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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1955
Page
6
Hurricane Connie batters the East with wind driven rain spreading from Norfolk to Portland Maine. The storm caused at least 21 deaths, including 10 vacationers drowned after a schooner sank in Chesapeake Bay, and four others missing while 13 were rescued. New York City logged nearly seven inches of rain and seven deaths were attributed to the storm.
Growth leaders from 22 states voted to remove low grade spuds from sale and limit U S No 2 grade potatoes to curb a 50 million bushel surplus. W B Whitley of the National Potato Council will form a committee to craft a long range plan and coordinate with the Agriculture Department. a formal program faces approval at the council's Chicago meeting November 28–29.
U S and Red Chinese envoys met in Geneva for 1 hour 45 minutes but failed to agree on freeing 41 Americans held in China. Talks suspended until Tuesday with repatriation of civilians to be on the agenda. Ambassador Johnson and Ambassador Wang Ping nan gave reporters no progress hints amid a closed door meeting. A U S spokesman denied a New Delhi report that Johnson would back India as a third party for repatriation of Chinese students in the United States.
President Eisenhower signed a 30 million dollar polio vaccine aid law. States will receive funds to vaccinate pregnant women and children under 20 with allocations based on unvaccinated populations and income measures. Each state must appoint a single agency to implement plans to the Public Health Service, using the money by February 15, 1956.
Dick Piper 19 fell into Clear Creek and drowned while fishing with neighbor William Jensen 14. Piper's foster parents Mr and Mrs Sidney Piper were vacationing in Chicago.
Wichita based Kansas Anti Corruption Assn announces formation as a non profit non partisan group to defend citizens against fraud and ensure fair treatment. Ralph M Quila 34 insulation contractor named resident agent with incorporators Donald G Bunker and his wife. The group invites complaints from those wronged or defrauded and pledges to investigate meritless cases. Quila led a statewide petition against congressional probes of Sen. Joseph McCarthy but asserts no link to McCarthy or any national affiliation.
Kansas economist L. J. Pritchard, University of Kansas finance professor, told the Midwest Savings Conference in Fort Collins there is little danger of inflation for the United States. He warned creeping inflation could be risky for small nations relying on imports if pricing relies on supply and demand rather than productivity and resources.
Geneva reports American scientists warning at the 72 nation atoms for peace conference to limit pelvic X rays for women in this age group. They advise restricting exposure to two weeks after the menstrual period due to the small but present risk of unsuspected pregnancy and potential fetal harm.
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