Ottawa University Summer Session Enrollment Grows
Enrollment at Ottawa University summer session reached 102 with expectations to rise to 115 or 120 including August registrants. Dr. Roy W. Browning notes class work began Thursday with 7 a.m. sessions. Some students travel long distances, including Mrs. Vivian Mooney from LaCy gne driving 100 miles round trip daily. Washington police weigh-in looms as 80 motorcycle corps officers face a fat test with potential de beefing measures described by Rep. Arthur Miller. A society note recalls a wedding write-up from 26 years ago as time moves on.
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Ottawa University
Roy W. Browning
Vivian Mooney
LaCygne
Browning
Washington
Motorcycle Corps
National Airport
Nixon
South America
Arthur Miller
R-Neb
Miller
Senate Labor Bill Aims To Curb Union Abuses In Vote
Washington AP Sen Kennedy says labor bill ready for Senate action would fully curb union abuses and revise Taft Hartley provisions. The measure requires full public reporting of union finances, secret ballots for officer elections, and bans extortionate picketing while tightening officer eligibility and reporting rules.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Senate
Kennedy
Heas
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Senate Rackets Investigating Committee
Senate Labor Committee
William F. Knowland
California
Knowland
Schmanke Jostled by intruders at Boy's State event
Ottawa pole vaulter Roger Schmanke was knocked unconscious at Wichita West High School after two intruders shouted obscenities and a “whole gang” threatened to raid the building. Schmanke recovered, police said, as some attendees armed with end bars watched from the roof. A correction notes a lumber ad error in the issue.
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Ottawa
Roger Schmanke
Wichita West High School
Schmanke
NAACP Defends Negro Professor in Mississippi
The NAACP defends Clennon King a 37 year old Negro professor ordered to a state mental hospital after attempting to enroll at the all white University of Mississippi King who favored segregation was escorted to a campus by highway patrol and later to Whitfield Hospital following a psychiatric exam His writings and stand prompted criticism from the NAACP and sparked campus walkouts at Alcorn College last year The article notes King's contention the NAACP did little for Southern Negroes and mentions a broader national debate over segregation and the Supreme Court venue in Mississippi.
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Jackson
Miss
Clennon King
University of Mississippi
King
Alcorn
Miss. A&m College
University
Oxford
State Highway Patrol
Whitfield Hospital
New York
NAACP
Supreme Court of the United States
Mississippi
Jow
Southern
Nin
Lony
SMAAC
County Forecast Scattered Showers Through Sunday
Scattered showers end this afternoon with scattered storms late today into early Sunday. Expect partly cloudy skies otherwise with warmer temps. Highs today 80 to 95, lows tonight 65 to 70, Sunday highs near 90.
Busy Navy Recruiters Explain Benefits and Process
Navy recruiters F R Gagne and Nat tra Adams explain enlistment steps for 17 to 31 year olds, the 4 year obligation, qualification tests, medical exams, and where to apply at the county substation. They note training in San Diego and Kansas City, with Waves open to women for three years.
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Navy
F. R. Gagne
Nattra Adams
Gagne
Adams
Court House
Douglas
Miami Franklin
Coffey
Anderson
Osage
Enginman
Lawrence
Garnett
Paola
Osawatomie
Osage City
Lyndon
Baldwin
Wellsville
Kansas City
San Diego
Calif
Store Sales Gain Across Tenth District Markets
Kansas City AP reports department store sales in the Tenth Federal Reserve district rose through May, with Tulsa leading at 22 percent higher than 1957. Albuquerque 10 percent, Oklahoma City and Denver 7 percent, Kansas City and St. Joseph 4 percent, and Wichita 3 percent gains noted amid broader improving demand.
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Kansas City
Federal Reserve District
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Tulsa
Okla
Albuquerque
N.M
Oklahoma City
Denver
St. Joseph's
Reed
Wichita
George Docking
Topeka
Thej
From High School Dropout to VP at 18
John Graves who skipped many chemistry classes as a senior rose to assistant vice president at P. F. Collier & Son Corp earning $20,000 this year. His father, Dr. Allen Graves, says the son is an individualist and urges finishing high school. Graves quickly advanced, becoming a regional trainer and field manager in six weeks, then surpassing expectations as a young executive amid broader stories of U S foreign aid battles in Congress.
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Louisville
John Graves
P. F. Collier & Son Corp
Allen W. Graves
School of Religious Education
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Graves
Washington
Senate
Poland
Yugosta
Graves Slavia
Allen J. Ellender
D-La
Ellender
Kansas Industrial Needs Cited In Campaign Talk
Parsons publisher Clyde Reed Jr. urged Kansas to expand a rural industrial program to aid smaller cities during a campaign stop in Garden City. He argued Kansas must improve industrial promotion to keep pace with neighboring states and blamed the Democratic governor for hindering progress with a limited vision.
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Garden City
Kansas
Clyde Reed Jr
Parsons
Summer Heat Buckles U S 62 at Okemah
Summer heat caused U S 62 near Okemah to buckle and crack open four to five feet wide segments. Temperatures reached 95 degrees, the warmest this year. Five three foot cracks snarled traffic as highway crews labored five hours to repair the damage. Oklahoma highway director C A Stoldt said such explosions are the first of their kind in the state. Expansion of the concrete under extreme heat triggered the buckling.
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Uykemah
Vela
U. S. 62
Okemah
C. A. Stoldt
Highway Department
Oklahoma
Masked Bandits Escape With $3,000 At Market
Three masked gunmen robbed a Kansas City market last night taking about $3,500. They pistol whipped two victims into unconsciousness and tied another. Co owner Tony Totta and teen employee John Simmons were knocked out. Mrs Elizabeth Hackleman was forced to open the safe and surrender her engagement ring valued at $500 before being tied.
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Kansas City
Tony Totta
Toppers’ Food Mart
John Simmons
Elizabeth Hackleman
Reading Plan Profitable Last February in Joplin
The Hawthorne School started a reading plan for fourth to sixth graders. May tests show 55 per cent of pupils ahead of their previous grade level, with some students advancing and others falling back or staying. Principal Ralph Loyd calls results excellent and plans to continue next year.
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Joplin
Hawthorne School
Ralph Loyd
Loyd
Amone Ut
Aj. J.u
Dairy Day Observance Opens Amid Intermittent Showers
Intermittent light rain did not dampen Dairy Day festivities in Franklin County. The program, centered near Memorial Auditorium at 3rd and Hickory, includes a Dairy Princess naming at a Sacred Heart School dinner in Ottawa. Yesterday's rain totaled .07 inch, with shower conditions continuing today.
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Memorial Auditorium
3Rd
Hickory
Franklin County
Sacred Heart School
5Th
Cedar
Ottawa
Pro Building Forces Lose At Quenemo
Pro building factions lost again in Quenemo as Mrs. Gilbert Burns won unopposed to become director of the grade school board, succeeding John L. Logan. The two overlapping districts clash over modernization plans, one side preferring a gymnasium auditorium and repairs, the other a new two wing building.
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Quenemo
Gilbert Burns
Burns
John L. Logan
Roy Driver
Norvin Spencer
Moslem To Be Granted Cabinet Post In France Algeria
Paris AP Premier Charles de Gaulle moves quickly to implement a pacification program for Algeria and endorses a crackdown on the Algiers insurgent junta. The Cabinet votes to include an Algerian Moslem in the cabinet for the first time and sets Algeria city elections in about a month. A referendum in France and Algeria on constitutional reforms is tentatively dated Oct. 5.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Algeria
Algiers
de Gaulle
France
Salan
Andre Malraux
de . Gaulle
Egypt
Tunisia
Malraux
de Gaulle i
British Broadcastiing Corp
National Assembly
Expect Better Farm Conditions for Farm Families
County supervisor Paul W. Archer of the Farmers Home Administration announced expanded farm housing loans as an anti-recession measure. Eligibility now includes part time farmers producing at least 400 dollars of commodities, with loans for new dwellings, a barn, sheds, and remodeling. Loans carry 4 percent interest and up to 43 years to repay.
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Paul W. Archer
Farmers Home Administration
Congress
Ottawa
Archer
Traffic Toll Topeka AP State Records 1958 Data
Kansas traffic fatalities are summarized by state accident records. In the last 24 hours 2 deaths are listed, to date in 1958 show 195, and the same period in 1957 shows 219. Lamb Insurance Payment Plan ady.
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Topeka
Kansas
Drownings In Bathtub Claim Life Of Carol Petoff
In Wichita a 24 year old girl Carol Jane Petoff drowned while bathing with her 4 year old sister Diana in a home tub. Carol was pronounced dead at St Francis Hospital. Diana was hospitalized and responding to treatment with expected recovery.
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Wichita
Carol Jane Petoff
George L. Petoff
St. Francis Hospital
Diana L. Petoff
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