New Tax Assessment Plan In Operation
Ottawa University faculty members will play a student basketball game at Wilson Field House tonight at 8. A 35 cent admission goes to the Washington Seminar fund. The parking meter system adds Fine-O Meter boxes on Main street with 25 cents fines due within 72 hours or $1 after. Detroit meteorologist W W Oak arrived two hours late due to a 9 inch snowfall. Franklin county assessors implement a plan to equalize real estate valuations using five men per board. Township trustees collect livestock values for a future countywide tax factor meeting in Iola on January 29.
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Ottawa University
Wilson Field House
Washington
Milt
Milton Danielson
Ottawa
Main Street
Wellsville
Richmond
Robert Gault
A. O. Sigler
Orie Higdon
Henry Feuerborn
John Roeckers
Russell Lambert
Harold Good
Carl Warnock
Clarence Coffman
Spears
Franklin County
Iola
Weather forecast a warmer fair day with cloudy periods
The forecast calls for fair and warm conditions this afternoon with increasing cloudiness tonight. Saturday will be partly cloudy in the west and mostly cloudy in the east with little temperature change tonight, turning colder in the northeast. Tonight’s low near 5 to 10 northwest and 15 to 20 elsewhere, high Saturday in the 20s to 40s across regions. Historical highs and lows for the date are noted, with yesterday’s high 20 and a record high 67 in 1911 and record low 14 below in 1918.
Warm-up Today Cold Tomorrow In Ottawa trend shifts to milder weather
Ottawa and vicinity saw a real warming today after a frigid morning of 20 below. The warm-up pushed the temperature toward 40 degrees by early afternoon while a light snow dusting lingered. A cold front is due tomorrow bringing snow or rain to the northeast.
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Ottawa
Weather Bureau
Goodland
Dodge City
Chanute
Wichita
Baptists Decide to Stay at Present Site in Town
At the annual meeting the First Baptist church at Fourth and Hickory voted to remain in the current stone edifice and to push funds for a southward educational plant. A mail vote on relocation was discussed. a large majority favored staying. The building fund exceeds 50,000 dollars and the 1957 budget is about 56,151 dollars with 44,000 pledged.
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First Baptist Church
Fourth and Hickory
Robert McCrea
Board of Trustees
E. E B. Haley
East 11Th
Roger Fredrikson
John Lamb
B. Smith Haworth
Harold Letchworth
Orlis Cox
Gilbert Hammons
Ransom Bennett, Jr
R. M. Clogston
Ben Park
Board of Christian Education
Robert Winchester
Max Alderiman
George Lister
Claude Webb
Board of Deacons
Neil Bulllock
Henry Gilroy
Gilbert Hamimons
Lawrence Lundstedt
Robert Moore
Welsey Trout
Robert Tulloss
Big Bond Issue Set for Emporia Voters
Emporia voters will decide a $1,670,000 bond package in a special election February 19 to fund sewerage and water system improvements. Ballot proposals cover municipal water plant upgrades, distribution system work, sewer extensions, and sewage disposal plant improvements.
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Emporia
Good Outlook For Spring Employment Ottawa Headline
Ottawa employment chief George Medlock says spring prospects look bright due to planned construction projects. Unemployment claims rose in January and February. December claims were 804 versus 618 in November, slightly above December 1955. Applications on file ended December at 390, with 46 job openings, down from 84 in November.
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Ottawa
George Medlock
Ottawa University Debaters Win Four Practice Rounds
Ottawa University junior debaters defeated Baker University in Baldwin with four wins in a practice round. Team members included Clausie Smith, James Smith, Paul Girling, Dennis Evans, Tahar Safavi, Joyce Fowler, Jerry Watts and Tom Allen. O. A. plans to send debaters to the Blizzard tournament at William Jewell College tomorrow. Coach Horton Presley and W. Gilliland accompany the team.
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Ottawa University
Baker University
Baldwin
Ottawans
Clausie Smith
James Smith
Paul Girling
Dennis Evans
Tahar Safavi
Joyce Fowler
Jerry Watts
Tom Allen
O. A
William Jewell College
Liberty
Horton Presley
W. &. Gilliland
Democrats Weigh Counterproposal on Eisenhower Middle East Plan
Washington Democrats summon strategy session as supports for rival Acheson line grow Rep Zablocki says six or more Democrats ready to sponsor a substitute that asserts US concern for Middle East security and stability but lacks legal force Eisenhower seeks congressional authority for troops and aid for the region Acheson argues the president already has power and calls for Democratic marks in the hearings Crown Prince Abdul Ilah of Iraq will visit the United States informally next month to discuss regional problems.
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Washington
Gordon
D-Ii
Foreign Affairs Committee
Eisenhower
Middle East
Dean Acheson
Zablocki
D-Wis
Capitol
State Department
Abdul Il‘ah
Iraq
United States
Department
Acheson
Truman
Eiiserhower
Demos Take Exception To the Program
Democratic lawmakers react to President Eisenhower's State of the Union message with planned opposition to parts of his agenda. Senate and House leaders pledge study and inquiry into the administration's financial and defense proposals as Republicans broadly praise the speech and warn against inflationary spending.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Two Air Force crashes claim thirteen lives near Andover and Austin
Thirteen Air Force men are dead and another missing after two crashes near Andover New Brunswick and Austin Texas. A B52 bomber exploded during a training test near Andover, nine aboard, with the ninth safely at Loring Air Force Base. A B29 crashed on landing at Bergstrom Air Force Base near Austin, killing five instantly and fatally injuring six others. investigators from Norton AFB and Boeing will probe the incidents.
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Air Force
Andover
N. B
Austin
Texas
Loring Air Force Base
Limestone
Maine
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Tex
Ronald Rosetti
Alfred R. Rudolph
Paterson
N.J
Robert E
Loring
Norton Afb
San Bernardino
Calif
Boeing Airplane Co
Boeing
Fewer Accidents But More Fatalities In 1956 County
Franklin county recorded 75 highway accidents in 1956 with ten deaths and $62 555 in property damage down from 97 accidents and six fatalities in 1955 The first 1956 fatality occurred Jan 1 near Princeton on John Brown Highway Other victims included Hazel S Davis Jan 27 near Williamsburg Luella West Feb 23 near Ottawa Joseph R Pilcher Mar 18 near Ottawa Manuel Hubbard Jun 29 near Rantoul Carol Ann Call and Lillian E Thorn Jul 13 near Ottawa Vera Maureen McClay Aug 8 near Ottawa Alberta B Batdorf Aug 27 near Ottawa Seth I Welsh Sep 2 345 miles south of Baldwin on a county road The report cites state highway patrol statistics.
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Franklin County
Ottawa
Princeton
John Brown
Hazel S. Davis
Placerville
Calif
Williamsburg
Luella West
Joseph R. Pilcher
Wichita
Manuel Hubbard
Rantoul
Carol Ann Call
Lillian E
Vera Maureen McClay
East Seventh
Missouri Pacific
Alberta B. Batdorf
Peoria
Seth I.welsh
Lawrence
Baldwin
Segregation Plan Is Ruled Illegal in Virginia
A federal judge ruled Virginia's plan to continue racial segregation in public schools via a pupil assignment scheme unconstitutional on its face. District Judge Walter E. Hoffman said the laws directly conflict with a U.S. Supreme Court ruling banning racial discrimination in schools. Across the region, bus service in Montgomery was halted after bombings near churches and homes, while Atlanta Negro leaders met to plan further integrated seating. Six ministers were released on bond after arrests for riding in white-only bus seats.
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Virginia
Dist
Walter E. Hoffman
South
Atlanta
Montgomery
Alabama
James E. Folsom
Macmillan Plans Cabinet Shuffle In London
Prime Minister Harold Macmillan met Conservative MPs at No 10 Downing Street to discuss a broad cabinet reshuffle. Former prime minister Anthony Eden has resigned from the House of Commons and accepted an earldom with a Lords seat. Richard Butler and Alan Lennox-Boyd emerged as possible foreign secretary options as Macmillan weighs the Commons leadership alongside Eden’s successor.
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London
Harold Macmillan
No. 10
Downing St
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Elizabeth II
Eden
House of Lords
Macmillan
Richard A
Butler
Britain
Selwyn Lloyd
Lloyd
Mollet
Commons
Alan Lennox-Boyd
Foreign Office
Conservative Party
Adenauer calls ban on thermonuclear weapons
West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer urged prohibiting thermonuclear weapons as instruments of war, astonishing U.S. officials. White House and State Department offered no immediate comment, but policy makers were visibly unhappy. Adenauer, a longtime anchor of U.S. European policy, has often influenced Washington’s positions.
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Washington
U.S
Konrad Adenauer
White House
State Department
Adenauer
United States
Europe
Hall Resigns As National GOP Leader
Leonard W. Hall announced he resigns as chairman of the Republican National Committee effective February 1 and is likely to be offered a federal position. President Eisenhower praised Hall and hinted at future service, while Hall said a six to seven week vacation follows and he will name a successor panel to consult with the White House.
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Senate Gop
Knowland
California
Eisenhower
Saltonstall
Mass
Lyndon B. Johnson
Senate
Sen. Aiken
R-Vi
Washington
Leonard W. Hall
Republican National Committee
White House
Hall
James C. Hagerty
Florida
Hagerty
Republican, Committee
New York State
Haggerty
Oyster Bay
N.Y
Leonard Hall
Republican Party
National Committee
Dwight Eisenhower
Richard Nixon
Docking names secretary and aide in Topeka transition
Governor elect George Docking announced Mrs. Thomas R. Sewell wife of a Topeka attorney as his private secretary She will also assist his administrative assistant Jack Goodrich in the transition and early administration in Topeka Kansas.
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Topeka
George ‘Docking
Thomas R. Sewell
Sewell
Jack Goodrich
Manhattan Named Man of Kansas Forestry and Game Commission
A selection announced today names C. E. Man as Man of the Kansas Forestry and Game Commission. The citation highlights career service and leadership in state conservation efforts, reflecting recognition by peers in the agency.
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Atchison
C. E
Manhattan
Kansas Forestry and Game Commission
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