Ottawa flood control bids possible May 1
Ottawa city awaits a Santa Fe Rail Road review on the Ottawa local protection portion of the Marais des Cygnes flood control plan. Army Engineers expect to advertise for bids May 1 if design changes and details align. funds and condemnation steps depend on Santa Fe report and Water Resources input.
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Army
Ottawa
Marais Des Cygnes
Santa Fe
Water Resources Division
State Board of Agriculture
The
Douglas Gleason
Ottawa three candidates named for streets and utilities post
Three candidates Jim Grogan Larry I Crater and O C Curbey filed for Ottawa commissioner of streets and public utilities as the noon deadline passed for the March 18 primary election with the April 1 vote upcoming in Phoenix Arizona. Mrs Lucertia Richardson identified Duane J Williams in a police lineup as the man who held up a Sunny Slope grocery store. Williams was her son in law and had married her daughter two weeks earlier. No charges yet filed the daughter faced a bogus check charge.
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Ottawa
Jim Grogan
Larry I. Crater
O. C. Curbey
Phoenix
Ariz
Lucretia Richardson
Duane J. Williams
Sunnyslope
Barney Blaine
Blaine
Williams
LaVon
Richardson
Blast Kills One Injures Another in Kansas City
In Kansas City Kansas a hand grenade blast killed 26 year old Barbara Jones and critically injured her male companion, 28 year old Joseph Miller. Miller, who may have placed the grenade under Jones’s pillow, suffered severe head wounds and loss of both eyes. Miller served in the Army and a friend said he brought the grenade home after service.
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Kansas City
Kan
Barbara Jones
Joseph Miller
Frank Steach
Miller
Steach
Retiring After 22 Years Service
GREENSBURG Kas. Rep. Benjamin O. Weaver of Mallinsville the poet laureate and dean of the Kansas House retires after 22 years in the legislature He began his career in 1927 and has served three consecutive terms in his current tenure and will not seek reelection this year.
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Greensburg Kas
Benjamin O. Weaver
Mallinsville
Kansas
Weaver
Weather Forecast for County Rain and Drizzle Through Sunday
County forecast indicates continuing rain and drizzle into Sunday with no significant temperature change. Residents should expect damp conditions, light showers, and overcast skies across the region. Local coastal and valley areas may see the highest precipitation totals.
Welfare director explains public misunderstanding of social services
Wanda Baird, director of the Franklin County Welfare Board, says the welfare field is growing but public understanding lags. She notes services go beyond cash aid and include conferences, guidance, and cooperation with state agencies. The board emphasizes protection, prevention, and rehabilitation, with major work aiding the blind and aiding dependent children while keeping families together and finding adoptive homes.
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Wanda Baird
Franklin County Welfare Board
France votes to intensify war in Algeria budget approved
The National Assembly backed Premier Felix Gaillard's revised military budget of 1,300 billion francs to speed the Algeria campaign. The plan adds 28,000 ground troops, reallocates 95 billion francs, and aims to pacify Algeria amid budget strains and coalition tensions.
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Paris
France
National Assembly
Felix Gaillard
Assembly
Algeria
Gaillard
Red Bomb Tests In The Far North Reported
Tokyo reports Russia conducted two nuclear tests near Novaya Zemlya above the Arctic Circle. Japan’s Meteorological Bureau released the information today noting the tests in the far north region.
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Tokyo
Russia
Novaya Zemlya Island
Arctic Circle
Japan
Meteorological Bureau
Docking Letter Draws Some Fire
Gov George Docking's letter to school administrators prompts a sharp reply from Sen William Ryan of Norton who calls for a special session to finish the budget and accuses the governor of using schools to feud with the University of Kansas while delaying state aid. The exchange centers on Docking's charge that the Senate has failed to provide school funding and Ryan's critique of the governor's broader aims.
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Norton
George Docking
William Ryan
R-Norton
Dockingislature
Ryan
A. O. Larson
Docking
Senate
University of Kansas
Will Get School Funds By March 15
TOPEKA. Distribution of the full 17.7 million dollars in state aid to elementary schools for the 1957 58 school year will be completed March 15. The date includes the last half payment and a deficiency in the first half allocation made in December. The December payment fell about three million dollars short because sales tax revenue did not meet expectations. The 1958 budget session of the Legislature made up the deficiency.
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Topeka
Planes Carry 26 Into Sea After Crash
A U S Marine transport plane carrying 25 persons and a single seat fighter collided near Naha Okinawa and plunged into the sea. Navy searchers recovered three bodies and spotted others amid debris three miles south of Naha as weather hampered operations. The planes, an R4Q and an AD5, were returning from Operation Strongback from Subic Bay to Naha before the crash.
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Okinawa
U.S
Navy
Philippines
iSubic Bay
Manila
Near
U.S. Navy
Air Force
Itoman
McCollum Removed From FBI Ten Most Wanted List
INDIANAPOLIS The FBI dropped Ben Golden McCollum from its Ten Most Wanted list after he was captured in a near East Side rooming house. The Oklahoma murderer, who had spent years in prison, was found unarmed with a Luger pistol in his room. He had posted as George W. Napier while working as a boiler fireman and yard man at the State School for Handicapped Children before his arrest following an attempted job at the same facility. McCollum had escaped Oklahoma State Penitentiary on May 1, 1954, and had his death sentence commuted to life after multiple stays.
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FBI
Ben Golden McCollum
Oklahoma
McCollum
Near
McColluum
Oklahoma State Penitentiary
Supreme Court ends Kansas fair trade law
The Kansas Supreme Court ruled the 21 year old fair trade statute unconstitutional as a price fixing delegation. Large appliance firms had dropped fair trade practices and similar laws have been repealed in other states. Separately, the Eisenhower administration and Congress pursued job creation measures as unemployment topped 5.1 million with February figures showing a surge amid winter storms.
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Topeka
Kansas Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Senate
Honest choice saves hungry man in Ohio store break-in
Larry Ford broke a market window with 22 cents in his pocket and debated stealing food versus honesty. He chose honesty, was jailed briefly, and the storekeeper pressed no charges. About 50 letters and over $300 in aid arrived, some offering jobs, as Ford and his teenage wife Jane Ellen look toward work on a Kentucky farm.
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Columbus, Ohio
Larry Ford
Larry
Herb Fischer
Fischer
James Heise
Jane Ellen
Kentucky
Diesel locomotive dives into Lake Michigan at Manitowoc harbor
In Two Rivers Wisconsin railway men plan a big fishing expedition to recover a diesel locomotive valued at 200000 that slipped from a seven mile dash through Manitowoc and Two Rivers into 30 feet of water. A box car toppled during recovery attempts and authorities pursue potential causes and possible violations. Divers located the engine but found no bodies, with a Monday recovery expected.
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North Western
Lake Michigan
Manitowoc
Rivers
Harbor Area
Ray Sousek
Hays Man Files For Judgeship
TOPEKA. Dist. Judge Benedict P. Cruise of Hays has filed for Democratic renomination to the bench in the 23rd Judicial District. The district includes Wallace, Logan, Gove, Trego, Ellis and Russell counties.
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Benedict P. Cruise
Hays
Wallace, Logan, Gove, Trego
Ellis
Russell Counties
Weather Summary Across Nation With Rain And Snow
A nationwide weather picture shows rain or drizzle in many regions with fair skies over the West and Eastern seaboard. Snow flurries blanket parts of New England and the Dakotas while hail and a tornado occur near Texas. Temperature changes are minor overall, with above normal readings in the Great Lakes and northern Mississippi Valley.
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New England
N.M
Sydney
Burwell
Neb
Sioux City
Iowa
Pacific Coast
San Francisco Bay
Washington
Oregon
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Great Lakes
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Dakotas
Moderate Rains Lift River Stage in Ottawa Valley
Drizzle persisted in the Ottawa area as moderate rains kept the river rising. The Marais des Cygnes river reached higher levels with a stage of 12.7 feet recorded at 7 a.m. today.
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Ottawa
Marais Des Cygnes
B 25 Crash Fatal To Airman At Des Moines
An airman from Offutt Air Force Base died when a B25 crashed and burned southeast of Des Moines while three others parachuted to safety. Pilot Lt. Herbert A. Babb, Capt. Richard Costello, and Airman 1.C. Barry Simowitz survived with minor injuries after the engine failure and bailout.
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Des Moines
Offutt Air Force Base
Omaha
Here
Donald J. Bray
R. Bray
Aurora
Kas
Municipal
Herbert A. Babb
Wich‘ita
Richard Costello
Rapid City
S. D
1.C. Barry Simowitz
Brooklyn
N. Y
Burns In Home Fire Leaves Topeka Woman and Boy
A rural farm home exploded and burned late last night, badly burning Frances Bartley, 39, and her 14 year old son Carl. Both were described as in fair condition at the hospital. Frances said she heard a basement disturbance then something blew up in her face. Her clothing was torn from her by the blast as she and her son escaped the blaze.
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Topeka
Frances Bartley
Carl
Bartley
Demos Could Take Control Of Board
Topeka reports possible party shift on the Social Welfare Board as Democrats press to take control. The term of Martin, a Topeka Republican, expires in April and Republicans currently hold 2-1. An aide of Gov. Geer said no endorsements had been made yet.
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Topeka
Social Welfare Board
Martin
Conktro
Geering
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