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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1956
Page
10
The water survival method dubbed drown proofing, developed at Georgia Tech, can be learned in about 15 minutes. It teaches minimal energy survival in deep water, with steps to float, exhale, clear the surface, and resume floating, enabling brief rests between cycles.
A KC97 tanker from Forbes AFB Topeka crashed and exploded on a farm near Woodbine Kansas, killing eight crew members. Killed were Capt Edward Shipka, S Sgt Kenneth Van Patten, A2C Juri Jonnas, S Sgt Donald Del Priore, 2nd Lt Reginald Wilkie Jr, and others from Topeka and various cities. Witnesses described trouble before the crash.
Capt. William J. Brennan aged 40 is an instructor pilot, with 2nd Lt. Robert Bennett aged 27 as co pilot and S.Sgt. William L. Fritts aged 29 serving as flight engineer.
Robert Love of Kansans for the Right to Work says George Docking, the Democratic gubernatorial candidate, declined an invitation to speak at a Lyons right to work rally on May 12 due to other commitments. Love noted Gov. Fred Hall and Warren Shaw were invited. Shaw accepted. It was unclear if Hall would attend.
Wichita woman Mrs. Lucinda Mallory at 112 says she has celebrated her last birthday and is ready to pass on. Born April 25, 1844 in Knox County Missouri she moved to Wichita at 100 to live with her daughter. She attributes her long life to a clean way of living and notes health limits of a frozen arm and partial deafness.
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