Fine Homes Rockwood Acres Development
Ottawa area reports the Rockwood Acres subdivision opened in 1952 near East 15th street along East Wood Creek with $2 per acre lots. Several houses completed or nearing completion belong to E G Stucker and multiple couples including Lee Hyrem Webb Howe Lamb Hashagen and Smith. Other lot owners include Haley Malott Wagner Churchill Johnson An derson B Anderson Tucker and others. a well at 80 feet was drilled for Ed Johnson.
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Binenta
Ottawa
E. G. Stucker
Wood Creek
East 15Th Street
Rockwood Drive
Sever
E.G. Stucker
Lee Hyrem
Claude Webb
C. D. Howe
John Lamb
Clyde Hashagen
K. ‘Smith
Homewood Picnic Planned in Forest Park Ottawa
Friendly Club plans a Sunday noon picnic at the Forest park shelter in Ottawa on August 21 bringing own lunch and table service with a watermelon feed afterward. Visitors and local residents are noted visiting relatives and neighbors including Celia Slater from Kansas City and Sue Judd of Princeton. Rev. C W Southard preached in Ottawa and Ron Seward preached in Topeka as part of weekend church activities.
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Friendly Club
Shelter House
Forest Park
Ottawa
Celia Slater
Kansas City
W. C. Cromwell
Cromwell
Edgar Reeves
Colorado
Sue Judd
Princeton
Junior Harrington
Clarence Ranney
Ranney
J. E. Funk
Elmina Hurley
Youngster Dragged By Cow at Bath Farm
Six year old Tommy Crane reached for a cow's tail at a Bath farm to get milk. His hand became entangled in the cow's hair and he was dragged through a barn before dying shortly after. Local authorities investigate with no update on condition.
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Bath
N.Y
Tommy Crane
Foreign Students To Be Entertained At KU Orientation
Lawrence and Iola host families will welcome 50 foreign students for a six week orientation center at the University of Kansas Aug 19 21 in Iola and Kansas City the following weekend. Dr J A Buzzle says the visits aim to show normal American home life as the students from 25 countries conclude their U S stay and proceed to other colleges for a year of study.
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Lawrence
Iola
Kansas City
University of
K.U
Hall Seeks New Mental Health Authority Plan
Gov Fred Hall of Kansas proposes a Mental Health Authority and a coordinated plan to address maladjustment across penal institutions, hospitalization, community mental health, geriatrics, alcoholism, juvenile delinquency, mental retardation, and staff training. A state study commission will first examine penal facilities, with closer county welfare ties to the division of institutional management planned.
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Chicago
Fred Hall
Kansas
German Reds Oppose Vote on Reunification
East Germany rejects any national election to reunify the nation while Bonn stays in the Western camp. Prime Minister Otto Grotewohl demands Adenauer quit Western European Union and abandon rearmament as the price for unity. He vows East Germany will not give up Communist gains and calls for West Germany to end capitalistic monopolies before talks can advance. The Soviets reportedly back his basic stance. Michigan’s largest home crowd record is noted from 1952.
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Berlin
East Germany
Bonn
Otto Grotewohl
Volkskammer
Konrad Adenauer
European Union
Geneva
Red East
Grotewohl
Soviet Union
Weeks Spars With Celler Over Free Enterprise Critique
Secretary Weeks defended free enterprise while criticizing unnamed critics who attack businessmen in government. Representative Celler dismissed Weeks remarks as palpable nonsense. The exchange follows public disagreements over the department's Business Advisory Council and its activities.
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Washington
Weeks
Rep
Celler
D-Ny
Department
Business Advisory Council
165 corporation executives served under both parties since 1930s
A historical note records that 165 corporate executives have served under Democratic and Republican administrations since the 1930s, highlighting long bipartisan ties in U.S. business leadership and governance across decades.
Wing Damaged On Godfrey's Plane
TETERBORO N J Arthur Godfrey suffered a minor right wing damage when his DC3 hit a ground light while taxiing for a Moncton Canada flight. Godfrey and a co pilot escaped injury and the wing was repaired before the plane took off again without incident.
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Teterboro
N.J
Arthur Godfrey
Moncton
Can
Arkansas River Compact Authorization Authorized
A day is set for authorizing Kansas and Oklahoma to enter a compact to apportion the waters of the Arkansas River and its tributaries among the two states.
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Day
Kansas
Oklahoma
Arkansas River
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Irvin Malott
Art Wagner
Roy Churchill
Ed Johnson
Robert A. Anderson
Robert B. Anderson
C. A.tucker
Ransom Bennett, Jr
John Gere
Jim Chandler
Homer Henning
Wightmans
Service For
Cade
Thelma Egginton
Mary Egginton
Buildex, Inc
Nevada
Herald
Lois Smith
Homewood
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Hall
Michigan
State
Godfrey
Ark River Compact
Eisenhower
First Baptist Church
Ray Miller
Star Grain & Lumber
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5Th
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Grain & Lumber Co
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