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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1956
Page
1
Local brief notes vacation service offered by the Herald. Subscribers can request a Vacation Pack to receive all issues published during their absence, with immediate delivery on return. No extra charge. Call the circulation department at phone 47.
Franklin county wool producers will receive added payments for wool sold in the 1955 marketing season, based on Kansas State College information. Prices averaged about 44 cents per pound and the incentive payment adds roughly 40 percent of that price, aiming for a national wool average near 62 cents per pound. Wool value in the county in 1955 was about $23,000, placing Franklin among Kansas's top ten producers.
Hospital notes show admissions for Mrs. Norman Bowling Mrs. Vera Brown Mrs. Clementine Gager and Mrs. Paul Deneve with locations in Howard Fletcher Pomona Greeley Linwood Squires nursing home Oak and Sycamore. Dismissals include Miss Marguerite Nisely and several residents. Births list newborns to Cooper King Collins and Martin with weights and days.
The Kansas Highway Commission announces bids will be taken July 6 at Salina for U S 40 36 and 54 improvements. Projects include widening half mile of U S 40 in Abilene, realignment and resurfacing at Detroit with bridge widening, and easing a Detroit curve. U S 36 will get a 2 inch bituminous mat for 13 miles east of Washington. U S 54 to Pratt Cullison will have a nine inch bituminous base over nine miles. Light bituminous surfacing on 50 miles of Route 148 starts north of Randall in Jewell County to Linn in Washington County.
Fifty Nobles gathered for the Franklin County Shrine Club monthly meeting at Granger dining room. Eighteen Lawrence Shrine Club members attended as guests, led by Lon Hall and Earl Wilson. Four Abdallah Temple Divan members were introduced. Douglas Gleason gave a talk on time management using the idea that 24 hours in a day is the common raw material.
Three people died in Kansas road crashes yesterday raising year to date fatalities to 292. The victims were Mrs. Frank M. Grizzell 71 of Claflin killed in a one car crash near Downs Paul Ralph Schmidt 27 of Catherine fatally injured in a two car crash near Catherine and George W Masonbrink 54 a farmer near Hiawatha who died in a four vehicle collision north of Hiawatha.
Fleet Adm. Ernest J. King died at 77 in Portsmouth Naval Hospital from heart failure linked to high blood pressure. Funeral services are scheduled Friday at Washington National Cathedral with burial at Annapolis Naval Academy after his body is flown to Washington and placed in state at the cathedral. Ottawa churches welcome you.
Reykjavik Iceland two parties led by a joint platform to remove U S troops from Iceland won 25 seats in Sundays parliamentary elections two short of a majority in the 52 seat Althing Parliament Official returns show the Progressives and Social Democrats now seek coalition partners to command a majority in parliament with possible support from other groups.
Topeka reports a 3.19 percent rise in proposed welfare expenditures for 1957 as relief rolls grow and direct surplus commodity food distributions rise. County budgets total 47.7 million for relief, up 1.4 million, with 69 counties higher and 33 smaller. Assistant welfare director L S McEachron cautions totals could approach current year if unemployment and agricultural outlook worsen.
Wilhelm Hoegner, Bavarian Minister President, urged in the Bavarian State Parliament that U.S. troops in Germany be paid in smaller installments rather than monthly in one sum. He argued this could reduce violent incidents by preventing immediate overspending and ensure troops stay within local norms. He proposed limiting free time and increasing education on German customs before deployment.
Atlantic City reports Gen Alfred Gruenther outlined NATO aims to bog down a Russian initial attack until atomic retaliation can wipe out the enemy. He spoke at a Governors Conference state dinner, urging a land-air shield to force concentration and expose the foe to atomic strikes.
An army helicopter hovered over Algiers as military jeeps patrolled key streets to deter hit and run rebel attacks on civilians. Soldiers guarded crossroads after nine Europeans were killed and several wounded in recent days. French say attackers likely came from Constantine region and fled to hiding places.
Reports from French army headquarters indicate the capital city area has been relatively quiet for the last 36 hours in Algeria. Across the territory, isolated rebel attacks are noted, with no major offensives reported.
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