Ottawa Jaycees to Wash Cars for Junior Legion Ball Team
Ottawa Junior Chamber of Commerce members wash cars Sunday to raise funds for the Ottawa Junior Legion baseball team. Jaycees will work 1 to 5 p.m. at Gilmore Service North Main Rudy Sudja Service 502 N Main and Byrne's Sinclair South Main. Call stations to have cars picked up. price is $1.50.
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Ottawa Junior Chamber of Commerce
Ottawa Junior Legion
Jaycees
Gilmore
North Main
Rudy Sudja
N. Main
Byrne
Sinclair
South Main
Ottawa and Vicinity Day planned around A's-Yanks clash
The Chamber of Commerce Sports committee will sponsor Ottawa and Vicinity Day in Kansas City for the July 31 A's versus Yankees game. Winton A. Winter says 500 tickets go on sale July 7 at the Chamber office, with sales ending July 18. A mix of local notes follows about the Angelita yacht in Los Angeles and a missing person inquiry in Ottawa.
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Chamber of Commerce Sports Committee
Ottawa and
Kansas City
A’s
Yanks
Winton A. Winter
Chamber of Commerce
Los Angeles
Rafael Trujillo Jr
Dominican Republic
Angelita
U. S
Joseph Davies
Trujillo
Platform collapse injures no one at Penn-Dixie event
In Kingsport Tennessee on Friday night the Penn-Dixie Cement Co safety awards ceremony's platform collapsed but no injuries were reported. The honored guests remained safe as emergency crews responded to the incident.
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Kingsport, Tienn
Penn-Dixie Cement Co
Wheat Controls Are Voted To End Debate
Washington AP Farmers voted for the sixth straight year to keep wheat production curbs. In 38 states the referendum on the 1959 crop showed 165,868 for controls and 32,342 against, an 83.7 percent majority. Officials say the program remains unpopular to critics but helps limit a likely large surplus, while abandoning controls could force much lower prices. Unofficial regional tallies include Kansas 24,386 for and 7,577 against, Missouri 3,947 to 1,125, Nebraska 9,524 to 3,562, Oklahoma 11,464 to 2,542.
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Washington
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Oklahoma
County Weather Forecast Improves For Weekend
Partly cloudy to cloudy through Sunday with scattered showers late Sunday. Continued cool this afternoon and tonight, warmer Sunday. Low tonight in the 50s, high Sunday in the 75 to 85 range. River stage 3.08 feet.
Weather Delays Franklin County Nursing Home Construction
Heavy rain has slowed progress on Franklin County's new nursing home with excavation and back-fill stalled. Contractor L. L. Shultz says a concrete tunnel foundation remains waterlogged, requiring pumping before dirt can be laid. Only two workers remain on site as crews wait for ground to dry. Electrical work is in the tunnel and plumbing is installed. McCracken Electrical handles the wiring and Carey’s Plumbing handles the plumbing.
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Franklin County
L. L. Shultz
Shurtz
Shultz
McCracken Electrical Service and Supply
S. Main
Carey’s Plumbing and Heating Co
S. Hicklory
Federal tax on freight may be lifted
Washington AP reports the Senate moved to erase the 8 percent tax on freight and the 10 percent tax on passenger fares by advancing a bill to extend present rates for major excises and corporate profits for a year. House action favored continued taxes, with conferences likely to seek compromise on passenger fares. Transportation taxes raise about 700 million yearly. Eisenhower supports extension for revenue. Treasury cites $2.6 billion annual drop if all taxes lapse.
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Washington
Senate
House
Senate House
Eisenhower
Treasury
George Gugle Dies After Courthouse Fall in Wellsville
George Gugle, 81, Wellsville, died Friday at Ransom Memorial Hospital after falling Monday on steps of the Franklin County courthouse. Born July 29, 1876, in Hornell, New York, he moved to Wellsville a year and a half ago from a farm southwest of town. Surviving is his widow, Tillie. Funeral at 3:30 p.m. Sunday at Coughlin Chapel with Rev. Jim Nabors officiating. Burial in Wellsville Cemetery.
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George Gugle
Wellsville
Franklin County
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Mr. Gugle
Hornell
N. Y
Tillie
Coughlin Chapel
Jim ‘Nabors
Seek 3 In Erie Bank Robbery
In Erie Pennsylvania the FBI tightened the hunt for three bank robbers who seized 105000 from the Union Bank of Erie south side branch. Hugo Winterrowd arrived to lead the probe as a 13 state alert spread. State police and local officers joined in the search. No employees were harmed though the trio seized three bags of cash and left behind 75000.
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Erie
FBI
South Side
Union Bank of Erie
Hugo Winterrowd
Pittsburgh
Winterrowd
Crash Fatal To 4 Persons
A head on collision on U S 36 near Phillipsburg Kansas killed four people. Victims were Lloyd S. Tharp 79 Stella Tharp 79 and Harold R. Tharp 43 from Missouri and Glessie May Bray 64 from Missouri. Witnesses from a third car were treated for shock.
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Phillipsburg
Kan
U. S
Lloyd S. Tharp
Stella
Meadville
Harold R. Tharp
Fullerton
Glessie May Bray
Sparta
Bray
Beaver City
Neb
Harold Tharp
Willa
Hunger Strike Is At End At Leavenworth Prison
Inmate hunger and work protests at Leavenworth neared resolution as about 35 of 2200 prisoners were isolated for nonviolent food protests. Warden C H Looney said the isolation could affect good time credits and transfers, but meals resumed and no further incidents occurred.
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Leavenworth, Kan
U. S
C. H. Looney
Looney
Integration Suspended In Little Rock
U S District Judge Harry Lemley granted the Little Rock School Board permission to suspend racial integration at Central High School for 24% years, allowing removal of seven Negro students and delaying further integration while seeking improved community climate. NAACP plans an appeal. nine Negroes were protected by federal troops last September.
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Little Rock, Ark
U.S
Harry J. Lemley
Hope Today
Little Rock
Central High School
Central
New York
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Lemley
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Central High
Central Integration
Virgil Blossom
Millers Union In Strike Vote
Kansas City AP reports members of the American Federation of Grain Millers Local 16 voted to strike Kansas City terminal elevators unless a wage contract settlement is reached. No strike date set. Members empowered negotiating committee to call a strike as needed. Elevators unload harvest wheat arrivals to peak in days.
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Kansas City
American Federation of Grain Millers
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Authorize Distressed Wheat Support Loans
Kansas state officials authorize distressed price support loans to wheat producers in the western two thirds of the state. Loans will be granted in Washington, Clay, Dickinson, Marion, Butler, Cowley and all counties west.
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Manhattan
Kansas
State Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Washington
Clay
Dickinson
Marion
Butler
Cowley
Polish refugee family's first eight months in America
Dr Jerzy Nowinski a Warsaw mathematics professor and his wife Maria and daughter Krystyna left Poland after fleeing Communist rule. They arrived in the US to lecture at Johns Hopkins and received asylum on January 3. They plan to become citizens and adapt to life in Madison Wisconsin.
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Baltimore
Jerzy Leon Nowinski
Maria
Krystyna
Nowinski
Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Charlie Chaplin
United States
Johns Hopkins University
State Department
England
Poland
Warsaw
University of Warsaw
Jerzy
George
Christina
Disbarment Recommendation for Wichita Judge Stice
Kansas Supreme Court commissioner recommends disbarment of John N. Stice of Wichita a judge and Democratic AG candidate accusing him of oath violations misconduct and aiding criminals Stice denies partisan motives and cites past reversals by the court in disbarment rulings.
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Topeka
John N. Stice
Wichita
Kansas Supreme Court
Stice
Wichita Common Pleas Court
Kansas
Supreme Court
Atty
John Anderson Jr
Roy S. Trail
Trail
Lester Goodell
Goodell
Press Russia For Release Of U S Airmen
The United States urges Soviet military authorities in East Germany to immediate action to free nine U S airmen held after their helicopter went off course in bad weather two weeks ago. State Department official Robert Murphy asked Moscow to enforce postwar agreements for handling military personnel.
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Washington
United States
East Germany
Russia
U.S
State Department
Moscow
Robert Murphy
Germany
Nixon Urges GOP Unity Amid Adams Controversy
Vice President Nixon told Republican state chairmen to close ranks and not panic over the Sher man Adams affair. He warned Republicans against a cannibal reaction and urged unity despite Eisenhower's need for Adams. California chair Alfonso Bell Jr said Nixon implied doubts about electoral impact if Adams remains. Utah chair Thomas Judd quoted Nixon urging cooperation regardless of circumstances.
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Washington
Nixon
Sherman Adams
Adams
Eisenhower
Boston
Bernard O'Goldfine
White House
Alphonzo E. Bell Jr
California
Thomas G. Judd
Utah
Harvest And Construction Work Slowed In Ottawa Storm
Ottawa endured a noisy storm last night with .68 inch of rain and bright lightning about 1:15 am. The Marais des Cygnes rose about 5 feet by 8:30 am, aided by heavy rain northwest of Ottawa. Willson Creek broke banks locally and wheat harvest and area construction work were delayed due to soft ground and moisture. Rain totals included Olathe 1.25, Topeka .92, Emporia .93, Garnett .95, Osawatomie .79, Worden .79, Michigan Valley 1.00, Quenemo .63.
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Ottawa
City Electric Department
Willson Creek
Marais Des Cygnes
Forest Park
Olathe
Topeka
Emporia
Garnett
Osawatomie
Worden
Michigan Valley
Quenemo
Western Kansas Storm Damages Wheat and Farms
A severe Friday storm in western Kansas ripped through Plains and Meade areas, damaging thousands of wheat acres and tearing down wires. Two crew members were injured when a house trailer was blown over, six barns were destroyed, and poles toppled. Louis Chappell’s 30 bushel wheat loss reached 650 acres, Ernest Branam lost 320 acres, and the storm span was about two thirds of a mile wide northwest of Meade. A tornado reportedly touched ground five miles northwest of El Dorado before dissipating.
Five Killed In Helicopter Crash Near Manhattan Kansas
Five airmen died when an Army H21 helicopter crashed during a thunderstorm on a ranch near Manhattan. Three bodies were found in the wreckage and two were ejected. The craft, based at Fort Riley, was on a routine night training flight and the cause remains unknown. Names withheld pending next of kin notification.
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FT. Riley
Kan
Manhattan
Philip Hosteteter
U. S. 40
Army
Marshall Field
Ft. Risley
Transportaton Co
Low Bid Placed For Refuge Construction Project
Topeka AP reports Smith-Miller Construction Co of Pleasanton submitted an apparent low bid on 85 Friday for a superintendent residence garage and equipment building at the Marais des Cygney Wildlife Refuge near Pleasanton.
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Topeka (Ap
Smith-Miller, Construction Co
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