Soldier dress edict spurs commissary ban for wives
In Frankfurt Germany Col John Dilley enforces a dress code banning sport shorts after 6 pm. He demands shirts neckties and coats off duty and warns wives that entry to the commissary may be denied after April 27 for not meeting standards. He bans bare backs halter sun suits shorts blue jeans and pin curlers unless covered. In Stony Brook Miss Julia Henrietta Sherry turns 100 after collecting a long annuity.
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Frankfurt
Germany
John Dilley
Dilley
Cress
Died Yesterday Clarence P. McClellan Dies at 66 in Ottawa
Clarence P. McClellan 66 of 320 S Cedar Ottawa died yesterday at 6 15 p m after a long illness. He was a retired Missouri Pacific station agent with 39 years service also employed by Santa Fe. Born July 19 1888 in Aberdeen DC he lived in Ottawa 43 years. He was a member of First Methodist church and railway lodges. Survived by his widow Mrs Mertle Anderson McClellan a daughter and a son both of Ottawa five grandchildren two brothers and one sister. Funeral Monday at 2 p m at McVey Dengel Mortuary with Rev G R Fosmire officiating. Interment Highland cemetery. Masonic services by Ottawa Lodge No 18 AF AM with PM Charles Watts officiating.
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Clarence P. McClellan
S. Cedar
Missouri Pacific
Santa Fe
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Herington
Ottawa
Aberdeen
D. C
First Methodist Church
Qrider of
Ottawa—Lodge No. 18
Mertle
Anderson McClellan
Robert V. Pence
Paul E. McClellan
James H. McClellan
Mayfield
Kas
Oscar R. McClellan
Wellington
Minstrel by Kiwanis Club in Ottawa senior high
The Ottawa Kiwanis club and Ottawa Barbershop chorus present a minstrel show at the senior high school auditorium on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings to raise funds for a boys camp in Tease Jane. Rev. Monroe Miles will act as interlocutor with end men Ralph Emerson Ed Johnson Julius Raffelock Melvin Cecil Stewart Chester and Dr C W Henning. Two Ottawa quartets Rotachords and Faculty Four also perform alongside cast members Gordon Noland Al Williams Randolph Bundy Noel Douglas David Woods and Ted Dorkins.
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Ottawa Kiwanis Club
Ottawa Barbershop Chorus
Monroe Miles
First Christian Church
Ralph Emerson
Ed Johnson
Julius Raffelock
Melvin Cecil
Stewart Chester
C. W. Henning
Ottawa
Rotachords
P. RR. Jamison
Don Patrick
Bill Barker
Jim Clark
Harold Tickner
Lewis Irwin
Ottawa to hear flood control plan testimony in Washington
Two Ottawans Lamar Phillips and George Lister will testify May 12 before a House flood control sub committee in Washington DC on the Marais des Cygnes project. They address valuation of city flood zone property and the need for an overall valley plan in Kansas and Missouri as $75 000 is sought to start engineering for channel work at Ottawa and one upstream reservoir. The Eisenhower budget asks 30 000 for Ottawa and 45 000 for Pomona reservoir. approved funds would prompt surveys and plans, streamlining Ottawa's river channel, widening banks and installing dikes to protect against extreme floods. Reservoirs aim to lower flood crests, reduce farm flood stages, and minimize major floods to infrequent overflows.
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Washington
DD. C
Marais Des Cygnes
Lamar Phillips
Merald
George Lister
Peoples National Bank
House of Representatives
Lister
Ottawa
Phillips
Kansas
Missouri
Eisenhower
Congress
Pomona
Locust Street
Main Street
City of
Varied Weekend Weather Ahead in Kansas
Weather outlook warns of showers thunderstorms and blowing dust with much cooler temperatures. Northerly gales will drive severe dust in the southwest this afternoon as a cool front follows the wind. Tonight and tomorrow bring cooler conditions across the state with western showers. Ottawa reported a high of 82 yesterday and a low of 61 this morning. Minnick's open Evenings.
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Kansas
Weather Bureau
Ottawa
Schedules Set For Square Dances Around Ottawa Area
The Ottawa Promenaders and nearby clubs announce their next season schedule starting in fall. Ottawa opens September 27 with regular dances on the second and fourth Tuesdays through fall winter and spring. An October 3 beginners class begins meeting the first second and fourth Mondays until 42 lessons are completed. Osawatomie dances on first and third Wednesdays Garnett on second and fourth Wednesdays and Richmond on the third Monday each month. T Robinson of Olathe serves as caller.
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Ottawa Promenaders
Ottawa
Osawatomie
Garnett
Richmond
T. Robinson
Olathe
Bank Robber Is in Jail
A University of Kansas freshman, Byron Eugene Byerley, is jailed in Douglas County after being arrested in Lawrence for the Centerville State Bank robbery. He allegedly confessed to the crime, stating he wanted dates and money like other boys. Bond set at $15,000.
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Byron Eugene Byerley
Centerville
U. S. Commissioner’s Office
Kansas City
Francis Floersch
FBI
Kas
Kansas
Andotte County
State Bank
Lawenec
U. S
Edward IR. Pelich
Byerley
Douglas County
Billy Hodson
Osawatomie Man Killed in Pipeline Explosion
Osawatomie Kas. resident Paul Myers aged 46 was killed when a Phillips pipeline exploded near Osawatomie Calif. yesterday. He was a welder's helper trapped by flames. He leaves a widow and two daughters. New York's Grand Central Station uses three hands on its clocks to show standard and daylight time.
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California
Paul Myers
Osawatomie
Kas
Myers
Phillips
Here
New York
Grand Central Station
Survival City Civil Defense Test Targets Town
LAS VEGAS New The atomic age civil defense test known as Operation Cue will blow a section of Survival City in place to study city survival under atomic attack. The project costs 1 750 000 with industry supplying over a million dollars in materials and equipment. More than 150 firms have contributed to the multimillion dollar experiment that will destroy ten homes six industrial structures a radio station two power systems gas lines fuel tanks and four communications towers over 100 feet tall.
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Las Vegas
New
Survival City
Federal Civil Defense Administration
Rail Strike Widens To Other Lines
The 41 day L and N strike widens as passenger and freight lines in Birmingham Alabama suffer curtailments. Pickets guard yards used by Sinois Central Frisco and Central of Georgia while mediation attempts unfold. The dispute involves 25,000 workers with issues over family financed health insurance and arbitration terms amid related Southern Bell walkout tensions. Violence from earlier days at Sperry Gyroscope Lake Success wanes after pact to limit pickets.
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Sinois Central Frisco Lines
Central
Georgia
L&n
National Mediation Board
CLO Communications
Southern Bell Telephone Co
Alabama
Mississsippi
Atlanta
Sperry
Lake Success
N. Y
Accidents At Logan And Main In Two City Crashes
Two rear end crashes at Logan and Main last night raised city wrecks this year to 68. At about 8 pm a 1955 Chevrolet driven by Archie Viers 44 of Topeka was stopped for a red light and hit from behind by a 1955 Ford driven by Arthur Peugh 72 of Richmond causing 150 dollar damage to the Chevrolet and about 25 to the Ford. The second crash occurred near 10 pm when a northbound 1949 Ford driven by John Schule 36 of Ottawa stopped at a light and was hit in the rear by a 1952 Studebaker driven by Charles Beller 43 of Kansas City. The Ford incurred about 75 damage and the Studebaker about 125.
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Logan
Main
Archie Viers
Toipeka
Arthur Peugh
Richmond
Ford
John Schule
Rt. 4
Ottawa
Studebaker
Charles Beller
Kansas City
Weather forecast notes gusty winds and cool temperatures
Northerly gale and severe dust warnings target the southwest. Gales extend west this afternoon with dust, showers and thunderstorms in the east, cooler conditions in the west. Tonight and Sunday turn much cooler, with highs 55 to 65 and a low around 34 to 40 in the northwest. Yesterday’s high 82, low today 61, river at 0.85 feet.
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Weaymy
Red China offers talks with U S on Formosa tension
At the Asian African conference Chou En Lai proposed negotiations with the United States to ease Far East tensions including Formosa. Premier Nehru avoided immediate comment while Burma's Nu called it a good step. U S does not recognize the Communist regime.
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Bandung
Indonesia
Chou Enlai
Red China
United States
Far East
Formusa
Asia
Chow
United States of America
Tanwan
Formosa
Mohammed Ali
Pakistan
Chou
Washingtoun
Colombo
Thailand
China
Philippines
India
Ceylon
Burma
T Nu
Nehru
Soviet Union
Ottawa High Band Performs Annual Spring Concert
Ottawa High School presents its annual spring band concert Monday night in Memorial Auditorium under the direction of William Barker and J. P. Feighner with Gary West as tenor soloist and Jolyn Swirner as student director. The program features Queen City march, The Eulenspiegel's Pranks, Ballade in D Minor, Symphony No. 5, Light Cavalry, His Honor march, and A Tribute to Glen Miller among others, with extensive band personnel listed across woodwinds, brass, percussion, and auxiliary sections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa High School
Memorial Auditorium
William Barker
J. P. Feighner
Gary West
Jolyn Senter
Swirner
Queen City
Eulenspiegel
D Miner
Light Cavalry
Maria
Gary W Solomst
Londonderry
J. Ner
March Senter
Stars
Strever
Joyce Cutting ‘Brink
Janet Reed
Louann Lowrance
Jeffries
Larry Bancroft
Carrlee Burns
Karen Chapman
Susie Parker
Ruthie Bemmels
Jimmy Reedey
Eila Mae Dencker
Marilyn Henning
Marilyn
Beeson
Delores Beehtle
Malvein
Henry Busse Died Today
Memphis fans mourn as Henry Busse, renowned bandleader and trumpeter, dies at a hotel from a heart ailment. The famed maestro, long admired in jazz circles, passed away today leaving a legacy of prolific recordings and orchestral leadership.
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Henry Busse
Memphis
Teno
Line of thunderstorms moves through Kansas and Missouri
Weather bureau bulletin warns a line of thunderstorms will develop around 9 a.m. in Southeastern Kansas and Eastern Oklahoma, moving east at 35 mph, entering Southwestern Missouri by noon. Tornadoes and diminishing winds are expected in northeast Oklahoma, extreme southeast Kansas, and Southwest Missouri as far northeast as Columbia and Rolla, Mo., until 3 p.m.
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Kansas City
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Columbia and
Rolla
Car rolls over on slick US59 near Princeton
A southbound 1955 Willys driven by Norval Nell, 23, Chanute, overturned on slick pavement about 3 a.m. on US59 a mile south and east of Princeton after he touched the brakes in a curve. Nell uninjured. damage estimated at 200 dollars. car towed to Garnett.
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AW Auto
Princeton
Art Jensen
Willys
Norval Nell
Chanute
Nell
Jensen
Neff
Plea in County Court Over Petty Larceny Case
Henry Neal pleaded guilty in county court yesterday to two counts of petty larceny arising from thefts last Saturday. The grand larceny charge was reduced to petty larceny due to property value. Sentences on both counts run consecutively in GW class jail. Wendell Kings, the other suspect, faces county court on Monday. Neal and Kings were arrested after taking spark plugs from Gilmore service station and five shirts and a pair of shoes from the Montgomery Ward store.
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Henry Neal
Neal
County Attourney
Jack Byrd
Milo Ha
Wendell Kings
Burlington
Rings
Gilmore
Montgomery Wid
Etchen, Coffeyville Trap Shooter, Dies at 73
Frank A. Etchen of Coffeyville died early today at 73 after a heart attack. He was a member of the Etchen brothers trap shooting team. Lamb Ambulance phone 380.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Etchen
Coffeyville
Coffeyville, Kas
Frank A. Etchen
Etchen Brothers
Lamb Ambulance
New Train Schedule Adjusts Santa Fe Lines
Changes take effect Sunday April 24 due to daylight saving. The Super Chief and Chief depart Los Angeles one hour earlier and reach Chicago earlier. specific Kansas City arrival times shift to 4:35 a.m. and 12:35 a.m. respectively. Westbound schedules largely unchanged.
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Santa Fe
Los Angeles
Chicago
Kansas City
Capitan
San Francisco
Ottawa Junction
Lords Aan
Wwam
Kinses City
Grand Canyon
Albuquerque
California
Ottawa
Kansas
Tulsan
Kansan City
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N.Y
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Miss Sherry
Sherry
C. P. McClellan
Kiwanis Club
Jane
Minnick's
Blackhawk Street
Cherry
Byron Eugene Byarley
Dean Driscoll
Herald
Bob Leonard
Herald Office
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Birmingham
Ala
U.S
America
Smokey
Animal Shelter
Bub Leunard
Ottawa High Band
Karl Fog
Tonne ]Yevers
Terry Vogler
Morgan Williams
Jeredith Williams
Douglas Argh
Fathleen Archer
Kenneth Suftrun
Mary Pickenpaugh
Pat Beller
Don England
Bobby Kile
Paul June
Dewnis Canger
Bill Keen
Bruce Moses
Gary Hornbuckle
Teddy Coons
Frank Johnson
Jimmy Sands
Ronnie Jeffries
Bill Cultrane
Steven Mudrick
Jack Stewart
Jimmy Shelden
Warren Bruner
Jarrett Clinton
Shelden Mesis
Deanna Hood
Roger Burgusaphane
Land Baker
Ma Hoopes
Tympaniuel Berglund
Danny Amos
Repson
Sugene
Parr
Valera Niehaus
Juv Flaming
Carolyn Senter
Ary Burgess
le Gortun
Charles
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