Scouts from Ottawa join 1958 Kansas Kaw Scoutorama demonstrations
Representatives of two Ottawa troops of the Boy Scouts of America will be among 10 000 Scouts at the 1958 Scoutorama in the American Royal Building Kansas City. Troop 74 Garfield School and a Baldwin troop will present an archery demonstration while Troop 77 First Methodist Church will showcase a pioneering demonstration. The two day event runs tonight and Saturday with Ottawa Scouts performing both nights.
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Ottawa
Boy Scouts of America
Kansas Kaw Council
American Royal Building
Kansas City
Garfield School
Baldwin
First Methodist Church
Bowling Banquet Draws Ottawa Bowler Delegation
About 300 bowlers will gather at the Armory for the City Bowling Association Banquet in Ottawa. A 7 p.m. dinner follows, with an awards program led by Ben Nicholas and Mary Lou Burgoon. Dean Nossinger will MC, with invocation and welcome speeches from the two presidents.
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Ottawa
Armory
City Bowling Association
Ben Nicholas
Men’s Association
Mary Lou Burgoon
Women's Association
Nicholas
Montgomery Ward To Build Warehouse
Montgomery Ward & Co plans a multi million dollar warehouse and distribution center in Kansas City Missouri. John A Barr, board chairman and president, said construction will start next month with completion in December. The firm will also build nine new full line department stores in nine cities, making the Kansas City warehouse a central supply point for 137 Montgomery Ward stores in Kansas Missouri and parts of Iowa Arkansas and Oklahoma.
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Chicago
Montgomery Ward & Co
Kansas City
John A. Barr
Montgomery-Ward
Kansas
Missouri
Iowa
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Weather county forecast partial clouds and rising temps
county forecast shows partly cloudy skies with gradually rising temperatures from this afternoon through Saturday. today highs 55 to 63 with tonight’s low 35 to 40, Saturday highs 55 to 60. yesterday’s high 60, river stage this morning 2.76 feet.
Jobless Pay Legislation Is Stalled
Washington House Rules Committee split as opposition labels the Democratic plan for federal jobless benefits a dole. Rep Madden urges relief aid, while Chair Smith delays action, clouding when the House will take up the measure. The bill would cost about 1.5 billion dollars and extend coverage beyond current federal state workers. President Eisenhower opposes the broader plan and favors a temporary emergency extension.
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House Rules ‘Committee
House
Smith
D-Va
Colmer
D-Miss
Rep. Madden
D-Ind
Rules Committee
Eisenhower
Dole
McElroy Agrees To Change Wording Of Defense Plan
Secretary of Defense McElroy told the House Armed Services Committee he would seek language to limit the Eisenhower defense reorganization to avoid merging the armed services. He stressed no commitment to change the plan, only to refine wording as critics pressed for safeguards. He noted separate identities would remain if legislation preserves them.
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McElroy
Washington
Eisenhower
Armed Services
House Armed Services Committee
White House
Circus gimmick boosts car sales at Madison Square Garden
In New York the Ringling Bros circus teamed with metropolitan car dealers for a 16 day You Allow Buy now promotion at Madison Square Garden. Elephants clowns tight rope walkers and other acts were used to lure shoppers, a bid to spur auto purchases and revive the economy during the recession.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Garden
Ringling Bros
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Crash Victim Survives Three Days In Forest
JOHN DAY Oregon A Fresno California woman Mrs Bruce Davis survived three days after a plane crash in the Malheur National Forest west of John Day. Her husband orchestra leader 36-year-old Bruce Davis walked through deep snow in undershorts to seek help returning with a blanket poncho and a boy's cowboy hat. He reached help yesterday while his wife lay near the wreck, badly frostbitten with a hip fracture. Both were in a hospital in surprisingly good condition given the ordeal.
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Ore
Bruce Davis
Fresno
Calif
Malheur National Forest
Here
Davis
City And County Begin Marginal Zoning Talks
City and county commissioners met for initial talks on marginal area zoning in Ottawa. They agreed to seek expert advice and plan a meeting with Prof. Murrell Hogell of Kansas State College engineering to discuss the matter over lunch.
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Ottawa
Murrell Hogell
Engineering Department
Kansas State College
Manhattan
Otsees
Jaycee Honor To Lee Olmstead
Lee Olmstead of Ottawa has won the Ottawa Junior Chamber of Commerce Representative Young Teacher Award. Nominated by Henry Parker, he teaches junior high metal crafts and heads the new metal trades shop. Olmstead holds a B S from Pittsburg State Teachers College and is active in teacher associations and the Army Reserve.
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Cherry
Ottawa Junior Chamber of Commerce
Voung
State Jaycees
Olmstead
Henry Parker
lRittsburg State Teachers College
Ottawa
New Metal Trades
Pittsburg
Kansas State Teacher's Association
National Education Association
Kansas House advances tax on intangible property plan
In Topeka the Kansas House tentatively approved a bill to tax intangible property at the present three percent rate or report intangibles. Sponsor Rep. Clark Kuppinger says the measure will push honesty in reporting and raise six to eight million dollars yearly. Rep. Vincent Bogart says the bill may cut state and local revenue as much of the intangibles would escape tax. Local units currently receive five sixths of the revenue, with one sixth going to the state.
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Clark Kuppinger
Prairie Village
Kuppinger
Vincent Bogart
Wichita
Dercrate
James Forter
House
Porter
Docking
Senate
Ivan Brown To Run For Sheriff
Tyan Brown former commissioner of streets and utilities of Ottawa has filed as a Democratic candidate for Franklin County sheriff. Brown has run a battery and ure business for 34 years with a shop at 120 N Main. He will relocate some operations due to flood control work affecting Malin Street bridge. The Browns live at 17 N Mulberry with two sons, Roger and Ivan, a teacher of electrical engineering at Arkansas A&M College Magnolia Arkansas.
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Franklin County
Brown
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N. Mulberry
Troger
Ivan
Arkansas A. & M., College
Magnolia, Ark
Tax Rate Increase Approved In Topeka Debate
Topeka reeled in a narrow decision as legislators approved a bill by Gov. George Docking lifting the state income tax by 0.6 million dollars, trimming a 2.6 million proposal amid a high drama session.
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Topeka
Kangas Loneale
George Docking
Mercury Dips to 38 Degrees Despite Cold Ottawa Night
Ottawa area weather observer John P. Kelsey reports a chilly late April night with clouds and a breeze keeping vegetation unharmed as temperatures fell to 38 degrees after dipping to 30 degrees.
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Ottawa
John P. Kelsey
Nixon Sees End To Current Economic Slump
New York reports Vice President Nixon declares an end to the downturn under current policy if business and labor boost demand. He favors targeted tax cuts over new spending and warns against elections year handouts, outlining conditions for recovery.
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Nixon
New York
Daylight Saving Time Set to Begin on Sunday
At 2 a.m. Sunday clocks move forward to 3 a.m. as daylight saving time returns nationwide. The change aims to extend afternoon daylight through the summer, giving people an extra hour of sunlight.
Fall Is Fatal In Wichita Tragic Tractor Accident
Judy Mary Bergkamp a five year old girl from Garden Plain died after injuries from a fall Wednesday while riding machinery towed behind her father's tractor. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Bergkamp. Investigation and condolences follow.
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Wichita
Judy Mary Bergkamp
Robert Bergkamp
Garden Plain
Senate works on Docking tax plan amid disputes
Topeka senate advanced a revised Docking tax package amid clashes over income and corporate rates. The bill proposes mixed changes including a one percent across the board income tax rise, targeted brackets shifts, and a severance tax debate on oil and gas. The House debated reimposing the severance tax and had divisions among Republicans and Democrats. The inheritance tax measure moved to the governor after Senate passage.
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Nouge
Don Hults
Lawrence
Elmer Russell
St John
House Oil and Gas Committee
Russell
Docking
Oil and Gas Committee
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