60 years ago

JUNE 20, 1966

Lyle Sanders was appointed to Marion police chief Monday at a regular Monday meeting of the city commission. Other regular members of the force are Paul Behrendt and June Jost.

Girls are playing, learning, and eating during seven self-planned activities at this year’s Girl Scout District Day camp on Bill Duvall’s property west of Marion.

St. Luke Hospital this week became the 25th hospital in Kansas to be certified and approved to participate in the government Medicare program. People age 65 and older, except aliens and government employees, will be eligible to participate in general hospitalization under the plan.

An artist’s conception and floor plan of a proposed new stadium for Marion and the Marion school system is published on the front page of this issue.

The City of Marion this week reminds fireworks shooters that it is unlawful to shoot firecrackers and the like within the fire zone of the town. The zone extends from Luta Creek to Walnut St., from a block north to a block south of Main St.

Helen Jackson and Carol Bowers, recent delegates to Sunflower Girls State, were speakers Monday at Marion Kiwanis Club. A guest of the club was former member Captain Richard Schwartz, now serving with the Marines in Vietnam.