Jubilee Opening Draws Huge Ottawa Crowd
A busy Jubilee opening in Ottawa featured a large crowd downtown as Santa Claus visited on a fire truck, with the Ottawa Junior High Band leading the parade. Stores opened early for a two hour shopping rush and later hosted Nativity scenes and carols at area schools and colleges. The town plans a Christmas Treasure Hunt starting December 5 with windows displaying winning numbers and drawings on December 19. Airport news notes two local Air Scouts set to receive Silver Awards in services at First Baptist and First Methodist churches. The crowd also followed reports of a jet crash near Fairbanks affecting relatives of local residents, including the West and Blue families, who later confirmed safety.
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H. A. Barnharts
S. Poplar
Ernest Wests
Wates Center
Ottawa
Fairbanks
Alaska
Wests
Clifford Blue
Blue
Yates Center
West
Ottawa Air Scouts
Charles Henning
Larry Ogg
Henning
First Baptist Church
Ogg
First Methodist Church
Air Scouts
Ottawa University
Santa Claus
Ottawa Junior High School
Ottawa Fire Department
Ottawa Area Sees Below Normal Moisture for Year
Weather report notes first 11 months total rainfall of 1.17 inches below normal in Ottawa while city water supply remains good. Miller Dam is full, Kiefer dam about 10 inches below dam top. October rainfall slightly above normal. November extremely dry at .18 inch. December would need 2.41 inches to end 1955 with normal rainfall across 35.85 inches.
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Ottawa
Miller Dam
Marais Des Cygnes
Kiefer Dam
Miller
John P. Kelsey
Entertain At Legion Banquet By Jack Garvey in Waverly
Jack Garvey of Waverly will entertain Franklin county ex servicemen and women at the annual American Legion post commanders banquet at the armory. John Gere reports Garvey has accepted. He sings and plays piano and organ. About 400 dinners will be served. The event starts at 6 30 p m with speakers Keith Sibelius and Congressman E P Scrivner.
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Jack Garvey
Waverly
Franklin County
American Legion Post
Armory
John Gere
Garvey
Keith Sibelius
Norton
For Sale Old Newspapers We Per Bundle
Classified notice from Herald office offering old newspapers for sale per bundle. Details are sparse with no specific quantities or prices provided in the readable text.
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Herald Office
U. Students To Give Plays At Memorial Auditorium
Ottawa University dramatists present two one act plays next Wednesday at 7 30 p m in Memorial auditorium. Miss Ruth Lathrop supervises. The Key To Christmas by Lucile Crites Sligh directed by Mrs. Marie Dyer features Alvin Small Harry Talbott Mildred Engle Judy Burns Larin Kerr Elvira Fisher Linda Shawwalter Darlene Joy Vernon Flanagin. Henry VIII scene 4 Act II from Shakespeare directed by Richard Pratt Rhoda Rudd with Richard O Dell Joe Henning Maxine Morrison Nichlas Iena Don Pady David Brown Alfred Smith Jack Bremer. Skull–Whitacre General Auto Repair. 127 S. Hickory. Phone 355.
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Ottawa University Dramatists
Memorial Auditorium
Ruth Lathrop
Lucile Crites Sligh
Mrs. Marie Dyer
Alvin Small
Harry Talbott
Mildred Engle
Judy Burns
Larin Kerr
Elvira Fisher
Linda Showalter
Darlene Joy
Vernon Flanagin
Henry VIII
Shakespeare
Richard Pratt
Rhoda Rudd
Richard O’dell
Joe Henning
Maxine Morrison
Nichlas Iena
Don Pady
David Brown
Alfred Smith
Jack Bremer
Thirteen Die in London Suburb Train Crash
Thirteen persons burned to death and 35 injured when a passenger electric train from London's West End collided with a standing freight train near Barnes Station. Eleven dead remained unidentified twelve hours later. Two children among victims. Firefighters battled flames as passengers aided the injured along the tracks.
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London
Barnes
England
West End
Thames Valley
Barnes Station
Bridge Collapse Injures 28 in Eagle Pass Texas
A 400 foot span of the temporary international bridge linking Eagle Pass and Piedras Negras collapsed while workers began dismantling it. Twenty eight people were hospitalized with two in critical but stable condition. No fatalities were reported.
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Eagle Pass
Tex
Rio Grande
J. C. Clackley
Austin Bridge Co
Dallas
Hereberto Garcia
Piedras Negras
Mexico
Sisters Die At Holton Yesterday
Holton Kansas two sisters Janet Louis McLaughlin 69 and Mrs Will T Beck 75 died yesterday in Holton hospital. Beck a Holton newspaperman and Republican figure, McLaughlin former Hiawatha school teacher and Red Cross worker, both survived by families and relatives. Funeral services set for Sunday and Monday with burials in Mount Hope Cemetery Hiawatha and Holton Cemetery respectively.
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Holton
Kas
Janet Louis McLaughlin
Will T. Beck
Beck
Republican Party
MceLaughlin
Becks
Drew McLaughlin Sr
Horton Board of Education
Red Cross
Kansas
Kansas Press Women
Weather forecast warns heavy snow northwest and north central
A weather bulletin warns heavy snow and strong winds in the northwest and north central areas with accumulating totals of five inches or more. Blowing and drifting snow will accompany northerly winds around 35 mph. Expect much colder conditions tonight with zero to five degrees in the northwest and near 20 in the southeast.
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North Central
Mild Today May Be Colder Tonight Ottawa Weather
Ottawa enjoyed sunny mild conditions today before a cold front. The weather bureau warned of possible heavy drifting snow in northwestern Kansas and western and northern Nebraska. Ottawa should stay east of the storm’s heaviest band but may see a temperature drop. Yesterday’s high was 39 and the low this morning was 38. Trace moisture fell as light mist yesterday.
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Ottawa
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Nebraska
Franklin man escapes injury in Ottawa truck wreck
Joe Sobba of Richmond escaped injury when his 1952 Ford pickup left US 59 two miles south of Ottawa after hitting a slick spot. The vehicle rolled over into a ditch and hit a pole. Damage was about $300. Officers Art Jensen and Bob Conaty investigated.
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Franklin County
Joe Sobba
Richmond
Sobba
US 59
Ottawa
Art Jensen
Bob Conaty
Martin thinks Ike may seek second term for world's sake
House GOP leader Martin after a 45 minute talk with President Eisenhower said he believes the President would run again if doctors approve and the budget is balanced. He urged a tax cut next year for the little fellow and noted his view mirrors Leonard Hall's after a prior meeting. Martin stressed his views were his own and declined to discuss politics with the President. Eisenhower met with Knowland next, then headed to Gettysburg with two grandchildren along for the ride.
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Gettysburg
House
Martin
Eisenhower
Congress
Massachusetts
Senate
Knowland
California
Leonard W. Hall
Hall
Gettysburg Post Office
Washington
David
Barbara Anne
Fellowship Dinner For Ottawa Steel Employees
Ottawa Steel Division of L A Young Spring and Wire Corp held its biannual fellowship dinner at Memorial auditorium with about 130 of 151 employees attending. General manager Fol Johnson said the event shows appreciation and noted the informal nature. Special guest was Russell R. Robins of Detroit, vice president and marketing director. Entertainment included slides and a film about last summer’s company picnic.
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Ottawa Steel Division
L. A. Young Spring and Wire Corp
Memorial Auditorium
Fol Johnson
Johnson
Russell R. Robins
Detroit
L. A. Young Firm
Safety Council Is Organized in Osawatomie
A Miami Safety Council was formed in Osawatomie Kansas to probe county safety hazards starting with a dangerous curve two miles south of Paola on US 169 where three traffic deaths occurred this year. A. J. Walthall was elected chairman with about 25 residents present. A second meeting is planned December 8 in Paola with civic groups and officials invited.
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Osawatomie
Kas
Miami Safety Council
Paola
US 169
A. J. Walthall
Osawatomie City Auditorium
Collision Fatality Claims Earl J. Kerschen in Wellington
Earl J. Kerschen 34 of Conway Springs died in a Wellington hospital after his car skidded and rolled 162 feet following a collision with a car driven by Wanda Riggs 27 of Conway Springs. Highway Patrolman Jim Martin reported the wreck occurred last night.
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Wellington
Earl J. Kerschen
Conway Springs
Jim Martin
Kerschen
Wanda Riggs
Office closure notice from Dr Webster due to injuries
Due to injuries from a car accident, the office of Dr H R Webster will remain closed until further notice. Contact preferences and re‑opening details will be provided when available.
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H. R. Webster
Georgia Tech Students Protests Over Sugar Bowl Plan
Angry Georgia Tech students staged an all night protest against moving Tech from the Sugar Bowl. They hanged Gov. Marvin Griffin in effigy, breached the state capitol, and demonstrated at the governor's mansion before dawn. A source says Tech will be allowed to play Pittsburgh. Griffin cites a racial issue.
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Atlanta
Georgia Tech
Tech
Marvin Griffin
State
Governor’s
Pittsburgh
Griffin
Georgia
Bobby Grier
Robert O. Arnold
Covington
University System Board of Regents
Griffins
Sam
South Georgia
State Revenue Nearing Record in Kansas for 1955
The Kansas Commission of Revenue and Taxation reports calendar year 1955 receipts at $113,765,812 and projects a year end above $121 million, topping 1954's $116,339,859. November receipts were $8,832,450, and sales tax for November rose to $3,632,488, up about $80,000 from 1954.
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Topeka
Kansas Commission of Revenue and Taxation
Less U S Help WASHINGTON 4
The revenue service curbs broad free assistance saying it will no longer offer unlimited support to all taxpayers for preparing returns. It will still aid individuals in doing their own forms if they are literate and able to read English.
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Washington
the Revenue Service
Gone
AFL CIO formed to woo 16 million union members
The newly merged AFL CIO faces immediate pressure from Republicans and Democrats for labor support. Eisenhower will address delegates by phone from Gettysburg, with Harriman Stevenson and others poised to bolster their parties. Delegates await a combined session at 71st Regiment Armory as merger late yesterday.
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New York
Afl-Cio
Eisenhower
Mayot
Gettysburg
Averell Harriman
Adlai Stevenson
AFL
CIO
71St Regimental
Park Ave
Semrtary
Labor
James P. Mitchell
Wounded thief s captured after motel standoff
Colorado Springs police arrested Clair E. Iliff, a wounded ex convict wanted for two Denver gas station holdups, after he surrendered with minor injuries at a motel. An 18 year old woman, Darlene Winters, accompanied him and was jailed. Iliff, released from Colorado prison Oct 20, had faced grand larceny and a bank of other charges. He had allegedly robbed a Denver gas station and a prior station in Englewood, and was sought for a Kansas train office burglary.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Denver
Clair E. Tliff
Tlifs
Clockner Penrose Hospital
Gordon McDaniel
McDansiel
Englewood
Darlene Winters
Iliff
Colorado
McDaniel
Manter, Kas
Salina Youth elected governor of 1955 Hi-Y in Kansas
TOPEKA Bill Shaldon of Salina was elected governor of the 1955 Kansas Hi-Y youth government program at the opening of the annual two day session. The selection marks the second consecutive year a Salina youth has won the honor, following Don Bowen last year. Other officers include Van Smith of Emporia as lieutenant governor Tom Bertone of Pittsburg as secretary of state and Dave Wiley of Hutchinson as chief justice. More than 300 high school youths attended the model legislature.
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Topeka
Bill Shaldon
Salina
Kansas
Leavenworth Faces Water Shortage
Leavenworth residents faced a serious water shortage as the Missouri River dwindled to a trickle and left the waterworks intake pipe high and dry. Superintendent H. H. Kansteiner banned street flushing and urged strict conservation while efforts to dredge an auxiliary channel through a 300 foot bar to the intake aim to relieve the jammed upstream flow.
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Leavenworth
Missouri
H. H. Kansteiner
Kansteiner
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Herald
Animal Shelter
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Church of Christ
5Th & Cedar
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Ottawa Steel
Safety Council
Jay Brown
Kansas City
Poh
Nanard
U.S
Union For Support
Hi-Y
Salina Youth
Lamb Ambulance
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