Remodeling on Main Street to reshape Moore-Chevrolet site
Remodeling starts this week on the west side of Main Street in the 400 block where Moore Chevrolet Oldsmobile Co. is located. The two adjacent sites will be remodeled to fit the Moore building at 412 South Main, with Jerry Ames as general contractor. An open front will house a used car sales area.
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Main
South Main
Moore-Chevrolet-Oldsmobile Co
Kansas City
Power & Light
Ice Cream Co
S. Main
Moore
Jerry Ames
Satchmo Lapses Into A Coma
Satchmo Armstrong known as Louis for jazz greatness lay in a coma in Spoleto Italy after heart disturbances worsened pneumonia. Dr. Alexander Schiff said no heart attack occurred and noted prolonged wind instrument playing can weaken the heart.
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Spoletos
Italy
Louis
Satchmo) Armstrong
Satchmo
Alexander Schiff
New Orleans
Meet To Talk About Newspaper Strike in Kansas City
Representatives of striking printers and the two Kansas City dailies met with federal mediators to an exploratory session. Local No 80 of the International Typographical Union walked out a week earlier, suspending publication of the Kansas City Star and Times and the Kansas City Kansan. A second session was planned for 2 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Greater
International Typographical Union
Kansas City Star
The
Times
Kansas City Kansan
Kan
John Pennell
Colbern's Drive-In Opens at 17th and Main Ady
The Colbern's Drive-In at 17th and Main is now open for service. Ady invites customers to visit and enjoy the new establishment.
Weather COUNTY FORECAST Partly cloudy and warm
Partly cloudy and warm today with highs in the 90s and humid conditions. Tonight and Friday remain warm with similar temperatures and overnight lows in the 70s to 75.
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Tomight
Old Ottawa landmark slated for teardown next week
The 74 year old building at 6th and Maple, once St Paul Lutheran Church and later a grocery, will be torn down next Wednesday to make way for a new single story Ogg’s Market. Courtney Ogg, nearing retirement, notes the change as the structure is cleared.
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Ottawa
Oggs
Splace
Ogg’s Market
Courtney Ogg
James Ogg
6Th and
Maple
Orchard Heights Annexed to Ottawa by City Commission
Ottawa city commissioners approved adding 30.10 acres to the city at the regular meeting. The Orchard Heights area lies along 15th Street southeast of town and extends from Rockwood Drive. Planning officials, led by Tom Gleason, approved the subdivision with street name changes Apple Lane Orchard Drive and 16th Street Terrace 17th Street Terrace. Some residents urged moving parking signs on East 11th Street pending a petition. The Carnegie Library budget for next year totals 22385 dollars.
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Ottawa
Orchard Heights
15Th Street
Planning Commission
Tom Gleason
Don Shade
Shade
Apple Lane
Orchard Drive
16Th Street Terrace
17Th Street Terrace
Gleason
Rockwood Drive
15Th
Rockwood Acres
16Th Street
Highland Cemetery
Lawrence C. Ott
Don Capper
Commission
East 11Th Street
Capper
Carnegie Library
Record Kansas Turnpike traffic and toll revenue rise in May
AP reports Kansas Turnpike saw a May traffic record with 419279 vehicles and toll revenue of 453893.91 dollars, up 17 percent from May 1958. Gale Moss, general manager, released the figures today.
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Wichita
Kansas Turnpike
Gale Moss
Eisenhower vetoes wheat and tobacco price support bills
President Eisenhower rejected two farm bills. The wheat measure would raise government price supports to 90 percent and from 1.81 to 2.13 a bushel, with a 25 percent reduction in plantings. The tobacco bill sought to freeze price supports. He called the wheat bill unrealistic and counterproductive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Wheat Farmers of America
National Debt Ceiling Raised in Senate Action
Washington AP report says the Senate rushed to approve President Eisenhower legislation raising the national debt limit to 295 billion dollars for the coming year. The move follows Finance Committee approval of the House passed measure and prevents a drop from 288 billion to 283 billion next Tuesday.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
Finance Committee
Takes Pictures Of Husband's Arrest
JOSEPH MO AP Samuel P O Neal 43 of Maryville Tenn was picked up Wednesday on a charge of careless and reckless driving While Trooper C V Cundis of the Missouri Highway Patrol wrote out the summons and later escorted O Neal to the courthouse to pay his fine Mrs O Neal recorded the proceedings with a movie camera Our friends will really enjoy this she said Trooper Cn d iff accused O Neal f of passing on a hill nearly forcing ne patrolman's car off the highway
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St, Joseph
Samuel P. O'Neal
Maryville
Tenn
C. V. Cundis
Missouri Highway Patrol
O'Neal
Patterson Johansson Title Fight Postponed by Weather
Heavyweight title match between Floyd Patterson and Ingemar Johansson at Yankee Stadium was postponed to Friday night at 8:30 p.m. CST due to threatening weather. Promoter Bill Rosendohn said the decision came early as heavy rains and showers disrupted plans. The 15 round bout was set for 8:30 p.m. CST tonight but was delayed by the renewed downpour.
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SKEAD
New York
Floyd Patterson
Sweden
Ingemar Johansson
Yankee Stadium
Bill Rosendohn
Rosensohn
Named Dean Of Women At OU From Olyphant Pa
Helen L Cunliffe of Olyphant Pennsylvania is named dean of women at Ottawa University. She replaces Edna Agnew who resigns to marry next month. Cunliffe formerly led posts at Albright College and North Central College in Naperville Illinois. She holds an AB from Bucknell 1939 89 MA from Oberlin 1941 and studied at Columbia New York. Dean Bemmels says her recommendations indicate she will fill the post well and teach some courses.
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Helen L. Cunliffe
Olyphant
Ottawa University
W. OD. Bemmels
Edna Agnew
Bucknell University
Pennsylvania
Oberlin College
Ohio
Columbia University
New York
Bemmels
Leaders Of Steel Union Meet To Avert Crisis
Testimony at hearings shows Pittsburgh Sun Telegraph paid Teamsters Local 211 president Theodore Cozza large benefits for labor peace. Poch said Cozza drew $1,022 in phone charges and over $100,000 overall, while doing little work, with payments tied to a seven week strike and contract terms. Pierre Salinger testified of wages, overtime, and truck rental totaling about $100,000.
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Washington
Senate Labor Management Committee
Teamsters
Pittsburgh
Sun - Telegraph
William J. Poch
Theodore Cozza
Pittsburgh Teamsters Local 211
Cozza
Poch
Sun-Telegraph
Pierre Salinger
John IL. McClellan
D-Ark
JL DeGarmo Dies At 60 Rich mond cattleman dies after illness
J Leonard DeGarmo 60 of Richmond died at Anderson County Hospital Garnett after an extended illness. He owned livestock in several states and helped run Richmond Fair Association. Born July 18 1830 in Girard he lived in Ottawa and Richmond since 1917. He married Jessie Batdorf in 1919 at Ottawa and leaves a widow two sons a brother a sister and four grandchildren. Funeral Saturday 10:30 am Lamb Funeral Home with Rev Hiatt officiating burial Highland Cemetery. Memorials to Cancer Fund.
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J. Leonard DeGarmo
Richmond
Anderson County Hospital
Garnett
Girard
Allen Marion
Ella (Turkington) DeGarmo
Ottawa
Jessie Batdorf
Presbyterian Church
Allen
Dean
Clathe
Willard DeGarmo
Orliff Steen
Crete
Neb
Lamb Funeral
T. Neal Hiatt
Methodist Church
Merriam
Highland Cemetery
Frank Cox
Lon Mishler
George Dietrich
Joe ‘Wittman
Merritt McDonald
Antone Gretencord
Ralph McCrea
Kenneth Cunningham
Irwin Crawford
Paola
J. R. Henning
Cancer Fund
Starkweather Executed After Long Notoriety in Nebraska
Charles Starkweather was executed by electric chair at the Nebraska State Penitentiary at midnight after a day of appeals. Prison physician Dr. B A Finkel suffered a heart attack and died before the execution began. Starkweather spoke no last words, only asking officials, Whats your hurry, as authorities prepared for the death.
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Lincoln
Neb
Charles Starkweather
Starkweather
B. A. Finkel
Stricker
Nebraska’ State ‘Penitentiary
Washington
Guy Starkweather
Greenholtz
Robert Klein
Tired Of Waiting Marry In Hospital
Viola Clark and Rodney Hoeltzel, after repeated postponements due to family illness, married in hospital on Wednesday in Jacksonville Florida. Clark underwent an appendectomy just before the planned wedding date, yet the couple proceeded with the ceremony in her hospital room.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Viola Clark
Rodney Hoeltzel
Miss Clark
Colbern's Drive In Opens on 17th and Main
Colbern's Drive-In at 17th and S Main is now open to serve customers. The new eatery offers classic fast food with a quick service setup.
Steel Union weighs extension of contracts into July
NEW YORK AP The Steel Workers Union says it is willing to extend current steel labor contracts to July 15 if industry gains are retroactive to July 1. Industry leaders favor indefinite extension but warn no wage boosts. McDonald declined to reveal recommendations to the union board.
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New York
Steelworkers Union Today
United Steelworkers Executive Board
David J. McDonald
USW
McDonald
R. Conrad Cooper
U. S. Steel Corp
Stee
Name Committee To Correct Error At Medical Center
TOPEKA AP A two man committee will work with the University of Kansas Medical Center to strengthen its budget control system to prevent a repeat of a funds crisis. The center asked the State Finance Council for an increase of more than 190000 dollars in its spending limit to finish the fiscal year ending June 30. The Kansas Board of Regents authorized its chairman Clement Hall to appoint the committee and asked State Budget Director James Bibb to provide the office’s services to harmonize budget controls across state universities. Gov George Docking said he wants the regents to report on actions for competent management before he convenes the finance council meeting to resolve the money problem.
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Topeka
University of Kansas Medical Center
State Finance Council
Kansas Board of Regents
Clement Hall
James Bibb
George Docking
Tuese
Regents
Finance Council
Bibb
Banks Increase Savings Interest in Ottawa
Ottawa banks will raise savings interest to three and a half percent starting July 1, announced by First National Bank president Robert Clogston Kansas State Bank president Robert Hill and Peoples National Bank president George Lister after a joint meeting. The move, aligning with rising national rates, marks a climb from the previous two percent rate in effect for the past several years.
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Ottawa
Robert Clogston
First National Bank
Robert Hill
Kansas State Bank
George Lister
Peoples National Bank
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Detroit
Mich
Paul Vernon
Vernon
Edwin Waddell
Louisville, Ky
Austin W. Smith
Cookeville
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
L.&n
Smith
Dixie Flier
Estill Springs
Decherd, Tenn
Colbern’s
Ady
Saveese
Aeeenene
Reeweenedlil A
Eaeeee
Veernee
Ateneseas
A. m. Seaeanee
Ooenees
Esesenne
Board of Trustees
W. M. Henderson
4Th and
Hickory
Evening Herald
Henderson
Ben Sands
B. F. Ogg
Oklahoma
Ogg West Side Grocery
Hows
Imeat
Courtney
Howard Ogg
Derby
Ogg
Jim
Indmark
Lloyd Ballhagen
Bulletin
Miss Cunliffe
Albright College
North Central College
Napiervile, Ill
Steel Union
Irving Lees
Teamsters Union
Congress
JL. DeGarmo
John Roush
17Th & S. Main
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