Queen of Ottawa Junior Chamber Holiday Basket Contest Entrants
Entries for the Queen of the Ottawa Junior Chamber Holiday Basketball Tournament are pouring in. Clyde Hashagen and Bob Bath report 21 entries from Pittsburg State Teachers College William Jewell College Liberty Missouri Southwestern Missouri State Teachers College Springfield Missouri Southeastern Missouri State Teachers College Cape Girardeau Missouri and Ottawa University. Porous entries from Emporia State Teachers College and Rockhurst are still awaited. Last year the contest drew about 30 entrants. The Queen will reign over the tournament December 26 27 and 28.
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Queen of the Ottawa
Hashagen
Pittsburg State Teachers College
William Jewell College
Liberty
Southwestern Missouri State Teachers College
Springfield
Southeastern Missouri State Teachers College
Cape Girardeau
Ottawa University
Emporia State Teachers College
Rockhurst
Luminaries project fuels Christmas decoration effort
The Methodist Church Boy Scout troop will take orders to make luminaries for Christmas decorations. Call the Chamber of Commerce at 168 to be connected with the Scouts who supply packaged materials. Materials needed include No 4 craft paper sacks sand and candles.
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Methodist Church Boy Scout
Chamber of Commerce Office
Inmates form bird-watching society at Dartmoore Prison
Prison officials at Dartmoore Prison in Princetown report inmates formed a bird-watching society focusing on jackdaws. The bird is nicknamed the bird world’s No 1 thief, reflecting local lore about their behavior.
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Princetown
England
Dartmoore Prison
Bedfast Sleuth Captures Forgery Suspect in Hospital
Pittsburgh detective George Weid, confined to bed for a checkup, identified and seized William Swindell Jr., 28, when a familiar face appeared at his door. He wrestled the man to hold until fellow officers arrived, then returned to his hospital bed.
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Pittsburgh
George Weid
Weid
William Swindell Jr
Flu cases rise in Colorado last week and yearly tally
The Colorado Health Department reported 7,850 new flu cases in the state for the past week. Dr. Joseph Cannon estimated about 318,520 Coloradans have been flu victims this year, up from 12,500 the previous year.
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Denver
Colorado Health Department
Colorado
Joseph Cannon
Weather COUNTY FORECAST Cold wave warning and wind
Cold wave warning with strong northerly winds 25 to 35 mph and a much colder afternoon and evening. Occasional light snow flurries, continued frigid tonight with lows around 10 above zero, winds diminishing by morning. Wednesday fair and cold with high near 25 to 35. Yesterday's high 86. record highs and lows noted. River stage 0.73 foot, sunrise 7:32, sunset 6:03.
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Coven
Eight New Reservoir Sites Recommended for Kaw Basin
Army Engineers told an audience in Lawrence of eight additional flood control and water conservation reservoirs planned for the Kaw Basin. Sites include Turkey Creek Sutphen Mills Woodbine Humboldt Camp Creek Onaga Grove and Clinton with costs estimated at 146.8 million dollars. The plan follows studies since the 1951 flood and aims to guard against a flood greater than that disaster.
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Army Engineers
Lawrence
Kaw
Corps
Kaw Valley
Waikarusa
Marais Des Cygnes
L. E. Laurion
Kansas City
Corps of Engineers
L. G. Feil
Turkey Creek
Sutphen Mills
Woodbine
Humboldt
Camp Creek
Onaga
Grove
Clinton
Polio Drive Planned With County and Community Quotas
A January Polio drive meeting set a county quota of 5500 and quotas for Ottawa area communities. Eugene Honeycutt of Emporia attended, with Winton Winter as county campaign director and Floyd Coffman and Harold Tetwiler as advisers. Activities include an Armory dance Jan 18 with 100 votes per ticket, a tag day, and a porch-light drive Jan 20. Rotary Anns will attend Governor Docking’s coffee on Jan 7 to boost the campaign.
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Ottawa
Eugene Honeycutt
Emporia
Eastern
Kansas
National Polio Foundation
Winton Winter
Floyd Coffman
Harold Tetwiler
Carl Warnock
Wellsville
Dee Spaulding
Richmond
John van Valkenburg
Willard Binns
Williamsburg
Dale Dieterich
Otawa
Armory
Jim. Allen
John Lamb
W. F. Kramer
Dean Nossinger
Henry Parker
Charles Southard
John Thornburg
Larry Wassmer
Ken Farnsworth
Ollie Norman
Jay Scott
IC. W. Hegberg
George Docking
Governor’s Mansion
American public demands missile haste says Kuchel
Senator Kuchel says Americans urge rapid missile progress regardless of cost and Congress will fund defense on a reasonable basis. Staff from the Senate Preparedness subcommittee reopen hearings into missile satellite programs. Naval Research reports Vanguard failure caused by a propulsion system mechanical fault, details classified. Soviet Sputnik II launched October 30, prompting increased calls to accelerate U.S. programs.
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Washington
Sen. Kuchel
Calif
Congress
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
Defense
Vanguard
Navy
Russia
Tiny Ian Becomes Britain’s Smallest Deserter
Ian McIntyre, at 4 feet 10 inches, failed to enlist in 1956 after three rejections. He slimmed to 4 feet 11 3/4 inches, joined briefly, then faced taunts and unsuitable duties before desertion. Court-martial sentenced him to 12 months detention. police escorted him to the guardhouse.
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London
Ian McIntyre
Ian
Pvt. McIntyre
Dundee
Scotland
Yorkshire
Emergency CD Field Hospital Arrives Here
The Ottawa community gains a 200 bed field emergency hospital shipped by the Civil Defense Administration for storage at the Armory. Capt Don Capper notes the complete setup includes beds blankets pillows and X ray scope but lacks doctors nurses and technicians. Equipment from Crabb Orchard Illinois arrived in 367 boxes and will be stored in two vans for potential use elsewhere.
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Ottawa
Civil Defense Administration
Don Capper
127Th Field Artillery Batallion
National Guard
Civil Defense Department
Crabb Orchard
Ill
Pomona weighs cost and design of new grade school
At a Pomona district 69 meeting, about 85 patrons questioned G W Reida and architects Gail Donar and Wilber Johnson, plus Roy G Miller. A second meeting on a site will be 8 p m Thursday. The $170000 bond goes to a vote Saturday at the Pomona Grade School.
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Junction City
Col
Lauren
Pomona District 69
G. W. Reida
Department
Gail Donar
Wilber Johnson
Architect
Roy G. Miller
Pomona
Miller
Denny and Johnson
Adlai Would Not Cut Domestic Budget
Adlai E Stevenson told the New York County Lawyers Association that the United States should not trim the domestic budget to fund a faster missiles program. He urged economic aid to weaker Asian and African areas to outmaneuver the Soviet Union and said the U S must lead with a decisive nonpartisan stance.
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New York
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Russia
Assa
United States
Asia
Africa
Eisenhower doctors to decide if Paris NATO trip possible
President Eisenhower undergoes an afternoon medical checkup to determine if he can attend the NATO summit in Paris next week. If unable, Vice President Nixon would attend. aides say the President is on the road to full recovery and back in the saddle with strong leadership.
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Washington
Eisenhower
North Atlantic Alliance
Paris
Gettysburg
White Horse
James C. Hagerty
NATO
Nixon
Sherman Adams
Republican Finance Group
St. Louis
Adams
To Replace Democrat On Board Of Regents TOPEKA
Governor George Docking said Elizabeth Haughey Concordia Democrat will be replaced on the State Board of Regents when her term expires December 31 He noted he likes her but believes she lacks time for the board He has not decided on two other terms expiring Hershberger Wichita Democrat and Oscar Stauffer Topeka Republican.
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Topeka
Elizabeth Haughey
Concordia Democrat
State Board of Regents
George Docking
Board of Regents
A.W. Hershberger
Wichita Democrat
Oscar Stauffer
J. H. Button Fractures Left Leg in Farm Accident
J. H. Button, county commissioner, is hospitalized at Ransom Hospital with a severe fracture of the left leg. The injury happened Sunday evening at his Centropolis area farm when he slipped while in a hay mow and fell to the barn floor from a height of baled hay.
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J. H. Button
Ransom Hospital
Centropolis
Button
New York Subway Strike Turbulence Grips City
NYC faces severe transit disruption as a mushrooming subway strike spreads to six unions. Service collapsed to near zero on some lines, causing massive delays, traffic jams, and holiday commerce losses. Transit Authority threatens firings for strikers and offers a 25 percent bonus to staff who remain at work.
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New York
Manhattan
New York Transit Authority
Transit Authority
Charles L. Patterson
Dulles Prepares NATO Council With Global War Focus
Secretary of State Dulles, before departing for the NATO meeting in Paris, urged stronger Allied readiness against military and economic warfare and the expanded use of Europe’s industrial capacity for new weapons. He noted no NATO doctrine on future war scope yet, called for continued consultation, and dismissed calls to recall Kennan.
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Washington
Dulles
North Atlantic
NATO Council
Paris
Europe
NATO
George Kennan
U.S
Britain
Kennan
Western Alliance
Cold Wave Warning Heads East In Kansas
A cold warning was issued for eastern Kansas with temperatures expected to drop to around 10 degrees by morning in the northeast. Winds of 25 to 35 mph drive the chill as forecasters say the strongest wintry impact will occur east of the state with mostly cloudy skies and colder conditions continuing into the afternoon. Snow flurries may touch the northeast today with fair and cold weather on Wednesday and low readings 10 to 15 degrees, highs 25 to 40 across regions.
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Topeka
Kansas
Richard Garerelt
Garrett
Expel Bakery Union Faces AFL-CIO Deadline
The AFL-CIO Executive Council votes to expel the Bakery Workers Union if corruption cleanup steps are not completed by noon Thursday and directs president James G. Cross to resign. Cross plans to run again at a Cincinnati convention as Meany announces the action to delegates.
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Atlantic City
UA Afl-Cio
Afl-Cio
James G. Cross
Cross
Cincinnati
George Meany
Executive Council
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Lamb
Dan Karr
John Hamerickhouse
National Guard Armory
Kaw Basin
Smoky Hill River
Abilene
Smoky Hill
Chapman
Lyons Creek
Clarks Creek
Wamego
Rock Creek
Soldier Creek
U. S
Office of Naval Research
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Tiny Ian
Ter
Adlai
New York City
Colby’s
J. N. Carter
Leo Edington
Bakery Union
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