Delay Garbage Fee Ordinance Delayed by City Council
Ottawa officials postponed the introduction of a new sanitary garbage and trash disposal ordinance pending further study of commercial fees. Hearings showed business groups protesting proposed rates, which ranged from 2.50 to 20 dollars monthly, with residents expected to pay under 1.50. The council will refine definitions of waste and trash charges, and consider a license system for trash haulers.
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Ottawa
Leo M. Ferguson
Douglas Gleason
State Board of Health
Art Hagelin
W. K. Moore
Lights Bel
Forest Park
Kenneth Andrews
Glenn Spitzer
William
Whitcomb
Two Franklin County Youths Recommended For FFA Honors
Two Franklin County youths Ralph B Basel and Gerald Dean Schneider are among six Kansas students slated for the American Farmer degree at the 29th annual FFA convention in Kansas City October 15 to 18. The Board of Directors and Student Officers will recommend their election, with Basel from Williamsburg and Schneider from Ottawa noted for extensive farming programs and leadership in FFA.
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Franklin County
Future Farmers of America
FFA
Kansas City
Ralph B. Basel
Victor O. Basel
Williamsburg
Gerald Dean Schneider
Cecil W. Schneider
Route
Ottawa
Co. C. Eustace
Washington, D. C
National Organization
Kansas
Ralph
Williamsburg Ffa
Young Farmers Club
Gerald Schneider
Ottawa High School
Ambrose D. Erznan
Andrew Erznan
Atchison
David L. Essick
Lloyd K. Essick
Kanapolis
Silas Failes
Mertec Failes
Arkansas City
Wilmer Dale Otte
Wilmer Otte
Great Bend
Ralph Basel
Two Drivers Arrested After Main Street Collision
Harold E. Curtis age 36 of 114 S. Maple and Robert O. Thomas age 21 of Ottawa were arrested after a two car crash at 5th and Main. Damages were estimated at 525 dollars. Curtis paid a 5 dollar fine for driving on the wrong side of the street and Thomas paid 5 dollars for failure to yield. Curtis was northbound on Main and turning left onto 5th when his car struck the southbound Thomas vehicle.
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5Th
S&s
Main
Harold E. Curtis
S. Maple
Robert O. Thomas
Rt. 2
Ottawa
Curtis
Thomas
Damages Awarded in Friendly Suit Over Auto Crash
James E. Dyer of Baldwin won 1900 damages in district court against Lawrence Oberle of Lawrence after a March 14 collision five miles west of Overbrook. Dyer claimed knee injuries face and lip injury from foggy driving and Oberle on the wrong side.
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James E. Dyer
Baldwin
Tille R. Oberle
Lawrence
Dyer
J. L. Dyer
Oberle
Overbrook
Richmond Fair In Full Swing
The 32nd annual Richmond fair opens yesterday and runs today with live stock judging and the flower show. Events include 4-H Home Economics judging, a tractor derby, boy baby show, high school diamond game, and the fitting and showing contest. The McHendry Kids perform tonight at 7 45 and 9 p m. Tomorrow features a team pulling contest with five prizes from 25 to 5, a girls and twins baby show at 2 p m, a mammoth Friday parade at 4 p m, Swiss Bell Ringer David Workman at 8 45 p m, and trophy presentations tomorrow night.
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Richmond
McHendry
David Workman
Anderson County Break-ins Fail
Kansas Bureau of Investigation reports unsuccessful attempts to break into safes at Bush City Bank in Bush City and the Colony Elevator in Garnett. No money was taken. Acting director Will Johns said KBI agents are assisting the sheriffs in the probe, noting Bush City and Garnett are 16 miles apart and may involve the same suspects.
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Topeka
Bush City
Colony
Garnett
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Will Johns
KBI
Sheriffs Office
Anderson County
Bids Delayed for North Sycamore Bond Project
Bids opening for the North Sycamore block from Black Hawk to Wilson was postponed a week to allow contractor bond changes. The delay adjusts the project timeline while bond changes are finalized.
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North Sycamore
Black Hawk
Wilson
Republicans Confident of the Nixon Victory
Republican delegates in San Francisco unite behind Eisenhower Nixon for a second term and predict a victory over Adlai Stevenson’s Democratic ticket. Nixon visits his ill father as Eisenhower set to accept renomination and outline a program of dynamic progressivism for four more years.
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Adlai F. Stevenson
Libertyville
Ill
Stevenson
Misenhower
Nixon
Harald IE. Stassen
GOP
Minnesota
Eisenhower
Stassen
Christian Herter
Massachusetts
Congress
Whittier
Calif
United States
Dwight D. Eisenhower
House
St. Francis Hotel
The Myth Of Joe Smith Gave GOP Convention A Big Laugh
At the Republican convention in San Francisco the fictional Joe Smith sparked a laugh and a wake up moment. Nebraskan delegate Terry Carpenter opposed Nixon then relented after pressure, with Joseph W. Martin advising him to leave Joe Smith behind. The roll call ended with a unanimous Nixon vote.
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Joe Smith
San Francisco
Marceline Romany
Romany
Terry
Carpenter
Nixon
Alabama
Arkansas
Scottsbluff
Nebraska
Terry Carpenter
George P. Abel
Joseph W. Martin
Martin
Weather forecast for the region with temperatures
Forecast notes fair skies this afternoon tonight and Friday with cooler conditions north east and north central. Highs Friday reach the upper 80s to 90s, lows tonight mid 50s to mid 60s. Yesterday’s high was 98, record high 108 in 1936, record low 44 in 1904. Hourly temps given for today ending 8 am with mixed readings and yesterday’s sky clear, wind SW light, river stage about half a foot.
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S. W
Summer Heat Makes Comeback
Weather report shows a scorching 98 degree high logged by John Kelsey between 2:05 and 3:15 p.m. The following morning’s low reached 60 degrees, a 28 degree swing from the previous afternoon. Night cooling was slow, with temperatures dipping below 70 only after 2 a.m., contrasting with last week’s 109 degree peak.
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John Kelsey
Navy Plane Believed Shot Down Near Formosa
A U S Navy P4M Mercator with 16 crew aboard is believed shot down after a clash with a Chinese Communist aircraft near the islands southeast of Shangin near Wenchow. Lt Cmdr Milton Hutchinson led the mission. search efforts extended into the East China Sea as officials withheld confirmation awaited from Washington.
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Red China
Shangin
Peiping
Formosa
U.S
Wenchow
China
Navy
Far East Naval Headquarters
Yokosuka
Japan
Washington
East China Sea
Cmdr
Milton Hutchinson
Cumberland
R.I
Stuart Ingersoll
U.S. Formosa
Marriage Licenses Slow In August
Marriage licenses issued in August this year may be the lowest for the month since the 1947 law change. Seven permits have been issued so far, compared with 26 in 1933. The July 1947 act required a three day waiting period and a health certificate.
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Miguel F. Mejia
Dolores M. Alvarado
Lamb Ambulance
Kansas City
Alo
Acreage Reserve Meeting For Wheat Program Set
A meeting for farmers to discuss the 1957 wheat acreage reserve program is called for next Wednesday night August 29 at 8 p m in Memorial auditorium basement. Gordon Barnes, secretary of the country ASC service, urged all interested farmers to attend. Contracts must be signed by September 21. A later meeting will discuss the general conservation program on a one to eleven year basis.
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Gordon Barnes
ASC Service
Memorial Auditorium
Barnes
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