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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1956
Page
8
Property listing notes a near new two bedroom plus den home with garage attic in Garfield lodgings. Owner is leaving soon and the G I transfer may apply with a price of 11000 dollars.
An advertisement from the National School of Aeronautics invites young women aged 17 to 39 to enroll in an aviation training program. The terse notice uses unclear wording and includes a cryptic reference to "ano, 36" as part of the contact detail.
Durham Connecticut police charged Everett Cooley and his brother Milton in the abduction of Air Force sergeant's wife Grace Drepperd and the July 28 killing of John Davis. Grace survived a gunshot. Davis was shot dead in his car as Cooley admitted the earlier murder and named Milton as the getaway driver.
Israeli opposition leader Menachem Begin denounces Egyptian President Nasser as cold blooded and dangerous. He warns that Nasser’s fate is life or death for Israel and calls for shifting policy and forming alliances with anti Nasser powers, including Britain. Begin heads the Heruth party and once led the Irgun.
Mixed prairie hay behind baler at 40c per bale. Rye hay for sale at $1.00 per bale. Contact Hay Koontz at 27 F 5 or rent space at North Airport via phone 461 J.
Several hundred started pullets offered with contact via phone number 285. Local poultry supplier advertises inventory and pricing details through a simple classified notice.
Harriman campaign director Loyd Benefield said Adlai Stevenson, already claiming about 400 first-ballot votes, faced a defensive stance as the Democratic presidential nomination race sharpened. The convention was set to begin Thursday with 686 delegates needed to nominate.
Chicago reports prep for the Democratic National Convention with 22 tons of beef at Stock Yards Inn near the Amphitheatre. Concessionaires plan 41,000 hot dogs 18,000 cups of coffee 2,410 cartons of milk and 43,000 bottles of soft drinks.
Kansas motorists recorded one highway death yesterday and three more Saturday. Allan L. Blackburn, 19, of Hutchinson, died when his truck rolled over four miles west of Hutchinson. passenger Betty Hamilton, 15, of Nickerson, Kansas, had minor injuries. Saturday victims included Richard Holmes, 18, of Winchester, killed when his motorcycle flipped end over end three miles north of McLouth, and Robert M. Southworth, 19, of Bushnell.
A one car crash near Ellinwood on U S Highway 50N killed a man named Ton. Another single vehicle crash on U S Highway 183 killed 28 year old Richard Archer of Phillipsburg.
Hayward Calif Albert R Keller Jr shot his wrist accidentally while hunting Geer. After a tourniquet he drove home but missed a curve and plunged into a canyon. He started a car heater, ran out of gasoline, flashed lights for help until the battery died. Twelve hours later passersby found him weak from blood loss and cold. He was taken to a hospital and listed in fair condition.
Franklin Texas report says Confederate veteran Walter Williams is fully recovered from a recent illness and plans to celebrate his 114th birthday on November 12 with only 14 candles on the cake. He jokes about avoiding hospitals and wants to read mail he received during illness. Savings Bonds are tax exempt.
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