Concrete work ends on High way K33 viaduct project
The new viaduct at Highway K33 is finished for concrete work with grading pending at both ends. A 1.707 mile black-topped strip from the Douglas-Franklin county line south past the viaduct awaits bids to be opened in Wichita, with bids previously higher than the engineer’s estimate. The old wooden structure will be replaced by a standard width viaduct improving traffic safety.
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Appraisers Inspect County Farm Ahead of Auction
District Judge appointed appraisers visited the Franklin County farm property at Ottawa’s south edge. Part of the tract is set for auction soon to fund part of the new county nursing home construction.
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Ottawa
Army Of Wild Monkeys Invades A Small Town
North Wales Pennsylvania reports an escape from a Merck laboratory as 49 Rhesus monkeys fled into a community of 3,000. Police and lab workers pursued the "army" while 20 monkeys were shot. By nightfall only 19 remained unaccounted for amid nets and guarded cages.
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Merger For Anchor Savings & Loan Planned
Douglas County Building and Loan Association will merge into Anchor Savings & Loan of Kansas City. D. William Overton announces in Ottawa a special meeting for stockholders to approve the merger. Addition of the Lawrence Loan firm to Anchor will lift assets to more than 543 million dollars.
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Weather Bureau
Weather county forecast fair and warmer through Thursday
The county forecast calls for fair and warmer conditions through Thursday. Today's high is lower but the outlook shows a steady rise with a mid range low tonight and a high near 95 to 100 on Thursday. Lamb Insured Payment Plan mentions appear unrelated to the forecast.
Law Tougher On Texas Gun-Toters
Houston police chief Car Shoptrine says new policy charges all defendants in shootings with illegally carrying a gun. Eight fatal shootings in Houston this year prompt the tougher stance, with prosecutors now pursuing illegal gun charges in cases where someone is wounded or killed.
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Khrushchev Defends East German Ties at East Berlin Rally
Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev challenged West German policy as a danger to world peace during a massive welcoming ceremony in East Berlin. He praised Moscow East Berlin ties and condemned Adenauer’s stance while meeting East German officials and a youthful Pioneer greet.
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Atomic blast at Nevada test sitelights sky over desert
Atomic scientists detonated a 20 000 ton TNT yield shot named Stokes at 5 25 am over the Nevada desert. The unmanned Navy blimp was ripped from its moorings by the shock wave as observers watched from 10 miles away. The fireball glow lit Las Vegas 80 miles southeast for about 10 seconds as the twelfth test of the series occurred one day after Hiroshima anniversary.
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Vote Cleared For Civil Rights Bill Tonight In Senate
Washington AP reports a seven hour debate limit was set for a Senate vote on the civil rights bill after an agreement by Sen John son and Knowland. President Eisenhower opposed the Senate version but might veto only if the final bill carries his objections.
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Traffic Toll Topeka States Traffic Fatalities List
Kansas traffic fatalities listed by the State Accident Records Section show 298 deaths in the past 24 hours to date in 1957, compared with 374 in the same period in 1956.
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U S Explains Limits On Aerial Inspection Plan
The United States told Russia it will not open all bases to Soviet aerial inspection until the role of Asia’s communist nations in Russian military planning is clarified. Harold E. Stassen noted expansion would raise difficult political questions and that zones could grow only with progress on political issues. Meanwhile Mrs Eisenhower’s postoperative condition remains fine after a two hour operation at Walter Reed, with reports she slept well and is doing fine.
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Red nations not recognized by U S in disarmament talks
The text notes that unrecognized Red nations are not part of U S disarmament discussions and suggests the United States excludes Western bases from inspection to avoid potential attacks. It mentions Russia’s concerns about threats from Africa and the Middle East while maintaining inspection rights over Europe and North America.
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Docking Hopes Board Watchful
Gov George Docking urges the board of regents to scrutinize all travel orders to ensure they further education and are not used for vacations or junkets for political favorites. The attorney general says the regents, not the governor, have power to act on travel requests from state school employees.
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George Docking
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Eisenhower seeks funds for Asiatic flu outbreak plan
President Eisenhower asked Congress for 500000 to prepare the Public Health Service for a possible Asiatic flu outbreak and requested authority to reallocate about two million dollars of Public Health Service funds to combat an epidemic if it develops.
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Indict A Russian Spy Who Posed As Brooklyn Artist
New York officials indicted Rudolf Ivanovich Abel a 45 year old Soviet colonel of intelligence masquerading as a Brooklyn artist The case calls him the highest ranking Soviet national charged as a spy and the penalty could be death if convicted Abel headed the Soviet State Security Service operations in the United States and used a photo studio opposite the Brooklyn federal courthouse as a base He and four alleged co conspirators hollowed out coins pens and other objects to carry microfilm and used radio to receive and send information The ring sought data on arms equipment U S forces and atomic energy Abel was arrested June 21 at the Hotel Latham in New York and later deportation orders were processed The indictment notes Abel entered the United States from Canada in 1948 and started the photo studio in 1953 as part of his espionage work
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