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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1956
Page
7
Western Big Three talks on the Suez Canal offered hope the crisis might ease but no certainty of a settlement. Egypt’s Gamal Abdel Nasser reportedly would reject an invitation to a conference, while Secretary Eisenhower prepares to report on efforts to sway Britain and France toward diplomatic methods.
Ben Haney, 60, a Franklin County resident for 37 years, touts extensive roads and public works experience. He has worked for township, county, and state agencies and is now with Green Construction Co. in Osawatomie. Haney, married with three sons, seeks Republican primary support in August.
A fragment indicates Egypt maintains sole control over its economy while allowing international traffic as in the past. The text hints at ongoing discussions or formal arrangements shaping trade and sovereignty without detailing specific policies or dates.
London reports Queen Elizabeth II approved an act forming a British federation uniting a 2000 mile Caribbean island chain. The federation includes Barbados Jamaica Antigua Montserrat St Christopher Nevis Anguilla Trinidad Tobago Dominica Grenada St Lucia and St Vincent with Britain retaining defense foreign relations and some financial policy control.
A Cleveland born woman traveling from Houston to Boston aboard a Golden Falcon Eastern Air Lines plane delivered a boy and a girl at Lovell Field Chattanooga at 14,000 feet. The mother, 33, is Jean McGill, wife of Capt. Douglas McGill Sr., a Boston physician on Army duty. Both babies weighed 6 pounds 11 ounces and 5 pounds 11 ounces and were reported in good health. The father is a physician with Army assignment at Ft. Sam Houston, Texas. Born in 1860, farm worker production per person and family rose to 18 others.
At the 7-Sol convention in Pasadena delegates highlight diet advances from soy butter to sugar substitutes and protopectin. Modern processing yields low calorie fillings, nonfat substitutes, and diverse dietetic products with flavors matching ordinary foods, appealing to dieters and chubby folks alike.
State police pursue possible links between two men arrested in Breese Illinois and a Tulsa youth who says he was kidnapped Tuesday. The suspects fled holdups in Breese, were found with a Tulsa car and another stolen vehicle, and held $572 total. The kidnapped teen described being assaulted during a ride through multiple states before being released in Topeka.
Floyd R. Kalb a 36 year old aircraft worker died from injuries sustained Wednesday night when struck by a car in downtown Wichita authorities said yesterday police reported the fatality as a result of the pedestrian collision and the investigation continues.
The 1956 Kansas wheat crop set records with an average protein content of 14.1 percent, the highest since 1948, and a test weight of 61.2 pounds per bushel, second only to 1952. Separately, several Newfoundland island villages Prichard's and Cape Island were deserted in 1954 as residents moved to the mainland.
Charlotte authorities warn against launching a six foot liquid oxygen powered rocket built by 17 year old Jimmy Blackmon from his basement. Civil Aeronautics Administration urges no launch due to risk to airplanes. Army ordnance officers consider a safe site at a military base for firing the device.
Washington officials announce plans to borrow three billion dollars this month to cover the period until next spring as tax collections lag. Secretary Humphrey outlined the anticipated loan strategy and timing.
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