Diverse holiday tips and local notices from town paper
Postmaster Cummings reports good mail days and urges early stamping for Christmas. Local guidance recommends mailing out of town by December 10 and local by December 16, plus separate bundles for outgoing and local cards. Extra help to start around December 14. Williamsburg items include a COP POC score book by Louis Coppoc and a Williamsburg High School coach also named Coppoc. A cow owned by C. W. Robe was shot during hunting season. Thomas E. Flowers showcases 16 paintings and eight drawings at St Olaf College. Maj William Hunt plans sale of his light plane after a crash at Lagoon Valley air strip. buyer George Kotsotas eyes the wreckage pieces.
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T. J. Cummings Jr
Williamsburg High School
Louis Coppoc
Belpre
Kas
Fairfield
Calif
Maj
William Hunt
Oakland Army Terminal
George Kotsotas
Lagoon Valley Air Strip
Hunt
Kotsotas
Adlai Won't Go To Paris
Adlai E. Stevenson announced he would not attend the December 16 NATO meeting in Paris, saying he would lose authority to influence policies. He backed most Eisenhower NATO proposals but cited differences and feared mislead or inhibit friends at home and abroad.
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Eisenhower
NATO
Paris
Stevenson
Correction: Hudelson House Xmas name cards price change
Correction notice states Hudelson House Christmas name cards start at 50 for 1.50 dollars instead of 50 cents. Reference code 304 new item 1t.
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Hudelson House
Weather County Forecast Shows Warmer, Cloudy Period
General ly fair and warmer this afternoon and tonight with increasing cloudiness Thursday. Highs today near upper 50s, lows 28 to 35, Thursday highs 55 to 60. River stage this morning 0.75 foot. Tomorrow sunrise 7:26, sunset 5:01.
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Oweenee
Spom
The Cowardly Prince
Three tiny fairy wizards Noodle Tiggle and Livingstone race to brew Strength Courage and Wisdom potions for a newborn prince in Mitzenpoo each depleting the bowls of Strength and gifting the prince with mismatched traits their misused magic leads to a startling outcome for the kingdom this tale ends with a cliffhanger on the prince’s future bravery and wisdom
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Noodle
Tiggle
Livingstone
Mittenpoo
Mitzenpoo
Embarrassing White House Conference Moment
Washington observers recall a Humiliation moment at a White House conference on North Atlantic Pact issues. President Eisenhower presided while Secretary Dulles explained sharing nuclear information with Britain and allies. Adlai Stevenson sat apart as Bevan’s name provoked jokes and laughter.
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Eisenhower
State Dulles
Britain
County hires new Franklin County 4-H agent
Leslie Sallee of Platte City Missouri is named Franklin County 4 H Club agent and will start January 1 He was assistant agricultural agent in Platte County He is married with four children The Franklin County Extension Council met at Masonic Temple and re elected officers and board members Also re hired were Don Brown county agricultural agent and Mary Dean Holle home economics agent Attendees included C B Glover Manhattan district agricultural agent and Miss Joan Engle Manhattan district home economics agent
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Leslie Sallee
Platte City
Franklin County
Sallee
Oklahoma
Platte County
Franklin County Extension Council
Masonic Temple
Lee Perkins
Richmond
John Staadt
RFD
Ottawa
Don Averill
Wellsville
Russell Wray
Truman Milton
Ralph Sand
Roy Herring
Williamsburg
Harold van Horn
Pomona
Lionel Shaw
Don Brown
Mary Dean Holle
C. B. Glover
Manhattan
Joan Engle
Eisenhower Busy Nine Days After Stroke Bulletin
President Eisenhower remains in good spirits nine days after his mild stroke and continues to recover well. White House press secretary James Hagerty said no further medical bulletins will be issued while recovery holds.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
James © Nagely
Paying Of Taxes In Franklin County
Franklin County taxpayers lag behind normal as 19 percent of the 1957 tax total of 2 303 960 30 has been collected. First half due by December 20 to avoid 10 percent penalties, which accrue daily. Remaining balance stands at 1 861 523 72, with second half due June 20 to avoid further penalties.
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Franklin
Roselyn Whirley
Whitley i
Franklin County
Wide Hunt For Missing Girl
A 7 year old girl, Maria Ridolph, is reported abducted after a man offering a ride lured her and another girl away near Sycamore Illinois. Police, aided by state and local agencies, conducted an all night search of vacant lots, fields, riverbanks and buildings with no clues found by morning. The sisters were last seen around 7 p.m. with the man named Johnny who asked the girls for a ride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sycamore, Tll
Maria Ridolph
William Hindenburg
DeKalb County
Chicago
Kishwaukee
Hindenburgs
Ridolph
Michael Ridolph
Cathie
Sig_man
Sigman
Hindenburg
Fire Sweeps Farm Home Killing Eight in Arkansas
Eight people including a pregnant mother and seven children died in a farmhouse blaze near MarianNA Arkansas. Sheriff Langston identified the woman as Mrs. J. L. Bowers, 37, wife of a farm tenant. Children aged 9 to 1 were found together in a bedroom. the mother reportedly woke in an attempt to rescue them and perished.
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Marianna
Ark
Courtney Langston Jr
J. L. Bowers
Westor
Teseriff
Bowers
Langston
Senator Russell Pushes Missile Focus In Foreign Aid Debate
Washington Senator Russell urges diverting most of the 3.94 billion dollar foreign aid plan to buying more military missiles even as Congress considers the package. House whip Albert predicts most of the funds will be approved though some economic aid may be cut. Opposition also greets renewal of reciprocal trade authority due to expire June 30. Russell says the aid program could be substantially reduced.
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Washington
Sen
Russell
D-Ga
Congress
White House
Rep
Albert
Okla
House
Dulles
Russia
Sputnik
Senate Armed Services Committee
Eisenhower Eyes No Overall Spending Increase for Next Year
President Eisenhower told Republican congressional leaders at a White House briefing that the administration hopes to avoid a general rise in spending in the next fiscal year even as it plans higher defense outlays. He indicated a roughly two billion dollar defense increase while aiming to keep domestic and international spending near the current 71.8 billion dollar request. Senate Republicans expressed optimism that deficit spending can be avoided as plans cover missiles air bases antisubmarine devices and space programs amid Russian advances.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Congress
Sen. Dirksen
R-Ii
Bridges
R-Nh
Saltonstall
R-Mass
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Train Crash in London Kills and Hurts Dozens in Fog
In fog shrouded London two commuter trains collided causing a bridge to topple onto wreckage. Casualties appeared high with reports of dead and many injured as emergency crews worked at the scene.
Escaper Caught Here Pardoned
Jefferson City Mo Gov James T Blair granted a full pardon to Mrs Edna Booker who escaped from Missouri Women's Prison Nov 21 1936 after an almost 21 year outside record She 73 was serving a life murder term from St Louis and said a disgruntled matron aided the escape She later married ran a Fort Scott restaurant as Ella McNair and was arrested in Ottawa Kansas Oct 7 identified by fingerprints and returned to the prison.
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Jefferson City
Edna Booker
Missouri Women's Prison
James T. Blair
Women’s Prison
State Board of Probation and Parole
State Director of Corrections
St. Louis
Fort Scott
Kas
Ella McNair
Ottawa
Scientists In Final Check Of Mechanism
Cape Canaveral observers report the countdown for the nation s first satellite launch at the halfway point with weather improving and no major delays. Navy Air Force teams cooperate as a 23 page checklist guides the final preflight, despite minor electrical glitches in the first two rocket stages.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla.a
Space
Schooley
Navy
Air Force
Paul Walsh
Vanguard
Cites Need For Gas Tax Hike In Kansas
The State Highway Commission urged a cent gas tax increase, calling figures irrefutable. Walter Johnson presented the case to the Kansas Chamber of Commerce Highway Council, stating the panel needs five million dollars to match federal funds and sustain non federal aid projects in 1959, with 1.2 million more required by counties for matching funds and increased maintenance. If funds are not provided, Kansas would curtail its highway improvement program.
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Topeka
State Highway Commission
Petroleum Industries Committee
Walter Johnson
Kansas Chamber of Commerce Highway Council
Commission
Kansas
Johnson
Building Unions Back Teamsters in AFL-CIO suit
Building trades unions urged AFL-CIO to cancel the expulsion threat against the Teamsters. Delegates voted to rescind suspension and keep the giant union in the federation amid a yearlong inquiry into misused funds involving James R. Hoffa and Dave Beck as testimony before the Senate Rackets Committee cited abuses of power.
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Atlantic City
N.J. Im
Afl-Cio
Teamsters Union
Teamsters
Trucksunion
Senate Rackels
Washington
James R
Harris Case Postponed In Franklin County District Court
The embezzlement case of Milo Harris former county and probate judge was continued by District Court Judge Floyd Coffman Harris will be arraigned on the first day of the January term Harris remains under treatment at the University of Kansas Medical Center The charge covers embezzling 1687 71 dollars from County Court funds six days after resigning He is free on a 750 bond posted in District Court
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Milo Harris
Franklin County
Floyd Coffman
Harris
Coffman
Don White
Universisity of Kansas Medical Center
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C. W. Robe
Thomas E. Flowers
Ottawa University
St. Olaf College
Northfield
Minn
Adlai
Adlai E. Stevenson
Chapter
Prince
Stren
Adlair E. Stevenson
Labor Party
Aneurin Bevan
Bevan
United States
Lamb
Waverly High
Chuck Langdon
U. S
Bulletin
London
Lon
Don
C. H. Schooley
Defense Department
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