Joint memorial services set for Rebekah and Oddfellows lodges
Community notices show joint memorial services planned for Rebekah and Oddfellows lodges at 1.C.C.F. Hall on Wednesday at 7 30 p m with public invited. Ohio Republican Caucus at township Princeton City Hall on Thursday June 16 at 7 30 p m.
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Rebekah and Oddfellows Lodges
1.C.C.F. Hall
Ohio
Princeton
P.m
Richmond Township
Richmond Grade School
Earth Tremors Shake Quake-Stricken Valdivia
In southern Chile, earth tremors persisted near Valdivia over the weekend. Six tremors were reported Sunday with the strongest destroying several houses previously damaged by earlier quakes. Heavy rains and high winds halted evacuations of women and children from Valdivia due to flood danger.
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Santago
Chile
Valdivia
Hospital Notes Admissions and Births Reported
Admissions include Harold Briggs Jerry Lee McCullough Mrs Richard Fritts and Mrs Henry R Harper on Sunday plus David Wellington and Mrs Erwin Mack on Monday Births record a daughter born Saturday to Delphine Sonny Larios and a son born Monday to Carl E Waltman Dismissals list multiple patients including Teresa Blanton Roy Burgoon Mrs Winston Yokum Mrs James Nider and Aubrey Bostwick plus Ronald Reed and Mrs Raymond Carpenter on varying days
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Harold Briggs
Jerry Lee McCullough
Richard Fritts
Henry R. Harper
David Wellington
Erwin Mack
Delphine
Sonny) Larios
Carl E. Waltman
N. iMain
Albert Masenthin
RFD
Mary Roatch
Richmond
Harvey Rich
S. Locust
Peter A. Johnson
Ralph McNeese
Baldwin
Teresa Joyce Blanton
E. 5Th
Roy Eugene Burgoon
Wellsville
Winston Yokum
King
James Nider
S. I Mulberry
Aubrey W. Bostjwick
Chanute
Ronald ‘Reed
S. Maple
Raymond Carpenter
Deaths of Mrs Carrie May Kirk and Dr Boyd Eye
Mrs Carrie May Kirk aged 81 of 1205 M Main died June 12 at 8 30 am born August 21 1879 in Hopinton Iowa daughter of William and Elizabeth Miller married to Howard W Kirk in 1897 they moved from Richter to Ottawa and ran the Viaduct Cafe 1928 1958 funeral June 14 at Lamb Funeral Home burial Woodlawn Cemetery Surviving daughters Miss Jean Kirk San Diego Mrs Frank D Cook Ottawa Mrs J H Lee Ottawa nine grandchildren six great grandchildren Dr Boyd F Eye aged 71 of 4440 Summit Kansas City died June 12 at home with 29 years in VA service born October 28 1888 in Brown County after WWI he set up practice in Rantoul Surviving widow Mary Jane Eye two sons Frank Eye Lancaster Pa Byron Eye Hickman Mills Mo one daughter Mrs Lampita Proctor Fort Worth Tex one sister Mrs Frank Davis Kansas City three brothers Verne Eye Topeka Burt Eye Abilene and Clarence Eye Enterprise services June 14 at Swope Park Baptist Church graveside Wellsville Masonic service included
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Carrie May Kirk
M. Main
Hopinton
Iowa
William
Elizabeth (Barnes) Miller
Howard W. Kirk
Kirk
Franklin County
Richter
Ottawa
Viaduct Cafe
Richter Methodist Church
Jean Kirk
San Diego
Frank D. Cook
J. H. Lee Ottawa
Lamb Funeral Home
Woodlawn Cemetery
Boyd F. Eye
Summit
Kansas City
Veterans Administration
Brown County
Rantoul
Mary Jane Eye
Frank Eye
Lancaster
Byron Eye
Hickman Mills
Lampita Proctor
Fort Worth
Tex
Frank Davis
Verne Eye
Topeka
Burt Eye
Abilene
Clarence Eye
Enterprise
Swope Park Baptist Church
Wellsville Cemetery
French Warning To Soviet Union at Geneva Talks
Paris disarmament expert Jules Moch warned the Soviet Union at the 10 nation conference that Khrushchev's June plan, cited as inspired by France, would not fracture Western unity. Moch stressed the plan appears drafted to test Western resolve, while Zorin urged negotiators to craft answers and begin discussions.
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Geneva
France
Soviet Union
Jules Moch
Nikita Khrushchev
Moch
Khrushchev
Valerian Zorlin
Ormsby-Gore
Zorin
Phone Workers In Convention Begins In St Louis
The Communications Workers of America opened its 22nd annual convention in St Louis with about 2500 members expected to attend. The 19 member Executive Board has met since last Wednesday. The union represents 330000 communications industry employees in the U S and Canada, about 90 percent of whom are telephone workers.
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ST. Louis
Communications Workers of America
CWA
U. S
Canada
Strikers Stage New Picketing Tactics At Convair
San Diego AP A one day a week walkout targets Convair with aerial picketing planned to deter cross lines. Engineers seek 6 percent wage hike and arbitration reforms while broader talks with IA Machinists continue. Lockheed missile plant machinists reject offers 95.4 percent and prepare to strike early Wednesday. Convair scale and benefits under dispute affect 27,000 workers including 1,700 at Atlas bases across several states.
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San Diego
Calif
Engineers
Architects Assn
Convair
E. Marvin Seconyers
International Assn. of Machinists
Sconyers
Burbank
Machinists Union
Lockheed
California
Navy
San Francisco
Lockheed Missile
General Dynamics Corp
Pomona
Wyoming
Nebraska
Florida
Ex-con Theobald faces rape charges after Aurora home invasion
In Aurora Missouri a 24 year old ex convict Junior Leroy Theobald is jailed with a headache and charged with rape and assault with intent to kill following a spree that included car thefts, a knife attack on a police officer, and a home invasion during which he assaulted a family and raped two daughters aged 22 and 17. Police recovered a gun and arrested him as officers swept the house with bloodhounds leading a posse. Theobald had recently completed a prison term for statutory rape.
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Aurora
Jack Appelquist
Junior Leroy Theobald
Theobald
C. M. Crosby
Koehler
Six Injured In A Crash Near Topeka
A one car accident on U S 75 north of Topeka injured five students and a faculty adviser. None were hurt seriously. A sack of taffy candy softened from heat. a student hung it from a rear window to cool. Driver lost control while watching the sack. The car crossed a ditch and hit a telephone pole, showering to hospital in Topeka: DeWayne Allen, 25, Independence Missouri. Bill Coward, Pennsauken New Jersey. Margie Horn, 18, Kansas City. Helen Gilbert, 46, faculty adviser. Don Johnson, 20, driver. Richard Thurston, 21, Warrensburg.
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Topeka
Kan
U. S. 75
Norman York
DeWayne Allen
Independence
Bill Coward
Pennsauken
N. J
Margie Horn
Kansas City
Helen Gilbert
Don Johnson
Richard Thurston
Warrensburg
Townships Vote on Road Fund Hike in Five Townships
Five Franklin County townships Peoria Williamsburg Homewood Pottawatomie and Richmond will seek two to four mill increases to their road levies. If approved, Richmond would add four mills and the others two mills to the general road levy based on 1959 valuations. Sheriff Bruce Spears notes townships struggle to maintain roads and several other townships may consider similar action.
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Franklin County
Peoria
Williamsburg
Homewood
Pottawatomie
Richmond
Bruce Spears
Truman Levels Fresh Critique at Press on TV
Former President Harry S Truman accuses the nation s big city press of trying to nominate the Democrats weakest candidate for the presidency. He avoided naming a target but revealed his own favorite as Sen Stuart Symington. The remark came on ABC TV during a College News Conference filmed in New York while Truman spoke at Michigan State University. He added a plea to pray for President Eisenhower s safe return from his Far East trip and defended his right to judge Eisenhower s performance.
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New York
Harry S. Truman
Stuart Symington
Truman
Abc-Tv
Metropolitan
Ruth Hagg
Sen. Kennedy
East Lansing
Mich
Michigan State University
Eisenhower
Nixon Expected To Lead Texas GOP Delegation
In San Antonio the Texas Republican convention awards 54 delegates and 54 alternates to the national convention. Officials say Nixon gains solid support from delegation members, while Rockefeller backers intensify efforts to flip some delegates. The GOP chairman notes Nixon delegates are now more aggressive amid Rockefeller criticisms.
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San Antonio
Tex
Richard M. Nixon
Texas
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
GOP
Thad Hutcheson
Hourston
Nixon
Rockefeller
Hutcheson
Balloon Far Out To Sea Drifts Westward From San Diego
A Navy research balloon launched in Brunswick, Georgia eight days ago drifted about 700 miles west of San Diego at 55,000 feet. Weather officials said descent below 50,000 feet could bring it ashore, while it was expected to yield cosmic ray data after passing 20 miles south of the coast.
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San Diego
Calif
Brunswick
Weather Bureau
Texas
Here
Strike Ends for Movie Writers After 22 Weeks
In Hollywood AP. Screenwriters vote nearly unanimously to accept a new 42 month contract with major film producers ending a 22-week strike. TV writers remain on strike against television film producers while negotiations continue with independent TV producers. The deal adds a 10 percent pay hike for two years and a health welfare fund with substantial producer contributions.
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Hollywood
Writers Guild of America
West
Guild
First
Alliance of Independent Television Producers
Kansas City accused of not cleaning Missouri River waste
Kansas City Missouri faces claims of failing to meet a three year old pollution abatement schedule. Murray Stein of the U S Public Health Service testified that the Missouri River water requires high chlorine levels and that waste from Turkey Creek sewer largely enters the river. Evidence alleges elevated coliforms and hazardous organisms endangering boaters and swimmers. The federal board opened hearings after overruling a rights objection.
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Kansas City
Missouri River
Murray Stein
U. S. Public Health Service
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Turkey Creek
Kansas
Missouri
Unemployment Seen as Big Issue in Kansas Election
Salina Kansas AP Gov George Docking seeking third term told Fraternal Order of Eagles closing session that unemployment will be the main issue in the upcoming Kansas election. He cited concerns about the industrial job market and pledged state action to keep the problem from getting out of hand.
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Salina
Kan
Kansas
George Docking
Order of Eagles
Docking
Hays Man Heads Kansas Y F W
Hays man Jay Stewart was elected commander of the Kansas Department of the Veterans of Foreign Wars at the annual convention. Other officers elected include J R Mathias of Topeka senior vice commander Bud Hess of Lawrence junior vice commander Francis Stone of Topeka quarter master John Stang of Lacrosse judge advocate Valerian Brun gardt of Hays inspector general Merv Jordan of Great Bend department chaplain and Dr Farris Evans of Wichita department surgeon.
Check Stolen From Home On Oak Street
A check for 571.06 was taken from a dresser drawer in the Fred C. Wilson home at 325 S. Oak. The Wilsons left for Pomona about 11 a.m. and returned at 11:45. A front porch window showed signs of opening. the check had been placed with a deed and receipts and payment was stopped.
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Fred C. Wilson
S. Oak
Wilsons
Pomona
Truman says sit-in remarks unfounded and misguided
Atlanta AP report notes Truman alleging Communist influence in Southern student sit ins while stating he does not believe the students are Communists. SNCC condemns the attacks as unfounded and stresses the movement aims for constitutional rights and a democratic society. Constance Curry of USNSA comments on generational gap in understanding the movement’s motive.
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Atlanta
Harry S. Truman
Truman
New York
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
United States
Constance Curry
U. S
Local Markets Reported Grain and Dairy Prices
Prices for barley oats and corn show varied quotes with oats around 70 cents per bushel and butterfat near 48 dollars per hundredweight. Eggs and poultry items list slight adjustments, including graded eggs and hens, while soybeans and wheat display modest shifts in value amid market activity.
Kansas City Market Report Cattle Hogs and Sheep
Kansas City livestock sales show cattle trading active with gains to 50 per head for slaughter grades and feeders. good to choice steers 23.00-76.75, vealers 22.00-26.00, cows 16.75-17.50. Hogs steady to 25 higher, sows up to 2.52. spring lambs 25-50 lower, feeder lambs seen weak to 50 lower, best lambs 22.75-23.50.
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Kansas City
Rail Merger Between Norfolk and Western and Nickel Plate
Philadelphia AP reports Norfolk and Western and Nickel Plate Railroad agreed to merge. The joint statement says shareholders and the Interstate Commerce Commission will review the merger which would form a system with about 5,024 miles of track from Virginia through Illinois to New York. Nickel Plate shareholders would receive 0.45 shares of Norfolk and Western per Nickel Plate share.
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Philadelphia
Norfolk and Western Railroad
New York
Norfolk and Western Common
Adlai Lifts His Hat Out Of Ring
In Chicago, Adlai E. Stevenson withdrew from the Democratic presidential race after Eleanor Roosevelt urged a Stevenson Kennedy ticket. Stevenson issued a public statement saying he will not be a candidate and will not seek the nomination, despite Mrs. Roosevelt’s push.
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Adlai
Chicago
Adlai KE. Stevenson
Stevenson
Eleanor Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Libertyville
Tax Collections Edge Up Slightly This Year
County treasurer Mrs Roselyn Whirley reports tax receipts total 1 690 428 60 dollars, 74 percent of the planned total, four hundredths of a percent higher than last year at this time. She notes a slower morning than expected and states the treasurer's office hours as 8 to 4 weekdays and 8 to noon Saturday with June 20 as the penalty free payment deadline.
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Roselyn Whirley
Probate hearing on G A Ledom estate Ottawa Kansas
In Franklin County Kansas Probate Court case number 10 637 the estate of G A Ledom deceased will have a hearing on July to determine the descent of real property in Maxson Addition Ottawa and all other property owned at death. George A Ledom Jr. files the petition. attorney Gleason, Gleason, Doty & Logan represents the petitioner. Published June 13 to 18 1960. A city council resolution proposes improving Thirteenth Street Ottawa from Elm Street to Maple Street with concrete pavement and 6 inch curbs funded by special assessments, as approved June 8 1960. Also Elm Street improvements from Thirteenth to Fifteenth Street specified.
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Ottawa Herald
Franklin County
Kansas
G. A. Ledom
George A Ledom
George A. Ledom
Maxson
Ottawa
Aaid
George A. Sedom
George A. Lecom JR
Elm Street
Thirteenth Street
Fifteenth Street
Ottawa Kansas approves street paving measures on multiple avenues
The Ottawa City Governing Body approves curb gutter and paving of Elm Massasoit Cherry and Hickory Streets. Projects involve 6 inch steel reinforced Portland cement concrete pavement, 31 foot and 25 foot widths, integral curbs, and drainage facilities with special assessments to pay for the work. Public notices dated June 1960 list plan details and the City Clerk as on file.
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Thirteenth Street
Ottawa
Kansas
Elm Street
Maple Street
Elm
Giteva
Fifteenth Street
Kanaan
Bim Street
Fifteenth M Street
Massasoit Street
Kanane
Sycamore Street
Cherr Street
Cherry Street
Kanazap
Marsasoit Street
Kane
General Statutes of
K. EB. Andrews
Powhettlas Street
Sheldon
Bowles, Shelfoe
Steet
Cip
Powhattan Street
Sheradon
Otten
Mansaso Street
Bowtes
Sheledon
Bowles
Sheldon & Topping
Kanesas
Sheldon & Tope Ping
K. E. Andrews
Hickory Street
Wilson Street
Grant Street
E. Androwh
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Beatrice Martin Peck
Louis Wyatt
Burl Winkler
Kansas Federation of Humane Societies
Emporia
Betty Trout
Wesley J. Trout
Hickory
Job
Bethels
Betty
Grand Guardian Council
Ottawa High School
Ottawa University
Glenn M. Hamby
S. Main
Tyson Harvey
Denver
South Main
Hamby
John Rodgers
Nelson Hotel
Robert W. Allen
Tom Quick Bogarders
Robert R. Hepner
Bogarders
Hepner
Job’s Daughters
Pleasant View Grange
Carl Freischenmeyer
Franklin County Board of Equalization
Floyd Meisner
T. F. Breuer
Wayne Wallace
Rodger’s
Charles E. New
New
16Th
Main
Western Auto
Charles Parks
Memorial Auditorium
Don Brown
South
Dick Andrels
K. C
Hays
New York, N. Y
Reg
U. 5
HST
KC Livestock
Carrie May
The
Gleason
Gleason, Doty & Logan
No. 10
Petitioner
K. BE. Andrews
Donald R Capper
Donald R. Capper
Tres. Domald R. Capper
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