Resurfacing of Ottawa Main Street Planned for Spring
Ottawa city officials announced a spring resurfacing of Main Street from 13th Street north to beyond the city limits. The project, a joint effort with the State Highway Department, will use two asphalt layers and cost Ottawa about a third of the city portion. Contracting could begin February or March for 1956 construction.
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A. J. Jefferis
State Highway Department
Santa Fe
US 505
US 59
Main Street
North Main Business District
Marais Des Cygnes
Rough Treatment for Missionaries at hands of Reds
American missionary Dr. Homer V. Bradshaw described abominable Chinese torture during five years of imprisonment in Hong Kong and mainland China. Bradshaw, 54, spoke from a wheelchair after arriving from Hong Kong with his wife, who remains malnourished and mentally affected.
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Clark Air Force Base
P.I
Homer V. Bradshaw
Bradshaw
Pittsburgh
Hong Kong
U. S. Air Force
China
Woman admits beating husband to death in Fresno
In Fresno California a 27 year old housewife Barbara Schattinger says she struck her husband James 28 with a pipe during an argument at midnight Friday then hid the nude body in a closet for five days. Neighbors saw no signs of foul play as she resumed household duties until her father arrived and she confessed.
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Fresno
Calif
Melvin Willmirth
Barbara Schattinger
James
Schattinger
Kathy
Kansas Reports 284 Small Loan Licenses Issued
Lloyd J. Frevert, consumer loan commissioner, announced Kansas now has 284 firms licensed under the 1955 small loan law. Most have paid the $125 renewal fee for next year with no trouble reported, as the law seeks to curb loan sharks by regulating interest rates.
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Topeka
Lloyd J. Frevert
Kansas
Oregon Gets Heavy Rains Threaten New Storm
Western Oregon faced record rain as another ocean storm loomed. Reports said 2 to 5 inches fell, flooding roads and prompting school closures and evacuations, with heavier rain expected midday as rivers neared flood stage.
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Portland
Ore
Oregon
Christmas Falls On Sunday First Time In Seven Years
Irene Six reports Christmas Day falls on Sunday for the first time since 1949. Local churches plan full observances and community services. Trinity Methodist will hold a morning service titled Christmas Is Here with a silent candlelight communion from 7 to 8 30 pm Saturday at First Methodist. The Christ of Christmas will be the sermon theme at Nazarene church Sunday.
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Trinity Methodist Church
First Methodist
Will Church
Joe R. Henning
Nazarene Church
Ser
Grace Episcopal Church
Luminaries Displayed Across Ottawa South Side Christmas Eve
The article notes a long running Christmas luminary display in Ottawa with paper sacks and candles along sidewalks from 1100 to 1200 blocks on South Hickory Main and College. It explains origins in the southwest and mentions first appearances at 1246 S. Hickory by Mr and Mrs G D Weilepp, expansion to neighboring blocks, and annual spreads with lighting at 7 PM Saturday.
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Ottawa
Southwest
G. D. Weilepp
S. Hickory
Jeanean Harvey
Hickory
College
Pacific Storm Grips California Evacuations Rise
A severe Pacific storm battered northern California with rivers swelling toward record heights. Ten communities including Klamath and Orick were evacuated, Humboldt and Del Norte counties declared emergencies, roads were cut off, and more rain and floods were forecast with winds up to 55 mph along U.S. 101.
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California
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Civil Defense
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Humboldt
del Norte
Oregon
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Weather forecast with cloudiness and mild temperatures
Much cloudiness expected this afternoon with a warmer feel in the east and central regions. Tonight and Friday show partly cloudy skies with lows in the 30s and highs reaching the 50s, from northeast to the lower 60s in the southwest. Yesterday’s high was 43 around mid afternoon, and today’s low was 33 early this morning. Hourly temperatures cover the 24 hours ending at 8 am.
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Ana
Ottawa city to form aviation board amid rate hikes
Ottawa city commissioners back creating an advisory aviation board to guide airport operations and contract terms. Ordinances raise electric and water rates to shore up revenue. water rates climb about 27 percent, electric about 5 percent with specific KWH tiers outlined.
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Ottawa
Chamber of Commerce) Aviation Committee
Westinghouse ends talks as union chief is accused
Westinghouse Electric Corp halted negotiations with the AFL-CIO IUE after vice president Robert D. Blasier cited obscene remarks by IUE President James B. Carey toward the company negotiator. The IUE had held 44,000 workers idle since mid October across 30 plants. UE also staged a separate strike, affecting about 11,000 more. Meanwhile Governor Fred Hall offered Henry S. Buzick Jr. the post of state bank commissioner in Kansas.
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White Houses
White House
Defense Wilson
State Dulles
Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Afl-Cio International Union of Electrical Workers
James B. Carey
Robert D. Blasier
Westinghouse
IUE
Blasier
Carey
United Electrical Workers
Buzick
Peka Ww
Fred Hall
Henry S. Buzick Jr
Sylvan Grove
Winter Brings Mild Weather Across Ottawa and State
Winter officially arrived at 9 12 am bringing Ottawa the mildest weather in weeks. The low was 33 degrees and yesterday’s high reached 43. Goodland in the northwest hit 65 degrees. The weather bureau forecasts mild temperatures through Friday.
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Ottawa
Goodland
Weather Bureau
Young Woman Seeks Divorce From Forced Marriage Claim
A 20-year-old Derby woman seeks to set aside her Dec 3 marriage to Carl Stott, alleging her consent was coerced by her parents Roy and Sharon Boucher and that threats and physical violence were used to compel her to wed. The Sedgwick County court petition notes she is sometimes known as Sharon Stott and names Derby as the residence.
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Derby
Sedgwick County District Court
Sharon Boucher
Sharon Stott
Carl Stott
Acion
Roy Boucher
Stott
20 Percent Off Xmas Cards at Staffords Color Film
Staffords Color Film offers a 20 percent discount on Christmas cards. The service labeled 14-c-11 photo and related photo services are mentioned as part of the promotion.
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OK Lamb Ambulance
Staffords
Pay Hike For Rail Workers Across Nation
Chicago report details wage increases for railroad workers with eleven brotherhoods representing 750,000 nonoperating staff agreeing to 14 percent raises plus hospital and medical benefits. Operating workers gain 1.00 dollar hourly hike with 31 cent daily for conductors, costing carriers over 300 million dollars annually.
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Aunu
Lerger Power Union
Ln the Herald
Chicago
Acquitted Of Murder Charge In Virginia Store Slaying
Ira D. Hinton Jr. is acquitted of the murder charge in Northumberland County Circuit Court after 24 minutes of deliberation. He faced a pistol slaying charge involving Howard Bromley at Hinton's country store following an argument on November 5.
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Heathsville
Northumberland County
Ira D. Hinton Jr
Howard Bromley
Hinton
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