Longton Founded By Ottawans In Elk County Kansas
H Bullock former Ottaway police chief details how Longton Kansas grew from Ottawa settlers in 1870s Elk County. He recalls the pony theft case, the 240 acre town purchase, early mills stores and a hostile letter defense, the first postmaster Dr Kerr, the 1871 Ledger and Longton Times, and local civic groups.
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H. Bullock
Ottaway
Longton
Kas
Elk County
Kansas
Ottawa
Bullock
Stillwell
Longon
Hitching Creek
Elk River
J. W. Kerr
J. Hoffman
Messick
Kerr
Main Street
J. C. Pinney
J. B. Roberts
James Reynolds
Mr. Gardener
Elk Rapdis Town Company
Wright & Curby
C. P
Alvey
Edo
Anaw Sowara
F. C
G. M. Flory
Flory
Tom
Long
Howard
Richard Grave
Sarah F. Shipley
D. M. Spurgeon
Sarah Knox
Odd Fellows
C. W. Rambo
Hal
Dale Winn
Iola
Egypt accuses Israel of sneak attack along Gaza border
Egypt charged Israel with the most violent clash on the Israeli Egyptian border since 1943, saying 38 Egyptians were killed and 31 wounded in a raid inside Egypt near the Gaza Strip. Israel denied the claim, saying Egyptians had crossed into Israel to attack. The U.N. observers reported an Israeli incursion into Egyptian territory with casualties on both sides, though Israeli losses were not confirmed.
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Cairo
Egypt
Israel
Palestine
Gaza Strip
Jerusalem
Gaza
Jordan
U.N
Ihad
Educators Push Toward Better Report Card System
A regional AA S A educators group discussed replacing current grade cards with more informative methods. Participants urged conference focused, narrative reports, and goal setting at semester transitions to reflect future potential and reduce reliance on past results.
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Louise
American Assn
Newton P. Leonard
Providence
R. L
National Congress of Parents and
J.C. Wright
Iowa
Francis G. Cornell
University of Ilinois
Darrell Blodgett
Wheaton
Ill
Irma Detten
Webster Groves
Missouri Congress of
Wright
Cornell
Kansas tax law provisions aligned with federal changes proposed
Senator Lawrence Gibson introduced a bill in the Senate Assess ment and Taxation Committee to bring Kansas provisions on annuities soil and water conservation expenditures and depletion allowances into line with new federal law.
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Senate
Lawrence Gibson
Pittsburg
Egyptian unit attacked as Israeli forces shell position
Lt. Col. Salah Gohar, Egypt's director of Palestine affairs, said Israeli forces surrounded the Egyptian unit and fired mortars, demolition charges and automatic weapons. An ambush struck a convoy of Egyptian reinforcements en route to the attacked position, leaving casualties and injuries.
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Egypt
Palestine Affairs
Salah Gohar
Anniversary Marks Gun Attack on House as Calls Grow
Washington observes the first anniversary of the House shooting when four Puerto Rican assailants fired on the chamber. Five wounded lawmakers urge Congress to replace the Capitol police with a professional force, led by Representatives Roberts Bentley and others who were injured. Roberts remains cane-bound.
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Washington
House
Congress
Capitol
Roberts
Ala
Bentley
R-Mich
Davis
D-Tenn
Jensen
Iowa
Fallon
Pay Raise To Cost Nearly Seven Million
Washington reports Congress moved to raise its pay by 7500 dollars annually for about 400 members, boosting salaries from 15000 to 22500 for most, with Speaker Rayburn and Vice President Nixon at higher levels, while judges and district attorneys also gain substantial increases. The total cost to taxpayers is around seven million dollars, with the presidential commission and President Eisenhower backing the change.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Eisenhower
Rayburn
D-Tex
Nixon
Warren
Supreme Court
United States Court of Appeal
United States
Gen
Brownell
Presidential Commission
Murderess Is Released After Nine Years In Hospital
Helena Theresa Nienstedt, once a teenage killer, is freed to marry and start a family. Now 26, she spent nine years at Macleawan State Hospital for the Criminal Insane after killing 71-year-old John Wagner with an axe in 1945. She claimed self defence after a drink and a believed passing advance led to the murder.
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New York
Helena Theresa Nienstedt
Macleawan State Hospital
John Wagner
Wagner
Uninjured After 3-Story Fall While Painting Sign
Walter Simard, 25, fell from a three story building while painting a sign yesterday. He escaped serious injury with only cut hands, a sore hip, and a twisted ankle. He claimed he broke his 50 foot fall by grabbing wires and brackets supporting the sign.
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BTR
Walter Simard
Still Smiling Girl Recalls Pencil Removal
Five year old Malinda Duerksen of Buhler Kansas, a cerebral palsy patient, smiles after a Newton hospital operation to remove a five inch lead pencil from her abdomen. Doctors said the pencil likely became lodged during a nurse play moment with another child in a Kansas City ward.
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Logan Malinda Duerksen
Buhler
Newton
Susan
Kansas City
Veteran Civil War veteran nearly ready to return home
Hospital spokesmen said he apparently has recovered from the lung congestion that put him in the Duluth Minnesota hospital Friday. Woolson, 108, last Civil War Union Army survivor, will be well and safe in savings bonds.
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Duluth
Minn
Albert Hospital
Woolson
Army
U S. Savings
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Winfield
Eleanor Smith
Key
Henry C. Parker
the Ledger
Adrian Reynolds
Elk Falls
Dean Berlin
The
Ottawa Herry
California
Sierra Nevadas
San Francisco
Soda Springs Lodge
Lake Tahoe
Mlaspomey
By James Marlow
Associated Press News
Murderess
U. S
John Kaiser
Kodak
Kodak Film
John G. Kaiser Drug Store
Rexall
Nuzman Lumber
Nuzman
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