Two Franklin county deadlines approach in June
June 20 marks the due date for 1955 taxes and for candidates to file for the August primary. County treasurer Elisabeth Briggs notes slow taxpayer activity and warns that unpaid bills will incur 10 percent annual interest after the deadline. Also reported, the Ottawa Co-Op elevator received the first barley load from Raymond Gillette farm, south of Ottawa, averaging about 60 bushels per acre.
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Franklin County
Elisabeth Briggs
Ottawa
Slain Brinks Informer Linked to FBI Case in Boston
In Boston, two men were booked on suspicion of murder in the slaying of William J. Cameron, a Dorchester hoodlum who allegedly informed the FBI about the Brink’s robbery. Cameron’s body was found in his car near a Navy barracks in South Boston. Ballou and Callahan, tied to the Brink’s case, face charges as investigations tie to the robbery and earlier indictments.
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Boston
FBI
William J. Cameron
Dorchester District
Navy Barracks
Thomas J. Ballou
Quincy
Thomas A. Callahan
Callahan
Cameron
Ballou
Thomas F. Richardson
James I. Faherty
Roxbury
Richardson
Faherty
Postpone Meeting On Consolidation
The consolidation meeting of Lane Princeton and Rantoul school boards scheduled in Princeton has been postponed. No date is set yet, but boards hope to reschedule within the week to decide the vote date, wording of the resolution, and consolidation legalities. Patras urged the boards to continue studying consolidation.
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Lane
Princeton
Rantoul
J. A. Fleming
Patras
Dairy Day Adds Feature Contest and Luncheon Parade
Franklin county hosts Dairy Day on June 16 with a decorated tri cycle and bicycle contest for all kids. Registration at 1 30 p m in the courthouse square, judging 2 to 3 p m, prizes awarded. Noon luncheon at North American Hotel tointroduce Dairy Princess and runner up, open to public with reservations by 10 a m Friday June 15. Tickets 1 50. Lone Ranger movie free at Memorial auditorium Saturday morning, plus free milk and ice cream and other activities.
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Franklin County
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Charles Mavity, Jr
Courthouse Square
George Lister
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Memorial Auditorium
Ottawa
Execution Is Staged For Hagelberger At Leavenworth
The Army granted an indefinite stay of execution for Pvt Richard A Hagelberger 23 held at Leavenworth Disciplinary Barracks He and Pvt John F Vigneault were convicted by an Army court martial in 1952 for murder and robbery near Diebach Germany April 19 1952 Vigneault’s death sentence was commuted to 55 years by President Eisenhower and he serves his term at Leavenworth Hagelberger’s mother resides in Chula Vista California
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Ft, Leavenworth
Department of the Army
Richard A. Hagelberger
James W. Davis
U.S
Hagelberger
Buffalo
N. Y
Chula Vista
Calif
John F. Vigneault
Rudolph Vigneault
Goffs Falls
N.H
Diebach
Germany
Vigneault
Fight Blue Mound Businesses Robbed
Robbers broke into eight places in Blue Mound over the weekend stealing about $250 in cash and several automobile tires. The incident spans multiple locations within the town, with authorities reviewing local shop reports and seeking leads.
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Blue Mound
Kas
Pinned In His Car By Bridge Railing
The Kansas Supreme Court affirmed a Franklin County District Court ruling about paving Cottonwood Street in Ottawa. Berndt and others sought an injunction to stop city assessments, arguing the street is too short for paving. Separately, Lewis Moore, 50, was fairly treated after a crash on Le Loup road where a bridge railing impaled his car, causing leg injuries and facial lacerations. He was removed with tools and admitted to Ransom Memorial hospital. bridge damage cost undetermined.
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Kansas Supreme Court
Franklin County District Court
Cottonwood Street
Ottawa
Bexer Berndt
University Addition
Berndt
Lewis Moore
Rt. 1
Baldwin
Moore
le Loup Road
Tally Creek
Jay Brown
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Ottawa Girls At Girls State
Two Ottawa High School juniors Linda Schwarz and Iva Kay Jones attend Girls State at the University of Kansas. Sponsored by the Ottawa American Legion Auxiliary and the Business and Professional Women's Club, about 350 girls from across the state participate. They split into Nationalist and Federalist parties, form city governments, elect precinct committeewomen, and run informal campaigns as primary elections are set for tomorrow and general elections on Wednesday.
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Ottawa
Linda Schwarz
Iva Kay Jones
University of Kansas
University
Ottawa American Legion Auxiliary
Business and Professional Women's Club
K. U
Governmental Research Bureau
Resurface Streets In Lane and Rantoul Contracts Awarded
Lane and Rantoul street resurfacing contracts awarded by county commissioners. Killough Construction Co. of Ottawa bids win both projects at about four thousand four hundred dollars each. The work will be funded equally by the cities and county, with multiple bidders listed for each project.
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Lane
Rantoul
Killough Construction Co
Ottawa
Harry Henery Construction Co
Holland Construction Co
Len‘exa
Rantoul — Killough Construction Co
Spanish American War Veterans Meet in Ottawa
Twenty people attended a Brentwood Camp Uand Auxiliary gathering at G. K. Barnes home in Ottawa to form a Spani sh American War veterans group. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Barnes and other locals. Barnes serves as commander and Mrs Cromwell as Auxiliary president.
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Brentwood
G. K. Barnes
Ottawa
G. L. Bolton
H. B. Cox
Nettie Deering
A. L. Graham
Rosa Hartshorn
Gladys Nisely
Frank Smith
Mae Wingfield
Garnett
G. B. Dailey
Jennie Hampshire
Maud McMurry
Homewood
W. O. Cromwell
J Lane
G. E. Coffee
Pomona
C. E. Steele
Barnes
Scamp
Cromwell
Auxiliary
Wheat Harvest Underway Across Southern Kansas Counties
State harvest control reports extensive wheat cutting in Sumner through Seward counties. Sedgwick Kingman areas active now. Harvey Pratt Kiowa Edwards Ford Gray Haskell to begin mid week. Labor and equipment adequate with small surpluses in places. 50 percent cut in Caldwell Wellington south half. test cuts in Seward with minor manpower shortage. Temporary harvest offices opened at Kinsley and Sublette.
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Great Bend
Sumner
Seward
State Harvest Labor Control Office
Sedgwick
Kingman
Daily Bulletin
Harvey
Pratt
Kiowa
Edwards
Ford
Gray
Haskell
Caldwell
Wellington
Harper
Barber
Kinsley
Sublette
Eisenhower declines Russian bid for joint chiefs visit
President Eisenhower rejected a Soviet invitation for all U.S. joint chiefs to tour the Soviet Union. He allowed some chiefs to visit later with extended time outside Moscow to study activities of interest to their services. Gen Nathan Twining will attend the Aviation Day event in the USSR on June 24.
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Washington
Eisenhower
U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Soviet Union
Sherman Adams
Walter Reed Hospital
Joint Chiefs
Russia
Moscow
White House
James C. Hagerty
U. S
Nathan Twining
Air Force
Twining
United States
Hagerty
Sergei A. Edemsky
Ike Starts Short Walk Toward Resuming Duties
President Eisenhower began walking exercises and small tasks as doctors reported his condition improved after emergency abdominal surgery. A morning bulletin said his pulse blood pressure temperature and respiration were essentially normal with less discomfort than the previous day. He conferred with Sherman Adams and designated Vice President Nixon to represent him at two events while discussions on future appearances continued.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Sherman Adams
Nixon
National Security Council
Blair House
Adenauer
Annapolis
White House
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Organization of American States
Panama City
Adams
Walter Reed Hospital
Mary Caffrey
Weather forecast features warm, breezy Tuesday outlook
Mostly fair and warm with southerly winds 30 to 40 mph this afternoon. Tonight and Tuesday fair east, partly cloudy west, with widely scattered showers or thunderstorms in the northwest. Winds diminish Tuesday, cooler northwest. Lows mid 60s west to near 70 extreme east. highs in the 90s. High Saturday 89, low Sunday 60, high Sunday 89. Record highs 105 in 1953, record lows 44 in 1903 and 1910.
Summer Weather In Full Swing In Ottawa
Summer swirls through Ottawa with 1 pm reading of 90 degrees and clear skies. The weather bureau forecasts mostly fair conditions tonight and tomorrow with a remote chance of isolated thundershowers in the west. Across the nation heat remains intense with Needles California at 93 and Pierre South Dakota at 101 yesterday. The United States, once producing 10 percent of its dyes in 1914, is now self-sufficient.
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Ottawa
Weather Bureau
Needles
Calif
Pierre
S. D
United States
Ottawa Ministers Return From Kansas Conference
Ottawa First Methodist and Trinity Methodist pastors Rev. Charles P. Knight and Rev. Robert B. Craig were reassigned by the Kansas Annual Conference held at Lawrence First Methodist. Ottawa honored Judge Floyd Coffiman as associate lay leader and lay member to the Jurisdictional Conference in New Orleans. Conference chair Robert Gault and district lay leader Ronald Quellhorst were elected. Only 60 pastorate changes occurred. A list of returning pastors and Ottawa district changes followed, with several churches left to be supplied.
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Ottawa
Robert Gault
Richmond
Ronald Quellhorst
Paola
Knight
Craig
Duff D. Wagoner
Baldwin
Willia Warner
Ives Chapel
Paul Pentz
Garnett
W. E. van Patten
Lyndon
W. I. Hastie
Osawatomie
William E. Ralphs
Overbrook
Gilbert C. Meyer
Wayne Hollins
Pomona
Michigan Valley
Carl Grondorf
Rantoul
Paul F. Leslie
Wellsville
Williamsburg
Agricola
Central
Richter
Six Killed In Weekend Wrecks
Six persons died in Kansas auto crashes over the weekend, raising total traffic fatalities to 262 for the year, with three deaths in one two car wreck near Lindsborg. Victims included Gerald Gilbert 19 of Simpson and James Heidrich 18 near Beloit, plus Stanley Mordorski 65 of Phoenix. Other fatalities were Gary Mobley 19 of Leon and five month old Terry Olson in separate crashes, with Bert Olson 16 and two others injured. Thomas Harrison Sandford 85, Independence rancher, died from injuries after being hit by a car.
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Kansas
Gerald B. Gilbert
Simpson
Kas
Lindsborg
U.S
James Lee Heidrich
Beloit
Stanley Mordorski
Phoenix
Ariz
Heidrich
Robert J
Gary Mobley
Leon
el Dorado
Terry Olson
Mound Valley
Bert Olson
Thomas Harrison Sandford
Independence
Wheat Outlook Above Average
Washington the Agriculture Department forecast this year’s government restricted wheat crop at 922,672,000 bushels. It compares with 938,159,000 last year and 1,146,547,000 to the 10 year average. Winter wheat 670,375,000 bushels. spring wheat 252,297,000. marketing quotas aim for about 900 million.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Laugh Clown Laugh at Thrill Show Ends in Tragedy
Laugh Clown Laugh reports that Larry Lawrence Anderson a Chicago clown lost his left hand when a giant firecracker misfired during the Jimmy Lynch Thrill Show in Shreveport. Spectators as many as 1500 watched as attendants rushed him to a hospital where doctors termed the injury not serious.
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Shreveport
Lawrence Anderson
Jimmy Lynch
Anderson
Chicago
Willis Garden Center Rose Display at 15th and Cherry
Beautiful pied roses in bloom and ed bud. Willis Garden Center at 15th and Cherry advertises the floral display and stock numbers 163 c 6t.
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Willis Garden Center
Cherry
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