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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1956
Page
8
Briaw Hatcheries at 1020 Willow offers pullets six months old at 1.80 each and 300 foundation stock. White Rock pullets three months old priced at 1.00 each from Red Stinson six miles south and 1½ west of Ottawa Illinois. Laying pullets sought. hatchery buys eggs. Phone 751-1-3.
Pattern brief advertises Printed Pattern 4762 for Misses' sizes 10 through 18. One yard 54 inch fabric required for blouse jerkin and skirt in all sizes. Directions printed on each pattern part. Send 35 cents plus 5 cents mailing to Anne Adams in New York for pattern, include name address zone size and style number.
United Nations Mixed Armistice Commission accuses Jordan of responsibility for a bus ambush that killed an Israeli woman passenger and three soldiers. A force of about 15 aggressors crossed from Jordan‑held territory and opened fire on a bus bound for Elath and two escort jeeps.
Four inmates escaped last night by sawing a dormitory window bar. Gail Kienar, 22, of Russell, captured driving a stolen car about 17 miles west of Hutchinson. Others, Tony Pfannenstiel, 41, of Salina, Richard Stramel, 25, of Hays, and Walter Thompson, 40, still pursued. Kienar, Pfannenstiel and Stramel described as criminally insane and dangerous, later picked up. Also note: only eight copies remain of The Journal of Major George Washington printed in 1754.
Kansas delegates to the Republican national convention mingle in San Francisco with a vacation mood. They attend parties and cocktails while acknowledging duties and supporting Eisenhower and Nixon, noting no caucuses are planned as the event unfolds.
Turner Kansas announces the appointment of William C. Johnson 42 head basketball coach at Peru Neb Teachers College as Turner High School basketball coach. Principal T R Palmquist says the decision was announced yesterday at the school.
In Birmingham Alabama two Negro men George Johnson and Clyde Jones were denied permission to take city patrolman civil service exams. Personnel Director Ray Mullins cited that white is stated on the application and said the city would advertise with Negro inclusion only after the City Commission decides to allow colored applicants. Reverend F L Shuttleworth accompanied the men.
The State Can vassing Board began checking primary election returns from Kansas counties. Officials expect results Saturday after verifying 101 counties with Shawnee Trego Woodson Wyandotte awaiting tabulation. Battles for Democratic nomination for governor and U S senator show small leads for Docking over Woodring and Hart over Aylward in unofficial tallies.
In a speech prepared for his installation as permanent chairman of the GOP National Convention Joseph W. Martin Jr. urged Republicans to “work and fight” to regain Congress and eliminate the opposition. He warned that complacency must not return and predicted strong cross over support from Democrats and independents for a GOP victory in 1956. Martin highlighted Republican achievements under the Eisenhower era and framed the purpose as building toward a Republican president and vice president for the next four years.
A public figure declares that state socialism has been halted and is on the run in the United States. He asserts ongoing efforts to keep it on the run, framing the movement as a persistent threat to counter. The remarks reflect a combative stance on socialist policies within the nation.
A Republican National Convention briefing urged GOP women to avoid apathy and overconfidence and to rally for a Republican Congress and President Eisenhower. The day featured a noon Eisenhower rose luncheon hosted by Citizens for Eisenhower with Mrs. Richard M. Nixon as guest. Decorations highlighted a pink rose. Evening programs had fourteen women speaking for two minutes each.
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