Ground Breaking for Monona Reservoir Site Planned
Signs directing motorists to the Monona reservoir will be set up by the Corps of Engineers area office in Bryan. The groundbreaking is Friday evening July 10 at 7 p.m. Col L E Laurion will explain the flood control project. A low water crossing is being built downstream for machinery. Police stopped Hector Galvin after finding a bag of stolen jewelry in his possession. Hyde Park police advised clarinetist John Williams to reduce noise after complaints of loud music.
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Pomona Reservoir
Corps of Engineers
S. Main
Charles Perry
Kansas
Col
L. E. Laurion
Kansas City
Marais Des Cygnes
Main Street
Chicago
Hyde Park
John Williams
South Side
Williams
Two Appeals Filed Over River Flood-Condemnation Land
Two residents Janell Rice and Ruel W. Mitchell appealed district court appraisements for land seized by the city for flood control along the Marais des Cygnes River. They challenge the appraisers' June 1 report which set prices on land extending from the alley west of Main to the river’s north bank.
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Marais Des Cygnes
Janell Rice
Ruel W. Mitchell
Main
Weather county forecast brief storms and temperatures
Partly cloudy with thunderstorms starting late afternoon then tonight with intermittent storms and locally heavy rain. Wednesday will be mostly cloudy and cooler with occasional thunderstorms. Highs in the 80s. tonight lows near 60. Wednesday highs in the 70s.
Weird Wheat Harvest Ends In Franklin County
In Franklin County the wheat crop, once lively and golden, collapsed to a stop this week. Co-Op Elevator manager Lyle Grier said harvest was about 85 to 90 percent over with only trickling in. Farmers Extent and Geiger noted quick work and high moisture issues, while yields averaged about 25 bushels per acre. Oats harvest is starting as wheat ends, with many farmers moving to oats and other grains.
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Ol’ King
Franklin County
Lyle Grier
Kansas
Grier
Charles Geiger
Geiger
Kansas City
Norman Schartz
Ottawa
New Soviet Plan Aims to Boost Industry and Modernization
Moscow reports a five day Central Committee session presenting a 342 page master plan to accelerate industrial growth under the seven year plan. Khrushchev led the discussion calling for automation, retooling, and mass mobilization of experts with tighter party and government control to narrow the gap with the United States. Average expert Aristov cautioned the modernization task may exceed the seven year window.
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Moscow
Central Committee
United States
Nikita Khrushchev
Communist Party
Pravda
Izvestia
Campeseinng
Ave
Tried To Sell Airplanes To Fidel Castro
The Senate Labor Management Committee heard that an American group sought to sell planes to Fidel Castro's Cuban government after Batista’s fall. Earl T. Benjamin of Welded Construction Corp testified, noting Akros Dynamics owned a seized plane tied to a 200,000 round ammunition smuggling plot, with Dominick E. Bartone as a suspected smuggler awaiting testimony. Benjamin and Bartone are key figures in the probe into anti-Batista activities and possible Teamsters involvement.
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Washington
Senate Labor Management Committee
Fidel Castro
Castro
Fulgencio Batista
Earl T. Benjamin
Cleveland
Ohio
Robert F. Kennedy
Teamsters Union
Benjamin
Welded Construction Corp
Akros Dynamics, Inc
Akros Dynamics
Batista
Dominick E. Bartone
Bartone
Mid-Year 1959 Outlook: Income Up, Spending Higher
AP analysis notes Americans fared well in the first half of 1959 with higher incomes and spending. Employment rose, debt increased, mortgage financing stayed available, and consumer confidence surged amid rising living costs and ongoing inflation concerns. Tomorrow: outlook for the next six months.
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Sam Dawson
AP Business News
New York
Berlin
Orders Release Of Lansing Prisoner
LEAVENWORTH AP District Judge Joseph J Dawes today ordered Marlow W Lanham released from the State Prison at Lansing after parole revocation in Sedgwick County District Court without a hearing. Lanham, sentenced April 3 1957 to two years for child desertion, said he was arrested in Oklahoma last April and sent back to Wichita jail before return to prison without a parole revocation hearing.
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Leavenworth
Joseph J. Dawes
Marlow W. Lanham
Lansing
Sedgwick
Lanham
Oklahoma
Wichita
Hagerty Discharged From Walter Reed After Surgery
Washington AP dispatch reports White House press secretary James C Hagerty is discharged from Walter Reed Army Hospital after an appendectomy performed June 22. He will recuperate at home for about a week before resuming duties at the desk.
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Washington
White House
James C.,hagerty
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Hagerty
Finds Body In Washing Machine
Oklahoma City police investigated the discovery of a young boy’s body in a self service laundry washer. Detectives said the age was 4 to 6 and it was unclear if the machine’s door closed on him or if he was placed inside. A missing child report was received, but officials were unsure if he was the victim.
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Oklahoma City
E. B. Mears
Libby
Sam Molarino
Pilotless Air Force Jet Strikes Okinawan School
AP reports Earl Mazo, author on Nixon, says Chief Justice Warren called him a damned man at a cocktail party. Mazo confirms Warren objected to parts of the book, feeling it favored Nixon. Warren offered no comment, and the dispute cooled into a cordial talk with a mutual invitation to visit.
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Washington
Earl Mazo
Richard M. Nixon
Earl Warren
Warren
Mazo
Nixon
Stripper Libby Jones Speaks To Royal Oak Lions Club
Libby Jones defended strip tease as an art and career at a Royal Oak Lions Club luncheon. The 5-foot-8 performer discussed psychology and history of strip tease, noting earnings between 750 and 1230 dollars weekly, amid surprised wives and business attendees.
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Royal Oak
Mich
Libby Jones
Lions
Royal Oak Lions Club
Libby
Detroit
Land Sold At Auction In Ottawa
Six parcels of land in the south Ottawa area brought 58100 at public auction held on the Franklin County courthouse steps. Eight bidders, led by J F Weidner Willis H Weidner Arnold HinderLiter and others purchased tracts 146 James Lowell Fouts Louise Fouts Ethel D Goff. Sheriff Max Gilmore officiated as auctioneer for the Goff estate.
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Ottawa
Franklin County
J. F. Weidner
Willis H. Weidner
Lester E. Daugharthy
B. B. Phillips
Arnold Hinderliter
James Lowell Fouts
Louise Fouts
Ethel D. Goff
15Th and Main
Max Gilmore
Goff
Law Gives Way To Couple In A Hurry
Overland Park Kansas AP Judge Raymond H Carr waived the three day waiting period for marriage so Ruth Hughes 65 and Linford C Marville 82 widower and widow could wed Wednesday after knowing each other 30 years. They pursued life together and the judge granted the exemption at Johnson County District Court.
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Overland Park, Kan
Johnson County
Raymond H. Carr
Ruth Hughes
Linford C. Marville
Marville
Eisenhower to Hold News Conference Wednesday
President Eisenhower will hold a news conference in Washington on Wednesday at 10 a.m. ZDT. No further details were provided about topics or attendees.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Cougars Sought In Sedgwick County
Deputies hunt a mountain lion pack in Sedgwick County near Valley Center north of Wichita. Capt. Pecenka said a male cougar about a yard tall with cubs and young females has been seen, and farmers report at least 25 sheep killed in the area.
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Wichita
Sedgwick County
Frank Pecenka
Pecenka
Valley Center
West German Chancellor defies Berlin threat in electoral college visit
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer arrived in West Berlin aboard a U S Air Force plane for the West German Electoral College meeting to choose a successor to President Theodor Heuss. East German threats to blockade were not repeated as Electoral College members gathered in the enclave.
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Berlin
Konrad Adenauer
West Berlin
Adenauer
Theodor Heuss
East Germany
Soviet official tours Camden to view atomic powered ship Savannah
Frol R. Kozlov first deputy premier of Russia visits Camden New Jersey in sweltering heat to tour the New York Shipbuilding yard and see the Savannah, the world’s first nuclear powered merchant ship. Accompanied by aides and State Department staff, he travels by air conditioned limousine after a stop in New York and a lunch at a climate controlled roadside inn.
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Camden
N.J
R. Kozlov
Russia
New Jersey
Jersey Turnpike
Kozlov
State Department
New York
Queens
New York Shipbuilding Corporation
Savannah
Okinawa Jet Crash Kills 21. Over 100 Hurt
An American F100 Super Sabre jet from Kadena Air Base crashed into Miamori Elementary School in Ishikawa Okinawa. Twenty one people were killed and more than 100 injured as burning fragments rained over nearby homes and streets. Capt. John G. Schmitt Jr. parachuted to safety. the incident sparked political debate in Tokyo and a full investigation by U.S. authorities.
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Okinawa
U.S
Far East
Tokyo
Japanese Socialist Party
Robert W. Burns
5Th Air Force
Kadena Air Base
Ishikawa
John G. Schmitt Jr
Chalmers, Ind
Weather swings from sultry to cooler with storms
Ottawa saw a brief cool spell last night with 64 degrees at 1 am after a high of 98 the previous afternoon. A line of storms moved through eastern Kansas bringing scattered rain and flash flooding along Lyon Creek while towns like Herington and Kanopolis reported heavy rainfall totals. The forecast warns of more thunderstorms and locally heavy rains across northeast Kansas tonight, with widespread measurements from Junction City to Lindsborg recording new rainfall totals.
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Ottawa
Main Street
Kansas
Herington
Kanopolis
Lyon Creek
Weather Bureau
Junction City
Abilene
Salina
Brookville
Park Authority Plans Pomona Park Near Ottawa
The Kansas Park and Resources Authority is estimating costs for planning work at Tuttle Creek Dam near Manhattan and Pomona Reservoir near Ottawa. It will also plan parks at Cedar Bluff Reservoir near Hays and Fall River Reservoir near Fredonia. Plans target action by the next Legislature. Kanopolis Reservoir was dedicated last month.
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Topeka
Kansas Park and Resources Authority
Tuttle ‘Creek
Manhattan
Pomona Reservoir
Ottawa
Cedar Bluff Reservoir
Hays
Fall River Reservoir
Fredonia
Kanopolis Reservoir
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Bryan, Tex
Hector Galvin
Ray Williamson
Galvin
Schartz
Lloyd Ballhagen
Mid-Year Business Review
Miami
Civic Club
Law
Cougars
Jersey
Naha
Richard Roussell
Lockport
Miamori
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