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Newspaper

Ottawa Herald

Location

Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Jul 31, 1959

Page

6

First Lady Housing Question Tries Washington Call

Washington Post reporter Marie Smith sought a word with Mrs. Eisenhower about the First Lady’s housing plans after the President hinted at the option. Mary Jane McCaffree answered, saying Mrs. Eisenhower has no decided plans after leaving the White House in 1961.

Washington (Ap Marie Smith Eisenhower White House Washington Miss Smith Washington Post Today’s Post National Post Mrs. Eisenhower Marie Mary Jane McCaffree

Controversial Books Returned Controversial Books Returned

SHREVEPORT La AP The chief librarian Miss Inez Boone says two controversial children books will return to general circulation despite the Shreveport Journal calling them insidious racial propaganda. The books Black and White and The First Book of Fishing depict mixed race themes and were previously restricted.

Shreveport Shreveport Memorial Library Inez Boone Associated Press Shreveport Journal

List and Clark Gets Tuttle Creek Work

KANSAS CITY AP Apparent low bidder on the major part of a government project to reroute 19 miles of the Missouri Pacific Railroad around the Tuttle Creek reservoir was Ace Construction Co Omaha Neb at 2 247 741 List and Clark Construction Co Kansas City submitted the low bid of 549 706 for building five bridges on the new route The government estimate was 2 654 395 on the main project and 549 706 for the bridges. The railroad will be relocated from Frankfort Kas to Blue Rapids Kas The contractor will have 550 days to complete the main part of the project.

Kansas City Missouri Pacific Railroad Tuttle Creek Ace Construction Co Omaha Neb List and Clark Construction Co Frankfort Kas Blue Rapids

Search widens for missing pilot in Arkansas

The Arkansas Air National Guard joins Civil Air Patrol units from Arkansas and Missouri as the search for Dr. Hubert Larson of Columbia Missouri enters its fourth day. Larson disappeared Monday in a single engine plane on a Texarkana Texas to Columbia Missouri flight, with thirteen CAP planes from Springfield Missouri scheduled to scour the area north of Springfield.

Little Rock, Ark Arkansas Air National Guard Civil Air Patrol Arkansas Missouri Hubert Larson Columbia

Four Children Poisoned By Bacon Left For Dog

Four Oswald children Antoinette 3 Roblert 142 and neighbors Cindy Lou 4 Lou Ann Vitale 2 were treated for arsenic poisoning after a piece of poisoned bacon rind intended for a cocker spaniel was found in the Oswalds yard in Reading Pennsylvania. Police seek the person who placed the bait while hospital tests show the children absorbed nearly a fatal dose.

Reading Robert Oswald Oswald Antoinette Roblert Cindy Lou Lou-Ann Vitale

Train Crash Injures 47. Many Escapes In Wisconsin

The Twin Cities 400 passenger train derailed on a Wisconsin hillside near a bend on U.S. Highway 12. Forty seven injured required hospital treatment with 60 others less seriously hurt as seven cars slid 20 feet down the bluff. Engineer B D Heron reported a click before the derailment and a rough spot on the curve.

Menomonie Wis Chicago and North Western Railway Wisconsin U.S. Highway 12 Twin Cities Chicago Minneapolis St.Paul St. Paul Minn B. D. Heron

Bethel Centennial Area News Briefs

Mr and Mrs Alvin Stahel and Gary and Mr and Mrs Bill Hepner returned from a two weeks trip to Florida. The Stahels visited their son Ervin who is in the service there. Phil Lee and Linda Hoffman of Lawrence spent the past week with their cousin Arlyss Baker.

Alvin Stahel Gary Bill Hepner Florida Stahels Ervin Phil Lee Linda Hoffman Lawrence Arlyss Baker

Hope Abandoned For Missing Boy In Grand Canyon

In Grand Canyon Arizona the National Park Service continued searching for 16 year old John Manson Owens of Savannah Georgia after two companions died on a hiking trip. A Lynn Coffin park ranger chief said there is no hope of finding him alive and the effort is now a body search.

Grand Canyon, Ariz Georgia Grand Canyon National Park Service John Manson Owens Savannah A. Lynn Coffin Park Rangers

Atlas Nose Cone Recovered From Atlantic

The Atlas intercontinental missile nose cone, recovered last week off Ascension Island after a July 21 launch, contains a small scientific lab to study space radiation. It is the largest piece ever brought back from space by the United States and withstood 12 000 degrees of heat on reentry, turning it charcoal black.

Cape Canaveral Fla Earth Atlantic Ascension Island Atlantic Missile Range

Taxpayer Feels Steel Strike Hits Economy

AP reports the 17 day steel strike is pinching taxpayers with relief payments unemployment benefits and free government foods rising. Federal costs may reach 45 million dollars weekly if the strike lasts longer. States see more relief applicants about 5000 workers idled in allied industries while some workers take part-time jobs limiting unemployment payouts.

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