Bridge Reopens After Storm Sewer Work Locust Street
Locust Street bridge reopens after several days closed for storm sewer construction across the north end. Work included new planking on the bridge floor and concrete at the south end linking to flood control projects by the Corps of Engineers. Also, Anna Hyatt Huntington animal sculpture show opens at Ottawa University Mammel Art Center shown. Huntington’s works are in over 200 museums. The Herald marks 64th year with a minor typographic change.
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Locust Street
Corps of Army Engineers
Mammel Art Center
Ottawa University
Anna Hyatt Huntington
New York
Jose Marti
Cuba
Central Park
Transit Strike Shuts Down Pittsburgh Buses and Trolleys
In Pittsburgh 1,700 bus and trolley operators walked out today triggering massive traffic jams. Auto traffic backed for miles, hitchhikers crowded cold streets, and railroads saw unusual business as 115,000 daily commuters faced disruption during the holiday season.
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Pittsburgh
Division 85 Amalgamated Assn
Electric Railway
Weather County Forecast Fair and cooler through Tuesday
Fair this afternoon and tonight with cooler conditions. High around 50 this afternoon, low near 20 tonight. Wednesday partly sunny with highs 55 to 60. Yesterday's high 58, low 26. Record highs and lows for the date noted. Hourly data fragments shown. sunrise 7:28, sunset 4:59 tomorrow.
Garfield Addition At Ottawa School Board Meet
A four room Garfield School addition was the main topic at the December Ottawa School Board meeting. Architect John Shaver proposed two plans. the preferred layout would place four rooms east to west on the south end, at an estimated cost near 75000 dollars. The district has 15000 dollars in its fund and could issue bonds to raise about 60000 dollars. Final plans hoped for by March 1 with contracts let by April, aiming to ready the addition for use next fall. The project would expand Garfield to about 420 students from the current 272. Other business covered a vacancy on the board and state aid for driver education, including extending summer classes to meet state standards. An Iranian English teacher, Mohammed Mehdi Adjang, will spend three weeks observing Ottawa methods starting January 24.
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Garfield School
Ottawa School Board
John Shaver
Salina
Garfield
Shaver
Henry Parker
Ralph Crawford
Parker
Ozawa
Mohammed Mehdi Adjang
Iran
Ottawa
OU To Present Yule Program
Ottawa University students present Christmas vespers Sunday at 4 in First Baptist Church with Prof Edgar Kerr directing a large vocal and instrumental group. Featured pieces include Britten Ceremony of the Carols and other carols from the 16th century to Palestrina plus Rogers and traditional Spanish works. soloists named Judy Jordan Suzanne Sheeder Opal Knapp Ednita Gonzaga Ruth Wood Larry Gillum and Barbara Rogers.
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Ottawa University
First Baptist Church
Edgar D. Kerr
Benjamin Britten
Rosello
Fum
Rogers
Palestrina
Judy Jordan
Suzanne Sheeder
Opal Knapp
Ednita Gonzaga
Ruth Wood
Larry Gillum
Barbara Rogers
Dr. Ross McIntire Dies in Chicago
Dr. Ross McIntire former surgeon general of the United States and personal physician to President Franklin D Roosevelt died in Grant Hospital Chicago after a night illness. Since leaving government service he had been executive director of the International College of Surgeons with headquarters in Chicago.
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Chicago
Ross McIntire
United States
Franklin JD. Roosevelt
Grant Hospital
50 Years in Hospital Observed at Osa Watomie Ward
A hospital ward hosted a Christmas party for a patient who came to the Osa watomie State Hospital 50 years ago on Dec 7. Eighteen patients with long tenures attended, ages 50 to 66, with six present. The event, organized by Ward 7 research group, featured music, carols, and gifts, highlighting staff dedication and limits of past treatments. Stella, 23 on arrival, remains unmarried with no listed family.
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Osawatomie State Hospital
Stella
Therapy College
Mildred Brandon
Pat Morgan
Dorothy Bishop
Lois Smith
Felt weightless at edge of space flight record
Navy Cmdr Lawrence E. Flint Jr. piloted a McDonnell F4H Phantom II from Edwards AFB reaching 98,560 feet, surpassing the previous 94,658 feet mark set by a Soviet Maj. Ilyshin. At peak, the jet briefly reached 1,500 mph before a near straight up ascent, then nose paint peeled from air friction during reentry.
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Los Angeles
Navy
Lawrence E. Flint Jr
California
Edwards Air Force Base
Flint
Soviet Union
Maj. V. S. Ilyshin
Cleanup Underway After Tauy Theater Fire
Fire at Tauy Theater Saturday night caused $5 000 to $6 000 in building damage and likely over $15 000 in contents. The blaze started in the balcony, damaging the rectifier room restrooms offices projection room and balcony with smoke and water. Owner Charles Morse hopes to reopen within 60 days as investigators determine the cause.
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Tauy
Harry Gilliland
Charles Morse
Johnson-For-President Club Organizes in Kansas
Johnson for President club organized in Hutchinson Kansas within two hours of Lyndon Johnson's address at a 5th District Democratic rally. Clair Hyter Hutchinson attorney announced the formation with organizers Tony Shartz Stephen R Johnson Ted J Schroll and Lawrence Brennan. Senator Johnson commented Let them organize. He noted 162 clubs exist in Texas.
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Hutchinson
Kas
Kansas
Lyndon Johnson
D-Tex
Clair Hyter
Lare Tony Shartz
Great Bend
Stephen Ir. Johnson
Ted Jschroll
Lawrence Brennan
Dodge City
J. ‘Floyd Breeding
D-Kas
Sen. Johnson
Texas
Fine Weather Lingers Across Kansas And Nearby
The weather bureau in Topeka says the pleasant weather will continue for a while with no changes in sight. Temperatures should dip slightly today before a warm-up arrives by Wednesday. Garden City and Goodland reached 69 degrees, one degree higher than Miami Florida’s 68.
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Kansas
Weather
Topeka
Garden City
Goodland
Miami
Fla
Schools Closed At Great Bend
Great Bend Kansas officials close all schools for two days amid a diphtheria scare after a six year old, Edward Reichard, dies and two more suspected cases are treated. Riley Elementary School remains shut for the week as authorities urge parents to keep children home and disperse gatherings while tracing the outbreak source.
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Great Bend, Kan
Great Bend
Edward Reichard
Riley Elementary
Civilians Die as Communists Shell Quemoy Islands
A civilian was killed and two wounded when Communist shell fire hit the Quemoy Islands on Monday. It was the first reported casualties from the Nationalist held islands in weeks as Communist guns had been quiet for nine days.
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Taipei
Formosa
Quemoy Islands
Eisenhower Renews His Plea For Disarmament
Secretary of Labor James P Mitchell urged steel labor and management to submit their long dispute to third party help. He proposed fact finding boards government mediation or binding arbitration as viable routes. The President echoed public urgency to settle the steel dispute by any acceptable method.
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Washington
James P. Mitchell
Steel
Mitchell
United Steelworkers Union
Federal Mediation and Concilia
Tion Service
Eisenhower
Twenty inmates escape Ivy Bluff Prison in North Carolina
Ivy Bluff Prison near Raleigh, described as the state’s Alcatraz, saw twenty inmates overpower guards escape with weapons. They hijacked a prison truck and fled in cars, triggering a major manhunt into southern Virginia. Charles Stewart, 52, a Wilmington inmate recaptured Nov 4, is linked to the break, which began at 12:40 a.m. and was discovered at 4:30 a.m.
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Ivy Bluff
N. C
North Carolina
Alcatraz
Virginia
Yanceyville
William F. Bailey
San Francisco Bay
Raleigh
Virginia State Line
R. A. Allen
Charles Stewart
Wilmington
Central
Stewart
John Case
Case
Ihen E. N. Pegg
Bids set for Eisenhower Library construction in Abilene
Topeka AP bids will be opened December 16 in Abilene for building the Eisenhower Presidential Library. The delay from December 9 came after the state architect’s office cited steel concerns. Gov Docking said funds on hand exceed a million dollars and may grow as reports from states come in.
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Topeka
Abilene
George Docking
Hemstreet resigns from McPherson Chamber for Emporia post
Earl Hemstreet, secretary manager of the McPherson Chamber of Commerce, resigned to take a similar job with the Emporia Chamber. He will begin in Emporia January 15, after arriving from Greensburg, Kansas a year and a half ago.
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McPherson
Earl Hemstreet
McPherson Chamber of Commerce
Emporia Chamber of Commerce
Hemstreet
Emporia
Greensburg
Kas
Traffic Toll in Topeka Sees Fatalities Reported
Kansas traffic fatalities in the 24 hours ending at 9 a.m. are 537 for the year 1959, compared with 521 in the same period of 1958, per the state accident records section.
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Topeka
Kansas
Eisenhower Defends Non Communist Alliances in Pakistan
President Eisenhower urged non Communist nations to stay strong and join in a disarmament framework while pledging continued U S military and economic aid to Pakistan. He and Ayub Khan reiterated ties with CENTO and SEATO and called for peaceful settlement of global disputes.
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Karachi
Pakistan
Eisenhower
United States
Mohammed Ayub Khan
Free World
Central Treaty Organization
Middle East
James C. Hagerty
Two Americans Given Long Cuban Prison Terms
PINAR DEL RIO AP A Cuban military tribunal sentenced two Americans Frank Austin Young 38 of Miami and Peter John Lambton 24 of Nase sau to long prison terms for conspiring against Fidel Castros regime The prosecution sought death for Young Bertot 24 a former Columbia University student received 30 years Lambton was sentenced to 20 years with the prosecutors asking for 30 years for him The case also named Cuban national Fernando Bertot in its proceedings
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Pinar del Rio
Cueuban
Frank Austin Young
Miami
Peter John Lambton
Nasesau
Fis del Castro
Young
Fernando Bertot
Columbia University
Lambton
Bertot
Fire Engulfs Wolfsburg Volkswagen Plant
A massive fire swept the Volkswagen factory in Wolfsburg Germany remaining active for 12 hours today Europe s largest automobile plant was heavily damaged according to AP reports Bystanders watched as flames tore through production facilities and emergency crews battled the blaze throughout the day.
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Wolfsburg
Germany
Volkswagen
Europe
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Jack Fenton
Docking
Harry Darby
Kansas City
Emporia Chamber
U. S
Mohamed Ali Jinnah
Ayub Khan
U. S. Marine Corps
Polo Field
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