Franklin County Education Conference to Feature State Speakers
Two accreditation consultants from the State Department of Education Topeka will keynote the Franklin County school board conference at Ottawa High School auditorium January 11. George E Watkins will discuss educational responsibilities and Maurice E Cook will cover accreditation problems. The event begins at 8 p.m.
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State Department of Education
Topeka
Franklin County School Board
Ottawa High School
Maurice Ponton
George E. Watkins
Ponton
Maurice E. Cook
Louisiana In Election Today
New Orleans mayoral candidate Morrison and former governor Davis face a Democratic runoff for Louisiana governor as the state votes. Morrison, a Catholic and longtime mayor, leads the first primary with 278,956 of 842,609 votes amid issues of segregation, union labor, and new-style politics following Earl Long’s downfall. Davis benefits from support of segregationist William Rainach. Long endorsed Davis via absentee ballot.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
deLesseps Morrison
Jimmie Davis
Earl K. Long
Morrison
Davis
Samuel Douglas McEnery
William Rainach
Long
Weather forecast for county partial clearing and mild weekend
Partial clearing this afternoon with a high near 50 and considerable cloudiness with a chance of fog tonight. It will be a little warmer tonight with a low near 32. Sunday will be partly cloudy and mild with a high of 45 to 50.
Baby and Father Found in New Orleans After Missing-Child Case
William James Stevens and his 5 month old daughter Jan Clair were located in a New Orleans suburb after a wide search. Stevens, 31, had taken the child from his estranged wife in Kansas City. He was arrested with Kansas City private detective Milton Thomson while attempting to depart for Nassau. A court order had directed return to the mother or risk contempt charges.
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New Orleans
Willliam James Stevens
Jan Clair
Stevens
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Kansas City
Jan Kemper Stevens
R. Crosby Kemper
Kemper
Nassau
Bahamas
Milton Thomson
Louisiana
Thomson
Concert pianist Firkusny interrupted by piano sabotage
In Manhasset New York a Community Concert Association program featuring Rudolf Firkusny was interrupted when a buzzing piano revealed a metal New York State auto license tab hidden under the strings. A committee member identified the object after an initial inspection and the musician resumed with encores.
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Firkusny
Judy Garland Leaves Hospital for Home Care
Actress Judy Garland returns home from a New York hospital to finish recovery from hepatitis. Aged 37, she has been hospitalized for two months and plans to rest with her children for four to five months.
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Hollywood
Judy Garland
New York
Miss Garland
Ottawa and Leavenworth Clash In Northeast Kansas League
The Ottawa High Cyclones face the Leavenworth Pioneers in a Northeast Kansas League junior high game tonight. The B game starts at 6:30 and the A game follows at 8. Ottawa won the last meeting 52 to 49 in a dramatic finish.
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Allen Glenn
Ottawa High School
Nancy Taylor
Ottawa High Cyclones
Leavenworth Pioneers
Ottawa
Leavenworth
Bathyscaph Trieste Dives Deeper Than Ever
U S Navy bathyscaph Trieste reached a record 24 000 feet in the Mariana Trench near Guam and will attempt 35 000 feet next. Dr Andre B Rechnitzer and Dr Jacques Piccard led the dive with Navy Lt Donald Walsh aboard. Researchers gathered data on temperature life salinity light and sound for antisubmarine warfare research.
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Guam
U.S. Navy
Marianas Trench
Pacific
Andreas B. Rechnitzer
Jacques Piccard
Piccard
Navy
Donald Walsh
San Diego
Calif
Nixon Birthday Sparks Nixon Campaign Push
Vice President Richard M. Nixon marked his 47th birthday while declining public comments on his presidential bid. Supporters in New Hampshire and Ohio moved to place him on the Republican ballot, with Oregon officials stating Nixon would appear on the May primary slate. Ohio plans shift Bricker to back Nixon delegates. New Hampshire’s primary seems poised to test Kennedy’s continued momentum.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
New Hampshire
Ohio
Oregon
Mark Hatfield
Hatfield
Ottawa Skies Clear After Mist. Fog Forecast Returns
Local observer John P. Kelsey says light mist gave way to clearing skies with a chance of moisture Sunday or Monday but no major temperature drop. Eastern Kansas saw dense fog early with the Weather Bureau predicting a fog return tonight, heaviest in the southeast.
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Ottawa
John P. Kelsey
Kelsey
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Screen Writers Call A Strike
HOLLYWOOD AP Screen writers have called a strike on January 16 against major studios. Actors will begin talks with the studios two days later. The Writers Guild of America West and the Screen Actors Guild seek a share of proceeds from television use of films made after 1948. The studios have rejected the demands.
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Hollywood
Writers Guild of Amerca
West
Screen Actors ‘Guild
World War II Luzon landing recalled in editor note
An Army captain recalls the Luzon invasion of Lingayen Gulf with 60,000 troops aboard LSTs. He recalls the fear, the sea strikes, Battery D of the 951st AA Battalion, and the moment prisoners at Santo Tomas saw relief in liberated faces and a grandmother’s prayer.
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Luzon
Philippines
South China Sea
Cornish
951St AA
Nixon's Name Put In Primary
In Concord New Hampshire Republicans led by Gov Wesley Powell filed nomination petitions to place Vice President Richard Nixon on the March 8 1960 presidential primary ballot Nixon has 10 days to withdraw if he disallows the move Powell wrote Nixon expressing hope the birthday shift would be acceptable and that Nixon would allow his name to remain on the ballot the entry would signal his bid for the nomination
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Michael V. DiSalle
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Nixon
New Hampshire
Kennedy
Concord
N.H
Richard M. Nixon
Wesley Powell
Powell
MOP Decision On March 22 At Coffeyville Hearing
In Coffeyville Kansas Interstate Commerce Commission hearings on March 22 target date for a decision on Missouri Pacific passenger service between Kansas City and Little Rock Ark. Critics from Oklahoma and Kansas say loss of Trains 125 and 126 harms regional transportation while supporters argue service is underused. MP plans two new freight trains from Kansas City to Houston to offset reduced passenger service, noted by agent C H Hermann.
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Coffeyville
Kan
Missouri Pacific
Kansas City
Little Rock
Ark
Kansas
Interstate Commerce Commission
John Vermillion
Independence
Fort Smith
Vermillion
Paul C. Albus
ICC
Oklahoma
C. H. Hermann
Joplin
Houston
Tex
Kansans for Kennedy rally links Docking to VP bid
About 70 Kansans organized a Kansans for Kennedy club in Topeka. Richard Docking, son of Gov. George Docking, moved the group and said his father remains neutral. Robert Kennedy said Docking has been seriously considered as a possible vice presidential candidate. Kansas, with 21 votes, could be pivotal in the nominating fight. Theis named as state chairman and delegates discussed support, including potential favorite-son options.
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Topeka
Docking
Sen
Jack Kennedy
Massachusetts
Robert Kennedy
George Docking
Richard
Kennedy” Club
Thomas Sewell
Richard Docking
Kansas City
Kansas
Kennedy
Frank Theis
Arkansas City
Theis
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Kas
Newell George
Tom Corcoran
Clay Center
Kansas For Kennedy
Senate
Joe Poizner
Joe Saia
Frontenac
Arthur Bavelsak
Smith Center
Pat
Pull More Off Arctic Base
FAIRBANKS Alaska AP It was nine rescued and 18 to go today as the Air Force continued an orderly long planned evacuation of Station Charley a floating scientific station in the Arctic Ocean Two men were taken off the huge ice floe Thursday Seven more men were airlifted Friday night by ski equipped C130 transport planes from Sewart Air Force Base Tenn The evacuation planned many months ago in case of such an eventuality was touched off when a large piece of the floe broke off The floe drifting 400 miles northwest of Barrow Alaska originally was four miles wide and seven miles long With the seven men flown out Friday night came many pounds of equipment used by the station s scientists in their arctic observations none of the evacuation has involved any emergency or danger per Air Force
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Air Force
Charley
Arctic Ocean
Sewart Air Force Base
Tenn
Barrow
Bank executive Watt Webb Jr. dies at 72 in Kansas City
Watt Webb Jr., 72, president of the Missouri Bank and Trust Co., died Friday in a hospital after suffering a heart attack Sunday at his home in Kansas City. He had led the bank for years and was a prominent local banker and civic figure.
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Kansas City
Watt Webb Jr
The
Missouri Bank and Trust Co
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