Talkative Fugitive Admits Killing Two In California
William T. Allen, 25, claims to have killed two California officers in El Segundo and shot officers in St. Louis and Nebraska. He was arrested in Oakland after escaping a Illinois mental hospital. Police say parts of his tale are untrustworthy but are investigating.
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California
Oakland
Calif
Anthony Bolger
William T. Allen
el Segundo
St. Louis
Nebraska
Allen
Sheriff
Chester
Ill
Chicago
John Dailey
Lamar Dunster
Richard Phillips
Milton Curtis
Phillips
Curtis
Joseph Moose
FBI
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Shining Star 4-H Club Fair Aug 2 at Rantoul Park
The Shining Star 4-H Club of Rantoul will hold a fair on August 2 at Rantoul Park with exhibits limited to club members. A talent contest offers $10 for first, $7.50 for second, and $5 for third, plus prizes from local merchants. other events include contests, races, demonstrations, and a style review with a sack lunch from noon to 1 PM.
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Shining Star
Rantoul
Rantoul Park
Shining Star Club
Ottawa
Osawatomie
London meet underscores flat joke about bars
An American Bar Association meeting in London highlights a humorous mix up as a British attendee asks for whisky and soda but is told the American Bar Association is on a different floor, prompting a wry exchange about nomenclature and location.
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London
Recipe For Divorce Applies Humorous Breakup Claim
In Los Angeles a divorce suit reveals a peculiar alleged method. Mrs Shirley A Morris a 34 year old waitress accuses Kenneth Morris a 37 year old plumbing foreman of concocting a “recipe for divorce” by dumping fruit jars vegetables milk and other bottles over clothing and bedding scattered on the front room floor.
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Los Angeles
Shirley A. Morris
Waitess
Kenneth
Weather County Forecast Shows Warm Pleasant Days Ahead
Partly cloudy and mild through today tonight and Thursday with high in the mid 80s this afternoon and upper 80s Thursday. Low tonight in the mid 60s with yesterday's high 82 and today’s low 61. Record highs 111 in 1934 1936 and record low 49 in 1905. Hourly temperatures show 68 at noon 64 overnight 79 by evening with river stage around 79 this morning.
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Boa
British Hold Off Jet Air Strikes Against Tribesmen
Britain delayed air strikes against rebel tribes in Muscat and Oman after an ultimatum expired. RAF said no jets had launched from Aden or other bases while leaflets warned dissidents to end their revolt led by Imam Ghalebe ben Ali. About 1,500 rebels control roughly 5,000 square miles of the sultanate.
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Britain
Persian Gulf
Muscat
Oman
Desert Domain
Sultan Sali bin Taimur
Royal Air Force
Manama
Bahrein
Aden
RAF
Arabian Peninsula
Said bin Taymur
Sultanate
Imam Ghalebe Ben Ali
Cost of Living Index Rises to New High
Washington reports the governments cost of living index rose half a percent in June to its tenth record high in as many months. The rise affects about 650,000 workers in electrical manufacturing, aircraft, trucking and construction under CPI tied contracts. Food prices jumped 1.4 percent May to June, lifting the CPI to 120.2 percent of the 1947 1949 average. Across the board gains also seen in commodity and service costs.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Summer Music Program Ends with Report Cards
The free summer music lessons conclude today and tomorrow with groups split by days receiving their reports. Report cards detail each student's progress and include Bill Barker's opinion on continued study. Students missing sessions may pick up reports at the Junior High School office.
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Bill Barker
Mercury Dips as Cooler Weather Persists in Ottawa
Ottawa records a 61 degree low, first sub 70 in 13 days. Weather bureau predicts mildly cooler trend through tomorrow with no heat wave, though temperatures may rise slightly afterward.
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Ottawa
Weather Bureau
Dodgers to move to Los Angeles in 1958
Emil Bavasi vice president of the Brooklyn Dodgers told the Jacksonville Journal the team will relocate from Brooklyn to Los Angeles for the 1958 season. Bavasi cited inability to secure land for a new stadium as the reason and said the city fathers are not seeking to keep the club. He added the TV contract would not hinge on the move. This marks the first definite Dodgers official statement of a 1958 relocation.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Emil Bavasi
Brooklyn Dodgers
Jacksonville Journal
Dodgers
Brooklyn
Los Angeles
Jack Hairston
Journal
Bavasi
Dodger
Franklin County Eyes Mental Health Clinic Board
County commissioners consider appointing five trustees for a new Ottawa county mental health clinic with no more than three residents from Ottawa. An advisory board may also be formed. A quarterly levy of a quarter mill would raise about $10,000 annually to support the clinic.
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Franklin County
Ottawa
Board of Trustees
Truck Driver's Dream House Crumbles Under City Rules
Detroit resident John Korenic 35 borrowed 4000 to buy a bungalow for his wife and two children. The house collapsed after a basement addition. a wrecking crew cleared the site. He later bought and moved a second house but the 30 foot lot requires three feet from the line. the blueprints show 25 feet. City may waive the rule if neighbors object.
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Detroit
John Korenic
Korenic
Harmtramck
Jack
Carlsbad Hobbs killings widen search as police pursue madman theory
The Lea County sheriff outlines a theory that a killer followed two Hobbs women from the Carlsbad bus station and then abducted later, after fatally shooting truck driver J. D. Cantrell near U. S. 180. A second suspect attempted kidnapping in Tinnie, while Ottawa schools propose a 1.98 mill tax levy increase and a 631415.57 budget.
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Carlsbad
Jewell McAdoo
Lea County
N. M
J. D. Cantrell
U. S. 180
Here
Cantrell
Barbara Lemmons
Dorothy Fern Gibson
Hobbs
N.M
Barbara Edwards Lemmons
Ninth Atomic Shot Is Fired
The ninth shot of the Nevada test series flashed over the desert at the Atomic Test Site. Seven hundred military observers crouched in trenches 3000 yards from the 500 foot tower while eighteen scientists in an underground shelter 474 miles away took radiation readings. On News Nob the shock wave cracked like thunder over civil defense observers from nine foreign nations.
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Nev
Nevada
Ground Zero
Ottawa University Summer Session Opens August Fifth
The short session of Ottawa University summer school opens August 5 and closes August 23. Dr. Roy W. Browning, dean, announced two three hour credit courses. Miss Virginia Jennings teaches Arts and Crafts for freshmen and sophomores. Emory McKenzie teaches English Language for juniors and seniors. Enrollment inquiries should be made at the registrar's office.
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Ottawa University
Roy W. Browning
Virginia Jennings
Emory ‘McKenzie
Browning
Charge Against Marine Officer Filed in Las Vegas
A veteran Marine I Corps finance officer Captain George Henry Willers, 38, Camp Pendleton California, faces an embezzlement charge after FBI say he admitted dipping into the till to fund gambling sprees in Las Vegas. He was arrested Monday night with only pennies on him.
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Las Vegas
Marine I Corps
FBI
George Henry Willers
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Stamp Law To Be Enforced In Franklin County Markets
County Attorney Don White announced enforcement of the new trading stamp law starting today. It prohibits furnishing stamps coupons or similar devices with sales that let customers earn free or discounted merchandise. Manufacturer coupons are exempt. Three markets Cheney Markets Peace Food Store and Safeway will stop their programs. Old tickets may be redeemed but the sheriff will monitor compliance.
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Franklin County
Don White
White
Cheney
Peace Food Store
Safeway
Coffman Boy Resting After Bicycle Collision
The condition of Hurst Coffman, son of District Judge and Mrs. Floyd Coffman, is as well as can be expected. He is resting with reasonable comfort at Ransom Memorial Hospital. Coffman suffered a fractured right hip and right leg, head and arm injuries and multiple lacerations when he collided with a truck while riding his bicycle on Monday.
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Hurst Coffman
Floyd Coffman
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Young Coffman
Know Your Carrier for West Ash Street Area
Your Herald Carrier for residents west of Ash Street and north of 7th Street is Ronald Hobbs. He resides at 914 W 6th.
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Ash Street
7Th Street
Ronald Hobbs
W. 6Th
Killough Low On School Job
Ottawa School Board accepted Killough Construction Co bid of 1188.68 for parking lot repairs behind the high school. Only two bids were received with Henery Construction offering sealing and covering materials. Machinery bid for the new general metals shop favored used equipment located by Lee Olmstead and B. G. Starkweather in Kansas City, replacing the former auto mechanics course.
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Killough Construction Co
Ottawa School Board
Killough’s
Henery Construction
Killough
General Metals
Lee Olmstead
B. G. Starkweather
Kansas City
Olmstead
Silent Supersonic Flight Over Ohio Test Flight
The Air Force B58 Hustler flew from Fort Worth to Wright-Patterson in 1 hour 17 minutes for the 75 mile trip. Officials kept route and altitude secret while noting speeds above 800 mph with the sound barrier breached.
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Dayton
Ohio
Air Force
Port Worth
Tex
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Fort Worth
Fried chicken and ice cream supper at Richter church
A community event at Richter church features a fried chicken and ice cream supper Friday July 26 starting at 6:00 p.m. Funds support church activities and local programs.
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WSCS
Richter Church
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