How's Business A Nationwide AP Survey
An Associated Press cross section interviews bankers, jobless workers, and business boosters across states and cities. The poll finds unemployment rising and production falling while some regions show resilience. overall the recession broad but uneven with job loss concentrated in a few states and industries.
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Washington
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Iowa
Arizona
Florida
New Mexico
South Dakota
Back Woods
New York
Pennsylvania
Side Swipes Weather Recap and Love Advice
In early 1958 Ottawa area precipitation totaled 3.17 inches with January 2.02 and February 1.15 inches. The period showed 0.58 inches above average. February lows reached minus 2 F on the 16th and a high of 72 F on the 25th. 1.8 inches of snow fell in February. In Italy in Cannelli, Giuseppe Gallo, 96, urged new husbands to not listen to their wives as he and Giuseppina, 92, celebrated their 72nd wedding anniversary.
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Canelli
Italy
Giuseppe Gallo
Giuseppina
River Disaster at Kentucky Bus Tragedy Leaves 14 Dead
In Prestonsburg Kentucky a bus carrying students capsized and sank in the Big Sandy River. Divers recovered 14 bodies from the submerged vehicle over 55 hours while 11 others remained missing or submerged in 10 feet of water. Families gathered as miners and responders worked to recover remains and arrange private funerals.
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Eisenhower Plane To Fly Mamie Home From Phoenix
President Eisenhower will not travel to Phoenix to fetch Mrs. Eisenhower this weekend. Instead his personal plane will fly her back to Washington after a detour from a Thomasville Ga vacation. Mrs. Eisenhower is staying as a guest at a beauty resort in Phoenix and remains under no payment terms. James Hagerty said he did not know her return date.
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Weather County Forecast Shifts To Warmer Temperatures
Considerable cloudiness this afternoon gives way to partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday. Daytime highs around 30 to 35 this afternoon with tonight’s lows 15 to 20. Tuesday should see upper 30s for highs.
Hearing Requested On Freight Hike In Kansas Rail Rates
A Kansas Corporation Commission hearing resumed on a request by Kansas railroads for intrastate freight rate increases. An exhibit cites a total annual rise of 2,659,595 dollars in Kansas with about a 12 percent average rise on most items and nine percent on grain products.
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Kansas Corporation Commission
Kansas
Juvenile Court Hears Six Teens In Winter Case
Six juveniles appeared before Judge Winton A. Winter in juvenile court Saturday. Two teens faced shoplifting at Montgomery Ward with values under 50 dollars and were placed under strict civil restraint with curfews of 6 30 p m on weekdays and 10 p m on Saturdays and must report regularly. The other four were quizzed on minor shoplifting from Main Street stores, with values described as minor. A separate fire at a Christian Church destroyed by fire last night, built four years ago at a cost of about 30,000, caused by a heater. four listed as damaged windows on Main Street and a teen arson hearing scheduled for two teens.
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Montgomery Ward
Winter
Main Street
Kansas City
Kas
Christian Church
Edwardsville
Firemen Report 15 February Calls In Ottawa
The Ottawa Fire Department answered 15 calls in February including six regular alarms two still alarms and seven miscellaneous calls. Damage totaled $60 from roof fires at Mike Garcia's home 219 N Cedar and Henry Ward 112 Ward plus $50 at Garcia's roof the largest single loss. Other incidents included a trash fire gas leaks a frozen pipe thaw and faulty sprinklers among various minor incidents.
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Stafford
S. Main
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N. Cedar
Henry Ward
Ward
End Of Severe Storm Leaves Kansas
TOPEKA The end of a severe snow storm moved from the state and warmer temperatures were forecast. Light snow fell in northern Kansas with Russell and Hill City adding more inches. Central Kansas bore the heaviest snow with Russell at 11 inches and Webster Dam at 7. Highs 30 to 40, lows 10 to 15 in heavy areas and 15 to 25 elsewhere.
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Weather Bureau
Can't Agree In Advance On Taxes Topeka Ally
Gen John Anderson said it was out of the question for legislative leaders to commit to a tax program before a special session. Gov George Docking proposed such a commitment, but Anderson warned it would violate the constitution or law. He noted all 165 legislators must work out tax plans in formal session.
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John Anderson
George Docking
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James Bibb
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Nation's Educators Study Problem Of Who Should Go To College
Chicago report on the 13th Conference on Higher Education details the challenge of admitting students as colleges near capacity. Education leaders say high school grades remain a strong indicator but note other factors matter. A Florida educator argues not all who want a college education should be admitted in a democracy. Also mention of pending nuclear policy review with former officials advising on disarmament.
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Harris to Seek Impeachment of Mack in FCC Probe
WASHINGTON AP The House committee chair Harris announced plans to push impeachment of Commissioner Richard A Mack amid Miami TV case probes. He cited alleged influence by senators and calls for investigation of Kefauver Holland Smathers and others, while G T Baker pressed for accountability and for rivals in the Miami channel fight.
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Ottawa Voters to Decide on Dog-Penning Ordinance
At the April election Ottawa residents will decide whether a city ordinance requiring all dogs to be penned or tied up during April May and June should be repealed. The measure targets the spring months described as garden months.
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Ottawa
Police Guard Archbishop Cushing After Threat
Police kept heavy guard on Catholic Archbishop Richard J. Cushing in Boston and nearby cities after a telephoned threat promising to kill him and blow up the Cathedral. The prelate continued public engagements in Chelsea and Lowell despite the warning.
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Boston
Richard J. Cushing
Chelsea
Lowell
Playoff Opens Braves vs Ravens in Region 10 NAIA series
The Ottawa University Braves meet St. Benedicts Ravens in a two out of three Region 10 NAIA playoff with game one at 8 tonight in Wilson Field House. Game two is tomorrow in Atchison and game three, if needed, would be in Atchison on Wednesday. Tickets remain at Wassmer and the field house ticket office.
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Ottawa University Braves
St. Benedict'’s Ravens
Wilson Field House
Atchison
Robert Bundy
Wassmer
Icket
Ingrid Bergman seeks Mexican divorce via New York trip
Ingrid Bergman’s attorney Ercole Graziadel reportedly flew from Rome to New York on the way to Mexico City to explore a faster Mexican divorce from Roberto Rossellini. The couple separated in November and wed by proxy in Mexico on May 24, 1950. They asked a Rome court to annul the marriage, but a Mexican divorce could be arranged without their presence and may be valid in Italy.
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Ingrid Bergman
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Mexico City
Roberto Tossellini
Ercole Graziadel
Miss Bergman
Rossellini
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Ottawa Kansas Voter Registration Opens March 3
Special notice informs Ottawa electors that voter registration books will stay open 8 am to 10 pm from March 3 to March 7 1958 inclusive for the upcoming primary election on March 18 1958. Residents who never registered and meet age and residency rules must register. those who registered but did not vote in November 1956 or moved must re register. Special arrangements for the sick or disabled are noted.
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