Franklin County 4 H heads to regional camp with theme space travel
Forty three Franklin County 4 H members will travel to Rock Springs Eas tomorrow for a three day regional camp June 26 to 29. About 250 4 H members from eight eastern Kansas counties are expected. The camp for youngsters under 13 is the second such event this year with the older group having met earlier this month. Accompanying the delegation are Don Brown Rosemary Crist and Margaret Rohan and Mrs Dean Martin. The fair board has raised over 1600 to liquidate debts while the Ottawa Chamber seeks 1500 as its share of 3000 debt. The fair will run August 23 to 26 with a rodeo on the last three nights.
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Franklin County
Rock Springs
Eas
Kansas
Don Brown
Rosemary Crist
Margaret Rohan
Dean Martin
Franklin County Fair Board
Ottawa
Martin Dickinson
The
Fair Board
Typhoon Olive Heads Toward Southern Luzon
Manila weather officials warn Luzon and Visayas as Typhoon Olive, packing 170 mph winds, moves west-northwest toward southern Luzon. Early reports place the storm 170 miles east of Catanduanes in the Bicol region, advancing at 13 mph toward Lavon.
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Olive
Manila
Manila Weather Bureau
Luzon
Visayan Islands
Catanduanes
Bicol
Lavon
President Fisenhower Accepts Taipei Golf Club Honorary Membership
In Taipei AP reports President Eisenhower has accepted an honorary membership in the Taipei Golf and Country Club. The club noted he could not use its facilities during his Formosa visit, stating a letter expressing regret was received by the club.
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Taipei
Fisenhower
Taipei Golf and Country Club
Formosa
Tina Onassis wins Alabama divorce from Aristotle Onassis
New York AP report says Tina Onassis obtained the divorce from Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis on grounds of mental cruelty. She received custody of their two children, Alexander 11 and Christina 9, with no alimony. The couple had been married 13 years.
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New York
Tina Onassis
Alabama
Aristotle Onasis
Sol Rosenblatt
Weather County Forecast Fair to warm through Sunday
Fair to partly cloudy and warmer through Sunday with highs around 80 to 85 this afternoon and middle 80s on Sunday. Tonight's low near 60. Yesterday's high 76 and low 57, with record highs 104 in 1911 and record low 1958.
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M. Eosesse
BB Beane
Johnson Backers Push Drive To Stop Kennedy
Supporters of Lyndon B. Johnson intensified their bid to deny John F. Kennedy the Democratic nomination. Governors at Glacier National Park formed a Southern caucus to test Johnson's convention chances and quell Southern critics over civil rights votes. Johnson backers claimed 502 first ballot votes vs Kennedys 602 or more, with hopes to reach 761 to win by the third ballot.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Glacier National Park
Mont
Price Daniel
Buford Ellington
Tennessee
Johnson
Kennedy
Los Angeles
Paul Butler
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Eisenhower Ends Hawaiian Rest Stop Heads Home
President Eisenhower wraps up a six day Hawaiian stay and leaves for Washington to report on his Far Eastern trip. He reportedly drafted a hard hitting speech condemning Communist efforts with Japanese students to block his Tokyo visit. He boards an orange tipped jet at 5 p.m. HST for refueling at Travis and expected to land at Andrews AFB near Washington Sunday morning. A 30 minute TV radio address from the White House is planned for 5:30 p.m. CST Monday.
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Honolulu
Eisenhower
Washington
Tokyo
Travis Afb
California
Andrews Air Force Base
White House
Betancourt Survives Venezuelan Bomb Attack
President Romulo Betancourt, badly battered but alive, linked the blast to foes of democracy as Venezuela tightened borders and halted travel. Defense Minister Lopez Henriquez, burned in the explosion, urged the armed forces to defend the three party coalition government amid reports of three dead and eight wounded.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Romulo Betancourt
Betancourt
Miraflores
Lopez Henriquez
Betanco
Betan‘court
Avenue of Heroes
Removal Of Haul Road Along River In Ottawa
Work to remove the haul road along the Marais des Cygnes river in Ottawa has begun. McCarthy Improvement Co says the earth hauling for levee construction is finished, and earth will be cast onto the levee from east to west with drag line operations and rip-rap work pending on the river side.
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Marais Des Cygnes
Ottawa
McCarthy Improvement Co
Davenport
Iowa
Army Engineer
Hope Cemetery
Hickory Street
Main
Locust Street
Castro Casts Sugar Wager with Herter on Cuba Output
Fidel Castro proposed a one million ton wager on Cuba sugar production with Secretary of State Christian Herter. In a TV address Castro said Cuba would surrender its U S sugar quota if 1961 output falls by a million tons, or gain a quota rise if output increases. He argued Americans are misled and claimed Cuba could lower US living costs with cheaper sugar.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Christian A. Herter
Herter
Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Cuba
U.S
Eisenhower
Castro
United States
Grauerholz resigns from state recreation post
Alvin F. Grauerholz of Coffeyville resigns as chairman of the governor’s Advisory Recreation Council to pursue ideas on outdoor recreation during the 1960 campaign. He is a Republican candidate for lieutenant governor and notes his Kansas Park Authority term ends June 30. He criticizes park adequacy in number and facilities.
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Topeka
Alvin F. Gauerhol Friday
Grauerholz
Coffeyville
Kansas Park Authority
Kansas
Ottawa Lodge Special Communication Schedule
Ottawa Lodge No. 18 A F and M announces a special communication on Sunday June 26 with breakfast at 730 a m and St John s day services at 830 a m Gerald B Harford Master Sydney Morris Secretary led by lodge officers with detailed timing and roles.
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Ottawa Lodge No
St. John’s
Gerald B. Harford
Sydney
Morris
Counterfeit Twenty Appears At Topeka Bank
A counterfeit $20 bill surfaced at a Topeka bank, mirroring about a dozen similar notes found in Kansas City over the past 10 days. Secret Service agent Howard Haas noted the backs were blue green instead of the usual green.
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Topeka
Kansas City
Secret Service
Howard Haas
Hollywood Tax Liens Hit 24 Celebrities and Figures
IRS district director Robert A. Riddell filed liens against 24 entertainers, directors, sports figures, and writers for over 400000 in unpaid federal income taxes. Notables include Bud Abbott, Sammy Davis Jr, Carol Channing, George Marshall, Edward Dmytryk, Joe Louis, Art Aragon, W R Burnett, William Saroyan, Judy Garland, Liz Renay, John Carradine, Broderick Crawford, and William Gargan among others. The liens reflect disputed or unpaid taxes.
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Sammy Davis Jr
Carol Channing
George Marshall
Edward Dmyitryk
Riddell
Joe Louis
Art Aragon
W. R. Burnett
William Saroyan
Martha Hyer
Claude
Clifton Trenier
Judy Garland
Sid Luft
Mary Murphy
Liz Renay
Art Kassel
Wendell Corey
John Carradine
Broderick Crawford
William Gargan
Baby Sitters May Win Social Security Coverage
WASHINGTON AP Baby sitters may gain Social Security under House action with the so called baby sitter clause applying to casual domestic workers. It would mandate employer contributions for any worker paid $25 in a three month period, lowering the former $50 quarterly threshold and exempting workers under 16.
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Washington
House
Twisting Winds Hit Northeast Tornadoes Ravage Several States
Tornado winds battered Pennsylvania New York and Vermont Friday night as colder air from the central states and Canada displaced warm air. Alerts were issued in New Jersey Connecticut and Massachusetts. No deaths reported though Schenectady New York faced heavy damage with unofficial estimates around two million dollars.
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Atlantic Ocean
Weather Bureau
Central States
Canada
Pennsylvania
New York
Vermont
New Jersey
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Schenectady
N.Y
Wiley Defends U.S. Actions In U2 Incident
Sen. Wiley defends Eisenhower era U2 actions saying Khrushchev would have torpedoed Paris summit anyway. He released a State Department letter from Herter rejecting attacks on the canceled Japan trip and prepared a Senate speech ahead of a 62 page U2 report. Mansfield criticized flight timing and bureaucratic handling.
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Washington
Alexander Wiley
R-Wis
Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
Wiley
Paris
Senate
Christian A. Herter
Herter
Japan
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Mike Mansfield
D- Mont
Mansfield
Two Held In Police Slaying
In Los Angeles a bar shooting killed Patrolman Vernon J. Owings and wounded his partner Richard A. Brizenbine as they stopped two men claiming car trouble. A harbor-area dragnet led to two arrests, Ross Wilson and Warren Durfee, with Durfee said to have fired the fatal shot. Wilson had prior sex offense records and recent release from a state mental facility. Durfee was captured after a fight with officers a mile from the scene.
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Los Angeles
Harbor
Vernon J. Owings
Richard A. Brizenbine
Ross Wilson
Long Beach
Warren Durfee
Burbank
Durfee
Owings
Wreckage Found After Convair Plunge Off Rio Bay
A Brazilian Convair carrying 51 aboard including an American plunged into Guanabara Bay near Rio de Janeiro. Searchers recovered body parts and wreckage with no survivors. The flight from Brasilia via Belo Horizonte went missing about eight hours earlier. Local congressman Jose Gomes Thlarico had intended to fly Rio-ward but remained in Brasilia.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Guanabara Bay
Brasilia
Belo Horizonte
Paqueta
Rio
Dumont
Newton B. Thompson
Waterville
Maine
American Bond and Share Electric Co
Real Airlines
George Pfistern
Janet S. Latter
H. V. Lee
Thompson
Jose Gomes Thlarico
Joao Belloc
Santos Dumont
Paqueta Island
Burglary Hits Cartier Store Police Seek Suspect
A thief smashed a Cartier display window on Fifth Avenue at 4:55 a.m., stealing gems worth about 30 000 dollars while leaving other valuables intact. Guard Conrad Nilsson saw two men flee in a waiting car after signaling guards with shots into the ceiling. Police expect a precise loss total after store checks.
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New York
Cartier’s
Fifth Avenue
52Nd St
Conrad Nilsson
Nilsson
Coud
Drowns When Tractor Topples Into Pit
Allen G. Holloway a 35 year old Finney County employee died when his tractor toppled into a water filled sand pit near Garden City. Sheriff Earl Robinson said the vehicle edged the pit causing the side to cave in and the body was recovered from half the pit half a mile west of the U S 83 bridge over the Arkansas River. Holloway is survived by his wife and two children.
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Garden City
Allen G. Holloway
Finney County
Earl Robinson
Holloway
U. S. 83
Arkansas River
Twiffe
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Robert A. Riddell
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