Ottawa High cheerleaders seek funds for Norman clinic trip
Ottawa High School pep squad will run the concession stand at the Northeast Kansas League meet at Cook Field Friday night to raise money for a trip to the Herkimers Cheerleading Clinic near Norman. The group previously held a pay assembly to fund the trip and hopes for more support. last year they tied for first with Lawrence at the clinic’s final day.
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Cyclone
Cook Field
Ottawa High School
Oklahoma
Howard Doman
Herkimers
Norman
OHS
Lawrence
Taxpayer Sends Aspirins With Missing W-2 Note
An IRS Baltimore letter reveals a taxpayer apologizing for not attaching Form W-2 and enclosing two aspirin tablets with the papers. The humorous missive notes the aspirin are not intended as facetious, and the letter acknowledges possible headaches caused by the omission.
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Baltimore, Md
Internal Revenue Service Office
Moonshine Arrests Turned Combat in West Virginia Hills
In Huntington West Virginia AP report agent Merlin Mitton tried to arrest for moonshine possession when bitten on nose and back. Nose wound needed 17 stitches. Federal grand jury indicted Harry Johnson of Logan County for assaulting a federal officer and hindering him in his duties.
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Huntington
W.va
West Virginia
Merlin Mitton
Harry Johnson
Logan County
Hawaii Governor Sees $9 Million Revenue Surplus
Hawaii Governor William F. Quinn announced a projected surplus of about nine million dollars for the current two year period and the next. He told reporters on Tuesday the Legislature should use the funds for capital improvements and pay raises for government employees.
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Honolulu
William F. Quinn
Hawaii
Hurry Hurry Last Day to Join Free Gift Club
Ottawa Savings & Loan promotes a Thursday deadline to join a free Gift Club offering a choice of free silverware. The ad emphasizes no cost and urges immediate action.
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Ottawa Savings & Loan
Weather forecast for county shows warm spell and fair skies
Mostly fair this afternoon and tonight with partly cloudy Thursday. A little warmer this afternoon with highs near 80 and similarly on Thursday. Low tonight in the lower 50s.
Italian liner Australia aids burning tanker Farmand
The 12800-ton Italian liner Australia with two doctors aboard raced to assist the Norwegian tanker Farmand about 780 miles northwest of Fremantle after an SOS. Farmand reported eight killed and five injured of its 45 crew in an engine room explosion and said a fire had started. A later message said the fire was extinguished.
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Perth
Australia
Farmand
Fremantle
Guild Declines To Appear At A Senate Hearing
The St. Louis Newspaper Guild refused to attend a Missouri Senate committee hearing in St. Louis on its strike against the Globe-Democrat. Publisher Richard H. Ambert and other managers will attend as the panel weighs a potential Senate investigation, while Rollin Everett argues the move undermines legitimate strikes. The Globe-Democrat has been idle since February 21, with 332 union members on strike over a pension plan and job security.
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ST. Lowis
St. Louis
Missouri Senate Committee
Globe-Democrat
Richard H. Ambert
Michael Kinney
Senate
Rollin Everett
Kinney
Schools Set To Consolidate In Franklin Osage Counties
Three grade schools in Franklin County and Osage County move toward consolidation. Appanoose votes 42 to 19 and Michigan Valley 19 to 8 to combine districts with a total valuation of 2 321 069 and 92 pupils. Mineola rural district in north Franklin County unofficially approves consolidation plans as several districts schedule meetings.
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Franklin County
Osage
Michigan Valley
Appanoose
Osage County
Mineola
Ottawa
May Drop Ambassadorship Despite Heavy Senate OK
Clare Boothe Luce faces renewed criticism after a sharp attack on Sen. Wayne Morse following a 79 to 11 Senate confirmation as ambassador to Brazil. Morse derided her as mentally unstable while Luce’s husband urged resignation. White House and Dirksen sought to cool the dispute as Brazil-facing scrutiny grows.
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Senate
Washington
Clare Boothe Luce
Brazil
Sen
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Luce
New York
Morse
Employment Is Up In Kansas
Topeka Kansas employment rises with seasonal expansion in construction and related activities. Nonfarm wage and salary employment reached 541 200 in mid March, up 9 800 from February and 13 000 above March 1958. Factory employment edged higher to 116 800 but remained 5 200 below March 1958. About 33 900 workers, or 4 2 percent of the civilian labor force, were unemployed at mid March, compared with 42 500 in February and 51 400 a year earlier.
Wheat acreage cut its price support raised in bill
Washington AP reports a House agriculture subcommittee approved a bill to cut wheat acreage 20 percent while raising the price support level to 85 percent of parity. The plan would mandate 1960 and 1961 crop reductions, curb overplanting, and relax farm usage limits, facing opposition from Secretary Benson. Senate panel aimed to maintain 75 percent parity with selective acreage cuts.
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Washington
Carl Albert
D-Okla
Senate Agriculture Committee
Senate
House
Ezra Taft Benson
Allen Ellender
Dla
Four Western Ministers In Agreement On European Security
Four Western foreign ministers met in Paris to align positions ahead of the East West conference. They reported large areas of agreement on Berlin and European security while minor disputes lingered. Herter may leave Washington earlier than planned as talks continue.
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London
Britain
Field Marshal
Montgomery
U.S
Paris
U. S
Christian A. Herter
Washington
Berlin
Germany
Warsaw Pact
Warsaw
Poland
Geneva
Selwyn Lloyd
Maurice Couve de Murville
Heinrich von Brentano
Herter
Couve de Murvilles
von Brentano
Soviet
West Berlin
Andrei I Gromyko
Soviet Union
Red China
Montgomery Begins Talks With Soviets
Field Marshal Montgomery opened his talks with Soviet leaders in Moscow, meeting Premier Khrushchev first. He defended his silence to reporters as he prepared for the appointment, while Moscow papers Pravda and Izvestia gave only modest play to his arrival and visit.
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Daily Sketch
Monty
Liberal News Chronical
America
Britain
Montgomery
Khruschev
The
Moscow
Khrushchev
Pravda
Izvestia
Plane found on Turkish mountain top linked to missing Tudor
A wrecked plane seen on a bleak mountaintop in southeast Turkey is tentatively identified as the missing British air freighter Avro Tudor. Twelve aboard, last seen last Thursday, with no survivors yet reported. RAF in Nicosia says evidence is fairly conclusive. a ground party will be sent to the site.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Turkey
Britain
Australia
Soviet Union
RAF
Little Richard the coon hound freed after six days rescue
In Owasso Oklahoma a coon hound named Little Richard was reported rescued alive after being confined for nearly six days in a narrow crevice of a limestone bluff. Details on his condition and the rescue remain unavailable.
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Owasso
Okla
Little Richard
Mo Pac releases protested Kansas taxes to 60 counties
Missouri Pacific Railroad ordered release of protested taxes to sixty Kansas counties to aid communities in meeting current obligations. The line cites Kansas Supreme Court findings supporting its claim that railroad property was overassessed, noting property was taxed at 60 percent of value versus 22.3 percent for other property, warning further litigation could cause great financial hardship.
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ST. Louis
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Kansas
Missouri Pacific
Kansas Supreme Court
Mo-Pac
Panama Invaders Offer Surrender Terms
Panama's government faced a Cuban rebel surrender offer stating invaders would surrender only if spared and returned to Cuba with assurances of no punishment. Castro mediators and Latin American ambassadors from the OAS inspected developments as guards occupied strategic points and awaited orders.
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Panama
Cuba
Ernesto de la Guardia
Organization of American States
Fidel Castro
Nombre de Dios
Castro
Armando Torres
Torres
Fernando Ruiz
de la Guardia
Jose Bazan
Stand Trial For Slaying In Missouri Case
KEYTESVILLE Mo AP Miss Croscell Hayes a 37 year old former mental patient was ordered to stand trial for the December shotgun slaying of Kansas City steel worker Conner W Morris 62 The preliminary hearing found the crime was committed as charged and there is reason to believe the defendant is guilty She is charged with first degree murder Morris body was found near Salisbury Mo December 23 A shotgun stolen from Fred Henderson Morris brother in law was found at Hayes shack in Salisbury A tooth matched from Morris was found and a jawbone section was removed for checking Hayes spent a year in Fulton mental hospital in 1950 and is serving six months in the Chariton County jail for possession of the stolen shotgun
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Keytesville
Croscell Hayes
Kansas City Steel
Chariton County
Robert H. Bentley
Bentley
Miss Hayes
Conner W. Morris
Salisbury
Fred Henderson
Morris
Gerald B. Mason
Miss Wayes
Fulton
Pipeline Breaks Near Hollidaysburg Spills Gasoline
A 2 1 2 inch underground gasoline line burst near Hollidaysburg Pennsylvania spilling thousands of gallons into fields and streams. Police evacuated at least 25 families as valves were closed to stop the flow and a bulldozer built a dam to shield fishing streams. Residents salvaged fuel while two fire companies stood by. The line, a recently completed 55 million dollar Laurel Pipeline Co project from Philadelphia toward Ohio, runs about two miles southeast of Hollidaysburg.
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Hollidaysburg
Pennsylvania
Laurel Pipeline Co
Philadelphia
Ohio
Pittsburgh
Eisenhower Pushes Strengthened Labor Bill Reforms
President Eisenhower urged Congress to tighten the Senate labor control measure at three points. He criticized its weaknesses and favored House amendments to curb secondary boycotts outlaw blackmail picketing and clarify authority in no man’s land areas between state and National Labor Relations Board power. He noted initial rights proposals were good but the final compromise fell short of ideal.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Senate
House
National Labor Relations Board
John McClellan
D-Ark
Thomas Kuchel
California
Traffic Jam In Newest Seaway Forces Tugs To Work
Valleyfield Que AP A four day old traffic block on the St Lawrence Seaway tied up by the 8000 ton lake ship Prescott which struck a bridge lift span and wedged across the channel blocking the Beauharnois Canal. Tugboats labored in rain to free the vessel after a fuse blew in the electrical system allowing the span to rise and the Prescott to collide and become stuck.
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Valleyfield
Que
St. Lawsrence Seaway
Prescott
Seaway
Beauharnois Canal
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