Side Swipes Run Friday Dance Sessions for Youths
A group of 6th to 9th graders, about 30 to 35 youths, are being taught to dance by parents each Friday at the Legion Hall in Wellsville. Parents rotate as instructors as the youths enjoy the evenings of fun. The piece also notes a bumper crop season with large tomatoes from Stewart farm near Ottawa and a brief local police fashion anecdote in Lincoln Park about uniform sleeves.
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Wellsville
Legion Hall
Stewart Fruit and Vegetable Farm
Ottawa
Herald
Consolidation vote looms for three districts on July 31
Areas publish notices of the July 31 consolidation vote for Lane Princeton and Rantoul Rural high school districts. Each district must approve to advance the measure, with a majority needed per district. Proponents claim improved education and broader programs, while opponents worry about loss of district identity and staffing implications. Votes in June showed mixed support and abstentions, signaling a tight July 31 outcome.
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Lane
Princeton
Rantoul
Patrons of Rantoul
Recreation Carnival Tuesday in Forest Park
Franklin county youths showcase arts and skills learned in summer recreation at Ottawa Recreation Carnival in Forest Park on Tuesday July 24. A student band led by Bill Barker will perform from 7 10 to 7 30 and at intervals. Displays include baseball tennis baton spinning tap dancing life saving swimming woodworking arts and crafts cooking and an Elks Club awarded swimming certificates after the carnival.
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Franklin County
Ottawa
Forest Park
Barker
Red Cross
Elks Club
Eugene Field
Hawthorne
Lincoln
Garfield
Field
Garfield Baton
Fight To Block Polio Epidemic in Chicago
Chicago fights polio an early outbreak with widespread inoculations using Salk vaccine to prevent an epidemic. Health officials express confidence the program can keep the outbreak under control as mobilization expands.
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Chicago
Lamb Ambulance
Baker University Names New President Scarborough
Trustees of Baker University Baldwin Kansas selected Dr. William John Scarborough 43 to become president effective after the May resignation of Dr. Nelson Horn Scarborough has led West Virginia Wesleyan College since 1946 and previously taught at McKendree Cornell Mount Vernon and Morningside Colleges He is married with a son and a daughter.
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Kansas City
Baker University
Baldwin
Kas
William John Scarborough
Baker
Scarborough
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Nelson Horn
McKendree College
Lebanon
Iil
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Morningside College
Sioux City
West Virginia Wesleyan
Oil firms feel steel strike pain across industry
The Oil and Gas Journal reports nationwide steel walkout hurting large oil majors and independents. About 150 rigs shut down as shortages and delivery delays bite. old leases rush for pipe. operators in Oklahoma and stripper fields see pipe value exceed oil reserves. One West Edmond operator faced a $2.50 per foot casing offer amid dwindling supplies.
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Journal
Steel Company
West Edmond
Oklahoma
the Journal
Mock Nuclear Drill Hits 73 U S Cities In Exercise
Seventy three major cities simulated a nuclear attack with millions reported killed as bombers destroyed targets nationwide. The 50 hour Alert TIT drill involved Canada Hawaii and Puerto Rico and aimed to train Civil Defense and government personnel for disaster response. James J. Andrews of Inglewood rushed to city hall seeking a permit for a concrete bomb shelter after the mock blast.
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Canada
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Los Angeles
James J. Andrews
Inglewood
Wellsville Names New School Superintendent
The Wellsville board of education has hired Edward Beatty of Corpus Christi Texas as superintendent. He has arrived in Wellsville and said a high school coach is still needed while other teaching positions are filled.
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Wellsville
Kas
Post Office to Equip Desks With Ball Point Pens
Post master T J Cummings reports that ball point pens will soon arrive for lobby desks at all 37 863 Kansas post offices. The Kansas Postmaster notes contracts set pens refills and desk chains, with costs of 13 cents per pen 5 cents per refill and about 4 cents per chain. The new pens aim to reduce vandalism and ink mess seen with the old pens \u2014 a long standing criticism of post office patrons.
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T. J. Cummings
Post Office Department
Ottawa
Kansas
Cummings
Jaycees Meet in Tulsa Orient 1958 Convention Bids
About 350 U S Junior Chamber of Commerce members will gather in Tulsa July 27 28 with Jaycees board to discuss the 1958 national convention site nation wide projects the World Congress in New Zealand in November policy changes and a tentative budget of 596 800 Representatives from Los Angeles Miami Buffalo and Philadelphia will bid for the 58 convention Milwaukee was chosen for 1957.
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Tulsap
U. S. Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jaycees’ Board of Directors
New Zealand
Los Angeles
Miami
Buffalo
Philadelphia
Milwaukee
Pomona IOOF Picnic Ends Tonight With Talent Show
The Pomona IOOF picnic closes tonight with an 8 o'clock home talent show and a 9 o'clock square dance. Last night drew another good crowd as prize winners were announced, with Mrs. Steve Needham of Rantoul taking the Shetland pony, Harvey Staadt of Pomona winning the mixer, and Roy Baker of Overbrook winning the clock.
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Pomona Ioof
Steve Needham
Rantoul
Harvey Staadt
Pomona
Roy Baker
Overbrook
London presses back U S Egypt dam aid move
London papers back U S and Britain withdrawing aid for the Aswan dam. In Cairo an Egyptian official declined comment, awaiting Washington reports. Tass called the step retaliation against Egypt’s ties with the Soviet bloc. The Times and Telegraph criticized Nasser and his arms deal with Czechoslovakia.
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U. S
Washington
Moscow
Tass
Egypt
Soviet Union
Britain
United States
Nile
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Daily
Telegraph
The
Times
Nasser
Czechoslovakia
Four Die In Collision At Lakeside Airport Granite City
A midair crash at Lakeside Airport in Granite City yesterday evening killed four people aboard two small planes that departed from separate runways and converged. Victims include Arthur J. Prauer president of Brauer Brothers Shoe Co. and his daughter Trecky 15 along with Albert Johnson 41 chief engineer of Continental Boiler Co. and his wife. Witness Jerry Adams described the crash as the planes being indistinguishable as they collided at about 150 feet altitude.
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Granite City
Ill
Lakeside
St. Louis
Arthur J. Prauer
Brauer Brothers Shoe Co
Trecky
Albert Johnson
Continental Boiler Co
Jerry Adams
Peace Super Market Ham Sale Lower Price Feature
Peace Super Market advertises ham at 39 cents a pound, not 43 cents as previously advertised in The Herald. The notice notes the price change featured in Thursday edition and confirms the current rate.
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Peace
Weather Forecast With Temperatures and Records
Partly cloudy this afternoon and tonight with scattered thunder showers and little temperature change. High Sunday upper 80s to 90s, elsewhere from northwest to southeast. Yesterday’s high 85, low today 59, record highs and lows for this date noted, hourly readings shown. Yesterday’s sky was partly cloudy with north wind and trace precipitation.
Eisenhower Arrives in Canal Zone for Hemisphere Parley
President Eisenhower lands at Panama international airport for a Pan American conference honoring the first such gathering 130 years ago. He is greeted by President Ricardo Arias Espinosa as a 21 gun salute and national anthem mark the arrival. Also noted are brief airport remarks and the presence of his brother Milton Eisenhower and aides.
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Eisenhower
Washington
Ricardo Arias Espinosa
Panama
U. S
Panama National Guard
Vote Control For Fourth Year In Wheat Quotas Referendum
Washington farmers renewed support for federal marketing quotas on wheat by an overwhelming margin in a 1957 referendum. Unofficial returns show 228,839 for and 32,767 against boosting the price support to $2 a bushel next year, with quotas aimed at limiting plantings to 55 million acres and curbing surpluses. Surplus stocks total about 1.03 billion bushels, held largely by the government.
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Soil Bank
Midwest
Washington
Franklin county wheat growers approve marketing controls vote
Franklin county wheat growers yesterday voted 208 to 22 in favor of continuing wheat marketing controls in 1957. This approval reflects 90.4 percent of voters, above the two thirds required to keep the controls effective. Gordon Barnes of the Department for Agriculture county office said last year the favorable vote was 79 percent.
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Franklin County
Gordon Barnes
Department For Agriculture
May Avert Strike at Boeing Plant in Wichita
Union negotiators approve Boeing offer to avert a 27,000 strong strike. A mass meeting of International Association of Machinists Local is set to ratify or reject the proposal this afternoon. William Holly, chief negotiator, says the offer is vastly improved over the company version rejected earlier. The strike at the jet bomber plant was due to start Sunday night.
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International Assn. of Machinists
William Holly
Split Decision In McGaugh Case
Jimmy McGaugh of Wellsville was found not guilty in county court of disturbing Floyd Moldenhauer’s peace on June 9 but fined 50 dollars for trespassing He appealed to district court The first youth Robert Miller was found not guilty Miller later filed a 10000 dollar damage suit against Moldenhauer for lost work time attorney fees and damaged reputation Trials for three more youths accused of disturbing the peace are set to be scheduled
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Jimmy McGaugh
Wellsville
Floyd Moldenhauer
McGaugh
Moldenhauer
Robert Miller
Miller
Weekend Forecast for Ottawa Kansas Outdoors Promoted
Weather bureau predicts a fine weekend for outdoor activities in Ottawa and across eastern Kansas. Ottawa reported an 85 degree high yesterday and a 59 degree low this morning as storms damaged utility services in areas near Hep ler Crawford County and Colony Anderson County.
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Ottawa
Kansas
Weather Bureau
FT. Scott i
Hepler
Crawford County
Colony
Anderson County
Kansas farmers approve 1957 wheat quotas by big margin
In Manhattan Kansas voters backed marketing quotas for the 1957 wheat crop by 33,241 to 6,709 as Arkansas Colorado Missouri Nebraska Oklahoma showed smaller turnouts yet strong approval. Unofficial state totals place the nationwide verdict at an 83.2 percent yes and 73.4 percent last year.
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Manhattan
Kas
Kansas
Arkansas
Colorado
Missouri
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Ottawa 1956 accident total reaches 128 cars damaged
Summary of multiple 1956 traffic incidents in Ottawa. Clarence S. Zink and Max E. Lucas collide in the 100 block on South Main at 9 15 this morning. Lucas car $25 damage, Zink unchanged. Also a 9 a m accident in the 400 block on S S Main totals $25 damage to both Rob ert H. Jones and Carl N. Anderson. Friday's 5 37 p m three car crash near 115 S Cedar causes $100 damage to Edgar J. Shenk and $25 to each of the others. one parked car owned by Jimmie L. Hopkins involved.
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Ottawa
Clarence S. Zink
General Delivery
Max E. Lucas
Kansas City
Kas
South Main
Lucas
Zink
S&s. Main
Robert H. Jones
S. Cherry
Carl N. Anderson
S. Cedar
Edgar J. Shenk
Wayne E. Gilliland
Jimmie L. Hopkins
Shenk
Ottawa Kansas bids for city garbage collection and disposal
The City Governing Body of Ottawa Kansas will accept bids for sanitary collection of garbage and trash within the city and its disposal on August 15 1956 at City Hall at 7 50 PM. Interested bidders may obtain a copy of the specifications from the City Clerk’s office.
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Kansas
City of
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