Polio Shots in Ottawa Area and Christmas Postal Plans
A health drive vaccinated 649 Ottawa area residents aged 6 months to 19 years yesterday and high school students will receive second shots tomorrow at Ottawa Junior High gym. Parental consent is required for first shots and blanks are available at school offices. The post office will deliver mail before Christmas with normal operations on Dec 24, no window service on Christmas Day, while essential deliveries continue.
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Ransom Memorial Hospital
Ottawa
Washington
Post Office
Department
Eisenhower
Weather forecast and temperatures with ambulance ad
The forecast shows mostly cloudy conditions with light rain or drizzle in the southeast and clear to partly cloudy elsewhere through Thursday, warmer in the east this afternoon. Overnight lows 25 to 35, highs 45 to 50. Yesterday’s high 41, low 35. Year-ago values were 23 and 11, record highs 68 in 1931 and 5 below in 1924. Includes Lamb Ambulance contact info, phone 380.
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Nevis
Vseas
Antoe
Oil men to discuss Kansas severance tax in Ottawa
Oil men from Kansas and distant states join R. F. Lollar of Maracaibo Oil Exploration Corp in Ottawa for a Thursday evening discussion on the proposed severance tax. Legislators, senators, and industry figures from Dallas, Tulsa, Effingham, Wichita attend after a 6 PM dinner at the North American Hotel.
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Ottawa
Kansas
R. F. Lollar
Maracaibo
Wichita
Lollar
North American
Sojourners Of White Shrine Photo Session Notice
Notice to Sojourners of White Shrine of Jerusalem to meet at Masonic Hall on Friday December 21 at 6 30 p m for a group picture. Sanah Cameron W H P supervised location details provided by local Chapter.
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White Shrine of
Six Families Still On Adoption List
Ottawans and Ottawa groups have donated to a Christmas dinner program but six families remain unadopted. Forty families have been helped so far. the drive closes Friday unless the remaining households are adopted. Call 43-F-5 to adopt one or more families. The remaining include a seven person family, a six person family, two smaller households, and two widowed individuals.
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Ottawa
Jeanette Stephenson
Pump Jet Fuel In Caverns In McPherson County
Kaneb Pipe Line Co of El Dorado pumps jet fuel for the Air Force into six underground caverns in a salt dome in western McPherson County. Each cavern holds about 50,000 barrels and storage supports Smoky Hill Base at Salina. Filling will take about six months. Fuel comes from Skelly and El Dorado refining plants at El Dorado Derby Wichita Vickers Potwin and NCAA refinery at McPherson. Swap or buy through Want Ads.
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EL Dorado
Kaneb Pipe Line Co
Air Force
McPherson County
Smoky Hill
Skelly and
el Dorado Refining Company
Derby
Wichita
Vickers
Potwin
NCAA
McPherson
Ottawa Mains Commended For Rescue Attempt
Dale E Wesen son of J J Wesen of 1136 South Main received a commendation letter from Brigadier General William R Woodward for his role in aiding the attempted rescue of Specialist 2 Gerald H Dunnigan who fell into an eighty foot shaft at Fort de Tavannes in France last April. Wesen helped with fellow soldiers for four nights despite unexploded ammunition and unstable walls as they dug through dirt and unearthed old skeletons in the ruins. He had been a civilian since last August and also received congratulations from several officers.
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Dale E. Weien
J. J. Weien
South Main
William R. Woodward
Verdun
US Army
France
Wesen
Gerald H. Dunnigan
Fort de Tavannes
Dunnigan
Weien
Gift Card Offer For Late Magazine Orders
Harriet Forbes at 721 Cedar offers free Christmas gift cards with late magazine orders. Local ad promotes gift cards as a seasonal incentive, inviting readers to contact the listed address for redemption.
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Harriet Forbes
Luminarios Spark Ottawa Christmas Display With Candles
Ottawa expects at least 13 200 candle flames in luminario displays on Christmas Eve after Woolworth sold 1 100 dozen candles and more sales and sand supplies continue. About 330 homes are likely to be decorated as families use candles from last year or new purchases. Fire safety and sand piles at Ottawa Lumber Co on South Main are noted as free sand and demand remains high.
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Ottawa
Woolworth
Ottawa Lumber Co
South Main
Bob McCrea
McCrea
Little Chance For White Christmas In Kansas
The weather bureau says slim prospects for a white Christmas in Kansas. Ottawa saw light drizzle through morning, adding a trace of moisture to the month’s tally. Officials forecast clearing tonight and tomorrow with mild dry weather and temperatures 5 to 10 degrees above normal for five days.
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Weather Bureau
Kansas
Ottawa
Wichita Loses Water Rights Court Battle
NEWTON Eas. The U S Court of Appeals ruled for Harvey County farmers in a long pending suit over Wichita equal bed water plans. The court held unconstitutional the right of way condemnation methods used to seize land for a 66 inch water pipe line across Henry Wolf and Altis Smith farms near Bentley.
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Newton
Eas
U. S. Court of Appeals
Denver
Harvey County
Wichita
Kenneth Speir
Speir
Henry Wolf
Altis
Robert Morton
Morton
U. S. Dist
Arthur J. Mellett
Kansas City
Wolf
Smith
Mellett
Kansas
Nehru outlines Red China views during Washington visit
Indian Prime Minister Nehru told a 200 reporter news conference at the National Press Club that he had conveyed Chou En-lai’s thinking to President Eisenhower. He suggested U.S. China policy may be less rigid and that the United States and Russia are not far apart on disarmament, with confidence building as the urgent need. The session was broadcast by CBS NBC and NBC TV.
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Washington
Nehru
Chou En-lai
Eisenhower
United States
China
U.S
Russia
National Press Club
CBS TV
NBC TV
Four Held In Oil Map Theft
FBI arrests four men in New York over the alleged theft of top secret Gulf Oil exploration maps worth millions. Maps stolen from Pittsburgh Gulf Oil offices by an employee seeking gambling debts paid to New York racketeers. Seized maps found at Tackless Corp offices in the Bronx. Odie Richard Seagraves, 70, denied involvement.
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New York
FBI
Pittsburgh
Gulf Oil Corp
U.S. Tackless Corp
Bronx
Oi Company
Odie Richard Seagraves
Texas
Seagraves
Silent Streets Reflect Suez Blockade Impact in Zurich
In Zurich's Bahnhofstrasse, Sunday silence and empty streets illustrate the Suez blockade's reach as Swiss authorities ban most car use for 24 hours each week to conserve gasoline. Citizens praise the sacrifice while tourists protest. motoring shifts back toward a seven day pattern amid hopes the blockade will ease before fuel runs out.
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Bahnhofstrasse
Egypt
Zurich
Switzerland
Christmas In India A Religious Fete
Christmas to Indian Christians is a simple religious celebration without Santa or decorations. Families attend church services and share a banana leaf feast after a morning service, with carols and schoolyos of local tribes showcased during the event.
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India
Christ
Missionary Hospital
Warning Issued On Tularemia In Kansas Counties
Unconfirmed reports of tularemia or rabbit fever in Woodson and Neosho counties prompted the Kansas Forestry Fish and Game Commission to offer safety tips for hunters. Director Dave Leahy urged targeting only active rabbits, avoiding sluggish ones, and wearing rubber gloves when dressing game. Thorough cooking eliminates risk. infected meat may show white specks in liver and spleen. The disease typically runs its course by mid January.
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PRATT
Woodson
Neosho
Kansas Forestry, Fish and Game Commission
Dave Leahy
Leahy
Hungary Bets On Wage Hikes To Lure Workers
In Budapest Premier Janos Kadar announced pay rises up to 10 percent to attract labor to factories and mines. The government approved a new wage system granting increases to all workers, as reported by Nepkarat, the state trade union organ.
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Budapest
Janos Kadar
Nepkarat
Kadar
Masons Honor 50-Year Members At Ottawa Lodge
Two members of the Ottawa Masonic lodge eligible for 50 year emblems were absent. Rev N D Bigelow 90 and Charles F Rickenbacker of Prairie Village could not attend. Eight members have 25 year pins. four attended. Richard L Becker presented buttons and spoke on Masonry’s value. New officers were installed by E Glenn Robison, with Dr Arvid Berglund succeeding Leonard Kelley as master. A dinner for Masons followed, served by Eastern Star members.
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Ottawa Masonic Lodge
N. D. Bigelow
Ottawa
Parkville
Charles F. Rickenbacker
Prairie Village
Bigelow
Ottawa Lodge
R. F. Lollar
George H. Marshall
J. Q. Mills
Frank L. Riley
Robert N. Bundy
Lee D. Perkins
Richmond
W. B. Robinson
Omaha
L. V. Simon
Topeka
Richard L. Becker
Coffeyville
Kansas
Sinclair Lewis Captures Nobel Prize in Literature
The article notes Sinclair Lewis as the first United States citizen to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, with a historical reference to the year 1830.
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United States
Sinclair Lewis
Austria Hopes Nixon Visit Brings Aid
Vice President Nixon arrived in Vienna for a three day study of the Hungarian refugee crisis. Austrian officials and an escort received him as 72 Hungarian refugees cheered, and Vienna hoped U.S. aid would expand to shelter more refugees. Nixon praised Austrian aid to about 140,000 refugees since Oct 28 and planned to seek accurate U.S. intake numbers and possible expansion of relief programs.
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Vienna
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Eisenhower
Austria
Schwechat
Leopold Figl
Adolf Schaerf
U.S
Llewellyn I. Thompson
Camp Kilmer
N.J
Guard of Honor
U. S
Hungary
United States
Washington
Julius Raab
Eisenhowser
Nixo
John §. Hollister
International Cooperation Administration
William P. Rogers
Herbert Brownell
Eden's Hold On Job Is Stronger
London reports Prime Minister Eden's hold on his job stronger than on his return to London last weekend. The outcome of a special parliamentary election today was awaited for a possible sign of public feeling.
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London
Eden
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