Price Set For Flood Control Property On Marais des Cygnes
District Court records show appraised totals of 133,442.73 dollars for the first 89 tracts needed by Ottawa for river flood control along the Marais des Cygnes. The report, awaiting judge Floyd H. Coffman's approval, grants the city a right of way from the first alley west of Main and east along both river banks for widening and levee work by the Corps of Engineers. Owners listed include John Jefferies estate, Kenneth L. Keelin, Webster Investment Co., Inc., Ranzy E. Claxton, and Miguel Garcia among many others with varied compensation amounts. bond funds are ready to pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd H. Coffman
Main
Corps of Engineers
Ottawa
John Jefferies
Kenneth L. Keelin
S. Locust
Webster Investment Co., Inc
S. Main
Ranzy E. Claxton
N. Oak
J. J. Jameson
RFD
Miguel Garcia
N. Mulberry
William D. Dyke
Theron Stovall
Olive
Edward M. Hockenberry
Arthur G. Wheeler
Louise R. Welsch
Garnett
Americans Save Record Amount in Savings and Bonds
The Federal Home Loan Bank board said Americans held over 268 billion dollars in savings accounts government bonds and insurance equities at end-March. Deposits increased by 5.593 billion in Q1 for an annual pace near 22.3 billion, surpassing 1944’s record by a small margin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Public Drunk Collapses Into Trash Can Twice
In Whiteville North Carolina a man described as public drunk attempted to sit on the edge of a 60 gallon trash can and fell inside. Four officers pulled him out. He was later jailed on public drunkenness charges at Columbus County jail.
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Whiteville
N.C
Columbus County
Man wakes from bed as dynamite blasts under him
Cumberland Kentucky resident O M Henson slept in his son's grocery store to deter burglars when two dynamite charges exploded beneath his bed. He escaped unharmed though the bed and store suffered about 500 dollars in damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland, Ky
O. M. Henson
Henson
Tells Newsmen Of World Change
Presidential press secretary James C. Hagerty urged editors and reporters to gain knowledge of science and economics as journalism enters a new, shrinking world. He said presidents will speak to and from anywhere, and the public must understand scientific language to relay it accurately. News professionals should have a layman’s grasp of economics and global economic forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bear Mountain
N. Y
James C. Hagerty
New York State Society of Newspaper Editors
Hagerty
County Forecast Sees Cloudy Skies and Showers Through Wednesday
The forecast calls for unsettled weather with scattered showers and thunderstorms from this afternoon into Wednesday. Temperatures hold steady with highs around 80 to 85 this afternoon, lows in the 60s, and highs near 80 on Wednesday.
Big Engine Fitted For Operation At City Plant
A 102 ton four cycle diesel engine with 17 inch bore and 21 inch stroke, plus a 45 ton flywheel and generator, is nearly ready to operate at the city electric plant. Ed Howes of Power Equipment Co. in Kansas City said piping grounding and a service platform remain before start up which should occur in about a week. The plant already has other equipment and this engine will produce 3500 kilowatts. The only other similar engine is in Waverly Iowa.
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United States
Ha Howes
The
Power Equipment Co
Kansas City
Ottawa
Waverly
Lloyd Balthagen
City
Ed Howes
Howe
Recession Has Hit Bottom Says Labor Official
Ann Arbor, Mich. Asst. Secretary of Labor Newell Brown said today the recession has definitely hit bottom but it will take a year to recover. He spoke during the University of Michigan’s 11th annual Conference on Aging citing leveling unemployment, more home building, higher freight shipments and more service jobs as indicators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Arbor
Mich
Newell Brown
University of Michigan
Few Sprinkles Forecast Across Ottawa Area
Ottawa reports a light rain morning with a largely cloudy sky. The weather bureau warns continued cloudy conditions statewide with possible scattered showers and thunderstorms hindering the wheat harvest. Funnel clouds were spotted near Kansas City last night but did not reach the ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Weather Bureau
Kansas City
Schedule A Strike Of Bus Drivers
Union officials say drivers for Central Lines of Trans continental Bus System Inc have authorized a strike at 12:01 AM CST Friday June 27 over wages. About 260 drivers involved across routes linking Pueblo Little Rock Oklahoma City Durant Kansas City and St Louis. The union seeks to raise the base pay rate of 7 cents a mile not increased since 1952.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita, Kas
Central Lines Division
Transcontinental Bus System, Inc
F. A. Purcell
Watervliet
N.Y
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Continental Trailways
Purcell
G. L. Carpenter
Central Lines
Wichita
Pueblo
Colo
Little Rock
Oklahoma City
Durant
Okla
Kansas City
St. Louis
Atty Gen rules Kansas cannot extend unemployment benefits
Kansas Attorney General John Anderson ruled the state cannot accept a 50 percent extension of unemployment benefits under a new federal act without additional state legislation. The plan would require 30 weeks total, funded by higher employer payroll taxes or existing funds, and Kansas currently caps at 20 weeks.
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Topeka
John Anderson
Kansas
Anderson
Red Ships Move Into Atlantic
Swedish observers report about 14 Soviet warships passed through the Kattegat into the Atlantic. The fleet included a Sverdby class cruiser, three destroyers, four submarines and tankers. The Kattegat links the Baltic with the Atlantic and may indicate Atlantic maneuvers or a voyage to the Mediterranean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Sweden
Kattegat
Atlantic
Denmark
Baltic
Mediterranean
Patrol to Speed Harvest Movement in Kansas
The Kansas Highway Patrol will cooperate to speed harvest equipment movement during peak demand. Patrol Superintendent Harvey Schmedemann said the force will assist in relocating combines to needed areas and will waive weekend and holiday movement restrictions during the peak period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas Highway Patrol
Harvey Schmedemann
Onassis estimates two million hearing price
Aristoteles Onassis told a House subcommittee the two million dollar figure covers legal fees and disruption to tanker operations from a congressional hearing. He said he had nothing to hide and explained his tanker activities while noting prior inquiries, including ties to former Attorney General Herbert Brownell. The case stems from a 1955 settlement linked to a 20 million dollar suit over the purchase of 23 surplus U S ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Aristotle Socrates Onassis
House
Merchant Marine
Onassis
Zelenko
Justice Department
Brownell
New York
U. S
Gadsby
Lishman
SEC
Increase in combine need across Kansas as wheat ripens
The Harvest Labor Control office reports a rapid rise in combine demand this week due to advancing northwest ripening and delayed cutting in the south. Machines are scarce in the south central and southern counties, but expected inflows from Texas and Oklahoma should ease the shortage by June 25. Central regions could see general cutting after two more sunlit days. City needs listed include Hays 67 and Lyons 50 among others.
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Great Bend
South
Harvest Labor Control Office
Kansas
R. B. Gilkison
Gilkison
Texas
Oklahoma
May Living Costs Hit New High Despite Slower Rise
Washington AP reports the nations living costs reached another record in May while showing the smallest monthly increase since December. The Labor Department index rose 0.1 percent to 123.6 of the 1947-49 base, 3.3 percent above May last year, marking the 18th rise in 21 months as food items did not rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Labor Department
Traffic Toll Topeka Fatalities Listed by State
Kansas traffic fatalities reported by the State Accident Records Section show 1 death in the last 24 hours. To date in 1958 there have been 213, while the same period in 1957 recorded 237 fatalities.
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Topeka
Kansas
Chamoun warns of heavy rebel attacks in Lebanon
President Camille Chamoun predicted NBC in a television interview that rebels would launch heavy attacks within 48 hours. Dag Hammarskjold arrived from Cairo after talks with Nasser as Beirut braced for a likely showdown. A bomb near Hammarskjold's hotel underscored tensions amid UN efforts to curb rebel activity.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Camille Chamoun
Chamoun
NBC
Dag Hammarskhold
U.N
Cairo
Nasser
Hammarskjold
Biarritz Hotel
Sami Solh
Smorgasbord at North American Coffee Shop Ad
A brief advertisement notes a Smorgasbord event at North American Coffee Shop from 5 to 8 p.m. with a price of $1.60. The notice is concise and lists the time and cost for guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smorgasbord
N. Amer
Demand To Know Why SEC Legal Action Delayed
Washington hearings probe why the SEC delayed action against Bernard Goldfine’s East Boston Co. until a minority stockholder filed suit. The testimony centered on whether informal enforcement sufficed and noted trading activity and delisting concerns, with SEC officials defending procedural choices.
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SEC
Washington
Securities and Exchange Commission
Bernard Goldfine
Goldfine
Boston
Sherman Adams
White House
East Boston Co
Byron D. Woodside
SEC Division
Corporation Finance
Subcommittee
Robert Lishman
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District Court Clerk
Gustav Sehnert
Harrison Camper
Perry D. Troutman
M. Katherine Cummings
Kansas State Bank
N. Main
Theodosia
Cesaria Ruiz
Melvin L. Fabert
Lyndon
W. H. Morehead
Rena Rendall
S. Walnut
Harold Hensick
S. Cedar
Orral Staneart
Willow
Charles Hanes
Charles S. Williamson
Mae T. Chappell
N. Hickjory
Aurelio Trejo
Mae Chappell
Franklin County Board of Commissioners
Nellie Saunders
W. 4Th
Franklin County Commissioners
Soledad Trejo Vasquez
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Cyrenes S. Stacker
S. W. Bell Telephone
Ralph E. Page
Gilbert C. Robe
Olive Roba
Mary Nelson Sessen
Atlantic Hylands
N. J
Ottawa Savings and Loans Association
Brown
Bennett Creamery Co
N. Walnut
J. M. E. Nelson
Spain
John Nelson
D. H. Ikenberry
Stanley Henderson
Naomi Henderson
Earl R. Chestnut
E. Logan
Robert §. Hill
R. W
Margaret M. Beiter
Frieda Kissinger
Logan
Charles T. and
Frank Foster
Louis G. Ames
N. Syamore
Daisy B. Spangler
G W. Mott
Noak
H. A. Holmes
Omaha
Nebr
Milford R
Verna D. Monroe
E. 17Th
Anna M. Young
Rohrers and Drakes
Clifford Dale
Robert Mason
N. Sycamore
Frank Mason
Charles Burns
Franklin County
Maxine Philips
Lone Star
the Star Grain and Lumber
Westpoint
Ottawa Cooperative Association
Frank Armstrong
N. Cherry
Harry E. Dodd
Merle Paul
Eva E. Paul
Bertha Wilson
Texas Corporation
Denver
Skelly Oil Co
the Creeks
Sudjas and
Werntz
Paul
Ruth Shannon
F. H. Stannard Nursery Co
Will
Nellie Cash
S. Cherry
Ranzy
Deborah Claxton
Robert S. Hill
McNeairs, Boyds, Logans
Frank Hopkins Jr
Estabrook
Thelma Hopkins
Ottawa Savings and Loan Association
Tom D. Liggett
Steve Garrett
S. W. Bell Telephone Co
Oscar
Effie Arnold
Jack E
Blanche M. Honeycutt
LC. Geiger
J. G. Alexander
E. J. Barnes
Board of Commissioners
Esraeees
Ceese
Wa. m. Vehave
P.M. Coscaee
Savenae
Aggesee
Lamb
Bulletin
Richmond
Ind
Don Meek
Kan.) University
Earlham College
Meek
University of Missouri
University of Illnois
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Foreign Affairs Committee
Lawrence
Kas
Wayne Hightower
Philadelphia
Wilt Chamberlain
Dick Harp
University of Kansas
Hightower
K. U
Qonassis
Larned
Hays
Russell
Dodge City
Kinsley
Jetmore
Beloit
Salina
McPherson
Lyons
Arkansas City
Fear
United Arab Republic
U. N
Sami .Solh
Woodside
Edward N. Gadsby
East Boston
Boston Stock Exchange
Sion
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