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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1958
Page
9
Reporters gather from experts that the Soviet Union may be testing secret Sputniks, preparing a moon shot, or delaying launches to influence world opinion. Analysts differ on ICBMs, precision, and a future manned flight as May Day and diplomacy loom.
Wichita delegates to the 45th annual Kansas Congress of Parents and Teachers urged maximum state aid for elementary and high schools in a resolution to the state legislature now in special session. University of Oregon professor Jennebelle Morhead told the gathering that today’s students face many challenges, especially in science, in the atomic age.
Flags from 91 nations lined Stratford on Avon as scholars and diplomats honored William Shakespeare. Wreaths were laid at his grave in Trinity Church amid pageantry while the Francis Bacon Society pressed a plea to reopen the tomb to prove Bacon wrote the works. The church canon refused to open the grave.
Boston reports 422 large loss fires in 1957 causing at least a quarter million each, totaling nearly 350 million dollars. National Fire Protection Association notes a rise in dollar cost from 1956 and an overall fire loss of 1.275 billion dollars with lives continuing at a similar average.
Rep Bailey predicts House approval of a bill to continue federal aid to schools amid segregation disputes. Opponents debate two amendments to deny aid to districts practicing segregation or to districts with no integration steps. The measure would extend aid at current levels for operation and construction, targeting children whose parents work in defense plants.
An Norfolk widow wills four acres to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals with conditions to maintain a pet cemetery on the site and care for her dogs. She bequeaths 5400 dollars for the care of her dogs and requires the property to serve as an animal shelter.
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