Franklin County schools inspected for opening day
Three state troopers from Ottawa checked 31 Franklin County school buses on Park Street near Main. The buses from across Franklin County were reported in good shape. The Wellsville Fair will run September 2 and 3 with a queen contest parade band concert baby show and 4-H square dance sponsored by the Wellsville Chamber of Commerce. In Southport a city auditor reported a man admitted rigging his home power meter 25 years ago but was not identified nor the amount paid.
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Franklin County
Ottawa
Robert J. Conaty
Kenneth Cook
Bill Gray
Gardner
Park Street
Main
Conaty
Wellsville
Southport
N. C
W. L. Aldridge
Aldridge
Two Nebraska Men Admit Kansas Thefts
Two Nebraska men Duane A. Hart and Keith L. Smith admitted stealing three cars and guns and committing 16 burglaries across Kansas in Franklin Osage Coffey Allen and Sherman counties. After a 13 day chase ending in Omaha the pair were arrested with two Lincoln girls. authorities credited Lincoln and Omaha police for cooperation.
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Nebraska
Kansas
Lyndon
Omaha
Richmond
Duane A. Hart
Keith L. Smith
Franklin
Osage
Coffey
Allen
Sherman
KBI
Roy Church
Lincoln
Chuch
Weather County Forecast Sees Heat Peak This Afternoon
Generally fair and hot this afternoon with highs 95 to 100. Clear to partly cloudy tonight and Saturday with continued warm conditions. Lows tonight 70 to 75, Saturday highs in the 90s. Yesterday’s high 96, low 71. river stage 1.39 feet. sky clear and SW light winds yesterday.
Blue Ribbons In Place As County Fair Nears Finale
The 98th annual Franklin County Free Fair ends tonight with the team pulling contest at 8 p.m. Home Economics prizes will be awarded beforehand. Exhibits close at 4 p.m. and midafternoon rides are half price. A 4‑H tractor contest was held, and the rodeo crowned top performers with silver buckles donated by Ottawa merchants. Winners include Leonard Hampton of Dodge City in calf roping and others in bulldogging saddle bronc bareback bull riding and girls barrels. Three 4‑H booths earned blue ribbons. Kent Hollinger won the 4‑H home grounds beautification sweepstakes. Flower show entries totaled 126 with multiple awards for arrangements and blooms.
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Franklin County
Ottawa
Leonard Hampton
Dodge City
Ed Jones
Bartlesville
Okla
Pat Cleary
Tulsa
Virgil Baker
Miami
Norman Johnson
Kansas City
Mary Dickey
Berea
Eugene Wingert
Wellsville
Kent Hollinger
M. R. Shoger
Carl Richardson
RFD
Lloyd Hollinger
Herbert Cochran
Williamsburg
Labor Day Festival Plans stir Ottawa crowds
Moscow claims two dogs land from outer space. Labor Day closes Ottawa shops and mails. Sacred Heart Church hosts Forest Park picnic at 4 p.m. if not rained, else Armory. Festival tickets exceed $800. events include dinner, speeches, dancing, rides, bazaar, trap shooting, and a Burlington all star baseball game.
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Sacred Heart Church
Forest Park
Armory
Brink
Lawrence Wightman
Parsons
Clyde Reed Jr
Kansas City
George Docking
Jack McGee
Ottawa
Burlington
Wood Again Heads ASC Franklin County Committee
Wood Again Heads ASC Frederick Wood was re-elected chairman of the Franklin Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation county committee at the ASC community delegates convention in Ottawa. Russell Wray was re-elected vice chairman. Ralph Batdorf named third member. First and second alternates were Orlin Milliken and Elden Finch. Both regular and alternate members were elected for a 1-year term beginning Sept. 2. Committee members must be farmers elected from their own number participating in one or more farm programs. They are elected by delegates previously chosen by farmers in local elections.
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Frederick Wood
RFD
Ottawa
Franklin Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County Committee
ASC
Russell Wray
Ralph Batdorf
Wellsville
Casen
Orlin Milliken
Williamsburg
Elden Finch
Postal Clerk Retires To Turn To A New Career In Science
CHICAGO AP Jose G Bueno Sr a mail sorter in the Chicago post office for 33 years retires Sunday and two days later starts a new career as a research scientist He will be a research assistant in the Department of Oral Pathology at the University of Illinois Medical Center working with chemical compounds and their relation to the causes of cancer He is 55 Monday His wife Leonora 45 works in the same department as a technician He came to the United States in 1924 from the Philippines He has been married 18 years They have two sons Ernesto 17 and Jose Jr 13
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Jose G Bueno
Bueno
University of Illinois Medical Center
Ished College
Leonora
Philippines
United States
Philippine Dental School
Loming
Ernesto
Jose Jr
Ottawa Schools Open To 68 More Than A Year Ago
Ottawa Public Schools opened to 2,202 children from kindergarten to Senior High, 68 more than last year. Senior High enrollment fell to 427 from 430, Junior High rose to 497 from 453, Hawthorne 296 up from 283, Lincoln 314 up from 311, Garfield 250 down from 261. Pupils have a shortened day today and will return Tuesday after Labor Day. officials expect another jump with the holiday weekend ending.
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Ottawa
Eugene Fields
Hawthrone
Lincoln School
Garfield
Garsfield
Sion
Hurricane Daisy Weakens Off New England Coast
Hurricane Daisy sweeps northeast along the New England coast with its center about 70 miles south of Nantucket by midmorning. The Boston Weather Bureau says land danger is largely over as the storm loses intensity and offshore waters remain the main concern.
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Daisy
New England
Cape Cod
Boston Weather Bureau
Nantucket
Deny ATV Show Rigged in TV Quiz Probe
NBC and Twenty-one producers deny contestant Herbert Stempel's claim that the show was rigged. Stempel says he was coached and urged to miss a question to help Charles Van Doren. Dist Atty Hogan confirms the testimony spurred the probe but finds no basis for grand jury action.
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New York
National Broadcasting Co
Herbert Stempel
Charles van Doren
Atty. Frank
Hogan
Stempfel
Dotto
Jack Barry
Dan Enright
Stempel
NBC
U.S. Senate
Buffalo
Fire crews answer call at Killough Construction plant
Ottawa firefighters responded this afternoon to a blaze at Killough Construction Co Hot-Mix Plant located about 1% miles east of Ottawa. Fire crews investigated the scene and aided workers as needed amid the incident.
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Ottawa
Killough Construction Co
Holdup Man Rides In Style Near Linwood
Leavenworth AP reporting 62 year old melon buckster David H. Nelson was robbed of about 80 dollars by a driver in an expensive sports car on K32 west of Linwood. The car pulled up around 9 30 pm and the driver asked to borrow a jack before producing an automatic and demanding Nelsons wallet and truck keys. He kept all but one dollar.
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Leavenworth
David H. Nelson
Lawrence
Linwood
Nelson
Summer Heat Persists in Ottawa Weather Update
The weatherman notes Ottawa remains warm with highs near 96 and lows around 71 during the latest spell. Past records show 103 for the date in 1954, and recent lows dipped to 55 while forecasts call for 95 to 100 through Saturday with a warm holiday ahead.
Norfolk School Board Bows To Federal Court
The Norfolk Virginia School Board agreed to enroll 17 Black pupils in white schools after a court ordered review of 151 applications. The move risks closing schools to resist integration as allowed by Virginia law. Governor Almond did not comment. The NAACP aims to have Black students in Central High when fall term starts.
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Norfolk School Board
Norfolk, Va
Little Rock
Ark
US Supreme Court
Norfolk Board
Virginia
J. Lindsay Almond Jr
Orval E. Faubus
Arkansas
Central High
Faubus
Ball
Central
Supreme Court
Earl Warren
National Assny For the Advancement of Colored People
Seek Identity Of A Traffic Victim
Investigators in Scott City Kansas seek positive ID for a man found dead in a car off a county road six miles east of Scott City. The vehicle, largely hidden by high weeds, carried papers identifying him as Donald William Young of Pueblo Colorado. Highway patrol said the death was from chest injuries and the crash likely occurred Wednesday or Wednesday night.
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Scott City
Kas
Donald William Young
Pueblo
Colo
Clara Kaiser Nursery School Opens on September 8
Clara Kaiser Nursery School invites reservations for its September 8 opening. Call for enrollments and information on programs and scheduling.
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Clara Kaiser Nursery School
Dogs land safely after spaceflight reaches 281 miles
London AP reports a Soviet one stage geophysical rocket carrying two dogs reached an altitude of 281 miles and landed in a designated sector. The hermetically sealed cabin housed the dogs and equipment totaling 3725 pounds. Data and biological readings were recorded during the mission a portion of the IGY program.
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London
Moscow
Soviet Union
Two Men Rob Toll Station In Kansas Turnpike Holdup
Two khaki clad men with crew cuts robbed the toll port near the Oklahoma line on the Kansas Turnpike, escaping with 4.16 dollars. Attendant Jack Yearout described the blue sedan, the gun, and the missing receipts for truck trip permits. A party line phone delay hindered reporting the crime.
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South Haven
Kas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Jack Yearout
Yearout
Navy readies Midway and Los Angeles to reinforce 7th Fleet
The Navy announced that the aircraft carrier Midway and the heavy cruiser Los Angeles are sailing to bolster the 7th Fleet amid Red Chinese threats to invade Quemoy and Matsu. The move comes as tensions rise between the Chinese mainland and the Nationalist stronghold of Formosa.
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Washington
Navy
Midway
Los Angeles
7Th Fleet
Western Pacific
Quemoy
Matsu
Formosa
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George Dieterich
Jay Brown
Wyoming
Allen Counties
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Lebo
Carbondale
Wheatland
Neb
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Norma Houston
Kathryn
Lane
Rainbow 4-H Club
Lois Smith
Outer Space
Chamber of Commerce
Herald
Colorado
Wood
THE
Associated Press
Deny Atv
Hawthorne School
Leon Bruce
Clausie Smith
Say
U.S. Air Force
Vickie
Air Force
Earth
Sovie
Tass
U.S.S.R
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