Fireworks to Highlight Ottawa July 4 Celebration
The Lions Club celebration in Ottawa Forest Park on July 4 includes evening fireworks by pyrotechnics expert B. G. Starkweather funded by local merchants. The Ottawa American Legion baseball team plays Osawatomie at 2:30 p.m. in the park, with state pitchers from Kansas, Missouri, and possibly Nebraska. Proceeds from hot dogs, bingo and stands by Veterans of Foreign Wars and Kiwanis support community activities. The day features a band concert, rides, amusements, and full park facilities for picnics and family gatherings.
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Ottawa
Forest Park
Ralph Kampschroeder
Lions Club
B. G
Doc Starkweather
Starkweather
Ottawa American Legion
Osawatomie Legion
Kansas
Missouri
Andy
Nebraska
John Sheldon
Russell Crites
Crites
Sheldon
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Ottawa Kiwanis Club
William Barker
Orlis Cox
Welfare Director Resigns to Join Tuberculosis Hospital
Franklin county social welfare head Mrs. Ethel Green quits to take a post at the Southeast Kansas Tuberculosis Hospital in Chanute. County officials praise her cooperative leadership and say a successor will be hired after Social Welfare Department recommendations. The resignation takes effect July with August 1 start at the Chanute facility.
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Ethel Green
Franklin County Social Welfare
Southeast Kansas Tuberculosis Hospital
Chanute
Denver
George H. Allan
Colorado
Internal Revenue
Hos
Kansas Social Welfare Department
Welfare Board
Firecracker blamed for manhole fire near Island Locust
A small fire in a manhole at Island Locust was blamed on a thrown firecracker. Firemen said a gas leak fueled the blaze and likely a child tossed the cracker to the storm sewer edge. The fire was extinguished and Gas Service Co. is repairing the leak. Independence Montgomery County Attorney Tom Crossan was recently hospitalized and received two get well cards from the county jail, one signed by 12 prisoners.
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Island Locust
St A
Gas Service Co
Independence
Montgomery County
Tom Crossan
Harvest Moves To Nebraska In Peak Operations Shift
In Great Bend the state labor harvest control office reports most counties have reached peak harvest, with only extreme northwestern areas lagging. Significant movement of labor and equipment to Nebraska and northeastern Colorado continues, swelling supplies in those regions.
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Great Bend
Nebraska
Colorado
Ottawa Weather and Farm Market Notes This Day
Ottawa reports warm weather with increasing clouds as a cool air mass moves in from the north. Temperatures are expected to fall about 10 degrees tomorrow, with showers and thunderstorms returning to Franklin county late today and possibly continuing tomorrow. Wheat moisture is high in recent receipts, cash price down three cents to 2.84, and local elevators anticipate improved car supply for next year as the county plans wiring work and a fund for railroad car needs.
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Ottawa
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Franklin County
State Highway bids eyed for 12 miles of US 59 route
Cooler weather news aside, the Kansas State Highway Commission plans to invite bids July 12 at Chanute for 12 miles of new surfacing on US 59 near Garnett and seven miles of sealing in Coffey and Franklin counties. The area includes 140 miles of maintenance and resurfacing along state roads, plus a plan for a new Verdigris river county secondary bridge in Greenwood county. Local harvest delays due to wet areas are noted, with consideration of budgeting for the project and cost estimates.
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State Highway Commission
Chanute
Verdigris River
Greenwood County
Anderson County
Garnett
Coffey County
Burlington
Franklin County
Ottawa
Ottawa Explorer Scouts plan two week North Woods canoe trip
Ottawa Troop 74 and allied scouts from Linn county head to Misrow and Moose Lake Minnesota for an 80 mile canoe trek through Quetica Provincial Park. Carl Channon leads the Miami county group with local drivers guiding the 18 to 24 foot launches. They depart Garfield school at 3:30 p.m. tomorrow for a two week wilderness route camping nightly along the lakes.
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Linn County
Olsealing
Blue Mound
Itowa
Lawrence
Mound City
Paola
Tomor
Trading Post
Misrow
Minnesota
Canada
Garfield School
Weather forecast outlines broad interstate highway plan
Mostly fair conditions in the east with showers west this afternoon and tonight. A warm trend inland with cooler weekend highs 80s to 90s, low 60s to 70s. The bill envisions a coast-to-coast interstate network, 25 billion federal funds plus about 2.75 billion state funds, financed by a new highway trust and taxes including diesel fuel, tires, road rubber, and truck taxes.
Eisenhower Signs Massive 33 Billion Road Bill
President Eisenhower signed the 33 billion dollar highway bill creating a peacetime expansion of a 41 000 mile interstate system with four lane highways. A 1 cent rise in the federal gasoline tax to three cents a gallon will fund the program. Weeks announced 1.125 billion dollars in federal apportionments for the 48 states and territories. Some projects could start within 60 to 90 days as pay as you go funding replaces bond financing.
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Procfam
Bo Zam
Washington
Eisenhower
White House
James C. Hagerty
Secretary of Commerce
Weeks
District of Columbia
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Alaska
Congress
Teachers Hit Back At Parents
Washington report on a nationwide NEA survey shows teachers blaming parents for student misbehavior from drinking to cheating. They say drinking, insolence, and missed assignments have risen in a decade, while most children are still seen as satisfactory. Major cited factors include irresponsible parents, poor home conditions, and lack of supervision due to mothers working.
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Washington
National Education Assn
NEA
Violent Poznan Uprising Crushed By Soviet Led Authorities
Warsaw said the Poznan uprising left 38 dead and 270 wounded as workers massed in the city demanding bread. Tanks, jets, and curfews were reported while police and troops fought demonstrators who captured several symbols of power. Western observers weighed the impact on Kremlin policy amid broader unrest in Eastern Europe.
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Berlin
Poznan
Warsaw
Kremlin
Stalin
Tiflis
Communist Party
Szczecin
Stettin
Gdansk
Gdynia
Allenstein
Olsztyn
Katowice
Lodz
Willard Barber
Posen
Moscow Radio
RIAS
U. S
West Berlin
Hamburger Anzeiger
Turkish Veterinarian Studying US Breeding Methods
Adnan Ozkoca, 29, a veterinary graduate from the University of Ankara, began study at Kansas State College last November and travels with Don Collins of Ottawa with the Franklin county Artificial Breeding Association. He aims to apply US artificial insemination techniques to improve Turkey’s native cattle, dairy and beef types, and notes extensive cattle, sheep and horse farming in Turkey. He plans to return to Bursa in about two months after serving a year in the Turkish army post-graduation. He is married with a one year old son, Ahmet.
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Turkey
United States
Adnan Ozkoca
Bursa
Ozkoca
University of Ankara
Kansas State College
Don Collins
Ottawa
Franklin County
Ing Assa
Dr. Ozkoca
Ahmet
Collins
Survey Planned for K68 Route East of Ottawa to US 169
State Highway Commission begins preliminary survey for a new K68 alignment from K33 east of Ottawa to US 169 north of Paola. Project covers grading and bridges on a 12 1/2 mile section with two new bridges over Turkey and Bull creeks, overpass over railroad, estimated 450000 dollars. Completion slated by mid August. construction eyed for 1957. C E Merriman leads design crew. Also delays bid timing for new Santa Fe overpass at Wellsville as K33 widening to Douglas county line proceeds.
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State Highway Department
Ottawa
Paola
J. F R. Zheney
Pressonville
Louisburg
Turkey Creek
Bull Creek
Cheney
C. E. Merriman
State Highway Commission Design Department
Santa Fe
Wellsville
Highway Commission
Douglas County
Girl Injured In Bike Crash Involving Auto
Paula K. Goddard ten suffered a dislocated collar bone and scratches when her bicycle collided with a car driven by David M. Cox seventeen at 421 8S Poplar and 1034 Cottonwood yesterday.
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Paula K. Goddard
Poplar
David M. Cox
Cottonwood
Wilson Warns of Excessive Armed Might
Washington—Secretary of Defense Wilson urged senators to avoid overarming the U S military, stressing a deterrent yet modest strength. He warned against public overestimation and noted growing emphasis on airpower amid interservice budget debates and a broad global deployment.
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Wilson
Washington
U. S
Senate Armed Services Subcommittee
Erie Services
Armed Services
Secretary of Defense
Probe of Park Board Suggested by Kansas Authority
J Ed Thompson of Parsons Kansas Park and Resources Authority urged an investigation into the agency in a telegram to Howard Bentley chair of the Legislative Investigating Committee. Thompson and four authority members oppose Thompson's forced resignation and accuse Gov. Fred Hall of interference delaying park system setup. Thompson's term ends July 1 with no plan for reappointment. The dispute follows January tensions and criticism of Hall over park operations. In New York the American Magazine will cease publication with August issue. Crowell Collier plans to fold the American into Collier's and Woman's Home Companion for September.
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Topaka
J. Ed Thompson
Parsons
The
Kansas Park and Resources Authority
Howard Bentley
Legislative Investigating Committee
Thompson
Authority
Fred Hall
Hallié
Hall
New York
the American
Paul C. Smith
Tompson
Bentley
the Crowell
Collier
Parks plan fuels airport talk at state sites
Thompson said the Park Authority discussed air ports at proposed state park sites while the CAA tentatively allocated construction funds for parks at Leavenworth Oswego and Eskridge.
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Thompson
Park Authority
CAA
Leavenworth
Oswego
Eskridge
De Molays Plan State Conclave in Kansas City Area
Franklin County Chapter of De Molay met in the Masonic temple with junior master councilor Don Sexton presiding. A letter from Gary Hornbuckle and Dennis Conger outlined plans for state activities and bonuses for local DeMolay members as Arkansas City officials discussed efforts. Wheat markets showed weakness at the Board of Trade while grain receipts remained heavy. plans were made for the August 29 state conclave and refreshments were served as advisors and members gathered.
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Franklin County
Order of de Molay
Masonic Temple
Don ‘Sexton
Gary Hornbuckle
Dennis Conger
Arkansas City
de Molay
Chicago i
Albers
Board of Trade
Topeka
Franklin
County de Molay
W. C
Ing
Dad Julius Raffe
L. A. Wilson
Myron
President Eisenhower to leave hospital for Gettysburg farm
President Eisenhower plans to leave Walter Reed Army Hospital at 8 30 a m EDT tomorrow to convalesce at least two weeks at his Gettysburg farm. He will be accompanied by Mrs Eisenhower and two guests including Maj Gen Howard M Heaton and Maj Gen and Mrs Leonard D Heaton. Heaton is recovering from intestinal surgery. Hagerty said the Heatons will celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary tomorrow and the Eisenhowers will mark their 40th anniversary at the family farm Sunday.
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E Sth
Swith Eisenhower
Walter Reed
Paula
Oak
Dams
James ©. Hagerty
Wilson
Washington
Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Gettysburg
White House
Snyder
Howard M
Leonard D. Heaton
Heaton
James C. Hagerty
Heatons
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Will Channon
Jim
Roth
Roger Nearmyer
Bill Speer
Menem
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New Lancaster
Glenn Ainsworth
Raulstone
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Meredith Williams
Davis Leckron
Jay Ellis
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American Magazine
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