Young contractor hires convicts in faith driven venture
Noel Phillips a 23 year old Lawton masonry contractor posts a classified ad seeking men 18 to 23 with court records and parolees. He says his firms employ 400 to 500 parolees or former inmates and aims to prove prisoners can rejoin society while inspiring a future Boys Town like clearing house for work.
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Lawton
Okla
Lawton Constitution Press
Noel Phillips
Phillips
Veterans Hospital
Oklahoma City
Ice Follies Stars Tie to Ottawa Visit
A TV station aired Ice Follies featuring Joan Crawford and James Stewart as Ottawa marked the Pepsi-Cola bottling plant opening. An enterprising man collected bottle refunds from empties, then rushed to the Main Street grocery for more. Two hundred ten money orders totaling $3,264.55 were sold at the Ottawa post office on tax deadline day.
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Pepsi-Cola
Ottawa
Joan Crawford
James Stewart
Miss Crawford
White ghost still uncovered after three years in Kentucky
In Harlan County Kentucky a 200 gallon still described as the largest found in the area was discovered on a plateau near a mountain top. Officers said the still had been in operation about three years resisting prior police efforts to locate it.
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Harlan, Ky
Straight Creek
Kentucky
Harlan County
Trailer Upset Blocks Highway Near Williamsburg
A 27 foot house trailer lay on its side across US50 a mile southwest of Williamsburg blocking traffic after Wilmer D. Doane of Phoenix Arizona lost control of his 1956 Ford on the hill. The car overturned and the trailer jackknifed, remaining on its side for over an hour before righted and towed. Car damage $900 trailer $1,000.
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Us50
Williamsburg
Highway Patrol
Wilmer D. Doane
Phoenix
Ariz
Weather forecast for Kansas showers and storms
Showers and scattered thunderstorms east and south central this afternoon through Wednesday with cloudiness and light rain or drizzle in the west and north central areas tonight. Cooler in the west tonight, northwest tonight. warmer in the east this afternoon. Low temperatures 30s northwest to 45-50 east, high Wednesday 55-65.
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Kansas
South Central
North Central
Annual spring concert at Ottawa Junior High
The Ottawa Junior High School music department presents its annual spring concert at 7:30 p m tomorrow in the Municipal auditorium featuring the junior high band orchestra and chorus under Harold Tarpley and Bill Barker. The chorus performs a seven part program titled God and Music Memories and Music Romance and Music Beauty and Music Action and Music Humor and Music Philosophy and Music. The band plays March Romane Italian Barcarolle Carnival for Trumpets Mexican Sundae Short Story Big Rock Candy Mountain Midnight Soliloquy and And Suddenly. The orchestra offers Excerpts from Symphony in D Minor Invitation to the Dance Themes From the Unfinished Symphony Pizzicato Polka Mountain Medley The Clock and American Patrol. Narration will be by freshman band and orchestra members.
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Ottawa
Municipal Auditorium
Harold Tarpley
Bill Barker
Extend New Sales Taxes On May 1
TopekaAttorney General John Anderson states the sales tax extension will apply to material bought by contractors for tax exempt buildings on sales effected after May 1. The law set May 1 as the effective date, and Anderson noted it targets the sale rather than preexisting contracts.
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Topeka
John Anderson
Anderson
U S Ships May Pass Suez Under Egyptian Terms
Washington previews allowing American vessels to pass the Suez Canal and pay tolls to the Egyptian authority under protest against Egypt's operating arrangements. Officials expect a formal move as U S talks with Egypt fail to yield a settlement, with U N Security Council anticipated to receive a report this week.
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Suez Canal
Egypt
Egyptian Seaz Canal
Eisenhower
United Nations
Security Council
United States
4-H Leaders To Conference In Hutchinson
Nine Franklin County 4-H leaders attend a three day conference in Hutchinson beginning today. Leaders and clubs include Mrs Harold Bones with Silver Leaf, Mrs Richard Hewitt with Acorn Rustlers, Mrs Ray mond Houston with Rainbow, Mrs Chester Keim with Clover Leaf, Mrs Charles Coughenour with SHAFF, and Mrs John Lederer with Woodrow Crawford Junior Judgers. Extension specialists will teach 4-H projects and activities with speakers G L Noble Dr Edward V Pope and Alfred Schroeder. Conference ends Thursday at 2 30 p m.
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Harold Bones
Richard Hewitt
Silver Leaf
Grant Carey
John Macy
Acorn Rustlers
Raymond Houston
Rainbow
Chester Keim
Clover Leaf
Charles Coughenour
SHAFF
John Lederer
Woodrow Crawford
G. L. Noble
National Committee On Boys and Girls
Edward V. Pope
Alfred Schroeder
Kansas Supreme Court
Mother Tells Of Selling Blood To Feed Children
New York Park Avenue story details Mrs Hilda Lindley seeking separation from Francis Vinton Lindley a Yale graduate. Judge Mitchell Schweitzer notes Lindley earned only about $1,000 in three years and spent time at a summer resort. Mrs Lindley provided most income working for a book publisher and, after childbirth in 1956, money ran short leading her to sell a pint of blood for $15 to feed her three children. Custody awarded to Mrs Lindley with $30 weekly support from Lindley.
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New York
Park Avenue
Hilda Lindley
State Supreme Court
Francis Vinton Lindley
Yale
Mitchell Schweitzer
Lindley
Long Island
Mad Parents Fight To Slow Traffic In Liberty
Liberty city council backs speed control on Hillside Street after residents dug a three inch trench to slow vehicles. Officials ordered trench filled and four way stop nearby plus two speed humps about 200 feet apart to deter speeding drivers. Mrs. Hutsell and Mrs. Sands testified about dangers and tire damage from fast speeds.
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Liberty
Hillside Street
Marvin E. Sands
Richard Reavis
Reavis
Pacific Ocean quake logged near Fordham University Seismo
A strong earthquake originating in the Pacific Ocean was recorded late last night by Fordham University Seismograph. Seismologist Rev Joseph Lynch said the event occurred about 8 000 to 9 000 miles from New York, about 150 miles below the ocean, at 11 22 36 pm and 11 24 51 pm EST. Cleveland’s John Carroll University also logged 11 22 32 pm EST and suggested the quake may have been off British Columbia.
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New York
Pacific Ocean
Fordham University
Joseph J. Lynch
Cleveland
John Carroll University
Pacific
British Columbia
Fireworks Display Cheers New Yorkers on Fourth of July
New York crowds enjoyed a huge Hudson River fireworks show billed as a Japan tribute to the U.S. World Trade Fair at the Coliseum. Amid the celebration, many residents phoned police and papers asking if the city had been attacked as hundreds watched from barges along the river.
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New York
Hudson River
Japan
Scranton Mayor Linked To Union Investigation
Washington based testimony before the Senate Rackets Investigating Committee alleges Scranton Mayor James T. Hanlon sought to delay disclosures about union officials until after an election. Bradshaw described beatings, rigged elections, and a 1954 dynamiting linked to Local 229, saying he took the rap for the blast while Billy Manley performed the act.
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James T. Hanlon
Bradshaw
Senate
Sen
Goldwater
R-Ariz
Scranton
Senate ‘Committee
J. Harold Brislin
Scranton Tribune
Teamsters Union
Teamsters
Billy Manley
Patrol Delays On Speed Limit Enforcement In Kansas
The Kansas Highway Patrol will wait until May 1 to enforce new passenger car speed limits of 70 mph by day and 60 mph at night. Col. Harvey Schmedemann said officers will issue warnings before May 1, and regulations will be posted on main highways. Previously, speeds were governed by a general standard of reasonable and prudent when driving. Special reduced zones in towns, congested areas, and dangerous stretches remain in effect.
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Topeka
Kansas Highway Patrol
Harvey Schmedemann
Farmer Misseed Land Swap Ends Peacefully
In Epworth England Jack and Les Keel found the half acre they seeded belonged to a neighbor after a deep furrow separated the plots. They forgot the earth mound marking their land this spring. The neighbor agreed to swap the seeded half acre for the unseeded heel strip for the season.
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Epworth
England
Jack
Les Keel
Les
What Easter Means To Me By Howard N Duncan
Easter marks the fulfillment of the Old Testament Sabbath to the Christian Sunday and signals God s promises to all peoples. The season emphasizes sacred human personality and spiritual values, highlighted by nineteen centuries of belief and the church s highest solemnity known as the Queen of Seasons.
Senate Appropriations Sends Post Office Funds
The Senate quickly passed a 41 million dollar bill to restore normal postal services and sent it back to the House after adding 800 thousand for Senate housekeeping. The measure, previously approved by the House, faces presidential action and potential postal rate debate, with leaders noting Eisenhower recognizes practical problems.
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Washington
Senate
House
Senate Appropriations Committee
Eisenhower
White House
GOP
Knowland
California
Martin
Massachusetts
Average Hike Would Amount To $1.15 Monthly
Gas Service Co. applied for rate increases in Kansas averaging about $1.15 monthly for the average domestic customer. The proposal would lift gross annual operating revenue by about $4.05 million and net revenue by $1.85 million, with residential eastern Kansas rates rising to $1.50 per thousand cubic feet and 52 cents for each additional thousand. The company cites increased costs and expansion needs and seeks an expedited hearing, noting an ongoing KCC investigation and recent refunds to customers.
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Kansas City
The
Gas Service Co
Kansas
B. C. Adams
Adams
Comspany
Wichita
Hutchinson
Topeka
Parsons
Marion Beatty
Corporation Commission
George Docking
Beatty
KCC
Harry Snyder
Docking
Guernsey Spring Show Set for Wednesday at Fair Grounds
A district Guernsey breeders spring show will be held tomorrow starting at 10 30 a m at the Fair Grounds on the south edge of Ottawa Don Brown county extension agent says about 40 head have been entered from Douglas Coffey Chase and Franklin Counties with more expected Franklin County exhibitors include Ralph Batdorf Wellsville Ransom Farms Ransomville and Wayne Reichard Williamsburg
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Fair Grounds
Ottawa
Don Brown
Armstrong to Navy Position
President Eisenhower nominates J Sinclair Armstrong chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission to be assistant secretary of the Navy. Roy R Rubottom Jr a career diplomat is nominated to be assistant secretary of state for Inter American affairs. Rubottom has been acting in that role for months.
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Washington
Eisenhower
J. Sinclair Armstrong
Securities and Exchange Commission
Navy
Senate
Roy R. Rubottom Jr
Rubottom
Armstrong
Chicago
SEC
William B. Franke
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S. Locust
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Harry Hutsell Jr
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