Ottawa high school adds new vocational ag building
State officials report x ray mobile unit used at the new Ottawa Vocational Agriculture building this morning. About 400 students, both junior and senior, over 14 years old, were X-rayed by noon, to assess weather-related health needs. A winter accident on a Richmond farm pond killed 11 Whiteface cattle, with 12 going through the ice. neighbors rescued one. Washington Seminar group at Ottawa University coordinates a hanger collection to fund their eastern trip, asking North Ottawa residents to leave hangers on porches Thursday and Saturday for pickup. Hangers with intact pants guards fetch premium prices from Bond Cleaners. rusty hangers are worthless. OU students depart February 23 for Washington, DC, and the UN in New York.
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Standard Oil
Kansas City
Ottawa Man Heads Ayrshire Breeders
An Ottawa couple, Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Curby, were snowbound in Amarillo Texas after traveling from Ottawa via Newton. The Curbys, en route to California, faced 17 inches of snow with blocked roads, recalling a similar drifts experience in New Mexico years earlier. Ottawa reports also note Beryl Ross of Ottawa elected president of the Kansas Ayrshire Breeders Association at Manhattan meetings and various honors at Farm and Home Week.
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Amarillo
Tex
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Newton
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Thel
Curbys
Ayrshire
Jersey
Phoenix
Ariz
New Mexico
California
Beryl Ross
Ottawa
Manhattan
Kansas
Kansas State College
Franklin County
Wayne Reichard
Doyle
Near
Williamsburg
Bill Ransom
Ransomville
Doyle Reichard
Waterloo
National Dairy Congress
Kenneth Corbett
Route 4
Clare Sowers
Martin Dickinson
Harold van Horn
Pomona
Harold Staadt
0. C. Wolf
Mary Dean Holle
Don Brown
Verne Alden
Wellsville
Staadt
Kansas Master Homemaker Guild
More Applicants Flood Control Work Means More Jobs
Ottawa faces a boom from Army Engineers projects with three million federal funds and a million dollars for local payroll. January filings reach 508 active applications across Anderson Franklin and Miami counties as 125 placed jobs indicate heavy snow impact and temporary work. The program includes Pomona and Melvern reservoirs costing 13 and 18 million respectively, expanding Ottawa region industry and aiming to flood the river valley toward a flood free city with improved water supply.
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Anderson
Franklin
Miami
Marais Des Cygnes
Ottawa
George Medlock
Herald
Army
Army Engineers
Lmits
Orlawa
Pomona
Melvern
Army Engineer
Mental discipline urged to match Russian science pace
President Andrew B. Martin told Ottawa University students that Americans must adopt intellectual discipline to compete with Russians in science. He warned against easy paths, urged study first, balance with activities, and stressed student government, unity, and the role of religion in life.
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Andrew B. Martin
Ottawa University
America
Martin
Ottawa to host Legion district oratorical contest
The American Legion second district oratorical contest for high school students will be held Friday night at Ottawa high school auditorium starting 7 30 p m. Judges include Lister Gleason Henning Hull Coffman Chesbro and Bowers. Lloyd Stafford will MC. John Gere notes about six entries from Kansas City Moran Osawatomie. Ottawa youths have not yet entered. Each contestant presents two speeches a prepared 10 12 minutes and an extemporaneous five to six minutes. Topics cover U S constitution. Ottawa will host East Kansas area contest February 15 in the high school auditorium. Lister leads the area meet.
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Ottawa High School
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J. R. Henning
Don Hull
Floyd H. Coffman
Vernon Chesbro
Bill Bowers
Lloyd Stafford
George Medlock
John Gere
Legion Post
Kansas City
Moran
Osawatomie
Ottawa
Legion
Te Ottawa
Lister
Weather forecast details with snow and wind
Cloudy and windy with much colder conditions this afternoon and tonight. Snow central and northeast and rain changing to snow southeast this afternoon with light snow diminishing tonight. Strong northerly winds 30 to 40 mph, especially central and northeast, with drifting snow. Thursday partly cloudy and colder, lows near 10 to 25, highs in the 30s.
Kansas Legislature Votes to Trim Budget and Create Probe
The Kansas Legislature wraps a budget session slashing the rest nue problem by 134 million and approving limited aid for schools while maintaining high school funding. It forms a bipartisan Legislative Investigating Committee to probe state government, electing Rep. Howard Bentley as chair and outlining aims to study economies and legality concerns.
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Kansas
Hall
Dentevetau
Thall
Itep
Robert Anderson
Cre Fawa
Trouse Ways and Means Committee
Topeka
Kansas Legislative Investigating Committee
Senate
Howard Bentley
Kinsley
Wrod Hall
Carl Maxman
D-Sublette
R. C. Woodward
Rhl Dorado
Donald Hults
R Lawrence
Clyde Lite Her
Cottonwood Falls
Anderson Di-Leoti
Dale i. Saffely
D-Carden City
Resolu Fon
Harold R. Fatzer
State Supreme Court
Uits
House
Nucup
Jowet
Republcans
Bentley
William L. Mitchell
Watchinson
Anderson
Lilley
Saffels
Liteler
Tap
Edward W. Beaman
Aloyt
Worden Howat
Wakeoney
Littler
Beaman
Howat
Halls
Woodward
Topekam
Moisture Falls With Rain And Snow Across Ottawa
Ottawa community logged light rain and snow as up to 0.33 inch of rain fell by morning, with noon snow beginning and runoff raising the Marais des Cygnes at the Main Street bridge. Temperatures ranged from 27 to 45 degrees while statewide precipitation varied, and winds up to 40 mph caused drifting in central and northeast areas.
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Ottawa
Joly P. Kelsey
Marais Des Cygenes
Main Street
Arkansas City
Winfield
Trading Post
LaCygne
Chanute
Wichita
Kansas
Boy Scouts Report Record Membership On 46th Anniversary
The Boy Scouts of America announced a record membership of 4 175 134 boys and adults on their 46th anniversary. Lamb Ambulance, Phone 380.
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Washington
Boy Scouts of America
Lamb Ambulance
License Tag Sales Rise as February Deadline Near
Elisabeth Briggs county treasurer reported brisk sales of auto and truck license tags this week. About 200 tags were sold yesterday bringing total sales to nearly 6,000. After February 15 a penalty of 50 cents per month will be charged on tags purchased.
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Elisabeth Briggs
Franklin County Corn Acreage Allotment Shrinks in 1958
Franklin County 1958 corn acreage allotment set at 31,433 acres, down from 40,076 in 1955 due to a 21 percent cut. The plan ties eligibility for government price support to adherence to individual allotments, with details to be announced later by Gordon Barnes of the ASC office at Second and Walnut.
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Franklin County
Gordon Barnes
ASC
Second
Walnut
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