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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1957
Page
4
James Marlow Assessing Khrushchev on CBS Face the Nation notes the Soviet leader appeared confident and affable, yet offered no fresh ideas. He framed Russia as for disarmament while sidestepping details on inspection and satellites, and reiterated old lines about conflicts between parties and masses without new insight.
Charles Stevenson of Hallmark Cards urged balance in education at Baker University 99th commencement. Seventy-eight BA degrees and three BME were awarded. honorary degrees went to Kenneth Spencer and Albert Bramble. Stevenson warned of forces seeking to alter the American system and the welfare state’s threat to competitiveness. He cautioned against conformity and closed mindedness.
Washington reports farm real estate rose 3 percent to March 1, setting a record level 7 percent higher than a year earlier. The Agriculture Department cites urban demand, tech progress, and larger farming units as key drivers, with land value totaling about 94.52 per acre and farm real estate valued near 942 billion dollars.
Fire destroyed the Bond Retired Home on South Main Street in Greenfield Missouri, 3:15 a.m. blaze left the two story frame house a total loss within an hour. All 12 or 13 elderly residents were evacuated safely with firefighters focusing on nearby homes. The cause was undetermined but suspected to start in the kitchen. Mrs Bond and neighbor Mrs James Wallace assisted residents as alarms were raised. Greenfield lies about 4 1/2 miles northwest of Springfield.
Washington reports that Secretary of Defense Wilson ordered a total contracting cut of about 500 million dollars for the final month of the 1957 fiscal year. The Air Force to bear half, with 180 million in aircraft and missiles buys and 100 million in construction. Navy and Army face large reductions as well.
Dr Eugene P Crookie of Brookhaven National Laboratory warned before a Senate subcommittee that multiple H bomb explosions would create radiation hazards for all living things and future generations. He noted no known therapy for the gravely exposed but suggested antibiotics and stockpiling lead drugs as safeguards while cautioning against overemphasis on world fallouts and highlighting nonradioactive pollution and rising leukemia linked to radioactivity.
Lorenzo Lente of Albuquerque reported interference with his pickup after discovering fertilizer in the gasoline tank sand in the oil and a broken distributor. Police were notified and the case was under investigation.
Mrs. L. Rice of Fresno spent a Thursday with Mrs. J. E. Funk and others in Homewood. Visitors included Mrs. Flossie Beal, Mrs. Myrtle Ponton, Fred Helner, and J. Myrtle Ponton. Several households hosted calls around Decoration Day and a State Convention of Spanish-American War veterans in Pittsburg.
In Little City Oklahoma Jim Kline and residents report a tornado warning. A bird dog reportedly flew through a home window owned by Mrs. Belle Butolph, with neighbors like Mr Andre and Mrs Harold Bulson present. W C Cromwell attended the scene.
The Weather Bureau forecasts temperatures to run below normal in the northern half of the nation between the Rockies and Appalachians, with above normal heat on the West Coast, Gulf Coast and Southeast. Precipitation should exceed normal from the central U S to central Texas, while rainfall remains below normal east of the Appalachians and in the Pacific Northwest. Normal rains are expected in other areas.
Kansas farm prices fell sharply between April 15 and May 15 according to federal and state agriculture reports. The May 15 index stood at 236 percent of the 1910-14 base, down from 244 in April 15, and just above May of last year. Wheat, feed grains, hay, butterfat, wholesale milk, chickens and eggs dropped, while hogs, beef cattle, calves and lambs rose in price.
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