Side Swipes at Country Club Pool Incident
A boy opened a discharge valve at the Country Club pool yesterday and released several inches of water to wade outside the pool. The pool water is drained into a nearby club lake. Also notes on large elephant ear leaves, poison ivy spread in Chester Monds family, a price correction on Edmiston summer pants, sale of old newspapers, and an upcoming Ice Cream Social at Sacred Heart School.
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Country Club Pool
Edmiston’s
Ottawan Fans Rally For Ball Park Outing Adventure
Several hundred Ottawans filled Memorial Auditorium and rode nine Ottawa buses to Kansas City for a night at the ball park. Enos Slaughter thrilled the crowd as fans enjoyed hot dogs, beer, and a bustling caravan pace. A minor bus Cadillac scrape and a wandering return route added local color to a memorable excursion.
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Kansas City
Ottawa
Memorial Auditorium
Art Jensen
Howard Docker
No. 2
Olathe
Ball Park
Enos Slaughter
Wayne Gilliland
Lois Smith
Kansas
R. C. Blunt
Tulsa
Hewitt Chevrolet Co Litwin Malott hardware ad
A compact ad item lists Hewitt Chevrolet Co and Litwin Malott hardware offerings. It presents a brief catalog style notice emphasizing a combination of automotive and hardware goods in a local merchant scene.
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Hewitt Chevrolet Co. Litwin ‘Malott “Hardware
No Leads in Allen Case
Kansas City law enforcement officials, after many tips, remain without tangible evidence in the murder of 34 year old Wilma Allen. She was found shot twice in a Johnson County pasture and autopsy confirmed rape. Mrs. Allen disappeared on a Thursday shopping trip. A Kansas City Crime Commission reward now totals 5200 dollars. About 600 people attended her funeral at the church yesterday.
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Kansas City
Wilma Allen
Johnson County
Kas
Allen
William R. Allen, Jr
Kansas City Crime Commission
Name Quarles To Air Post
President Eisenhower named Donald A. Quarles to head the Air Force as secretary designating him from defense RD duties. Quarles, 61, hails from Van Buren Arkansas and lives in Englewood New Jersey.
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Quarles
Air Post
Washington
Eisenhower Today
Donald A. Quarles
Earth Satellite Project
Air Force
van Buren
Ark
Englewood, N.J
Guest Day at Ottawa Country Club
The annual ladies Guest Day at the Ottawa Country Club will be held August 16. Women from Osawatomie Paola and Garnett Country Clubs have been invited to join local ladies on the links and at lunch. Hostesses are Mrs. Al Tucker Mrs. Frank Shull and Mrs. Robert Hill. The start time is 8 30 a m. All Country Club women are invited to attend the luncheon.
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Ottawa Country Club
Osawatomie
Paola
Garnett
al Tucker
Frank Shull
Robert Hill
Country Club
Civil Service Board Ousting Questions Filed In Topeka
Jay W. Scovel says a mandamus petition will be filed in district court demanding Gov. Fred Hall specify charges against two State Civil Service Board members. The suit, on behalf of James D. Gilmore and Harold P. Trusler, seeks a court order clarifying who is charged and what conduct is alleged.
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Topeka
Jay W. Scovel
Independence
Fred Hall
State Civil Service Board
Scovel
James D. Gilmore
Harold P. Trusler
Emporia
Thrift Shop Removal Sale Through August Ninth
A thrift shop removal sale operates through 6 PM on Saturday August Ninth at the 210 Page parcel near 5th and Cedar. The notice lists location 209 C-1T and a Friday 6 30 start time.
87 Dead In Disasters 66 Soldiers Die in Crash In Germany
In Stuttgart Germany two C119 Flying Boxcar transports collided and crashed into the Black Forest during a training flight. The US Air Force reports 66 deaths including crew and troops aboard. The disaster, the worst in West Germany postwar history and the largest in Western Europe military crash fatalities, occurred shortly after takeoff from Echterdingen.
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Germany
Black Forest
U.S. Air Force
Air Force
Loff
Echterdingen Field
Here
U. S. 7Th Army
U. S
Tokyo
Larson Air Force Base
Washington State
Cardiff
Wales
West Germany
Europe
60Th Troop Carrier Wing
Rhein-Main Air Base
Frankfurt
7Th Army
Deadly blast devastates Ohio town gateway restaurant
A major explosion and fire ripped through the Gateway Restaurant in Andover near Pyma tuning Lake, killing at least 21 people and injuring about 18. Rescue teams recovered bodies from the collapsed two story frame building as investigators consider gas ignition from lightning or electrical equipment amid heavy rains.
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Andover
Ohio
Ior
Gateway
Pymatuning Lake
Pennsylvania
Fie
Lake Erie
Lake Pymatuning
Cleveland
Elmer Bumblis
Moisture Improves Soil Readiness for Fall Crops
County Agent Don Brown notes recent rainfall benefits soybeans and sorghums in Franklin county while moisture remains spotty and late for corn. He cites better corn prospects than last year, upcoming soybean harvest in about 30 days, and fall plow and seeding plans for alfalfa rye and wheat. Soil tests cost $1 and take 10 days.
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Franklin County
Don Brown
Brown
ASC
John. Davis
Jack
Extension Service
Connie Hammers Carolina Coast as Eye Moves In
Hurricane Connie neared the mainland with winds near 75 mph and waves shredding piers while the eye approached Wilmington to Myrtle Beach. Eye winds hit about 100 mph as forecasters warned of continued danger with tides four to six feet above normal and widespread beach and street flooding.
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N.C
Carolina
Myrtle Beach
S.C
Hazel
Cape Romain
D.C
Charleston
Virginia Capes
Connie
Seaboard
Virginia
Boston Weather Bureau
New England
Frying Pan Shoals
Cape Fear River
Carolinas
Warm Up in Kansas With Scattered Thunderstorms Possible
Kansas forecasts show slight temperature increases with little overall change. Isolated thundershowers may occur in the extreme west late today, while the east remains fair and the west partly cloudy through tomorrow. Lows tonight near the upper 60s and highs tomorrow in the 90s, with yesterday’s readings ranging from 93 at Chanute to 85 at Hill City. Morning lows varied from 61 at Russell to 66 at Garden City Wichita and Chanute. Lamb Ambulance Phone 380.
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Peka
Kansas
Chanute
Hill City
Russell
Garden City
Wichita
Princeton Woman Wins Nationwide Oxydol Contest
Mrs. Mary Tankersley of Princeton won first prize in a nationwide Oxydol contest, earning 2000 dollars and a Frigidaire clothes dryer. Local sponsor Peace Food store and Malott Hardware dealer. Tankersley, widow, once ran a Princeton nursing home now moved to Ottawa, has two daughters and plans to use the prize broadly.
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Princeton
Mary Tankersley
U. S
Peace Food Store
Tankersley
Malott, Hardware Store
Lankersley
Ottawa
Richard Welch
Bill King
Franklin county ASC elects nine to community committees
Nine of sixteen Franklin county ASC community elections concluded this week with three men elected in each township to serve on local committees. They take office September 1. In Appanoose C R Goodman Earl Gilliland and Kenneth Bowman head the list followed by Centropolis Vernon Parks Harold Simmons and Wilvad Shoemaker Cutler Marvin Brenner Larry Spratt and Bill Haughn Franklin Lawrence Murphy James Coughenow and W A Lytle Greenwood Marlin Moody Charles Hamilton and H A Van Horn Hayes Russell Wray Glenn Scott and Victor Warren Lincoln Ray Farris Cecil Schnieder and G W Pontom Ottawa Fred Wood Alton Rumford and Max Shoemaker Richmond Clyde Berry EM Henderson and Albert Dunas The county ASC convention will be held in Ottawa August 31 when committee chairmen will pick three members and two alternates for the Franklin county ASC committee Present county committee members are Frank Lehew chairman H A Jones vice chairman and J Hale Parker member
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Tranklin County
ASC
Appanoose
C. R. Goodman
Earl Gilliland
Kenneth Bowman
Centropolis
Vernon Parks
Harold Simmons
Wil Vad Shoemaker
Cutler
Marvin Brenner
Larry Spratt
Albert’ Dunas
Franklin County
Ottawa
Frank Lehew
H. A.jones
J. Hale Parker
Adlai Stevenson Set as Democratic Nominee Candidate
In an informal news conference last night Adlai E Stevenson indicated he will run for the Democratic presidential nomination next year, stating clearly that he intends to seek the office in November. The former 1952 nominee made the point to attendees that his candidacy is definite.
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Chicago
Adlai E. Stevenson
Ice Cream Social at Sacred Heart School Aid Cedar
Community notice for Sacred Heart School and Cedar hosts an ice cream social event. Details include address 428 N Main and Helen's Snack Shop with diverse food offerings and hours from 11 00 a m to 3 00 a m on Saturday. Event aims to support local fundraiser and feature homemade pies and various sandwiches.
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Heart School Ltd
Cedar
Helen
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Todd” Coen
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the Herald
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Ourby Auto Supply
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