Highway hearing set on US 50 impact March 4
The highway commissioner announced a March 4 hearing for Ottawa and Wellsville residents to discuss possible economic effects from rerouting US 50. The hearing focuses on impact, not appraisal or right of way. Also notes O E Dawkins marked his 50th work anniversary at Bennett Creamery in Ottawa. PTA Council meets tomorrow at Ottawa High School.
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J. R. Cheney
Ottawa
Wellsville
Kansas City
O. E. Dawkins
Bennett Creamery
Nellie Nutt
Albert Stone
Jake Kaunh
Dawkins
Dallas
Tex
Iowa Park
Kansas
Ottawa Pta Council
Ottawa High School
Rioting in Gaza Strip still goes on
The Gaza Strip riot continues despite Israeli withdrawal. United Nations forces used tear gas and gunfire to disperse about 1,000 civil workers allied with Gaza’s temporary administration headed by Danish Col Carl IngHolm. Demonstrations erupted as Arabs demanded the return of Egyptian rule and clashed with UNEF troops. No casualties reported.
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Gaza
Gaza Strip
U. N
Strip
Egypt
Carl Ingholm
Gaza City
Ingholm
Munir Rayess
U.N
UNEF
Good Crowd For Taylor Revival
The main floor of Memorial Auditorium was filled last night for the opening in the series of meetings by Evangelists Charlie and Laurie Taylor. Sponsored by 14 Ottawa churches, they led services at Trinity Methodist and both First Methodist and First Baptist. The revival runs through Monday night, March 18.
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Memorial Auditorium
Charlie
Laurie Taylor
Taylor Brothers
Ottawa
Trinity Methodist Church
First Methodist
First Baptist
Richmond caucus to nominate local government candidates
A non partisans caucus will be held at the Richmond Grade School on Wednesday March 13 at 8 p m for nominating two mayoral candidates two police judge candidates and ten councilmen candidates.
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Richmond
Milk in Glass 16c Qt at Clover Leaf
A note lists a milk item priced at 16 cents per quart glass service at Clover Leaf located at 1546 S Main. The brief item appears as a local advertisement fragment highlighting price and store location.
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Main
Eight Fined For Old License Tags In Ottawa Area
Eight residents in the Ottawa area were fined five dollars and costs in county court Saturday for driving cars without current year license tags. The eight named defendants include Harry Shaffer of Princeton Warren Bruner of Rantoul Floyd Mignot of Wellsville William Adcock of Ot tawa Shubert Ernest Lee Orr Fred Reinke and Mrs Roger Williams of Ottawa. Lamb Ambulance Phone 380.
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Ottawa
Harry Shaffer
Princeton
Warren Bruner
Rantoul
Floyd Mignot
Wellsville
William Adcock
Orvil Shubert
Ernest Lee Orr
Fred Reinke
Roger Williams
Ottawa City Pumps Water From Below Dam
City officials report pumping water from below the waterworks dam to supplement the supply stored above it. Superintendent C L E Haff notes the level is about 35 inches below the top, with seepage from underground sources and pumping maintaining a steady level. No pumping between upper pools has occurred yet.
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Ottawa
C. L. E. Haff
Water and Light Department
Haff
Kiefer
Miller Dam
Kiefer Dam
Kan sas City Presbytery Meets in Ottawa U P Church
The spring meeting of the Kansas City Presbytery of the United Presbyterian Church will convene at 9 30 a m at Ottawa U P Church with morning and afternoon sessions. Delegates from Ottawa Emporia Americus Garnett Pittsburg Prairie Village Lenwood First Kansas City Eskridge Topeka John Knox Lyndon Clay Center Amoret Mulberry Missouri will attend. Reverend Robert Ralston of Village Church Prairie Village preaches the opening sermon. M Todd Macdonald Ottawa is vice moderator.
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Kansas
Missouri
Robert Ralston
Village Church
Prairie Village
M. Todd Macdonald
Ottawa
Emporia
Americus
Garnett
Pittsburg
Leawood
First Church of
Kansas City
Eskridge
Topeka
United Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Church
Ottawa Church
Sam Molen to Address Ottawa Athletic Banquet
Sam Molen, Kansas City sportscaster, will speak at Ottawa high school and university banquet honoring football and basketball squad members, track lettermen, and coaches. Banquet date is Monday April 8 with venue TBA. Ottawa Chamber of Commerce sports committee chair Rod McClays leads with Scott Huddleston Frank Shull Orlis Cox and Claude Webb on the committee.
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Sam Molen
Kansas City
Ottawa
Ottawa High School
Ottawa University
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
Rod McClay
Scott Huddleston
Frank Shull
Orlis Cox
Claude Webb
Supreme Court Reverses Finding in Four Wellsville Loitering Cases
The Supreme Court of Kansas reversed Franklin county district court, ruling the four Wellsville men Moherman MecGaugh Leach and Scott Moherman must stand trial in the April district court term after charges of loitering on Floyd Moldenhauer’s farm were deemed not a public offense by Judge Floyd Coffman. Special prosecutor Myron Steere and County Attorney Don White argued before the court.
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Supreme Court of Kansas
Franklin County District Court
Wellsville
Floyd Moldenhauer
Richard Moherman
James McGaugh
Milo Harris
Moherman
MecGaugh
Wayne Leach
Scott Moherman
Floyd Coffman
Supreme Court
Myron Steere
Don White
Capitol
Steere
District Court
Two Jets Collide Near Wethersfield Air Base
Two U S Air Force jets collided in flight near Wethersfield England today. Three officers were killed in the crash.
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Wethersfield
England
U. S. Air Force
No Chance To Block Nasser On Suez Canal
Western officials see little chance to block Egyptian President Nasser from tight control of the Suez Canal. Talks between Eisenhower and Macmillan in Bermuda focus on Suez future and alternative transport. Egypt rejects a proposed tolls system and insists tolls go to Egyptian authorities under the 1888 convention.
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Suez Canal
Washington
Nasser
Suez
Eisenhower
Harold Macmillan
Bermuda
World Bank
United Nations
Egypt
Abdel Eder Hatem
United States
Britain
Western
Europe
South Asia
Africa
India
Muddy pavement causes car crash in Ottawa area
Muddy pavement led to a 4:30 AM crash injuring no one and causing about $1,000 damage to Jay D. Saner's 1956 Dodge on US 59 north of Ottawa. A second two-vehicle mishap at 4:11 PM involved Carolyn Kay Wenthe and Carolyn Joyce Owen, each in Chevrolet cars, with $25 and $10 damage respectively. both drivers said they did not see the other vehicle.
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Jay D. Saner
Lawrence
Highway Patrol
Saner
US 59
Ottawa
Carolyn
Carolyn Kay Wenthe
Topeka
Grant
Carolyn Joyce Owen
Mission
Wenthe
Owen
Jet airliner seeks crosscontinent record flight
SEATTLE P A jet airliner that has flown across the continent on a test run in less than four hours took off here early today aiming to complete the record flight in 3 hours 45 minutes.
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Seattle
Aftershock, Smoke from Unmak Volcano Follow Aleutian Quake
The Aleutian quake Saturday sparked tidal waves in Hawaii and Japan and an aftershock at 7:20 p.m. PST. Mt Unmak belched smoke after 200 years dormancy. Kauai saw 154 homeless and 4,000 isolated by washouts. unofficial damage up to two million dollars. A San Diego Bay slip and boat were damaged. two reporters died photographing waves. A Berkeley seismograph logged continued shocks and another major quake was recorded near dawn. Boston College seismograph noted strong quakes about 4,300 miles from Boston with two more disturbances the prior day.
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Pacific
Aleutian Islands
Hawaii
Japan
University of California
Berkeley
John Denoyer
Samuel Wilder King
Kauai
Paul O. Beam
Sarah Park
Star-Bullettin
San Diego Bay
Denoyer
Don Tocher
Weather forecast shows cooler, windy spell with showers
Partly cloudy and windy this afternoon with dust and a few showers in the extreme southeast, diminishing winds tonight. Tuesday largely fair and colder east and south. Tonight low 25 north central to 40 southeast. high Tuesday expected in the 50s.
Ottawa high panel to discuss junior high training
A group of Ottawa senior high students will host a panel discussion before the Junior High School assembly during activity period tomorrow. Speakers include Larry Forsythe on the value of a high school diploma and grades, Dennis Conger on foundations and regrets, Neil Blakeman on getting along with people, Nancy Morrissey on extra curriculars, and Lowell Gisk as moderator.
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Ottawa Senior High
Larry Forsythe
Dennis Conger
Neil Blakeman
Nancy Morrisey
Lowell Gisk
Ottawa High School
Ottawa Tornado Warning Network Expands Across States
The Pressure Jump Indicator installed in Ottawa police HQ last year as a tornado warning experiment has expanded to 107 towns from Missouri to Texas. When barometric pressure shifts, the alarm lights and buzzer trigger police to contact the Weather Bureau in Topeka. Weekly alarm reports aid advance tornado warnings, with Ottawa among sites chosen by the Severe Storm Warning Center of Kansas City. A Jacksboro Texas pilot will again fly near storm clouds to gather data for the Weather Bureau.
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Ottawa
Missouri
Texas
Weather Bureau
Topeka
Kansas City
Mound City
Kansas
Fort Worth
H. L. Jacobson
Jim Cook
Jacksboro
Tex
Cook
Subpoena Looms For Teamsters Leader Beck
Senate rackets investigators plan to subpoena Teamsters Union President Dave Beck and seize his financial records if he does not cooperate within a day or two. Beck, returning from Europe, dodged reporters and said he would likely go to Washington very soon. The panel seeks evidence of racketeering links and possible use of union funds to pay personal bills.
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Washington
Senate
Teamsters
Dave Beck
Beck
Teamster
Europe
New York
Chicago
Seattle
Teamsters Union
Hell Nation
Portland
Ore
Sen. McClellan
D-Ark
Light Showers Across Kansas Briefly Across State
Ottawa reported light showers totaling .01 inch with a 71 degree high and 50 degree low for the day. Coffeyville saw the heaviest fall at .81 inch, Topeka .12, Leavenworth .10, Emporia .04, and Chanute .01. Garden City reached 80 and Pittsburg 67.
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Ottawa
Kansas
John P. Kelsey
Coffeyville
Topeka
Leavenworth
Emporia
Chanute
Garden City
Pittsburg
Two Speeders Arrested In County Court
Fred Leon Modlin aged 35 of Kansas City Missouri pleaded guilty to speeding 50 mph in a 30 mph zone and was fined 30. Milo Har was Topeka resident Ray Schreiner, 23, forfeited a $20 bond after being charged with speeding 40 mph in a 30 mph zone during a county court session last Saturday.
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Fred Leon Modlin
Kansas City
Milo Har
Ray Schreiner
Topeka
Legislature Faces Heavy Week With Major Debates
Topeka lawmakers return for week 10 as House Roads and Highways Committee introduces a bill to exempt public transportation companies from state gas taxes. Senate grooms over 40 final-vote bills while debates on severance tax and county sales tax distributions loom. Strong activity centers on tax reform, school aid, penal reorganization, park funding, and juvenile code overhaul.
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Topeka
House Roads and Highways Committes
House
Senate
George Docking
Senate Assessment and Taxation Committee
Oil and Gas Committee
Senate Highways Committee
Senate Banking Committee
Fish and Game
Fish and Game Commission
Supreme Court
Senate Education Committee
Parole Board
Department of Corrections
Board of Penal Institutions
Park Authority
Ways and Means
County Home Expert to Attend Northeast Kansas Meeting
Mary Dean Helle Franklin county home economics agent will travel to Lawrence for a meeting of Northeast Kansas agents. The purpose is to receive instructions for tabulating a survey conducted in Franklin and neighboring counties. The detailed questionnaire reached 150 homes in Franklin county and similar numbers elsewhere.
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Mary Dean Helle
Franklin County
Lawrence
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