Ottawa Fireworks Rules and Drill Crews Advance
Side Swipes notes Army Engineers drill near Ottawa Main Street bridge and east river area for underground control work set for late year. Fireworks sale law begins June 27 and runs to July 5 with local ordinances limiting shooting in central blocks. Kansas tornado tally through June 21 totals 132 with May 20 suburbs of Kansas City suffering seven deaths and 31 injuries.
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Army
Ottawa
Main Street
Logan
Fifth
Locust
Cedar Streets
Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Franklin
Mian
Johnson
Kansas City
Dr Roy L Smith Sunday School Lesson Returns Friday
The Herald announces Dr Roy L Smith's Sunday School lesson will be carried on Fridays for rural readers who receive the paper a day late. This adjustment aims to provide timely religious instruction to distant subscribers.
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Roy L. Smith
The
Herald
Miami County Seeks Local Pair
Two local boys with prior trouble are sought on fugitive warrants in Miami County. Jon Alterman was arrested in Paola for reckless driving and pleaded not guilty in county court with bond set at 50 dollars. Alterman allegedly directed Marion Zook to Ottawa for the money. both are sought on charges including resisting arrest and unlawful flight to avoid prosecution.
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Miami County
Boyd Hollinger
Jon Alterman
Paola
Miami
Alterman
Marion Zook
Ottawa
Zook
Kansas Military Chief Is Moved To Antilles Command
Col Arthur J Fuller Jr, commander of the U S Army Military District Kansas, is reassigned as chief of staff for the Army Antilles Command. He will be replaced by Col Millard Thompsons, formerly deputy chief of the Kansas Military District.
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Col
Arthur J. Fuller Jr
U. S. Army Military District
Kansas
Army Antilles Command
Millard Thompsons
Kansas Military District
Weather Summary for Kansas Regions
Fair east and partly cloudy west this afternoon and tonight with scattered thunder showers in the southwest and extreme west. Saturday will bring increasing cloudiness with scattered showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon or evening. Warmer conditions in the extreme northwest today and over the western portion Saturday. Lows tonight 50s to 65, highs Saturday 86 to 90.
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Kansas
Heavy Rain Triggers Rising Marais des Cygnes Flood Threat
Osage County reports indicate a strong rain event pushing the Marais des Cygnes toward 29 feet at Quenemo by late today, briefly threatening flood levels though Ottawa’s river stage should stay below flood marks. Rainfall varied across towns with Lyn don highest at 4.27 inches, others recording over an inch. The weather bureau expects continued fair weather in eastern areas but rivers Kaw and Arkansas still rise.
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Osage County
Marais Des Cygnes
Quenemo
Ottawa
Paul Prewitt
Salt Creek
Dragoon Creek
110-Mile Creek
Melvern
Lyndon
Osage City
Dragoon
110 Mile Creeks
Burlingame
Pomona
Lebo
Lecompton
Worden
Emporia
Wichita
Reading
Eureka
Dorado
Augusta
Arkansas City
Weather Bureau
Kaw
Arkansas
1957 Wheat Pricing in Franklin County
Franklin County ASC chair Russell Wray outlines 1957 basic price support at 2.18 per bushel for No 1 wheat with adjustments for grade. Discounts apply for hard yellow 2 cents, mixed wheat 2 to 15 cents, and undesirable varieties 20 cents. premiums for protein will be paid again this year.
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Franklin County
Russell Wray
ASC
Merle Paul Sells Paola Truck Line to Kansas City Firm
Merle Paul has sold his Paola truck line to Best Truck Lines Inc of Kansas City. The operation continues in Kansas City with headquarters moved to Ottawa. Nele Isham becomes manager and secretary, relocating to Ottawa, while Finis Ross of Paola remains president and Donald Blundell of Paola is vice president. Mrs Isham will work in the Ottawa office with her husband. Paul will reduce duties and spend time at a ranch in Arkansas, citing health reasons for the sale.
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Merle Paul
Best Truck Lines, Inc
Kansas City
Ottawa
Nele Isham
Finis Ross
Paola
Ross
Donald Blundell
Isham
Paul
Arkansas
Anderson Not In Favor Of Steel Boost
Washington heard Secretary pick Robert B. Anderson say he wished the steel increase had not occurred. He told Senate Finance Committee he could not witness the price rise story but noted higher consumer goods prices likely. U S Steel raised prices by six dollars a ton to offset worker wage increases under a three year contract.
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Washington
Robert B. Anderson
Eisenhower
the Treasury
Anderson
Gore
U. S
Humphrey
Clifford F. Hood
U. S. Steel
United Steelworkers
Avery Adams
Jones & Laughlin
Rodeo Opens Western Days in Ottawa Tonight
Western Days kicks off in Ottawa with an 8 p.m. rodeo at the East Wilson grounds featuring top district bands. Children admitted free. Saturday includes a 2 p.m. parade from City Park to Forest Park with horse riders and a horse drawn rig lineup. John Christian leads a morning posse with a hay wagon. Mayor Kenneth Andrews proclaims Western garb required for wagon rides. T. J. Bibins to perform in parade and join posse.
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East Wilson
Ottawa
Rodeo Grounds
John Christian
Christian
Kenneth Andrews
City Park
Tecumseh
Forest Park
T. J. Bibins
Bivins
Senate panel approves restoring military cuts
Washington Senate Appropriations Committee votes unanimously to restore nearly a billion dollars of House cuts to armed forces funding. The move supports the Eisenhower administration as a 34.14 billion-dollar bill to fund the military for the coming year goes to the full Senate for action. Sen Chavez says the funds will not lessen national strength.
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Treasury
Senate
Anderson
Texas
Eisenhower
Sen
Gore
D-Tenn
Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Chavez
D-Nm
Truckers to Run Fourth of July Holiday Safety Patrol
The Kansas truck ing industry will operate 41 safety and courtesy cars during the Fourth of July holiday period. It is an outgrowth of a program started during the recent Memorial Day period by the Kansas Motor Carriers Accident Prevention Committee.
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Topeka
Kansas Trucking Industry
Kansas Motor Carriers
Dulles Warns Against Easing Red China Policy
Secretary of State Dulles denounces Communist China as uncivilized and hostile, opposing any major shift in nonrecognition, trade embargo, or cultural isolation. He argues U S policy rests on communism as a passing phase and urges firmness while hoping the Chinese will bring about change themselves. The address targets allies and neutrals and marks his first major Red China policy speech since 1954 delivered in San Francisco on the Lions International convention visit.
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San Francisco
Dulles
China
United States
U. S
Europe
Britain
India
Lions International
Washington
Kansas Crude Oil Slash Urged by State Officials
Wichita report states a 5,000 barrel daily cut in Kansas crude oil output in July was recommended to the Kansas Corporation Commission. The reduction was proposed after advisory consideration.
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Kansas
Wichita
Kansas Corporation Commission
Shocking Toll in Audrey Storm Presses Southwest Louisiana
Hurricane Audrey battered southwest Louisiana driving a chaotic rescue as death toll estimates range from hundreds to thousands. Officials report 100 dead with Cameron Parish hardest hit and deputies estimating up to 3,000 to 4,000 drownings. Red Cross shelters 19,000 in Lake Charles while 30,000 receive food rations. five oil workers died and many families lost.
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Lake Charles
Louisiana
Cameron Parish
Weather Bureau
Washington
Cameron
Audrey
W. L
Bill) Price
New Orleans
C. B. Carter
Red Cross
Ken Dixon
Abel Ja- Blanc
Cwo
Peean Island
Pot Arthur
Tex
Orange
The
Larry Stephenson
Civil Defense
Civil Defense Workers Ordered Into Hurricane Area
President Eisenhower sent federal Civil Defense teams into the hurricane struck Louisiana coast to assess damage and loss of life. The teams will meet with Louisiana officials on federal relief and reconstruction steps.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Louisiana
James Hagerty
Helicopter Sent To Storm Area
An Air Force helicopter departed Houston for Cameron Louisiana where 16 persons including five newborn babies were reported adrift in three marshland boats. The mission followed a Cameron sheriff’s call and Tennessee Gas Transmission Co dispatched two seaplanes to assist.
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Houston
Tex
Air Force
Cameron
Tennessee Gas Transmission Co
Atomic Test Misfire Forces Safe Disarmament at Nevada Site
An atomic test device failed to explode due to a power fault during the Diablo test at the Nevada site. A five man AEC team disarmed the weapon hours later while 2009 Marines and 150 news observers watched from trenches and surrounding areas. The mishap halted hours of dawn drama before troops returned to Camp Deser Rock.
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New
Pan
Atomic Energy Commission
Deser Rock
Nevada
AEC
Southeast Kansas Seeks Air Service
Five southeast Kansas cities Coffeyville Parsons Independence Neodesha and Cherryvale join to petition the Civil Aeronautics Board for scheduled airline service to a field five miles northeast of Cherryvale. The Parsons owned airfield lies just south of U S 160 and will sit east of U S 169 when the road is relocated north of Cherryvale.
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Coffeyville
Kansas Cities
Cherryvale
Parsons
Independence
Neodegha
Cherryville
Civil Aeronautics Board
U. S. 160
U. S. 169
Correction Amends Safe Way Ad Pricing In Arizona
In last night’s Safe Way ad the Arizona peacock watermelons were mispriced. The correct price is 7 cents per pound, not 7 cents each. Ad copy error noted and corrected.
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M. Ee
My. Cove
Ereeres
M. Soeere
M. Enveeae
Ehearae
Eeeneee
Evenes
Lamb
Red
Donald Haines
Bobby Albers
Jimmy Bristow
Linda Ferguson
Chuck Langdon
Louisana Coast
Stephen Broussard
D. P. Vincent
Coast Guard
Blue Bonnet
E. L. Begler
Vincent
Mississippi
Memphis
Tenn
Granville
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