Side Swipes and Mural of Local Events in Ottawa
A tape recorder district office plot in Garnett forces consultations and records inquiries. Ottawa Steed Products employees plan a Kansas City trip by three chartered buses to the game, meeting at 11:30 at the plant. Seventh and eighth graders host a GAA party at Ottawa High School with about 130 students, dancing set to Swing Kings, amid a night club themed gym. Judy Jamison hosts, with many dance styles performed by students and musical numbers by Judy Peters. CHICAGO W: Wolfson concedes control of Montgomery Ward board battle. stockholders vote on nine directors, aiming to seize control from Avery. Proceedings include disputes over timing and debate, with an outcome to be decided in weeks. First Baptist church notes a White Elephant sale, seeking clothing and housewares for pickup.
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Ottawa Steed Products Co., Inc
Kansas City
Ottawa
GAA
Ottawa High School
Marjorie Lancaster
Judy Jamison
Susan McBride
Ross Martin
Cheryl Mack
Pat Lister
Margie Jiminez
Richard
Oliva
Dixie
Wollam
Stevie Harris
Angel Baldwin
Cindy Hall
Dixie Wollam
Joyce Pederson
Judy Peters
Chicago
W—Louis Fi
Wolfson
Montggomery Ward & Co
Avery
Wolfson Group
John Barr
Ward
David Goodkind
Woodmere
N.Y
Goodkind
Barr
Grey
Merger Plan Meeting on Consolidating Four Rural Schools
The steering committee chosen to discuss plans for the consolidation of Appanoose Michigan Valley Quenemo and Pomona rural schools will meet at Pomona High School on April 27. John Vleming Franklin County superintendent announced a general consolidation meeting date to be set for Pomona next four months. Harold Gottschamer Vernon Parks Frank Tucker Roy Driver Fleming Leroy Hood Osage County high school principal and Paul Crawford will attend in advisory capacities.
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Pomona High School
Appanoose
Michigan Valley
Quenemo
Pomona
John Vleming
Franklin County
Harold Gottschamer
Vernon Parks
Frank Tucker
Roy Driver
Quenemo i Fleming, Leroy Hood, Ottawa. High School Principal, and Osage County
Paul Crawlford
Air Attack on Emporia Farmer
Emporia farmer Gene Jones reports fending off an airborne attack while working in his field. He struck at a bird he believed to be a blue heron with his hand, then used a wrench after the bird recovered, breaking its neck on a second strike.
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Emporia
Gene Jones
Jones
Kansas students oppose university honor system vote
Lawrencedaily notes KU students rejected an honor system plan by the University Veterans Organization 11 to 1 in Wednesday's student election. George Sheldon of Salina was elected student body president with Beverly Jackson of Merriam as vice president, while Sheldon's brother Richard had held the post two years earlier. Emporia State Teachers College renamed UW Music Hall to Frank A Beach Hall honoring a former department head.
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Lawrence
University of Kansas
University
University Veterans Organization
George Sheldon
Salina
Beverly Jackson
Merriam
Sheldon
Richard
Emporia UW — Music Hall
Emporia State Teachers College
Frank A. Beach
Weather forecast details with cloudiness and storms
Considerable cloudiness this afternoon tonight and Saturday with a few thunderstorms central tonight and scattered showers and thunderstorms east Saturday afternoon. Warmer west tonight turning cooler northwest with shifting winds Saturday afternoon. Low tonight 50s west to 60s east. high Saturday 75 to 85. Hourly temperatures show cool and mild readings, record highs and lows noted for date. Yesterday clear with light wind. river level 88 feet.
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My. TK LLP
Wien
Eighth Grade Graduation Service Set for Franklin County
Commencement for 55 eighth grade pupils will be held May 6 at the First Baptist church. County Superintendent John Fleming says 28 rural schools will graduate this year as rural schools close for summer. Ottawa University Educ. head J. O. Cullison to speak. Rev. Robert B. Craig to give invocation and benediction. an accordion trio will perform. reading by Eula May Cartmill. Patsy Richardson to play prelude.
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Franklin County
First Baptist Church
John Fleming
Fleming
J. O. Cullison
Ottawa University Department of Education
Robert B. Craig
Trinity Methodist Church
Carolee Ferrer
Louann Lawrance
Patricia Williams
Eula May Cart
Mill
Cole School
Patsy Richardson
Ottawa High School
Minneola
Ruth Kingery
Bonnie Kay English
Centropolis
Marjorie Giffin
Donna Altic
Charley Clark
Dallas Turner
Oakland
Carroll Wells
Deanna Arlington
Albert Crawford
Harrold Pennington
Emery Green
Lucille Meyer
David Crockett
Peoria
Bessie Stewart
John Morgan
Kenneth Evans
Charles Finch
Max Wi
Joan Hay
Gayle Hamiston
Fouls
Arlene Warren
Shirley Wadkins
Hawkins
Ina Bainer
Alfred Jacob
Greenwood
Marguerite Reed
Norman Jean Steichter
David Reekie
Edwin Pippenger
Cole
Odena Detwiler
Eula May Cartmill
Howard Curtis
Briles
Alice Broers
Karen Ritehal
Baxter
Grace Hooking
Tex Klink
Chapel Hill
Mabel Nordyke
John Wells
Liberty
Rachel Corbett
Cynthia Blakeman
Tapley
Roxie Riley
Gene Platt
Elm Grove
Stella Gould
Eloise McFadden
Nancy Reed
Larry Glaser
LeLoup
Marjorie Stewart
Carolyn Sue Greaves
John Houdashelt
Hope
Orpha Haney
Donnie Downey
Robert Sobba
Marlin
Edna Beuthien
Earl Heckman
Floyd Heckman
Valley View
Louise Pohl
Helen Moody
Deanna Brinkman
Chippewa
Mae Hunter
Mary Dawson
Gale Foster
Larry Ledom
Arland Hildebrandt
Homewood
Harold Stevens
Karen Hendrix
Elizabeth Johannes
Clinton Everson
Bill, Fabert
Showers Forecast Over Kansas Tonight Through Tomorrow
The weather bureau announced a cool front will drop temperatures in the northwest tomorrow. It will bring strong shifting winds as storms are expected in the eastern part of the state tomorrow afternoon. Ottawa reported moderate fog this morning with a 56 degree low. yesterday’s high was 81.
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Kansas
Weather Bureau
Ottawa
Five Burned as Gasoline Fire at Salina Station
Five men were burned, two critically, when overflowing gasoline at a Salina service station caught fire. Firemen saved five, removing them from the area and rescuing large fuel tanks. Critical injuries were reported for Jack Fairman, 19, employee at Baker service station, and W. Bumsted, a custodian.
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Salina
Jack
Fairman
U.I .U. Baker
Benjamin Bumsted
Optimistic Over Chances of Separated Siamese Twins
In Chicago Mercy Hospital surgeons led by Dr. Harold Voris separated head joined twin girls Deborah Marie and Christine Mary. Doctors described the operation as successful and “guardedly optimistic” with the twins showing good early condition. The procedure took about 44 hours, faster than a 1952 separation. The girls have separate sagittal sinuses and dura, aiding brain protection. Their mother, nurse Mrs. Wilfred J. Andrews, and father, a meat packing salesman, await further news as the twins recover.
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Chicago
Andrews
Mercy Hospital
Harold Voris
Brodie
Rodney Brodie
Roger
Brodies
Deborah Marie
Christine
Mary
Voris
Joh W. Bag
Ret
Catholic Hospitals
Wilfred J. Andrews
Crippled Child Burned To Death in Kentucky Fire
In Winchester Kentucky a severely disabled girl named Bobbie Jean Shelton aged about 12 died when a fire trapped her in a wheelchair at the family farm while parents were away. An ambulance was summoned but she could not be saved.
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Winchester, Ky
Bobbie Jean Shelton Sait
Lamb
Heads Drive For Cowboy Museum Heads Drive For Cowboy Museum TOPEKA
Elkhart publisher Mayberry was named chairman of a statewide drive to fund a Dodge City cowboy museum. Gray Graham announced the post and said at least $50,000 has been pledged toward a $1,000,000 goal. The campaign will push lifetime memberships from $1 to $5,000.
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Topeka
Willard Mayberry
Elkhart
Dodge City
Mayberry
Gray Graham
Fred Wath
Gradwin
Phog Allen To Address Richmond High Seniors
University of Kansas coach Phog Allen will address Rich mond high school seniors at the May 20 senior exercises. Principal L. Dillon announced. Baccalaureate for Richmond graduates is May 15 with Rev. Paul Davis speaking. 1955 graduates include Arlene Berry Merle Feuerburn Charles Feuerborn Carmen Grestencord Louis Hart Arlo Flerman treck Everett Hess Dorothy Kipsper Jeanette Kueser Sally McDonald Bobby Mersham Sandra Oestreicher Marjorie Roeckers Ronnie Sims and David Wittman.
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F. C
Phog” Allen
University of Kansas
Rich‘mond High School
Soinrencenney
L. Dillon
Polio Serum Display at Ottawa University Open House
Ottawa University marks 90th anniversary with an open house featuring a Salk vaccine display. Prof Bexer Berndt and Dr Josephyne Davis arrange demonstrations across departments including biology chemistry and psychology. Dr John Bacon shows a microscope with Marais des Cygne water. a KTJO-FM studio program begins at 8 30 p m with views from Tai Jones hall observation room.
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Ottawa University
Bexer Berndt
Josephyne Davis
John Bacon
Charles Southard
Ktjo-Fm
Tai
Jones Hall
Nehru Attacks NATO At Asian African Conference
India’s Prime Minister Nehru condemned NATO as a protector of colonialism at Bandung Indonesia urging a neutralist stance for the Asian African conference. He rejected both Communist and anti Communist powers and urged coexistence as the meeting faced a split over charges of communist colonialism.
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Bandung
Indonesia
Nehru
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Fatin Rustu Zollu
Turkey
NATO
India
United States
Britain
France
Western Powers Accept Russia for Foreign Ministers Meeting
Britain and France accepted Russia's bid for a foreign ministers meeting at the earliest practicable date to restore Austria's independence. A proviso requires ambassadors of the major powers to meet Austrian officials in Vienna on May 2 to complete preliminaries for the higher level talk. The State Department released a 200 word Moscow note delivered today by the Western Big Three ambassadors.
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Washington
United States
Britain
France
Russia
Austria
Vienna
State Department
Iit
Moscow
Vaccine For All Under 10 Years
Washington report says the government estimates sufficient polio vaccine will be available by August to immunize all children under ten whose parents wish it. The forecast reflects a planned nationwide effort to protect younger children from polio.
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Washington
K U Freshman Confesses Robbing Centerville Bank
KU freshman admits involvement in Centerville bank robbery and related notes. Jailed pending further proceedings, authorities state the case remains under investigation with continued follow up expected.
Cars Collide On West 15th Near Ottawa
Two vehicles collided about 10 30 p m last night one mile west of Ottawa on 15th street. Galen D Dodd 16 of 829 N Hickory driving a 1940 Chevrolet north collided with a westbound 1955 Cadillac driven by Gilbert Wo Ponton 76 of Ottawa. No injuries. Dodd cited for failing to yield right of way and for license violation. will appear in county court April 30. Damages estimated at 200 on the Cadillac and 75 on the Chevrolet.
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Ottawa
15Th Street
Art Jensen
Galen D. Dodd
Hickory
Gilbert Wo. Ponton
Dodd
Jensen
theCadillac
Chevrolet
Ottawa High School Judging Team Heads to State Contest
A vocational agriculture judging team from Ottawa High School will compete in the 32nd State Vo Ag Judging and Farm Mechanics contest May 2 and 3 at Kansas State College in Manhattan. Members are Duane Anderson Emery Corbett and Gerald Schneider with alternates Mariel Macy and Charles Lundstedt. Instructor is S Borgsma. About 225 teams are expected statewide for the event.
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Ottawa High School
Kansas State College
Ottawa
Duane Anderson
Emery Corbett
Gerald Schneider
Mariel Macy
Charles Lundstedt
S. Borgsma
Manhattan
Living Costs Held Steady in March Says Bureau
The government reports March living costs unchanged at 114.3 percent of the 1947-49 average, marking the fourth straight month of stability and the longest period since World War II era. It cost about $1.14 to buy what a dollar bought in 1947-49.
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Washington “P
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bound Over On Charge Involving Mortgaged Property
Ouswa woman Flo Stark is bound over to district court after a Justice court preliminary hearing on concealing mortgaged property. Starr posted bond after a habeas corpus ruling allowed release, then was re-arrested and released again. district court awaits September term. County Attorney Jack Byrd led the state case.
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Justice Court
Flo Stark
Bankers Investment Company of
Wichita
Gardner P. Walker
Milo Harris
William Bowers
Fear Strike Threat Hits Parke Davis Vaccine Plant
Government officials feared a walkout by 2,000 Parke Davis & Co. workers in Detroit as contract talks broke down on Thursday. The plant churns out a major portion of Salkpolia vaccine, and fears of a strike rose as negotiations stalled ahead of the May 1 contract expiry.
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Parke, Davis & Co
Detroit
Daylight Saving Time Begins Across Major Regions
Daylight saving time takes effect at 2 a.m. Sunday in the most populous U.S. areas, shifting clocks to 3 a.m. and giving longer evenings. About 70 million Americans will adjust while 81 million remain on standard time, with changes sweeping New England to Nevada and major cities, while the south and central states stay on regular time. Farmers note milk timings. markets in New York shift automatically to daylight time amid talk of extending the period to late October in the Northeast.
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Elgin Observatory
Elvin
New England
New York
New Jersey
Washington, D.C
Delaware
Fornia
Nevada
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Uwknews
Onn
Indiana
Kentucky
South
Great Central
United States
New York City
New York State
Loot Recovered From Culvert After Centerville Bank Robbery
Byron Eugene Byerley, a Kansas University freshman, was arrested in Lawrence with the $400 Centerville State Bank robbery loot, later located in a North Ottawa culvert. The FBI and Sheriff Hodson reported Byerley confessed after initial denials, and notes say the bandit abducted bank cashier James Warren, entered via a window, and fled after taking about $40. Maximum penalty for bank robbery is 25 years.
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Center+ville State bank
Linn County
Kansas University
Lawrence
Ottawa
Byron Eugene Byerley
Centerville
W. G. Simon
Kansas City
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Simon
Byerley
FBI
Billy C. Hadson
Douglas County
Blackhawk Street
Cherry
Madson
Bill Troyer
Harper
Kas
Troyer
Fraternity
Max Fessler
Hodson
James B. Warren
Warren
Jayhawk
FRE
U.S
Made High Mark In Math Tests At Ottawa High
Ruth Berminels a Ottawa High School junior scored the top mark in national mathematics tests held yesterday and received a pin. Marilyn Henning a junior and Fio Henning a senior along with Gary Fredricks a junior were among top placers whose papers advanced to the national contest announced by Miss Nora Evana mathematics teacher who praised eleven students.
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Ruth Berminels
Ottawa High School
Wenng
Marilyn Henning
Fio Henning
Gary Fredricks
Nora Evana
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