Ottawa Fire Dept Faces December Fires Soaring Losses
December proved busy for Ottawa fire department with two major blazes pushing estimated losses to 22000. The Tally theater fire on December 5 caused about 19500 damage, and a second major blaze at 519 North Sycamore totaled 2300. The department also responded to several minor fires and car incidents while postal receipts rose 8 percent from 1958 to 1959. The Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. predicts Ottawa growth with about 7500 telephones and population around 14000 due to flood control Pomona reservoir and I 35 highway developments.
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Ottawa Fire Department
Tally Theater
N. Sycamore
Ottawa
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Pomona Reservoir
Ottawa Police Busy Over Holiday Disturbances
Ottawa police reports summarize New Year’s Eve and Day incidents. Frank Watson Prince Timmons Jr. and Noel Garrett jailed for drunkenness, Lawrence Gervais cited for defective brakes, Donald Lehman charged with reckless driving, and four teenagers arrested for loitering theft and drunkenness.
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Ottawa
Frank Watson
S. Cedar
Prince Timmons Jr
Noel Garrett
Hamblin
Farm Census Payroll Increases at Parsons Center
AP reports the Parson, Kansas farm census payroll rose to 589 this week, up 56 from last week. Ray Hurley of the U S Bureau of Census says operations will expand and employment may exceed 1,000 soon. Data compilation from the 1959 census is managed at the center with records shipped nationwide and the project continuing into 1961. The bureau uses buildings at the Kansas Ordnance plant.
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Parsons
Ray Hurley
U. S. Bureau of Census
Kansas Ordnance Plant
Weather County Forecast Clear to partly cloudy through Sunday
Forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies with colder conditions today and tonight. Highs near 30 through Sunday, lows around 10 to 15. Thursday high near 41, Friday highs 43, today’s low 97, and year-ago figures 28 and 23. Record highs and lows noted for the date, with hourly temps and sequence of observations listed.
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Arrest in Christmas Eve sniper slaying shocks Paineville
Floyd E. Hargrove was arrested in Toledo on a first degree murder warrant in the Charles R. Clark sniper slaying. Investigators cited new evidence and a tipped call leading to the arrest after a polygraph had cleared Hargrove days earlier and Clark’s wife Lois confessed to an eight month affair and multiple intimate relationships.
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Painesville, Ohio
Charles R. Clark
Floyd E
Gene) Hargrove
Hargrove
Toledo
Effie Walker
William B. Evans
Frank D. Hathy
Mentor
Hathy
Clark
Lois
Kennedy Enters New Hampshire Primary Race
Senator John F Kennedy formally enters the Democratic presidential race at age 42. He plans to enter several primaries starting with New Hampshire on March 8, focusing on ending the arms race, maintaining freedom in new nations, boosting science and education, and preventing farm economy decline and urban decay. He predicts a collision with Hubert Humphrey in Wisconsin and says Humphrey will skip New Hampshire.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Free World
Kennedy
al Smith
Hubert H. Humphrey
D - Minn
Wisconsin
Humphrey
Traffic Toll Shows Five Die Each Hour
The national traffic death rate for the New Year holiday slowed after a surge earlier. Through 40 hours from the start at 6 pm Thursday, fatalities ran just under five per hour, with a brief spike toward ten per hour on Friday. The National Safety Council warned the toll could top 400 if the pace held, noting the three day record was 364 in 1956. Severe winter storms mainly affected the West and Midwest, but highway fatalities were not heavy in the stormy area.
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Midwest
Blizzards Move Across Central North Dakota and Plains
An overcast Ottawa morning gave way to sunshine as a broad swath from northwest Kansas to eastern Montana experiences heavy blizzard conditions. The Weather Bureau warns of plummeting temperatures from five above in the northwest to around twenty in the southeast, with Dakotas and eastern Nebraska facing cold, stormy weather tonight.
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Ottawa
Kansas
Nebraska
Wyoming
Montana
Dakotas
Weather Bureau
Douglass Kansas Begins 91st Year On New Year’s Day
The town of Douglass in Butler County entered its 91st year on New Year’s Day. It was founded by Joseph Douglass, a Civil War veteran, marking the community’s long history since its establishment.
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Scott Alan
William H. Hay
S. Mulberry
Scott
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Jack Fenton
Douglass
Butler County
Joseph Douglass
Khrushchev hints USSR may cut armed forces
In a New Year’s Kremlin address Nikita Khrushchev suggested the Soviet Union might unilaterally reduce armed forces and leave border defense to rockets. The remark, made before 1500 diplomats, was seen in Washington as a potential opening move to sway world opinion ahead of Geneva talks on disarmament.
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Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Kremlin
Washington
Geneva
Peanuts the kitten drinks from a bottle and carries a peanut
A three month old kitten named Peanuts, rescued by the Clifford Stipp family, was fed from a baby bottle and carries a peanut in her mouth all day. She endured an injured tail and whisker setback caused by a child's mischief while her two feline companions focus on mousing.
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Barbara Stipp
Jack Fenton
Peanuts
Clifford Stipp
E. Lo
Mrs Fetter Honored as Topeka Woman of the Year in Religion
Mrs. Everett Fetter, formerly of Ottawa, named Topeka Woman of the Year in church and religion. Ottawa University graduate 1929 in music and English. She taught music in Ottawa and Richmond schools then at Cedarvale University era, led Washburn University music department and conducted Topeka Civic Symphony. The Fetters have a 16 year old daughter Ann.
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Everett Fetter
Ottawa
Topeka
Fetter
Washburn University
Topeka Civic Symphony
Fetters
Ann
Famous Actress Margaret Sullavan Found Dead in New Haven
Actress Margaret Sullavan, 48, was found unconscious in her Hotel Taft room in New Haven and died at Grace New Haven Community Hospital. Authorities cited possible sleeping pill overdose though not ruled as self-inflicted, with her husband Kenneth Wagg involved and a chain-locked door later opened by hotel staff.
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New Haven, Conn
Margaret Sullavan
Miss Sullavan
Taft
Grace New Haven Community Hospital
James J. Corrigan
New Haven County
William Holohan
Wagg
Valley Forge freighter breaks up near Singapore. crew saved
The American Liberty ship Valley Forge with 37 crew ran aground on reefs 50 miles south of Singapore and broke up. British and Royal Navy crews rescued 26 to 38 men, with others spotted on nearby islands as rescue efforts battled gale winds. The ship, built in 1943 and carrying 10,000 tons of wheat, is valued around $300,000 without cargo and likely a total loss.
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Singapore
Valley Forge
Avy Daid
Navy
Royal Air Force
Bintan
Peter R. Petrone
Peninsular Navigation Co
New York
Mapor Island
Nazi Symbols Show Up Across West Germany
A roving smear group is suspected by police of splashing Nazi swastikas and anti Jewish slogans throughout West Germany. New symbols appeared during the night in Bavaria.
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Mernberg
Germany
West Germany
Bavaria
Two Men Held in Clutter Family Murder Probe
Kansas officials said two Kansas ex cons arrested in Las Vegas on parole violations will be brought to Garden City for questioning in the Clutter family murders. Perry Smith and Richard Hickock, both in their 20s, are among the strongest suspects, with possible stolen items including an expensive radio. The Clutters were killed on their Garden City farm November 15, leaving four victims: Herbert Clutter, Bonnie Clutter, Nancy Mae Clutter, and Kenyon Neal Clutter.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Herbert W. Clutter
Garden City
Kansas
Las Vegas
Nev
Clutter
Logan Sanford
KBS
Sanford
Perry Edward Smith
Richard Eugene Hickock
Edgerton
Smith
Hickock
Clutters
Herbert Clutter
Bonnie
Nancy Mae
Kenyon Neal
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