Side Swipes and a Rooftop Treasure Hunt Gone Wrong
A Brighton used car lot run by three Irishmen triggers a comic incident when a woman falls on Paul Dew on an improvised roof. A treasure hunt for a 30 cent 1932 sedan ends with a roof collapse, hospital visits for Mrs Wallace and Dew, and a teenage winner who will soon be eligible for a license.
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England
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Jimmy Doyle
Mike Deasy
Pat Dalton
Doyle
Easy
Dalton
Mary Wallace
County immunization program for school children
The statewide smallpox diphtheria whooping cough and tetanus immunization effort in Franklin County is led by the Franklin County Medical Society. First shots were given Thursday January 20 with doctors from Ottawa area and outside towns administering doses at Princeton Williamsburg Rantoul Lane Pomona Appanoose Wellsville and Richmond. Remaining immunizations are scheduled for February 17 and March 17.
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Franklin County Medical Society
Ottawa
J. E. Wallen
Princeton
C. W. Henning
Williamsburg
R. N Speer
Rantoul and
Lane
Victor
Weather Forecast Partly Cloudy With Cooler Temperatures
Partly cloudy and mostly fair tonight and Tuesday with diminishing winds. Tonight colder with lows 10 to 15 north and 15 to 20 east and south. Tuesday little temperature change, highs in the 10s to near 49 in the southwest, cooler northeast.
Eisenhower asks Congress to back action over Formosa
President Eisenhower asked Congress to declare readiness to fight to keep Formosa out of Red hands and to engage in whatever operations may be required. Armed forces could strike Communist concentrations on the Asian mainland if Formosa is threatened, including Quemoy and Matsu, under the resolution before Congress.
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Eisenhower
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Quemoy
Matsu
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China
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Pescadores Islands
Red China
United States
Aler
Amoy
Free World
Topeka Banker Died Yesterday
Herbert G. West aged 45 prominent Topeka banker and president of Kansas Securities Co died yesterday. The report notes his standing in local finance and leadership in the firm.
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Topeka
Herbert G. West
The
Kansas Securities Co
Four House Democrats push 75 cent minimum wage in Kansas
Topeka scene shows four Kansas House Democrats proposing a bill to set a 75 cent per hour minimum wage. They urge the Legislature to enact the measure immediately, arguing it would improve living standards for workers statewide.
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Topeka
House
Kansas
Will Be Colder Across Regions With Snow Inland
Ottawa records a sharp chill with 20 degree low and stiff dawn winds. Clear skies promise colder weather but diminishing winds tonight. Snow remains on ground in northern areas with two to four inches still present. Central and northeast report light flurries while the deep south sees cold rain. Rio Grande valley endures a hard freeze threatening vegetation. Caribou Maine reports 39 inches of snow, Mobile Alabama records 8 to 9 inches, the second heaviest in 55 years.
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Ottawa
Buureau
Gulf States
Rio Grande Valley
Texas
New York
Caribou
Maine
Mobile
Ala
Chronology of Annexation Case in Kansas History
A sequence of filings and hearings tracks a city’s annexation bid from January 19 1953 when the city filed a petition to annex, through public hearings in February, a favorable county report, 1954 district court action, a Stavely ruling against annexation, motions, an appeal to the Kansas Supreme Court, and the January 22 1954 Supreme Court decision annulling annexation.
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Franklin County
B. W. Kelsey
A. K. Stavely
Osage County
District Court
Kansas Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Ottawa woman injured in US 39 crash near Lawrence
An Ottawa woman, Grace Gotsewall, 52, suffered a bruised knee and contusions when her northbound 1954 Chevrolet station wagon, driven by her husband Owen Gotsehall, collided with a northbound 1949 Chevrolet driven by D. E. Laskowski on US 39 south of Lawrence. Troopers cited Gotsehall for failing to slow to avoid an accident. damage estimated at $350 to the station wagon and $125 to the Laskowski car. The injured woman’s condition was listed as satisfactory at Ransom Memorial Hospital. The crash occurred around 1:20 p.m. yesterday. Laskowski was turning left when the collision happened.
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D. E. Laskowski
Kansas City
Kas
Eldon Miller
Carl Gray
Lawrence
Laskowski
Gotschall
Douglas County
Two Ottawa Weekend Accidents Cause Vehicle Damage
Police reported two weekend crashes in Ottawa bringing this year’s wreck total to 20. At 12 20 p m Saturday a westbound 195¢ Mercury driven by Lawrence Lilly and a southbound 1954 Chevrolet driven by Mark Nesbit collided near Fourth and Willow with $85 and $30 estimates of damage respectively. The second crash occurred about 6 45 p m Saturday in the 200 block of South Main when Kenneth Coons slowed for pedestrians and his 1946 Ford skidded into a parked 1949 Ford owned by Harold Riley. the Riley car sustained about $45 damage while Coons’ car was undamaged.
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Fourth
Willow
Lawrence Lilly
Chevrolet
Mark Nesbit
South Main
Kenneth Coons
Sperry
Harold Riley
Paola
Riley
Couns
FBI to Host Six Law Enforcement Conferences
William G. Simon, special agent in charge of the FBI, announced a series of six conferences in Jefferson City Joplin Garden City Wichita Topeka and Kansas City to improve coordination among agencies handling bank robberies. Dates run April 14 through April 22 across Missouri and Kansas.
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Kansas City
William G. Simon
FBI
Jefferson City
Joplin
Garden City
Kas
Wichita
Topeka
Ottawa annexes 94 acres to expand city limits
Kansas Supreme Court clears the way for Ottawa to annex 94 acres in South Main district and North Ottawa. The ruling remands to the trial court to enter judgment joining the territory, with boundaries described, and pledges city services, tax implications, and future zoning once the ordinance passes.
Motion For Rehearing In Ottawa Annexation Case
Ottawa property owners may seek a motion for rehearing within 20 days after the January 22 1955 supreme court decision remanding the case to the Franklin County district court The attorney B W Kelsey says the city taking on sewer bonds in the South Main annexation could remove manifest injury if taxes are spared but double payment would occur if bonds are retired by taxes He notes the ruling directs judgment aligned with the high court opinion and outlines potential paths for further protest.
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Fifteenth Street
Cedar Street
Seventeenth Street
Ottawa
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Main
Main Street
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Santa Fe Railroad
Lawrence
Santa Fe
Douglas Gleason
Supreme Court
Eify
City Commission
Franklin County District Court
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Kelsey
South Main
Polio Drive Seeks Ottawa Moms March Light Sign
Ottawa residents asked to light porch lights Friday evening to show support for the polio fund drive. Mrs Opal Howell chairs the Ottawa segment and hopes to complete the Mothers March in one hour with porch lights or candles. Upcoming fund events include a skating party tomorrow, a talent show Wednesday, a square dance Saturday and an auction Monday night, January 31.
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Ottawa
Memorial Auditorium
the Armory
Premier Chou rejects Formosa cease fire call
TOKYO AP dispatch reports Premier Chou En-lai denounced any cease-fire in the Formosa Strait and charged the United States with escalating military operations to provoke war. Manhattan Kansas announces Bernard Bus Mertes named head coach at Kansas State to succeed Bill Meak.
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Chou En-lai
Red China
Formosa Strait
United States
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Kas
Bernard Bus Mertes
Kansas State
Bill Meak
Mertes
R. J. Thrackmorten
K-State Athletic Council
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