Pomona Soldier in Germany Visits Pomona Friends
A Pomona soldier, Pfc. Robert Bethell, RA17375582, of the 521st Eng G P MS, delivers spare parts across Germany. He met five Pomona boys since last October and is responsible for one to three trucks per trip. Bethell enlisted in March 1953 and is stationed overseas. Also noted are local anecdotes about a Ottawa bride commenting on her wedding ring set, Patrolman Don Minerd visiting Ottawa, and KA journalism student Miss Taylor working with the Ottawa Herald this semester along with Nancy Neville.
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Pomona
Germany
Robert Bethell
Charles Shaw
Allen Alderman
Billie Smith
Richard Cain
Keith Chambers
Bethel
Robert H. Bethell
C-O
New York
N. Y
Ottawa
Don Minerd
Minerd
Ness City
Kansas City
Dot Taylor
University Lf
Kansas
Topeka
Ottawa Herald
K. A
Miss Taylor
L. A. Taylor
Balbow High School
Panama Canal Zone
Theta Sigma Phi
K.U
Kansan
K. U
The
Herald
Nancy Neville
Initiation Stunt At Ottawa U Club Brings Disciplinary Action
Ottawa University Q Club members faced penalties after an initiation stunt about ten days earlier. The academic council ordered bonds or suspensions, with four ring leaders getting $25 bonds or 3 day suspensions and others $10 bonds or 1 day suspensions. Club privileges were lifted for the year and meetings require an adult sponsor. names were not released.
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Ottawa University Q Club
Univerisity Academic Council
Kansas
College of Emporia
Emporia
St. Augustine
Fla
Lin
Las Vegas Jolted by Atomic Blast on George Shot Birthday
Las Vegas woke before dawn as the George Shot, the second test of the 1955 Nevada series, exploded atop a 300 foot Yucca Flat tower. Seventeen congressmen and 200 military observers watched from News Nob and trenches 4,000 yards away. The blast produced an ash cloud over 20,000 feet, with two shock waves felt locally and in Los Angeles.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Yucca Flat
Los Angeles
AEC
Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
Nevada
St. George
Utah
Arizona
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Grand Canyon
CAA
Fire destroys school garage in Sawyer Kansas
A former grade school building built in 1910 and used as a school bus garage burned last night in Sawyer Kas The Ilman volunteer department was aided by a Pratt fire truck twelve miles away The building stood near Sawyer Royal High School which was not damaged
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Sawyer
Ilman Volunteer Department
Pratt
Sawyer Royal High School
Rural high schools merge plan gains early approval
Board members at Appanoose high school gave the merger idea a green light for consolidating four districts Appanoose Pomona Michigan Valley and Quenemo A steering committee will study site options and costs with one member from each district Deliberations to form a report this spring and present at a public meeting possibly at Pomona high gym bearing advisory help from Le Roy Hood John Fleming and Paul Crawford
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Appanoose
Pomona
Michigan Valley
di Quenemo
T. A. Fleck
Detrail
Leroy Hood
Ottawa High School
John Fleming
Franklin County
Paul Crawford
Osage
Fleck
Pomons High School
Missouri Missouri Truck Fees Spark Interstate Clash
Local Kansas and Missouri truckers face a break in reciprocity as Missouri ends the shared licensing deal. Kansas trucks will need Missouri licenses or be barred after April 1, raising total costs and prompting calls to repeal the ten mile tax. Industry figures warn the move could curb cross state work and shift revenues to Missouri.
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Ottawa
Kansas
Missouri
Harley P. Gover
Gover Moving and Storage Company
N. Main
The
Herald
Oklahoma
Gover
Kansas Motor Carriers Association
States
Preston Thompson
Capitol
Paul E. Stone
Stone Truck Line
S. Sycamore
Nebraska
Stone Line
Kansas City
Stone
Hugh H. Waggoner
Missouri Highway Patrol
Jefferson City
Guy
Fred Hall
jLt
Walter Dunn
Kansas Patrol
Phil. M. Donnelly
Waggoner
Senate
Highway Committee
Liberal Woman Breaks Pancake Derby Record In Liberal
Liberal Kansas 28 year old bookkeeper Binnie Dick won the pancake race setting a world record for a 415 yard S shaped course in 1 minute 5.1 seconds beating Olney England rival Doris Millward who ran in 1 18 12. Dick led by about 00 yards over Nina Jordan with Ruth Melvin third.
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Liberal
Kans
United States
Binnie Dick
Doris Millward
Olney
England
Kansas
Isobel Dix
Olmey
Nina Jordan
Ruth Melvin
Mrs. Dick
Rwes
Millward
Graf
Exams For OHS Seniors Kansas tests to pace Ottawa seniors
Ottawa Kansas. Senior class members will take comprehensive exams tomorrow morning. The annual Kansas high school senior comprehensives cover English science social science mathematics and a general ability test. Principal Leroy Hood quoted that the tests measure knowledge and allow Ottawa High to compare with other high schools.
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Ottawa High School
Kansas
Harold
Harvey
Liberty Mo
Lawrence
Fion
Ottawa High
Blizzard Forecast Brings North West Snow and Cold
Weather forecast warns of blizzard conditions developing in the northwest tonight and west by Wednesday. Northerly winds to 35 mph or higher, increasing cloudiness, snow and blowing snow west and north central by Wednesday morning, spreading to the east by evening. Much colder is ahead with lows near zero to 5 above in the northwest and upper 20s southeast, and Wednesday highs from 5 to 10 in the northwest to 40 in the extreme southeast.
Teachers Support Korean Girl In Refugee Home
Three Ottawa teachers adopted a Korean refugee child, Hong Jung Ja born June 3 1944, sending 120 dollars for one year. She is in fourth year primary, enjoys math, sewing, folk dancing and keeps a tidy room. The An Yang Bo Yook Won orphanage near Anyang south of Seoul cares for 200 children with dormitories chapel library and workshops. Soldiers aided the home by providing instruments for a band and the motto Love and Service is embroidered on banners.
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Ottawa
Dave Moore
Guy Murdock, Jr
Joe Lawson
Hong Jung Ja
Jung Ja
Tte
Warm Spell Briefly Grips Ottawa Then Forecast Calls Snow
Ottawa enjoyed spring like weather today but the national forecast warns of a cold front. Blizzard conditions are expected to sweep northwest Kansas tonight and reach eastern areas by Wednesday evening while a cold air mass may bring snow by Thursday. Frigid readings were posted in several cities with Bismarck at 11 below, Minneapolis 2 below, Denver 3 above, Frazier 25 below, Los Angeles 44 and New Orleans 42.
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Ottawa
Weather Bureau
Kansas
East
Bismarck
N. C
Minneapolis
Denver
Frazier
Colo
Los Angeles
Mercury
New Orleans
Local real estate man Kurt Curfman dies by river jump
Floyd H Curfman 58 a local real estate man died today after leaping from the Locust street bridge into the Marais des Cygnes river. Police and firemen recovered the body about 1 48 PM and Dr R S Roberts Franklin county coroner ruled death by self inflicted action. Dennis Seneff witnessed the act and attempted to intervene.
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Floyd H. Curfman
Marais Des Cygnes
R. S. Roberts
Curfman
Locust Street Bridge
Dennis Seneff
Seneff
Curtman
Fire Department
Max Bolton
Dr. Roberts
Franklin County
Eisenhower seeks approval for $101 billion highway bill
President Eisenhower asked Congress to back a 101 billion dollar highway program to create a nationwide road network to move people from target areas quickly in case of atomic attack. He cited deadly congestion, lives saved, and economic losses from accidents, and noted future traffic jams if not acted. He mentioned financing via bonds and user taxes, and promised a survey of highway needs.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Lucius D. Clay
Senate
Federal Highway Corporation
Car Hits Train at Tecumseh Street Crossing
An Ottawa woman, Helen Huffman, 31, driving a 1954 Ford east, failed to see a Santa Fe switch engine at Tecumseh street crossing and struck it. She suffered a cut lip and bruises. the engine engineer, Wageminett Taylor, was uninjured. Police estimate Ford damage at $200. The wreck, city year’s 44th, occurred about 7:42 p m.
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Ottawa
Tecum[Seh
Helen Huffman
Willow
Half Holiday For President Dragged Body Behind Car
A 50 year old Willimantic woman was held on an open charge after police said she admitted dragging the body of Harry Stressberg tied to a car bumper for 7.2 miles along shore resort roads near Washingtons Birthday events. The incident involved a Groton, Conn scene and an ambulance contact at Lamb Ambulance.
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Groton
Conn
Willimantic
Washington
Eisenhower
Harry Stressberg
Business Today
George
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Tremont
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White Plains
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Korea
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