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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1960
Page
4
Wellington barber A. E. Croan has built a collection of about 95 early day clocks, some dating to 1787 and 1811, valued up to 300 dollars each. The pieces came from grandparents, Beatrice sellers, and local residents via barns, attics, and cellars, with some needing only cleaning while others require major repair.
Croan began his collection after a clock inspired him in the Checotee Strip opening of 1693. He notes a Walter W. Gilbert made clock from 1812 era, Gilbert Clock Co. founded in 1816, and a 1807 handmade line with an oval face. He keeps a post office clock that has run since 1946 and an old calendar clock once owned by Heinie Glamann Sr. Winding clocks at his barber shop adds constant motion to his day.
Emporia Kansas AP reports the Army Engineers opened an Emporia office for land acquisition and site clearance work on dam construction in the Neosho River valley. Appraisal work is under way at John Redmond reservoir near Burlington and starting at the Council Grove project, with staff expected to grow to 15. Emporia lies midway between the Burlington and Council Grove sites and near planned dams on the Cottonwood River at Marion and Cedar Point.
Merck Sharp & Dohme announces a new antipolio vaccine more powerful than Salk shots. About 120000 doses of the killed-virus type have been released by the U S Public Health Service. High risk areas in the South and Southwest will receive priority orders.
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