Crossing Crash Claims Woman in County Incident
A fatal pedestrian collision killed Mrs. Dewey McClay as her auto was struck by a Missouri Pacific Eagle passenger train near Ottawa on 7th street. Her husband, injured, was hospitalized. The crash occurred after a freight train reportedly yielded to let the Eagle pass amid muddy roads and limited visibility. Funeral plans for McClay are pending.
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Dewey McClay
Rt. 2
Ottawa
Missouri Pacific
7Th Street
Ransom Memorial Hospital
McClay
Pete Couture
Don Emory
Jay Brown
Couture
George Trayser
The
Eagle
Zurich
Kas
George Dewey McClay
Trinity Methodist Church
Busy Bee Club
David Brown
Loyd Hollinger
Richard Culbertson
Concordia
Richard McClay
Lyle McClay
National Guard
Camp Ripley
Minn
Reds Agree To Parley On Suez Crisis
London reports Moscow agreed with limits to join the London conference on Suez and urged enlarging it to include Soviet bloc neutral and Arab states. Britain postponed a major airlift to the Mediterranean amid troop movements from Germany as Prime Minister Eden pressed for a peaceful settlement while warning force remains a last resort. U S Secretary of State Dulles to brief Congressional leaders and meet UN head Hammarskjold in New York ahead of negotiations.
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London
Soviet Union
Suez
Egypt
Moscow
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Suez Canal
Russia
Britain
Mediterranean
Germany
Eden
Nasser
U.S
Dulles
Congress
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
New York
Suez Canal Co
Middle East
Far Eastern
War Office
Child Survives 30-Foot Fall From Window
A 13 year old boy, Michael Thomas, fell thirty feet from a fourth floor apartment window in Kansas City. He landed in bushes and was unhurt. Firemen extinguished a mattress fire started by the blaze. Police and doctors noted bushes cushioned the fall and limited injuries.
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Kansas City
Hattie Thomas
Michael Thomas
Thomas
Official Vote Canvass Begins Aug. 21
TOPEKA The State Canvassing Board will meet Aug. 21 to start canvassing the official vote of Tuesday's primary election. County canvassing boards will hold their first meetings tomorrow to check within county returns and absentee out of state ballots.
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Topeka
City To Take Bids On Trash Contract In City Hall Meeting
City commissioners met at city hall to set bids for the garbage and trash contract, with bids to be received next Wednesday evening August 15. Several firms and individuals have picked up bid proposals and many bidders are expected, as some seek land for landfill use. Ordinances were approved to improve Sycamore street and Grant street. Ottawa Airport beacon light may be obtained at no cost beyond installation, with CAA to supply beacons. Don White and Lawrence Wightman noted CAA beacons may be available due to reduced maintenance funds. Mayor Kenneth Andrews and Commissioners Brown and Richeson said city hall will contact CAA to request a beacon. Don Jones of the Ottawa Fire Department urged forming a Citizens Safety Committee for educational driving safety. a meeting to organize the committee will be held next week with city cooperation assured.
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City Hall
Sycamore ‘Street
Blackhawk
Wilson
Grant Street
Main
Hickory
Ottawa
Don White
Lawrence Wightman
Commission
CAA
Kenneth Andrews
Ivan Brown
A. C. Richeson
Don Jones
Ottawa Fire Department
Citizens Safety Committee
4 H Style Revue Set For Saturday At Lincoln School
A style review and contest for best groomed boy along with 4 H demonstrations will be held Saturday in Lincoln school auditorium. Franklin county home demonstration agent Mary Dean Hoile announced the event. Judges are Mrs Helen Gensing Miami county home economist and Roger Hecht Miami county 4 H agent.
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Lincoln School
Mary Dean Hoile
Franklin County
Helen Grensing
Miami County
Roger Hecht
Rescuers Seal Upper Mine Entrances in Belgium Fire
Rescue teams sealed upper levels of the Casier du Bois coal mine in Marcinelle to save the 30 trapped below. About 230 were in Lamb Ambulance. nine dead and six injured recovered from upper levels. Fire started by a short circuit melted an elevator cable, trapping workers as smoke and heat filled the mine.
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Marcinelle
Belgium
Casier du Bois
Lamb Ambulance
University Faculty Travel Amid Summer Break
Ottawa University professors gear for travel and conferences after the main summer session. Dr Milton Danielson and family head east for workshops and events at Camp Miniwanca and Green Lake. Others plan trips to Boulder Port Clinton Toledo Lincoln Nebraska and New Mexico Arizona. President Martin Dean Bemmels and Dr Southard prepare for fall term starting September 10.
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Ottawa University
Milton Danielson
Fam- Ny
East
Camp Miniwanca
Shelby
Mich
Green Lake
Wise
Edgar D
Emory McKenzie
Lincoln
Nebr
University of Nebraska
Andrew B. Martin
W. D. Bemmels
Charles Southard
100 Year Old Ottawan Dies Miss Nisely of Ottawa
Miss Margaret Belle Nisely aged nearly 101 died today at 6 a.m. in Ransom Memorial hospital. Born September 7, 1855 in Waynesburg Pennsylvania, she lived in Franklin County since 1882 and in Ottawa since 1920. She was a Presbyterian and survived by brother L L Nisely. Funeral at Lamb Funeral Home Saturday 10 a.m. Highland Cemetery burial.
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Margaret Belle Nisely
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Waynesburg
Franklin County
Missouri
Ottawa
Nisely
Presbyterian Church
L. L. Nisely
Poplar
Lamb Funeral Home
Highland Cemetery
Miss Nisely
Frances Miller
Squires Nurssing Home
Dwight Eisenhower
Herald
The
Judge Delaney Resigns After Primary Loss
A. O. Delaney Jr., a district judge appointed by Gov. Fred Hall, submitted his resignation after failing to secure renomination in Tuesday's primary. The governor's office announced the letter from Judge Delaney of Troy takes effect next Wednesday.
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Topeka
Fred Hall
Hall
A. O. Delaney Jr
Troy
Bruce Spears thanks supporters after primary
Bruce Spears expresses gratitude to supporters following his primary win. He acknowledges contributions from campaign backers and volunteers and notes ongoing work toward the general election.
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Bruce Spears
Lightning and wind cause heavy damage near Ottawa
A storm from yesterday afternoon through today brought 1.55 inches of rain to Ottawa, felled a 50 foot brick smokestack at Willis Nursery south of town, and toppled trees and disrupted power and phone lines. A woman was stunned by lightning entering a farm house, and nine workers at the nursery faced debris injuries. one man, George Denker, sustained a scalp wound. Weather alarms and utility crews responded as lines and service utilities were affected across the area. The rain is expected to benefit late crops and aid soil preparation across the region.
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Willis Nursery
Max Brockus
Paul Blythe
Warren Bruner
Kenny Johnson
George Denker
Herald
Lamar Phillips
Ottawa
Chester Weeks
Willow Springs
W. M. Smith
Smith
Denker
Ralph Crawford
J. P. Eiselein
Wayne Rose
Kenneth Johnson
John Lindsey
Bruce Spears
East Eleventh
Roselyn Whitley
Whirley
C. L. E. Haff
Water and Light Department
Kansas City Power & Light C
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Don Brown
Kansas Braces for Wind and Storms Across State
Severe winds and electrical storms hit Kansas causing property damage and scattered tornado sightings near Salina McPherson and Brown County while a cold front brought heavy rain amounts up to 4.43 inches in some areas and cooler conditions across the northeast. Local readings varied with towns reporting notable rainfall and minor fire incidents linked to storms.
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Kansas
Smoky Hill Air Force Base
Salina
New Cambria
Elmdale
Strong City
McPherson
Fairview
Brown County
Atchison
Alta Vista
H. L. Collins
Altoona
Wilson
Burr Oak
Concordia
Clay Center
Minneapolis
Junction City
Manhattan
Axtell
Centralia
Norton
Wamego
McFarland
Topeka
Lawrence
Herington
Official Canvass To Decide Democrat Governor Nominee
Forecast shows a mix of clouds and scattered showers through Friday with cooler east and central areas. Official canvass to decide Democratic governor and U S Senate nominees follows near-close returns. Docking leads Woodring by 854 votes for gubernatorial nomination. Aylward leads Hart by 143 votes for Senate. Republican results: Warren Shaw wins gubernatorial nomination. Frank Carlson re-nominated for Senate. Turnout nears 275000 Republicans and 151000 Democrats.
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Topeka
Kansas
U. S. Senate
George Docking
Lawrence Banker
Harry Woodring
Roosevelt
Docking
Woodring
Paul L. Aylward
Ellsworth
Aylward
George Hart
Wichita
Warren W. Shaw
Fred Hall
Shaw
Hall
Frank Carlson
Walter I. Biddle
Leavenworth
Senate
Hart
Sedgwick County
Clifford Hope
John Cutcher
Hutchinson
Jay Berryman
Ashland
Storm advisory outlines severe thunderstorms across a large swath
The U S Weather Bureau issued an 11 08 a m advisory predicting widely scattered severe thunderstorms from 2 p m to 10 p m along a zone 60 miles either side of a line from 60 miles southwest of Hutchinson to 60 miles northeast of Springfield Mo The affected area covers southwest Missouri southeast Kansas and parts of extreme north central Oklahoma.
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Kansas City
U. S. Weather Bureau
Hutchinson
Springfield
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Volunteer Civil Defense Drive Seeks 20 Workers Each Unit
Civil defense committee chair men aim to recruit adequate volunteers by early next week. Local director John Weidmann says only a few hours of training are needed and civil defense work should not interfere with daily life. Joe Hamm calls life-saving work highly rewarding and essential. Contacts list numbers for medical, fire, police, and welfare missions. Each committee target is over 20 workers with organized instruction once volunteers reach threshold. Outfielder Frank Robinson becomes the Reds first rookie to hit 20 homers in a season.
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Civil Defense Committee
John Weidmann
Joe Hamm
Civil Defense
Johnson County
Two Divorces and A Quiet Title in District Court
Two divorces were granted in district court yesterday. Florence C. Haines obtained a divorce from Harry D. Haines for gross neglect of duty with her maiden name Scott restored. Clara M. Hobbs was granted a divorce from Harry E. Hobbs for gross neglect of duty, custody of Beverly, 12, awarded to her, and $40 weekly. A title was quieted in favor of the heirs of James C. Firestone, deceased, against A. H. Martin and others.
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Florence C. Haines
Harry D. Haines
Scott
Clara M. Hobbs
Harry E. Hobbs
Beverly
James C. Firestone
A. H.martin
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Diamond Springs
Council Grove
Harveyville
Matfield Green
Emporia
Osage City
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Paola
la Cygne
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