Christmas Baby Delights Ottawa Couple After Late Policy
A Ottawa area couple married in 1955 welcomed a baby 9 hours after their maternity clause became effective, saving hospital costs. Firestone store manager R W Bob White won an all expenses trip to Honolulu for himself and wife after a sales contest, with a detour from Spain due to Mediterranean unrest. About 30 letters to Santa were sent to the Franklin County Humane Society through the Ottawa post office for needy children.
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Kansas University Fund Plea To Docking
KU Chancellor Franklin Murphy told budget hearings that enrollments have risen 1,500 in two years while high school numbers lag. He warned of the need to raise standards and avoid lowering education quality as salaries and faculty leave for higher-paying schools. Murphy urged restoring 43,000 cut from summer salary and pressed for a larger Kansas University budget to keep a distinguished institution versus a pedestrian one.
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Well Known C A Graduate Is Dead
Obituary note reports the death of C A graduate C C Dimmock 83 of Hiawatha. He served as mayor of Hiawatha and bank president, owned Dimmock Mortgage Co. Surviving are daughter Jennie Dimmock of Kansas City and son Clarence Dimmock of New York. Funeral arrangements pending. Local events include a bantam show in Memorial Auditorium basement with hundreds of entries and a large Elks party at club rooms on West Second Street drawing many Ottawa merchants.
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Foggy Weather and Weather Forecast Update
Ottawa woke to dense fog at dawn with a light mist persisting through the day. The weather bureau predicted light rain tonight and colder conditions across the region moving into tomorrow. Washington reports confusion as two lawyers turned lobbyists pleaded guilty for failing to register under the Lobbying Act while involved in a natural gas controversy.
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Child Reunited With Mother In United States Return
Tanya Chwastov, born July 1954 in Philadelphia to alien parents, was reunited with her mother at the U S Embassy in London and handed an American passport. The court had ruled she should be raised as an American, and she and her mother planned to return to Michigan for Christmas.
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Ottawa scouts gather for Tally District meeting
The quarterly meeting of Tally District Boy Scout committee was held last night in the chancel office at the University of Kansas, Lawrence. Ottawa attendees included Ray Koontz Tom Melburn Don J Shipman John Gustafson Don Hus Wayne Lewis Dick Pointer David Sutherland Dale Willhite Dr. Rodney McClay and Jack Steere.
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Chamber Elects Five Directors to One Year Terms
The Chamber of Commerce board elected five directors at its regular meeting. Elected were Marvin Gentner of Ottawa Hardware Walter Butler of Saunders Music Glenn Underwood of Ottawa Tractor and Implement Co Dr A B Martin president of Ottawa University and R F Dollar of the Maracaibo Oil Co.
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Hungary Faces New Strike Across Budapest Plants
About 28 000 workers at the Csepel iron and steel complex south of Budapest joined a sitdown strike to press for the release of two top labor leaders. At Bejolannis electric factory 6 000 workers refused to work as police seized the plant, with Sandor Racz and Sandor Bari later arrested.
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Carols Feature at Ottawa University Vespers
Ottawa University choir presents four carols from Britten Ceremonies of Carols at First Baptist Church Sunday 4 pm. Pieces include Welcome Yole There Is No Rose Balalalow This Little Babe Jesous Ahatonhia. Prof Howard White and instrumentalists share program. Open to public. Christmas trees at City Park Ottawa Lions offer trees daily 9-9 weekends 1-6 Sundays 8-c-3t.
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Salina Air Base Renamed in Honor of WW II Ace Schilling
The Air Force announced Smoky Hill Air Force Base in Kansas will be renamed Schilling Air Force Base to honor Col. David C. Schilling the sixth highest US ace in the European Theater. He died in an automobile accident in England last summer. He was a native of Leavenworth Kansas.
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Weather Forecast Clouds and Drizzle Across Regions
The forecast calls for cloudy skies this afternoon and tonight with light drizzle in the far east. Snow is expected in the extreme north tonight, spreading to the east by Saturday. Warmer temperatures this afternoon and east tonight, colder Saturday with lows from the teens to upper 20s and highs in the 30s.
US Plans Dual Capacit y Atomic Weapons for NATO
The United States pledged to supply modern weapons capable of firing atomic charges to NATO allies while retaining ownership of the warheads. The arms would have dual capacity for conventional or nuclear explosives, with delivery limited to conventional arms for foreign partners. Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson disclosed this at a closed session of the NATO Ministerial Council, underscoring allied access to tactical atomic arms.
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New Stress On Controls For Missiles
The Eisenhower administration is prepared to push new emphasis on the desirability of controls for long range missiles in upcoming United Nations disarmament talks.
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Eden Returns From Vacation
Prime Minister Eden resumes leadership after a Jamaica vacation amid domestic discontent over the Egypt crisis and anti-American sentiment. The Conservative Party shows no clear successor and major papers urge strong leadership while negotiations on NATO strategy and arms control proceed with Western Europe-led plans.
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Christmas In Phillipines Described By O. U. Student
Ednita Gonzaga, an Oklahoma University student from the Philippines, describes how Christmas is celebrated there. Stores display lanterns and carolers sing both native and American carols. Families share a midnight supper, Masses mark the holiday, and people gather for meals, games, and church services, with religious observance shaping the season.
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Ditch Cave Tragedy Entombs Four Workers in Miami
In Miami Beach a sewer ditch collapse crushed and entombed four laborers as a 28 ton mixer truck backed away. Victims Samy Carlton, 20, M. C. Porch, 33, and John Ports, 40 died instantly while Alfred Barnes, 40, died hours later after rescue attempts. All victims were Miami Negroes.
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Husband charged in fatal Norwalk blast kills woman
In Norwalk an explosion shattered a four room bungalow killing a 35 year old woman and injuring two sons. Police charged the husband George Nadin about 37 with murder after a note found in the wreckage was said to provide sufficient evidence. The wife Mary was buried in the debris and Nadin was found pinned in the yard.
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Woman Abducted By Ex Convict In Kansas City Case
A 20 year old Kansas City woman, Anna Marie Burns, reported an ex convict forced her into a car and abducted her to a farm in Clay County. The suspect claimed he had served time for robbery and had just escaped from a mental hospital. The incident follows a related murder at a Glenview home where Marina Klapp was found dead with self inflicted wounds. Police connected the cases and investigated a note suggesting Mrs Klapp planned to kill herself and her son. The Reverend helpers found her body in a bathroom with a hunting knife in her throat.
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Time Arrives For Township Reports
Township trustees and treasurers are receiving annual report blanks, with reports due in the county commissioners office by January 7. County Clerk Bruce Spears said blanks will be mailed or provided this week and assistance is available at the county clerk's office for township officials needing help.
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