New assistant manager Dale Barton named at Scott Store
Dale Barton is the new assistant manager at the Scott Store, after transfer from Nevada, Missouri. Also noted are local notices: Crites Wreck Repairing ads, Parson Junior College honors for Edward Zook, and Ronald Boucek’s recent Kansas State College degree and upcoming move to Chattanooga, Tennessee for work in milling.
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Scott
Dale Barton
Ottawa
Navada, Mo
Sore
Ronald Bouceks
William Boucek
S. ‘Main
Ronald
Kansas State College
Chattanooga
Tenn
Local Caucuses and Community Notices in Kansas Town
A Democrat caucus to be held in Greenwood Township on June 17 at 8 p.m. in the Greenwood schoolhouse. Republican caucus set for June 13 at 8 p.m. in Rantoul city hall. Local notices include reported cattle and theft incidents, new teaching hire at LeLoup Grade School, divorce filing, reckless driving fine, Santa Fe railroad carload totals, and naval ship news. Also mentions health updates, residents visiting relatives, and a few ads for smorgasbord meals and bakery goods.
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Greenwood Township
Greenwood School
Cutler Township
Rantoul
Ottawa rally backs Eisenhower Memorial Library drive
Five Ottawans traveled to Hutchinson for a rally supporting the Eisenhower Memorial Library to be built in Abilene. Attendees included Mayor Kenneth Andrews Commissioner Jim Grogan Senator William Bowers George Lister and Robert B Wellington Ottawa chairman for the drive to raise 100000 in Kansas.
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Hutchinson
Abilene
Kenneth Andrews
Jim Grogan
William Bowers
George Lister
Robert B. Wellington
Wellington
Ottawa
Kansas
Macmillan Urges Gradual Disarmament For World Peace
British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan told Johns Hopkins University that world peace should come through a little by little approach to discarding nuclear and other big weapons. He called for controlled disarmament to build confidence and reduce East West tensions, while acknowledging no summit can bridge gaps immediately. Eisenhower introduced him and awarded honorary degrees as Milton Eisenhower presided.
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Baltimore
Harold Macmillan
Macmillan
Johns Hopkins University
Eisenhower
United States
Britain
No Progress In Contract Talks
DETROIT AP The auto companies and the United Auto Workers Union showed a wait and see stance in negotiations for new contracts. Bargaining sessions were held at General Motors Ford and Chrysler with no progress reported. Plants ran normally as the industry entered a second week producing cars without contracts affecting about 500000 workers.
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Detroit
Auto Companies
United Auto Workers Union
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
Minor Damage In Car Collision Reported
Patricia Marie Wilson age 15 of 1442 S Cedar was eastbound on Hickory when Nora Belle Harrison age 74 of 709 Tremont backed from a curb and struck Wilson. Harrison car had no damage. Harrison cited for failure to yield and no license. Pleaded guilty to yield charge. fine $5. Second charge withdrawn after license produced.
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Patricia Marie Wilson
S. Cedar
Nora Belle Harrison
Tremont
Miss Wilson
Hickory
Harrison
Hospital Notes Admits Several Patients and Births
Hospital notes record admitting Lena Wittman Florence LeValley Milton Pippenger Ross Carter and others on Monday with multiple entries of admissions and dismissals. Birth announcements note Charles and spouse welcome a daughter in Williamsburg weighing 5 lb 3 oz. Dismissals include Frances Sands Allen Shields James Everson and others.
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Lena Wittman
S. Locust
Florence LeValley
S. Willow
Milton Pippenger
RFD
Pomona
Ross Carter
North American Hotel
Kathy Pence
S. Cherry
Leland Sass
Princeton
Harvey Rich
Virginia Riebe
Richmond
John Rogers Quenemo
Frances Sands
Maple
Allen Shields
Wellsville
James Everson
S. Oak
F. T. Eggleston
Paola
Alice March
N. Cedar
Lions Elect Eight District Governors
The state Lions Club convention closed with the election of eight district governors. Winners include Warren A. Culp of Independence, M. W. Rhea of Yates Center, G. O. Hammond of Ottawa, Arthur Deeter-Holton, Homer E. Bigham of Randall, Fred Crum of St. Francis, E. E. Fisher of Turon, and John P. Polzin of Hoisington.
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Topeka
State Lions Club
Warren A. Culp
Independence
M. W. Rhea
Yates Center
G. O. Hammond
Ottawa
Arthur Deeter- Holton
Homer E. Bigham
Randall
Fred Crum
St. Francis
E. E. Fisher
Turon
John P. Polzin
Hoisington
Missile Mace guided by new Atran system tested
HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE NEW MEXICO AP repeated attempts to jam the Air Force guided missile Mace failed The Mace with a new guidance system called Atran was tested in a series of 650 mile flights from Holloman to Wendover Utah The jet powered 650 mile an hour tactical missile carries a nuclear war head The Atran system eliminates the need for ground control
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Holloman Air Force Base
N.M
Air Force
Holloman
Wendover Air Force Base
Utah
Atran
Bomarc Missile Test Streak Continues From Cape
CAPE CANAVERAL Florida AP another Bomarc missile, the nations key air defense weapon, streaked over the Atlantic in an apparently successful test. The launch Monday is latest in a series toward operational status. Over 40 Boeing missiles have been fired from the Air Force test center since the program began. The swift cruise missile is designed to seek and destroy enemy aircraft as far as 300 miles from U S shores.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Atlantic
Air Force Test Center
U. S
Plan Big Indoor Stadium At Tokyo
A television company announces plans to build an 80,000 seat indoor baseball stadium in Tokyo by April 1960. President Yoshihiro Shimizu said the dome will be 210 feet high and costs about 11 million dollars with construction starting after minor details are settled.
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Tokyo
Yoshihiro Shimizu
Editor 62 confronts Sedalia board over fishing ban
Stanton Hudson editor of the Sedalia Times challenges the Sedalia Board of Public Works to arrest him after fishing at Spring Fork Lake in defiance of a board ruling. He announced the act in the Sunday Democrat Capital and says the public has a right to know. The board cites a state Health Department letter opposing promiscuous fishing in the municipal lake and plans a public meeting to decide next steps.
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Sedalia, Mo
Sedalia Board of Public Works
Stanton Hudson
Sedalia Times
Spring Fork Lake
Sunday Democrat + Capital
Hudson
Herman E. Bloess
Bloess
State Board of Health
Judge Raulston Schoolfield Faces 24 Impeachment Articles
Nashville AP Judge Raulston Schoolfield appears before the Tennessee Senate to answer 24 impeachment articles after the House charged misconduct including bribery and interference with grand juries. The vote suspended him, and Democratic voters declined to renominate him for the term starting Sept. 1.
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Nashville, Tenn
Raulston Schoolfield
Tennessee Senate
House
U. S. Senate
Teamsters
Chattanooga
LSU Leaders Open To House on Racial Stand
LSU President Troy Middleton and two deans are called before the Louisiana House Education Committee to explain why 59 faculty members oppose segregation in public schools. The 70-0 House vote demands public hearing on bills to close integrated schools, fund personnel, and back private school vouchers while prosecuting officials who push for integration. Professors Waldo F. McNeil and Charles Reynard spoke against the legislation.
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Baton Rouge, la
Louisiana State University
Louisiana House of Representatives
House
Louisiana Civil Liberties Union
Joint Legislative Segregation Committee
LSU
House Education Committee
Alabama
New Orleans
Troy Middleton
Waldo F. McNeil
Charles Reynard
Local Market Grain and Livestock Prices Listed
Market report shows barley, soybeans, corn and oats with mixed prices. Butterfat, eggs and poultry figures noted with multiple grade ranges.
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Vices
Teeeseas
Death of W S J Lewis 75 longtime Topeka railman
W S J Lewis 75 of Topeka and former Ottawa resident died Sunday at Santa Fe Hospital Topeka after a year of illness. A railroad air brake man employed by the Santa Fe since 1932 he was born in Ottawa in 1883 and married Leona Curry in 1918. Survived by widow son Byron J Lewis a brother and two sisters and six grandchildren. Funeral 11 a m tomorrow at Shilo Baptist Church Topeka with Rev A L Lampkin officiating. Burial at Hope Cemetery Ottawa tomorrow at 2 p.m.
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W. S. J. Lewis
J. Lewis
Topeka
Santa Fe
Ottawa
Leona Curry
Byron J. Lewis
Roy Lewis
Funeral for Gilbert Ponton Held at Ottawa Church
The funeral of Gilbert William Ponton 79 farmer of RFD 3 Ottawa was led by Rev Charles P Knight of First Methodist Church with Albert J Williams and Mrs J R Henning singing Rock of Ages and Just For Today Pallbearers included Cecil Schneider Charles Terry O W Waymire Melvin Sellers C A Scribner Ray Farris John Taylor and O C Curby Members of Ottawa Lodge No 18 A F A M attended and entombment followed in Highland Cemetery with Charles W Watts overseeing Also Shrine Retta Concord True Kindred and Kensington Club members attended First published May 27 1958 Ottawa Herald motif
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Gilbert William Ponton
RFD
Lamb Funeral
Charles P. F Knight
First Methodist Church
Ponton
Albert J. Williams
J. Ir. Henning
Rock of Ages
Cecil Schneider
Charles Terry
O. W. Waymire
Melvin Sellers
C. A. Scribner
Ray
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Edward Zook
George Zook
Olive
Parsons Junior College
RCA
Drakes Bakery
Adv
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N. Amer
George F. Kramer
The
University
Kansas City
W. F. Sramen
Smorgasbord N. Amar
Coffee eShop
James F. Corcoran
Tom Corcoran
E. “Logan
Treasure Island
Calif
C-O Fleet Post Office
San Francisco
Western Auto
Bruce Spears
Charles Bush
Quenemo
Carl Reams
Howard Burroughs
Williamsburg
Jay Todd
Mabel Lister
LeLoup
Jay Scott
Dorotha W. Reed
Jack W. Reed
Clarence L. Foushee
Kas
Ottawa Herald
Rex A. Stoneking
P. F. Stoneking
Blandy
Naples
Italy
Mary Fowler
Sacramento
Mercy Hospital
H. H. Fowler
Janice Cade Quenemo
J. C. Workman
Hamblin
de Pauw University
Greencastle
Ind
Milton Eisenhower
Charles Collins
Lions Elect
Ottawan
Missile
Albert W. Ponton
Legals
State of Kansas
Franklin County
Carl A. Pearson
Ed Hosler
State of
R. R. Redmond
Litwin
Litwin’s
Door Busters
Key Boys
Litwin's
Mademoiselle
Brassieres
Choice
Big
Chambray
Sport Saints
Stewart
Gordon B. Noland
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