Ottawa Holiday Basketball Tournament names top players
Ottawa committee chooses 10 players for first and second all tournament teams from nearly 100 participants in the Ottawa Holiday Basketball Tournament. They also must name the tournament MVP. Alfred Jackson, 12, was saved from drowning in icy pond waters by Robbins police chief Ernest H. Hunt who then recovered the boy’s sled.
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Ottawa
Lick Hiss
Mmost
Chicago
Alfred Jackson
Suburban
Robbins
Ernest H. Hunt
Small Braves Upset Five Big Indians In Jaycees Semifinal
In a Jaycees Holiday Tournament semifinal, Ottawa’s five-foot-nine to six-two brigade, the Braves, stunned Cape Girardeau five 73 to 67. Ralph Pink’s remark about “midgets” proved prophetic as Ottawa outran and outsmarted the larger Indians, with a late 14-point burst by Ottawa sealing the win.
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Ralph Pink
Cape Girardeau
Braves
Ottawa
Missouri
Pink
Bootheel
Tourney Schedule CHAMPION BRACKET and Consolation Round Results
The tournament split into CHAMPION and CONSOLATION brackets with Springfield beating William Jewell 79 55 and Ottawa 73 67 Cape Girardeau. Saturday games list Pittsburg vs Emporia State for 7th Cape Girardeau vs Rockhurst for 5th William Jewell vs Cape Girardeau for 3rd Ottawa vs Springfield for Championship. Ottawa fans dazed as Springfield's pace and Harais des Cygnes horses dominate early.
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Springfield
William Jewell
Ottawa
Cape Girardeau
Pittsburg
Emporia State
Rockhurst
Oklahoma Baptist
Bomb Explodes In Theater in Amarillo
A homemade bomb exploded last night in a crowded Amarillo theater near the screen, causing a blinding flash and panic. Four youths sustained minor burns and cuts as teens and children fled the smoke filled venue during a Disney movie. Police said an unknown person tossed the device into the theater.
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Amarillo
Tex.r
Weather County Forecast Fair Then Cooler Tonight
General and fair conditions described for this afternoon tonight and Sunday. Cooler tonight and Sunday with a warmer high Sunday in the 50s. Low temperatures in the 20s.
Topeka Man And Son Sought
27 year old Topekan Robert Zart with a police record fled with his three year old son last night vowing he would not be taken alive. Mrs Zart says he threatened her tore the phone from the wall and took the boy. State troopers chased them south of Topeka at 90 mph but lost the vehicle on a side road. Police report unclear marital status and recent residence. Zart first came to police attention in 1943 with thefts and has served jail terms for other offenses.
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Topekan
Robert Zart
Pea
Topeka
Zart
Traffic Toll In 24 Hours Top Kansas Fatalities
Traffic toll figures from the State Accident Records Section show 1 fatality in the last 24 hours, 565 to date in 1957, compared with 77 for the same period in 1956. Also notes a Saturday night dance featuring Kings of Rhythm Colbern's Blue Moon.
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Topeka
Kansas
KINGS
Colbern
Kings OF Rhythm
Congress To Get Plan For Scholarships
The administration will propose to Congress a program of matching grants to states to improve high school science and mathematics teaching. Over 100 million dollars would aid salaries, staffing, equipment, and state education departments, with college scholarships and graduate fellowships. The plan, run by Health, Education and Welfare, mirrors the federal vocational program and seeks broader science and language education nationwide.
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Washington
Congress
Russia
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
National Science Foundation
Funds Approved For KC Nike Defense Ring
The Defense Department approves funds to begin a Nike missile defense ring around Kansas City. Bases will be near Leavenworth and Gardner in Kansas and Excelsior Springs and Pleasant Hill in Missouri. Construction starts soon with completion set for early 1959.
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Kansas City
Defense Department
Leavenworth and
Gardner
Kansas
Excelsior Springs
Pleasant Hill
Missouri
Soos
Flood Control Becomes Middle Name for Ledom
City Engineer George A. Ledom oversees Ottawa flood control reports on the Army Engineers protection works for the Marais des Cygnes. Two state agencies must approve before Ottawa can acquire right of way and before construction starts. Ledom, an Ottawa native and Ottawa University graduate, rose to engineer in May after nine years with the department. The project aims at flood control and improved water supply, with real estate condemnation to begin after approvals.
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George A. Ledom
Ottawa
Army Engineers
Marais Des Cygnes
Kansas Corporation
Water Resources Division
State Board of Agriculture
Ledom
Ottawa High School
Ottawa University
Ledam
Don Capper
State Corporation Commission
Fourteen Men Rescued After Blast In Mine
AMONATE Va. rescue teams recovered 11 miners' bodies after a gas explosion trapped 25 men at Mine No 31 Pocahontas Fuel Co near the Virginia West Virginia border. Fourteen survivors were brought out uninjured as officials plan a full inquiry and mine reopening after safety inspections.
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Amonate
Virginia-West Virginia
Pocahontas Fuel Co
West Virginia
Border
Bishop
West Virginia Department of Mines
Hillary Past Point Of No Return In His Drive To The South Pole
AUCKLAND New Zealand Sir Ed mund Hillary's four man party has reached the point of no return on its overland trek toward the South Pole They are about 420 miles from the bottom of the world Radio messages say they face strain at 10000 feet but have covered 41 miles in the night averaging 40 to 50 miles in recent nights Hillary notes he is about a day's journey from Scott's 200 mile stretch of the ill fated trek The Scott party died on the return journey and no one has gone overland to the pole since then Meanwhile British explorer Vivian Fuchs reports only 35 miles advanced since Wednesday with nearly 500 miles to go A Russian team also joins the Antarctic effort from the Soviet base in 30 vehicles
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Sir Edmund Hillary
South Pole
Hillary
Scott'sbase
McMurdo Sound
Ross Sea Committee
Robert F. Scott
Pole
Scott
Vivian Fuchs
Fuchs
Farm Price Report to be issued Monday
Washington The Agriculture Department will issue a report Monday showing whether farm prices will end the year higher or lower than at the start. The document may influence lawmakers returning for the new session as it outlines changes in farm programs. It covers prices received by farmers for major crops and livestock versus a month and a year ago. Through the year farm prices have averaged about 3 percent above 1956. The report also records changes in prices paid for goods and services used in production and living and these costs have run about 3 percent higher than a year ago.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Congress
Rhythm Colbern's Blue Moon open until 8 30 tonight
Rhythm Colbern's former Blue Moon venue run by Douglas Brothers will stay open until 8 30 this evening. The brief notice lists only the closing or extended hours for the business listed as 18 C 1t.
Quiet Weekend At Eisenhower Farm In Gettysburg
President Eisenhower spent a quiet weekend at his Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, farm with no weekend business appointments. White House secretary Hagerty said he would work on the State of the Union message due to Congress January 9 outlining the coming year program. The presidential motorcade carried Heidi the Weimaraner, the First Dog, among its five cars.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Eisenhower Farm
White House
James C. Hagerty
Congress
Heidi
Files New Action In Dismissal Case
TOPEKA Jack B. Jenkins State Motor Vehicle Department superintendent today asked the Supreme Court to reinstate his appeal in a case involving the dismissal of a department employee. Jenkins appealed a district court order for more specific and definite reasons for firing Malcolm Gray of Topeka. The Supreme Court last week dismissed the appeal after Jenkins failed to respond to Gray's motion to dismiss. Jenkins’ attorney said the high court lacked the lower court order when it dismissed. Gray has appealed his dismissal to the State Civil Service Board on grounds of incompetency.
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Topeka
Jack B. Jenkins
Supreme Court
Jenkins
Malcolm Gray
Gray
State Civil Service Board
Dogulas Bros Open Late Tonight As Circus Closes
Dogulas Bros will stay open until 83 30 tonight, offering extended hours and deals. Local shoppers are invited to take advantage of late shopping after 18 C 11 hour notices.
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Dogulas Bros
Libel Payments Can Be Deducted
The US Tax Court ruled that a taxpayer may deduct libel payments when the libelous statement is made in the course of business. The case involved Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr. and an IRS challenge over a $3,243 libel judgement in 1951 stemming from a 1924 newspaper incident.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
Corenelius Vanderbilt Jr
Vanderbilt
IRS
Missing Receipts Found After Christmas Theft
Wichita grocer Claude E. Moyer found $1,000 in store receipts missing since Christmas at his home. He contacted police by telephone and closed the investigation after reporting the matter.
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Wichitap
Claude E. Moyer
Wichita Grocer
Ve. Moyer
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