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Newspaper

Ottawa Herald

Location

Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Jan 13, 1955

Page

12

Democrats tap five for Rules Committee seat in House

The Democratic Committee on Committees nominated five new members Delaney New York Trimble Arkansas Thornberry Texas Bolling Missouri and O Neill Massachusetts to the House Rules Committee alongside three holdovers led by Howard W Smith Virginia. The move aligns with party leadership and requires House approval.

Washington W House Democratic Committee On Committees Truman House Rules Committee Legislative Committee Party Committee Ways and Means Delaney New York Trimble Arkansas Thornberry Texas Bolling Missouri O'Neill Massachusetts Howard W. Smith Virginia

Lawmakers Face Republican Holdovers in Senate Race

A fragment notes Republican holdovers Leo Allen of Illinois Clarence Brown of Ohio Ellsworth of Oregon and Latham of New York plus other colleagues from Mississippi and Indiana amid a broader Senate balance discussion.

Avery Heads New Congressmen

The 84th Congressional Club, formed by newly elected Republican House members, chose Rep. Avery of Kansas as president at an organization meeting in the House restaurant. The group adopted a resolution pledging loyalty to President Eisenhower.

Washington 84Th Congressional Club Rep Avery Kansas Brouble Eisenhower

Do You Know No U S patent rules and world facts

A varied set of public facts is presented including patent rule on sold inventions prior to filing, Spitsbergen coal mines near the pole, Liberty Statue imagery with Independence and tyranny, Pacific Islands size versus Rhode Island, Venezuelan cow trees yielding milk like sap, color blindness rates, U S national debt around 275 billion, Savannah River project scale, and energy economics with coal versus light bills and gold price around 500 dollars per pound.

U. S Spitsbergen Norway Arctic North Pole New York Harbor United States Trust Territory of Rhode Island National Geographic Society Venezuela U.S Savannah River United States Delware Philadelphia

Lawmaker Ponders End to Ex-Convict Tag

CHICAGO Illinois legislator Rep Hector Brouslett proposes a state law banning newspapers radio and TV from calling someone an ex convict if they have been law abiding for 10 years possibly shortened to five years Brouslett says it is unfair to dig up the long past.

Chicago Hector A. Brouslett

Topeka Man Heads State Contractors Assn Reelects Officers

C Russell Ralph of Topeka was reelected president of the Kansas Contractors Assn at a meeting in Kansas City. Also reelected were J W Frisbie of Kansas City as vice president C L Burt of Hutchinson as treasurer and other directors.

Topeka Kansas City

Local Names On List Include Officials Across Cities

Clare Miller of McPherson M W Wason of Topeka Frank H Freele of Pittsburg C BE Maxwell of Columbus and Edgar C Stewart of Wichita appear among the names attached to the case or notice showing regional official involvement across Kansas cities.

Clare Miller McPherson M. W. Wason Topeka Frank H. Freele Pittsburg C. BE. Maxwell Columbus Edgar C. Stewart Wichita

Escapee Slain In Stolen Car Explosion of youth escape ends in fatal shooting

BOONVILLE Mo An escapee was killed and six others captured after eight youths fled from the state training school for boys last night. The dead boy was Jesse Dean Wood 15 of Kansas City shot in a stolen car near an unfinished bridge at Jefferson City. Three companions surrendered elsewhere in Columbia.

Boonville Jesse Dean Wood Kansas’ City Jefferson City Columbia

Slim Chance For Church Merger

Philadelphia reports that the proposed merger of the United Presbyterian Church in the U S A and the Presbyterian Church in the United States with the United States southern branch faces strong southern opposition. The three groups total about three and a half million members and require unanimous approval to unite. A separate polio study noted that among 1,183 victims, 1,165 had brown or black eyes and hair, with only one having blue eyes, blond hair, and fair skin.

Philadelphia United States Presbyterian Church United Presbyterian Church Presbytterian Church Presbyterian Church In Southern

Fragmented caption notes brown eyed blond subject

A fragment mentions seventeen individuals with brown eyes and blond hair, then shifts to a stray phrase about sunshine and a rattlesnake in nine minutes, followed by a question about thirty six million drivers in the United States and a stray number.

United States

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