Judge Walker A Longtime Ottawa Justice of the Peace
Gardner P. Walker, veteran Ottawa justice of the peace, discusses a 26 year career, earlier life in Chetopa and Wichita, and his approach to civil and criminal duties. He notes no marriage ceremonies from his bench, describes jurisdiction, and recalls hunting hobbies and family near 604 S. Poplar.
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Walker
Gardner P. Walker
Justice of the Peace
Judge Walker
Wichita
Ottawa
Chetopa
Kas
Canada
Prison break note leads to return to jail in Dalhart
Dalhart Texas two prisoners Allan Hoefer of Bartlesville Oklahoma and Rowland Mahler of Los Angeles escaped with a note asking for funds for an attorney and a June trial postponement. After wandering 14 miles they accepted a ride from Deputy Sheriff Claude Roper back to jail. Ottawa University art exhibit opens with a 2:30 reception in Mammer Art Center, runs through May 9.
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Dalhart
Tex
R. C. Johnson
Allan Hoefer
Bartlesville
Okla
Rowland Mahler
Los Angeles
Johnson
Deuty
Claude Roper
Ottawa University
Mammer Art Center
Traffic Toll In 1958 Record Slips From 1957
Topeka Kansas traffic fatalities listed by the state accident records section show 2 deaths in the last 24 hours. For the year 1958 the total is 119, compared with 149 in the same period of 1957.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Forecast for County With Showers Likely
Partly cloudy to cloudy through Sunday with scattered showers and a bit warmer this afternoon. High yesterday 76, low today around midnight, with year ago figures 73 and 68. Record highs 85 in 1898 and record low 31 in 1943. Hourly readings incomplete but indicate mild progression.
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Wecaes
Fear of outbreak during four day old Indian war in New York
In Niagara Falls tribesmen of the Tuscarora Nation aid their brethren against the State Power Authority over a 1.383 acre slice of the Tuscarora Reservation amid a $600 million project. Police fear renewed clashes as Mohawks Cayugas Senecas Oneidas and Onondagas arrive to lend support.
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Niagara Falls
N.Y. W
New York State
State Power Authority
Eracy
Tuscaroras
Power
Byrd Sees Deficit of Eight Billion Dollars
Senator Byrd of Virginia warned the federal deficit could reach eight billion dollars next year even without new taxes. He cited deeper recession reducing revenues and accelerating spending, aligning with Treasury views of a four billion deficit this year and an eight billion projection for the year starting July.
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Byrd
Washington
Sen
D-Va
Senate Finance Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
Anderson
Treasury
Thor Missile Explodes On Pad At Cape Canaveral
A Thor intermediate range ballistic missile exploded on its launching pad at Cape Canaveral Missile Test Center. The blast produced a distant roar, a huge black smoke plume, and was described as unsuccessful due to technical difficulties. Nearby Cocoa residents heard the blast from miles away.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Cocoa
Airy Force
Governor Docking Won’t Deliver Message in Person
Acute bronchitis stops Gov George Docking from speaking at the Kansas Legislature special session opening Monday. He is confined to bed at the executive mansion after a recent attack and aides will arrange for another to deliver the prepared message. Docking’s week of engagements is canceled including the Kansas Turnpike ceremony with Lt Gov Henkle taking his place.
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Pekap
George Docking
Docking
Executive
Oklahoma
Kansas
Sacred Heart Pastor Named
Rev Charles M Brink appointed pastor of Sacred Heart Catholic Church succeeding the late Rev Matthew Guilfoyle. Brink, formerly of Paxicon, comes from Sacred Heart Parish in Paxicon after serving in Waverly Osage City and Paxicon. Rev George Krasinski moves to Paxicon and Rev William J Kaufman succeeds him in Kansas City and Topeka postings.
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Charles M. Brink
Daxica
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Don S. Cedar
Matthew Guilfoyle
Father Brink
Kansas City
St. Benedict's College
Atchison
Kenrick Seminary
St. Louis
Waverly
Osage City
Sacred Heart Parish
George Krasinski
Homewood
William J. Kaufman
Kas
Topeka
Hold Annual Co-Op Meeting Report in Ottawa
The eighth annual meeting of the Ottawa Cooperative Association was held at FRugene Field School. Total assets reach 622,360 dollars. Lyle Grier reported progress of the propane business and that a new elevator boosts wheat handling despite a smaller harvest. New officers elected Lawrence Lundstedt president Kurt Weigand vice president Harry Scott secretary treasurer. Donald Steward and Roy Swank re elected to the board. Thomas Rupert of the Farmers' Union Auditing Service delivered the annual audit. Martin Byrne of Kansas Farmers' Union spoke. George Bicknell presented a Kansas City Board of Trade film via the Farmers' Union Jobbing Association.
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Ottawa Cooperative Association
Frugene Field School
Lyle Grier
Lawrence Lundstedt
Kurt Weigand
Harry Scott
Donald Steward
Roy Swank
Thomas Rupert
Farmers’ Union Auditing Service
Martin Byrne
Kansas Farmers' Union
Kansas City Board of Trade
George Bicknell
Farmers' Union Jobbing Association
Hospital Staff To Receive Typhoid Shots
Bruce Bredeson administrator of Ransom Memorial Hospital announced that hospital personnel will receive booster typhoid shots. The note followed news that Ottawa University student Sidney Pope, a junior from Kansas City, is hospitalized with typhoid diagnosed illness.
U N Council to Debate Soviet Bombers Charge
United Nations delegates prepared to debate Soviet charges that U S bombers with nuclear weapons were courting global war. The Security Council will meet Monday after Soviet delegate Sobolev requested a session to study measures to prevent war.
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United Nations
N.Y
U. S
Ienry Cabot Lodge
Arikady A. Sobalev
Sobolev
Andrei Gromyko Arst
Moscow
Polar
Soviet Union
U S Aims Survey Of Kansas Eating Places
The U S Public Health Service will be asked by the Kansas Board of Health to survey sanitation in Kansas public eating places. Dr Thomas R Hood says the goal is to determine if sanitary conditions are good bad or indifferent. The board also raises the oil pollution control fee to 310 of a cent per barrel boosting revenue about 40000 annually and notes 45 of 275 pools are obsolete. It adopts a nursery overcrowding measure after a Houston Vex death and urges hospital signs near nurseries to limit baby numbers.
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District Cour
Topeka m
U. S. Public Health Service
Kansas Board of Health
Kansas
Thomas R. Hood
Hood
Houston
Vex
Hoover undergoes gall bladder removal at Columbia-Presbyterian
Former President Herbert Hoover, who will be 84 in August, had his gall bladder removed at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center. Hospital officials said the operation was successful and Hoover's condition was satisfactory. His sons were present and his stay duration remains uncertain.
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New York
Herbert Hoover
Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center
Hoover
Medical Center
Harkness Pavilion
Bam
Herbert Hoover Jr
Allan Hoover
Alness
Waldorf- Astoria Hotel
Khrushchev Charges Japan Over Fishing Pact Block
Soviet Premier Khrushchev accuses Japan of harming its fishing industry by blocking a peace treaty talk with the Soviet Union. He wrote to Masaburo Suzuki on April 14, urging a new fishing pact as talks near completion in Moscow. The accord would largely close the Sea of Okhotsk north of Japan to Japanese fishers, reviving memories of Sakhalin and Kuril losses after World War II.
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Tokyo
Mikita Khrushchev
Japan
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Masaburo Suzuki
Snzuki
Moscow
Soviet Sea of Okhotsk
Sakhalin Isand
Kuril Islands
Sakhalin
Kuril
Weak Cold Front Triggers Showers Across Eastern Kansas
A weak cold front moved through Kansas bringing heavy showers in the eastern third with 65 at Quenemo 60 at Horton and 49 at Topeka. Central and western areas saw little rain while cooler air arrived. The Weather Bureau forecast continued cloudiness and scattered showers or thunderstorms in the southeast this afternoon with mostly cloudy conditions elsewhere.
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Topeka
Kansas
Quenemo
Horton
Weather Bureau
Cancer Drive Set For Next Week In Franklin County
Volunteer workers will call on Ottawans and Frank lin Countians next week to distribute literature on cancer and receive contributions to the annual Franklin County Cancer Crusade. Mrs. W. C. Harding, chairman, announced the county quota is 2500 dollars, with a goal to complete by May 1. The campaign theme is Fight Cancer With A Check-Up and a Check.
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Franklin
Crash Victim Found On Roof Near Pemberton
A car leaving Magnolia Road crashed into a tree and rolled over. Herbert Haines 25 was found dead on the 18 foot high roof of a home eight hours later. Leroy Egenlauf 26 was rescued unconscious beside the car and survived. Both men from Chatsworth. neighbor Donald Chambers reported the body.
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Ernest Bush
Leroy Egenlauf
Egenlauf
Burlington County Hospital
Chatsworth
Donald Chambers
Bush
Boy's Stomach Back In Place
In Louisville a 24 month old named Michael Miracle suffered a rare stomach displacement that crowded his left lung and shifted his heart. After a one hour operation he recovered, now playing on a hospital sliding board.
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Louisville
Michael Miracle
Mike
Helium Plant Plans Express Growth in Demand
Washington reports rising helium demand from nuclear and space programs fuels plans for a fifth U.S. plant. It would sit in the Keyes Oklahoma gas field where helium now goes to waste. Interior asks Budget Bureau to study a 12 million dollar supplemental authorization. Seaton announced April 4 a long term contract with Colorado Interstate Gas Co giving the Bureau of Mines exclusive helium extraction rights from gas produced in Keyes Field. After helium removal, gas returns to the company for distribution.
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U. S
Keyes
Okla
Interior Department
Budget Bureau
Congress
Secretary of the Interior
Seaton
Colorado Interstate Gas Co
Bureau of Mines
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Mike Latimer
Chuck Langden
Eisenhower
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Litness
Lamb
Sacred Heart
Willis Garden Center
5Th & Cherry
U.N. Council
U.S
State
Harely Yao
Pomona
Kansas State College
Manhattan
Ts Whiner
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Harold H. van Horn
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Barber Shop
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Memorial Auditorium
Harold Tickner
Carlos Pence
Ralph Emerson
al Williams
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