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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1955
Page
11
Two policemen kicked in apartment doors to rescue 33 residents from a blaze that destroyed five business buildings in Joliet. Occupants on second and third floors escaped unharmed. several were children. Losses exceed 300000. Cold wave and snow hit Santiago affecting strikes and transit services.
The United Nations urged new agricultural techniques and incentives for tropical Africa to expand the money economy. A 52 page report covered the Belgian Congo and British Gold Coast Kenya Nigeria Northern and Southern Rhodesia and Uganda, calling for shifting resources from subsistence to specialized market production.
Navy blimp commander and test pilot Marion H. Eppes and J. F. Skeets Coleman win 1955 Tar Man Aviation Trophies for outstanding aeronautics achievements. Coleman logs over 60 straight takeoffs in the XFY1 Pogo and achieves history making vertical flight milestones. Drowning incident reported in McCook Nebraska as Keith Birsell, 28, Norton Kansas, drowns while swimming a sandpit gap.
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