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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1957
Page
6
Advertises discounted used machinery including CAT D8 and D6 tractors, CAT No. 12 motor grader, Ottawa backhoe, and Ottawa hydraulic hammer. Listings note to Topeka plant reconditioning, hours, condition, and prices such as 2400 dollars and 3500 dollars with locations Topeka and Ottawa. Includes Buy & Try and As Is mentions.
A community sale notice for Albert Stewart and Son Farm Rt. 2 Ottawa. An evening sale at 7 30 p m on December 10 features 60 head of Wisconsin Holstein Guernsey and Brown Swiss buffalo calves. Location at Franklin County Late Barn Wilson and Locust Streets with weekly Thursday night sales. Also catalog for December 10 lists bill Dusin Pomona Kansas property and furniture.
Dr H Taylor Caswell of Temple University Hospital warned at the American Medical Association clinical meeting that reliance on wonder drugs has bred complacency about infection control. He said resistant staphylococci pose a serious threat to hospitalized patients and urged a return to strict sterilization and hospital techniques to prevent failures due to antibiotic resistant germs.
A dynamite blast leveled a vacant farm house ten miles south of Columbia, Missouri, injuring no one and triggering five University of Missouri students to be arrested. Prosecutor Scott O Wright charged Francis A Shipp and four others with malicious destruction. The Lambda Chi Alpha house was linked to the suspects who claimed they detonated the dynamite to dispose of it and thought hay in the house would cushion the blast. Losses totaled about 3500 dollars to the house and contents.
TOPEKA authorities report bids for a new Emporia State Teachers College dormitory to house 120 men. Wayne Bollinger of Emporia submitted the apparent low bid of 207 453 for general construction. Emporia Plumbing Heating Co. bid 84 871 for plumbing heating and air conditioning and Wichita Electric Co. bid 31 995 for electrical work. State Architect John Brink said the state by nipping and tucking has enough money to build the three story brick faced building.
About 700 light bulbs disappeared from small Christmas trees lining El Dorado's business district. Harlan Remsberg Chamber of Commerce manager said the culprits remain unknown, and their motives show a warped view of the Christmas spirit.
Kansas ICTY Lt. William Burch announced that ex-convict Frank Basher J. aged 37 signed a statement admitting theft of 8600 in furs from Mrs. Dolores Tatum wife of pro basketball star Goose Tatum. The burglary occurred Nov 26 at Mrs. Tatum’s apartment and Basher said two other men were involved.
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