Tornado moves bond miles away and back to owners
An Oklahoma tornado carried a $25 savings bond 136 miles from Newkirk to F R Herron near Williamsburg, who returned it to the Klines after they reported their home leveled and personal papers lost. Nearby, 44 volunteers plowed 100 acres and planted 60 acres of corn at the Perry Dunn farm as Spring farm work finished in one day. A new Beetle Bailey comic debuts in tonight's Herald on page 7.
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Newkirk
Okla
F. R. Herron
Williamsburg
Herron
Earl D
Marie Kline
Klines
Oklahoma
Perry Dunn
Princeton
Dunn
Dunn Farm
Princeton Wscs
Beetle Bailey
Herald
Mort Walker
el Dorado
the Herald
Wellsville Graduation Set With Commencement Speaker
Wellsville high school seniors will graduate with Dr. Don Davis of Emporia State College delivering the commencement address on May 2. The 37 graduates include Merritt Ball Barbara Blackwell Dorothy Brecheisen Donald Caruthers Wanda Clark Ella Cobb Irene Cook Betty Cook Samuel Davidson Jay DeGarmo Ally Good Gary Farrell Fred Hull and others. The senior class will also perform the play Me and My Shadow on April 27 and take a trip to Lake Taneycomo May 3 to 6. Class night is May 19.
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Wellsville High School
Don Davis
Emporia State College
Wellsville
Merritt Ball
Barbara Blackwell
Dorothy Brecheisen
Donald Caruthers
Wanda Clark
Ella Cobb
Irene
Betty Cook
Samuel Davidson
Jay DeGarmo
Ally. Good
Gary Farrell
Fred Hull
Wen Rabaul
Pansh Dink
Han
Weacu
Micur
Ard Michael
Floyd Mignot
San
Dra Moyer
Mary
Rex Murhach
Phy
Kay O’connor
Jack Olmstead
Sonja Putney
Leslie Ruddell
Maran
Tha Rhoades
Alfreda Sawyer
Scott
Gloria Seyler
Seyler
Mona Shields
Almeda Sin
Mains
Blough Grocery
George Lister
S. Main
Lake Taneycomo
Missouri
Commissioners Study Problem Of New County Nursing Home
Franklin County commissioners study options for a county nursing home inclining legality of building on Ransom Memorial Hospital grounds remodeling the old county home at Ottawa site new construction or relocating the facility They expect federal help and list advisory members from Wellsville Richmond Pomona Ottawa and beyond.
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New County Nursing Home
Franklin County
Franklin County Board of Social Welfare
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Ottawa
Ethel Green
Welfare Board
Lucky Hostetler
H. E. DeTar
Wellsville
Lee Perkins
Richmond
Nick Huderson
Pomona
W. J. Robinson
Ane
R. S. Roberts
W. H. Myers
Robert McCrea
W. R. Lancaster
Robert A. Anderson
Training School For HDU Leaders In Franklin County
Leaders of Home Demonstration Units of Franklin county will attend a civil defense training school here next Friday and Saturday. Miss Martha Brill of Kansas State College will give the lesson at the Masonic temple starting at 10 a.m. both days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County
Mary Dean Holle
Martha Brill
Kansas State College
Manhattan
Masonic Temple
Drake Relays Queen Named for Des Moines Meet
Des Moines next weekend will host the Drake Relays with Marilyn Mim Pugh a 10 year old sophomore from Emporia State Teachers' College named as queen.
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Des Moines
Emporia
Kas
Marilyn
Pugh
Award Priority To Loan Company In Foreclosure Case
The Ottawa Building & Loan Association won priority over lienholders for 1900 dollars used to buy lots for seven houses in four related foreclosure actions. Judge Floyd H. Coffman ruled Saturday, revising prior allocations but not affecting three houses where the Building & Loan held priority. Remaining judgments total 34660 dollars to the loan association and 14446 dollars to suppliers, with new motions set for Thursday.
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Ottawa Building & Loan Association
Floyd H. Coffman
Building & Loan
Loan Association
Jin District Court
Weather Forecast Heights of Cloudy and Rain Likely Statewide
Partly cloudy to cloudy this afternoon tonight and Tuesday with occasional rain or snow across the state. Cooler conditions in the extreme east this afternoon, continued cool tonight and Tuesday. Low tonight in the lower 30s, high Tuesday in the 40s northeast to 50s southwest. Weekend records noted with temperatures around 84 and 28 to 63 through the period. Yesterday was partly cloudy with a trace of precipitation and northeast wind.
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Dacm
Ottawa
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Seek Increase In Pullman Fares In Topeka Hearing
A request for a 7 percent fare hike on Pullman sleeping car and parlor car routes will be heard by the Kansas Corporation Commission on May 18 in Topeka. The filing signals potential price changes affecting travelers on intercity rail service in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas Corporation Commission
Tired Of Being Picked On Boy Murders Entire Family
An 11-year-old boy with poor eyesight killed his mother father and older brother, saying they had picked on him and he feared reform school. He shot Richard Jr, Beatrice, and Richard Sr in a rural Mansfield home, then told police he reloaded and prepared for a next shot. He was committed to Norwich state hospital for 30 days mental examination.
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Mansfield
Conn
Robert Curgenven
Hartford
Robert
State Hospital
Norwich
Harry Taylor
Richard Jr
Sia
Richard
Beatric
Wellsville Kas
Wellsville Board of Education
Ghawn Tha Hanet
Reds Issue Broad Claims On H Bombs
In Birmingham Khrushchev claimed the Soviet Union will soon have guided missiles carrying an H bomb and said Russia already exploded an H bomb from an airplane. He asserted the United States first bomb came from a ground installation while warning against fists and hostility during a visit with Bulganin in Britain.
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Birmingham
England
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Soviet Communist Party
Chamber of Commerce
Russia
United States
Khrushchev
Nikolai Bulganin
Anthony Eden
Water Shortage Forces Erie School Vacation
In Erie Colorado the high and elementary schools closed as a severe water shortage prompted an unscheduled break voted by the local board of education. Town officials urged residents to cut water use while a ditch feeding the reservoir from South Boulder Canyon undergoes cleaning, expected to finish by Wednesday.
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Erie
Colo
Weld
Board of Education
William PD. Selvi
Boulder Canyon
Fred Wilson
Brace For Floods As Snow Melts
Idaho flood fighters brace for the spring runoff from a heavy snowpack. Rivers in northern and southern Idaho are rising as fast melting snow spills onto farms and threatens dikes in several communities. Temperatures climbed above 80 degrees as a south moving cold front and rain slow the thaw somewhat.
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Boise
Idaho
Weather Bureau
Ford Profit Rises in First Quarter Report
Ford Motor Co reports a net profit of 73700 dollars for the first quarter, with earnings reflecting improved operations. The automaker notes steady demand and cost controls as it outlines results for the period ending in March.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Six Drivers Cited for Passing Zone Violation on US 80
Six drivers were charged with passing in a single passing zone on US 80 north of Ottawa this weekend. All are set to appear in county court Saturday. Highway Patrolmen Boh County, Dee Montgomery, and Eric DeGraffenveid made the arrests. Citations listed multiple individuals with addresses and names including Log 10 Prokhauser Lamont Donald G. Mirth 6113 Thy Jack L. Perry Wichita Richard Larkin 2205 Cherry Owen KB Root Parker and Charles J. Mason rt. 4 Ottawa.
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US 80
Ottawa
Boh County
Dee Montgomery
Eric DeGraffenveid
Prokhauser
Lamont
Donald G. Mirth
Thy Jack L. Perry
Wichita
Richard Larkin
Cherry
Owen KB
Root
Parker
Charles J. Mason
Rt. 4
Won Prizes In Lamb-Wool Show At Fair Grounds
About 30 Franklin countians participated in a lamb and wool show at the fair grounds south of Ottawa Friday afternoon. Seven pens of five lambs each and 20 fleeces were shown. In heavy lambs over 85 pounds Chester and Raymond Wagner of Richmond won first and second. Mrs. Clare Lewis Princeton took third with orphan lambs raised on the bottle. Jack Sawin Princeton took fourth. In light weight lambs Jack Sawin won. Leste Hunter Pomona was second. Tomer Bishop Princeton third. In fine wool Homer Bishop Princeton swept first to third. Jack Luwin had fourth and fifth. In medium wool Homer Bishop Princeton placed first, third, fourth and fifth. Jerry Hobbs Princeton second. Door prizes of 5 and 2.50 went to Lloyd Daugharthy Ottawa and Jerry Hobbs Princeton. Lambs judged by Allen Risinger Anderson county farm agent. wool by Frank Stigall Midwest Wool Growers Cooperative Kansas City Mo.
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Franklin
Fair Grounds
Ottawa
Chester
Raymond Wagner
Richmond
Clare Lewis
Princeton
Jack Sawin
Jack Saw
Lloyd Daugharthy
Jerry Hobbs
Allen Risinger
Anderson County
Frank Stigall
Midwest Wool Growers Cooperative
Kansas City
Light Snow Falls In New England
Light snow swept across the Northeast delaying traffic and confusing commuters. Snow totals varied from 11 inches in Prattsville New York to 4 inches in northern New Jersey and an inch in Connecticut, with Maine reporting a third straight day of light snowfall.
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New York
Prattsville
Catskills
New Jersey
Connecticut
Maine
Free World Unity Asked By Dulles
A Willow street residents meeting sought cost details for paving a street and a county project. County Engineer Pred Garden to assess expense. Attendees included Shaw, Mouls, Williamson, Christo, Hanes, Kirkendall, Weldner, Dawson and others. Dulles urged NATO evolution toward broader unity and regional defense, stressing UN and OAS roles and warning against Soviet aggression. He called for developing NATO beyond its initial phase and strengthening free world cooperation.
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Willow Street
Piomney
Caunery
Don White
Ith
15Th
White
Tl. J. Shaw
Lyle Mo
New York
Dulles
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Associated Press
NATO
Moscow
Organization of American States
Ans
OAS
Bas
Ingas
Ist
Moles
Washington
George C. Mareshall
Harvard University
Marshall
United States
Timoe
Tome
Paris
Free World
Dues
Russia
U.S
Ottawa University choir concert opens Hospitality Day events
A large audience attended the Ottawa University choir concert at First Baptist Church as part of Hospitality Day celebrating the university birthday. Open House tours in Wilson Field House showcased new men’s residence halls with student guides. reception followed.
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Ottawa University
First Baptist Church
Russell Crifey
Eliic Commiitee
Wilson Field House
Dala Purcall
W. D. Bemmels
Iindings
Wilhousky
Z. S. Bach
Joe Henning II
Carol Wiles
Peter
Vera Makin
Raymond Lucas
God
Rachmaninoff
Ivanoff
Edgar D. Kerr
Ozawa
Kerr
Prisoners Escape Near Leavenworth
Three military prisoners, all due for release within months, were being sought today by military and civilian police near Leavenworth.
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Fy, Leavenworth
Cigar Smoker Seen As Adult Thumb Sucker
Oklahoma City report quotes Dr. Maury Massler of Illinois College of Dentistry at the Oklahoma State Dental Assn meeting. He compares smoking and nail biting to thumb sucking and gum chewing as normal tension relief, urging understanding for children’s habits while advising intervention if habits persist beyond early childhood. Massler links gum chewing to typewriter era origins and notes adults may still use such habits to cope.
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Oklahoma City
Maury Massler
University of Ilinois’ College of Dentistry
Massler
Oklahoma State Dental Assny
Wiinois
Stenog Dallas
Tex
W.A
Shy
Net Raphers
Autherine Lucy
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Ottawa Production Credit
National Farm Loan Association
Lindel Chism, of
Lamar Phillips
Charles Ott
Wakeeney
C. M. Ott
Lawrence
Memorial Auditor
K. U
Jason
Sion
OC. M.otts
Kenneth &. Andrews
A. C. Richeson
Fin
Ivan Brown
Sts. & Utilities
S. Cedar
HDU
Drake
Quien
Lamb Ambulance
J. Ray Piper
Gower, Mo
Bnnys Uelease
Will Jacobs
Tahlequah
Oklo
Laurice Messing
Baker University
Barbara Baker
Chanute
Reds
Ford
Harry Gilliland
Kansas State Association of Fire Chiefs
Parsons
Johny Miller
Don Jones
State Firemen’s Association
A. C. Keen
Newton
Patrol
New England
Free World Unity
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