Wheat Harvest Tops Early Kansas Projections
Franklin county reports harvest nearing end with 800000 plus bushels collected from seven elevators. Value tops 1.5 million dollars as average yields run 30 to 35 bushels per acre on 22843 acres. Weather delays and high moisture affect quality and loan price. Industrial notes cover KCP L picketing and Emerson town mystery in Franklin county.
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Franklin County
Franklin
Lyle Grier
Ottawa Co-Op
Farmers Elevator
Ottawa
C. T. Geiger
Richmond
Henry Feuerborn
Wellsville
Tom Ruddell
Williamsburg
Ivan Thompson
Bob Custer
Lane Elevator
Custer
Clarence Balfrey
Rantoul
Larne
Gale Gilbert
Last Day To Change Parties Before August 7 Primary
County Clerk Bruce Spears said the deadline to change party Affiliation for the August 7 primary is tomorrow. He reported 17 voters changed affiliations: 11 from Democratic to Republican and 6 from Republican to Democratic. Two township candidates filed to withdraw their nominations.
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Bruce Spears
Spears
Homewood Township
Martin Dickinson
P. J. Fredericks
Grant Carey
Ohio Township
Appanoose
Centropolis
Hear Objections To CAB Rulings
Washington two local airline firms challenged Civil Aeronautics Board examiner findings on new service to Liberal Kansas Guymon Oklahoma and Lamar Colorado. Oklahoma Kansas Colorado Texas lawmakers urged prompt approval. Central Airlines proposed multiple routes including Wichita Liberal Guymon Amarillo Enid Oklahoma City. Frontier Airlines sought Denver Liberal via Colorado Springs Pueblo Wichita Oklahoma City Yulsa and Guymon Liberal. The examiner recommended two year authorization for Central with hub ambitions. Central and Frontier attorneys argued for alternate routings and expansions to meet area demand.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Liberal
Kas
Guymon
Okla
Lamar
Colo
House
Oklahoma
Kansas
Colorado
Texas
Central Airlines Inc
Wichita
Borge
Amarillo
Colorado Springs
Enid
Oklahoma City
Frontier Airlines Inc
Denver
Pueblo
Yulsa
Eni
Berger
Examiner
Central
Woodward
Ponca City
Bartlesville
Tulsa
Robert W. Oliver
Scott C. Whitney
Brontier
Soil Bank Payments At 60 Percent For 1957 Wheat
Washington reports the Agriculture Department sets soil bank payments at 60 percent of the price support rate for 1957 wheat, with a national average support near $2 a bushel if marketing quotas pass in a July 20 referendum. about $1.21 without quotas. Quotas would cap plantings at 55 million acres and alter rates to roughly $1.20 with quotas or about 73 cents without. The program, authorized by Congress, offers up to $1.2 billion yearly to farmers who plant less than their allotments on crops including cotton, corn, rice, tobacco and peanuts.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Soil Bank
Congress
Department
Wreck Kills Boone Man West Of Garnett
Eugene F. Frederick, 29, of Boone Iowa, was killed when his car collided with another three miles west of Harris at a county road intersection last night. David L. Filbrun, 34, of Westphalia, driver of the other vehicle, suffered severe cuts and internal injuries and was listed in serious but not critical condition at Garnett hospital. Both cars were heavily damaged. no passengers were present. Sheriff Sam Geer of Anderson County called the collision inexplicable. Weather was clear with an unobstructed view. the wreck occurred at 6:20 p m.
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Eugene F. Frederick
Boone
Iowa
Harris
David L. Filbrun
Westphalia
Garnett
Sam Geer
Anderson County
Weather outlook for fall with inland showers and storms
The forecast calls for heavy thunder storms west and south central this afternoon or evening with scattered showers and clouds in the northeast and far west. Partly cloudy Saturday with scattered storms mainly west. Warmer northwest Saturday. Tonight low around 60 to 70 with highs 85 to 95. Previous highs near 90 and low around 67. Hourly data shows varying mid to upper 70s and low 80s through the night.
Heavy Rains In Western Kansas Bring Much Needed Moisture
Western Kansas saw locally heavy thunderstorms last night delivering significant rainfall to drought areas. Reports show Hutchinson 2.68 inches and Great Bend 1.96 inches among many Readings, with forecast additional showers late today or this evening. Eastern Kansas saw only traces. Flood threats eased on the Kansas River.
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Topeka
Kansas
Hutchinson
Hill City
Beaver
Achilles
Pawnee Rock
Stafford
Timken
Bison
Hoisington
Augusta
Plevna
Larned
Elkhart
la Crosse
Jetmore
Hillsboro
Pratt
Sedgwick
Ulysses
Woods
Hayne
Dodge City
Hugoton
Liberal
Ellsworth
Goodland
Garden City
Salina
Plains
Kansas River
Weather Bureau
Eisenhower Talks Politics With Aides In Gettysburg
President Eisenhower met with two aides in Gettysburg and discussed personal and general politics but did not reveal his current political intentions. James C. Hagerty and Sherman Adams said the talks covered private political matters.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
Sherman Adams
Tickets Sell Slow for Ottawa Day Trip to Kansas City
Ottawa organizers report only about 100 of 600 needed tickets sold for a special train trip to see the Kansas City Athletics play Boston on July 25. Deadline is July 11. if unmet, the outing is canceled. Cost is 4.40 per person including train fare bus transport and game ticket.
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Ottawa
Kansas City Athletics
Boston
Chamber of Commerce Sports Committee
Kansas City
Coca Cola
Pensi Cola
Peo
Ples National Bank
First National Bank
Kansas State Bank
State Bank of Ottawa
Anchor Savings and Loan
Ottawa Building and Loan
Athletics
North American
Chamber of Commerce
Bob Miller
Jack Morrisey
George Dunkin
Rodney McClay
Gene Mavity
Howard
Harris
Kas
Piano Tuning Ad and Market Prices
A compact classified item notes piano tuning by Jay Ellis in 1973 and small price listings for Fancy Apricots at Cheney Markets with 4¢ and $2.49 figures. The fragment preserves the ad style, listing piano service and grocery prices with vendor references.
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Jay Ellis
Seek To Fix School Bill Defeat Blame
Washington Republicans and Democrats blamed each other for the House action burying a federal aid to education program by a 224-194 vote. The defeat for President Eisenhower ended a bid to authorize 1.6 billion dollars in school construction grants over five years and a plan linking aid to desegregation. Democrats touted their majority, while Republicans argued they were denied support for the administration’s state-based grant plan.
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Washington
House
Eisenhower
Rep
Powell
DNY
Supreme Court
Senate
Sen
Humphrey
D.minn
H. Alexander Smith
RNJ
Senate Labor and Public Welfare Committee
Congress
Rep. McCormack
Massachusetts
Democratic House
Rep. Halleck
Indiana
GOP
Halleck
U.S. Freeze On Critical Steel Items
The government orders a freeze on key steel products vital to defense as a six day strike continues. Federal mediators confer with both sides and promise to stay in touch, with no clear plan yet to break the impasse on contract length and immediate pay gains.
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Pittsburgh
Washington
United Steelworkers
Basic Steel Industry
Federal Mediation Service
Commerce Department
USW
David J.mcdonald
Atomic Energy Commission
Three Day Rodeo Opens Tonight in Ottawa
A downtown parade preceded the fifth annual three day rodeo at the Ottawa Saddle Club grounds. Performances start at 8 p m tonight and 2 p m Saturday and Sunday. Events include bareback and saddle bronc riding bull riding calf roping and bull dogging with trophy buckles and added money for event winners. Entries from several states expected. grounds lie 1½ miles east on Wilson Street.
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Rodeo
Ottawa Saddle Club
Wilson Street
Fancy Apricots and Fryers Buy Price List at Cheney Markets
A grocery notice lists Fancy Apricots at 1 percent buy, price 2.49 dollars, and Fancy large Fryers at 39 cents per pound. Market name Cheney Markets appears with catalog codes 179-c-1.
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Cheney
Kidnaper Says Baby Is Alive in Westbury case
In Westbury New York a man believed to be the kidnapper called the Weinberger family saying their four week old son Peter Weinberger is alive and well. Police report no progress after baited ransom envelopes failed to draw the kidnapper.
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Morris Weinberger
Stuyvesant Pinnel
Peter
Edward Curran
Baby
Westbury
N. Y
Peter Weinberger
Weinberger
Long Island
New York City
Beatrice Weinberger
Freeport, N.Y
Peter Wein- Berger
Nassau County Police
Nassau
Stuyvessant Pinnell
Severe Windstorms Strike Northwest Kansas
Damaging winds and severe thunderstorms with tornado funnels lashed northwest Kansas late yesterday. Tornadoes were reported near Atwood Hoxie Hays and south of Salina as the storm moved southeast. Hays saw up to 85 mph winds with uprooted trees and downed power lines. Heavy property damage occurred in Hays and nearby towns with two homes roofless and windows shattered. Atwood and Great Bend reported heavy rainfall, power outages, and telecommunications disruptions. A barn was toppled near Timken, and two drivers were injured in a Great Bend crash amid the storm.
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Kansas
Atwood
Hoxie
Hays
Salina
Great Bend
KVGB
Bazine
Ness City
George Stejskal
Timken
Hoisington
Elders Wilson
Frank Unruh
Galva
Dee Doughty
Doughty
Ouster Plea Against County Official in Supreme Court
TOPEKA. Ouster proceedings were filed in the Supreme Court today by the attorney general against C. E. Howard of McDonald, a Rawlins County commissioner. The action charges Howard with being drunk in several public places and alleges misconduct in Lamb Ambulance. Phone 380 tfloffice.
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Topeka
Supreme Court
C. E. Howard
McDonald
Rawlins County
Howard
Lamb Ambulance
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Union 1.B.E.W
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Herald
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Wilson Shannon
Shinn and Haley Abstract Company
Lane
CAB
M. Wees
Wees
K.C
U.S
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