Tax Deadline Approaches For Franklin County 1955 Taxes
Ottawa and surrounding area report varied daily items including a June 20 tax deadline with 10 percent penalty after that date, plus agricultural and community events. A Dairy Day program on June 16 features a Dairy Princess contest with five finalists from Franklin County and related baking and cooking contests, demonstrations, and square dancing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elisabeth Briggs
Ane
Ottawa
Franklin County
Don Brown
Brown
Herald
Franklin Country
The
Lois Schweitzer
Princeton
Mary Jo Kiefer
Barbara Blackwell
Wellsville
Bernadetta Hermesmeyer
Rantoul
Myrna Sue Abel
Pomona
Extension Home Economics’ Advisory Committee
Farm Bureau
Junior Chamber of Com ‘Merce
Memorial Auditorium
Courthance
Stevenson Seeks Old Folks Vote in California Primary
Adlai Stevenson campaigns to win California’s large retiree bloc criticizing the Eisenhower administration’s handling of pensions and urging old age benefits. Kefauver fires back, accusing Stevenson of mudslinging and rebukes Stevenson’s RCA defense role amid a pending convention race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adlai Stevenson
California
Eisenhower
Sen. Estes Kefauver
Stevenson
Kefauver
Radio Corp. of America
Zenith Radio Corp
RCA
San Diego
America
Sen
George
Illinois
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Gaynor declares candidacy for 7th district state senate
John Gaynor, a Democrat from Ottawa, announced his bid for state senator from the 7th district including Franklin and Miami counties. Barkis, the incumbent Democrat from Louisburg, will not seek reelection. Gaynor, 50, is a publisher and former Franklin county Democratic central committee chair, with a background in transportation and engineering, and he has not previously held public office.
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John Gaynor
Route 4
Franklin
Miami
Gaynor
Marvin Barkis
Louisburg
Barkis
Ottawa
Mayetta
Kas
Franklin County
Democratic Central Committee
Curtis- Wright Technical Institute
Glendale
Calif
Goodyear Industrial University
Akron
Ohio
West Virginia
W. H
Martin
Mid-Continent Publishers, Inc
First Baptist Church of
Masonic Lodge
Lions Club
Franklin County Shrine Club
Injured Boy Satisfactory After Bicycle Truck Crash
A. B. Cooper 12 was reported in apparently satisfactory condition after a bicycle accident on Main Street near a driveway. Physicians from Ransom Memorial noted he had not regained consciousness and a parked truck may have blocked his view. The incident occurred at 1:28 p.m. Thursday as a daily dairy exhibit operated nearby.
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Main Street
Peg Carr
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
Clarence DeMore
Chamber
A. B. Cooper
Main
Goyer
Audi
Clifford E. Nutt
Torium
Hickory Street
J. C. Shirley
D. H. Griffin
Cooper
Rex E. Hancock
Rt. 1
George C.small, Jr
King
Tally Court
C. C. Shirley
Hancock
Ottawa
Winfield Man Shot To Death
Wayne L. Morris, 26, was shot and killed at his father in law Lloyd L. Cairns Sr. home after Morris broke down a door amid marital troubles with Cairns' daughter Mildred. Cairns said he fired once with a .22 rifle as Morris advanced. no charges filed, Cairns held in Cowley County Jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winfield
Wayne L. Morris
Lloyd L. Cairns
Morris
Cairns
Gus Froemming
Froemming
Mildred
Cowley
Predicts Rough Election Drive For Democrats
Washington President Eisenhower's press secretary James Hagerty warned a Citizens for Eisenhower conference that Democrats will wage a rough dirty campaign this year. He said they have no real issue and will "throw everything at us including the kitchen sink." Hagerty appeared on a panel with Willis Harrell Persons and Dr Gabriel Hauge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
Hagerly
Willston B. Persons
Gabriel Hauge
Bodies found of two mine victims in Alabama blast
In Birmingham Alabama rescue teams located the bodies of miners William Jerome Hogeland 57 and M H Robbins 61 in the Praco mine after an underground explosion. Earlier a blast at Alabama By-Products Co pit left 127 other miners affected with injuries or unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Praco
Fallenreck
William
Jerome Hogeland
M. H. Robbins
Alabama By-Products Co
Here
Recreation Program Opens in Ottawa Monday with Exceptions
Ottawa recreation activities start Monday except swimming which opens June 18. Any child may enroll at any time and may participate by attending. Activities include storytelling, archery, woodworking, arts and crafts, baseball, tennis, and more. Contact director Cox at the junior high office from June 6, 8:30 am to noon. no tuition, materials extra. swimming lessons free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Orlis Cox
Summer Bible School
Spencer Martin
Ralph R. Heck
John Giger
Erminor Heacaballs
Glannis
M. Wayward
Mariel Holmes
Eunice Larkin
Mae Likes
Mary Fickenpaugh
Marie Pickens
H. K. Stevens
Melvin Taylor
Harold Wallace
Tennnis
Larry Wright
Twilight
Cox
Taylor
Recreation Commission
Glenn Ainsworth
Bob Clogston
Harold Crawford
John Sheldon
John Wassmer
Braue
Ate Eae
Deserter From Air Force Held On Felony Warrant
Leonard L. Bickerstaff formerly of Ottawa was arrested May 15 on a felony check warrant. Bound over to district court after waiving preliminary hearing he was jailed May 16 for $10,000. He deserted from Mountain Home Idaho around March 24 and will be taken to Forbes Air Force Base in Topeka by military police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Air Force
Leonard L. Bickerstaff
Ottawa
Forbes Air Force Base
Topeka
T-Segt
Paul York
S-Sgt
Lymon Dilgine
Bickerstaff
Dean Driscoll
Baldwin
T-Sgt
York
Mountain Home
Idaho
Adjutant Generals Office
Bridge collapses into Mississippi River at Muscatine
A 160 foot span of a toll bridge in Muscatine collapsed into the Mississippi River early today as two trucks faced peril. William Wheatcraft, 26, of Mansfield Ohio, leaped clear and clambered over falling girders to stay above water while Jim Haynes, 30, of Streator Illinois, found his truck hanging with its wheels on a remaining section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
William Wheatcraft
Mansfield
Ohio
Wheatcraft
Jim Haynes
Streator
Inl
Five Ottawans in Army Program Start June at Fort Leonard Wood
Five Ottawans are among 146 young men who begin a six month army training program June 24 at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri. The course is for high school graduates under 18 percent years and aims to prepare them for college. Those attending will return to start the second college semester. Also noted: Otto aw residents William H Adcock Dan R Ames Duane L Anderson Emery R Corbett and Vernon L Stewart joined a hometown reserve unit last year as part of a deferred program for bomber maintenance and future active reserve service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ft. Leonard Wood
Ottawa
William H. Adcock
Dan R. Ames
Duane L. Anderson
Emery RR
Corbett
Vernon L. Stewart
Robert G. Lake
Tha ‘Yass
Kansas
Blackwell
Okla
Winfield
QO. U
Kansas Modern Language Association
Kansas Association of Spanish Teachers
Europe
Spain
Mexico
Andrew B. Martin
Weather forecast and past data summary
Generally fair afternoon and night with warmer north portions. Saturday should be warmer statewide with highs in the 80s and lows around 50 to 55. Yesterday’s high 72 at 4:30 pm. low 45. Record highs and lows noted. hourly temps listed through today. yesterday partly cloudy with light northeast wind and trace rain. river stage and other figures provided.
Ottawa Records Coolest Morning Since May 16
Ottawa woke to its coolest morning since May 16 with a low of 45 degrees, 20 degrees cooler than yesterday. The cold spell stretched across Kansas, with forecasts predicting fair weather through Saturday. May rainfall reached 4.10 inches in Ottawa, tying Worden, Douglass County, for the month, and 9.73 inches for the year, leaving moisture 3.13 inches behind normal for 1956.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Worden
Douglas County
Commencement Milestone for Miss Buchanan at O U
Ottawa University marks a busy weekend with a library art center dedication at 2:30 pm. Miss Nelle Buchanan, longtime language instructor, will be honored as part of the class of 1906 anniversary and retirement discussions. George Matthew Adams of New York will headline the dedication.
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Ottawa University
Wilson Field House
C. R. McBride
Central Baptist Theological Seminary
Kansas City
Donald B. Cloward
New York
American Baptist Convention Council On Christian Social Progress
George Matthew Adams
O. U
Old College
M. H. Forester
Ottawa
Franklin F. Bock
Long Island
Kas
Herbert Jones
Wichita
E. J. Jones
Phoenix
Ariz
Ross Atchison
Oklahoma City
Ralph Christy
Palmdale
Calif
Fidelia Abbott
Jacksonville
Ruby Kimmell McPherson
McLouth
Forester
Library-Art Center
Six Killed In Kansas Crashes
Six people died in four Kansas highway crashes over a 24 hour period yesterday and today. Six others were critically injured. Victims include Jacqueline Sue Deering and Dana Juneling among others. fatalities raise the year’s toll to 242 with 222 killed in the same period last year.
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Kansas
W. C. Trout
Park and Main
Wellington
U.S. Highway 81
Stern Bell Telephone Co
Jacqueline Sue Deering
Dana Juneling
J. T. Morrisey
Ottawa
Creed
Ter Haven
Kas
Don Creed
Goodland
Everett Fesler
Denver
Colo
Betty June Fesler
Randy Wills
Robbie Wills
Jack Wills
McCook
Neb
Collyer
Charles Offner
Julia Crocker
Mary Wolf
Murray City
Ohio
Independence
Edwin Keith Hastings
Neodesha
City denies zoning for Ottawa phone plant site
The city planning commission denied a zoning change for the property to host a telephone building. The city commission upheld the planning commission’s decision after a petition by neighborhood property owners opposing the rezoning. A survey by Morrisey and company officials indicated the site near the flood line and central location best meet the company’s needs for Ottawa’s dial system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Move To Outlaw Negro Organization In Alabama
Circuit Judge Waller B. Jones issued a temporary injunction outlawing the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in Alabama. The restraining order was granted at the request of Alabama Attorney General John Patterson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Waller B. Jones
National Assn. For
Advancement of Colored People
Alabama
John Patterson
Slight Increase In Polio Cases
Washington polio cases rose to 112 in the latest week, up 27 from 85 the prior week but still below the 144 recorded in the corresponding 1955 week. The Public Health Service notes it is too early to forecast the full poliomyelitis season as totals run under last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Public Health Service
Top executives earn over 700000 in 1950s first time
New York high salary report by Business Week shows three leaders Harlow Curtice of General Motors Albert Bradley and Eugene Grace of Bethlehem Steel each received pre tax compensation over 700000 last year. It marks the first time top officer pay exceeded seven hundred thousand since 1950.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harlow H. Curtice
Albert Bradley
General Motors
Eugene R. Grace
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Business Week Magazine
Business Week
Farm Prices Up To 1955 Levels
Washington reports farm prices rose 8 percent in five months, returning to last year's levels. A mid-April to mid-May 3 percent gain marked the largest monthly rise in years, with meat prices contributing about 6 percent. Officials expect livestock prices to stay higher due to tighter production, while costs rose 0.75 percent. Democrats criticize Ike policy. Republicans see gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Ottawans’ Son Hurt In Blast In Oklahoma Oil Well
Harold Staadt of Tulsa, son of Mr and Mrs Harold Staadt from near Ottawa, was injured in an oil well explosion at Kellyville Oklahoma yesterday. One man died William E Mc Bride of Tulsa and 11 others were injured including four in critical condition Lester Jones of Kellyville C D Rowton of Tulsa and Don Lester of Tulsa. The blast occurred as workers lowered a perforating gun attached to a time bomb down the open hole. cause of explosion undetermined. Staadt and his family traveled to Tulsa to be with him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Staadt
Tulsa
Ottawa
Kellyville
Okla
William E. McBride
Staadt
Lester Jones
C. D. Rowton
Don Lester
T Heir Son
Molotov Resigns as Foreign Minister. Shepilov Named Successor
Moscow radio reported that Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov has resigned and Dmitry Shepilov becomes the new foreign minister. Shepilov, editor in chief of Pravda since December 1952, is 51. Molotov is 66 and longtime Communist official.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Moscow Radio
V. M. Molotov
Dmitry Shepilov
Shepilov
Voice
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Pravda
Molotov
Stalin
Exchange Student To Pakistan School
Lawrence sophomore Bill Witt of the University of Kansas is named an exchange student to Forman Christian College in Lahore West Pakistan. The program is sponsored by the Presbyterian Church U S A Board of Foreign Missions. Witt is among 39 students participating in the program to study in foreign lands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Tf
Bill Witt
Gateden City
University of Kansas
Forman Christian College
Lahore
West Pakistan
Board of Foreign Missions of
The
Presbyterian Church
U.S.A
Witt
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State Fire Marshal
Harry Gilliland
Oshawa
Ont
Keither Moffatt
Port Hope
Peterborough
Lindsay
By the
Wall
Hays
Fred Hall
Kansas Veterans Commission
Senate
Air Force
Mississippi River
Army
Miss Buchanan
First Baptist Church
Nelle Buchanan
Qutlaw Negro Organization
High Salarie
Ottawans
Pakistan
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