching television when the shotgun her 14-year-old brother was cleaning discharged pellets struck her in the head killing her instantly Vansell Claycomo fire chief said five boxes of food and clothing also were given to the family The Hamerles have 10 dil-dren ranging in age from to 18 years old The family lives at 324 East Lowell street Don Hamerle has been iff a hospital for the last year Bis wife works at the North Kansas City Memorial hospital Vansell said people of the ville saw that they were havingTa rough he added they decided to do something about VINYL-ON Vinyl Wail Cloth $949 $Q29 Per Roll G00K PAINT FATE UP TOLEGISLATORS Senator Says Johnson Coun-tians Hold Reservoir Key (From The Star's Topeka Bureau) Topeka A Johnson County senator charged last night that Johnson County representatives must bear the blame if Tomahawk reservoir is deleted again from a House bill after the Senate amended the reservoir back into the bill Sen Dave Owen (R-Overland Park) who led the fight to get Tomahawk reservoir included with Wolf-Coffee creek and Indian creek reservoirs in the state water development act said the House would follow recommendations of the Johnson County representatives the bill is defeated members of our delegation who oppose Tomahawk must accept the responsibility It is my hope that they will consider the overwhelming support this measure has at home and see that it is Dial BA 1-5500 to place your Star Want Ads Save 5 cents a line each day by placing the ads for 3 or I more consecutive days Adv April 10 1969 Vol 101 No 184 The Kansas City Times (The Morning Kansas City Star) The Kansas City Star every morning evening and Sunday (13 issues a week) home delivery rate $350 a month By mail oostage prepaid morning evening and Sunday (13 issues a week): in Missouri and Kansas 85 cents a week elsewhere in the United States and United States possessions 95 cents a week in foreiqn countries SI 30 a week Morninq and Sunday or evening and Sunday (7 issues a week) home delivery rate $285 a month Bv mail postaqe 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