Trash Cans With Flowers Spark Local Banter
In Durham England Mrs Louisa Adsett 34 pleads guilty to receiving stolen property found in her cell at Durham Prison where she has served since 1954 The judge adds eight years for the theft aiding crime. In Chicago Ted Speros candy shop owner markets April Fool chocolates with odd centers including garlic baby onions and Limburger cheese for a longtime prankster customer.
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England
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Durham Prison
Adsett
Chicago
Ted Speros
Speros
Sedgwick Agent Fired Over Bounced State Check
TOPEKA Gov George Docking dismissed Sedgwick County drivers license agent Ty Lockett after a March 12 check for 4768.75 to cover license fees bounced. Docking ordered a full investigation and said funds were on hand when the latest check was drawn. Lockett, a Democrat and former Sedgwick County sheriff, blamed busy finances and said the issue follows a prior similar incident. The governor noted Lockett is bonded for 10000 and that the check was deposited in a Topeka bank.
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Ty Lockett
Sedgwick County
George Docking
Lockett
Docking
Wichita
Weather Forecast Highlights Cloudy With Showers
County forecast notes considerable cloudiness and a few showers this afternoon, clearing tonight then increasing clouds Wednesday with highs in the upper 50s and a low around 60. Past readings show yesterday’s high 60, low 48, and a record high 90 in 1940.
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Mt Tees
Batista Granted Sweeping Powers To Suppress Revolt
Cuban Congress empowered President Fulgencio Batista with decree rule for 45 days to crush rebellion and strikes. State of emergency allows martial law, curfews, tax changes, control of transport and media, price checks, and new punishments. A 12 member Senate and 12 member House committee will monitor actions and report to Congress.
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Cuban Congress
Fulgencio Batista
Cuba
Congress
Batista
Council of Ministers
Garnett Wins FFA Contest at Dairy Judging Event
Garnett won the FFA contest with a 1299 score as Ottawa High's dairy team placed 8th among 25 schools in the East Central Kansas Dairy Judging Contest at the W. G. Ransom farm near Williamsburg. Delmar Elrod of Paola led individuals with 345. Ottawa members were Dave Anderson Dan Bonine Richard Landers and Bill Woods. Williamsburg FFA hosted.
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Kansas
W. G. Ransom
Wiliamsburg
Garnett
Louisburg
Alma
Berryton
Burlington
Lawrence
Cottonwood Falls
Ottawa
Parker
Paola
Delmar Elrod
Dave Anderson
Dan Bonine
Richard Landers
Bill Woods
Williamsburg Ffa
Baruch warns against tax cuts amid debt and inflation
Bernard M. Baruch told the Senate Finance Committee that given a huge national debt and high spending, tax reductions and large deficit financed public works are folly. He urged avoiding pump priming and said inflation is the major peril, warning current recession follows a long inflationary binge.
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Bernard M. Baruch
Congress
Baruch
Senate Finance Committee
Runs Afoul The Law On False Funeral
Thomas H. Campbell 64 of 816 N Locust borrowed 10 expense money to arrange funeral for sister Frances Steel of Muskogee. He picked a casket and plot, then was nabbed when Towner the Ottowa funeral operator traced a fraud ring and sister alive in Topeka. Campbell jailed after county court complaint.
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Thomas H. Campbell
Oklahoma
Campbell
N. Locust
Joel Towner
Ottawa
Frances Steel
Hope Cemetery
Towner
Topeka
William Wheeler
Radioactivity Rise Tied to Soviet Nuclear Tests
In Scandinavia radioactivity has risen by about 25 percent of the danger point according to Sweden's Research Institute of the Armed Forces. The increase, linked to intensified Soviet tests, centers on strontium 90 which can cause bone cancer, said Dr. Torsten Magnusson.
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Scandinavia
Sweden
Pahom
Torsten Magnusson
Britain Adopts Cautious Tone on Nuclear Tests
Prime Minister Harold MacMillan stated Britain seeks to negotiate a disarmament accord ending or suspending nuclear tests under strict controls. He noted the Soviet Union’s announcement of suspended tests as a propaganda victory in Europe and Asia, while Britain and Western powers consider the American British French proposal for early summit talks to resolve the issue. The plan would proceed with Britain’s intermittent Pacific tests, despite mixed public Western reception and cautious East bloc responses.
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Harold MacMillan
Britain
Jeader
House of
Soviet Union
Europe
Asia
MacMillan
Pacific
Getting Jump On Reds Considered By the Secretary
Washington Secretary of State Dulles said Eisenhower briefly considered a preemptive move by suspending atomic tests but rejected it as propaganda. He said the Soviet propaganda victory over the suspension was acknowledged yet the United States remains free press, vigilant opposition, critical public opinion, and non‑dummy allies, which complicate competing with Soviet propaganda.
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Dulles
Eisenhower
U. S
United States
Soviet Union
City election results and sausage standard note collide in report
The story blends a British debate on sausage content with local Ottawa voting updates. It covers a government stance that no reliable method fixes pork beef proportions, a 1956 standard proposal, and ongoing political races. Voter turnout in Ottawa rises beyond expectations with early counts across 11 precincts and a dog containment referendum question in play.
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Hal Cooper
London
John Ware
House of Commons
Terrified Children Flee Drunken Bus Driver in Ohio Hills
In Ironton area 25 frightened children jumped from a moving school bus as it weaved through steep hills. Driver James V. Mc Connell, 6% of Chesapeake, was jailed six months for driving while intoxicated. Elmer Floyd, not McConnell, was found at the wheel after patrols halted the bus. No injuries were reported.
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Ohio
James V. McConnell
Rt. 2
Chesapeake
Ohio Highway State
Elmer Floyd
McConnell
Floyd
Thecause
Easter’s Untold Stories opens in Herald series
The first of four religious articles titled Easter's Untold Stories appears today in the Herald on page 8. Other installments will run daily throughout the week.
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Herald
Boost to Defense Chiefs Elevates Military Authority
President Eisenhower proposes a defense reorganization to empower the secretary of defense and the Joint Chiefs chair. The plan would redirect most military appropriations to the defense secretary and grant fund-transfer powers between services, while making the Joint Chiefs chair the head of the 200-man joint staff.
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Eisenhower
Secretary of Defense
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Congress
Defense
Joint Chiefs
Joint Staff
Practice Alert For Twisters Is Success
Wichita launched an April Fool's tornado drill near Udall where 80 died in 1955. Chief meteorologist W V Phillips praised the timing as crews simulated reports from 45 callers and 5 ham operators. A helicopter sighting prompted sirens and citywide drill actions with police, fire, civil defense, Red Cross and schools involved.
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Plains
Wichita
Udall
W. V. Phillips
U.S. Weather Bureau
Civil Defense
Red Cross
Smorgasborg N Coffee Shop Opens Midweek Event
A Bemidji area coffee shop, Smorgasborg N Amer, hosts a Wednesday opening or event from five to eight. Cataloged price listed as 1.60 dollars.
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Amer
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