Icy Highways Spark Three Crashes Near Ottawa
Weary winter roads triggered three crashes on US 50 north of Ottawa and near Richmond and Williamsburg injuring one person. Involved were a 1952 Chevrolet driven by Myrtle Bates, a 1952 Pontiac piloted by Jack Druart, and a 1954 Chevrolet truck driven by Jack Creveling. Damages totaled about $2,800. Undersheriff Dean Driscoll noted icy conditions caused the mishaps.
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Ottawa
US 50
Ross Hill
Fern Jordan
Iola
Sheriff's Office
Myrtle Bates
Route 4
Jack Druart
Frontenac
Bates
Olin L. Jordan
Druart
Jack Crevel
Ing
Oklahoma City
Okla
Dean Driscoll
Highway Patrol
Richmond
Ivan Jones
East Fifth
Jones
Weather Forecast Portraits a Cold Weekend Ahead
Partly cloudy this afternoon through Saturday with a turning cooler southeast tonight. Highs 30 to 35, lows 5 to 10 degrees, 20s southeast, record highs and lows noted for the date. Yesterday was 32 at dawn to 32 near noon, with a trace of precipitation and a north wind. River stage at morning 0.49 feet. Tomorrow sunrise 7:27, sunset 4:59.
Freeman Elected President of Kansas United Dry Forces
Dr. W. Freeman of Hutchinson was elected president of the Kansas United Dry Forces yesterday in Topeka, signaling leadership change for the anti prohibition group.
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Topeka
Sc. W. Freeman
Hutchinson
The
Kansas United Dry Forces
All Invited To Docking Inaugural
Topeka invites all friends of Kansas to the George Docking inauguration on January 14. The open event includes a noon ceremony and an evening ball at Municipal Auditorium. Docking becomes Kansas 34th governor with an indoor inauguration due to weather.
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Topeka
George Docking
Kansas
Docking
Municipal Auditorium
Fred Hall
Patrol Warns Of Slippery Highways In Southeast Kansas
State Highway Department warns motorists of ice hazards on bridges across southeast Kansas from Arkansas City and Winfield northeast to La Cygne and Olathe. Icy spots reported on U S routes 166 160 54 50 59 75 69 77 and state highways 99 96 through Greenwood County, with travel cautions issued by a highway spokesman.
Prison Terms To Acid Throwers In Riesel Case
Two men convicted in the 1950 acid attack on labor writer Victor Riesel received five year prison terms. A third defendant drew two years. They aided Abe Telvi who fled arrest after the Broadway assault. Telvi was later slain. Judge Herlands fined Miranti ten thousand dollars.
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New York
Victor Riesel
Abe Telvi
Riesel
Broadway
Telvi
William B. Herlands
Leo Telvi
Abe
Gondolfo Miranti
Domenica Bande
Herlands
Miranti
Hall Seeks Extra Emergency Hay Aid for Kansas
Governor Fred Hall urged Secretary Benson to allocate an additional one million dollars to Kansas emergency hay and roughage aid. If approved, state funding would total 2.5 million dollars. A telegram from Mall echoed the demand and criticized current allocations as too limited.
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PEKA
Fred Hall
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Kansas
Mall
Counties Get Cigaret Tax
Kansas counties receive their share of the cigarette tax revenue totaling 698077 mailed to 105 counties for the quarter ending Nov 30. State Treasurer Richard T. Fadley said counties get half of the post administration portion. County shares range from 674 for Stanton to 102925 for Sedgwick based on population.
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Topeka
Kansas
Richard T. Fadley
Stanton
Sedgwick
Storms Fail To Develop Across Midwest And Ottawa
Weather across Ottawa turned sunny after a cloudy cold morning with a high near freezing. Temperatures dipped to 20 degrees with a record low 32 degrees freezing mist yesterday. past 47 years ago the low reached 2 below zero.
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Ottawa
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Iowa
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Missouri
GOP Spent Most For Campaign In Kansas
TOPEKA The Republican State Central Committee filed results showing receipts of 141 537 22 and expenditures of 120 234 26 for Sept 11 through Nov 30 with a balance of 21 306 96, more than double the Democratic outlay. Democrats reported no official totals. unofficial figures show expenditures of 53 483 59 and receipts of 50 085 36.
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Topeka
Republican State Central Committee
Democratic State Committee
Republican Committee
Harry Darby
Harold Trusler
O. A. Sutton
W. J. Small
Warren Shaw
Ross Beach
D. GC. Hansen
Harry Menery
Lloyd Kerford
A. S. Fones
Joe Collins
George Bennett
Bruce Smith
Carol O. Reece
R. C. Williams
Frank Theis
Kansas Federation of Labor
John Riddle
A. J. Katerinaky
Joseph McDowell
No Shortage Plan Reassures U S On Gas Oil Supply
CHICAGO The director of the Office of Defense Mobilization says plans to ship large gasoline and oil shipments to Western Europe due to the Suez Canal blockade will not cause shortages in the United States.
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Chicago
Europe
Suez Canal
United States
Office of Defense Mobilization
No Reduction In Spending For Military
Secretary of Defense Wilson said spending for the next fiscal year will likely rise above this year’s 36 billion. He did not expect a substantial change in military manpower and declined to specify the next year’s budget figure, though a Pentagon plan of 38 billion was cited. He and President Eisenhower discussed budget figures and promised another meeting to finalize plans for Congress.
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Augusta
Wilson
Eisenhower
Washington
Pentagon
Congress
Middle East
U.S
Workers Council Warns Hungary Faces General Strike
The Central Workers Council warned in a proclamation that continued government harassment of local councils could trigger a general strike, bloodshed, and a new national tragedy. It described an organized hunt against workers councils, criticized Premier Kadár, and said the purge of the state apparatus was hindered by people around him. The note acknowledged a surface calm in Budapest after days of turmoil.
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Budapest
Central Workers Council
Janos Kadar
United States and allies push new push on Red Hungary
United States and 13 other nations pressed for a resolution in New York aimed at increasing pressure on the Soviet Union and Hungary to allow observers. The effort seeks a response from the Red regime and faces likely silence.
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United Nations
N.y.ie
Soviet Union
Hungary
United States
4 H Achievement Party Planned by Ottawa Chamber
Plans were made for the annual 4 H Achievement Party sponsored by the agricultural youth committee of the Ottawa Chamber of Commerce. The event will be held in Memorial Auditorium on December 22 at 1 p.m. A program of entertainment and awards for club and individual 4 H members will be presented, with refreshments provided by the committee and Ottawa businessmen. Committee members listed include Glen Hayward chairman Howard Doyen Dean DeGarmo S S Bergsma Dick Jameson and Harvey Reeder.
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Agricultural Youth Committee
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
Memorial Auditorium
Agriculture Youth Committee
Ottawa Businesmen
The
Chamber of Commerce
Glen Hayward
Howard Doyen
Dean DeGarmo
S. 5S
Bergsma
Dick Jameson
Harvey Reeder
New Program Of Dollar Aid In The Works
Washington plans a major policy review that could yield a new program of dollar aid to Western Europe without Marshall Plan budget. Nixon hinted bipartisan support for such help as Britain faces financial trouble, while Congress may resist pure economic aid.
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Washington
Eisenhower
U.S
Europe
Britain
France
Suez Canal
North Atlantic Alliance
Nixon
New York
Great Britain
Congress
Egypt
Dulles
Paris
Water Resource Board studies Kansas plan development
Kansas Water Resources Board reported progress compiling data on water, soil, and climate, and drafting a basic plan for resource development in each area. Citizen advisory committees will be formed, surface water quality expansion urged, and federal cooperation funds noted.
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Topeka
Kansas Water Resources Board
Kansas
George Docking
Docking
Water Resources Board
Congress
Corn Referendum on December 11 for Franklin county
Franklin county corn farmers will vote December 11 in a nationwide referendum designated by the Secretary of Agriculture. Two ballot questions ask about a soil bank corn base acreage and acreage allotments, with a two thirds vote needed to change the plan. Polling places across 16 townships will be open 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. for eligible owners or operators in the commercial corn producing area.
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Franklin County
Secretary of Agriculture
Soil Bank
Gordon Barnes
ASC
la Soil Bank
Appanoose
Centropolis
Oakland
Cutler
Rantoul
Franklin
Wellsville
Greenwood
Harrison
Elm Grove
Hayes — Brown
Homewood — Crabb
Homewood
Lincoln
Wycoff
Ohio
Moore’s Warehouse
Princeton
Ottawa
Peoria
Pomona
Pottawatomie
Richmond
Richmond — Richmond City Hall
Williamsburg
Williamsburg City Hall
Pearl Harbor Anniversary Tour At Historic Harbor
Pearl Harbor site revisited on the anniversary of the December 7 attack. Visitors tour Battleship Row aboard a motor launch, noting Utah’s sunken deck, Arizona’s entombed crew, and the enduring memory of the raid that drew the United States into World War II. A sobering scene of history and reflection unfolds as tourists photograph the docked vessels and the flag-draped sunken Arizona.
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Pearl Harbor
United States
Nel Narrows
Philippine Sea
Arizona
Flash Fire Kills On El Train
A moving four car Chicago El train near Howard Street station burst in flames injuring about forty passengers and killing motorman Daniel Cullen. The fire began in the motorman’s cab as the train neared the station and spread through the first two cars. Passengers escaped onto the right of way or to nearby cars amid panic. The cause was not determined.
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Chicago Transit Authority
Ttrain
Evanston
Howard Street
Russell Lane
Associated Press
Lane
Jarvis Avenue
CTA
Daniel Cullen
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