Mysterious Court Clock and Wedding in Ruth Nevada
Ruth Antonson and Stanley Ruth traveled from Dallas Oregon to Ruth Nevada for their wedding making Miss Antonson the bride. Farmers Elevator received Raymond Gillette’s wheat test 58 with no yield estimate. Harold J Terrill Jr left Kansas City for Washington and Europe en route to army service. a delayed flight mishap found him with his family car keys and a quick locksmith intervention restored travel.
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Raymond Gillette
Ottawa
Gillette
Harold J. Terrill, Jr
Ruby Terrill
Kansas City
Washington, D. C
Europe
J. F. Pattie
Lawrence
Washington
Terrill
AAA
Auto Club
Vandalism In Picnic Parks Across State Parks
Vandalism in the first division of the State Highway Commission has risen, reports division engineer L. H. Vincent. Eight picnic tables have been stolen from parks near Leavenworth Tecumseh Lyndon Baldwin and Emporia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
State Highway Commission
L. H. Vincent
Leavenworth
Tecumseh
Lyndon
Baldwin
Emporia
Luncheon for Dairy Princess at North American Hotel
Reservations for the Dairy Princess luncheon at 12 15 p m Saturday at the North American Hotel are available until 10 a m Friday. Tickets cost 1 50 and can be arranged through the Chamber of Commerce office, phone 168. The Dairy Princess will be introduced by Chamber president George Lister and Roy Freeland of the Kansas Board of Agriculture will give a short talk after. Dairy Day is planned for Saturday June 16 with candidates Myrna Sue Abel Barbara Blackwell Bernadette Hernsmeyer Mary Jo Kiefer and Lois Elaine Schweitzer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dairy Princess
North American
Chamber of Commerce
George Lister
Chamber
Roy Freeland
Kansas Board of Agriculture
Myrna Sue Abel
Pomona
Barbara Blackwell
Wellsville
Bernadette Hernsmeyer
Rantoul
Mary Jo Kiefer
Ottawa
Lois Elaine Schweitzer
Princeton
Senate OKs Flood Bill With Allocations For Reservoirs And Plans
The U S Senate approved the flood control appropriation for the new fiscal year starting July 1. It includes 80 000 for Ottawa channel planning 85 000 for Pomona reservoir planning and 9 000 000 for Turtle Creek reservoir construction near Manhattan 4 500 000 for Toronto reservoir in Verdigris Valley plus planning funds for Strawn and Council Grove reservoirs in Neosho Valley The bill moves toward conference action and final funding after President signature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Senate
House
Ottawa Channel
Pomona
Senate
Marais Des Cygnes
Turtle Creek
Manhattan
Toronto
Verdigris' Valley
Strawn
Council Grove
Neosho
Bridegroom plunges to death from plane door
Three investigations begin into the death of Oren Ase Pruitt 38 of Charlotte N C who jumped from an open Piedmont Airlines door on a honeymoon flight to Asheville North Carolina. The body was found in a church graveyard six miles north of Shelby. The pilot Capt B B Slaughter said the door opened about 20 minutes from Charlotte and he had never seen such an incident before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
N. C
Piedmont Airlines
Oren Ase Pruitt
Charlotte
Shelby
Pruitts
York
S. C
B. B. Slaughter
Winston-Salem
Slaughter
Plan For Vote On Merger Of Three Rural Districts
Lane Princeton and Rantoul rural high school boards set a date for a merger vote to unite the three districts. The meeting will be Friday at 8 p m in Princeton with disposal of property and proposition wording on the agenda. Officials note the wording could determine if a single district can veto or if two yes votes suffice to consolidate. Representatives from Williamson and Lobsack and Bonding Co will attend. Cost of a consolidated building was estimated at 450000 and the mill levy at about 4 1/2 dollars per 1000 over 20 years. The session also covered consolidation advantages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lane
Princeton
Rantoul
J. A. Fleming
John Harvey
Vic H. Lobsack
Williamson and Lobsack
Topeka
Harry McLear
Lucas, Eisen, Waeckerle Bonding Co
Kansas City
Harvey
McLear
W. C. Kampschroeder
Injured Man In Car Crash Near Le Loup
Clyde E. Ledom aged 31 of 112 N Cedar street sustained a fractured neck vertebra and broken leg when his auto overturned two miles west of Le Loup on the Le Loup road yesterday at 3 p.m. Sheriff Earle Easdale reported loose gravel caused the vehicle to roll over landing on its wheels ten feet from a creek. The car was a total loss and Ledom, at Ransom Memorial hospital, shows no paralysis despite the neck fracture. he has minor cuts and bruises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde E. Ledom
N. Cedar
le Loup
le Loup Road
Earle Easdale
Sheriff's Office
Ledom
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Let Contract For Park Plumbing
Robe Hardware and Plumbing has been awarded the contract for installing several new toilets at Forest Park to replace obsolete units. The Robe bid was $384.65. Other bids received were Servatius Plumbing $487.89 and Durbin Plumbing $474.30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robe Hardware and Plumbing
Forest Park
Robe
Servatius
Durbin Plumbing
Says Car Port Is Illegal In Ottawa City Hall Meeting
A dispute over an awning style shelter near a property line prompted Ottawa city officials to review a structure built by Andrew Mietchen of Topeka Ottawa Insulation Co and Elvin Malburg. City inspector C A Novak said no building permit was issued and reclassified the shelter as a car port once edge posts were added.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
City Hall
Andrew Mietchen
Topeka-Ottawa Insulation Co
Elvin Malburg
S. Cedar
Mietchen
Malburg
C. A. Novak
Novak
Mietchens
Ottawa awards plant survey to Burns & McDonnell
Ottawa city officials contracted Burns and McDonnell of Kansas City to survey the water and light plant to plan future expansion. The $2,000 study aims to determine how to meet growing demand driven by air conditioning use, after consulting Black and Veatch, A C Kirkwood Associates, and Lutz and May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa City
Burns & McDonnell
Kansas City
City
Burns and McDonnell
Black and Veatch
A. C. Kirkwood Associates
Lutz and May
Hall Declares Only 1 Issue In Campaign
Governor Fred Hall told an Ottawa audience that the sole issue in the Republican primary is the effort by a small group who opposed his two year governorship. He defended civil service, vetoed the right to work law, and claimed his administration fulfilled the party platform while criticizing opponents’ calls of fiscal mismanagement. He spoke during a day of county stops before returning to Topeka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Hall
Ottawa
Memorial Auditorium
Hall
Civil Service
Legislative Council
Kansas
Robert A. Anderson
Franklin County
Ed Arn
Anderson
Guy Hall
Coffey
Franklin
Topeka
Concert Tonight by City Band in City Park
Ten numbers are on the Ottawa City Summer band program tonight at 8 o clock in City park. The band directed by Bill Barker will perform El Capitan Sousa Adagio Cantabile Beethoven Prelude in C Minor Rachmaninoff Waves of the Danube Ivanovici Ode to Music Chopin Three Sketches for Band Morrissey March Fantastique Darcy Ecstasy Tango Belmonte At the Gremlin Ball Hill Stars and Stripes Forever Sousa. Read Shaw started Pallet offer under classified ad No. 96. 162-¢-31
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa City
City Park
Bill Barker
Sousa
Beethoven
Rachimaninoff
Ivanovici
Chopin
Morrissey
Darcy
Belmonte
Hill
Spears Seeks Re-Election as Franklin County Clerk
Bruce Spears 44, a life-long Franklin county resident and county clerk, announces re-election bid on the Republican ticket. Navy veteran with 44 months service including 18 with the Naval Attache London, married with two children, active in Federated church and American Legion. He cites two years of carryout duties and asks voters to decide if he should continue as public servant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Spears
Franklin County
Spears
U. S. Navy
U. S. Naval Attache
London
England
Navy
Kansas City
Hercules Powder Company
de Soto
Kas
Spears Hatchery
Federated Church
American Legion Post
Air Force Raises Goal for 600 Jet Bombers by 1959
Washington reports the Air Force raised its long range B52 bomber goal by 100 to 600 by 1959. Lt Gen C S Irvine testified behind censored testimony that the U S still holds a lead in air power. House committee to review Army rocket development and Jupiter IRBM amid concerns of neglecting air force rockets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Air Force
C. S. Irvine
Special Armed Service
Irvine
House
Armed Services Committee
Army
Patterson
R-Conn
1% Ton Kelvinator Air Conditioner Sale
An ad from Weidmann Tire & Battery Service promotes a 1% ton Kelvinator air conditioner at 299.95 with installation. Located at 166-c-6t 5th and Cherry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weidmann Tire & Battery
State Attorney Into Paint Deal
Forecast shows fair west and partly cloudy east with possible thunderstorms Friday afternoon. Slightly cooler southeast today with low in mid 60s and high near 90 west to 80s east. Yesterday’s high 88 between 1:15 and 2:30 pm. low 65 between 4:30 and 5:40 am. River stage 0.72 feet this morning.
Eisenhower Meets Adenauer in Hospital On Reunification Hopes
President Eisenhower in Walter Reed Hospital room receives German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer in pajamas for a 10 minute talk, signaling hopes for early German reunification. Adenauer travels to New York after the meeting amid ongoing recovery updates from the president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Konrad Adenauer
Germany
East
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Dulles
Henry Kellerman
State Department
Adenauer
New York City
U. S
Ottawa Day at A's Game Earmarks 1000 Tickets
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce announces 1000 tickets for Ottawans to attend Kansas City Athletics vs Boston on July 25. A special Santa Fe train will carry the group, with total per person cost $4.40 covering train fares, bus shuttles, and game ticket. Tickets go on sale next Monday through Chamber officers and Junior Chamber members, with receipts exchangeable for tickets later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kansas City Athletics
Boston
Peg Carr
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
Santa Fe
Ottawa
Ball Park
Fifth and
Walnut
Addiion
Fifth Street
Ottawa Junior Chamber of Commerce
Athletics
Special
Bob Miller
J. T. Morrisey
Howard Deputy
Chamber of Commerce
Howard Duncan
Rodney McClay
Gene Mavity
Junior Chamber
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Osage County
Harry Artz
L. W. Schoepflin
Melvern
Harry Buckels
J. J. Keith
Massachusetts
Harrelston Station
Belton
Herald
Lamar Phillips
Ruth
Nev
Ruth Antonsen
Stanley C. Ruth
Dallas
Ore
Miss Antonsen
Ruth Ruth
Army Engineers
Senate Ap
Kiwanis
Camp
Mears
Kiwanis Club
Jean Engler
Topeka Dairy Council
Ottawa University
Walter Himler
Solomon Huang
Alleney Yang
Phillip Quo
Atchison
Harold Wilson, Jr
Horton
Kenneth Jones
Bowling Green
W. H. Douglas
Park Plumbing
Willis Garden Center
Sth
City Band
Shaw
Lke
Hisenhower
James ‘C. Hagerty
Hagerty
W.S.C
John Anderson
State Purchasing Division
Highway Commission
Tomahawk Sales & Service
Sales Service
Highway Department
Ivan Wassberg
Edgar Heyl
Sharon Springs
J. R. Cheeney
Ottaw
Elmer F. Anderson
Hope
Walter A. Rugan
Ellinwood
William A. Addington
Elkhart
Lamb Ambulance
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