Local Briefs From Ottawa and Kansas City
Mrs. Walter C. Griffin of Kansas City Kansas visits her mother Mrs. H. W. Johnson at 534 Sycamore. Mrs. George Herzog dislocated her ankle and fractured bones in a fall, treated in Kansas City and returned home. sister and brother-in-law Mr. and Mrs. John Herzog of Hoisington assist. Franklin County records report 71 grain releases removing farmers from the grain loan list. Ottawa fire crews extinguish a television set fire at 615 S Locust with no damage beyond the set. Beth W. Studebaker attends University of Colorado Boulder summer session July 21 to August 23.
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Walter C. Griffin
Kansas City
Kas
H. W. Johnson
Sycamore
George Herzog
King
John Herzog
Hoisington
Beth W. Studebaker
Ottawa
College of Arts and Sciences
University of Colorado
Boulder
Ottawa tightens speed enforcement amid rising violations
Ottawa police chief Eugene Flaherty said the city is clamping down on traffic violations with nine motorists cited for speeding since Tuesday morning. A timer check in the 900 block of South Cedar led to four drivers cited for 40 in a 30 mph zone, and other tickets followed in the North Main and South Main areas.
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Eugene Flaherty
Ottawa
Lis
Clyde Johnson
Bill Wheeler
State Safety Department
Otttawa
South Cedar
Hazel W. Marks
David Moore
S. Oak
Donald S. Hogland
S. Sycamore
Edwin D. Gard
North Main
Lillian B. Reed
E. 11Th
Dixie Sue Lambert
N. Sycamore
Dedrick Fox
Kansas City
J. Stephenson
RFC
Aaron C. King
Wichita
South Main
Traffic Toll in Topeka Kansas 1958 Summary
AP reports Kansas traffic fatalities from the State Accident Records Section show 5 deaths in the last 24 hours, 310 to date for 1958, and 314 for the same period in 1957.
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Topeka
Kansas
Ottawa Man Sentenced to 30 Days for Drunken Arrest
Police found Ralph Riemer, 37, behind a local store “plain drunk.” Judge Winton A. Winter sentenced him to 30 days in jail but ordered release Monday on parole. Riemer must refrain from lawbreaking and alcohol. his vacation ends Sunday.
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Ottawa
Ralph Riemer
N. Cedar
Winton A. Winter
Riemer
Death by own action at Golden Gate Bridge
SAN FRANCISCO AP The 179th death by own action at the Golden Gate Bridge involved Kilert Johnson a 70 year old Oakland retiree who leaped from the rail after stopping his car. Ambulance worker Sam Rascon recounted the man held his hat tightly as he fell and vanished beyond the rail.
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San Francisco
Golden Gate Bridge
Sam Rascon
Rascon
Kilert Johnson
Oakland
Johnson
Bond Issue Beaten in Ellinwood Kansas
Ellinwood voters defeated a 15000 dollar bond issue for airport land for a second time. The measure failed 221 to 277 with the city missing a federal matching grant of 15000 dollars for improvements if the land were owned.
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Ellinwood
Kas
Eisenhower signs bill curbing government secrecy
In Washington AP President Eisenhower signs a Moss bill aimed at limiting secrecy on federal activities. The measure curbs executive branch authority to keep information from the public and triggers a new congressional review of government transparency.
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Shiington
Eisenhower
John E. Moss
Calif
Cnt
Erhower
Congress
Executive Branch
Eisenhower Arenot
Moss
United Nations
President Eisenhower
Col
Willia G. Draper
Air Force
New York
Wheat Barley Soybean Rye and Other Grains Listed
Grain categories including wheat barley soybeans rye white yellow shelled oats milo and related varieties are cataloged. The list appears as a commodity type roundup with no events or figures attached.
Recount Decision Looms In 6th District GOP Race
Norton attorney Keith Sebelius says a recount in the close 6th District GOP primary will serve the party, as unofficial returns show Wint Smith defeating Sebelius by 41 votes for the U S House nomination across 26 counties. Sebelius plans to run again in 1960. state canvassing will certify totals next week.
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Topeka
Keith Sebelius
Norton
Congress
Wint ‘Smith
Sebelius
GOP
MOP Hearing Set For Oct 9 In Kansas
The Kansas Corporation Commission will hold further hearings October 9 at Concordia on Missouri Pacific Railroad’s request to reduce 30 Kansas stations to part-time operation. The railroad seeks 15 agents to run 3 cent stations along the Atchison to Stockton, Lenora and Republic line, with one agent covering two stations. Protests come from telegraphers union, local businessmen, elevator operators and others who say public service would suffer. MP says saving about $70,000 annually and that partial operation is better than closing stations. A KCC spokesman notes this is the first dualized-station plan in Kansas. Initial hearings were in Topeka this week.
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Topeka
Kansas Corporation Commission
Concordia
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Kansas
The
Railroad
Atchison
Stockton
Lenora
Republic
KCC
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