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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1956
Page
1
Event at the National Guard Armory scheduled for March 7 at 6 30 p m. Public notice lists a nonstandard code 75 0 31 and location details with limited readable text.
World Wide Y will attend a Lawrence gathering of Northeast Kansas League principals tomorrow afternoon. A key topic is whether Law Sliver Group-The Ottawaltence will withdraw from the FFA poultry judging team and league.
Local items from Ottawa and surrounding areas include school events at Alma and Ottawa high school, a C47 cargo plane crash in Japan with two pilots reported uninjured, Open House at the Ottawa vocational agriculture building, a damage suit in county court, and roadblock planning in Chanute for escaping felons. Also noted are scholarship winners, a nephew's death in California, club meeting postponements, and community updates from Franklin County.
Hospital notes list revival events led by evangelist Mrs. Freda Scherl at the Wesleyan Church with Rev. Willample. Admissions include Mrs. John Keller and Mrs. Mary Waterbury among others. Births reported for a Fontana family and a Pomona couple. several dismissals noted from local addresses.
A batch of obituaries and regional notes include Interior Minister Jose Maris Lemus winning El Salvador’s presidency, funeral services for Fred A. Crain Jr. in Kansas City, and a Chile mine collapse toll. Also reported are a Tehran spy case shakeup, and funeral services for Alice May Smith in Wichita with Ottawa links.
A notice urges readers with arthritis or related ailments to write to Spears Chiropractic Sanitarium and Hospital in Denver Colorado for testimonial proof or to report results. The appeal lists conditions including cancer polio epilepsy rheumatic fever multiple sclerosis cerebral palsy muscular dystrophy strokes heart liver skin stomach kidney and other illnesses.
Tennessee Senator Estes Kefauver will enter California's June 5 presidential primary as backers announce his bid seeks a second state victory to secure the Democratic nomination.
California Republicans united to endorse Vice President Richard Nixon for a second term as President Eisenhower and Nixon receive support from Gov. Goodwin Knight and Sen. William F. Knowland backers. Democrats deride the move as smoke filled room politics.
The New York Times reports a vast ice trough large enough to cover thousands of square miles, discovered by the U.S. Antarctica expedition. The surface is alleged to generate the vilest weather in the world, potentially impacting climate and travel.
Topeka Kansas traffic fatalities listed by the State Accident Records Section show eight deaths in the last 48 hours and a year to date total for 1956 of 91, with a note that one earlier fatality not previously reported is included. figures reflect the latest update and compare with 1955 totals of 86.
Public service notice offers a free 44 page illustrated book on arthritis and rheumatism mailed to anyone who writes. The booklet explains causes, effects, dangers of neglect, and describes a proven drugless treatment, with no cost or obligation. Mail requests to The Ball Clinic Dept 1514 Ex Springs Mo.
A report notes ice moving at up to 200 miles per hour in the Victoria Land to Wilkes Land chute, with glacial ice also sliding through the trough into the Indian Ocean, indicating rapid ice dynamics in the region.
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