Four-H Fair delayed by leader injury near Rantoul
300 attendees saw the 4-H Club Fair program halted after leader Ralph Bloomer fractured an arm while returning home with a cow exhibit. He was treated at Ransom Memorial Hospital. Connie Beels of Lane won the talent contest. Penny and Nancy Detwiler placed second. Largest exhibits were in flood prep and clothing. livestock showed well. square dancing closed the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rantoul
Ralph Bloomer
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Rantom 4-H
Connie Beels
Lane
Penny
Nancy Detwiler
Western plan eyed by Russia in Dulles arms proposal
London report says Secretary Dulles outlined a two part Western plan for air and ground inspections of the Soviet Union and much of North America and Europe. Moscow called the plan carefully studied but unfair to Russia. Russia cited excluded bases as a threat and urged broader disarmament questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Dulles
Soviet Union
North America
Europe
Washington
Eisenhower
Valerian Zorin
U.N. Disarmament
Russia
West
Rio Grande
Ireland
Spain
Portugal
Maly
Albania
Greece
Turkey
Arctic
North Pole
Urals
Alaska
Kamchatka Peninsula
Zorin
Japan
North Africa
Middle East
Cool Front Proves Weak Across Kansas
A cool front moved south through most of Kansas today but remained weak. Ottawa reported 101 yesterday, with only a few degrees of cooling expected from clouds. Scattered showers were possible mainly in the north, while western Kansas saw some rains, Dodge City recording 1.30 inches. Other towns logged varying amounts from Oakley to Goodland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Ottawa
Weather Bureau
Dodge City
Oakley
Garden City
McCracken
Hill City
Goodland
Funds Allocated For Disaster Relief
President Eisenhower today allocated 1,370,009 for flood and tornado relief in Missouri Illinois and North Dakota. He approved 850,000 for Missouri relief after May and June flood and tornado damage, adding to an initial 2,000,000 allotment made on June 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Missouri
Llnois
North Dakota
Struck by Car at 7th and Main
George W. Reed, 78, of 519 N. Cedar, was struck crossing Main at 7th at 9:53 am when Charles D. Kingsbrough, driving east on 7th, turned left onto Main and knocked him to the pavement. Reed was taken to Ransom Memorial Hospital for observation with a badly bruised left leg. Kingsbrough cited for reckless driving, to appear in Police Court Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Reed
N. Cedar
Main
7Th
Reed
Charles D. Kingsbrough
RFD 3
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Kingsbrough
Weather Forecast for COUNTY
Partly cloudy with scattered afternoon and night thunderstorms. Tonight and Sunday show cooler temperatures with little change. Tonight’s low near 70 and Sunday’s high near 85.
Minor Wreck Blamed On Stalled Truck
Police blamed a minor wreck at Logan and Main on a stalled truck. Merle Newton of Wellsville said the collision occurred after backing up to avoid the stalled vehicle. no damage to his car was reported, while the other vehicle sustained minor damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Main
Mint Pais
Merle
Ds Newton
Wellsville
Sete
Geater
Lin
Tildel C. Chism
N. Cherry
Peer Mise
Tomee
Newton
N Eam
Chism
Veterinarians Called In To Halt Anthrax Outbreak
Federal veterinarians aid in Oklahoma and Kansas efforts to halt an anthrax outbreak centered in Craig and Ottawa counties. About 50 farms affected, 40 000 animals vaccinated, and a strict quarantine blocks dairy and meat exports while officials seek federal food surplus aid and guard support at the state line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welch
Okla
Arkansas
Missouri
Craig County
Ottawa County
Oklahoma
State Agriculture Department
Topeka Man Named To Barbers Board
Topeka barber Richard St. Amie was named to the State Board of Barber Examiners, replacing T R Maher of Great Bend. The three year term was announced by Gov. George Docking’s office. Earlier the governor had selected Mike Yavich of Kansas City but he did not meet experience requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Richard St. Amiestrong
T. R. Maher
Great Bend
State Board of Barber
Sammers
Armstrong
George Dawking
Mike Yavich
Kansas City
Utah Prison Flareup Brief
Fourteen women from the Kitchen Rhythmettes who were held hostage for about an hour by eighteen inmates at Utah State Prison were released unharmed. The disturbance began after riots spread to the auditorium during a planned show. guards recovered control, sequestered agitators, and found three knives and several baseball bats during a later shakedown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point
Utah
Utah State Prison
Kitchen Rhythmettes
Price
John W. Turner
Turner
Strikes and clashes rock eastern Cuba amid revolt
In Cuba, President Betista faces stiffening resistance as rebel actions spread from mountain hideouts into Oriente Province. Fidel Castro forces clash with Bat units near Uberne, with ten insurgents killed and several captured. Censorship suppresses local and foreign reports as rebels burn a service station in Santiago de Cuba and a bus driver is killed by a bomb.
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Havana
Fulgencio Betista
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Bat Army
Uberne
Oriente
Santisgo de Cuba
Santiago
Ja Woran
Wide Hunt For Escaper Who Flees In Airplane
A convicted rapist, Milton J. Martin, 27, escaped from Bergstrom Air Force Base in Texas and fled by airplane. He terrorized his former wife's family and sparked a nationwide manhunt across Oklahoma and neighboring states, with Bergstrom officials saying he would not be taken alive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enid, Okla
Texas Air Force Base
Milton J. Martin
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Oklahoma
Bergstrom
Plan Benefit For Firestone In Forest Park
A benefit baseball game in Forest Park raises funds for Gerald Punk Firestone, Ottawa Amer Legion player injured in preseason practice. Ottawa team faces Capitol Federal Savings and Loan team of Kansas City in a Kansas City 3 and 2 league event with Marshall Allen and Lloyd Stafford organizing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest Park
Gerald “Punk” Firestone
Ottawa Amerean Legion
Marshall Allen
Legion
Lloyd Stafford
Ottawa
Capitol Federal Savings and Loan Association
Kansas City
Firestone
Offer Plan To Stop Shifting Of Farm Crops
Washington The government offers farmers 500 million dollars to retire acres of surplus cotton wheat corn rice and tobacco next year under the soil bank plan with a new condition to reduce total harvested acreage below the two year average to qualify. Wheat farmers would receive about 20 838 dollars per retired acre. other crops to be set later with a 4 4 million dollar per farm cap not yet in effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Soil Band
Agriculture Department
Department
Congress
Two Money Bills Signed to Reopen Civil Agencies
The Defense and Agriculture departments, idle since Wednesday, received funding from bills signed by President Eisenhower. The measures authorize spending for the fiscal period beginning July 1, with Defense allotted 433,759,850,000 and Agriculture plus Farm Credit Administration 3,661,043,757.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Defense and Agriculture Departments
Eisenhower
Senate
Defense Department
Agriculture Department
Farm Credit Administration
Uphold Firing Of Two At State Hospital
The Kansas Civil Service Board sustained the firing of two Osawatomie State Hospital employees and suspended two others over patient handling. Emil Brooks, 61, and Charles Kennedy, 63, psychiatric aides, were fired for mistreating a patient while restraining him. The board’s decision was unanimous after two days of hearings on their appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Hospital
Topeka U
Kansas Civil Service Board
Osawzlonie Sire Hospital
Emil Brooks
Charles III. Kennedy
Trc
Firestone ruled out of Ottawa High football season
Firestone, once slated as Ottawa High School’s starting quarterback, has been advised by doctors that he cannot play football this season and may only be able to play basketball. Coach Allen urged large turnout for the Firestone benefit and encouraged contributions by mailing to Marshall Allen at 322 W 15th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Firestone
Ottawa
Allen
Marshall Allen
Rainfall totals for Ottawa in early 1957 show excess
Ottawa rainfall for January through July 1957 reached 26.70 inches, 7.47 inches above the normal 21.23. Excesses driven by March through July. May had the heaviest month at 6.82 inches, above its 4.96 normal, while July contributed a 2.23 inch surplus. Nearby Worden, Douglas County, posted 24.44 inches for the same period, 4.71 inches above its 19.73 normal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Worden
Douglas County
Walter Schwarz
Stevens to Leave County for Water Resources Division
Harold C. Stevens, 1322 Poplar, resigns from the Soil Conservation Service and accepts a post with the Water Resources Division of the State Board of Agriculture in Topeka. He has served in Ottawa since 1943 and as joint conservationist since 1946, and will commute to eastern Kansas under R. V. Smrha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold C. Stevens
Poplar
Soil Conservation Service
Department of Agriculture
Water Resources Division
State Board of Agriculture
Topeka
Kansas
R.V. Smrha
Stevens
Ottawa
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Broadway Maintenance Corp
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Boothbay Harbor
Maine
Uni
Mark Leeman
Ken Rice
Country Club
Leeman
Leonard Brumit
Herald Office
Oneida
N.Y
William Harrington
First Baphelp
Hentist Church
Board of Trustees
Ottawa Building & Loan Association
May Mortgage Baptist Church
Franklin County
Co-Op
E. A. Mull
E. 14Th
Gail Montgomery
S. Cedar
Chuck Langdon
Iwil
War Uid Hutton
State Department of Agriculture
Raymond Gary
Lloyd Rader
State Department of Public Warfare
Nowata
Delaware
Mayers
Rogers
Oklajimama
Labette
Montgomery
Cherokee
Kans
Barbers Board
Power of
Brad
Jesus Christ
Jesus
Kingdom of Heaven
Salt Lake City
Wasitington
Wissetl ‘Gal
Georgia
Russell
T Lancon B. Johnson
Texas
House
Gerald Firestone
Martin
Stockady
Amastin
Tex
Emd
Mason Hart
Hidling
Evele B. Fest
Marin
Wie
Dome
California
Gary
Enid
Sheriff Hart
Thore
Hart
Austin
Yvesterday
Ralph Emerson
Rich Allen
Eugene Flaherty
Unnatural Seven
Bob Kile
Trexel Warren
Trumpers
Walter Butler
Sheldon Meals
Darrell Barkdoll
George Kramer
Don Miskimon
LeRoy McPratz
Bill McMienis
James Lowry
Civil Service Board
Lowry
Brooks
Plataz
McMiens
Kemmedy
Vienna
H. C. Stevens
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