Mars Close Approach Visible From Ottawa University
Ottawa University offers a 6 inch telescope viewing tonight at 10 as Mars nears earth within 35 million miles the closest in 17 years Dr W D Bemmels notes the reddish planet rises after moonlight while the scope shows the planet’s shape and features. families urged to skip young children. Also five births at Ransom Memorial Hospital boost August total to 34. a 13 inch cucumber from Pomona weighs four pounds and measures 13 inches long.
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University
Bemmels
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Beard Spoils Red Propaganda Show
A Soviet air force colonel with a striking Vandyke beard spoiled a Kremlin propaganda display in East Germany. Photos in Der Abend show the colonel in two different divisions as they staged a farewell from Oranienburg, prompting questions about whether he has twice departed and mocking the berated sendoff for Allied troops.
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Berlin
Kremlin
Oranienburg
East Germany
Russia
der Abend
Brandenburg
Egypt to Reply to Suez Talks Plan in Cairo Meeting
Cairo says Egypt will respond tomorrow to talks on the Suez Canal crisis. President Nasser expected to meet with Australian Prime Minister Menzies leading a five nation committee to present an 18 nation plan for an international authority to run the canal. Egypt would discuss the broader Suez issue and not only the majority plan.
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Cairo
Egypt
Nasser
Robert G. Menzies
London Suez
Menzies
London
United States
Suez
India
Kansans urged to reveal plans for state revenue increases
Governor Landon and Republican nominee Shaw pressed both parties to disclose how they would raise funds for Kansas government. Landon noted 1955 and 1956 budgets lacked funding plans, while Shaw argued education must be protected and proposed balancing the 1957 budget through new or higher taxes if needed. Both parties scheduled council meetings to adopt platforms ahead of the general election.
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PEKAP
Aif
M. Landon
Kansas
Warren W. Shaw
Landon
Topeka Daily
Estes Park
Colo
Shaw
Tonight's Zoning Hearings Include Seven Petitions
The planning commission meetings at city hall begin at 7 30 with seven petitions to extend the business district. Proposals cover blocks from Park street to Seventh and Main to Hickory, including a site once urged for a Southwestern Bell headquarters. Nine members exist, several away on vacation, two recusal due to interest, and a quorum delay means no decision for about 10 days.
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Planning Commission
County Real Estate Board
City Hall
Park Street
Seventh
Main
Hickory
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Santa Fe Railroad
J. B. Muecke
Commission
Holstein Sale Here Labor Day in Ottawa Kansas
A Labor Day Holstein cattle sale at the Franklin County fair grounds near Ottawa aims to attract many buyers. Organized by the Eastern Central Kansas Holstein Breeders Association, 71 head are listed, mostly pedigreed heifers with some grade cows and 4-H calves. The event marks the breeders first Ottawa sale after five in Tonganoxie.
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Franklin County Fair Grounds
Ottawa
Eastern Central Kansas Holstein Breeders Association
H. H. van Horn
Pomona
Tonganoxie
East Central
Martin Dickinson
Homewood
Francis R. Wempe
Lawrence
van Horn
Jack Nelson
Boyd Michels
Kansas City
Kas
Mike Wilson
Topeka
T. Hobart McVay
Nickerson
Fair Grounds
Garnett
Williamsburg
Richmond
Leavenworth
Louisburg
North Topeka
Lecompton
Basehor
Olathe
Spring Hill
Baldwin
Mayetta
Seneca
Church Air Conditioning Plan Nears Final Action
Ot tawa First Methodist Church discussed air-conditioning with a members ballot showing nearly two to one approval. Final church action rests with the official board. A new furnace is also under review and may be decided together with the air-conditioning. Estimated costs place air-conditioning at about 16000 dollars and a furnace at 6000 to 8000 dollars.
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Ottawa
First Methodist Church
Singer Sewing Machine Takeover Payments Notice
A notice announces take over payments for Singer Sewing Machine service with contact reference 1641 M 323 C 41 and instructions to call for details.
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Singer Sewing Machine
Road Improvement Hearing Scheduled for K33 Wellsville
A Highway Commission hearing on the economic impact of the K33 route improvement at Wellsville will be held September 7 at 1 30 p m in Chanute. The session, noted by Commissioner J R Cheney, focuses on economic advantages or disadvantages and is separate from land condemnation. The plan includes a new overpass over Santa Fe tracks and widening of K33 for about a mile north of the overpass.
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Wellsville
State Highway Commission
Chanute
J. R. Cheney
Santa Fe
Wellsvile
Foreclosure Sought By Ottawa Building and Loan
Ottawa Building and Loan Association filed a foreclosure suit in district court against Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Smith and others for 8089.62 plus 4 percent interest from August 1955 on a July 11 1955 mortgage. The petition cites missed payments taxes and interest as defaults and requests an order of sale to cover taxes costs and principal plus interest.
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Ottawa Building and Loan Association
Charles C. Smith
Loan Association
Smiths
Ottawa
Ottawa Building and Loan
Little Change In Babe's Condition
Galveston Texas hospital says Mildred Babe Didrikson Zahari remains in serious condition with cancer. Dr Currie reports no significant change in 24 hours. she is comfortable alert and enjoys visits and messages of support while continuing to read prayers. Earlier the spokesman noted she lost ground due to nourishment difficulties.
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Galveston
Tex
Mildred
Babe) Didrikson Zaharias
G. A. W. Currie
John Sealy Hospital
Greeley Schools To Open Tuesday
Greeley public schools will open Tuesday September 4 in an all day session. Faculty includes Duane Baugher principal Walter Best and others with Mrs Dunlap replacing Mrs Holderman due to poor health. Long and Cooper shifts noted. hot lunches and milk program to resume. Transportation by Ralph Macklin with bus driver Fred Salman. Board members listed.
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Greeley Public
Duane Baugher
Marjorie Best
Walter A. Best
John Campbell
Marjorie, Dunlap
Ambrose Jennings
Dorothy Kneller
E. Milton Long
James Morgan, Jr
Dunlap
Juanita Holderman
Kincaid
Baugher
Florence’ Setter
Greeley
Centerville
Anderson County
Anderson County Teachers Association
Long
Kenneth Cooper
Cooper Ha
LeRoy
Richmond
Weldon
H. B. Kleinsorge
Morgan
Gus L. Kratzberg
Fatal Stabbing Over Election Bet in Dallas
In Dallas a 19-year-old man stabbed in the chest says he shot Hil ton Campbell, 21, to death during a late night street fight over a 25-cent election bet. Campbell died as the pair argued about when voters would go to the polls.
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Dallas
Tex
Hilton Campbell
Campbell
Father Of Four Held For Holdup Near Topeka
A father of four was arrested shortly after a grocery store robbery in Topeka, with $528 missing. Lev Shuckahosee, 28, admitted the crime, saying he needed money to pay debts. He claimed last worked until recently and then found work on the Turtle Creek Dam north of Manhattan.
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Topekap
Lev
Shuckahosee
Topeka
Turtle Creek
Manhattan
Weekend Highway Crashes Kill Six in Kansas
Six people died in Kansas highway crashes over the weekend, raising the year’s traffic fatalities to 400. Victims include James Elbert Benson 76 of Bonner Springs killed near Bonner Springs, Walter Weldon Drydale 40 of Colorado Springs who died after a U S 383 crash near Norton, and two Wichita residents Billie J Minear 29 and Helen G Winningham 31 killed near Wichita. Also Dana R Bishop 38 of Syracuse died in El Dorado hospital after west Beaumont crash, and S D Bishop 72 father of Dana died at the scene. Alva Eugene Babcock 66 retired farmer of near Tonganoxie killed in a truck crash near Leavenworth.
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Kansas
Tme
James Elbert Benson
Bonner Springs
Walter Weldon Drydale
Colorado Springs
Colo
Norton
U. S
Drydple
Billie J. Minear
Helen G. Winningham
Wichita
Dana R. Bishop
Syracuse
el Dorado Hospital
Beaumont
S. D. Bishop
Alva Eugene Babcock
Tonganoxie
Leavenworth-Tonganoxie Road
Leavenworth
Eisenhower Ends West Coast Vacation Tomorrow
President Eisenhower will return to Washington tomorrow ending a golf vacation at Cypress Point Club near Pebble Beach California. Doctors say his convalescence from June abdominal surgery is complete and he will resume campaign planning with GOP leaders after arriving at the Naval Air Station in Monterey.
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Pebble Beach
Calif
Eisenhower
Washington
White House
James C. Hagerty
Naval Air Station
Monterey
Columbine III
Cypress Point Club
San Francisco
Hagerty
West Coast
Local Safety Group Forms For Life Saving Effort
Citizens invite interested persons to an organizational meeting of a local safety committee Tuesday at 8 p m in the basement of the First Methodist church. The state wide movement began July 10 in Topeka with Don W Jones, president of the Kansas Firemen's association, as a legislative committee member.
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Citizens Safety Committee
First Methodist Church
Topeka
Ottawa
Don W. Jones
Kansas Firemens Association
Kansas
State Safety Committee
Add To Staff At Ottawa U
Horton Presley of Alton Illinois will teach English at Ottawa University starting in September President Andrew B Martin announced. A teacher and Baptist minister he holds a bachelor degree from Southern Illinois University Carbondale and a masters from University of Illinois Urbana His major is English He taught at University of Illinois and Shurtleff College Alton He is pastor of Main Street Baptist Church Alton Married with two sons ages six and nine They will live at 1108 South Main He disclaims any relation to Elvis Presley but is musically inclined a tenor who plays the marimba.
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Horton Presley
Alton
Ill
Ottawa University
Andrew B. Martin
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
University of Illinois At Urbana
University of Ilinois
Shurtleff College
Main Street Baptist Church
S. Main
Presley
Elvis Presley
Chicago Polio Cases In Drop
Chicago reports twenty six new polio cases the lowest weekend total since the outbreak began July 5. The 1956 tally reaches 926 cases and 27 deaths as prior weekend totals were 40 63 and 66.
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Chicago
Ed Sullivan Leaves New Haven Hospital
New Haven Conn Ed Sullivan newspaper columnist and television personality left New Haven Hospital today after nearly a week’s stay for his Southbury home.
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New Haven, Conn
Ed Sullivan
New Haven Hospital
Southbury
Weather forecast shows fair and windy conditions with scattered thundershowers
Generally fair this afternoon with wind from the east and central areas. Tonight and Tuesday will be partly cloudy with widely scattered thundershowers in the extreme west and northwest. Not very warm in the northwest this afternoon. Temperatures range from lows near 55 northwest to 70-75 southeast. highs near the northwest to upper 90s southeast on Tuesday. Yesterday's high 98, low 71, record highs and lows noted for this date. Hourly readings provided, wind light to moderate from SW, river level about half a foot.
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S. W
Weekend Heat in Mercury Area Reaches Near 100
The two warm days over the weekend brought highs of 95 on Saturday and 98 on Sunday with a low of 69 that night. Early morning readings showed a 71 degree low from 5:30 to 6:15 am. A light breeze aided sleep, contrasting with historical records including 107 degree highs in 1901 and 1936 and a 43 degree low in 1919.
Field Trip For County Teachers
Franklin County Institute teachers will tour conservation sites next Thursday arranged by Harold Stevens of the Soil Conservation Service. About 80 teachers on three buses will visit north and west county farms, study soils, view sod waterways, pond construction, terrace building, and a completed program, with sessions in Ottawa High School Tuesday through Friday.
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Franklin County Institute
Harold Stevens
The
Soil Conservation Service
Stevens
Ben Shambaugh
Paul Steinman
W. D. Dunlap
Leonard Sheldon
Terrace
Lloyd Daugharthy
County Teachers Institute
Ottawa
Cattle Jam At K. C. Stockyards Heaviest Run This Year
Kansas City stockyards saw an estimated 21,500 cattle today, the largest run of the year and the heaviest since October 31, 1955 when receipts reached 22,210. Stockers and feeders made up about 75 percent of arrivals.
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Kansas City
May Suspend Union For Fraud Amid AFL CIO Talks
Two separate items outline police ending a kidnapping scare in Massachusetts and the AFL CIO Executive Council moving toward suspending unions for welfare fund fraud. The council also weighs endorsing Stevenson Kefauver or staying neutral, delaying a firm decision until tomorrow amid merger era dynamics. The executive council also accepted a new union application from the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen.
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Forest Park
Afl-Cio Executive Council
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Poconos Mountains
Ladies’ Garment Workers Union
Adlai Stevenson
Eisenhower
AFL and Cio
Labor
Meany
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen
Stevenson
Council
Nixon
Sen. Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Afl-Cio General Board
Steenson-Kefauver
Dares Reds To Reveal Tests Challenge to Russia
President Eisenhower at Pebble Beach urged the Soviet Union to publicize nuclear tests in advance to reduce danger and counter Russian claims. He cited an Atomic Energy Commission finding that Moscow detonated a submegaton device and stressed international control of atomic energy and safeguarded disarmament with broad UN support.
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Pebble Beach
Calif
Eisenhower
Soviet Union
Russia
Atomic Energy Commission
White House
Commission
United States
Bikini
Pacific
U. N
Shirley Resigns From Police Force
Sgt. C. C. Shirley has resigned from the Ottawa police force to accept work in Topeka. The resignation is effective today pending examination results revealing the new job nature. He served five years and has lived in Ottawa since 1947. Earlier he drove for City Taxi and Paul Stone truck lines.
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C. C. Shirley
Ottawa
Topeka
Shirley
The
City Taxi Company
Paul Stone Truck Lines
Teller Admits Bank Shortage
In Waynesburg Pennsylvania a 27 year old bank teller and part time minister Robert Dredge of Mount Morris is charged with fraudulent pretense for illegally drawing 21000 from a customer account. He allegedly said he spent it on his family helped friends in need and to improve his home while hoping to repay it.
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Waynesburg
Robert Dredge
Mount Morris
Ray Fisher
Drodge
First National Bank of
Morgantown
W.va
Fisher
Justice of the Peace
Fulton
Thomas Boyd
Dredge
Peak polio season hits Kansas with 18 new cases
Eighteen new polio cases, the highest weekly total this year, were reported in Kansas as the peak polio season began. The August end and September period showed an upswing, bringing the state total to 83 this year, versus 146 on the same date last year. Lamb Ambulance, Phone 380.
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Topeka
Kansas
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Suez Canal
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Babe
Associated Press
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Ottawa U
Mercury
K. C
West Springfield
Mass
Edwina G. Simpson
Wendell Simpson
Richard Basile
Archie Clark
Poplar
Rita Jean
Clark
Rita
Lee Perez
Lamb Ambulance
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