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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1956
Page
8
A list of candidates in Franklin County seeking Republican nominations in August for county offices. Names include Van Valkenburg sheriff treasurer Whirley register Letenworth clerk Wake superintendent and others.
A weekend blaze destroyed the old John Wanamaker building in Lower Manhattan and halted portions of the IRT Lexington Ave and BMT subway lines. Firemen treated 216 for smoke inhalation and injuries, with 20 hospitalized, as crews fought the five alarm fire that smoldered into its third day.
Mankato Kas. announces a new steel swimming pool described as the first of its kind in the state. The L shaped pool measures 8244 feet by 36 feet and 40 feet by 36 feet with over 400 residents signing up for Red Cross swimming lessons.
Paola Kansas George Docking today promised to strongly back a swift minimum wage bill if elected governor. He said Kansas is behind the times for not guaranteeing a living wage to intra state workers and those not covered by the Federal act.
After overpowering two jail attendants and holding one at knife point Williams was held in connection with the June 17 killing of Reverend Tommie Robertson Cooker of Tulsa. Mayfield, a 33 year old Negro, is accused of abducting a Haskell town marshal last May as officers said a craving for water in the intense heat betrayed the hiding pair.
Washington lawmakers prepare for long days as both Senate and House resume rapid work pace this week. After six months of heavy burdens, they acknowledge substantial unfinished business before adjournment.
In Eureka California pickets from the North Coast Restaurant and Tavern Armong Seem picketed sites with signed contracts as Bartenders Waiters and Culinary Workers Union members faced confusing assignments from union officials who aimed to picket the pickets.
In Muskogee County Oklahoma two fugitives Ed Williams and James Meeks were recaptured in scorching 102 degree heat near Taft after escaping from a county jail. They were finally apprehended by a posse as doctors and nurses at Sun Valley Hospital reported the birth of a baby weighing ten pounds ten ounces with ten teeth. The capture ends a dramatic manhunt that stretched from the county jail to nearby towns.
A weather expert suggests a baby tornado may have swept central New Jersey around the time a military transport plane crashed into a pine swamp near Trenton, killing 45 of 66 aboard. Ground damage near McGuire AFB could not confirm the weather condition.
The Argonne Rebels drum and bugle corps of Great Bend captured the junior division crown with 86.36 points. Enid All-Star Legionettes were second, Wichita Continentals third, Hutchinson Skywriters fourth. The Emporia Plainsmen led the senior division with 441 points. The Great Bend color guard won, and Wynette McCarter was named best drum major.
First published June 18 1938 and last July 23 1956. Murl C Sloan sentenced for forgery second degree and escape in Franklin County Kansas will apply for executive clemency on August 30 1954 to the Governor at his Topeka Kansas office. Petitioner Murl C Sloan.
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