Editorial letters on dog tie up ordinance spark reader debate
The Ottawa Herald features two letters to the editor reacting to a Franklin County dog tie up ordinance criticism by the Franklin County Humane Society. Meanwhile assessors race to finish 1955 work with two weeks left and notices urge residents to book appointments.
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Tonight's. Herald
Herald Yeaders
Franklin County Humane Society
Franklin County
Liomal Shaw
Pomona
F. R. Herron
Homewood
Howard Kalb
Hayes
L. L. Griffith
Cutler Township
Bruce Spears
Await Instruction On Polio Shots in Franklin County
Franklin county awaits national and state guidance to plan polio vaccination for first and second graders. Ottawa and Wellsville will host the program, with free shots at Memorial auditorium for Ottawa area children not served at schools. A government meeting in April seeks fair vaccine distribution as Salk two shot plan gains endorsement and booster shots are set for later.
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Franklin County
William Bowers
Phillip Berg
State Board of Health
Topeka
Fanklin County
Ottawa
Wellsville
Memorial Auditorium
Washington
Secretary of Welfare
Hubby
Hobby
American Medical Assn
Assn. of State
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Pharmaceutical Industry
Jonas E. Salk
Foundation
Ottawa Man Will Be Witness To Atomic Blast in Nevada
Ottawan B Fy Park, general sales manager of Buildex Ottawa, will witness an atomic explosion at Yucca Flat near Las Vegas. Buildex and other observers will view the defense test structures before and after the blast to study materials used in concrete blocks and monolithic construction.
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Ottawa
Nevada
B. Fy Park
Park
Buildex, One
Leone Oe
Turk
Yucca Flat
Las Vegas
Thoeinet
Ottawa Gas Service Awards Safety Plaque
The Ottawa district of the Gas Service Co. received a safety plaque for a year with no accidents. Harold Johnston presented the award to Clyde Cook, accepted for the employer, at a dinner above the Ottawa gas office. Charles Williams noted a 51 percent improvement in lost time accidents since the program began two years ago.
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Ottawa
Gas Service Co
Harold Johnston
Kansas City
Clyde Cook
Charles Williams
Williams
John Willsey
Claims Department
General
Harold Crosby
B. W. Kelsey
C. A. Novak
Guy Snedaker
The
Herald
HM. D. McGrath
Chester Medaris
Cecil Elliott
City Trucks To Aid Drive In Ottawa Clean-up Week
City trucks will be dispatched from West Second street at 8 a m Monday to begin covering the town. Commissioner Ivan Brown urges residents to place trash at the back of their lots near the alley edge for efficient pickup. The six day drive runs Monday through Saturday April 18 to 23.
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Ottawa
Ivan Brown
Streets and Utilities
West Second Street
W. W. Tobe
Kansas
Kan
W. W. Robe
Democrats Hopeful As 1956 Campaign Opens In D C
Democrats gathered for a two day rally heard National Chairman Paul M Buller say prospects for a 1956 victory look bright regardless of Republican nominee. He cited a Democratic trend in spite of Republican propaganda and warned of issues likely to dominate the campaign. The meeting reviewed rules changes to omit loyalty oaths and clarify duties of state parties and national committeemen, avoiding an open split at the convention.
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Washington
Paul M. Buller
Butler
Eisenhower
Thomas F. Dewey
Harry S. Truman
National Committee
Explain New Texts To Explain New Texts Teachers
Franklin county teachers and principals will meet in Ottawa next Tuesday to hear explanations of new readers to be used next school year. Miss Evelyn Miller of Houghton Mifflin Co. will explain the books and teaching methods at Garfield school. Morning sessions cover first to third grades, afternoon sessions cover fourth to sixth. Students have a holiday while teachers attend. Kings Fleming says all county schools outside Ottawa have been notified and invited.
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Franklin County
Ottawa
Evelyn Miller
Houghton-Mifflin Co
Chicago
Henry A. Parker
Garfield School
Miller
Kings J. A. Fleming
Waymire Drive-in Market Opens in Ottawa
The new Waymire Drive-in Market opened at 1140 N Main in Ottawa in the former Joe’s Market Basket location. It operates daily from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and offers groceries and meals under the management of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Waymire.
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Waymire
Home Sweet Homicide Senior Play Captures Crowd
Seals sold out for Ottawa High School senior class play Home Sweet Homicide at the high school auditorium. The opening night drew a large audience with favorable comments. Leading roles are Merle Paul Jr Sally Reeder Joyce Cutting Doug Scott Margie Pahlman and Don Sexton. Director is Mrs Jao Ann Courtois.
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Ottawa
Merle Paul, Jr
Sally Reeder
Joyce Cutting
Doug Scott
Margie Pahlman
Don Sexton
Jao Ann Courtois
New Cemetery Board Members Elected at Meeting
The United Cemeteries association held its second annual meeting in Centropolis. The group governs seven cemeteries in northwest Franklin and southern Douglas counties. Elected to the new board are Tilford Simmons Loren Rundel Tom Steele Claude Myers and Lee Bonar. Officers to be chosen later.
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United Cemeteries Association
Centropolis
Franklin
Douglas Counties
Tilford Simmons
Loren Rundel
Tom Steele
Claude Myers
Lee Bonar
Local Women to Receive Award for Life Saving Efforts
Two telephone operators Delores Sheffield and Delores Needham will be honored at a dinner for their quick actions last fall when a North Ottawa caller on September 11, 1954, became unconscious. Sheffield stayed on the line and alerted police after Needham confirmed the distress, leading to an ambulance taking the woman to hospital. About 50 attendees, including city officials, will attend the Southwestern Bell ceremony at North American.
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Delores
Delores Sheffield
Sycamore
Delores Needham
Lane
Ottawa
Needham
Sheffield
W. 8. Miller
Topeka
Southwestern Bell Company
Kansas
W. W. Robe
Harry Gilliland
C. L. Hough
North American
Strike Action Hits Railroads And Steel Mills
BULLETINS ATLANTA 1 A strike called against the Louisville and Nashville Railroad by two operating unions today. Steel mill operations at Birmingham curtailed sharply as workers walked out in sympathy with telephone company strikers. Prime Minister Eden sets British general election for May 26. Forecast: Partly cloudy and mild this afternoon, windy east and central, cooler northwest Saturday. highs in the 60s to 70s, low tonight around 40.
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Atlanta
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Birmingham
London
Sir Anthony Eden
Nice Weather To Continue In Kansas
The brand of spring weather in Kansas is expected to persist through tomorrow with warm windy conditions and partly cloudy skies statewide. No precipitation is forecast. Yesterday’s high reached 72 and the morning low was 47. other stations show a warm trend with Kansas City 50 Fort Worth 38 Los Angeles 33 New Orleans 35 Washington 56 and Miami 74.
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Kansas
Weather Bureau
Oudwa
Kansas City
Fort Worth
Los Angeles
New Orleans
Washington, D. C
Miami
Fla
Ottawa High School Spring Orchestra Concert
The Ottawa High School instrumental music department will present its annual Spring concert at Memorial Auditorium Monday evening April 18 at 3 oclock under director William Barker. Student director J P Feighner will lead the Song of Jupiter. The program includes Mozart Rosamunde Overture Wagner Tannhauser March Handel Song of Jupiter and other works. Orchestra personnel list many students and the concert concludes with notes of future events: April 25 band concert May 2 Jazz Concert May 3 Junior High band or orchestra concert.
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Instrumental Music
Ottawa High School
Memorial Auditorium
William Barker
J. P Feighner
Mozart
Schubert
Whitney
Tannhauser March,” Wagner
Handel
Wilson
Milkey
D'Hardelot
St. Mary's
Adams
Frang Kiser
Guy Fr. Foreman
Prince
Romberg
Ravenna Peterson
Donna Barber
Eila Mae Denker
Mary Pickenpaugh
Mary Ann Edmundson
Marilyn Beeson
Terry Vogler
Pat Burgess
Meredith Williams
Douglas Archer
Warren Bruner
Jimmy Shelden
Jarrett Clinton
Sheldon Meats
Bill Coltrane
Louann Lawrance
J. P. Feighner
Delores Northway
Edward Calkins
Darrell Barkdoll
Karl Fogle
Dale Pratt
Kenneth Saffron
Leland Baker
Gary Hornbuckle
Ronald Jeffries
Gary Burgess
Jimmy Green
George Kramer
Billy Butler
Carolyn Senter
Bobby Bundy
Joyce Cutting
Jolene Brink
Alice Wilson
Sharon Ligon
High School
Stafford School Teacher Receives Kansas Mother of the Year
Mrs. Ollie Keller Knoche of Stafford named Kansas Mother of the Year for 1955. Born in Tennessee, she raised six children, supported a mortgaged farm, paid hospital bills, earned a B.S. from Fort Hays State College in 1954, and taught in Stafford and rural schools while active in 4-H.
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Stafford
Kansas
Wicthtap
Ollie Keller Knoche
Harry B. Brown
Wichita
The
Kansas Mathers
American Mathers Committee Inc
Stafford Christian Church
Curler
Fort Hays State College
Knoche
Corn Valley
Stafford County
Reds To End Occupation Of Austria
The Soviet government urged a rapid Austrian independence treaty and withdrawal of occupation troops by December. A joint Soviet Austrian communique quoted Raab assuring no Austrian alliance or foreign bases, with Russia to settle reparations, return German property, and restore Austrian oil fields. The pact requires Western approval before signing, with talks on trade normalization and POW repatriation. The Western powers had renounced reparations earlier. a separate Ottawa Kansas notice proclaims Fire Prevention and Clean-up Week for April 18 23 1955 with specific disposal guidance.
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Moscow
Julius Raab
M. Molotov
Austria
Tts
Danube Shipping Co
Molotov
Raab
Adolf Schaerf
Vienna
Schaerf
Russia
Germany
Hitler
United States
Britain
France
State Department
Washington
Supreme Soviet
Soviet Union
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5. T. Thornton
Women's Advisory Council
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Garnett
Mary Bean Holle
W. J. Phillips
Verne Aldan
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Anderson County
HDA
Miss Holle
Phillips
Alden
National Home Demonstration Council
Lois Smith
Elmer Bennett
City
Lawrence
John Lohmann
Jay Brown
Lohmann
Milo Harris
Ottawa Memorial
Townsend
First Baptist Church Friendship Class
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