Aug Hobbyist Honored. City Talks On Waste Disposal
M A Scott of 317 S Hickory St is profiled in Profitable Hobbies August issue as Hobbsist of the month for a hand carved miniature carnival. Ottawa officials discuss study of garbage and trash disposal, while League of Women Voters plan to inform the public on modern, cost effective methods. City hall information will be available to them. Ottawa Chamber of Commerce cites a secret government item plant near airfields in Kansas and possible locations near Coffeyville and Independence. Tomato science explains pigment colors and temperature effects on ripening. Ottawa firms announce more tickets for Aug 10 base ball game. ticket reservations due July 30. Haircuts rise in surrounding towns, Ottawa keeping price at 1.00 for most services.
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M. A. Scott
S. Hickory St
Mack Chappell
Ottawa
J. R. Cheney
Ben Park
League of Women Voters
Cheney
PTA
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
Kansas
United States
Errett P. Scrivner
Coffeyville
Independence
Kansas City
Ottawa Cooperative and Peoples National Bank
Peg Carr
Chambers of Commerce
City tires sale debate ends in heated meeting
Ottawa city commissioners debated tire vendors last night as Morris J. Wilson of Weidmann Tire presented city purchase figures for 1954 through mid 1955 totaling 1241.81 from Weidmann and 1607.15 from Ivan Brown Tire. Brown’s figures showed 740.27 for early 1955 and 482.71 for Weidmann in 1955. 1952–53 data brought Weidmann to 3456.05 and Brown to 2457.75 in 34 years, with exchanges about fair business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Morris J. Wilson
Weidmann Tire and Battery Service
Commissioner's
Wilson
Commission
Ing
Weidmann
Ivan Brown
Brown
Weidman
W. W. Robe
Don Capper
Robe
A. C. Richeson
Firestone
Goodyear
Champlin
Ivan Brown Tire
Summer Band Plays Tonight at City Park
The summer band concert will be held this evening at City Park featuring Billboard March Stratosphere Three Cardinals a trumpet trio including Larry Northway Trexel Warren and Terry Fanning Vienna Life King Cotton March Because of You Barnum and Bailey Favorite and Star Spangled Banner. Also ad: For Sale Old newspapers 10c per bundle from Herald office HI.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Park
Billboard
Stratosphere
Cardinals
Larry Northway
Trexel Warren
Terry Fanning
Vienna Life
Overhaul Risk Program Spares Service Survivors
Washington House vote backed a broad overhaul of government payments to survivors of servicemen. The plan ends the $10,000 free insurance for uniformed men, places all service members under social security, and expands VA compensation to widows children and parents.
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Washington
House
Senate
Veterans Administration
Congress OKs flood control bill with Kansas projects
Congress approved a public works package funding flood control and navigation projects. The measure totals about 554 million dollars for the next year, with Kansas allocations including Turtle Creek 7.5 million, Toronto reservoir 2.8 million, Wichita and Valley Center 2.2 million, and planning funds for Abilene, Manhattan, Ottawa, Pomona, Salina, Strawn, and Topeka. Additional reclamation funding of 151.5 million covers Missouri Basin units and related projects in Kansas and Nebraska.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Tuttle Creek
Kansas
Congress
White House
Army
Turtle Creek
Toronto
Wichita and
Valley Center
Abilene
Manhattan
Ottawa
Pomona
Salina
Strawn
Topeka
Missouri Basin
Bostwick
Nebraska
Kirwin
Webster
Judgment To Paola Woman
Mrs Mil dred Schulz of Paola Kansas was awarded $7000 by a circuit court jury for injuries after a truck owned by Delmont David of Mexico collided with her car near Vandalia in May 1954 trial held on change of venue from Audrain County. Evidence showed the truck driven by Edgar John Dry swerved into the wrong lane while Schulz swerved to the shoulder. A highway patrol trooper testified Dry appeared to have been drinking after the crash. Schulz is assistant cashier of a Paola bank. her husband is a Paola businessman.
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Columbia
Mildred Schulz
Paola
Kas
Delmont David
Mexico
David
Vandalia
Audrain County
Perry Bishop
Edgar John Dry
Paris
Schulz
Highway 54
Dry
Highway Patrol
Pomona OOF Celebration Square Dance Dates Updated
Correction: the Pomona OOF celebration square dance will be two big nights July 14 and July 16 at 9 p.m. The notice clarifies the event timing and dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomona
Kansas To Get Polio Vaccine
Kansas and Missouri are among nine states receiving the Salk polio vaccine after a government release of nearly one million injections. The vaccine from Eli Lilly and Wyeth laboratories was allocated for children in nine states and overseas with the armed forces. Kansas and Missouri received 50,001 cubic centimeters each, with one cubic centimeter per injection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Kansas
Missouri
National Foundation For
Eli Lilly
Wyeth
Senate Resolution Against Tyranny
The Senate approved 89 to 0 a resolution urging captive satellite peoples to regain sovereign rights of self government. Sen Knowland called the Soviet Union the only tyrannical power, framing U S policy on human freedom per the Declaration of Independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Soviet Union
Geneva
Sen. Knowland
Rcalif
U. S
Uranium Stock Salesman Active in Several Cities
Franklin county officials announce Paul Brownlee of Houston Texas is wanted in Durango Colorado for obtaining money under false pretenses. He was arrested locally on charges of soliciting stock sales without a Kansas broker’s license and selling unregistered stock. He posted bond for a July 26 preliminary hearing. Brownlee allegedly sold over $1000 of uranium stock to Ottawa University students. their money was recovered. Investigators say local transactions appear fraudulent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County
Paul Brownlee
Houston
Texas
Durango
Colo
Brownlee
Kansas
Lamb Ambulance
Odessa
Ottawa
Ottawa University
Jack Byrd l
Biggest Airlift In Final Stage
History’s largest airlift nears completion as 38 Globemasters arrive at Ft Bragg North Carolina on the return leg of Operation Gyroscope. The event marks the final phase of a massive troop and equipment movement amid wartime logistics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FT. Bragg
N. C
Special offers on Kelvinator air conditioners
Weidmann Tire & Battery advertises closeout specials on air conditioners with prices for 1 ton 199.95, 12 ton 349.95, and 1 ton 259.95. Includes model references and store contact at 187e51.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weidmann iTire & Battery
New Ottawa Officials Fix Water Line Records
Ottawa city commissioners heard from a plumber that incomplete water line records caused extra digging at the home of TI N Stansifer. The total bill was 185.51 with 75.00 for extra digging, which the city will cover. A new detailed record system will show exact digging points for service connections. The meeting also approved the 1956 city budget and redefined city boundaries to include the Highland Heights addition east of Cedar and south of Fifteenth. A dog owner list will be provided by the county clerk for licensing drive. The August 10 meeting time changed to 9 a.m. to attend Ottawa Day baseball game in Kansas City. Don Capper, city clerk, will attend the League of Kansas Municipalities meeting in Hutchinson in September with a commissioner. Capper will have leave for National Guard duty without resigning.
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TI. N. Stansfer
S. Poplar
City Water and Light Department
Stansifer
Highland Heights
Ottawa
Cedar
Fifteenth Street
W. W. Robe
Commission
Kansas City
Don Capper
League of Kansas Municipalities
Hutchinson
Capper
National Guard
127Th Field Artillery
American Motors Rejects Contract Demands
DETROIT American Motors Corp. rejected CIO United Auto Workers demands for a pattern plus agreement. Edward L. Cushman, vice president of industrial relations, said the union seeks terms like General Motors and Ford plus similar benefits. The company also rejected a layoff pay plan included in GM and Ford accords.
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Detroit
American Motors Corp
CIO
United Auto Workers
Edward L. Cushman
Eral Motors
Ford
American
General Motors
Ottawa Warm Day Amid Record Heat From 1934 Jump
Today in Ottawa a noon reading of 89 marks a cooler spell after several warm days and the nation sees widespread heat. A year earlier on July 4, 1934, the mercury rose to 118, smashing regional heat records.
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Ottawa
Mercury
Weather forecast and past day highlights
The forecast calls for fair northwest, with scattered thunderstorms in east and south central portions this afternoon and east tonight. Friday will be partly cloudy with widely scattered afternoon or evening thunderstorms extending west. Cooler tonight with lows near 60 northwest to lower 70s southeast. highs Friday in the 90s. Yesterday’s high 118, low 77. River 61 feet. Sky yesterday was clear and wind from the south light.
Susan Ball In Hospital Again
HOLLYWOOD Suzan Ball a resolute actress who returned to film and marriage after losing her leg to cancer is battling the disease again. City of Hope in Duarte says she has been there since July 5 and is in an oxygen tent at times. The hospital will not disclose where the illness struck until tests are finished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Suzan Ball
City of Hope Medical Cener
Duarte
Heavy Rains Surprise Kansas Regions
Western Kansas saw 1 to 2 inches of rain with storms and hail. a twister damaged Cimarron homes including Dr. Henry W. Schauf's house. Temperature drops followed, with 22 degrees at Great Bend and a 95 to 66 plunge at Russell. Eastern areas had more showers and forecasts called for storms into tonight and Friday. Rain totals from many towns listed. no injuries reported.
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Topeka
Kansas
Cimarron
Henry WH. Schauf
Rene
Great Bend
Mercury
Russell
Weather Bureau
Stair
Heizer
la Crosse
Kinsley
Cawker City
Hays
Man admits abduction in toddler case. murder charge not filed
Joplin Missouri reports say Audrey Brandt, a 42 year old farmhand with prior morals violations, confessed to abducting 2 year old Donna Sue Davis from a Sioux City Iowa home and taking her to a Nebraska river area where the body was found. He says he tried to rape the child and struck her after she screamed. Brandt has not admitted killing her and faces a vagrancy charge. FBI checks ongoing and fingerprints sent to Washington for comparison.
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Joplin
Donna Sue Davis
Sioux City
Iowa
Audrey Brandt
Donna Sue
Nebraska
Missouri River
Brandt
la Porte City
Davis
Pat Casey
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
FBI Today
Washington
Rules Court Had No Jurisdiction
The Kansas Supreme Court ruled Phillips County District Court lacked jurisdiction to enjoin a labor union from picketing Kirwin Dam construction. The NLRB, not the district court, handles such cases. Texas Construction Co. failed to file with the board, and the high court directed dismissal and to set aside the injunction.
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Topeka
Kansas Supreme Court
Phillips County District Court
Kirwin Dam
High Court
National Labor Relations Board
District Court
Texas Construction Co
Supreme Court
Texas
NLRB
High
Heat Death Toll Climbs In Europe
Heat wave tightens its grip across Western Europe with Sweden’s fires and Denmark’s water rations as daily deaths rise to at least 70. Londoners endure nights of heat in parks while daytime temperatures stay high into the 80s.
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London
Sweden
Denmark
Western
Europe
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Charles B. Sayre
New York Experiment Station
Sayre
Lawrence
Wellsville
Herald Office
Davy Crockett
Illinois
Johnny Johnson
Linda
Gray's Lake
E. L. Johnson
Herald
Lamar Phillips
Newfield’s
American Motors
Susan Ball
Community Survey
Cheney Markets
Crown Drug Co
Deerwood
Hewitt Chevrolet Co
J. C. Penney Co
Mike Mulcahey
Buick Co
Pence Food Center
Safeway
Waymire Food Mart
Douglas Bros, Edmiston's
Malott Hardware
Montgomery Ward & Co
Reneau Lockers ‘Townsends
Curby Auto Supply
Douglas Bros, Edmiston’s
Hillcrest Drive-In
McVey-Dengel Mortuary
Richardson’s Shoe Store
Saffron Glass Co
Tally Theater
Mack Electric
Buick
Rules Court
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