Mail Boost Is Predicted Surface Upgrade on John Brown Highway
County Engineer Fred Gardner reports the 11.3 mile stretch from Princeton east to the Miami County line now has a blacktop surface, completed last week by Henry Construction Co of Ottawa under a county contract. The Miami into Osawatomi section has long been blacktop. In Dallas, Dr. Chauncey D. Leake of Ohio State University urges self knowledge and brain understanding, not tranquilizers, to improve mental health. Descendants of Peter Brecheisen near Ottawa total about 500. 200 expected at the Memorial Auditorium reunion, tying Kansas Centennial pride. Two Wellsville women show strong catches at Lone Star Lake, one weighing 6.5 pounds and another 5 pounds. Ottawa Bargain Centre at 213 S Main and OK Bargain Store at 1608 S Main cause some confusion in town.
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John Brown
Princeton
Miami County
Fred Gardner
Henery Construction Co
Ottawa
Osawatomie
Dallas
Ohio
Brecheisen
Peter Brecheisen
Memorial Auditorium
Kansas
S. Main
Fight Over 4-Cent Stamp Roils Postal Bill Fight
Washington predicted House approval today of a bill to raise mailing charges to help offset a postal deficit. Main feature is raising the first class letter rate from 3 to 4 cents with additional increases for air mail and other classes.
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Washington
House
McCormack
D-Mass
Eisenhower
Martin
Post Office Department
Weather Here Stages Repeat Performance
The weather repeated a hot pattern with a 100 degree high during the afternoon as observer John Kelsey logged 100 from 1:40 to 2:50 and again 100 from 3:15 to 2:30 pm. The morning low was 70. Sunday’s high also reached 100. Soil bakes while cracks appear and crops cry for rain.
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John Kelsey
Body of Little Girl Found in Pool
In Wichita an 18 month old girl named Teresa Wood wandered from home and drowned after her body was found in a private swimming pool yesterday. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs James Wood.
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Wichita
Teresa Wood
Mrs. James , Wood
Weather County Forecast Faly and Continued Heat
The forecast calls for hot and mostly sunny conditions this afternoon with scattered thundershowers mainly on Wednesday afternoon. Tonight and Wednesday will be partly cloudy with isolated storms. Today’s highs near 90 to 95, tonight’s low around 70, and Wednesday’s highs near 90 to 95.
Compromise Bill Clears The House
The House approved a compromise public works appropriations bill totaling 658 million dollars for water projects. The measure, crafted by a Senate House conference committee, now goes to the Senate with possible White House action. It is about 2 percent below the President's budget and funds projects on the Marais des Cygnes river and a Pomona reservoir plan.
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Washington
House
Senate House
Senate
White House
Eisenhower
Marais Des Cygnes
Pomona
Fort Scott Clerk Named State NIMC Chairman
Fort Scott city clerk Mrs Vera Schweppe has been named state membership chairman for Kansas for the National Institute of Municipal Clerks. Schweppe began her third two year term as city clerk in April.
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Fort Scott i
Vera Schweppe
Fort Scott
Kansas
National Institute of Municipal Clerks
Schweppe
Counterspy Morros Confesses as FBI Reveals Double Life
New York report details Boris Morros, a Russian-born Hollywood producer who served 12 years as a U S counterspy. He testified before a grand jury, outlining his undercover work from Paris to Moscow and his cooperation with the FBI while pretending to aid Soviet interests.
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Hollywood
United States
Paris
Moscow
Sol
FBI
Underground cables laid by phone company in Ottawa area
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co district manager says work is underway northwest of Ottawa in the Sand Creek district to replace overhead lines with underground cable. A 9 man crew uses a cable plow pulled by two tractors to lay about 2.5 miles daily. The project includes 15,000 feet of cable in Sand Creek and supports an overall area upgrade to dial service next year.
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Sand Creek Road
Ottawa
Jack Morrisey
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Morrisey
Sand Creek
Telephone Company
Rylie Construction Co
Kansas City
Lester Bell
Clathe
Bell
Northwest
Rayburn
Texas
Walter
D-Pato
Jin
Senate
Tai
Eisenhower
Keating
Rep
Celler
House
Transportation Workers Strike Paralyzes Lodz Poland
Lodz, Poland, 700000 residents, endures a strike by about 10 000 transport workers over pay linked to vodka price hikes. Armed guards patrol the streets while police deploy tear gas at the main depot. Government offered 50 percent raise with wage boosts tied to vodka revenue, prompting emergency transport plans and protests across the city.
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Lodz
Poland
Warsaw
Communist Party
Jiedz
Traffic Toll Topeka Figures From State Records
Kansas traffic fatalities listed by the State Accident Records Section. In the past 24 hours four. To date in 1957 three hundred five. Same period in 1956 two hundred eighty five.
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Topeka
Kansas
State Dept warns U S youths of Red China tour
Undersecretary Christian A. Herter told 46 American youths planning a trip to Red China that their passports could be seized and they risk violating the Trading with the Enemy Act. The warning notes a potential quasi state of war exists between the United States and Red China and trips could make travelers pawns in Communist propaganda.
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Washington
United States
Red China
Christian A. Herter
State Department
Herter
Moscow
Communist
China
Peiping
Christian A. Werter
Church Board Approves Plans for First Unit
Oftawe Christian Church board approved the first phase of its building project, a fellowship hall on the west side at 1th and Cedar. Low bids came from Markowitz Builders, Carey Plumbing & Heating, and Wiggin Electric. The hall will serve worship and Sunday school. sanctuary to be built later, with total cost $87,600.
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Oftawe Christian Church
1Th
Cedar
Markowitz Builders
Emporia
Carey Plumbing & Heating Co
Vincent Skidmore
Howard Doyen
Garfield School
4Th
Odd Fellows Lodge
Garfield
Radio permit sought for Salina station 910 kilocycles
The Federal Communications Commission received an application for a new radio station from Kansas Broadcasters, Inc. of Kansas City for a Salina, Kansas outlet on 910 kilocycles at 500 watts daytime operation.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Kansas Broadcasters, Inc
Civil Rights Compromise Blocked in House
Washington reports a stalemate in civil rights legislation as Rep Keating seeks unanimous consent to send the bill to conference with the Senate and push a compromise. The effort stalled, blocking any immediate resolution of differences between chambers.
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Washington
Senate
House
Rep
Keating
Warns Against Foreign Aid Cuts
House Republican Leader Martin of Massachusetts warned reporters that a special session of Congress may be called if foreign aid appropriations are cut deeply He said the President would have to recall Congress if funds are reduced beyond what can meet commitments and questioned whether funds would last until January 1 to fulfill obligations.
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Hisenhower
House
Rep. Martin
Massachusetts
Sen
Knowland
California
Senate
Eisenhower
Washington—House
Martin
Congress
Congr
AFL-CIO to Complete Action Against Teamsters
The AFL-CIO Executive Council voted to complete action on corruption charges against the Teamsters Union before their convention next month. President George Meany said the Ethics Practices committee set a final date of September 5-6, with recommendations to be announced around September 23-24, ahead of the September 30 Teamsters convention start.
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Chicago
Teamsters Union
Teamsters
George Meany
Afl-C110
Ethical Pracitices Committee
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