Uphill Fight For GOP On Farm Bill
A House battle over the Eisenhower era farm program headlines as GOP leaders seek to soften rigid 90 percent parity supports while Midwestern Republicans split with the administration. The Senate House compromise would reset price supports and expand dairy and grain provisions, with a $1.2 billion soil bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Martin R
Mass
House
Eisenhower
Martin
GOP
Benson
Ejisenhower
Senate House
Soil Bank
Secretary of
Massachusetts
175 To Attend Sports Banquet At Garfield School
About 175 are set for the annual sports banquet at Garfield school with Ottawa Chamber of Commerce officials stating extra tickets will be sold at the door. Ottawa High School and Ottawa University football and basketball squads and track lettermen will attend. Fred Tex Winters of Kansas State College Manhattan will speak, with Rev Roger Fredrikson of First Baptist Church as master of ceremonies. Tickets are $3.50 for one business man and one athlete.
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Garfield School
Peg Carr
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
Miss Carr
Ottawa High School
Ottawa University
Fred “Tex" Winters
Kansas State College
Manhattan
Roger Fredrikson
First Baptist Church
Question On Test Tube Babies In Kansas
An attorney general opinion questions if the University of Kansas Medical Center may adopt artificial insemination in its program. Atty Gen John Anderson notes possible questions on the legitimacy of children born by insemination and says the state may not be liable, though physicians could be liable if acting beyond statutory authority. Rex Harrison special classifieds page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topekam
Whethy
University of Kansas Medical Center
John Anderson
W. Clarke Wescoe
Marine recruits drownings probe continues at Parris Island
Six Mag-draped caskets containing Marine recruits who drowned on a forced march Sunday night were laid in Beaufort Naval Hospital as a Marine court of inquiry probes the deaths. Military services are set at the post chapel with rites for Donald Francis O'Shea and others following. The inquiry, led by Gen. Randolph Pate, will decide whether action against drill instructor Sir Matthew McKeon is warranted. About 20 survivors testified yesterday. it was unclear if all others will be heard.
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Parris Island
S. C
UWS
Naval Hospital
Beaufort
Marine Court of Inquiry
Marine
Donald Francis O'Shea
Brooklyn
Thomas Curtis Hardeeman
Vidalia
Charles
Francis Reilly
Clyde
N. Y
Jerry Lamont Thomas
Alexandria
Leroy Thompson
Norman Alfred Wood
Bay Shore
N.Y
Randolph Pate
Marine Corps
Sir Matthew C. McKeon
Worcester
Mass
Students To Take Rail Excursion To Kansas City
Franklin county students will tour the Ice Capades in Kansas City via a Santa Fe educational rail trip on Saturday, April 21. The special train from Ottawa to KC departs 8 45 a m and returns 7 15 p m with round trip fares 7 95 for adults 7 20 for children under 12. Reservations close April 18.
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Franklin County
Kansas City
Santa Fe
Independence
Ottawa
C. Christerson
el Capitan
Christerson
Silver Valley
Peoria
South Ilinois
Cole
Qld Rantoul
Damage Award To Ottawa Woman
A Johnson county district court jury awarded Mrs. Doris Campbell 13,365 in damages for the death of her husband T. T. Campbell in a 1954 collision near Edgerton. The verdict broken into 11,400 for death and 1,965 for a wrecked car. Mrs. Campbell previously won a related Ottawa case against Beach Musser, who died in the same crash alongside Campbell. Lawyers from Ottawa, Topeka, and Clatine are listed as counsel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson County
Doris Campbell
S. Walnut
Beach Musser
Kansas City
Bartenders Demonstrate Ingenuity In Gracious Living
Kansas City hosts regional finals of a national bartenders ingenuity contest. About 60 judges watched as 45 recipes were screened from 500 submissions. The winning drink by Al Hasenzahl of Kansas City combined bourbon, black raspberry syrup, ginger ale, lemon juice and ice, garnished with a strawberry.
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Offit
Rotary Club
G. H. Marshall
John W. Harvey
Topeka
W. C. Gordon
Colby
Fred Diehl
McPherson
C. A. Gordon
Baldwin
Maurice E. Barker
Lawrence
John Lembke
Kansas City
Dr. C. QO. Wallman
Ottawa
Besse
al Hasenzahl
Inmate Escapes From Industrial School At Fair Grounds
Two Kansas State Industrial Reformatory inmates escaped from a work detail at the Kansas State Fair Grounds. Charles Gilmore, 19, committed from Sherman County, and James Richards, 22 from El Dorado, allegedly stole a station wagon and headed north. Both were reported armed with butcher knives. The fair grounds are operated by reformatory labor.
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Hutchinson
Kansas State Industrial Reformatory
Kansas State Fair Grounds
Charles ‘Malcom Gilmore
Sherman County
James L. Richards
el Dorado
R. G. Sutton
Fair Grounds
Reformatory
Nat King Cole Cancels Southern Tour After Attack
Nat King Cole canceled three Southern appearances after an assault on stage in Birmingham Alabama. Six white men were charged with assault with intent to murder. Cole, unhurt but shaken, resumed later for a Black audience and planned shows in Greenville Charlotte and Raleigh were dropped with Norfolk Virginia resuming Saturday.
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Birmingham
Ala
Nat (King) Cole
Chicago
Greenville
N. C
Charlotte
Raleigh
Norfolk
Cole
City Auditorium
South
North Alabama White Citizens Council
Asa Carter
Council
Montgomery
Mother And Son Dead In Crash
Sedalia Missouri reports a double fatal crash on U S Highway 50 near Sedalia killing Ruby D. Martin 44 and her son Robert Lee Martin 17 after an earlier crash near Topeka Kansas. Two officers and an airman at Whiteman Air Force Base were injured. The Martins were driving home from visiting another son A J Hartley Marlin at the base. The family previously escaped serious injuries in Kansas. Mrs Martin is survived by another son Pvt Charles R Martin at Fort Riley.
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Sedalia
Here
Ruby D. Martin
Mexico
Robert Lee Martin
Whiteman Air Force Base
A.J. Hartley Marlin
Whiteman
Kansas
Topeka
Two Killed as Train Strikes Gasoline Truck
At a crossing near Fort Green Florida a passenger train collided with a gasoline transport truck. Ex press messenger N. G. Adams and truck driver Clifford Ledger, both of Tampa, died. Conductor L. A. Kolster and newsman William Crosley were burned. one passenger Tam Thompson of Ona was uninjured. The wreck occurred on a branch line between Tampa and Boca Grande, 40 miles southeast of Tampa, drawing the first report from a Bartow Air Base plane.
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Fort Green
West Florida
N. G. Adams
Tampa
Clifford Ledger
Waulehalla
L. A. Kolster
Mon O
William 2.Crosley
Tam Thimpson
Ona
Fla
Tora Grande
Hoe
Areh al Britton
Ledger
Dearflow
Polk-Harder County
Wachula
Bartow
Seaboant
Public debate between OU and Washburn teams tomorrow night
Ottawa University and Washburn University debaters clash in the recital hall Tony Jones hall at 8. Clashes include Jack Bremer and John Ross of OU versus Clifford Kruse and D J Stoops of Washburn. The topic is whether non agricultural industries should guarantee annual wages. A coin toss will assign sides. Debate coach Richard Chartier says the event is open to the public and will last about one hour.
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Ottawa University
Washburn University
Tony Jones
Jack Bremer
John Ross
O. U
Clifford Kruse
D. J. Stoops
Washburn
West Point
Lawrence
U. S
Thei
Richard Chartier
Bremer
Ross
Charlier
Seven Die In Plane Crashes In Alaska Coastlands
Two airplanes crashed within 200 miles of each other in rugged central Alaska coastal highlands. Seven men died and an eighth was seriously injured. One Cordova Airlines craft, on a Anchorage to Seward route, broke apart 75 miles southwest of Cordova near the Kenai Peninsula. The other plane, an Amphibian Grumman, crashed five miles south of Cordova on a Yakutat flight, with Haakon Christensen and Wells Ervin among the victims.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Cordova Airlines
Kenai Peninsula
Screw
Seward
Raymond Gillis
San Haven
N.C
J Bruce Robertson
Seattle
B. J. Jams
Milton
Wash
Douglas Sayre
Juneau
John Wade
Haakon Christensen
Wells Ervin
Cordova
Yakutat
Spring Returns To Ottawa Area
Spring eased back into Ottawa today after a high temperature yesterday. The forecast calls for warmer, fair weather in most of Kansas with more moisture expected tonight and tomorrow. Northwest Wangus may see light rain snow mix, while the east could get scattered thunderstorms and showers. Southeastern states face wind and rain, with rain and snow in far western areas. Tornadic winds affected areas along the southeast Florida coast yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Wangus
Florida
Weather Forecast Warm and Fair with Clouds and Rainy Spells
Generally fair and warmer this afternoon with increasing cloudiness tonight and Thursday. Occasional light rain mixed with snow northwest late tonight and Thursday with scattered showers or thunderstorms east and central Thursday afternoon or night. Warmer south and east tonight, cooler north Thursday. Low tonight in the 30s to 45 southeast, high Thursday 40s northwest to 65–70 southeast. Record highs noted for the date. River stage around half a foot.
Tensions Ease In Middle East Area
The Franklin County Sheep Association planned a lamb and wool show at the county fair building on April 20 with two weight classes and judging by Don Brown. Registration starts 11:20 a.m. A free lunch will be provided.
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Franklin County Sheep Association
Don Brown
Franklin County
Dock Sawin
Princeton
Ralph Baldorf
Wellsville
Leslie Hunter
Pomona
Brown
23 Graduates At Overbrook
Commencement exercises for 23 Overbrook high school seniors are set for May 18 with Prof Buehler of the University of Kangus as speaker. Baccalaureate services occur May 13, seniors plan a May 14 trip to Colorado Springs. Graduates include Gary Anderson, Wanda Caster, Janice Collins, Jo Ann Dodder, Darrel Gilliland, Barbara Johnson, Walter Johnson, Harry Lutz, Thelma Mowder, Donnie O'Brien, Ronnie Reed, and Nathan Johnson among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Overbrook
Overbrook High School
Buehler
University of Kangus
Colorado Springs
Bert H. Eklund
Gary Anderson
Harry Bean
Wanda Caster
Janice Collins
Jo- Ann Dodder
Ariene Fawl
Darrel Gilliland
Harford
James Goodyear
Yvonne Heinen
Ilvin Herschell
Barbara
Walter Johnson
Harry Lutz
Thelma Mowder
Donnie O’brien
Ronnie Reed
John Bardeell
Everett
Major Simmons
Jerry
Terry l'Teijens
Nathan Johnson
Udall Adopts All Night Tornado Watch System
Udall volunteers man a new observation tower from 6 p m to 6 a m daily with 114 residents on two hour shifts after a May tornado killed 79 and injured 200 plus. About 75 percent of rebuilt homes include storm shelters and a reinforced alert system with block captains ensures alarm reach. The tower operates regardless of weather and has sounded twice since the month began.
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Udall
Red Cross
Keeley
Kansas
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Don Capper
Joe
Bruce Spears
Warren Welton
Birch
Peoria Township
Clyde Johnson
S. Main
Leo Fischer
Williamsburg
Dean Driscoll
T. J. Plaschka
Plaschka
Driscoll
Ottawa Senior High School
Abbey
Evan Piersol
Sharon Lister
National High School Poets Association
Sharon
Robert Lister, Jr
Boswell Junior High School
R. H. Lister
J. S. Jackson
Rex Harrisons
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Brown-Forman
Kentucky
Les Rex Harrisons
Dag Hammarskjold
Mahoud Fawzi
Cairo International
Israel
Hammaarskjold
Middle East
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Cairo
Nasser
Yeslerlay
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Lamb and Wool Show
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Egypt
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Palestine
Hanmarskjold
Mahmod Pawal
U.N
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U.N. Truce Commission
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Syria
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Kfar Silbert
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