Ottawa Herald Briefs Highlight Local Milestones
In Ottawa many readers see a mix of community notes. Highlights include Kemper Military School football letters for Gossett and Fivian, military trainings at Great Lakes and Fort Carson, pending returns of soldiers from Germany, local court actions for speeding and drunkenness, a bean supper by DeMolay, a shop theft investigation, and farmer gas exemption permits.
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Bill Gossett
Fred Hoffman
E. Wilson
Jim Fivian
John O. Fivian
South Cherry
Kemper Military School
Boonville
Keith Eder
G. Kralovec
Gossett
Marriage Licenses for Carl A Klobassa and Barbara Welly
Carl Arsen Klobassa aged 23 of Pittsburg and Barbara Ruth Welly aged 18 of Kansas City Missouri obtained a marriage license.
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Carl Arsen Klobassa
Pittsburg
Barbara Ruth Welly
Kansas City
Founder of Pick-Sloan Plan Died
Lt Gen Lewis A. Pick longtime chief of engineers and builder of the Ledo Road died at 66 in Washington. He led the Missouri River Division after WW II and helped design the Pick-Sloan flood control plan for the Missouri Valley. Funeral set for Auburn, Alabama, where he lived.
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Washington
Lewis A. Pick
Army Engineer Corps
India
China
U. S
China-Burma-India
Engineer Corps
Missouri River Division
Pick-Sloan
Missouri Valley
Waller Reed Army Hospital
Ft. Benning
Auburn
Ala
Bethel College reports winter enrollment at 522 students
Enrollment at Bethel College in Newton Kansas reached 522 students for the winter quarter. This record figure marks the largest enrollment for the school in recent years and reflects steady demand for the college's programs.
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Newton, Kas
Bethel College
Funeral services for Silas A Veix at McVey-Dengel Mortuary
Silas A Veix died November 27 with funeral services held December 2 officiated by Rev. Roger Fredrik son. Pallbearers named Charles Ratliff James Spooner George Caleb Ted Wilhite Roy Foster and Joe Caleb. Albert J Williams sang hymns with Mrs R L Stevens. Burial in Muncie cemetery west of Ottawa.
Hospital Notes and Births and Dismissals Summary
Hospital notes report admissions for Mrs L H Eggleston of Prince ton Mrs Ollie Burress 1016 8 Hickory Mrs C N Rice 932 N Mulberry and Mrs Gilbert E Stoneking 609 E 8th plus births to Mr and Mrs Jud Goins 912 Walnut twins a son and a daughter and to Mr and Mrs Elmer Louderback 716 N Cedar other discharges include Rodney Kasper 1121 N Main Kay Chambers Pomona Mrs Maurice Fishburn Beulah Matteson Pomona Mrs Beryl Piersol Williamsburg Johnnie Ray Redick Rantoul Mrs Ernest Servaes 515 W 2nd Mrs George Spears 504 S Locust Robert Vincent Topeka and Nate Gibbons route 2 Leon Spore 832 Hamblin today.
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L. H. Eggleston
Princeton
Ollie
Burress
C. N. Rice
Gene Price
Gilbert E. Stoneking
Robert Burns
E. Wilson
Jud Goins
Elmer Louderback
N. Cedar
Rodney Kasper
N. Main
William Bayer
Kay Chambers
Pomona
Maurice Fishburn
Route 2
Overbrook
Beulah Matteson
Beryl Piersol
Williamsburg
New Books at City Library from Carnegie List
Miss Nell Barnaby announces four new books at Carnegie Free Library including McCalls Complete Book of Bazaars by Harriet Hawes and Eleanor Edelman which guides fund raising. High Fidelity Home Music Systems by William R Wellman covers selection installation and cost. Allergy Cooking by Marion L Conrad offers 600 recipes for food allergy diets. The Land They Possessed is a Dakota Era novel by Mary Breneman about Michal Ward and Karl Gross with racial clashes.
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Carnegie Free Library
Nell Barnaby
McCall
Harriet Hawes
Eleanor Edelman
William R. Wellman
Mr. Wellman
Marion L. Conrad
Mary Breneman
Dakota Territory
George to Stay at NATO Post
Washington Senator George D Ga says he will remain as President Eisenhowers personal representative to NATO with ambassadorial rank. He plans to end his Senate career January 3 after 34 years and move to a State Department desk. He said crises nearly wrecked the alliance but his health and contribution justify staying.
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Washington
Sen
George
D-Ga
Eisenhower
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Western Defense Alliance
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
State Department
NATO
Unveiled Today Navy Debuts First Guided Missile Destroyer Gyatt
Boston reports the Navy unveiled the world's first guided missile destroyer, the USS Gyatt, featuring the Terrier weapon system. It is the third guided missile vessel in the fleet after the cruisers Boston and Canberra.
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Boston
USS Gyatt
Gyatt
Canberra
U S Air Force Organizing For Atom Powered Aircraft
Washington reports the Air Force is organizing a full weapons system to operate an atom powered bomber. Contracts have been let for equipment with a director of nuclear systems in charge. Projects include reactor work by General Electric in Ohio and Pratt and Whitney in Connecticut, plus other code named efforts at ABC San Francisco and Idaho reactor tests.
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Washington
Air Force
Nuclear Systems
Air Research and Development Command
Iden
General Electric Co
Ohio
Pratt and Whitney
Hartford
Conn
Atomic Energy Commission
National
Idaho
Atomic Aircraft Engine Project
ABC
San Francisco
The
Quarles
Abc-Tv
Cuban Rebels On South Coast
Cuban army reports rebel troops landed on the south coast as government forces moved in. Planes strafed the enemy band, a yacht with baggage tied to Fidel Castro Ruz was intercepted, and rumors of Castro’s death circulated. Mexican officials say Castro remains in Mexico City under observation. A dispatch claims government planes bombed and strafed 40 commandos in a sugar field between Manzanillo and Nicaro, with Castro killed.
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Havana
Cuba
Fidel Castro Ruz
Mexico
Santiago de Cuba
Castro
Batista
Mexico City
Miami Herald
Manzanillo
Nicaro
Mass Vaccination Campaign Starts in Arizona
Phoenix begins the nations first citywide mass vaccination drive aimed at reducing polio in youths. The program runs tomorrow with free shots for everyone six months to nineteen years, focusing on teenagers as the main target.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
Half-Ton Man Resting in New York Hotel
Robert E. Hughes, weighing 1,041 pounds, was brought by air to New York from St. Louis and rested in a hotel suite while aides arranged for a tent sized Santa Claus suit. He was billed as the world’s fattest man for a local TV show but did not appear, cited as too fatigued from travel.
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New York
Robert E. Hughes
Hughes
St. Louis
Great Lakes
Alex Daybreak
Santa Claus
Refugees Leave Camp In Holland
Nineteen Hungarian refugees depart their Biggekerke camp in Holland after complaints about straw mattresses draughty quarters and food. Dutch authorities demand their return by tonight or repatriation to Austria. A Social Affairs Ministry spokesman says the group hails from Budapest slums and is led by a 32 year old who allegedly edited an illegal paper.
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Hague
Netherlands
Biggekerke
Holland
Austria
Social Affairs Ministry
Budapest
Sale Dates From Centropolis To Lawrence Kansas
Sale dates listed for December across Kansas include donations and livestock auctions in Centropolis Overbrook Ottawa Richmond Lawrence and surrounding areas. Notable events include the Christian Church donation sale in Centropolis the Dairy Sale near Richmond and multiple Overbrook Livestock Sales with dates on December 4 5 12 19 and 27.
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C. A. Myers & Son
Centropolis
Ottawa
Christian Church
Kanagas
Lawrence
Kansas
Overbrook
Kans
Ted
Junior Higbie
Wellsville
Richmond
East 11Th Street
J. R. Adkins
Sir N. Poplar
Kanaag
Mary Weegar
Williamsburg
Roberts Market
East 11Th St. Lawrence
Ray Brown
Quenemo
Secretary Dulles Returns To Work
Secretary of State Dulles resumed duties at 8 45 a m after a 24 hour operation to remove a cancerous growth from his large intestine. Undersecretary Herbert Hoover Jr and aides welcomed him as he checked into his fifth floor office to resume direct control over policy.
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Washington
Dulles
Herbert Hoover Jr
State Department
Dulles Praises Team as Readiness for Policy Shift
An aide relayed that Dulles praised a smoothly working staff team for foreign policy. He said the group could take over without skipping a beat if any member became ill, underscoring confidence in continuity of leadership.
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Dulles
Wounded Cougar Attacks Hunter in Wasatch Mountains
Salt Lake City Deer hunter Kirby Allen escaped with a scratched neck and torn coat after a wounded cougar leaped him in the Wasatch mountains. He fired, wounded the cat, then stalked it briefly before it turned and fled. a game warden urged leaving wounded cougars alone.
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Salt Lake City
Kirby Allen
Allen
Wasatch Mountains
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Fred T. Frakes
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Lester W. Clark
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Main
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South Locust
E. W. Flaherty
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South Oak
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Pick-Sloan Plan
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Smith
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First National Bank Bldg
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City Library
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Kas
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Waverly
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Tewart & Son
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Albert
Mae Larkin
Oak Street
Franklin County Sale Co
Locust and Wilson
M. W
Carl W. Houston
Wilson and Locust
Printy & Son Ben Printy
Gordon James
x.Josep
Tocal Market
Vicad Oles Spa AG
Cougar
Hunter
Limb Funeral Home
Tiawa
TRO
Porter-Spears
Agency
Tom Porter
George Spears
Christm Club
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Kansas City, Kansas
D. William Overton
North American Building
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