Ottawa Co-Op to Open New Grain Elevator May 25
The Ottawa Co-operative plans a public opening for its new 150 foot grain elevator, soon expanding total storage to nearly 300,000 bushels. The event features tours, a top-floor view lift for two, a concert by a Bohemian band, and prize drawings totaling about $500. Formal completion is expected by May 18 with white rubberized interior paint underway.
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Itt
Bill Hughes Hurt In Crash Near Galva
A serious car collision near Galva left Bill Hughes 931 Cypress with facial lacerations a severed throat artery chest injuries and broken toes. His son Ronnie escaped injury as the car crashed while passing another vehicle on Kansas State route. He was hospitalized at Ransom Memorial and listed non critical.
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Galva
McPherson
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Ronnie
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Kansas State
Helers
Hicks Liquor Trial Set For May 24
Charles Hicks of 728 S Oak was arraigned in County Court on a charge of illegally selling liquor after a raid on the American Legion Post Home Inc. on April 19. Hicks and his attorney Winton Winter stood mute and Judge Milo Harris entered a plea of not guilty. The trial was set for May 24 in County Court. Ronnie was treated for facial and limb injuries and released. the Hughes brand new Chevrolet is listed as a total wreck.
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Charles Hicks
S. Oak
American Legion Post Home Inc
Hicks
Winton Winter
Milo Harris
Eisenhower Charts Budget Fight And Jordan Curfew Easing
President Eisenhower leads a push to restore most of a House cut to the State Department budget stoking foreign affairs concerns while in Augusta Georgia he resumes work after a Georgia trip. In Amman King Hussein returns from Saudi Arabia amid calls to mend divisions with Egypt and Syria as Ramadan markets bustle and security tightens.
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Syria
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Riyadh
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Senators Call for Government Economy After Home Visits
Washington observers report renewed urgency for cutting President Eisenhower's spending budget. Senate Democratic leader Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas and Republican leader Knowland of California say voters back economy and show no waning interest in reducing government expenditures.
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California
Don Jones Re-elected State Firemen Leader
Don Jones of the Ottawa Fire Department was re elected president of the Kansas State Firemen Association during a Newton convention last week. It marks his second year as president and the first time in 700 years a president has been re elected.
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Don Jones
Ottawa
Billfold With $300 Recovered In McPherson
McPherson Kansas dispatcher Mrs Dwight Stiverson of Pratt found a billfold on a department store floor and turned it to the manager. It contained 300 in currency but no ID. A Marion Kansas man phoned to claim it saying he knew it lacked identification and that he would return to pick it up. the man identified as Fred Meisinger did return to McPherson to reclaim the billfold.
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Fred Meisinger
McPherson
Harris Papers In Program To Find Executives
The Harris Newspaper Group announced a program to attract highly qualified young men to the newspaper. Ottawa Herald Hutchinson News Salina Journal Chanute Tribune Garden City Telegram and Burlington Hawk-Eye Gazette participate. One intern is accepted each June for a year at $100 weekly. Afterward, management will decide if the intern is executive material or suitable only for reporting. John P. Harris said the aim is long term involvement in newspapering and to strengthen the backbone of American journalism through qualified youth.
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Chanute Tribune
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Burlington
Iowa
Hawk-Eye Gazette
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Senator McCarthy Seriously Ill at Bethesda Naval Hospital
Sen McCarthy R Wis is in serious condition at Bethesda Naval Hospital after entering yesterday with acute hepatitis. A hospital spokesman noted the illness is severe, with hepatitis an inflammation of the liver causing digestive upset and fatigue. McCarthy has been treated at Bethesda previously for a wartime knee injury.
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McCarthy
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Bethesda
Naval Hospital
Oday
Wisconsin
Cash Receipts To Farmers In Decline
Washington reports Kansas farm marketings earned 125.6 million dollars in January and February, down slightly from 1955. Livestock income rose over the same period, while crop receipts fell from last year. Williamsburg participants earned top honors in a festival scoring event with several named individuals achieving Superior or Excellent ratings.
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OHS
Williamsburg
OHS Candidates In Limelight
Ottawa High School students vie for office during a campaign rally in the auditorium. Speakers included Bud Gollier and Roger Schinanke for president, Larry Arnold Ross Martin and Cordon Wilson for vice president, Karen Sue Mock for secretary, with a Get Out and Vote band boosting turnout.
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Bud Gollier
Roger Schinanke
Larry Arnold
Ross Martin
Cordon Wilson
Karen Sue Mock
Weather Outlook With Rain Risk and Mild Temperatures
Occasional rain is forecast for the southeast and east central areas this afternoon and tonight, with continued cloudiness through tonight and Tuesday. Mild conditions persist with lows near 45 to 55-60 by region, and highs into the mid 60s to near 70. A 'Free Band' Concert is scheduled tonight at 8 PM at City Auditorium as other weather details and historical figures are noted in the fragment.
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Kansas
Hedgh
Honduran Border Warfare Heads to Showdown
A border dispute between Honduras and Nicaragua intensified as Honduran radio urged civilians to defend themselves and military personnel to report to barracks. Nicaragua rejected protests over an alleged invasion, with initial charges that guardsmen entered two Honduran towns and a later complaint about a Mocoron incident.
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Honduras
Jorge Fidel Duran
Mocoron
River Hearing Dates Set Amid Nicaraguan Invasion Tension
Reported in Tegucigalpa the dispute over Nicaraguan incursions near Gracias a Dios spurs Honduras to prepare for eviction of about 1,000 residents and a 50 invasion force. United States and regional authorities discuss hearings in Washington as clashes flare along the disputed frontier.
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Pringuald Bathin
Nicaragua
Five Die In Brand New Car Crash Near Springfield
Five people perished in a Saturday night automobile accident about 15 miles northeast of Springfield on a four lane divided highway. A second car involved remained on scene as investigators described the crash sequence with a car vaulting over a culvert after leaving the outside shoulder.
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Leslie
Storms Lash Texas Backlash Brings Shower Here
An apparent backlash from Texas storms gave Ottawa a brisk morning shower with .33 inch of rain. The weather forecast calls for mild conditions and little precipitation in nearby Kansas over the next five days, while the Marais des Cygnes River remains brisk, promising better water supply and improved fishing conditions after months of drought.
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Marais Des Cygnes
Texas
Ottawa
Weather Bureau
Kansas
George Medlock Named To State Veterans Post
George Medlock is appointed Veterans Employment Representative for Kansas and will start around August 1. The role covers supervision of veterans employment across 26 Kansas offices with Topeka as his base. Medlock has led Ottawa Employment Service since 1950 after earlier tenure in Lawrence and in American Legion activities.
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Washington
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Bill
Ottawa
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American Legion
Atom Smasher Could Be Cure For Deep Cancer
Stanford radiologist Dr Malcolm A Bagshaw reports that in a year, 48 of 74 patients with deep cancer showed disappearance of malignancy after treatment with a linear accelerator producing high energy electrons for X rays. Cures require five to ten years cancer-free, doctors say.
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Stanford University
Malcolm A. Bagshaw
California Medical Assny
Body of Missing Pilot Identified in Texas Wreck
ASBURY Mo The charred body found Saturday in an airplane wreck near Bracken Texas has been identified as Henry Maddox 37 a Asbury businessman missing since he left San Antonio last Wednesday The Civil Aeronautics Administration called off the search after identification and the body will be sent back to Asbury
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Tex
Henry Maddox
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Maddox
Arnold Reed
Bracken
Major Rivers In State Are Flooding Across Texas
Severe storms swept southern Texas for a fifth day with up to six inches of rain in the Rio Grande Valley. Nine major Texas rivers rose, flooding streets and forcing school closures as authorities warned of broader impacts near Houston and Victoria. Flooding closed at least 68 highways and washed out hundreds of bridges statewide.
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Rio Grande
Mexico
Won't Alter Dairy Decision At Osawatomie Hospital Farm
The State Social Welfare Board will not act to continue the Osawatomie State Hospital dairy herd after the 1957 Legislature ordered abolition. The dairy of about 200 animals will be sold as the budget cuts eliminate salaries and operating costs for farm operations. A Miami County delegation urged continuation, but the board must carry out the legislative mandate and discontinue July 1.
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Miami County
Livestock Group To Meet At North American Hotel
A second district meeting of the Kansas Livestock Association and Cow-Belles will be held here in May at the North American Hotel. A buffet dinner starts at 6:36, then women will organize a second district Cow-Belles group. Mrs. Lee Perkins of Richmond is Kansas Cow-Belles president. Bill House of Cedar Vale chairs the tax committee, and A. G. Pickett of Topeka, Kansas Livestock Association secretary, will discuss meat promotion.
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Lee Perkins
Richmond
Kansas Cow- Belles
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Cedar Vale
Kansas Live Stock Association
A. G. Pickett
Topeka
Kansas Livestock Association
Local Ottawa Musicians Tie for Top at State Festival
All eight Ottawa High School musicians at the State music festival in Emporia last Saturday placed in the top three positions, underscoring strong local talent and school support.
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Emporia
Helicopter Crash Claims Two Killed in Remote Incident
Two people died when a helicopter crashed near the area, with officials stating the craft lifted a few feet before veering off course. Names of the deceased were withheld as investigators examine the wreckage and interview witnesses.
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