Side Swipes from a Kansas Youth Trip and Local Notes
Two 13 year old boys Edwin Mohler of McPherson and Lincoln Schrock of Newton biked to Tonganoxie arriving Sunday evening for a church youth camp ahead of schedule. Ottawa Junior High gets a bright new paint job with fluorescent lighting and a colorful corridor scheme. A farmwife, Mrs Willie Westgate, was injured operating a treadle sewing machine. needle removal required deputy and physician help. Bank official C P Burrows, back from Canada, notes many Kansas plates as northbound traffic increases in heat. Ice cream social set for Princeton High School Friday Aug 5 at 7:00 PM.
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McPherson
Edwin Mohler
Linecoln Schrock
Newton
Tonganoxie
Ottawa Senior High School
Ottawa
Willie Westgate
Baldwin
New Version of God’s Acre Plan at Peters Farm
About forty men baled hay on shares at John Peters farm northeast of Richmond. Proceeds go to the Methodist Community Church building fund. Cecil Vining led recruitment. Preston Stockard handled selling. A semi trailer shipped hay to a Kansas City firm, with rest loaded for a railroad car. Additional hay and labor donated by church members.
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Richmond
John Peters
Methodist Community Church
Cecil Vining
Preston Stockard
Kansas City
Albert Dunbar
Beating Wife Leads Ottawa Man to Fine
An Ottawa woman hospitalized after an alleged beating by her husband. Charles G. Lilly, 40, 132 S. Poplar, charged with disturbing the peace and slapping his wife. Lilly pleaded guilty and was fined 50 dollars on each count. He was released until Police Judge Myron S. Steere returns for final disposition. Mrs. Lilly's doctor reports improvement with bruises on head and body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Charles G. Lilly
S. Poplar
Lilly
Gardner P. Walker
Myron S. Steere
Nine Buses To Ball Game For Ottawa City Fans
Nine buses will transport Ottawans to the August 10 game with the Chicago White Sox in Kansas City, boosting capacity to over 300 people. Many attendees will travel by car or with friends. Maracaibo Oil Exploration Corporation has purchased tickets for its staff. The deadline at Peoples National Bank passed at 3 p.m. today, but remaining tickets must be bought in Kansas City.
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Kansas City
Maracaibo
Chicago White Sox
Father charged for allowing 15 year old to drive vehicle
Ottawa father Finnis Bowlby of 1024 N Poplar was cited by Highway Patrolman Art Jensen for permitting his underage son Bobby Bowlby to operate a truck in a crash north of town yesterday. Two youths injured. Bowlby to appear in county court August 13. New driving law since July 1 bans 14 16 year olds from errands daytime. restricted license allows driving with adult present. City of Ottawa meeting changed to 10:00 a m August 10 1955.
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Bobby Bowlby
N. Poplar
Finnis Bowlby
Art Jensen
Bowlby
Firepower demonstration planned for Guard unit at Camp McCoy
Ottawa National Guard Head quarts Battery at Camp McCoy in Wisconsin reports a smooth first field day as recruits train and plans grow for a Friday firepower demonstration. Units will fire every weapon from bayonets to 155 mm howitzers with observers and reporters in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Loyd
the Herald
Camp McCoy
Wisc
Ottawa National Guard
Walton K. Weltmer
Don Hull
The
Herald
Tom Ruble
Rad
Await Airmen in Hong Kong Freed From Canton Border
U S airmen detained by Communist China were not on the Canton train arriving for Hong Kong border crossing. Two C54 transports stood by at Kai Tak to fly the men to the Philippines for a brief medical and administrative screen before reunion with families at McChord or Travis. The men, sentenced last November on spying charges denied by the United States, were to receive a red carpet welcome at Clark Field Manila before further processing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
Canton
U.S
China
Communist China
U.S. Air Force
Kai Tak
Philippines
West
McChord Air Force Base
Seattle
Travis Air Force Base
San Francisco
Air Force
Clark Field
Manila
North Korea
United States
Much Work Left Undone By Congress
Washington report notes fourteen Eisenhower urged measures did not reach his desk and many major bills remained pending when Congress recessed for 1956. Key items include highway expansion funding and school construction aid, with mixed progress in Senate and House. Several administration proposals failed to clear both chambers, while others moved only in one. The session left several high stakes issues unresolved at year end.
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Washington
Congress
Eisenhower
Senate
House
House Education Committee
House Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Post Office Department
Community Survey offers four-name at-home input
A plea to readers to participate in a four-name at home survey. It explains how interviews and an Opinion Form help merchants tailor ads, promising cash awards to readers whose choices align most with the majority. Readers are asked to clip the survey from page four and submit by week’s end, Monday through Saturday.
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the Herald
Herald
Carelessness Blamed in Navy Bin Failure Probe
Washington 7 A.M. Navy inspector M A Gibson testified before the Senate Investigations Subcommittee that a carnival of carelessness by many people probably caused defects in several hundred grain storage bins. He said Navy inspectors did not study the bins closely enough and that the Navy approved them, while manufacturer Black Sivalls Bryson faced questions about responsibility. Senator Symington pressed that the government bore some fault for relying on specifications, while Gibson defended the firm’s long-standing reputation.
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Washington
Navy
M. A. Gibson
Office
The
Inspector of Naval Material
Kansas City
Senate
Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
Gibson
Kansas
Agriculture Department
Black, Siralls & Bryson
Navy Department
Sen
Symington
D-Mo
Black, Sivalls & Bryson
Department of Agriculture
Hay Fever Season Spreads pollen across the nation and relief seeks air filters
The article describes ragweed pollen filling the air from Maine to California causing widespread hay fever. It notes heavy pollen in Ottawa and the Mississippi valley, lighter pollen west of the Cascades, and regional patterns by season. It mentions that air conditioners have improved filtration to offer home relief without travel.
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Maine
California
Ottawa
Kansas
Mississippi Valley
Cascade Mountains
Oregon
Washington
Michigan
Minnesota
New Hampshire
Adirondacks
Florida
Rocky Mountain
Intermountain
Gulf Coast
Arizona
Tampa
West Coast
Brownsville
Tex
Weather Improves Slightly in Ottawa as Heat Eases
Ottawa saw noon temperature at 89 degrees marking the first sub 100 degree day since July 25. The Weather Bureau forecast partly cloudy skies and slightly cooler highs of 90 to 95 tomorrow with scattered storms in western areas. Hot spots yesterday included Hill City Salina and Wamego at 101 degrees.
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Ottawa
Weather Bureau
Hill City
Salina
Wamego
Sunflower Days Opens Tomorrow in Melvern 4-H Fair
The Melvern Sunflower 4-H fair opens tomorrow continuing through week with a Thursday parade and Saturday crowning of Osage county 4-H king and queen. The newly formed 4-H Fair Association has erected two new barns on the fair grounds.
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Melvern
Weather forecast and notices from a bygone day
Partly cloudy this afternoon tonight and Thursday with scattered storms west Thursday afternoon. Not very hot west Thursday with a high 90 to 95. River at .49 foot. Ice cream social Tuesday Aug 2 at 6 p m First Methodist Church M Y F. For sale old newspapers per bundle from Herald office. Icy peculiar crackling sound when pure tin is bent heard as tin cry.
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Herald Office
Wife of Returning Airman Faces Fateful Decision
In Cisco Grove California 20 year old Mrs Alfred Fine must choose between reuniting with A2C Daniel Schmidt believed dead or remaining with her husband she married later. Schmidt, held by Chinese Communists for 37 months after overseas deployment, is among 11 airmen due for release. She plans to meet him with her 22 year old son Danny and will make the decision herself.
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Cisco Grove
Calif
Alford Fine
Daniel Schmidt
Cour D’alene
Idaho
High Sierra
Schmidt
Danny
Ami
Drilling On Two Leases Near Ottawa Kansas
A Denver oil operator, F. R. Anderson, is drilling two wells on land owned by Mrs. Neil Pritchard northeast of Ottawa and Robert B. Anderson southeast of Ottawa. W. W. Wampler of Denver supervises the work, with 4,000 acres held in two blocks. Drilling has reached 600 feet on the Pritchard well and 300 feet on the Anderson well, with potential deeper drilling to Mississippian formation if shows appear.
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Denver
Ottawa
Neil Pritchard
Robert B. Anderson
F. R. Anderson
W. W. Wampler
Kansas
Wampler
Bartlesville
Franklin County
Anderson
California
Colorado
Wyoming
Montana
Texas
Oklahoma
Utah
Fred Spindle
Paola
Pritchard
Charged in Car Burning in Franklin and Johnson Counties
An Olathe man, John P. Weisonig Jr., faces a charge of burning insured property with intent to defraud in county court. A Franklin county arrest warrant was sent to Johnson county, where trial may be held, and two other Olathe men, Dave and Sam Seager, are charged with procuring the burning. Their preliminary hearings in Olathe are set for August 11 and bonds are $1,000 each.
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Olathe
Wellsville
Jack Byrd
John P. Weisonig, Jr
Weisonig
Franklin County
Johnson County
Byrd
Dave
Sam Seager
Willow Street resurfacing discussion before county board
Several South Willow street residents appeared before the county commissioners this morning to seek blacktop resurfacing. The group was directed to County Engineer Fred Gardner. It was reported that interested parties will discuss the paving project with Gardner in the near future. Lamb Ambulance. Phone 3.
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Willow Street
Fred Gardner
Gardner
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C. P. Burrows
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Canada
US 71
Princeton High School
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W. W. Robe
Weidmann Tire & Battery Service
C-Tf
5Th Army
Gaddis
K.P
Don Cain
Ralph Clark
Nathan Johnson
Billie Stankard
James Thornbrugh
Community Survey
Douglas Bros. Penney’s
Montgomery Ward. & Co
Curby Auto Supply
Mack Electric
McVey-Dengel Mortuary
Hillcrest Drive-In
Ottawa Produce Co
Richardson’s Shoe
Saunders Sheldon Truck & Tractor Co
Star Grain & Slumaber Co
Tally Theatre
Wightmans Plumbing & Mtg
Lamb Funeral Home
Edmiston’s
Mike Mulcahey
Buick
Minnick
Dodge
Plymouth Price Motor Co
Quin
Sheldon Truck & Tractor Co
Gambies
First National Bank Terrill’s Price Motor Co
Methodist Ch. M.Y.F
Lamb Ambulance
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