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Austin Francis, the son of Debbie Francis of Claypool and Gary Triana of Mentone, was chosen as Cutie King at the Burket Day Festival and the Cutie Queen was Kiley Foster, the daughter of Gregg and Karen Foster of Mentone.
Junior Stephens of Pierceton earned top contest rider honors at the Kosciusko County Fair with his horse "Jesse Bar Money." He took first place in the pole bending and barrel race.
On the day that UN officials signed the truce in Korea, Rev. Ernest Keasling, of Winona Lake, stood on the hot runway of K-3 air strip at P'Ohang, Korea, and watched jet bombers take off on their final mission of destruction in North Korea.
The Kosciusko County Jail has been empty for the past two weeks, establishing a record for this year. Sheriff Frank McKrill says his iron boarding house is already prepared but he is not longing for any new lodgers.
