Ottawa School District Tax Bill Up Slightly
Ottawa district residents will see a small tax bill increase for 1959 60 as the school board reviews a proposed 759464 budget up from 716088 with a 97 cent per thousand assessed value rise. Howard Larson notes salary hikes and five new teachers plus an extra principal drive the general fund up while building and bond funds shift. Local state aid and sales tax adjustments sponsor relief for taxpayers. The budget will be printed next week and a hearing set for August 3.
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Ottawa
Ottawa School Board
Howard Larson
Larson
Herald
Khrushchev Stumbles in Katowice Polish Stop
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev spoke in Katowice amid stammering and garbled phrases as he declared solidarity with Poland. The crowd of about 3,000 and Communist leaders watched Gomulka lead Khrushchev to a tour of mines and factories after the brief marked speech.
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Katowice
Poland
Nikita Khrushchev
Pittsburgh
Khrushchev
Warsaw
Stars and Stripes
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Communist Party
Gomulka
Escaped prisoner recaptured after biked escape
Alfred Guy twenty one, who fled the county jail on the sheriff’s daughter’s bicycle, was nabbed by a state trooper at a bus station in Binghamton. He was serving under 180 days for driving an unregistered vehicle.
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Cooperstown
N.Y
Alfred Guy
Binhamton
Guy
Weather County Forecast Cloudy to partly cloudy and warmer
Cloudy to partly cloudy this afternoon and tonight with scattered showers tonight and early morning. Partly cloudy Thursday, a little warmer this afternoon with highs in the upper 70s and lows in the upper 60s. Warmer Thursday with highs in the mid 80s.
Alarmed At Business Loss In Kansas Manufacturing
State Chamber of Commerce official E. R. Zook of Lawrence warns that Kansas manufacturing employment fell 5,200 in March 1959 versus March 1958, with the largest drop in defense related production. He notes Kansas ranks 11th in defense contracts since 1955 and cites inflation raising defense spending while labor needs drop.
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Topeka
State Chamber of Commerce
Kansas
E. R. Zook
Lawrence
State Chamber
Industrial Development Council
Zook
Young American Boy Funds Med Supplies For Schweitzer
A 13 year old American Negro boy sailed toward French Equatorial Africa with 400000 dollars worth of medical supplies for Dr Albert Schweitzer. Two transport planes carried nine thousand pounds of goods raised after Bobby Hill of Waycross Georgia appealed for help. Lt General Richard C Lindsay welcomed him as NATO planes were set to deliver the aid to the jungle hospital at Lambarene.
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Naples
Italy
French Equatorial Africa
Albert Schweitzer
France
Bobby Hill
Henry Hill
Waycross
NATO
Maples
Bobby
Richard C. Lindsay
Europe
Schweitzer
Africa
Lindsay
Dr. Schweitzer
Lambarene
California Cuties Softball Game Faces Weather Delays
Rain canceled the morning game then sun returned. Ralph Emerson sponsors the circuslike Cuties and says they will perform at 8 30 p m in Forest Park if no more rain. Proceeds go to Ottawa Girls Softball, managed by Emerson, and to the North Baptist team.
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California Cuties
Ralph Emerson
Forest Park
North Baptists
Ottawa
Emerson
North Baptist
Hoffa Questioned as U.S. Panel Ends Teamsters Probe
Senator McClellan declared Hoffa unlikely to clean up Teamsters corruption as a 20 year rackets inquiry ends. Kennedy branded Hoffa a payoff taker, Hoffa denied the charge and said he will move to combat accusations about gangsters and racketeers in union leadership.
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Washington
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Senate
McClellan
Teamster
Hoffa
Robert S. Kennedy
Kennedy
Teamsters
U.S
Seaton cancels engagements due to medical care
San Francisco AP reports Secretary of the Interior Fred A. Seaton was forced to cancel all engagements Tuesday and to stay under a doctor's care at his hotel suite amid unspecified illness or medical needs.
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San Francisco
Secretary of Interior
Fred A. Seaton
Old Mary Brings Rain Flood Warnings Across Kansas
Ottawa reports 1.19 inches of rain with Marais des Cygnes rising. Main Street bridge at 10.6 feet. Kansas cities like Elgin and Toronto saw heavy rainfall, with Toronto recording 10 inches at Lake Fegan. Verdigris, Neosho, and Cottonwood rivers rise. Heavy rains continued across the east from New England to the Carolinas.
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Ottawa
Marais Des Cygnes
Main Street
Kansas
Elgin
Toronto
Coyville
Toronto Republican
Lake Fegan
Chanute
Florence
Matfield Green
Newton
Winfield
Independence
Havana
Altamont
Oswego
Parsons
Pittsburg
Atlantic City
N. J
Blackstone
Savannah
New England
Carolinas
Convicts End Brushy Mountain Mine Strike After 32 Hours
In Petrol Tennessee 11 dynamite booby traps were found in the Coal mine as 94 rebels seized three foremen for 32 hours. Warden Frank Llewellyn said each trap used two to ten sticks of dynamite. Rebels surrendered after an ultimatum. Pat Patterson offered a chance to air grievances while eight ringleaders were sent to Nashville. The convicts demanded pay, food and mail changes and sought to tear down parts of the facility.
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Petrol, Tenn
Brushy Mountain
Frank Llewellyn
Pat Patterson
Patterson
State Penitentiary
Nashville
Shirley Bunch
Ben Davis
Earl Hensley
Cumberland Mountains
Keith Hampton
Florida
P P Elder Dies At 75 In Ottawa
Pierre P Elder aged 75 of 631 S Elm Ottawa died today at 11 am after months of ill health. Born January 27 1884 at 504 S Elm he worked with his father in Elder Mercantile Co until its dissolution. He married Gertrude Sallee in 1908 and later ran a theater business in Vicksburg Mississippi. Survived by widow daughter Mrs Charles B Jones Mercer New Zealand two grandchildren and sister Mrs George Shader 504 S Elm. His grandfather P P Elder was a Kansas lieutenant governor.
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Pierre P. Elder
S. Elm
Aldamar P
Clara (Maxwell) Elder
Elder Mercantile Co
Ottawa
Gertrude Sallee
Vicksburg
Miss
B.P.O.E. Lodge
Ottawa Lodge No
ALF
A.M
P. P. Elder
Kansas
Prizes Awarded In Williamsburg Parade
Williamsburg parade closes Jayhawker Days with bands from Quenemo and Williamsburg. Far and Near 4-H Club won 25 dollars for a Valentine float, with Friendly Neigh bor HDU second for Easter and Tequa HDU third for Labor Day. Other 3 dollar entries included American Legion Auxiliary Memorial Day Loyal Neighbors HDU May Day and Lions Club Christmas. An old Williamsburg fire engine, over 50 years old, owned by W. C. Fogle and pulled by Grover Harris and Harry Woodworth, also won. Decorated bicycles and tricycles honors went to Midge Ransom Sandra Smith Mary J Milliken and Donna Crabb. Tiny tots went to Sandy Shaw Kris Roberts. Horse firsts went to Harry Johnson Ottawa and John Van Valkenburg second. Pony class first Larry Kaylmn Ottawa, second Jimmie Hogue Pomona. Williamsburg band played a 30 minute concert post parade, then a home talent show with church and other groups contributing. Tonight features a baby show at 7 p.m. and an 8 p.m. WDAF-TV talent show with merchandise drawings and a Williamsburg Methodist Church food stand amid good attendance despite threatening weather.
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HDU
Tequa Hdu
American Legion Auxiliary
Neighbors
Homewood
The
Lions Club
Williamsburg
W. C. Fogle
Grover Harris
Harry Woodworth
Midge Ransom
Sandra Smith
Mary J
Harry Johnson
Ottawa
John van Valkenburg
Larry Kaylmn
Jimmie Hogue
Pomona
Wdaf-Tv
Kansas City
Williamsburg Methodist Church
Ike Won't Use Taft-Hartley Law In Steel Strike
New York AP Eisenhower rejects invoking Taft-Hartley to end the steel strike as a union proposes a fact finding board led by a Justice Warren appointee. David J. McDonald, US Steelworkers president, urges hearings on all dispute issues and nonbinding recommendations to aid fast settlement. The plan aims to avert harm to workers, the industry, and the public.
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New York
Steelworkers Union Today
Bel
Warren
United States
David J. McDonald
Steelworkers Union
McDonald
Washington
Eisenhower
Main Issues In Steel Strike Across Industry and Union
NY AP outlines steel industry and union positions on key strike points. Unions seek a 15 cent hourly raise per year plus benefits, oppose broader work-practice flexing, and favor umpire arbitration for disputes. Industry flatly rejects further cost increases, cites inflation risk, and argues that loafing featherbedding and overtime rules raise costs. favors past-decision based umpire rulings.
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New York
It May Be Some Time Before Pinch Is Felt
New York AP reports half a million steelworkers on strike may not feel immediate economic pain. Union officials will see salaries frozen once the strike begins, including Union President David J. McDonald earning $50,000 annually. Workers receive delayed two week pay with two weeks vacation pay, averaging about $125 weekly totaling roughly $500, plus possible local credit for essentials. Union funds cover emergencies but no strike benefits are paid.
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New York
David J. McDonald
Ottawa Steel executive foresees delayed strike impact
An Ottawa Steel official said the steel strike would not affect plant operations immediately. He noted the firm has enough raw steel for about 380 days, but warned that widespread shortages of component parts could hasten impacts. The local plant would begin feeling effects after about a month.
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Ottawa Steel
Ice Cream Social at Church of the Brethren
A church social event is scheduled in the basement of the Church of the Brethren on Thursday at 6:30 PM. Ady.
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Church of theBrethren
Thurs
Ady
McDonald Aides Wrecked TV Camera
NBC charged that two unidentified aides of David J. McDonald crushed a television camera and damaged sound and lighting after a question about his steel strike and career prospects. Pettit of NBC pressed for the film, McDonald allegedly refused, and the crew wrecked the equipment in Trenton New Jersey.
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New York
National Broadcasting Co
David J. McDonald
Steelworkers
Trenton
N.J
McDonald
NBC
Tom Pettit
Philadelphia
Wrcv-Tv
KU Among 13 To Teach Languages
Washington AP reports the University of Kansas is among 18 schools chosen to establish centers for instruction in less commonly taught foreign languages in the fall. Languages include Arabic Chinese Japanese Russian Polish and modern Hebrew alongside participating institutions such as Harvard Princeton Michigan Chicago Stanford Pennsylvania Wisconsin Yale and Columbia.
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Sandy Shaw
Kris Roberts
Ike
Federal Mediation Service
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