Oil spill halts airliner. passenger escapes
Mrs Laura Doxtator, daughter of Mr and Mrs William Prake of 741 S Ash Ottawa, was among 20 aboard a Los Angeles to Sacramento flight when an oil storage tank burst during taxiing. The pilot stopped the plane and passengers transferred to another craft. Doxtator bought an extra life policy before boarding. In Michigan, Gerald Hanson, a deaf mute printer of Fowlerville, faces indeterminate induction after being classified and told to report Sept 6. his status is under investigation. Also, Ottawa native Leslie Stevenson’s wife, Mrs A E Smith, announced the birth of her 50th grandchild, Linda Sue, born to Mr and Mrs Leslie Stevenson of Wichita.
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Laura Doxtator
William Prake
S. Ash
Sacramento
Calif
Ottawa
Los Angeles Municipal
A. E. Smith
Linda Sue
Leslie Stevenson
Wichita
Mr. Stevenson
Carrie Stevenson
Romeo wannabe Charles Hall remanded on dwelling charge
Thomas Hall 52 of Pefferlaw described as a poor Romeo was remanded on a charge of unlawfully in a dwelling with intent to commit an indictable offense after saying he climbed a ladder to a former female employer’s bedroom in Pefferlaw and choking her before being chased out. Police quoted him about being a Romeo. Mrs Eunice Stern ages 1031 N Poplar celebrated her 50th birthday and noted birth weight of 34% pounds now 200 pounds. Her father Bill Mann worked 39 years for the Stannard firm and died at 90 near Willis nurseries west of Ottawa.
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Newmarket
Ont
Thomas Hall
Pefferlaw
Here
Hall
Eunice Stern
N. Poplar
Stern
Stannard
Willis Nurseries
Ottawa
Wilson
Bill Mann
Briscoe Store Moves to New South Main Location
Briscoe Drug Store shifts from the 100 block of South Main to a new building at 9th and Main this weekend. Owner Guy Briscoe says the move will finish by Monday and the prescription department will remain open, with transfers arranged to keep filling prescriptions as usual.
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Brisco's Drug
South Main
9Th and Main
Guy Brisco
Weather COUNTY FORECAST Summary
Generally fair through Sunday. Cooler this afternoon and tonight. Warmer Sunday with near 80 this afternoon. Low tonight around 60. Sunday high in the upper 80s.
Army To Feel Economy Axe
The Army announced further cost cuts as part of a 38 billion dollar defense ceiling. It deactivated an extra division in Alaska, abolished 18 anti aircraft battalions, cut 15,000 civilian jobs, and closed 14 depots and facilities. Total military strength to drop about 100,000 from nearly 2.8 million. civilian jobs reduced by 53,000 with more cuts possible. Secretary Wilson froze civilian hiring and aims to trim manpower to 22 million. The Second Infantry division in Alaska is being replaced by a streamlined force.
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Wilson
Alaska
Sunflower Close To Be Felt Here
The Sunflower Ordnance Works will shut down by June 30 as part of Army economy moves, possibly affecting Ottawa and Franklin County residents. J. E. Grier of Hercules Powder Co. told an Ottawa Chamber of Commerce meeting 126 Ottawa residents were employed, with 360 during the Korean War and some since before World War II on standby. Rep. Errett P. Scrivner said the shutdown would be gradual with a standby base and 300 to 400 employees remaining.
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Sunflower Ordnance Works
Ottawa
Franklin County
J. E. Grier
Hercules Powder Co
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
Grier
Sunflower
Errett P. Scrivner
Washington
Stuck With Two Bears in Wichita Weighs Options
George Consolver operates a Wichita amusement park and seeks to rehome two female Himalayan bears surplus to his uses. He let a man leave the bears for training and free shows for children, but the owner vanished ten days ago. Humane Society declined, the zoo is full, and the deputy county attorney advised disposal by any safe means.
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Wichita
Kas
George Consolver
Consolver
the Humane Society
Graham Hayes
Last Times Tonight at the Tally Theatre
The Tally Theatre closes week with Paris Follies of 1956 in technicolor and Stranger at My Door. Starting Sunday through Monday Tyrone Power in Aban don Ship and Van Heflin in Patterns of Power.
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Tally Theatre
Tyrone Power
van Heflin
Tony
Detroit strike ends for three major dailies
A labor dispute halting Detroit News, Times, and Free Press publication is reported settled. The papers plan Saturday and Sunday editions as staffs return to work and union officials say the strike is over. Details of the settlement were not released amid a day-long meeting with publishers and a union committee. James Hoffa joined the session later.
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Detroit
Detroit News
Detroit Times
Morning Free Press
Assn
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters
Hoffa
International Mailers Union
Vandal Strikes Local Art Store In Topeka
In Topeka a vandal broke into a local art store splashing black paint on oil paintings and spilling varnish remover. A note left behind said you should have a night watch man. No further details available about suspects or motive.
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Topeka
Ottawa Conservation Club Meeting at Ottawa Co-Op Bids
An important meeting of the Ottawa Conservation Club is scheduled at the Ottawa Co-Op Bids venue on Tuesday August 27 at 8:00 p.m. The event invites members and attendees to discuss club matters and upcoming activities.
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Ottawa Conservation Club
Ottawa Co-Op
Richmond Fair Closes With Parade and Music Program
The 33rd annual Richmond fair ended with a fine parade featuring livestock winners, floats and bands from Lebo Louisburg Greeley Kincaid Waverly and Richmond. The closing program included the VFW drill team from Greeley and prize results across 4 H divisions baby show beef sheep daily and canned goods highlighting local youth and community groups.
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Richmond
Lebo
Louisburg
Greeley
Kincaid
Waverly
VFW
Peggy Ross
Princeton Jolly Workers
Berea Boosters
Berea School of 1861
Mr. Carmel Club
Scripio
Statue of Liberty
Antique Department of Fair
Compromise Reached On Civil Rights Bill
Congress expects passage of a civil rights bill next week after a bipartisan compromise. The measure allows judges to try cases without a jury in some contempt cases but requires a jury trial if penalties exceed 300 dollars or 45 days. The bill maximums are six months imprisonment and a $1000 fine. President Eisenhower expected to sign.
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Washington
Congress
Eisenhower
Traffic Toll In State Records 1957 Fatalities Listed
Traffic fatalities reported by the State Accident Records Section show 316 deaths in the last 24 hours to date in 1957, compared with 403 in the same period of 1956.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Hoffa Denounced By McClellan
James R Hoffa was denounced as a disgrace to trade unionism by Senator McClellan chairing the Senate Rackets Investigating Committee and dismissed after four days of testimony. Hoffa returned to Detroit to join Teamsters talks amid a Detroit newspaper strike that was settled hours later. He said he could not remember details of ties with racketeer Johnny Dio as he faced questions on his union dealings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters
Senate
Hoffa
McClellan
D-Ark
Senate Rackets Investigating Committee
Detroit
Senate Committee
New York
Johnny Dio
Dio
Midwest
Pentagon Admits Mishandling Of Equipment At Far North Bases
The Pentagon concedes that millions of dollars in supplies and equipment were mishandled or wasted at bases in Newfoundland Labrador and Greenland. Investigators confirmed supply irregularities and improper disposal. Senate subcommittee recovered 20 million in excess spare parts, with more being retrieved. A warrant officer at Harmon Air Force Base allegedly burned around 33000 worth of evidence.
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Washington
Pentagon Today
Newfoundland
Labrador
Greenland
Senate Investigations Sr. Committee
E. Perkins McGuire
McClellan
D- Ark
McGuire
Harmon Air Force Base
New Flu Echo Type 9 Seen By Sabin In U S
Cincinnati virologist Dr Albert Sabin warns a new intestinal virus named echo type 9 poses health risks alongside Asiatic flu. Milwaukee reported about 10 000 cases, with no deaths but severe discomfort and days in bed. Symptoms include fever sore throat vomiting and muscle ache with possible measles like rash or mild meningitis. No vaccine exists and isolation plus strict hygiene are urged as the infectious period can last up to two weeks. The warmth of summer usually ends infections but Asiatic flu may worsen with approaching cold weather.
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Cincinnati
Albert Sabin
United States
Sabin
Milwaukee
Europe
Store Manager Robbed Abducted in Wichita Break-in
A Wichita supermarket manager, Ronnie Leatherman, 22, was robbed of more than 800 dollars early today by a gunman who then abducted him. The suspect demanded cash from the register and safe, took Leatherman to his own car, and forced him to drive toward Newton before he jumped from the vehicle at an all night truck stop. Newton police assisted Wichita detectives in the search.
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Wichita
Ronnie Leatherman
Leatherman
Newton
Swims Four Hours For Aid After Maine Boat Sinking
Marth Cole, 24, told reporters she swam four hours through heavy seas to reach shore after her family’s 15 foot boat sank near Stratton Island off Old Orchard Beach. Her 22‑month‑old son Jeffery died. husband Thomas O., 25, survived. Coast Guard crews assisted as Mrs Cole reached mainland half a day later with other picnic party members, including Theodore Chase of Springfield, and her mother Mrs E T Manley of Longmeadow Mass.
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Scarborough
Maine
Marth Cole
Stratton Island
Cole
Coast Guard
Atlantic
Stratton
Sagle Islands
Old Orchard Beach
Eagle Island
Theodore Chase
Springfield
Mass
Mrs. Cole
E. T. Manley
Longmeadow
Anthrax Quarantine Narrowed in Southeast Kansas
Oswego Kansas report says quarantine lines shrink as Crawford and Neosho counties are cleared of anthrax. Only parts of Cherokee Labette Montgomery and Wilson counties remain under livestock embargo after a single new case found, per Kansas livestock sanitation commissioner A G Pickett.
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Oswego
Kan
Kansas
Crawford
Neosho
Cherokee
Labette
Montgomery
Wilson
A. G. Pickett
Kansas Livestock Sanitation
Western Electric Strike Threat Looms Over Texas Oklahoma
A union official from the Communications Workers of America Local 6290 warned that more than 1,400 Western Electric employees in Texas and Oklahoma may strike if wage talks fail to yield an agreement by midnight tomorrow. Meetings in Dallas Fort Worth Houston Lubbock San Antonio Oklahoma City and Tulsa will brief members on negotiations. The union seeks a 16 cent hourly wage increase from the current 1.42 to 2.65 per hour for workers installing Bell System central office equipment.
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Dallas
Western Electric Co
Texas
Oklahoma
T. E. Monkres
Communications Workers of America
Fort Worth
Houston
Lubbock
San Antonio
Tex
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
CWA
Bell Telephone System
TWA To Build KC Jet Base in Kansas City
Trans World Airlines will add a 12 million dollar jet engine overhaul base at the Mid-Continent International airport site north of the current municipal airport. The facility is expected to create 450 to 500 jobs with a three million dollar payroll. Construction delays at the new airport persist due to funding gaps, with the city funding the project.
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Kansas City
Trans World Airlines
L. P. Cookingham
Mid-Continent International
TWA
Three Men Die In Crash Near Great Bend
Three men were killed in a head on collision between a car and a truck on K96 about three miles northwest of Great Bend at 7 25 am. The truck driver FE McCullough of West Memphis Arch Lou Pafford McCanally 27 of Tulsa Okla and Joe J Bicking 26 also of Tulsa were the victims. McCullough drove the truck pulling a house trailer on the slight curve when the crash occurred.
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Great Bend
Here
FE. J. McCullough
West Memphis
Arch
Lou Pafford McCanally
Tulsa
Okla
Joe J. Bicking
McCanally
McCullough
Paris Follies of 1956 at Tony Theatre Tonight
At the Tony Theatre last shows tonight feature Paris Follies of 1956 in technicolor and Stranger at My Monday with Tyrone Power in Abandon Ship and Van Heflin in Patterns.
Three Gurnsey Sisters Found Dead in Dixon Quarry
In Dixon Illinois three-year-old Gurnsey sisters Nancy 10 Ruthie 9 and Theresa 8 were discovered lifeless beneath rain soaked clay in a quarry after a nine hour dig by over 100 workers. Parents Mr and Mrs John Gurnsey had waited at their trailer home as rescue crews searched intensively.
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Dixon, Ill
Nancy
Ruthie
Theresa
Rock River Valley
John Gurnsey
Delbert Long
Oscar Smith
Dixon
Crippled Plane Drops Explosives Near Meridian
An Air Force two engine C119 transport from California to Seymour Jackson AFB North Carolina diverted to Key Field Meridian Mississippi after engine trouble. Major Karl Helms said overload forced jettisoning of 17 cases including rockets and two 1,000 pound bombs not fitted with warheads. Bombs landed safely with no detonation.
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Meridian
Miss.p—An
Here
California
Seymour Jackson Air Force Base
N. C
Karl Helms
Key Air Force Base
Helms
See Red No To Arms Idea
Pravda rejects Western disarmament proposals as useless and aimed at preserving the existing might of conventional and nuclear arsenals. A London dispatch says the two year test suspension proposal would halt atomic weapons production but leave most weapons capacity intact. Soviet press accuses the West of plotting aggression while feigning negotiations in London.
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Pravda
London
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Mich
Army
Gerald K. Hanson
Hanson
Arthur A. Holmes
Selective Service
Holmes
Romeo
Briscoe
Brisco
Weveee
Reugnae
Manuel Moreno
San Francisco
Secretary of
Defense Wilson
Two Bears
Elizabeth Ann Roeckers
Cheryl Hamilton
Princeton
Robert Ferguson
Regina Roeckers
Garnett
Robin Sue O'Mara
Cindy Brown
Don Lickteig
Sandra Herring
Williamsburg
Angus
Larry Averill
Wellsville
O. Medaris
Fredonia
Henry Childs
Rose
Earl Graham
Devon
Donnie O'Dell
Prescott
Douglas DeGarmo
Tommy Chambers
Larry Briggs
Stanley Hird
Gene Raymond
Mary Miller
Loretta Roeckers
Miller
Earl Moffett
Ft. Scott
House Rules Committee
Howard Smoith
D-Va
House
Lamb
Pentagon
Far North
Thomas O
Coast
Western Electric
Moscow
Communist Party
Soviet Union
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