Ottawa Muni Airport survey eyed by city committee
Ottawa city officials plan a facilities survey at Ottawa Muni Airport to collect data from vehicle owners and pilots. The aviation committee led by Park and members Minnick Ander reat Ison Gaynor and Bond will mail questionnaires assessing airport operations and service to improve Ottawa’s airport. Also on first reading were ordinances funding improvements to Poplar street from Thirteenth to Fourteenth and Fourteenth from Oak to Mulberry.
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Ottawa
Tast
Ottawa Muni- Highway
Art Jensencipal
Rob Conaty
Itawa
Ison
Paul Gaynor
Marvin +o Bond
Chamber of Commerce
Poplar J Street
Thirteenth
Fourteenth
Paola Hosts Royal American Shows Leader’s TV tribute
A Paola community recall highlights Carl J Sedimayr owner of the Royal American Shows. The program This Is Your Life honored him, noting the 100000 fire loss after the Patterson merger and his son Carl Sedimayr Jr managing the shows. Millie Lou Patterson, daughter of the former Patterson owner, lives in Paola.
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Paola
Carl J. Sedimayr
Sedimayr
Carl Sedimayr, Jr
Kansas
Topeka
Missouri House Enters Right to Work Amendment Debate
The Missouri House of Representatives debated a constitutional amendment to ban union or closed shops. Backed by the Missouri Chamber of Commerce and business groups, the measure would require voter approval in the 1956 general election if both houses pass it, with two sponsors Rep C D Hamilton and Rep James L Wright.
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Jefferson City
Missouri House of Representatives
Missouri Chamber of Commerce
C. D. Hamilton
Ralls County
James L. Wright
Hickory County
Former Bodyguard Ends Life After Standoff in Hotel
In Lexington Kentucky Charlie Green 68 a longtime chauffeur bodyguard for a former governor shot himself in a downtown hotel after a three hour standoff with police. He barricaded himself in a third floor room controlling access and withstanding a tear gas barrage amid an outstanding warrant for breach of peace and threatening a deadly weapon. He had argues with the hotel owner.
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Lexington
Kentucky
Charlie Green
Candidates Lining Up For Third Class City Elections
Elections for 11 third class cities will be held April 5 to elect a mayor councilmen and police judge and decide on issues. In Rantoul a $12000 street improvement bond will be voted on. Merritt McDonald has withdrawn as Richmond mayor candidate. List of candidates includes George Riebe and others. no police judge yet. Princeton precinct candidates listed. Wellsville Citizens slate includes McConnell and Coffman. Lyndon liquor store proposal and sewage plant bond planned. Lyndon nominations pending. Caucuses set for Williamsburg Pomona Greeley Quenemg Baldwin Melvern next week.
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Rantoul
Merritt McDonald
Richmond
George Riebe
Robert Brown
Herb McClure
Dee Spaulding
Joe Kueser
John Rueckers
Albert Pickert
Allen DeGarmo
Joe Wittman
Alfred Nilges
Harold Robertson
Princeton
Arthur Atchison
F. R. Knight
Edgar Swank
Homer Heckman
Fred Gage
Sophia Sweet
Guy Murdock
H. E. Rodgers
M. L. Walter
C. R. Pointer
Phil Bronson
Everett Lantz
Harrison Secrest
Troy Brooks
Citizens
Wellsville
Gilbert McConnell
Elmer McDaniel
Dale Stevenson
Dean Martin
Russell Lambert
Glen Layton, Jr
Clarence Coffman
T. J. Pivins
W. D. Farney
James
Shields
Russell J. Werntz
David Strum
Lyndon
Williamsburg
Pomona
Greeley /Quenemg
Baldwin
Melvern
Annual Franklin County 4-H Spring Festival Planned at Ottawa High
More than 300 people are expected for the Franklin County 4-H Spring Festival at Ottawa High School on Saturday. Dick Jameson, county 4-H agent, says events start at 9 a.m. with 4 plays, 4 model meetings, 6 promotional talks, 28 demonstrations, 10 folk games, and 17 musical numbers. Judges include several county and university agents and home demonstration leaders. Top blue ribbon winners advance to regional and state 4-H events. Events will be held in various school rooms and the lunch will be served by the Acorn Bussters 4-H club. a social and dance follow Friday night.
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Pranklin County
Ottawa High School
Dick Jameson
Deal
Douglas County
Roger Hecht
Miami County 4-H
Barbara Buffington
Anderson County
Earl Parker
Linn County
Ruth Lathrop
Ottawa University
Jameson
Acorn
Liquor Vote In 9 Cities Across Kansas in April
Nine Kansas towns may hold local option votes on liquor sales April 5. Petition drives target bans in Medicine Lodge and Elkhart, with leaders from the Kansas Dry Forces checking signatures in Arkansas City Shawnee Hortasz Harper Kiowa and Yates Center and Belleville seeking to permit liquor stores. Lawrence and Kingman failed to collect enough signatures to force votes.
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Topeka
Medicine Lodge
Carry Nation
Roy
Holloman
Kansas Dry Forces
Arkansas City
Shawnee
Hortasz
Harper
Kiowa
Elkhart
Willard Mayberry
Weis
Hiquor
Yates Center
Belleville
Drys
Lawrence
Kingman
Six Seek City Posts In Ottawa Election Slate
Six candidates filed at the city clerk’s office for the city election to be held in Ottawa with a filing deadline set for March 12. If a primary is needed it would be March 22 and the city election on April 3 will select three school board members and one city commissioner. Officials named include Kenneth E. Andrews and Ivan Brown for city commissioner, with four running for the three school board seats: Dr. Arvid Berglund, B. F. Park, L. B. Paine, and Harold Crawford. Paine and Berglund seek re election. Harry Rybolt has petitions circulating but has not filed. Filing requires petitions with 25 signatures and a declaration before the city clerk. No primary needed yet as of listing. Also noted: local notices and ads appear in the issue.
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City Commission
Kenneth E. Andrews
Streets and Utilities
Ivan Brown
Arvid Berglund
B. F. Park
L. B. Paine
Harold 8. Crawford
Paine
Berglund
Harry Rybolt
Rybolt
Iity of
Ottawa
Eisenhower Pledges U S Military Share in Europe
President Eisenhower told British, French, West German, Belgian, Italian, Luxembourg, and Dutch leaders that the United States will maintain its fair share of forces in Europe as long as a threat endures. He outlined six conditions tying U S policy to the Western European Union and NATO standards, including cooperation on force levels and arms information.
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Washington
Eisenhower
America
United States
Europe
West Germany
Britain
France
Belgium
Italy
Luxembourg
Netherlands
U.S
North Atlantic Alliance
Western European Union
WEU
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
European Allied Command
Germany
North Atlantic
Appeal by Standard Oil to rebuild at Fourth and Main
The Standard Oil Co seeks permission to rebuild a service station at Fourth and Main. A public hearing is set at city hall on Monday March 21 at 7 30 p m. The station, in a business district and listed as light industry, would be a non conforming use under Ottawa zoning rules. Building permit on file calls for 30000 dollars.
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Standard Oil Co
Fourth and Main
Board of Zoning Appeals
City Hall
Ottawa
Melvern Rejects Water System Bond Proposal
In Melvern a proposal to issue 60,000 in bonds for a city water system failed in Tuesday’s election with 110 votes against 83. Earlier meeting results showed 95 support to 45 opposed, as residents rely on wells and cisterns for water.
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Melvern
Weather Forecast and Readout Summary
Generally fair conditions west and partly cloudy east through Friday with mild temperatures and strong gusty south to southwest winds. Expect blowing dust in southwest and south central areas, with low near 40 and high near 70 Friday. Record highs and lows noted for the date, along with yesterday’s sky and wind data.
Windy And Fair Skies Across Kansas With Dust Threat
The weather forecast for Kansas shows generally fair skies with only a dust threat in the southwest and south central regions today and tomorrow. Temperatures hold near current levels with highs in the 70s tomorrow and nightly lows from 40 to 60. Ottawa reported a high of 74 yesterday and 75 by noon today as mild regional conditions prevail.
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Weather Bureau
Kansas
Ottawa
Texas
Gulf
Atlantic States
West Gulf States
Ohio Valley
Weeks Hails Highway Plan Amid Federal State Effort
Secretary of Commerce Weeks opened the administration counterattack against Democratic criticism of Eisenhower's 100 billion dollar federal state highway plan. He called the 10 year program the largest engineering effort in peacetime and said it cannot be done piecemeal.
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Washington
Secretary of
Commerce Weeks
Eisenhower
Weeks
Senate Public Roads Subcommittee
Stock Rally After Declines
New York stock market gains broad relief after two days of declines led by aircraft and shipbuilding shares. Chance Vought rose 3.27, North American Aviation 3.50, Boeing 2.87, Lockheed 2.87, Douglas export News, and ship builders up 3.12. Major movers also included Reynolds Metals, Chrysler, Merck, Zenith, Allied Chemical, Bethlehem Steel, Southern Railway, Standard Oil of New Jersey, Neetic Storage Battery, and New York Central.
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New York
Chance Vought
North American Aviation
Boeing Lockheed
Douglas Export News
Reynolds Metals
Cheysler, Merck
Zenith
Allied Chemical
Bethlehem Steel
Southern Railway
Standard OU (Nj
Neetic Storage Battery
New York Central
Gas Tax Distribution Sparks Senate-House Clash
Senate and House dispute over fifth cent gasoline tax distribution continues. House proposed shift to favor counties faces Senate rejection while urban lawmakers press for more city road funding. Conflicting plans would alter annual shares and shrinkage allowances, with broader tax and public safety measures debated amid new bills and a Belvidere water system donation.
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Senate
House
Nebraska
Adjutant General's Office
Citizens’ Advisory Committee
Legislative Council
Kansas
County Boards of Education
Belvidere
Santa Fe Railway
Spring Building Boom Under Way in Ottawa City
In Ottawa, permits for new dwellings and commercial work total over $200,000 this spring, with several dozen listings indicating construction and enlargements. The Labor Department conference drew about 500 delegates, stressing womanpower and economic growth amid ongoing housing and business additions.
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Ottawa
Washington
Alice K
Leopold
Smith and Son
Mente Om En
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