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Newspaper

Ottawa Herald

Location

Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Apr 09, 1958

Page

5

Woman Injured By Dog Breaks Arm At HDU Meet

A Pomona woman, Mrs W F Linden, was tripped by a dog while walking to a meeting yesterday, breaking both forearm bones near the wrist. She was taken to Ransom Memorial Hospital for X rays and treatment. Her companions assisted, and her husband attended the sale. The Ottawa University debate team will compete in the National Pi Kappa Delta Province of the Plains Tournament at Omaha University, with Don Hilenstine and Dennis Evans representing OU in six debates and related contests. A Saturday Evening Post feature maps Ottawa and parts of Franklin County in a current issue. In New York, Edith T Pikelny, 35, a former IRS employee, is accused of tax refund fraud totaling $2,394, claiming a 318 refund repeatedly. she was released pending trial.

Pomona W. F. Linden HDU T. W. Johnson Mrs. Linden Linden Ralph Basel Will Bennett Ottawa Better Homes Hdu Lindens Ransom Memorial Hospital Ottawa University Omaha University Omaha Neb Don Hilenstine Dennis Evans Hilenstine Evans New York Internal Revenue Service Edith T. Pikelny Federal District Court Brooklyn

Occasional rain gives way to clearing in county forecast

Occasional night rain today and tonight, then clearing or partial clearing Thursday. No major temperature change expected. Highs this afternoon around 50, tonight's lows 40 to 45, Thursday's highs 50 to 55.

Viernes Coon

Rebels seize Havana radio and TV stations in uprising

Fidel Castros rebels took over Cuba's main radio and TV outlets in Havana and called for a general strike. Gunfire erupted in Old Havana while Batista forces moved into trouble areas. Banks closed, utilities quit, and CMQ headquarters burned as rebels broadcast a call to arms.

Havana Fidel Castro Cuba Fulgencio Batista U.S. Embassy Chancery Malecon Castro Oriente

State Centennial Stamp Planned for Kansas 1961

TOPEKA A special stamp is to be issued commemorating the Kansas centennial in 1961, Mrs Mararet Haucke said today. Council Grove resident Haucke is on the Kansas Centennial Commission’s executive committee and recently presented the commission’s request to Postmaster General Arthur Summerfield who indicated approval despite hundreds of applications.

Topeka Kansas Mararet Haucke Haucke Council Grove

City to test diesel engine generator in Ottawa

San Francisco built diesel engine for Ottawa nears completion. The engine, purchased months ago, will begin a test run Saturday April 12. It will be shipped to Ottawa for arrival about May 1. Building and settings for the engine are at the water and light plant.

Ottawa San Francisco

Docking appoints two to Kansas Industrial Development Commission

TOPEKA Earl Bigbee an automobile dealer and Frank L. Lombard vice president and treasurer of J. B. Ersham & Sons Manufacturing Co. Enter prise have been appointed to the Kansas Industrial Development Commission by Gov. George Docking. They replace Ralph J. Duvall and D. E. Ackers whose terms expire April 1. Terms for Lombard and Bigbee end April 1 1962.

Topeka Earl Bigbee Hugoton Frank L. Lombard J. B. Ersham & Sons Manufacturing Co Enterprise Kansas Industrial Development Commission George Docking Ralph J. Duvall Kansas City D. E. Ackers Lombard Bigbee

Engineers To Award Salina Channel Contract

Senator Schoeppel was informed the district Army engineers in Kansas City expect to award a contract tomorrow for a Salina Kansas channel cut-off and levees. The bid by S W Hardwick Co Beardstown Illinois is set at 1 186 632 dollars and was chosen as the lowest responsible bid.

Washington Sen Schoeppel R-Kas District Army Engineers Kansas City Salina Kas S. W. Hardwick& Co Beardstown Ill

Students To Visit County For Soils Tour

A group of 43 Kansas State College students will visit Ottawa from Manhattan on Friday for a Franklin County soils tour. Prof. O W Bidwell will lead the party with Bob Dean and Walter Altmeyer of the Topeka Soil Conservation Service. The group includes three students from India one from Cypress and two from Yugoslavia. One Indian student heads India's agronomy department.

Kansas State College Ottawa Manhattan Franklin Bob Dean Ottawa Soil Conservation Service Office India Island of Cypress Yugoslavia Agronomy Department of O. W. Bidwell Sonls State College Dean Walter Altmeyer Topeka SCS

Light Rain in Ottawa with Western Kansas Snowfall

Drizzling rain fell in Ottawa today while western Kansas saw snowfall totaling up to three inches at some points. The weather map shows continued snow in the northwest and intermittent rain across the rest of the state today.

Ottawa Kansas

School Group Calls for Ban on Life Magazine in Classrooms

The NASSP asks about 20,000 high school principals in Louisville to consider banning Life and Time from classrooms over what it calls an unfounded education article. The letter urges protests to Life president Roy E Larsen and threatens subscription boycotts while Life defends its reporting as truthful and in the public interest.

Louisville National Education Assn National Assn Life NASSP Washington Roy E. Larsen Life and Time Elicker Louisville Times U.S

Traffic Toll in Topeka Speeds Across States Records

State Accident Records Section reports recent fatalities in Topeka rising quickly. Within the last 24 hours two deaths noted, with year to date totals for 1958 at 105. For the same period in 1957, 141 deaths were recorded.

Topeka Kansas

Ottawa Post Office Plans Tied to Rate Rise

Ottawa may gain a new post office building if Congress raises out-of-town letter rates from three to five cents. The Post Office Department lists Ottawa among Kansas cities for possible new lease-purchase offices, with 15 projects totaling $483,000 under construction or planned. Ottawa Postmaster T J Cummings Jr says he has no advance knowledge of Ottawa's inclusion and notes the plan could reflect federal agency housing trends in single buildings. Other Ottawa agencies include Farmers Home Administration and Selective Service.

Ottawa Washington D. C Post Office Department Garden City Great Bend Congress Kansas T. J. Cummings Jr Cummings General Services Administration Post Office Farmers Home Administration Selective Service U.S.C.A Franklin County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Office Soil Conservation Service U. S. Navy

Tranquilized Deer in Ohio Herd Calm Studied

State veterinarians in Columbus study diseases of wild animals using tranquilizers on a herd of deer. Dr. James R. Hay, state director of Agriculture, notes the wild deer in captivity calmed to the lameness of a domestic animal.

Columbus Ohio James R. Hay

Three Minute Test for Cancer Trial in Los Angeles

Dr Ludwig von Bertalanffy reports a three minute cancer screening test being trialed in Los Angeles. Over 4000 people tested with an error rate of 3 to 6 per cent. The test flags red for danger and green for safety and can be used in a doctor's office. Provisional judgments guide further established procedures.

Los Angeles Ludwig von Bertatanffy American Cancer Society Bertalanffy Mt. Small Hospital

State Can Get By Without Additional Road Funds

TOPEKA Kansas highway officials told a Legislative Council committee that the department can operate without new revenue from the special session though funding will be needed later likely by the 1959 regular session. The federal anti-recession highway bill would add 11.7 million dollars in federal funds, easing state matching needs and reducing required state funds for next year.

Topeka Kansas Highway Department Legislative Council Walter Johnson Johnson Highway Department Congress

Ottawa panel weighs flood control plan and cleanup week

City commissioners meet this evening to review the official report from Kansas water resources and the permit for Ottawa channel widening and levee work. They will also discuss Ottawa's participation in Clean-Up Week, April 13 to 19.

Ottawa Water Resources Division of Kansas

Clipper Ship Loses To Dame In A Bikini

London report on Portsmouth posters featuring a bikini clad beauty advertising Southseas resort. City officials debate nautical imagery versus provocative publicity. Posters already printed 1000, with council debate over appropriateness of bikini ad.

Dame London Portsmouth Southseas Portsmouth Ocean Bert Willson George Wallis

Greeks Joke Book From Ancient Greece Is Highlighted

In Knoxville Dr. Albert Rapp of the University of Tennessee discusses a new book on ancient Greek humor. The volume The Ancient Greeks and Joe Miller appears in a Roxburghe Club limited edition and recalls absent-minded professors braggarts and witty exchanges from old Greek tales.

Albert Rapp University of Tennessee Joe Miller Roxburghe Club San Francisco Rapp Aristotle Plato

Southard Elected Rotary President in Ottawa

Dr. Charles Southard was elected president of the Ottawa Rotary club. S. C. Christerson became vice president, Glen Hayward was re-elected secretary-treasurer, and nine directors were chosen: James Allen, Robert B. Anderson, Christerson, Ken Harris, Dean Nossinger, R. R. Redmond, Dr. John R. Thornburg, Larry Wassmer, and Winton Winter. Officers and directors take office July 1, with John Lamb retiring as president.

Charles Southard Ottawa Rotary Club S. C. Christerson Glen Hayward James Allen Robert B. Anderson Christerson Ken Harris Dean Nossinger R. R. Redmond John R. Thornburg Larry Wassmer Winton Winter John Lamb

Eisenhower Says No Emergency Action Needed Amid Upturn

President Eisenhower stated no tax cut or emergency recession measures are needed now as unemployment data show a modest rise. He noted Treasury plans to consult leaders before any tax moves and defended ongoing defense reforms while hinting at a possible TV address if required.

Washington Eisenhower

Fred Hall Opens Campaign Office in Topeka Race

Fred Hall announces campaign office in Topeka as he resumes his bid. He says he has about a dozen staffers and expects to name a campaign manager in a few weeks. Hall previously resigned from his prior position and is moving forward with organizing efforts and a field team.

Topeka Fred Hall Hall Organ 2

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Clyde Reed Parsons William Bowers J. W. Cheney Reed Garnett Franklin County Richter, Homewood Princeton Peoria Ines Saturday Evening Post First National City Bank CMQ Latin America Hotel Nacional Visit County Lamb Life Magazine Paul E. Elicker George E. Shattuck Robert T. Elson The Times Blicker Elson Belle Plaine Bethel Cawker City Chase Claflin Cunningham Delphos Lakin Lenexa Madison Valley Center Wichita Osawatomie Roddy Brown W. 7Th Bud Duball Paul Collins Williamsburg 7Th Street Terrace Chuck Langdon Ike By Rennie Taylor AP Science Reporter Dy. Bertalanffy Commission By Hal Cooper Willson Wallis Knoxville Tonn Greece Parthenonee Southard Rotary
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