River Near Flood Stage as Snow and Rain Persist
The Marais des Cygnes river sits at a touch-and-go level after days of drizzle and wet snow. Ottawa gauge near 22.1 feet at noon, 1.5 feet below flood stage at Quenemo 26.5 feet, rising slowly. Freezing temps could slow runoff. Eastern Kansas streams rise. Neosho Verdigris report outflows and some flood downstream from Osawatomie.
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Marais Des Cygnes
Quenemo
Ottawa
Kenneth Andrews
Freete Construction Co
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Neosho
Verdigris
Osawatomie
Salina
Concordia
Colorado Line
Cat Under Car Destroys Vehicle In Ottawa Neighborhood
Side Swipes reports a yellow tomcat under a car at 15th and Main caused fatal damage when the Harley P. Gover vehicle started and tangled with the fan belts. Five fishermen later shared a rainbow trout haul of 37 from Roaring River after a rainy weekend. Ed Fredricks and six others fished 41% to hours, with some trout 12 to 14 inches long.
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Gover
15Th and
Main
Ottawa
Roaring River
Ed Fredricks
Mulberry
Artificia
Tony van Lieden
S. Poplar
E. E. Nelson
S. Mulberry
Jack Prather
Lawrence Day
W. 6Th
Agree To Free Jet Pilot
PANMUNJOM Korea North Korea today agreed to return a U S Air Force pilot shot down over the demilitarized zone last Thursday by Communist gunfire The release date was not set The meeting of the Military Armistice Commission followed a U N Command warning against Red planes crossing the truce line Capt Leon Pfeiffer of Kenosha Wis parachuted from the Sabre Jet and was listed as in good health and receiving humane treatment by Communist delegates
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Panmunjom
Korea
North Korea
Demilitarized Zone
Military Armistice Commission
U. N
Leon Pfeiffer
Kenosha
Wis
Pfeiffer
Weather County Forecast Snow Accumulation Expected
Snow this afternoon and tonight with about 2 inches accumulation. A little colder this afternoon and tonight with Tuesday cloudy and little temperature change. Highs around 30. Lows in the middle 20s. High Tuesday 30 to 35.
Study Finds Most Geniuses Share Flawed Traits
In an interview at the International Congress of Surgeons, Dr. W. B. Green-Armytage of the British Royal Society of Medicine reports a four year study showing most geniuses were under 5 feet 3 inches, often impotent or lacking sex drive, with few producing offspring of genius stature. He cites Nelson Shakespeare Picasso Einstein as short statured and Tubercular geniuses like Voltaire Chopin Moliere Euclid Raphael Schiller and Shelley. He notes most tubercular geniuses produced peak work about six months before death and asserts no women geniuses exist, saying Providence grants women only one factor of creative genius: motherhood.
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Los Angeles
British Royal Society of Medicine
W. B. Green-Armytage
International Congress of Surgeons
Lord Nelson
Shakespeare
Picasso
Einstein
Voltaire
Chopin
Moliere
Euclid
Raphael
Schiller
Shelley
Green‘Armytage
State Bank Call Issued By Topeka Official
TOPEKA R B Medlin state bank commissioner issued a call for a statement of condition of all state banks and trust companies as of the close of business March 4 for reporting and regulatory review by state authorities.
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Topeka
R. B. Medlin
More Pump Priming Plans Announced
Senator Lyndon Johnson testified for an accelerated federal public works program. He endorsed using available resources to tackle unemployment and urged action over credit. The plan covers about four billion dollars in dams, river and harbor improvements, and public buildings. Eisenhower announced steps to release funds and extend unemployment benefits. The White House signaled midweek for a benefits extension and more private home loans. Congress was urged to raise highway spending and request 186 million for water resources. Additional actions included a 2.4-billion loan program for sewage and water facilities and calls for higher federal school construction spending.
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Washington
Lyndon Johnson
D-Tex
Senate
Johnson
Public Works Committee
Texan
Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
White House
Congress
Armed Services Committee
House Banking Committee
Rep. Rains
D-Ala
House
Sen
Douglas
D-Ii
Rep
Simpson
R-Pa
Reed touts GOP as party of progress in Kansas
Parsons publisher Clyde M Reed Jr running for governor told Riley County Republicans the Republican party is the party of progress in Kansas. He cited mental health rural health highway programs and greater school support as evidence of party action and leadership. Reed planned a dinner in Riley County and visits Clay Center Junction City and northwest Kansas for the rest of the week.
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Manhattan
Kas
Clyde M. Reed Jr
Parsons
Party of Progress In
Kansas
Riley County
Reed
Clay Center
Junction City
Teenagers discuss love and marriage in Cana Conference talks
Chicago teens attended six Cana Conference talks across 14 Roman Catholic churches shining light on dating and marriage. Father Walter Imbiorski urged saying yes to seven questions about happiness, faults, fears, future duties, and lasting love to guide choices beyond emotions.
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Chicago
Cana Conference of
Chicao
Snow basing tragedy claims two skiers in Utah slides
In Snow Basin Utah a 7 A snow slide swept skier Dr. Lincoln Ellison 49 Ogden a U.S. Forest Service official to his death on Mt. Ogden’s east face. Hours later a second slide killed John Anthony Deane 23 Salt Lake City a former Denver and Colorado State skier. Bodies found 900 yards apart, left overnight. Deane newly married a month.
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Snow Basin
Utah
Mt. Ogden
Lincoln Ellison
Ogden
U.S. Forest Service
John Anthony
Tony) Deane
Salt Lakes City
Denver University
Colorado State University
Deane
Aspen
Colo
Critical of Airline Pilot Over Rikers Island Crash
The Civil Aeronautics Board ruled the LaGuardia to Miami flight on February 1 1957 did not show the skill and care required of an air line pilot. The crash at takeoff killed twenty of 95 passengers and wounded 25. The pilot Alva A R Marsh copilot Basil S Dixwell and flight engineer Angelo V Andon were not injured. The Northeast air lines crew had over 14 years of service.
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Alva A. R. Marsh
Basil S.dixwell
Northeast
Angelo V. Andon
Navy aims to launch Vanguard as weather delays ease
Cape Canaveral reports a frustrated Navy plots a new Vanguard launch after crane absence and wind delays near liftoff. Officials discuss a revised firing schedule with Naval Research Laboratory and consider a possible day or two setback while weather forecasters reassess the wind conditions for the three stage rocket and its grapefruit sized satellite.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Navy Today Prepared Guard
Naval Research Laboratory
Washington
Vanguard
Navy
Cuban Strike Threatened in Batista Era Havana Crisis
Armed guards keep order as Cuba’s industry runs normally amid rumors rebel leader Castro may call a general strike by month end. Batista mobilizes 7,700 police and 22,000 troops for stability on the regime’s sixth anniversary, as Castro’s guerrillas face ammo shortages and vow the strike would topple Batista.
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Havana
Cuba
Field Castro
iCastro
Fulgencio Batista
Batista
Castro
Battista
Jealous trooper shoots wife then kills himself
Roland Johnson a 27 year old highway trooper stationed in Ottawa killed his wife Judy Blair 18 with a single shot during an argument over an annulment and then shot himself twice in the chest and temple. The event occurred near Ransom Memorial Hospital at 7 55 p m after a confrontation with Connie Reed 19 in Johnsons car. Judy Johnson was treated and released, Reed remained uninjured. Johnson who joined the patrol Feb 20 1956 was born Nov 28 1930 at LeRoy and leaves two children, his first wife Doris, and relatives in Wichita and LeRoy.
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Roland Johnson
Kansas
Lamar Phillips
Just
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Judy Blair
Johnson
Excelsior Springs
Don White
15Th and Main
Flaherty
Connie
Judy
Ransom Hospital
R. S. Roberts
LeRoy
May Johnson
Donald Roy
Opportunity
Wash
Eugene F
Wichita
Girl Scouts Celebrate 46th Anniversary Week Note
Girl Scouts of Franklin County and nationwide mark the 46th anniversary of Girl Scouting with the week of March 9 to 15 carrying the theme You Can Count On Her. A Folk Festival Saturday from 11 30 a m to 2 30 p m at Wilson Field House features Wellsville and Ottawa troops with church services in uniform observed yesterday. Juliette Gordon Low organized the first troop on March 12, 1912 in Savannah GA. Today nearly 3 million members ages seven to 17.
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Girls Scouts
Franklin County
Nnation
Wilson Field House
Wellsville
Ottawa Girl Scouts
Juliette Gordon Low
Savannah
Successor To Mack Named To FCC
President appoints John Cross to the Federal Communications Commission succeeding Richard A. Mack who resigned under fire. Cross, 53, is assistant chief of the State Department telecommunication division and has 22 years in the field. Mack resigned amid sharp criticism from a House subcommittee after testimony he took loans from a Miami lawyer in a pending ECG case. Mack denied wrongdoing. Cross is a legal resident of Arkansas and must be confirmed by the Senate.
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Washington
John
Cross
Federal Communications Commission
Richard A. Mack
State Department
White House
Mack
House
Miami
ECG
Arkansas
Seute
Not Smart Enough WASHINGTON Teachers Essay Contest Readmitted
An unclear paragraph notes a teacher and a student exchange about a second grade class. The fragment mentions Miss Day and a claim that a teacher was smart enough to teach second grade next year. The context is missing full details or dates.
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Washington
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Sane
Vanees
M. Aet
M Ee
Beeen
Aone
Eeeebeth
Otee
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Gop
Party of Progress
William J. Conway
Walter Imbiorski
Imbiorski
Lamb
Col
I Harvey Schmedemann
Darrell Burkdoll
S. Hickory
Roberts
State Highways Department
Garnett
Cities Service Gas Co
Girl Scouts
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