Ottawa animal shelter heads host week of adoptions
Babs the Herald dog was adopted by Mrs. Tl W Henshaw of Ottawa. A shepherd found a home with Glenn Gilliland as several dogs remain up for adoption at the Animal Shelter south of town. Drs George and Josephyne Davis announce a preliminary report on a new polio vaccine at KU Medical Center tomorrow afternoon. A public vaccine digest will be shown on a one hour closed circuit TV program in Baltenfeld hall. The event includes Board of Health members and county health officers. March of Dimes funds funded the vaccine effort for Ottawa and the nation. Seining at Martin Lake drew hundreds as fish remained deep, with estimates up to 47 pounds for largest catch. Ham sales topped a ton locally over the weekend, with 500 pounds sold Saturday morning and a ham store sold out by noon.
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Babs
Herald
George and
Josephyne Davis
University of Kansas Medical Center
Thomas Francis, Jr
Baltenfeld Hall
Board of Health
Josaphyne
Ottawa
Martin Lake
John Gaynor
Car Accident Total Climbs in City This Weekend
Police logged three accidents over the weekend raising the year to date city total to 63. A 1950 Chevrolet driven by Ruth Davis age 64 and a 1950 Ford driven by George W Hutchinson collided at Second and Locust with Davis cited for running a stop sign. Damage estimates were $200 and $400 respectively. Two children on a bicycle were struck by a moving Chevrolet pickup in the 700 block of King, causing minor injuries to Johnny Wilson Jr age 6 and Lupe Mora age 8. A third crash in the 600 block on South Cherry involved a 1940 Studebaker driven by Otto Herchen and a 1951 Ford driven by Richard E White. both cars sustained about $100 damage and White was charged with reckless driving. White failed to appear in police court.
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Ruth Davis
Ottawa
George W. Hutchinson
N. Elm
King
Johnny Wilson, Jr
Lupe Mora
Lewis Ribeau
Rt. 4
South Cherry
Studebaker
Otto Herchn
Cherry
Ford
Richard E. White
White
Thousands Welcome Athletics In Kansas City Parade
Thousands lined the streets and hung from downtown buildings to greet the Kansas City Athletics in a sweeping welcome parade. Manager Lou Boudreau waved from the airliner as 92-year-old Connie Mack, longtime A's head, joined the cheers marking the team's arrival from Philadelphia last winter.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Athletics
Lou Boudreau
The
A’s
Philadelphia
Bunny bites thanking visitor at Syracuse zoo
Danny Morgan of Oneida reached into a rabbit cage to thank the Easter bunny and was bitten. The brief item notes school out for summer and advertising routes and electricity access in Sweden.
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Syracuse
N.Y
Danny Morgan
Oneida
Zoo
Sweden
Herald Offica
Douglas County Man's Auto Involved In Two Accidents
Oscar Britton of Clinton Kansas drove to Overbrook when his Plymouth flipped into a ditch injuring his wife Mrs Britton. A second crash occurred when a Ford from Osage City struck the wrecked car, injuring helper Otha Brentlinger. Both incidents were investigated by local and state patrol officers.
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Douglas County
Globe
Overbrook
Oscar Britton
Clinton
Kas
T Britton
Overbrooks
Plymouth
Ford
Harry Ford
Osage City
Brentlinger
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Dee Montgomery
Highway Patrol
Lawrence
Buck Jones
Jury Hears Liquor Case
The April term of district court reconvened with a jury impaneled for a city lane. Charles T. Hicks of Pomona is charged with being drunk in a public place after a January 28 police citation at a local tavern. Trial follows a district court appeal of a police court conviction.
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Charles T. Hicks
Pomona
Hicks
Douglas Gleason
Don White
J. P.selier
G. W. Ponton
Dorothy Lelt
John Benham
C. R. Goodman
Edwin Mohler
Rexer Berndt
R. W. Barwhisel
Howard Beard
Lillrd McClay
Gertrude Vickers
Kurt Weigand
Hick
Corsi Quits State Dept After Offer Declined
Edward J. Corsi refused a new post from Secretary of State Dulles after being eased out of a key immigration desk. GOP leader Leonard W. Hall pressed to keep him in government, releasing a statement praising his service. Corsi later sent in a resignation from State Department service.
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Washington
Edward J. Corsi
Dulles
State Department
Corsi
Eisenhower
Leonard W. Hall
Hall
GOP
Supreme Court hears Kansas on desegregation plan
The Supreme Court opened hearings on how and when to enforce the 1954 ban on school segregation. Kansas urges minimal judicial direction to finish desegregation swiftly, with other states the District of Columbia and the federal government presenting opposing views. Negro parents push for quick integration by next September, while advocates of gradualism call for a slower timetable. The case questions whether to end segregation immediately or gradually and who should oversee the process.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Kansas
High Court
District of Columbia
Delaware
Virginia
South Carolina
Florida
Rain Prospects Fade For Kansas Weekend
Rainfall reports varied across Kansas with values from .04 to .98 inches at multiple towns. The Weather Bureau forecasts lingering showers and storms over the next 24 to 36 hours with continued cloudiness tonight and partial clearing in the far west tomorrow.
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Kansas
Weather Bureau
Takin
Ottawa
Longton
Reading
Howard
Wakeeney
Osage City
Burlington and
Lindsburg
Gridley
Pittsburg
Weather forecast shows showers and clouds across state
Partly cloudy this afternoon with scattered showers likely in extreme south central and extreme southeast. Tonight and Tuesday bring considerable cloudiness with showers or thunderstorms across most of the state. Highs 50s to 60s, lows 30s northwest to 50s southeast. Record highs and lows noted. rainfall last night 0.14 inch. river stage 0.90 foot.
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T F.pty
Meeting Franklin Co Taxpayers April 14 at Courthouse
Franklin County taxpayers are invited to an April 14 meeting at 8:00 p.m. in the Courthouse Fidelity Grange hall located at 107 Lamb. The notice includes a Lamb Ambulance phone contact 380 for information.
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Franklin Co
Taxpayers
Fidelity Grange
Lamb Ambulance
Dairy Day Crowds Tour Local Milk Plants
A large Franklin County Dairy Day crowd toured Bennett Creamery Sunrise and Clover Leaf dairies. 8. D. Bennett, founder, celebrated his 94th birthday as visitors toured processing rooms and labs. Bankers served hundreds of cheese sandwiches at a Dairy Day lunch. Afternoon talks by Elizabeth McCartney and Loren Gafke, plus a dairy foods demonstration by Cloverleaf 4-H girls Charlene Wells and Joyce Stoffer, highlighted the event with contest winners to be announced.
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Franklin County
Dairy Committee
County Extension Council
Bennett, Creamery
Select
Bennett's
D. Bennett
Creamery
Memorial Auditorium
Elizabeth McCartney
Dairy Council of Greater
Kansas City
Loren Gafke
American Dairy Association of Missouri
Charlene Wells
Joyce Stoffer
B.D. Bennett
Bennett Creamery
Ideal Day For Easter Observance In Ottawa
Ottawa churches were full for Easter services with a Sunrise service at the Country Club drawing many young people led by Rev. Jack Sweigart of Grace Episcopal. Outdoor activities drew hundreds as spring weather brought families to fishing, golf, and drives. 700 children hunted Easter eggs at Forest Park in a Lions Eagles event with 750 eggs prepared by local merchants and lodge members. Traffic was heavy on highways as travelers returned home from Easter trips. Ottawa High School and grade schools end Easter break tomorrow while Ottawa University students resume classes Monday April 18.
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Ottawa
Country Club
Jack Sweigart
Grace Episcopal Church
Ottawa Youth Council
Forest Park
Eagles Lodge
Eagles Auxiliary
Byttawa
Lodge
Ottawa High School
Ottawa University
President Eisenhower Attends Opening Day Baseball
President Eisenhower, sidelined by bursitis, attends the season opener as the Baltimore Orioles face the Washington Senators. Pete Runnels wins a scramble for a souvenir ball as the Senators beat the Yankees amid a festive crowd. Mrs Eisenhower remains at the Gettysburg farm.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Baltimore Orioles
Washington Senators
Senators
New York Yankees
Pete Runnels
Gettysburg
Plane disappears during packed AL opener in Hong Kong
A large crowd estimated near 30 000 watched Washington’s Bob Porterfield clash with Baltimore’s Lou Kretlow in the American League opener before news aired that an Air India plane chartered to carry Chinese Communist delegates has disappeared over the South China Sea.
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Washington
Bob Porterfield
Hong Kong
Air India
Baltimore
Lou Kretlow
Tn One
Bane Seung
Haa
South China Sea
High Honors To Debaters From Ottawa University
Ottawa University debaters earned high honors at the Pi Kappa Delta convention in Redlands California last week. Debaters Jack Bremer John Ross John Dodgen and Vernon Barnes led Ottawa with six wins in eight debates finishing ninth overall as 94 schools competed. The group expects to return to Ottawa early this week. Pi Kappa Delta, founded at Ottawa in 1913, now includes more than 200 member schools and is the world’s largest forensic organization.
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Ottawa University
Redlands
California
Hl. Armacost
Redlands University
Andrew B. Martin
0. C
Ottawa
Jack Bremer
John Ross
Paola
John Dodgen
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Vernon Barnes
Hutchinson
Pi Kappa Delta
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Civil War Vet Albert Woolson Recovering in Duluth Hospital
In Duluth Minnesota the last Union Army Civil War veteran Albert Woolson shows signs of recovery from lung congestion after a second hospitalization in five weeks. His daughter Mrs John Kobus reports he is "again making a remarkable recovery" and may leave hospital by midweek as friends note Easter greetings and flowers in the room.
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Duluth
Minn
Albert Woolson
Woolson
John Kobus
Pleads Guilty To Murder Charge In Kansas Case
Ray R. Tipton, 26, pleaded guilty to first degree murder in the slaying of Jobo J. Callahan on January 2 in Clathe Kansas. Tipton had testified last week as a prosecution witness in the trial of Callahan's wife Mary Callahan, 30, who was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. Tipton was named in the trial as the man who brought the death weapon, a .22 rifle, to Callahan's home.
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Clathe
Kas
Ray R. Tipton
Jobo J. Callahan
Tipton
Callahan
Mary Callahan
Detroit Times cites Slichigan professor on polio vaccine effectiveness
Detroit Times quotes a University of Michigan figure calling the Salk polio vaccine more than 90 percent effective in preventing paralysis from polio. The report highlights the vaccine’s success and its impact on immunity.
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Detroit
The
Detroit Times
University of Slichigan
Tosday
Bartle Sworn In As Mayor Of Kansas City
Bartle was sworn in today as mayor of Kansas City along with eight councilmen and three city judges. He called for the appointment of two committees to study the city’s financial problems.
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Hue Barele
Kansas Ciy
Mtarehar
Cotutas Ons
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