Ottawa news briefs mix travel tales and local notices
Bit Barker shows colored slices of a European vacation at a Junior Highways meeting. Fred B. Weadon Jr. paid $8 and costs in County Court for failing to carry safety equipment on a truck, cited by the Highway Patrol. E Weaver treated for a broken hip at Ransom Memorial Hospital after Monday. Love and Loyalty club hosted by Mrs Lillian Bryant, eleven attended with St Patrick theme. Mrs Allen Reed recovering from a broken ankle after a fall. operation to pin bones performed. Navy Mothers plan March 18 meeting to study local and state history at Mrs C Riddie’s home. ten attended. Miss Semeramis Kulz, missionary from Chile, to show pictures at First Methodist Church at 7 pm. Dr Josephyne E Davis re-appointed Franklin County Health officer for 1958 by county commissioners.
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Fred B. Weadon Jr
Kansas City
Kas
Highway Patrol
Allen Reed
Navy
Memorial Auditorium
C. Riddie
Rotary talk and local health notes in Lawrence
Mrs Lee Shelden and Mrs A M Telfer travel to Tallahassee Florida to visit relatives. Miss Thelami Ibsen spoke to the Rotary about tuberculosis health work and Karl Klooz attended as visitor. Harry Mealman underwent leg amputation at K U Medical Center and his wife stays in Kansas City to be with him. Mrs C J Witherspoon recovers at home from a broken ankle after being struck by a car while leaving a driveway.
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Lee Shelden
A. M. Telfer
Tallahasee, Fla
Thelam Ibsen
Kansas Tuberculosis and Health Association
Rotary Club
Karl Klooz
Lawrence Rotary Club
Harry Mealman
Grant SL
K. U. Medical Center
C. J. Witherspoon
Walnut
Sheriff Probes Illegal Tractor Use and Gas Theft
Sheriff Jay Brown and staff investigate after six area youths six youths three boys and three girls used a tractor and gasoline last night in Chippewa Hills district to pull a stuck car from mud. Reported radiator neglect caused motor damage and gas loss with no serious injuries.
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Jay Brown
Chippewa Hills
Incubators Rushed From Oklahoma City To Save Baby Girl
Two incubators were flown from Chicago for a premature baby girl born to Mrs. Howard Lawrence in Alberta Kansas. Braniff Airways and highway patrol aided a timely delivery, with Trooper R C Arthur unable to load the units due to size and a station wagon delivering them to Enid where Dr. I R Bowser brought them to the hospital. the infant was reported doing well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lacrosse
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Howard Lawrence
Alberta
Chicago
Braniff Airways
Wichita
Braniff
Gene Edison
Highway Patrol
Jack Rollins
R. C. Arthur
Dean Wallen
Enid
Okla
I. R. Bowser
Johnson Backs PWA Proposal in U S Senate
WASHINGTON Senator Lyndon B Johnson of Texas endorsed a Public Works Administration plan with a half billion dollar job program. He backed Sen Gore's bill allocating 90 percent federal funding for projects to cut unemployment, including public buildings schools recreation facilities airports and hydroelectric plants.
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Washington
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Public Works Administration
Johnson
Sen. Gore
D-Tenn
Gore
Seek Youth In Triple Murder Seek Youth In Triple Murder
Hampden Massachusetts police issued a murder warrant for Robert G Clifford 17 in a triple homicide that killed his father Robert G Clifford 47 mother Marie 43 and brother Ronald 14. The bodies were found in their home with shots to the head from a .22 rifle. The mother lay on a bed in house clothes while the father and brother were near the door. Police believe the mother was shot first and the two males shot upon entry. A milkman found the scene after a door knock yielded no response. A doctor said the killings occurred Monday afternoon.
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Hampden
Mass
Robert G. Clifford
Marie
Ronald
Clifford
Nuclear Powered Submarine Skate Sets Transatlantic Record
The nuclear powered submarine Skate docked at a Portland England base and its skipper Cmdr James F Calvert claimed the fastest transatlantic crossing from the United States to Europe in 8 days 11 hours underwater the voyage on its shakedown cruise from Groton Conn on Feb 24 Newsmen were told the speed and distance details were not released and the skipper noted similar times on recent return trips by Nautilus America and Seawolf as part of the growing nuclear fleet
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Portland
England
United States
Atlantic
Cmdr
James F. Calvert
Europe
Calvert
Cleveland
Ohio
America
Groton Conal
Disciplinary record card adopted for Kansas City schools
Kansas City's principals introduce a standardized misbehavior tracking system featuring a disciplinary record card. It records truancy aggression fighting theft extortion class disruption threats insubordination and vulgar displays, with details of investigation involved persons and agencies findings disposition and follow-up, part of the pupil’s academic file. The move follows a wave of rowdyism that peaked five weeks ago and has since eased.
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Kansas—City
Kansas City
Deaths MISS MELISSA SEMPLE
Miss Sarah Melissa Semple 98 died yesterday in Cedar House nursing home. Funeral 3:00 p m Thursday at McVey Dengel Mortuary with Rev M Todd Macdonald officiating. Burial in Princeton Cemetery. Born October 1 1859 in Mercer County Pennsylvania she lived in Kansas 34 years the last two at Cedar House. Previously ten years with niece Mrs O R McCandless. She belonged to United Presbyterian Church.
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Sarah Melissa Semple
Cedar House Nursing Home
McVey-Dengel Mortuary
M. Todd Macdonald
Princeton Cemetery
Miss Semple
Mercer County
Samuel S
Sarah Edenburn Semple
Kansas
O. R. McCandless
S. Hellery
United Presbyterian Church
Hospital Notes And Births And Dismissals
Hospital notes admit J. T. Nicholson 124 W 9th Mrs Harry DeVore 725 S Locust Frederick Bones 707 N Poplar 1829 S Oak today Births Mr and Mrs John W Kendall Jr Williamsburg son born today weight 9 lb 4 oz Dismissed Candace Wail 609 Willow Mary Anna Jones Rantoul Howard Lee 530 Maple today
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J. T. Nicholson
W. 9Th
Harry DeVore
S. Locust
Frederick Bones
N. Poplar
S. Oak
John W. Kendall Jr
Williamsburg
Candace Wail
Willow
Mary Anna Jones
Rantoul
Howard Lee
Delay Leopold Parole Request Delays Release Date
Leopold, 53, who served 33 years for the 1924 Bobby Franks kidnapping and murder, seeks parole to a Puerto Rico hospital job. The Illinois Parole and Pardon Board plans March 20 action after visits to Stateville and Joliet prisons. release hinges on board approval of the job placement. Franklin Stransky leads Savanna, IL discussions.
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Savanna
Nathan Leopold
Puerto Rico
Illinois Parole and Pardon Board
Franklin Stransky
Stateville
Joliet
Leopold
Bobby Franks
Chicago
Elmer Gertz Earllier
Garment Workers Stage Walkout in Eastern States
A pre Easter strike began with 105000 dressmakers walking out across New York Pennsylvania New Jersey Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut and Delaware. The walkout affects 1550 dress contractors over wages and contracts with the ILGWU predicting a brief strike though it holds 33 million dollars to finance longer action if needed.
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New York
The
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Delaware
Judy Garland Alleges Husband Beat Her in Divorce Suit
Judy Garland files for divorce from Sid Luft in Santa Monica claiming he beat and attempted to strangle her several times. She seeks a restraining order, eviction from the Beverly Hills home, custody of children Lorna and Joseph, and temporary support of 4425 dollars monthly with a March 14 hearing date.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Judy Garland
Sid Luft
Miss Garland
Luft
Lorna
Joseph
Beverly Hills
Oil Spill Closes Section Of Highway Near Burbank
Hundreds of gallons of oil bubbled from U S Highway 60 three miles west of Burbank. State troopers blocked a quarter mile of the road after an auto slid on the slick. Oil seeped from a broken line along the highway and was stopped by a shut-off valve.
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Burbank
Okla
U.S. Highway 60
Oklahoma
Bob Hope Won't Go To Moscow
New York Comedian Bob Hope returned from London unable to obtain a visa to visit Moscow. He planned to take two writers a photographer and a press representative to interview top officials and film a television show. He said there should be no reason for denial but would not risk delays. He chose to return to the United States for a USO dinner in Washington.
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New York
Bob ‘Hope
London
Moscow
Hope
Moscow J
United States
Washington
Three Children Killed In Iowa Train Crash
Carterville area authorities report a collision at a crossing near 8:25 a.m. between a car carrying school children and a Baltimore Ohio Railroad train. Sheriff Henry Kluth of Clinton County said three children were killed.
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Carlyle, II
Henry Kluth
Clinton
Traffic Toll In Topeka Reported By State Records
Traffic fatalities listed by the State Accident Records Section for Topeka reflect 1 death in the past 24 hours. To date in 1958 stands at 62, compared with 80 in the same period of 1957.
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Topeka
Kansas
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