Pep assembly stirs Ottawa High as Cyclones prep
Principal Leroy Hood led a teen psychology course during a pep assembly as Ottawa High juniors and seniors roared for the Cyclones to beat Argentine Mustangs. A skit followed, bands played, and a postgame dance with Argentine guests was planned for senior students tonight.
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Leroy Hood
Ottawa High School
Cyclones
Argentine. High
Hood
Bill Barker
Nancy Morse
Nancy Curry
Carol Day
Judy Cary
F. D. Hula
Kent Granger
Narrator
Granger
Ottawa Cyclones
Enthusiams
OHS Swing Kings
Cold Front Moving In Kansas News Release
A new cold front headed for Kansas will lower temperatures and bring light precipitation. Overnight lows in the northwest may be 10 to 15, with highs in the 30s on Saturday. Snow flurries expected in the west, scattered light rain in the east, not heavy.
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Kansas
Weather Bureau
Garden City
Dodge City
Ottawa
Mobile
Ala
Williston
N. C
Miami
Fla
Gulf Coast
Rockies
Great Plains
Texas
Canadian
Wastebasket Used To Carry Away Loot in Bank Robbery
OTIS Kas. Four thieves battered into Qus State Bank vault but could not open the safe. Cashier Haller said coins and a few bills were taken, likely under $700. Investigators from the Kansas Bureau of Investigation examined the vault for fingerprints as details unfold.
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Otis
Kas
Haller
Qus State Bank
William ‘Haller
Kansas
Bul 2 Cencereau
Roberts
Ltar
Emil A. Lees
The
Star
Rush County
Barton County
Kansas and Missouri flood control plans in coming year
Brig. Gen. W E Potter announced a 53 million dollar flood control program for the Missouri Basin in the next fiscal year. Projects include Ottawa Salina and Abilene local protections and a Marais des Cygnes valley retention plan with possible initial reservoirs at Melyern or Pomona. Governor Fred Hall urged continued farm to market road expansion as part of the long range highway plan. Ottawa will gain channel improvements with flood walls and dikes, city to provide right of way and maintenance after federal installation.
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Kansas
Missouri
Marais Des Cygnes - Osage
W. E. Potter
Army Engineers
Omaha
Nebr
Kansas City
Fred Hall
Potter
Missouri Basin
Ottawa
Salina
Abilene
L’ Marais Des Cygnes
Mar 1
Marois Des Cygnes - Osage
Osawatomie
Congress
Attack Planes From Foreign Soil In Costa Rica War
An inter American investigating commission reports Costa Rica’s four day old war is at a standstill and says planes that bombed towns came from foreign soil. The panel notes serious indications arms were supplied from a foreign source in Costa Rican territory. Former President Picado admits his son Teodoro Jr. commanded rebel forces. he is West Point trained and married to a Los Angeles woman. The commission did not identify the foreign soil or source.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
inter-American
Teodoro Picado
Managua
Nicaragua
Teodoro ‘Jr
Picado
West Point
Los Angeles
Draft Plan Faces Bipartisan Support in Congress
President Eisenhower wins quick bipartisan backing in Congress for extending the draft and raising military pay. He argues for a broader manpower program including six months basic training for select youths and expanded reserve forces, while critics press for details on fringe benefits and costs.
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Russell Brines
Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Thej
Ottawa
Yestern
Vingon
D-Ga
Thesday
Sky
Wind House Armed Services Committee
S.W
Foot
City plans river flow safeguard and water reserve
City commissioners reaffirmed commitments to obtain right of way for river property and to hold about 37 000 acre feet in reservoirs to keep Ottawa Osawatomie and downstream flows during droughts. The plan aims to maintain municipal water reserves and sanitary flow through the region amid shortages. The OAS commission probes Costa Rica Nicaragua tensions with Pacific observation flights planned and U S Navy seaplane involvement.
Toll Highway Network Proposed as National Road Plan
H E Bailey former Oklahoma Turnpike Authority chief urged a national toll highway network to replace a federal freeways plan. General Lucius Clay said toll roads will stay but doubted big expansion in 10 years. Bailey proposed a national turnpike authority funded by auto taxes and 40,000 miles of interstate toll roads with shared state federal financing.
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Herb Altschull
Washington
Presidential Commission
H. E. Bailey
Oklahoma Turnpike Authority
U.S. Chamber of Commercce
Clay
Bailey
John J. Jones Jr
Houston Chronicle
Clay Committee
Clay Commission
Weather forecast for state turns colder tonight
Mosty cloudy this afternoon and tonight with colder conditions spreading from the west and extreme north by evening. Winds shift to the northern section as few snow flurries appear west tonight and scattered light rain southeast. Partly cloudy and considerably colder Saturday with a low of 10 to 15 northwest to 2 southeast and a high generally in the 30s.
Views Clarified By Talks On 11 Flyers
The price support program for 1954 crops wheat flax oats barley rye grain sorghums and soybeans closes January 3 according to the local ASC office. Loan documents must be executed by the borrower and approved by the Franklin county ASC committee by that date. Loans must be presented to the lending agency and disbursed on or before February 15 and purchase agreements on the commodities must not be executed after January 31.
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ASC
Barrower
Franklin County
ASC Committee
Hammarskjold Opens Door to U N Contact Talks
UN Secretary General Hammarskjold said his Peiping talks clarified both sides and opened the door to further contacts on the release of American fliers and other U.N. personnel held by China. He noted Chou Enlai laid no conditions and no deals were raised. U.S. officials expressed cautious optimism that progress was made toward freeing the prisoners despite no immediate release.
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United Nations
N.Y. Tm Jus Umearskjold
U.N. Scéo
Choukulai
Red China
Chow
Hammarskjold
Miers
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Peiping
Hatmmarskjuld
U.N. Comoand
Chou
United States
U.N
Hanmarskjold
Lodge
Dulles
Eisenhower
Omaha
State Dulles
Strategic Air Command
Dvssible
Hamimarskiold
China
Chou Enlai
Teap
Idles
Guilty Of Disturbance In Homewood District Court
A Homewood woman, Mrs. C. A. Logan, was found guilty of disturbing the peace by a district court jury. She was ordered to pay a fine of 850 plus costs after an Oct 13 1954 argument at Ralph Logan’s farm near Williamsburg. Her son G. 4. Logan was also charged and faces trial. Sheriff Jay Brown investigated the case. County Attorney Jack Byrd prosecuted for the state. John B. Pierson acted as special prosecutor. Gleason & Gleason represented the defendant. Court to resume Monday morning.
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Homewood
C. A. Logan
Near Homewood
Overbrook Phone Exchange Sold to Dial Telephone Co
Wil lard Coff of Overbrook announced the sale of the Overbrook Telephone Company to the W. E. Gault Dial Telephone Company Inc. The transfer promises a dial phone system for Overbrook within two years. Gault’s firm already owns lines between Ottawa and Olathe and operates dial systems in Wellsville Edgerton and Gardner. Cobb, first mayor of Overbrook, remains in charge of the system through June with no future plans announced.
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Lyndon
Kas
Willard Coff
Overbrook
Overbrook Telephone Company
W. E. Gault
Dial Telephone Company, Inc
Gault
Ottawa
Olathe
Wellsville
Edgerston
Gardner
Cobb
Two Injured In Car Crash Southeast Of Garnett
Two people were hospitalized after a car crash southeast of Garnett in Anderson County. Phillip Brand, 27, Garnett, drove a 1950 Chevrolet pickup west and turning left. Walter Hunter, 29, Kas, in a 1954 Ford station wagon, could not stop and struck the pickup. Hunter suffered a broken ankle. his wife had a broken collar bone and facial lacerations. Brand was uninjured. Damage totaled the station wagon. pickup damage about 200 dollars. Sam Geer assisted in the investigation.
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Garnett
Anderson County
Artdensen
Boh Counry
Phillip Brand
Walter &. Hunter
Kas
Hunter
Garnett Hospital
Brand
Sam Geer
Sherif
Livestock And Crop School Opens In County
Two specialists from Whangas State College will lead the county crops and livestock school sponsored by the Extension service at the Masonic building. Don Brown notes E A Cleavinger will cover fertilizers soil fertility crop production feed and alfalfa while Wendell Moyer outlines stock programs feeding trials and Kansas State College investigations. The meeting starts at 10 a.m with plans for a Dutch lunch at noon.
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Whangas State College
Extension Service
Masonic Building
Don Brown
E. A. Cleavinger
Wendell Moyer
Kansas
KSC
Masonic Hall
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Roalm
Ey Hou”se
Walter Hunter
Sedan
Highway
Art Jensen
Vis Des Cygnes
Melyern
Pomona
City of
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Carlos Escudero
London
Moscow Radio
Mercury
Verkhoyansk
Siberia
Budget Bureau
Jose Mora
Uruguay
Council of the Organization of American States
Nicarageua
Costa Rean
OAS Council
Rio de Janeiro
OAS
la Cruz
Liberia
Las Canas
Grecia
inter-American Investigating Commission
Richard M. Duncan
U.S. Army
Roy A. Roberts
Kington
Kansas City Star
Coro Solo
Panama Canal Zone
Navy
Ardr
William T. Luce
Metuchen
N.J
ne-St
Herald Office
U. S
Max Harrelson
Overbrook Phone Exchange
Livestock and Crop School
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