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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1955
Page
8
A fragment notes a 33 mm Eastman Pony camera lost with a reward offered. The text also references real estate, suggesting notices of property or listings accompany the item.
British scientists at the atomic conference outline cautious forecasts for peaceful fusion. Sir George Thompson says fusion power will come. Sir John Cockroft refuses to forecast. Homi Bhabha predicts control of fusion energy within two decades. Britain aims to improve nuclear power processes and breed fuel to extend uranium use.
New York welterweight champion Carmen Basilio returns to the ring for a 10 round non title bout against Italy’s Italo Scortichini at Madison Square Garden. Basilio, 28, 147 pounds, 3-1 favorite after beating DeMarco in June, aims to extend his 23 month unbeaten streak with a possible later title defense against Saxon or DeMarco. ABC will televise at 8 pm CST. Scortichini has an included prior 10 round draw and a 10 round decision loss in the record.
Del Ennis of the Philadelphia Phillies became the fifth active player to reach 1,000 RBIs. He drove in his 1,000th run with a sacrifice fly in the fifth inning of a 9-1 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates, his 10-year career totaling 091 RBIs this season. Other active 1,000 RBI players are Ted Williams Stan Musial Enos Slaughter and Mickey Vernon.
St Louis rookie centerfielder Bill Virdon 24 undergoing Army physical examination for possible reclassification. Virdon who rejoined the team in Milwaukee before last night’s game suffered a chipped ankle bone in 4 years with the Yankees and says the test won’t affect his starting position this year.
Garden City Junior College appoints M Don Talley as head basketball coach succeeding Roland Ellerts who resigned last month. Talley will also serve as assistant track and football coach and is a former basketball mentor at Wichita County Community High School Leeti.
In Snyder Oklahoma a Kiowa County couple marked their 76th wedding anniversary with a quiet family gathering and noted a recent 100th birthday celebration for W A Fullington known as Uncle Bunch. Annie Fullington, 98, and W A Fullington, born in 1855 Texas, married in 1879, moved to southwest Oklahoma in the 1890s, built a cattle domain near Wichita Mountains, and he is regarded as Oklahoma’s oldest active rancher.
The East Coast faced threat from hurricane Connie while most areas enjoyed pleasant summer weather. Cool conditions persisted from the Rockies to New England, with heat in Texas and the Southwest. Readings ranged from the 70s in the Central Plains to the 90s in parts of the Southwest, with high humidity and scattered thundershowers in the plains Gulf states and Ohio Valley.
Special topeka report says fire chief Bert E Line believed the Methodist Home for the Aged fire July 28 would have been controlled quickly with adequate water. A 214 inch hose and fog nozzle were used at the west wing entrance but insufficient flow limited effectiveness, with some department members calling the effort bungled.
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