Three of Ottawa Holiday Tournament teams high in Mid-America J C tourney
William Jewel won the Mid-America JC title by defeating Oklahoma Baptist University 49 45 to claim first place as OBU took second and Rockhurst edged Baker 71 70 for third. Ottawa trounced Hastings 90 78, Pittsburg beat North Texas State 77 62, and Southwest Missouri State upset Washburn 59 49. Missouri plays Baker Tuesday and Washburn Thursday. Tournament chairman Jim Grogan said brackets will be released tomorrow. Mrs. Arthur Stephenson reports 30 families request baskets for Christmas with 14 adopting families to date. A basket costs about 6 and those wishing to donate or adopt may contact her at the Nelson Hotel.
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Ottawa
Hastings
Pittsburg
North Texas State
Southwest Missouri State
Washburn
Southeast Missouri State
Emporia State
Missouri
Baker
Jim Grogan
Arthur Stephenson
Nelson Hotel
Stephenson
Ottawa couple aboard Queen Mary returning from Europe
Ottawans Dr. and Mrs. M. A. Welty were aboard the Queen Mary when it docked in New York this morning, two and a half days late from Southampton due to high seas. Their daughter Dorothy Lou Welty, now Mrs. Robert C. Harder of Boston, and her husband Rev. Harder, had spent months touring Europe.
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New York
M. A. Welty
Dorothy Lou Welty
Robert C. Harder
Boston
Rev. Harder
Southampton
England
Childish Christmas theft targets outdoor stars
A theft last night removed six metal stars mounted on 3 foot steel posts along Rockwood Drive. The stars, painted with luminous paint, were placed by a decorations committee yesterday to enhance city Christmas displays. In Norman Oklahoma, Dr. Percy Buchanan of the University of Oklahoma opened a girls judo class, drawing sixty coeds.
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Rockwood Drive
Norman
Okla
Percy Buchanan
University of Oklahoma
Heavy Fog Blankets Ottawa Area
A dense fog blanket slowed traffic from Saturday night through today. The weather bureau warned it may return tonight and persist into tomorrow morning. Dissipation hinges on a Pacific Northwest front. zero visibility was reported in parts of Kansas, contributing to several highway accidents.
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Ottawa
Weather Bureau
Weather Department
Pacific Northwest
Kansas
Weather forecast with clouds and variable temperatures
Cloudy conditions from this afternoon through Tuesday with fog and drizzle or light rain tonight and Tuesday forenoon. Highs near 45 to 50 this afternoon, 35 to 40 tonight, around 50 Tuesday. River stage this morning 65 feet. Sunrise 7:36, sunset 8:02.
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Srenees
Vaveons
Eeeies Fl
Seven Kansans Die On Weekend Roads In 1957 Toll
Seven youths and young adults dead over a weekend as Kansas recorded 540 traffic fatalities for 1957. Victims include Barbara Julene Carley 13 of Attica killed east of Attica with her mother and siblings injured in a church trip crash. Others: James Robert McLaren 14 of Chanute tossed from a car near Iola in fog. Michael Lawson 7 of Pittsburg died from injuries after being struck Friday. Gary Dixon 17 of Parsons fatally injured in a Saturday tree crash near Columbus. Melvin Henry Nuessen 19 of Olpe in a two car collision near Emporia. Paul D. McHenry 18 of Delphos in a one car crash near Delphos. Charles F. Parham 19 of Cheney died from injuries after a collision in Wichita with an ambulance.
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Barbara Julene
Carley
Attica
Omer Carley
James Robert McLaren
Chanute
Iola
Michael Lawson
Bonnie Stanley
Pittsburg
Gary Dixon
Parsons
Columbus
Melvin Henry Nuessen
Olpe
Emporia
Paul D. McHenry
Delphos
Charles F. Parham
Cheney
Wichita
Pipeline accident claims life near Petrolia
Kenneth Ray Moore 25 of Guthrie Oklahoma died Saturday at a pipeline construction site near Petrolia after being struck by an 18 inch pipe section. Moore worked for Fulton Construction Co which is laying the line in the area.
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IOLA
Kenneth Ray Moore
Guthrie
Okla
Petrolia
Moore
Fulton Construction Co
Correction: Diamond price advertised by Edmiston's
A correction states the diamond price in Saturday's Edmiston's ad should read 249.50 instead of 149.50. The ring is on sale at half price for 124.75.
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Edmiston
Nixon Warns Against Too Much Emphasis On Science
Vice President Richard M. Nixon told the Yeshiva University Scholarship Dinner that schools must shape the whole person not just intellect. He urged better teachers with pay and status, and said American education hinges on parental responsibility and quality over quantity amid reviews of soft subjects, low challenge, and automatic advancement.
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Nixon
New York
Richard M. Nixon
Yeshiva University
Amer
Ican
Washington
Doctors Hope To Save 15 Year Old's Legs
In Louisville, 15 year old Rosella Auxier thawed from severe frostbite after five days in extreme cold. She was found unconscious in a vacant store in Prestonsburg after disappearing a week earlier. Doctors reported her general condition is good but surgery remains a possibility.
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Louisville
Kentucky
Rosella Auxier
Rosella
Prestonburg
Prestoenburg
Boy Pulled From Pond In Gardner Kansas
Eight year old Mike Swinehart fell through ice on a farm pond near Gardner Kansas. He was rescued unconscious by brothers George Swinehart and Jesse Swinehart who dived in and surfaced him onto the ice. Uncle Joe Arnold fire captain gave artificial respiration and the boy began breathing again after four or five minutes. The incident followed a tale of two brothers acting quickly to save a cousin during a skating mishap. Starting times for the John Deere Day show are 9 30 am and 1 50 pm on December 19.
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Gardner
Kas
Mike Swinehart
Mike
George Swinehart
Jesse Swinehart
Joe Arnold
Arnold
Hike in Kansas education levy eyed to fund growth
The Kansas Board of Regents urged increasing the dormitory levy from .25 to .50 mill to house a surge of students as enrollments were projected to double by 1970. They warned funds should favor professors and research over more campus buildings while maintaining the current 0.75 mill educational building levy to finance labs remodeling and building needs.
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Topeka
Kansas Board of Regents
Educational Building Fund
Kansas
Pomona Votes Bond Issue for New Grade School
Patrons of School District No. 9 approved a $170000 bond by a 137 to 92 vote to finance a new modern elementary building north of Pomona High School, replacing the 1870s structure. Construction is expected to start in the spring.
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Pomona
Horned Owl to be Sent to Kansas City Zoo
The great horned owl pictured in The Herald will soon be exhibited at Swope Park Zoo in Kansas City Missouri. William T. Cully head of the zoo said a crate will be sent and the veterinary team will repair the owl's wing. The bird was found on a woodpile by Dr J N Carter and cared for by Dr W H Lennard before escaping. It was taken to the animal shelter pending shipment.
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Herald
Swope Park Zoo
Kansas City
The
Humane Society
William T. Cully
Humane
Cully
J. N. Carter
W. 4Th
W.H. Lennard
S. Elm
Attempt To Launch Atlas Ballistic Missile Put Off
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla A planned Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile launch was postponed possibly until Tuesday. Observers on the beach dispersed as firing was delayed while two missiles stood ready. Earlier Atlas tests reached the air but broke apart before full flight. another launch was anticipated later in the week. The Atlas aims hydrogen warhead delivery on a high arc with speeds around 10 000 miles an hour.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla.h
Aged Elephant To Be Destroyed
In Kansas City Ararat the four ton elephant at Swope Park Zoo will be destroyed after age related infirmities persist. Zoo Director William T. A. Cully said the 60 to 70 year old pachyderm would be euthanized with a lethal drug and the carcass sent to the University of Kansas for autopsy. An earlier attempt to revive her failed and she collapsed after briefly rising.
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Kansas City
Ararat
Swope Parkoo
Zoo
William T. A. Cully
Cully
University of Kansas At Lawrence
FBI Agent Named Wichita Crime Commission Leader
An FBI agent, unnamed in the report, is appointed to replace G. Lawrence Keller as director of the Wichita Crime Commission after Keller resigned Saturday. Keller will become assistant to J. Wesley Sowers, president of I Frontier Chemical Co.
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Wichita
FBI
G. Lawrence Keller
Wichita Crime Commission
Keller
J. Wesley Sowers
I Frontier Chemical Co
Threat of Limited War Rising, McCaul Tells Senate Panel
Washington Lt Gen Verne J McCaul, acting commandant of the Marine Corps, told Senate investigators that Soviet advances in weapons and space technology raise the threat of limited war. He urged not to focus only on missiles and called for broader improvements in weapons while the missile satellite program hearings resume.
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Washington
Marine Corps
Verne J. McCaul
Senate
Johnson
Defense Department
McCaul
Kremlin
United States
Russia
NATO Leaders Seek Delay Of Final Decision
Paris reports President Eisenhower urged heroic effort to strengthen NATO military power in the missiles race with Russia. Some leaders pressed to postpone a final basing decision in Europe while Adenauer urged thorough study and postponement until spring. Spaak urged rapid modernization. Gerhardsen said no stockpiles or launch sites in Norway. Eisenhower pressed for action and unity, pledging readiness to work with Russia to control weapons of mass destruction.
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Paris
Eisenhower
Atlantic Alliance
Russia
NATO
Europe
Konrad Adenauer
U.S
Adenauer
Hinar Gerhardsen
Norway
Belgium
Paul-Henri Spaak
Soviet Union
United States
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Palais de Chaillot
Harold Macmillin
Britain
Paul-Henry Spaak
Sputnik
Macmillan
Felix Gaillard
Council
Gas Strike Averted In Midwest Service Rows
A threatened walkout by 516 service and maintenance workers at Gas Service Co. in Missouri and Kansas was halted when a memorandum of agreement was signed by the company and United Mine Workers District 50. The contract covers workers in Independence and Lee's Summit Missouri and Wichita Pittsburg Ottawa Newton Kansas City Kas and Northeast Johnson County. The new pact replaces the expired October 31 contract and includes a clause detailing workers duties.
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Kansas City
Gas Service Co
Missouri
Kansas
United Miner
District 50
Independence and
Lee's Summit
Wichita
Pittsburg
Ottawa
Newton
Kas
Johnson County
Subway Reform Under Strikes Edges To 80 Percent
New York City subway service rose to about 80 percent of normal during the morning rush as a week two walkout by motormen and transit workers continued. The Transit Authority reported faster service across divisions while strikers prepared to respond to Mayor Wagner's back-to-work plan. The mayor told TV audiences the city would not be blackmailed into separate bargaining recognition.
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New York
Transit Authority
Robert F. Wagner
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Emporia State Teachers College
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