Hagan Circus to visit Ottawa Sept 11 in Forest Park
Hagan Bros Circus signed with Warren Black Post to appear in Ottawa on September 11. Dr. Joe Henning, Ottawa post commander, says setup will be in Forest Park west of the baseball diamond. Legions sponsors aim to support Ottawa sponsorships.
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American Legion
Joe Henning
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Legion
Beachem Jumps In Front Of Car In Carolina Incident
Charleston bulletins report Clarence Beachem 48 jumped in front of a car, thinking it was his brother in law s vehicle. He was treated for minor injuries at a hospital. In Mississippi, Greenville Park Director E M Ward imposes a swim cap rule for women and girls at the city pool to prevent hairpins from clogging pumps and causing maintenance issues.
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Ohio
Niles Wittenbrook
Alliance
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N.C
Clarence Beachem
Greenville
Miss
E. M. Ward
Sirens Blocked as Cars Run Air Conditioning in Heat
Phoenix police say motorists roll up windows, turn on the air conditioning, and preemptively mute sirens. Ambulance and fire crews report the same issue as drivers fail to hear emergency vehicles. The heat worsens the problem, making calls riskier and delaying response times.
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Phoenix
Weather Snapshot for Kansas West and South Regions
Partly cloudy and hot this afternoon and Wednesday with isolated late day storms in the west portion. Southwest winds 20 to 25 mph this afternoon and tonight. Lows around 65 in the northwest and 75 elsewhere. Highs near 100 Wednesday.
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Kansas
Weather Bureau
Ottawa
Dutch Plane Crashes Off Biak Island Killing and Missing
A KLM Lockheed Super-Constellation plunges into 600 feet of water off Biak Island with 59 on board. Ninety six listed as missing include 53 Dutch and 3 Britons. 17 children aboard, one child among those rescued died from burns. Survivors report no fire. The Neutron was en route to Amsterdam via Manila Jakarta Bangkok Rangoon Karachi Beirut and Rome.
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New Guinea
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Bangkok
Rangoon
Karachi
Beirut
Rome
Knowland affirms Ike on basic civil rights provisions
Senator Knowland of California says President Eisenhower remains in favor of the administration civil rights bill and that clarifications may be needed. He predicts House-passed bill will come before the Senate with strong support and opposes Morse’s seven day review move, warning it would kill the measure. Southern opponents challenge Section 3 citing military enforcement of school integration and broader voting rights concerns.
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Eisenhower
Senate
Knowland
California
Eissenhower
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Morse
D-Ore
Senate Judiciary Committee
Heat continues as Kansas bakes under July-like heat
The state endures a stretch of near century temperatures with Ottawa reaching 99 degrees yesterday and Salina 103. Hot, partly cloudy weather is forecast with isolated showers. Wheat harvest advances about 60 percent though rain disruptions linger. Brome grass harvest overlaps with wheat as Franklin County sees substantial acreage of the forage crop.
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Kansas
Weather Bureau
Ottawa
Franklin County
London jailed for kidnapping in grave hole case
London 27 year old laborer John Raymond Bridal was sentenced to three years in jail for abducting and imprisoning Marjorie Jordan in a hole behind his home. The 28 year old woman said he beat her and forced undressings as punishment while claiming to be widening the hole for a new invention and laundry.
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London
John Raymond Bridal
Marjorie Jordan
Miss Jordan
Bridal
Marine Sets Speed Mark Across Nation in Record Flight
The U S Navy beat the Air Force coast to coast speed record with a 2460 mile flight in 3 hours 23 minutes 8.1 seconds. Maj John Glenn Jr 36 flew a FS A1 Chance Vought Crusader from Los Alamitos California to Floyd Bennett Field New York. A second Crusader stood by in Albuquerque due to airborne refueling trouble piloted by Lt Comdr Charles Demmler 33 Hastings on Hudson NY.
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Air Force
Fedf
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John Glenn Jr
Los Alamitos
Calif
Naval Air Station
Floyd Bennett Field
Glenn
Albuquerque
Comdr
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Hasting-on-Hudson
N. Y
Patrol Opens New Stations In Topeka Area
TOPEKA New highway patrol stations will be opened Aug 1 at Leavenworth and Goodland Col Harvey Schmedemann patrol superintendent announced the two new locations will bring the number of troopers stations to 81 Nine of these have been opened since Jan 1 He said Trooper Max Stephens Colby will be in charge of the Goodland station and Trooper Lee Affholder now working out of Edwardsville will be moved to Leavenworth Also announced are transfers Donald Hoagland Osage City to turnpike duty at Emporia Donald McLeod Paola to Pittsburg Eldon Miller from turnpike duty to Kansas City and Marvin La Falpent from Arkansas City to Osage City
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Lee Affholder
Edwardsville
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Osage City
Emporia
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Pittsburg
Eldon Miller
Arkansas City
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Marysville
Clarkson Construction Co
Kansas City
George Bennett Co
Storms - Green
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Ilumbus
Swenson Construction Co
Kansas Construction Co
Lawerence
G.barcus
Kas
List & Weatherly
Rhoads Construction Co
Newston
Traffic Toll in Topeka and Kansas City Area
State Accident Records Section reports fatalities in the last 24 hours with totals to date for 1957 and a comparison to the same period in 1956.
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Topeka
Kansas
Highway 50 Re Location Bids Opened Here
Sixteen construction firms submitted bids to relocate US 50 from near the drive-in theater road at Sand Hills to the Marais des Cygnes river east of Ottawa. Bids opened at 9 a.m. in Franklin County courthouse, covering 3.511 miles of road improve ment.
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Ottawa
Marais Des Cygnes
Russell Ralph, Inc
Topeka
Rock Creek
Highland Cemeter
15Th Street
Named To OU Physics Post
Dr. Lewis V. Spencer of Washington, D.C., will join Ottawa University as professor of physics in September to free the department head, Dr. W. D. Bemmels, for duties as dean. Spencer, a high level Bureau of Standards nuclear physicist, has published 17 papers and worked with Ugo Fano on gamma ray penetration.
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Washington, D. C
Ottawa University
Andrew B. Martin
W. D. Bemmels
Spencer
Bureau of Standards
Ugo Fano
Europe
The
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Department of Commerce
AEC
FCEA
Fano
Martin Berger
German Encylopedia of Physics
American Physical Society
Budget official seeks extra savings in 1958 plan
Washington budget director Percival Brundage told the House Appropriations Committee the administration hopes to shave an additional billion dollars from proposed 1958 government spending. He warned that 1959 spending may exceed the $70.8 billion projected for 1958, as department heads were urged to hold 1958 levels to 1957 or lower where feasible.
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Washington
Percival Brundage
House Appropriations Committee
Brundage
Miami Attorney Refuses to Testify in Hoffa Trial
Washington A Miami attorney Hyman Fischbach refused to testify in the bribery conspiracy case against James R. Hoffa claiming the privilege against self incrimination. District Judge Burnita S Matthews excused him from the stand after noting the claim. Hoffa’s chief counsel Edward Bennett Williams denounced the move as a protest. Fischbach was indicted with Hoffa on spying allegations against Senate Rackets Committee staff.
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Washington
Hyman
Fischbach
Miami
James AR. Hoffa
Burnita S. Matthews
Hoffa
Edward Bennett Williams
Senate Rackets Investigating Committee
Benson recommends cutting corn price supports
Secretary of Agriculture Benson urged Congress to reduce corn price supports by 1959, moving corn out of the preferred price support and control category with wheat and other basic crops. He proposed a zero to 90 percent parity range, aligning corn with oats, barley and sorghum, and freeing farmers from rigid allotments to expand production while cutting government costs.
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Washington
Benson
Congress
Gas Tax Residue Is Distributed Across Counties And Cities
Topeka reports the distribution of 379 268 dollars in state gasoline tax residue among 105 counties and 610 cities, each receiving 189 634 dollars. Regular quarterly payments of 1 000 000 to counties and 2 500 000 to cities were also issued, with residue defined as funds remaining after these payments.
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