County to Lease New Nursing Home in Ottawa
Franklin County will open a 50 bed nursing home on 7th Street Terrace in Ottawa under a lease with Mrs. Mary Tankersley. She currently runs Cedar House No. 2 with Dr. C. W. Henning. the county seeks to cut federal aid by favoring lease operation. Monthly payments start at 300, rising to 500, with space for private patients if vacancies occur. The facility aims to open after January 1.
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Franklin County
Mary Tankersley
Board of County Commissioners
7Th Street Terrace
Ottawa
Side Swipes and Tax Deadlines Highlight Local News
Young Steven Queen returned four found wallets to the Franklin County Sheriff after locating mail and photos with no ID between Main and Walnut. Tax notices warn Friday deadline for 1957 taxes and a 10 percent yearly penalty after June 20. Gary Brinkman, son of Fritz and a private in the Army, was injured in a Memorial Day accident and hospitalized at Fort Knox after treatment in Clinton Tennessee. Fount H. Bullock, former Ottawa police chief, received a postcard from Clarence Moody in Stockholm noting Moody’s European tour and 6,000 miles driven in 10 countries.
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Steven Queen
Main
Walnut
Franklin County Sheriff's Office
Roselyn Whirley
Gary Brinkman
Gary
Fritz
Brinkman
RFD 1
Army
Clinton
Tenn
Ft. Knox
Gary L. Brinkman
Ireland Army Hospital
H. Bullock
S. Main
Ottawa
Clarence W. Moody
Burlington
Iowa
Stockholm
Sweden
Moodys
Moody
The
Herald
Burlington Hawkeye
Wading Pool Opens at City Park Recreation
Recreation Director Orlis Cox announced the City Park wading pool would be filled and open to the public today from 2 to 5 p m. It was recently repainted and is in good condition. Smorgasbord N Amer. Coffee Shop Wed 5 p.m. $1.60. Adv.
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Orlis Cox
City Park
El Dorado Seeks Disaster Declaration After Tornado
Gov George Docking asked President Eisenhower to declare El Dorado and nearby districts a major disaster area under federal relief law. A tornado last week killed 13 and damaged or destroyed over 2500 homes. Mayor Clarence Wilke said the declaration would enable use of the National Housing Act to insure mortgages up to 100 percent for new homes. Debris removal is nearly finished and homeowners aim to rebuild promptly.
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Pekam
George Docking
Eisenhower
el Dorado
Docking
Clarence G. Wilke
Wilke
County Forecast With Mild, Parts Cloudy Weather
Partly cloudy this afternoon with highs in the lower 80s. Clear to partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday. Continued mild conditions. Lows tonight near 60. Highs Wednesday in the mid 80s.
Rancher Killed In Power Mower Mishap
Evergreen Colorado AP Willard Hesslar a 46 year old rancher and horse show judge was killed when a power lawn mower sent a baling wire through his chest An autopsy showed the wire pierced his right lung and lodged in his vertebrae Coroner Kenneth Raynie ruled death from lung hemorrhage Hesslar a breeder and trainer of horses had moved from McPherson Kansas His widow survives at home with local high and low temperature records and hourly readings for the date
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Evergreen
Colo
Willard Hesslar
Hesslar
Kenneth Raynie
Jefferson County
McPherson
Kas
Paver Mage
Driverless bulldozer rams through yard in Charlotte
A driverless bulldozer rolled from a construction plot in Charlotte injuring six oak trees and a station wagon before stopping in O W Hedrick's kitchen. Police suspected teenagers started the run but could not stop it.
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Charlotte
N. C
O. W. Hedrick
Land in Chippewa Hills Granted to Methodists Memorial
A 219 acre tract seven miles southwest of Ottawa in Chippewa Hills is granted to the Kansas Methodist Conference for camp purposes. The land had reverted to the deceased owner's parents and was among four killed in a Hickory wooded crash nearby.
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Ottawa
Hardacth Methodist Conference
Benson Likely to Recommend Farm Bill Veto
Washington AP report says Secretary Benson may urge a presidential veto if Congress approves the omnibus farm bill. Benson says the measure is loosely drawn and would fasten dairy quotas, raise retail prices, and weaken dairy products in a critique at a dairy industry luncheon. He predicts the administration’s proposals will be adopted later.
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Washington
Benson
Congress
House Agriculture Committee
Eisenhower
Escapers From Larned Held By Ottawa Police
Ottawa police captured two Larned State Hospital escapees Gary Karlowski and Bernard Murphy after arresting three men for an open whiskey bottle. Karlowski 18 Liberal and Murphy 25 Wichita were returned to the hospital. Driver Harold Holtzclaw 24 Hoisington, released two months earlier, faced a charge for operating a vehicle with an open bottle and pled guilty.
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Ottawa
Larned State Hospital
Larned
Gary Allen Karlowski
Liberal
Bernard D. Murphy
Wichita
James Scott
Harold L. Holtzclaw
Hoisington
Franklin County
Winton A. Winter
Professor Withdraws From Kansas Congress Race
University of Kansas German associate professor George Kreye withdraws from the Democratic nomination race for Kansas Second District after regents policy bars faculty political runs. He asked for a refund of his uncashed $295 filing fee, which Secretary Shanahan said would be held and reviewed by the state canvassing board on June 23. Remaining Democratic contenders are Newell A. George Jack Harris and John Steineger.
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Topeka
University of Kansas
Congress
Board of Regents
George Kreye
Franklin Murphy
University
Kreye
Paul Shanahan
Shanahan
Newell A. George
Kansas City
Jack Harris
Lawrence
John Steineger
Mission
Three Named To State Committee
TOPEKA AP Three new members of the Kansas Centennial Commission were appointed yesterday by Governor George Docking. They are Miss Pauline Cowger Salina Mrs Mildred Barber Concordia and William Cole Parsons.
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Topeka
Kansas Centennial Commission
George Docking
Pauline Cowger
Salina
Mildred Barber
Concordia
William Cole
Thomas Craven Found Dead on Farm Near Princeton
Thomas Craven 1 was found dead in a barn on his farm 20 miles southeast of Princeton. He had lived there 35 years and was discovered by neighbor Clarence Yetzel. Survived by two sisters Anna and Agnes Craven and a brother Frank J. Craven. A note requests graveside services at West Baldwin Cemetery with funeral tentatively set for 2 p.m. Thursday.
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Thomas Craven
Princeton
Craven
Clarence Yetzel
Anna
Agnes Craven
Topeka
Frank J. Craven
West Baldwin
Flood Damage Is Surveyed In Indiana
Flood crests moved toward southern Indiana as officials in Indianapolis planned to assess damage. Governor Handley said he would await the report before seeking disaster declarations to authorize emergency farm loans. The June floods cost Indiana farmers an estimated 35 to 40 million dollars as the Wabash River crested at Terre Haute and threatened levees near Graysville, with 1,500 residents evacuated in West Terre Haute.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Harold W. Handley
Agriculture
Ezra T. Benson
Wabash
Terre Haute
West Terre Haute
Graysville
Blind Boy Gains Friends And Courage With Ham Radio Set
Phillip Horwitz a 13 year old blind boy using a Braille marked ham radio set says it pulls him through his crisis and helps him plan. He talks daily to operators in 41 states and 17 countries and holds call letters K9GBS. He is recovering at Illinois Masonic Hospital after a third operation to restore sight and is set to graduate eighth grade with honors next week.
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Chicago
Phillip Horwitz
Phillip
Mildred Horwitz
Dedication Of Huge Bridge Is Four-Man Job
Four men will share the dedication of the Mackinac Bridge in a June 28 ceremony signaling the union of Michigan's peninsulas. Wilber M. Brucker, G. Mennen Williams, Fren tiss M. Brown, and Walter L. Sisler will participate in a ribbon cutting and veil drawing with a velvet car siren. The $100 million bridge spans five miles over the Straits of Mackinac, length 7,400 feet, and opened to traffic November 1, 1957.
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Michigan
Upper
Lower Peninsulas
Ain
Wilber M. Brucker
Army
G. Mennen Williams
U. S
Frentiss M. Brown
Mackinac
Hungary executes Nagy and Malé ter in revolt crackdown
Vienna report states that Communist Hungary carried out executions of former Premier Imre Nagy and Defense Minister Pal Maleter along with two other uprising leaders from the 1956 Soviet revolt. It also notes prison terms for five others, announced today.
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Vienna
Hungary
Imre Nagy
Pal Maleeter
Nagy
Maleter
Budapest
I Maleter
Jeszef Szilagyi
Szilagyi
Miklos Gimes
Zoltan Tildy
Col
Sandor Kopacsy
Ferenc Donath
Ferenc Janosi
Miklos Vasarhelyi
Communist Party
Szabad Nep
Presidential Aide Pleads Ignorance Of Regulations
Washington AP Sherman Adams testified before a House committee that he was ignorant of the rules and regulations when told his friend Bernard Goldfine had obtained FTC information in violation of law. Adams defended that he never did improper favors for Goldfine, who donated gifts to him and President Eisenhower. He acknowledged an FTC inquiry and noted gift-related hotel bills and a costly rag and coat from Goldfine, while asserting no benefit from government contacts.
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Washington
Sherman Adams
Bernard Goldfine
Federal Trade Commission
House
Goldfine
Boston
Hisenhower
Inhearmittae Cannes Rahart
MMM Miame
Asu Lishman
Adams
FTC
Commission
New York
Plymouth
Mays
White House
Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
Drew Pearson
Hagerty
Waldorf-Astoria
Gold+ fine
Congress
New Hampshire
Gerald D. Morgan
Rachel
Oren Harris
D-Ark
Adams says Goldfine gifts to officials fit friendship
In testimony to a House subcommittee Sherman Adams said his friendship with Bernard Goldfine spanned years and included gifts such as a gold watch and fabric gifts. He insisted no personal relation influenced public actions and cited instances of gifts from Goldfine’s mills to governors and officials. A coat reportedly valued highly was explained as fabric cost about 69 dollars.
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Adams
Bernard Goldfine
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