Side Swipes and Tornado Echoes in Ottawa
Mrs. Max Bolton, wife of Ottawa police Captain Max Bolton, spent a worried 36 hours before finally reaching Dallas relatives about the tornado damage that hit their area Tuesday. J R Maloney’s Oak Cliff home and Mrs Etta Maloney’s Dallas home were discussed along with Warren and Pennington families. US 75 road realignments near Lyndon and Carbondale are planned with July condemnation and fall relocations. Ottawa Country Club golfers cheer rains that replenish Lake Cook. A car in Ottawa proclaims support for Adlai.
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Max Bolton
Ottawa Police
Dallas
Tex
Ottawa Country Club
Cook Lake
LeRoy Wilcox
Suit Against City To Be Tried Soon
A suit against the City of Ottawa will be tried in U S District Court Topeka on April 15. Black & Veatch of Kansas City MO seeks about $9000 claimed as payment for engineering studies for a proposed city plant expansion later dropped. Tomorrow city officials meet with Army Engineers to discuss Ottawa flood control and local protection works including channel widening and a levee system. The meeting at North American hotel will not be public. Representatives from A C Kirkwood Associates will attend. The city may fund a civil defense observer post on a hotel roof to spot aircraft, with costs possibly shared with the county.
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Ottawa
U. S. District Court
Topeka
Army Engineers
A. C. Kirkwood Associates
Kansas City
Don White
White
Lindel Chism
Garnett
Baldwin
Osage City
Iola
Kansas ‘City
Sunflower Village
Baldwin Post
St. Joseph
Kansas League of Municipalities
Federal Soil Bank
River Levels Stable Despite Sharp Rise in Kansas
The Marais des Cygnes rose to 24.2 feet at Quenemo by 9 a.m. and fell to 23.25 by noon with no flood danger. Ottawa rainfall totals reached .29 inches at the city and .32 inches at Quenemo, while broader state reports showed mainly controlled rises and no urgent flood threat.
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Quenemo
Paul Prewitt
Prewitt
Marais Des Cygnes
Ottawa
Randolph
Wamego
Topeka
Walnut River
Win‘field
Arkansas
Arkansas City
Coffeyville
Cottonwood
Neosho
Kennedy says Senate inquiry targets vending machine racketeering
Robert F. Kennedy, chief counsel of the Senate Rackets Investigating Committee, announced that the panel is examining possible labor management collusion in the juke box and automatic coin machine field. He said the probe links underworld figures controlling some employers with union groups servicing vending machines in major cities, aided by the Federal Trade Commission.
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New York
Robert F. Kennedy
Senate
Kennedy
Federal Trade Commission
Weather Summary for Kansas and Surrounding Areas
The region faces snow and colder air with strong northerly winds 30 to 40 mph and blowing drifting this afternoon into Friday. Elsewhere winds 20 to 30 mph, cloudy, and cold through Friday with lows 15 to 30s and highs 20s to near 50. Yesterday's high was 42 and low 38. records include high 89 in 1909 and low 14 in 1899. River stage this morning is 17 feet.
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the Herald
Kansas
Ead
Spm
No Replacement Sheriff to Name Undersheriff
Sheriff Jay Brown has not announced a replacement for Dean Driscoll as undersheriff after Driscoll was fired earlier this week. Brown stated Driscoll will leave the office on May 1 and no successor has been named.
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Jay Brown
Dean Driscoll
Brown
Driscoll
Hawthorne P.T.A. Bake Sale Notice
Hawthorne Gas Service Office hosts a bake sale sponsored by Hawthorne PTA on Friday April 5. Proceeds will support PTA activities.
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Sale
Fri
Hawthorne
P.T.A
Ike To Be Heard On Radio Tonight
President Eisenhower will address the National Education Association centennial dinner, speaking about the school construction program. The White House says the 15 minute speech starts at 9 p.m. EST and will be carried live on ABC and NBC with transcriptions on CBS and MBS at specified times, all EST.
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Washington
Eeisenhower
National Education Assn
White House
Congress
NEA
Eisenhower
ABC
COS
NBC
Troops Restore Order Amid Chilean Unrest Blamed on Communists
In Santiago armed clashes and looting surged over two days as troops dispersed bands of demonstrators. Authorities reported multiple deaths, hundreds injured, and property damage over two million dollars. A nationwide siege was declared by President Ibanez amid accusations of international communism fueling the unrest.
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Santiago
Chile
Carlos Ibanez
Ibanez
Sam Molen to speak at Ottawa banquet
Sam Molen, Kansas City sports caster, will address Ottawa High School and Ottawa University athletes at the athletic banquet on Monday April 8. The Garfield School event starts 6:30 pm with tickets at 3 dollars, covering an extra ticket for an athlete. guests include football and basketball squads and letter men in track, tennis, and golf, along with coaches. Master of ceremonies Claude Cochrane of Kansas City and Rev. Charles Knight will attend. Rod McClay leads ticket sales. reservations via Wassmer's Store or Peg Carr at Ottawa Chamber of Commerce, phone 168.
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Sam.Molen
Kansas City
Ottawa
Garfield School
Ottawa High School
Otawa University
Claude Cochrane
Ottawa University
Charles Knight
First Methodist Church
Rod McClay
Wassmer’s
Peg Carr
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
Docking vetoes a half cent sales tax increase
Gov. George Docking vetoed a half cent sales tax hike and veto threatened override. The measure, tied to school aid funds, faced a Senate override bid while House votes showed strong opposition. If sustained, the veto could trigger a special session to address a 22 million dollar budget gap.
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Docking
Decking
House
Senate
Kansas
Crazy Ducks Nesting High In Hyde Park Tree
London birdkeeper Alexander Thompson reports a mallard pair nesting 40 feet up a tree in Hyde Park. He notes the eggs may hatch without intervention and that moving the nest would force the ducks to abandon the eggs, while bystanders fear for the possible casualties.
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London
Hyde Park
Alexander Thompson
Park Authority Bill Dies in Kansas Senate
TOPEKA A bill to appropriate money for the Kansas Park Authority apparently died in the Senate, leaving the agency without funds after July 1. The Ways and Means Committee approved 35,000 for next fiscal year, but the measure failed by six votes to achieve the two thirds needed for a final vote. Supporters said they would push for action in the 1958 budget session.
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Topeka
Kansas Park Authority
Senate
Ways Land Means Committee
Kanapsolis Dam
Salina
Legiislature
First Baptist members visit Sunset Home talent show
Several First Baptist Church members attended the Sunset Home evening talent show in Concordia on Tuesday to entertain Ottawan residents. Participants included Rev. and Mrs. Roger Fredrikson, Dr. W A Elliott, Mr. and Mrs. J S Peterson, and Mrs. Judson Lee with readings, songs, and reminiscences. Former Ottawans at the home were diverse residents and visitors connected to the Myers family and local clubs.
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First Baptist Church
Sunset Home
Concordia
Roger Fredrikson
W. A. Elliott
J. S. Peterson
Judson Lee
George Myers
Myers
Ottawa University
George E. Myers
John Riggs
Hope Converse
Nina St. John
Helen Thompson
Grace Rose
Elizabeth Walters
Augusta Shanklin
Eden Takes Off For Boston Clinic
AUCKLAND New Zealand Sir Anthony Eden leaving by plane for the United States for a checkup in a Boston clinic. The former British Prime Minister appears frail and tired, suffering a recurrence of his old bile duct ailment.
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Auckland
N. Zealand
Anthony Eden
United States
Boston
Fragmentary Sacramento Caption Sparks Assembly Confusion
A damaged clipping from Sacramento shows a garbled placard or caption referencing Assemblyman Francis and a phrase about a camel. The unreadable text suggests a misread or corrupted line, with unclear surrounding context and attribution.
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Stephen Robert
Kansas State College
Ottawans
Kansas State
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Robert Clogston
Victor Warren
Young Warren
K-State
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Carbondale
Adlai
Black & Veatch, Consulting Engineers of
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Milo “Dutch” Reimer
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Dixie
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Glen Fitch
Tremont
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Ike
Sam Molen
Lamb
Topekap
Border Counties
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Ren
Robert Anderson
Republican Legis
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Eden
Boston Clinic
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