Pick-Sloan Flood Plan Progress Encouraging Ot tawa reception informed
Ottawans at a Kansas City reception heard Col. Keith Barney declare the Pick-Sloan flood plan now 43 percent complete based on construction spending mainly funneled into major Missouri River reservoirs. The Marais des Cygnes Osage valley project in Kansas and Missouri awaits planning funds and a Congress authorization, with Ike urging more Corps projects. Ottawa attendees expressed optimism for a Marais des Cygnes start in the new fiscal year beginning July 1. Attendees included John Sheldon, Russell Crites, Lamar Phillips, Rexer Berndt, Vernon Cheshro, William S. Bowers, and G. W. Ponton. George Listers could not attend.
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Kansas City
Keith Barney
Col. Barney
Missouri River
Marais Des Cygnes - Osage
Ottawa
Osawstomle
Kansas
Missouri
Marais Des Cygnes
Congress
Eisenhower
Corps’ of Engineers
Bureau of the Budget
Army Engineers
Marais Des Cygnes Valley
Bureau
Col
Barney
John Sheldon
Russell Crites
Lamar Phillips
Rexer Berndt
Vernon Cheshro
William S. Bowers
G. W. Ponton
George Listers
Longtime Ottawa residents mark shared birthdays in community
Three Ottawa residents, Lettie Ikenberry 74 J S Weethee 75 and Paul Kesting 91, celebrate birthdays with family and friends. The Columbian Shakespeare club sponsors a conservation poster contest for fourth to eighth graders with 12 by 14 inch posters in three categories, due Feb 12, district judging Feb 15, state prizes up to two dollars.
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Ottawa
Lettie
Kenberry
N. Poplar
J. S. Weethee
Route 2
Paul Kesting
Leonard Allen
Ikenberry
Lon Levitt
Wichita
The
Columbian Shakespeare Club of
Tilford Simmons
Simmons
1955 Fair Dates Announced for Kansas Fairs
Dates for Kansas fairs in 1955 were announced at the Kansas Fairs Association convention in Topeka. The Labette county fair at Oswego opens August 1 and runs to September 30 with the Clay county fair at Wakefield. The Kansas Free Fair at Topeka is September 10–17 and the state fair at Hutchinson September 17–22. Local Franklin county fairs are August 18–20 and Lane fair August 22–23. Richmond Free fair dates were not announced yet, Wellsville Picnic is September 8.
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Kansas
Kansas Fairs Association
Topeka
Labette County
Oswego
Clay County
Wakefield
Hutchinson
Franklin County
Richmond
Wellsville
Flying Farmers Will Deliver Polio Blue Crutches Friday
The Kansas Flying Farmers plan a statewide delivery of blue crutches for polio victims. About 20 planes and 35 to 40 Flying Farmers will arrive at Ottawa airport at 2:30 p m Friday to greet them. The effort aims to distribute crutches to Coffeyville Pittsburg Chanute Ottawa San Antonio and other cities during a Friday and Saturday drive.
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Kansas
Topeka
Blue
Kayette
Otawa
Coffeyville
Pittsburg
Chanute
Ottawa
San
Tonight To Be Colder Tonight To Be Colder
Ottawa reports fine weather today with sunshine but arctic air moving in. Kansas northeast areas expected to drop to coldwave levels by tomorrow morning while roads gradually dry from earlier freezing rain. Ottawa low around 30 degrees with light mist. nationwide skies clearing though northern Great Plains and upper Midwest may see night snow.
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Ottawa
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Kansas City
Great Plains
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
Robbers Seek Help After Store Heist Near Wichita
Two gunmen robbed a Wichita area grocery on the city’s out skirts of $1,500 today then returned to ask the chief of victims in getting their stalled car plated. Armed with a sawed off shotgun and a pistol they walked into the Thirty Seventh Street Marines just outside the northeast city limits and said:
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Wichita
Thirty-Seventh Street
City
Weather forecast notes cold wave and varying clouds
The forecast calls for a cold wave from the northeast with decreasing clouds this afternoon, clearing to partly cloudy tonight and Thursday. Temperatures: tonight around 50 to 10 above north to 15 to 20 south, high Thursday 25 to 35 east and near 40 west. Yesterdays high 331, low 30 this morning. River at 70 feet.
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S. W. Light
Topeka House Rules Committee appoints chair and members
Speaker Jennison designated Rep. Ben Weavers to chair the House Rules and Journal Committee. Other members listed are Rep. Max Dice Rep. John Murray Rep. John Morse and Rep. Thomas Van Cleave Jr with party affiliations noted for each.
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Topeka
Ben Weavers
Mullinville
House
Jennison
Max Dice
R-Johnson
Johns Murray
Leavenworth
John, Morse
Mound City
Thamias van Cleave Jr
Kansas
Caty
Costa Rica Fights Rebels as Air Raider Is Shot Down
In San Jose a Venezuelan style pursuit plane from Nicaragua roared over the capital, machinegunning a residential area near the Costa Rican White House before antiaircraft fire downed the craft. Government troops clash with rebels around Villa Quesada as two Pacific ports are reported seized by invading forces. No casualties reported.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Civil Guard
Villa Quesada
White House
Jose Figueres
Lacia Airlines
Villas Quesada
Los Ahogados
Uni
Pacific
Benjamin Nunez
Puerto Soley
Puerto Cortez
Turrialba
Cartago
Panama Canal Zone
Officials Uninjured After Navy Plane Crash Landing
In Beeville Texas a Navy transport plane nose wheel collapsed on landing. Undersecretary Thomas Gates Jr., retired Vice Admiral Calvin Burgin, and Rear Admiral C D Glover survived without injuries. Eight passengers and six crew were aboard. The party, inspecting naval installations, boarded another plane to resume the tour.
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Beeville
Tex
Navy
Chase Field
Here
Thomas Gates Jr
Calvin Burgin
C. D. Glover
Naval Advanced Air Training Command
Corpus Christi
Burt
Adm
Gates
Angus Breeders Elect Officers at Franklin County Meet
Frederick Wood was elected President of the Franklin County Aberdeen Angus Association at the annual meeting at Hawkins school, succeeding Bob Huderson. Officers include W A Lytle as vice president, Mrs. Ray Bivins as secretary, and Bruce Spears as treasurer. Dr. John Hudelsen of Pomona, a past president, was named president of the state Aberdeen Angus association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Wood
Franklin County Aberdeen Angus Association
Hawkins School
Bob Huderson
W. A. Lytle
Ray Bivins
Bruce Spears
Joyce
Linda Pearson
Leroy Pearson
T the Association
John Hudelsen
Pomona
Aberdeen Angus Association
Wheat in Kansas storage below ten-year average
A government survey shows Kansas farms stored 1,100,000 bushels of wheat on January 1, up slightly from a year earlier but 14 percent below the ten year average.
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Topeka
Kansas
Defenbaugh Died Today in Ottawa Births, Businessman and Farmer Dies
John E. Defenbaugh 65 of 1296 S Hickory died today at 6 50 a m at Ransom Memorial Hospital after a late evening illness. Born June 24 1889 in Coffey county near Waverly he ran Coca Cola bottling in Council Grove then Herington and Alamosa Colo before helping establish Pepsi Cola Bottling Co Ottawa with J Howard McGee. He later owned U S 50 ranch near Williamsburg and farmed widely. Survived by wife Pearl mother Julian Defenbaugh of Ottawa brother Frank E Defenbaugh Springfield Mo sister Grace Bell Ottawa and several nieces and nephews. Three children died in infancy. Funeral Friday at 10 a m Sacred Heart Church Ottawa with burial Mt Calvary Cemetery. Rosary at Lamb Funeral Home Thursday 8 p m and at 2 p m Rosary will be recited at the funeral home by the Legion of Mary.
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John E. Defenbaugh
S. Hickory
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Coffey County
Waverly
Pearl M. Crawford
Council Grove
Herington
Alamosa
Colo
Ottawa
J. Howard McGee
Pepsi Cola Bottling Co
Williamsburg
Sacred Heart Catholic Church of
Knights of Columbus
B.P.O.E
Julian Defenbaugh
Frank E. Defenbaugh
Springfield
Grace Bell
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Matthew Guilfoyle
Tipsy Robins Invade Town in Anna Maria Florida
ANNA MARIA Florida hundreds of Robins have been on a binge for days. The birds teeter on telephone lines fall to the ground and lie still in the streets. They fly into cars and create a scene as police and residents try to explain the strange behavior. Islander editor Harry Varley suggests the birds fed on a fallen fermented berry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Maria
Fla
Harry Varley
the Islander
Country Road Collision Near Princeton Injuries None
A two-vehicle crash on 4 Franklin County Road three miles south and 32 miles west of Princeton involved Opal Nitcher and Max Reneau. A horse was in a trailer hit by the Nitcher car and the truck. No injuries reported. Damages estimated: car 250 dollars, truck and trailer 100 dollars.
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Franklin County
Princeton
Art Jensen
Bob County
Opal Nitcher
Max Reneau
Willow
Reneau
Nitcher
Verdict favors defendant in salvage yard dispute
A district court jury returned a verdict for the defendant in the C. E. Trego Kansas City versus Fred Koon Ottawa salvage yard case but judgment is withheld pending legal determinations by Judge Floyd H. Coffman. Myron S. Steere represents the plaintiff and Gleason & Gleason the defendant. A second jury heard the state v Jess Tilcock involving property with a mortgage held by Mrs Elizabeth Sternecker.
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C. E. Trego
Kansas City
Fred Koon
Ottawa
Floyd H. Coffman
Myron S. Steere
Gleason & Gleason
Jess Tilcock
Franklin County
Elizabeth Sternecker
N. Main
Jack Byrd
Tilcock
Harry Tucker
Leo Wiltman
John Morrises
Howard Myers
C. E. Kaeckell
Myrton McCail
Thomas Michel
Dontachin
Joseph Hiatt
Gardner Hayle
John Mathias
Glenn Hayward
John B. Pierson
Paratrooper Airlift Marred By Crashes Of Two Transports
Two C-119 Flying Boxcars crashed during a paratrooper transport to Alaska at Sewart Air Force Base. Eighty eight paratroopers and three airmen parachuted to safety. The pilot Capt. John Rasper Jr. and co pilote Lt. Ross Richards were killed. A second incident near Miles City, Montana involved 33 paratroopers as an engine fire forced an emergency landing. The missions were part of Operation Snowbird transporting 3,000 troops from Ft. Campbell to Alaska for winter exercises.
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Sewart Air Force Base
Tenn
Alaska
Montana
Public Information Office
John Rasper Jr
Mt. Clemens
Mich
Ross
Miles City
Mfont
Cap
T.G. Johnson
Sewart Afb
Ft. Campbell
33Rd Airborne Infantry Regiment
City of Lindsborg Buys Bank Building
The city of Lindsborg has purchased the Farmers State Bank building to house city offices. The two story brick structure will become the city hall with a new ground floor for public use. The bank’s former site will now house city operations in a $340,000 facility. Lamb Ambulance Phone 380. Broken last week.
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Lindsborg
Farmers State Bank
Aa sOdm
Bank
Lamb Ambulance
To Be Announced Senate Committee Appointments
Ut. Gov. John McCuish scheduled late today the announcement of senate committee appointments. The decision affects key structure of the upper chamber and outlining potential leadership changes. Local observers await the official release for details on specific panel assignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peka
John McCuish
Two Planes Crash In Midair Near Burlington Ky
A mid air collision near Burlington Kentucky killed fifteen people from two aircraft. The TWA Skyliner en route to Dayton and Cleveland carried ten passengers and three crew members. The second plane a DC 3 carried pilot Arthur Werkhaven and co pilot Edward Agner. The wreckage sparked a long rescue effort as hundreds converged at the scene. Government officials and TWA executives headed toward the site as investigators began work.
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Burlington
Greater Cincinnati
Boone County
Cincinnati
TWA
Dayton
Cleveland
Ohio
Arthur
Slim) Werkhaven
Sturgis
Mich
Edward Agner
Battle Creek
Frederick L. van Lennep
Kentucky
van Lennep
Frances Dodge
Reelected At Peoples Bank Officers and directors
Officers and directors of the Peoples National Bank were reelected at the annual meeting held yesterday. Officers include W. B. DeVilbiss as chairman, George E. Lister as president, C. P. Burrows as vice president, J. W. Dickerson as cashier, Alma Schweitzer as assistant cashier, and Margaret Waderson as assistant cashier. Directors named were B. D. Bennett, W. B. DeVilbiss, Sidney F. Harris, Milo M. Hewitt, C. P. Burrows, Yansom Bennett Jr, Robert B. Anderson, William W. Wallace, D. W. Dickerson, George Lister, and Thomas F. Porter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Peoples National Bank
W. B. DeVilbiss
George E. Lister
C. P. Burrows
J. W. Dickerson
Alma Schweitzer
Margaret §. Waderson
B.D. Bennett
Sidney F. Harris
Milo M. Hewitt
P. Burrows
Yansom Bennett, Jr
Robert B. Anderson
William W. Wallace
D. WV. Dickerson
George Lister
Thomas F. Porter
Picketing In Safeway Strike Spreads In Kansas City Area
AFL Local No. 955 members began a strike at the Safeway warehouse in Kansas City Kansas. Pickets appeared at 39 Safeway stores in the Greater Kansas City area as the labor action expands within a 250 mile radius, with local secretary W R Sherry predicting further spread.
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Kansas City
Safeway, Inc
Kansas
Missouri
Feamsters't Local No. 955
AFL
Safeway
Kansasity
Kas
W. R. Sherry
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Harold Harrison
Kansas Flying Farmer
Charles Basore
Valley Center
Angus Breeders
Louisiana
Ottawa High School
Donny Peterson
Carl Peterson
Route 3
Donny
Herald
Defenbaugh
Tipsy Robins
Herald Office
Los Angeles
Reno
Farmers Co-Op Assn
City of
Peoples Bank
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