Side Swipes In The Day's News
Ottawa stock highlights include blind pianist Bob Beeler appearing on WIBW TV between 10 and 10:15 AM and on WIBW Radio at 11:30 AM and noon and again at 4 PM with a 15 minute concert. He will perform 116 compositions. A tea event at the Dist Methodist Home for the Aged will feature his theme He Walks Beside Me. Mrs Hardy will drive Beeler and his mother. Sheri Seright, nine, suffered mumps an ulcered tooth, then broke her right leg after falling at play. The Health Department chest X ray mobile unit returns to Ottawa March 23 from 10 AM to 3 PM for retakes at Youth Center. Only 57 of 4000 chest X rays require retakes. County treasurer office buzzed over auto license tag purchases as 1956 tags deadline approaches. Ottawa highway patrols, with Douglas county troopers, seized two coyote cars for bounty at Franklin county courthouse, unclear if more help was involved.
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Bob Beeler
Ottawa
Topeka
Methodist Home
Wibw-Tv
WIBW
Charlies O. Hardy
Bob
N. B. Beeler
State Health Department
F. A. Trump
Trump
Hall Backers Elected At First District Convention
Supporters of Gov. Fred Hall won early control of the 1st District Republican convention in Holton, forming the temporary organization and signaling the selection of at least two delegates friendly to the governor. No opposition emerged to delegates Steadman Ball and Byron Guise, both Hall supporters, to the national GOP convention.
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Holton
Fred Hall
Hall
Ateast
Steadman Ball
Atchison
Byron Guise
Marysville
Ottawa High rout ers to state tourna ment by special buses
Ottawa High School will charter two buses to Manhattan for the state class AA basketball tournament. The Cyclones, regional champions, meet Newton at 2 p.m. Thursday. Precise departure 10:30 a.m. from Ottawa with additional buses as needed. Students may attend with parent consent and written permits due noon Wednesday.
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Ottawa High School
Cyclones
Argentine
Manhattan
Kay Crites
Liz Keller
Mae Ann Wollam
Judy Carey
Don Morris
Larry Forsythe
Shirley Horn
Don Higgins
Bob Bundy
H. K. Stevens
Ted Brill
Marvin Wilson
OHS
Leroy Hood
Gary Hornbuckle
Ottawa
Newton
Wareham
John Giger
Fred Harder
Sherm Price
Rich
Wichita East
Emporia
Rosa Page Welch to Perform Tonight at First Baptist
Negro singer and ambassador of goodwill Rosa Page Welch appears at First Baptist Church tonight. She sang at Ottawa University's chapel this morning and spoke at a women’s luncheon at 1 p.m. Welch toured the world in 1953 before devoting her career to Christian service and goodwill.
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Rosa Page Welch
Good Will
First Baptist Church
Ottawa University
Welch
Four Wellsville Youths Missing
Officers search for four Wellsville youths Harold Carruthers David Seyler Robert Schaffer and Elwood Leach who left home yesterday afternoon. They are believed to be traveling in a light blue 1949 Ford convertible with plate F1 706. Contact Ottawa sheriff or police with any information.
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Wellsville
Harold Carruthers
David Seyler
Robert Schaffer
Elwood Leach
Sheriff's Office
Police Department
Ottawa
Four Runaway Girls Return To Classes In Kidnap Hoax
Four Newton girls returned to high school after a kidnap hoax led to a 60 hour jail term and parole. Judy Damman Gloria Jensma Janeane Fahrney and Lois Davis were released on condition they resume classes immediately. Independence City Judge Walter L. McVey Jr condemned the ruse and urged firm discipline, calling for punishment that stings.
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Newton
Iowa
Independence
Kas
Judy Damman
Gloria Jensma
Janeane Fahrney
Lois Davis
B. C. Berg
Berg
Walter L. McVey Jr
My Hope To Be Of Service To My Community
W. W. Robe for Mayer 87 c 71 details a local community service effort. The note highlights a civic minded individual proposing to support community needs through voluntary work and public service.
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W. W. Robe
Mayer
Island Colony Paralyzed By General Strike
A spontaneous general strike across Cyprus halted business as shops banks and schools closed in protest against Archbishop Makarios deportation. British troops dispersed rioters outside Phaneromeni church and near Metaxas Square while protests spread to Athens Salonika and Crete.
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Cyprus
Mediterranean
Britain
Makarios
union-with-Greece
Phaneromeni
Metaxas
Athens
Indian Ocean
Greece
Constantine Karamanlis
United States
Nairobi
Kenya
Seychelles
Madagascar
Mombasa
Ministry of Interior
Spyridon
U.S
Salonika
Crete
Morse Dares Segregation Amendment in Senate
Southern legislators presented a manifesto to Congress urging a constitutional amendment to permit race segregation in public schools. Sen. Morse warned of limited support, while Thurmond and George framed the move as a test of Southern resolve. The document, signed by 19 senators and 77 representatives from 11 states, signals possible third-party faction risk if the Democratic platform endorses integration.
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Washington
Congress
Morse
House
Supreme Court
Howard W. Smith
D-Va
George
Senate
Sen
Thurmond
D-Sc
South
Sens
Neuberger
D-Ore
Humphrey
D-Minn
Lehman
D-Ny
Sen. Humphrey
High Court
Eisenhower
White House
Dixie
Russell
D-Ga
Poff and Brayhill
Virginia
Weather forecast notes partly cloudy period and warm spell
Forecast shows partly cloudy southeast and north west this afternoon with some tonight and Tuesday. Warmer conditions east to west Tuesday with lows near 15 to 20 and highs in the 40s to 50s. Saturday expects 72 high, 20 low Sunday, 37 high. Today’s high 63, record highs and lows listed. Sunday unsettled with northeast wind, river level around seven tenths of a foot.
Mercury Dips to Very Cold Weekend Across Regions
Ottawa saw near zero temperatures as a cold front swept through with scattered snow in Kansas. Skies cleared enough for chilly lows with Cleotland showing an inch of snow and temperatures dipping toward single digits in the east. Bismark New Jersey recorded the coldest at 25 degrees below zero, while Minneapolis neared seven below.
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Ottawa
Ohoe
Kansas
Cleotland
Denver
Minneapolis
Bismark
N. J
Democrats To Meet April 13 In Topeka
The Kansas Democratic Club schedules its annual meeting for April 13 14 in Topeka with events moving from Washingtons Birthday weekend Mrs Glen Paige secretary treasurer will announce the principal speaker selection later.
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Topeka M
Kansas Democratic Club
Washington
Glen Paige
Topeka
No Delay For Racial Study
The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that state universities may not delay admitting Negro students while studying related problems. It overturned a Florida Supreme Court decision permitting a delay for Virgil D. Hawkins, a 48 year old Black applicant from Daytona Beach seeking admission to the University of Florida law school.
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Washington
Supreme Court
High Tribunal
Florida Supreme Court
Virgil D. Hawkins
Law
Florida
Hawkins
Daytona Beach
Fla
Deadly weekend spike in Kansas highway deaths totals rise
Eleven people killed in weekend crashes push Kansas road toll to 108 for the year, with six deaths in two Lyons area wrecks. Victims include Sam Heubner, 47, Glen Elder schools superintendent, and family, plus several youths and drivers in crashes near Lyons, Wathena, Hutchinson, Parsons, and Manhattan.
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Kansas
Lyons
Sam Heubner
Glen Elder
Kas
Ruby
Gerald
Joseph Kyner
Wilson
Kenneth Lennon
George Larry Burcett
Hamlin
Kyoka Newland
Falls City
Neb
Wathena
Horace W. Sproul
Hutchinson
John HW. McKernan
Parsons
John W. Dial
Manhattan
City Primary Sees 4625 Registered Voters
City Clerk Don Capper announced 4 625 Ottawans are eligible to vote in the March 20 primary. The figure is expected to rise before the April 3 city election. First ward Dig First precinct in North Ottawa moved into second place with 835 registrants.
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Don Capper
Ottawa
Dig
Registration By Precincts In Ottawa March Primary
The March primary in Ottawa shows the third precinct of the second ward as the largest with 949 registered voters due to Garfield area growth. Five registration days run March 19 to 23, 8 am to 10 pm, before the April 3 city election featuring two mayor candidates from James Alexander Kenneth Andrews and W. W. Robe.
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College
Garfield
Elty
James Alexander
Kenneth Andrews
W. W. Robe
Joe Morris
Obtawans
Ollawa
Army Engineer
Marais Des Cygnes
Ottawa
Pomona
Melvern Reservoir
Won Ribbons At Regional Festival
Franklin county participants at the PH Regional Spring Festival in Lawrence earned blue ribbons. Janet Seoul of SHAE club Wellsville won in girls proa tional talk, Loren Jacoby SHAFE wellsville blue ribbon in boy's demonstration constructing an awning, Judy Milton Junior dodgers club Richter blue ribbon in girl’s demonstration preparing a school funeral Fare and Near club Williams burg blue ribbon for band.
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Franklin County
Lawrence
Janet Seoul
Wellsville
Loren Jacoby
Judy Milton
Richter
Williamsburg
Southern Congressmen Denounce Antisegregation
Ninety six Southern congressmen declared in a Washington manifesto that they will use lawful means to overturn Supreme Court antisegregation rulings on public schools. The document, read in Congress, warns against disorder while urging a strong anti integration stance in the year of the presidential election.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Washington
Senate
House
Thurgood Marshall
The
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Exner Student At Alabama U Expelled for Rioting
TUSCALOOSA Ala One student was expelled and four suspended by the University of Alabama today for taking part in riots that drove Negro student Autherine Lucy from the campus on Feb 6 Leonard Wilson a 20-year-old sophomore from Selma was expelled the only name announced by the Board of Trustees Three other students withdrew during the investigation and may not return unless cleared of charges
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
University of Alabama
Autherine Lucy
Leonard Wilson
Selma
University
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S. Poplar
Highway Patrol
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Douglas County
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Terry Paul
Neonton
Hood
Red Hall
Natal
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D‘ny
New York City
E. Roy Fitzee
Chicago
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Powell
National City Lines, Inc
Bryce N. Narlow
Civil Rights Commission
Atlantic City
N.J
Serleralcu
President Action
Lamb Ambulance
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