Side Swipes and Local Aid Near Peoria
Community event gathers friends and relatives to shuck corn for Mr. and Mrs. James Finch while Finch is hospitalized. Dozens of named men and women prepared a church basement dinner in Peoria. Blood donors are urged for Lizzie Carlson Rayburn at K U Medical Center. Franklin County Red Cross chairwoman reports Eisenhower telegram urging Hungary aid with a $491 local quota and nationwide $5 million goal.
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James Finch
Peoria
Finch
Ransom Hospital
Gerald Miller
Paul McCracken
James Peckham
Errenee Eneichen
John Ball
W. Gibson
Bert Finch
Virgil Vince Arthur Finch
Herbert Sample
George Adkins
Charles Schulz
Homer Schmoe
Bill Haughn
Clete Shenk
Harley Finch
Sonny Eneichen
Tom Eneichen
Earl Phares
Ralph Finch
Roger Brockus
Clifford Brockus
Jess Ball
Charlie Craig
Norman
Ronald Brockus
Allen Roberts
Vernie Womble
Myrtle Anderson
Arthur Finch
Armand Fisher
Virgil Finch
Bill Bryan
Jeff Finch
Eugene McDowell
Bill’ Haughn
Clarence Briles
Alfred Finch
Bob Rogers
John Baldwin
Ira Dean
Lizzie Carlson Rayburn
K. U. Medical Center
Kansas City
G. C. Fredeen
Franklin County
Red Cross
Dwight Eisenhower
Hungary
Ottawa
Fredeen
Franklin
Ft. Riley Soldier Found On Highway
Mariano Gomez, a Ft. Riley soldier, was picked up by the Sheriff's office at 5 a.m. three miles north of Ottawa on US 59. Sheriff Brown says Gomez had been drinking, appeared slugged and robbed, and cannot account for his path from Manhattan. He was treated at Ransom Memorial Hospital and jailed pending investigation. A chili supper fundraiser is announced for Sacred Heart School on Monday Dec 3 from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. with public invited.
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Mariano Gomez
Ft. Riley
Ottawa
Jay Brown
Gomez
Brown
Manhattan
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Wall Collapse Prompts Rebuilding At First National Bank
Work began to clear rubble and rebuild the wall of the First National Bank building after a collapse yesterday morning. Contractor Louis Ames said about ten days are needed to complete repairs, with wheelbarrows and a ramp used to move debris from the basement. Part of the wall fell into Kramer Drug Store causing dust and damage to merchandise and fixtures. The remodeling adds space for the merged bank and the former Western Union office. the bank now operates from the State Bank of Ottawa’s former quarters at Third and Main.
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First National Bank
Louis Ames
Ames
Bank
W. F. Kramer
Kramer Drug’ Store
Kramer
Western Union Telegraph
Iirst National
State Bank of Ottawa
First National
Third
Main
Women Slain In Family Quarrel Andover Kansas
Two women were killed in a family quarrel in Andover Kansas. Earl Parsons died later after a police pursuit and crash near Winfield. Victims were Margie Parsons and Geneva Lucille James. A .22 caliber gun was found in Parsons car. A restraining order had been issued earlier, and custody disputes preceded the killings.
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Andover
Kas
Earl Parsons
Winfield, Kas
Margie Parsons
Geneva Lucille James
Parsons
Joyride Ends In Arrest For Four
A joyride by four youths ended at 5 p.m. yesterday when the four were arrested by the Highway Patrol on U.S. 50 south of Ottawa. In county court this morning Judge Milo Harris heard pleas from the two older drivers. James H. Franks 17 of 720 Poplar pleaded guilty to driving a car with no brakes driving a car with no license plates displayed and driving without a valid license. He was fined 35 dollars and sentenced to 30 days in jail. Franklin D. Franks 16 pleaded guilty to having an open bottle accessible to the driver and was sentenced to 30 days in jail. He pleaded not guilty to reckless driving driving a car without brakes and driving without a valid license and will be tried later.
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Highway Patrol
U.S.50
Ottawa
Milo Harris
James H. Franks
Franklin D. Franks
Postmaster Adds To List Of Extra Help For Xmas Rush
Postmaster T J Cummings announces another Christmas assistant, Howard W Linneman, joining a team of 12 extra workers alongside 35 regulars. Ottawa post office offers tips from Postmaster General Summerfield on sealing parcels, combination mail, certified mail, registered mail, special delivery, airmail, and free pamphlets to speed holiday deliveries, with emphasis on separating local and out-of-town mail.
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T. J. Cummings
Howard W. Linneman
Princeton
Albert L. Keefer
Stanley E. Simpson
Lee D. Hughs
Matlin D., Kimble
John Spears
Darwin Sharp
John W. Springer
Ed D. Snyder
James W. Woodworth
National Guard
Ottawa Post Office
Cummings
Arthur E. Summerfield
Airmail
Air Parcel Post
Ten Crewmen Die In Jet B-52 Crash At Castle AFB
A B52 sweptwing jet carrier crashed during takeoff from Castle Air Force Base California killing all ten crew aboard. The aircraft struck near Merced about 150 miles south of San Francisco, disintegrating with a two mile fire streak and wreckage scattered over three miles. Local firefighters described finding nine bodies in a group with the tenth nearby, noting this was California’s third fatal B52 crash that year following earlier accidents near Tracy and Madera.
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Castle Air Force Base
Calif
Air Force
California
Strategic Air Command
Merced
San Francisco
Alfred B. Stockman
Robert G. Joiner
Stockman
Glen Towers
Merced County
Tracy
Madera
Bum Confesses Four Slayings
A 33-year-old ex-convict, Stephen Nash, confessed to killing four people across California in a spree over a year. Det. Sgt. Larry Scarborough said Nash, found on Skid Row with a blood encrusted hunting knife, admitted the Rice boy death in Santa Monica and three other slayings in Long Beach Sacramento and Oakland areas.
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Stephen Nash
Los Angeles
Larry Rice
Santa Monica
Larry Scarborough
Nash
Scarborough
Rice
John W. Berg
Long Beach
Floyd Leroy Barnett
Sacramento
Oakland
Calif
Barnett
California
Driver Cited After Crash on West Fourth
F E Stockford aged 45 of 920 S Cedar was cited for driving on the wrong side of the street after a collision with two other cars on West Fourth near Main at 10 10 a m Friday Stockford pleaded guilty. Vehicles involved included a 1954 Chevrolet driven east by Vincent Reed 81 of Rantoul a 1947 Dodge driven by Stockford west on Fourth and a 1953 Studebaker owned by Loren McCurdy parked on the south side of Fourth Damages were about 200 to the Reed car 40 to the Stockford car and 25 to the McCurdy car.
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F. E. Stockford
S. Cedar
West 4Th
Main
Stockford
Vincent M. Reed
Rantoul
Studebaker
Loren Mc‘Curdy
Fourth
Main Street
West Fourth
Reed
McCurdy
Wightman Plumbing Missed From Local Basketball Ad
The Herald reports Wightman Plumbing and Heating was accidentally left out of today's basketball advertisement. Officials acknowledge the omission and will correct the ad in upcoming editions.
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Wightman Plumbing & Heating
Herald
Church Bazaar and Supper in Peoria Event
Church Bazaar and Supper announced for Peoria on a Tuesday. Document 46 pun. 305 c 21 indicates filing or case citation.
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Peoria
Weather forecast shows fairs and cooling across state
Forecast calls for fair east and partly cloudy west this afternoon across the state, cool nights with lows 25 to 30, highs Sunday in the 30s, and no major temperature changes tonight through Sunday. Yesterday's high 60, low 23. records show 68 high and 9 low for the date. Hourly temps listed with periods from morning to evening. sky was clear yesterday and NW winds. Tomorrow sunrise 7:22, sunset 4:59. Monday sunrise 7:23, sunset 4:59.
U S Hikes FHA Loan Interest to Five Percent
Washington announces a Dec 4 effective rate increase for FHA insured loans to 5 percent from 4.5 percent plus the ongoing 0.5 percent FHA insurance premium. Administered by Albert M. Cole and Norman P. Mason assert the move aims to aid buyers securing mortgage financing and prevent harm to the housing industry and jobs.
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Federal Housing Administration
Albert M. Cole
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Norman P. Mason
FHA
Veterans Administration
Rep. Ayres
Ohio
Barberton
Congress
Cole
America
Britain and France Move Toward Evacuation of Egypt
London says both powers have agreed on next steps in the Suez dispute and plan an early troop withdrawal from Egypt. Pineau indicates a common position on evacuation is being drafted, while Lloyd and Buter stress unity. Eisenhower orders large oil shipments to Europe as Western allies brace for a tight winter without Suez oil.
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Britain
France
Suez Canal
Egypt
Washington
Christian Pineau
Hoiday
Paris
Pineau
Foreign Office
United Nations
Lloyd
House of Commons
United States
Middle East
Eisenhower
Augusta
Western Europe
U. S
Western Alliance
Middle Eastern
County Teachers To Meet Monday In Ottawa High Auditorium
The second Franklin County teachers meeting of the year will gather at 7 p.m. Monday in the Ottawa High school auditorium. A general session precedes two sections the rural and grade school faculty will study the new curriculum guides with Agnes Engstrand of the state department of education as speaker. The high school group continues the Special Education theme with guest Marguerite Thorsen from the state department.
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Franklin County
Ottawa High School
Agnes Engstrand
State Department of Education
Marguerite Thorsen
State Department
City Projects Near Completion
City Commissioner Ivan Brown reported two projects near completion. Locust Street bridge repairs are finished except for final black-top approaches, while Hickory Street parking lot paving with asphalt is to be completed today with lighting and space markings remaining.
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Ivan Brown
Locust ‘Street
Iity
Hickory Street
United Nations to try observers in Hungary again
United Nations delegates except the Communist bloc agreed to one more attempt to place U.N. observers in Hungary. If Budapest rejects, a push for strong action, including condemning the puppet government and possibly expelling Hungarians from the U.N., is anticipated. The U.S. circulated a resolution urging reconsideration, with potential tougher steps if no result.
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United Nations
U. Ns, i
U.N
Hungary
Budapest
U. N
United States
Dag Hammarskjold
India
I. S
Hammarskjold
Cuba
Iit
General Assembly
U S To Admit 21 500 Hungarian Refugees
President Eisenhower announced the United States will admit 21,500 Hungarian refugees to aid victims of Soviet oppression. About 6,500 enter under the Refugee Relief Act, 15,000 as parolees under attorney general discretion. a future emergency bill is hinted. Immigration status for parolees remains non permanent.
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Augusta
Eisenhower
United States
White House
Austria
Hungary
U.S
Congress
Three Fined in Police Court Trial
Three individuals appeared before Judge Myron Steere for hearings this morning. Christla McQueen and Willie Williams were found guilty of being drunk and disturbing the peace with November 14 citations. Each fined $50 for the drunken charge and $50 plus thirty days in jail for disturbing the peace. Eugene Reed, 17, of 320 East Fourth, cited November 21 for reckless driving, was found guilty and fined $25.
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Myron Steere
Christla McQueen
Willie Williams
Steere
Eugene Reed
East Fourth
Cars Collide on US 50 Near Homewood
A 1953 Buick driven by William Wilson of Osawatomie and a 1937 Chevrolet driven by Joe P. Fitzgerald of 1128 North Hickory collided at 11 40 yesterday on US 50 in Homewood. Fitzgerald pulled from a gas station driveway and hit Wilson’s eastbound car. Fitzgerald cited for failure to yield. No damage estimate available.
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William Wilson
Osawatomie
Joe P. Fitzgerald
North Hickory
Homewood
Wilson
Fitzgerald
Merriam Webster Dictionary Discount at Kalge Store
The Merriam Webster dictionary is on sale at John Kalge Store in Is for 35 dollars. A reduced price of 24 dollars was advertised in Friday's Herald.
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John Kalge
Herald
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