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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1959
Page
4
Ottawa post office will offer the new 4 cent American Flag commemorative stamp with the 49 star flag on July 5. Postmaster T J Cummings notes the design uses red blue and deep yellow on white and collectors may request first day cancellations by sending addressed envelopes with remittance to Aubrun N Y.
AP report notes three carloads of Missouri wheat arrived on the Kansas City market, marking the first of the 1959 harvest. A separate notice calls for a special meeting of School Dist. 98 on Monday June 15 at 8 p.m. at Chippewa School urging public input. Lamb Insured Payment Plan advertised.
The forecast calls for fair conditions today tonight and Sunday with a warmer trend. Highs reach 85 to 90 this afternoon, lows 60 to 65, and Sunday highs in the 90s.
AP reports an escaped mental patient John G. Feller 23 of Roslindale Boston sought for questioning in a rapid transit waiting room bomb blast that injured 38. Feller fled Wingdale NY mental hospital and had prior possession of a home made bomb at a Fidel Castro rally. The North Station device used sulfur and zinc, 11 inches long, exploded in a coin locker. Six bystanders were hurt in the platform area, three critically. Police opened a tip line and urged public help while investigators weighed a large black powder charge.
In Compton California students at Compton College reject video instruction as a one eyed nonpersonal education method. They compare it unfavorably to live professors and cite low audience rating and protests by more than 200 cut classes. About 1500 signatures seek to end classroom TV and restore in person teaching at the two year college with 1800 students.
Governor George Docking chaired a rare emergency Finance Council session to address a grain department budget shortfall amid a legal dispute over the council’s authority. The meeting approved a $68,119 budget extension to bridge the July 1 start, as critics questioned procedural legality and party rivalry influenced action.
Bonnie J. Gould of Wellsville was named Franklin County dairy princess for 1959 at a luncheon at the North American Hotel. Runner up was Mary Alice Johnson of Williamsburg. Elaine Reichard announced the winner. Judge Floyd Coffman presented gifts. The event praised dairy products as part of Dairy Day in Ottawa with 4-H demonstrations, a square dance, and free dairy samples.
An 8 p.m. event is advertised at Chippewa School inviting attendees to join for an evening focused on peace and community. The notice includes location and time details for residents.
CHICAGO AP An era in Chicago s meat packing industry is ending as all major companies will quit livestock slaughtering here within weeks Swift Co the No 1 meat producer halted all slaughtering today Armour Co the second largest will also shut down its plants citing obsolete facilities Wilson Co three years ago ceased slaughtering Chicago once the world s largest livestock market is being reshaped as the firms exit after decades of operation.
ST. LOUIS AP A new negotiation session is set for next Monday between the Stereotypers Union Local 8 and Pulitzer Publishing Co. The city still lacks a daily newspaper as talks continue and the strike persists.
U S Senator Stuart Symington of Missouri spoke in Columbus at a Jefferson Jackson Day dinner and buffet hosted by Governor Michael V DiSalle. He said he does not see himself as a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination and named several prominent Democrats as leading possibilities.
18 year old De Wayne Snyder keeps a small incubator and bantam hens to raise game birds. He breeds Barbary and chukar partridges, quail, and pheasants, selling eggs and chicks and dressing meat birds for income. He joined the Kansas Game Breeders Association, funds books and clothing, and writes for game breeding magazines. Snyder aims to work for government or a state wildlife commission after graduation.
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