Ottawa area news briefs and notices update
Ottawa readers get a collage of city briefs from lost item found to a skate for charity and local births and enlistments. A blue girl’s coat, a nurse retirements, a new daughter for Mr and Mrs Evans of Fort Worth, and Navy enlistees Smithey and Bryan are noted along with tax and post office reminders and a stag dinner at Ottawa Country Club.
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E. Evans
Ft. Worth
Tex
Evans
General Auditor’s
Patsy Payne
W. C. Payne
N. Cedar
Payne
Mary Frances
Howard Evans
Lebo
Hospital Notes Admit and Discharge List
Admitted patients include John Liggett and Sonjia Eilis in Monroe Courts Baldwin and Fred Noel at 613 Elm with Mrs Paul Cellar in Waverly, and Mrs Olive Walker in Cedar. Linda Laws at Homewood. Dismissed Albert Lee Britain at 124 Walnut today.
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John Liggett
Monroe Courts
Sonjia Eilis
Baldwin
Fred Noel
Elm
Paul Cellar
Waverly
Olive Walker
Linda Laws
Homewood
Albert Lee Britain
Road Plan Is Endorsed by Presidential Commission
A presidential panel recommends a 101-billion dollar federal state highway program to modernize U S roads for possible national emergency. It endorses Eisenhower's plan to spend 54 billion over 10 years plus existing 47 billion. A new federal agency would finance via bonds with largely federal funding for 140,000 miles of interstate highways.
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Washington
White House
Eisenhower
Congress
Fiverman
Lucius D.clay
Frank Turner
Commission
Lions History Is Reviewed by Ottawa Lions Club
Members of the Ottawa Lions club, led by president Lee Shelden, reviewed club history in a This Is Your Life style program. Past presidents present included Steve Ralph Dr M A Welty Harold Crawford E E Haley Claude Webb Freeland West Glen Dick Russell Crites Leo Beller Bob Bauman and Lee Shelden. The club formed in 1937 and charter was presented by E A Jon.
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Ottawa Lions Club
Lee Shelden
Sheldn
Steve Ralph
Dr. M. A. Welty
Harold Crawford
E. E. Haley
Claude Webb
Freeland West
Glen Dick
Russell Crites
Leo Beller
Bob Bauman
Emporia
Kas
E. A. Jon
Thomas
Kansas Turnpike
Kansas High School Association
Carl Igel
Gale Moss
Sas Turnpike Authority
Deaths Nelson Hay Ottawan barber 88 buried Inglewood
Word was received of the death of Nelson Hay 88 at his Inglewood California home yesterday He was a brother of Fred Hay and Quinn Hay of Ottawa He came to Ottawa in 1880 and ran a barber shop for years He left Ottawa for Inglewood in 1920 Survivors include Lewis Hay of Ft Madison Iowa and a grandson in Los Angeles Funeral services will be Thursday at 2 pm in Inglewood mortuary burial in Inglewood Cemetery
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Fred Hay
N. Mulberry
Quinn Hay
S. Main
Hay
Ottawa
Inglewood
Lewis Hay
Ft. Madison
Iowa
Los Angeles
Inglewood Mortuary
Air Warfare Escalates Over Formosa Islands Battle
Chinese Communists and Nationalists clash in a sustained air war above the Tachen Islands and nearby coasts. The Reds launched a major strike with 100 planes, then MIG fighters and fighter bombers attacked offshore targets while Nationalist jets claimed a possible downing and damage.
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Formosa
Tachen Islands
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Tienao Island
Sungmen
Chekiang Province
Attend Fete For Army Engineer Honoring Kansas City Officers
Ottawans joined a social hour and dinner in Kansas City honoring Col. Keith R. Barney and Col. E. C. Adams, marking a district engineer shift with Adams replacing Barney in Kansas City. Attendees included George Lister Rexer Berndt Lamar Phillips Vernon Chesbro Russell Crites John Sheldon and William Bowers, all active in flood control work. Water contracts upon cooling and stops contracting at four degrees Celsius above freezing.
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Army
Keith R. Barney
Col
E. C. Adams
Col. Barney
Washington, D. C
Col. Adams
George Lister
Rexer Berndt
Lamar Phillips
Vernon Chesbro
Russell
Crites
John Sheldon
William Bowers
Swarthmore student kills dorm mate in rage over pranks
Swarthmore College proctor Robert Bechtel 22 from Pottstown fired into a darkened dormitory room early today killing Francis Holmes Strozier 19 of Akron. Bechtel held for murder and said endless practical jokes led to a intolerable rage. Roper Witt 19 of Fanwood NJ was uninjured.
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Swarthmore
Swarthmore College
Delaware County
Robert Bechtel
Pottstown
Francis Holmes Strozier
Akron
Earl Alien
Bechtel
Roper L. Witt
Fanwood
Everett L. Hunt
College
Proctor
Pottstown High
Bechtel Not Linked to Strozier Shooting Motive
Authorities say Bechtel held no personal resentment toward Strozier or Witt and simply happened to be in the path of the bullet. His father is a vice president of Ohio Edison Co. with headquarters in Akron.
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Ohio Edison Co
Akron
Bechtel
Strozier
Witt
Expel Envoy From Nicaragua
Washington Costa Rica and Nicaragua were urged by fellow American republics to calm their quarrel. Costa Rica moved to expel Nicaragua's envoy as the OAS postponed action on a Costa Rican invasion threat complaint. A further council session was set for Wednesday for wider consultations among 21 republics. A house fly matures from egg in 10 to 12 days depending on temperature.
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Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Council of the Organization of American States
Case Moves to Oust McCarthy in Senate Committee
Freshman Senator Case of New Jersey launched a bid to oust Senator McCarthy of Wisconsin from the Senate Government Operations Committee. His motion in the Senate Republican Committee on Committees was ruled out of order by Senator Bricker of Ohio, ending the attempt. Case declined to push the issue on the Senate floor, saying further pursuit would not be fruitful at this time.
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Sen. Case
Sen. McCarthy
Wis
Senate Government Operations Committee
Case
Senate Republican Committee On Committees
Sen. Bricker
Ohio
Senate
Local Markets Promote Savings Bonds Now
Local markets highlight U S Savings Bonds as America s favored method to save. The campaign emphasizes accessible purchases and steady government backed returns to encourage small investors nationwide.
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America
U. S
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