Side Swipes and Forest Park Courts in Ottawa News
A Burlington couple cools a bed by freezing sheets for a slumber stay. Forest Park adds three concrete shuffleboard courts funded by Ottawa Recreational Program, west of the shelter house. Ottawa residents Rayback visit from Detroit and adjust to western life while sharing newsroom notes. Local memories recount Baxter school days and teachers. Princeton’s H E Rodgers notes a pump problem followed by renewed water flow suggesting good supply.
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Shelter House
H. E. Rodgers
Princeton
Rodgers
Weather forecast shows mixed clouds and showers
Partly cloudy west and considerable cloudiness with scattered showers east this afternoon. Tonight and Friday cooler with a 60s west to 70s east low. highs Friday upper 80s northeast to 90s southwest. Yesterday’s high 92 and low 71. Hourly readings end at 8 am today. higher temps midday near 91. River level 0.49 feet. Old newspapers for sale at Herald office. clerk notes August 6 closure.
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Ottawa police split on Bermuda shorts for uniforms
Ottawa officers sweat in wool trousers as 100-degree heat bites. While St. Louis proposes Bermuda shorts, Ottawa Mayor Robe rejects the idea, calling it old fashioned. Officers range from warm to reluctant, with Chief Hough noting the topic has long circulated but no one dares wear them yet.
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St. Louis
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Robe
Bill Boucek
Wes
C. L. Hough
Cliff McGuffin
Red Flaherty
Flaherty
Believe 30 Dead In Airline Crash at Fort Leonard Wood
An American Airlines Convair with 27 passengers and three crew aboard crashed into a wooded area near Fort Leonard Wood Missouri after signaling a fire. Army officials said eight bodies were found and the wreckage burned for hours amid police cordons and emergency response.
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American, Airlines Convair
Ft. Leonard Wood
American Airlines
St. Louis
Waynesville Memorial
Tulsa
Okla
Joplin
Springfield
Missouri
Pauley
Army Post
Lamb
Five Passengers Boarded Tulsa Bound Airliner
An American Airlines plane crashed near Fort Leonard Wood Missouri carrying five passengers from Tulsa Okla origin. One passenger, Mec Colley, was destined beyond the crash site as a transfer passenger from Ardmore via Central Airlines. The others were to alight at Joplin Springfield and at another stop.
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Okla
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Ft. Leonard Wood
Mec Colley
Ardmore
Central Airlines
Joplin
Springfield
City Workers Seek Pay Increase Amid Utility Cost Pressures
City commissioners heard wage hike requests from water and light plant maintenance men led by Kenneth Hammond and from city linemen represented by Harry Brink. They discussed rising plant costs, needed improvements, and fuel bill increases, with plans to review employee classifications and consider rate changes and possible revenue bonds for turbines and a boiler. An ordinance set City Clerk Don Capper’s salary at 400 per month.
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Harry Brink
Ivan Brown
Don Capper
Governors To Guard Encampment Observers to review 35th Infantry Division
U Gov Fred Hall of Kansas and Lt Gov James T Blair of Missouri will arrive at Camp McCoy to observe training and review operations of the 35th Infantry Division. National Guardsmen from Kansas and Missouri to participate in a parade honoring 9 000 troops Saturday.
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Kansas
James T. Blair
Missouri
35Th Infantry Division
City Hires KC Firm For Flood Survey
Ottawa officials contract with A. C. Kirkwood and Associates of Kansas City to survey flood control needs under the Army Engineers plan. The $3,980 study to begin next week will estimate Ottawa’s share and guide a fall bond vote. work includes storm sewer upgrades and right of way preparations for the levee project. Other firms considered were Black and Veatch of Kansas City and Servis Van Doren and Hazard of Topeka.
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Kansas City
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Corps of Engineers
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Black and Veatch
Servis, van Doren and Hazard
Topeka
Clouds Bring Cool Weather Ottawa Report
The Ottawa area saw a cool day with a noon temperature around 79 degrees, the coolest noon in memory. Light morning showers wet sidewalks briefly while clouds lingered. scattered showers are possible in the east within 24 hours as cooler air moves in from the northwest and north central portions. Hill City reached 100 degrees yesterday, Ottawa topped at 92 with 71 low this morning.
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Weather Bureau
Hill City
All Kelvinator Appliances sale at ten percent above cost
Weidmann Tire & Battery Service promotes a Mexican Supper on Saturday evening August 6 at Memorial Audit Hall 204 p 2t. Proceeds benefit the church or related memorial fund.
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Freed U S Airmen In Philippines Amid Spy Trial Row
In Topeka Gov. Hall rejects Civil Service Board bid to force recusal as improper. Board members counter, stressing fairness and arguing governor cannot be prosecutor, judge, and jury. Hall plans formal charges against three members if they don’t resign. hearing set Aug. 18. Manila reports 11 U.S. airmen freed after being held as spies. they deny the charges and describe their release as a homecoming.
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Fred Hall
State Civil Service Board
Kansas
Hall
John McCuish
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Red
China
Civil Service Board
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Gilmore
Trusler
Manila
Hong Kong
John Knox Arnold Jr
Silver Spring
North Korea
Red China
Arnold
Peiping
Manchuria
Maj
William HH. Baumer
Lewis ‘Burg
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Clark
Korea
Tokyo
U. S. West Coast
John Knox Arnold, Jr
Eisenhower Comments On Soviet Disarmament Talks
President Eisenhower stated he does not believe Bulganin’s rejection of aerial inspections closes the door to U S Russian disarmament talks. He also said new Soviet nuclear tests do not necessarily indicate a shift away from the Soviets’ conciliatory stance in recent months.
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Eisenhower
Bulganin
Soviet Union
U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
Community Survey prompts readers to name residents for poll sample
The Herald invites readers to participate in a Community Survey by listing four names from every street and area served. Readers must choose one ad in each group from a long list of local businesses and return ballots, with pages prompting participation and noting weather tips while promising paid survey results.
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