Side Swipes From Kaw Valley Letter and County News
Side Swipes reports Hood of Manhattan sending the Gazette to flood control leaders in the Missouri Basin with tales of 41 stock ponds built in Washington, Pottawatomie and Riley counties. Ottawa hosts 224 January degree candidates including Marion Barnes. Franklin County joins a travel ban on Russian citizens amid reciprocity and security concerns. The longest 1954 Ottawa to Okinawa call was logged by Sam Shumates, Christmas night connecting a son in Okinawa.
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WR. Hook
Manhattan
Kaw Valley
Hook
The
Gazette
Missouri Basin
Hood
Washington
Pottawatomie
Riley
Blue River
Franklin
State Department
Wyandotte
Anderson
Coffey
Douglas
Johnson
Linn
Lyon
Miami
Osage
Shawnee
Ottawa
Sam Shumate
Shumates
Charles Shumate
Okinawa
Shumate
Polio Drive Underway in Franklin County for 1955
The 1955 polio drive opened Monday in Franklin County with a $7,000 goal set by campaign director S. C. Christerson. The effort runs through January and includes many fund raising activities such as March of Dimes coin collectors in stores, school coin boards, a Townsend store box, and a Flight of Dimes by the Kansas Flying Farmers landing January 14 at Ottawa airport. Proceeds benefit the March of Dimes, with events at Plaza and Tally theaters January 16–22 and a Mothers March on polio January 28 from 7 to 8 PM led by polio chairman Mrs. Opal Howell.
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Franklin County
S. C. Christerson
Christerson
Ottawa
Country March of Dimes Fund
Tally Theaters
Opal Howell
Rotary Ans
Competition For No 1 Tag Leads To Ruckus in Salina
A heated dispute over No 1 license tags in Salina escalated into a ruckus as residents waited outside the county treasurer’s office. Clashes among locals in the crowd drew police as owners planned early tag purchases amid leave-related disruptions and community fundraising for March of Dimes.
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Salina
Smoky Hill Valley
Saline County
Ottawa Chamber Dinner Expected Big Crowd Night
Nearly 200 are expected to attend the Ottawa Chamber of Commerce annual dinner at Memorial auditorium this evening with service at 6 30 p m. Five directors will be named for three-year terms at the annual meeting. Parke Carroll general manager of the Kansas City Athletics will speak on the impact of major league baseball on Ottawa and similar cities.
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Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
Memorial Auditorium
Parke Carroll
Kansas City Athletics
Ottawa
Area Receives Light Drizzle as Kansas Weather Remains Wet
A light drizzle continued across the Ottawa area and much of Kansas, with totals around .14 inch by 7 am and temperatures near 41 to 58 degrees. Forecasters expected the drizzle to persist tonight, with a chance of turning to freezing in northwest Kansas and some snow in the Marmaton River region.
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Ottawa
Kansas
Atures
Cam
Ft. Scott
Russell
Kas
Marais Des Cygnes
Missouri
Ripley
Wamega
Topeka
Hle
Hutchinson
Emporia
Concordia
Denver
New York City
Havre
Mont
Weather Bureau
Edmonton
Canada
Chicago
Minneapolis
Fort Worth
Tex
Weather forecast shows mixed clouds and showers through midweek
Partly cloudy conditions are expected west to parts of the east this afternoon with more cloudiness and possible drizzle tonight. Northwest may see freezing drizzle or snow. Wednesday brings decreasing clouds west and scattered showers or drizzle east with cooler southwest. Highs range from the 30s to 60s across regions, with nightly lows in the 20s to 50s. Yesterday's high was 18 and low 41 with varied hourly readings. river at 0.67 foot.
New Officials To Take Office
District Judge Floyd H H Coffman of Ottawa will swear in Franklin county’s newly elected officials on January 10. County Clerk Emile Barnes announced the ceremony will begin at 10 p.m. in the courtroom, with deputies taking oaths if they wish. officers officially assume duties at noon that day.
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Floyd HH. Coffman
Ottawa
Franklin’ County
Emile Barnes
Barnes
Fire Losses Drop Sharply in Ottawa 1954
Ottawa records show a steep 1954 fire loss drop to 5585 dollars from 1950’s 53659. Chief Harry Gilliland cites 129 alarms for the year, with 43 regular and 86 still alarms mostly car and grass fires, two false alarms, and one fatality attributed to self harm by Mrs. Lorrain Davenport of Moundville Missouri during a clothing set fire incident. June had the lowest loss at 25 dollars. Highest alarms were 19 in July.
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Ottawa
Harry Gilliland
Gilliland
Lorrain
Davenport
Moundville
Postal Receipts Rise At Ottawa Post Office In 1954
Ottawa post office recorded 1954 postal receipts totaling $117,006.21. Postmaster T. J. Cummings notes an increase of more than $4,400 from the previous year, when receipts were $112,601.06.
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Ottawa
T. J. Cummings
Immunization program to vaccinate Franklin Co children
Franklin County Medical Society announced a non compulsory immunization drive for diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus and smallpox targeting pre school children aged 6 months to 6 years and school children aged 6 to 10 whose parents consent. The program runs statewide about every three years with booster shots for those previously vaccinated. Obtain blanks via local PTA chairmen. shots scheduled January 20 February 17 and March 17 at Youth Center Ottawa or in schools with schedules by teachers and medical staff. No parental cost.
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Franklin County
Franklin County Medical Society
State Board of Health
Patuline B. Duyk
RK. D. Waymire
S.cedar
Generals
Carl Marshall
Willow
Eugene Field School
Lowell Fouts
S. Cedar
Garfield School
C. Mewhinney
Hawthorne School
Joe Moody
N. Oak
Lincoln School
Andi
Ottawa
Medical Society
Franklin County Commissioners
Dairy School Set for Thursday at Memorial Auditorium
Franklin county dairymen and wives are invited to a county dairy school at 8 p m Thursday night in Memorial auditorium. Principal speaker Ralph Bonewitz extension dairy specialist Kansas State College, will discuss dairy feeding and management with slides on bulk tank handling of milk and the ideal dairy type. The next Extension school, a crops and livestock meeting, is set for January 17 at the Masonic building.
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Franklin County
Memorial Auditorium
Don Brown
Ralph Bonewitz
Kansas State College
Bonewitz
Dairy Breeds Organizations
Masonic Building
Rayburn Named Speaker of House in 84th Congress
Democrats unanimously chose Sam Rayburn of Texas as speaker designate for the 84th Congress with the caucus vote ensuring his election. He will take the gavel from Republican Joseph W. Martin Jr. and will be 78 when he serves. The story covers party leadership selections in both chambers and committee nominations for Ways and Means.
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Washington
Sam Rayburn
Texas
House
Congress
Rayburn
Joseph W. Mar Fin Jy
Massachusetts
Martin
Capitol
Sen
William Knowland
California
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Homer Ferguson
Michigan
Eugene Millikin
Colorado
Republicos
Milton Young
North Dakota
Leverett Saltonstall
Massachusetta
John W. McCormack
Ways and Means
Rep
Harrison
Virginia
Herlong
Florida
Usard
McCarthy
Minnesota
Karsten
Missouri
Ways and ‘Means
Democratic Committee
State Traffic Deaths Mount In First Four Days of Year
Five persons died yesterday and last night from injuries in four accidents as Kansas records show traffic deaths rising in 1955. Victims include Mrs. Meyers 56 and her husband 66 of Munden near Belleville, two others from Lawrence and Sabetha areas, plus a Wichita resident in a collision near Fredonia. Three Lowry Air Force Base airmen were injured in separate incidents and ongoing crash tolls surge early in the new year.
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William H. Meyers
Munden
Belleville
Meyers
Kansas
Harry Hatfield
Lawrence
Loreen Jackson
John W. Hatfield
Sabetha
R. A. Duhach
Lowry Air Force Base
Carlos E. Edds
Wichita
Fredonia
Small Damage In Collisions
Two accidents yesterday afternoon, both involving backing vehicles, increased city traffic mishaps to four for the year. At Fifth and Main a northbound 1942 Chevrolet driven by Margaret McNees collided with a backed 1953 Dodge driven by Mrs. Orville Hayward. the Dodge sustained $25 damage while the Chevrolet was undamaged. At Eighth and Cedar a 1953 GMC Sunflower bus backed by Donald Meeker hit a southbound 1954 Glas driven by John Kolyer, causing slight neck injury to Kolyer and about $225 car damage and $20 bus damage.
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Fifth
Eighth and
Cedar
Donald Meeker
E. Logan
John Kolyer
Prairie Village
Colyer
Former KU athlete injured in highway crash
Austin N. Wyrick, 24, of Leavenworth, a University of Kansas law student and former standout basketball and football player for the Braves at Ottawa University, was injured in a west Kansas highway crash. A three inch skin flap was torn from his forehead. doctors at Providence Hospital sought the missing skin found in his wrecked car and sewn back. The operation's outcome was uncertain after an hour had passed. Wyrick, Ottawa University class of 1952 graduate, served in the Marine Corps and was released last summer.
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Kansas City
Kasio
University of Kansas
Here
Austin N. Wyrick
Leavenworth
Providence Hospital
Wyrick
Ottawa University
The
Braves
Marine Corps
Ottawan To Work For AP
Wayne Gilliland and Emerson Lynn Jr. will serve as AP extras in Topeka during the 10 week legislative session. They join Elon Torrence in the AP bureau, assisting with coverage for Ottawa Herald and about 35 Kansas dailies.
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Ottawan
Topeka
Wayne Gilliland
Ottawan Herald
Emerson Lynn,jr
Humboldt
Associated Press
Gilliland
Lynn
Elon ‘Torrence
Ottawa Herald
Kansas
Open New Station to Open on Duchene Hill
Bob Granger of Phillips Petroleum said a new filling station cafe will open on Duchene hill southwest of town, likely Thursday or Friday this week. Attendants will be Bill Wheeler and Andy Stine, with Drs Fred Parks Pauline Parish and Harvey McKaughan operating the cafe.
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Bob Granger
Phillips Petroleum Company
Duchene Hill
Bill Wheeler
Andy Stine
Fred Parks
Pauline Parish
Harvey McKaughan
Woman Bound Over In First Degree Murder Case
Chanute Kansas Mrs David Layman 21 bound over to District Court for trial on first degree murder charge in the death of her four month old daughter Penny Lynas Held with guilt pen she offered no defense at the preliminary hearing in City Court Saturday afternoon.
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Chanute
Kas
David Layman
Penny Lynas
Layman
City Cott’y'eaeilarday
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Lo Bogan
March of Dimes
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