Dogs Die Of Poisoning In Franklin County
Two Wellsville dog owners report their pets died Saturday night from suspected strychnine poisoning. Humane Officer Leo Edington says bodies were taken to an Ottawa veterinary, with stomachs sent to a Lawrence lab for testing. A reward, now 100 dollars, is offered for information leading to a conviction. Cats caution to be careful what dogs eat.
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Franklin County Humane Society
J. L. Yakle
Larry Wiggins
Wellsville
Humane
Leo Edington
Ottawa
Lawrence
Humane Society
Yakle’s
Wiggins
Firmer Hand On Nursing Homes
Missouri lawmakers gave the State Division of Health broader power to regulate nursing homes after a deadly Warrenton fire at Katie Jane that killed 72 of 155 residents. Governor Blair announced a new health bureau to enforce rules and dismissed the former health director for inaction.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
State Division of Health
Katie Jane
Warrenton
James T. Blair
Division of Health
Canadian dollar reaches 24-year high in early trading
The Canadian dollar advanced to $1.04 23 32 in U S terms, up a 16th from yesterday, its strongest level since November 1933. The quoted rate marked the highest level reached by the Canadian dollar in 24 years, near the $1.05 per U S dollar peak.
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New York
U. S
U.S
Dust Cloud Darkens Ottawa Skies With Dust Forecast
Weather bulletin reports dust reduced visibility to 1 16 mile in places and dust reaching 11 000 feet. Forecasters expect continued dust this afternoon with warmer temperatures tonight and a chance of scattered thundershowers central Wednesday. Ottawa records show 0 02 inches of moisture yesterday. high 66, low 32 today.
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Ottawa
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Forbes Air Base
Youth Night At Taylor Revival In Ottawa
Last night marked Youth Night at the Taylor Brothers Spiritual Crusade sponsored by the Ottawa ministerial alliance. About 1,000 attended in Memorial Auditorium as daily meetings run through March 18, with college and high school students well represented. Laurie Taylor’s piano renditions drew praise, and roughly a score signed decision cards after Evangelist Charlie Taylor’s sermon. Tonight features the Taylor Brothers color film of their 1954 Australia trip, with Dr. Charlie Taylor speaking on Why Our Prayers Are Not Answered.
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Taylor Brothers Spiritual Crusade
Ottawa Ministerial Alliance
Memorial Auditorium
Laurie Taylor
Ottawa
Mere Thian
Charlie Taylor
Taylor Brothers
Australia
Award For State Lake Construction Near Bronson
A six mile south of Bronson state conservation lake project was awarded to Joseph Pohl Construction Co. of Nevada Missouri for 75543 dollars. Davyd Leahy of the Kansas Forestry Fish and Game Commission announced the contract. The 114 acre lake will form by an earthen dam on Wolf Creek Marmaton River tributary. Sponsored by Allen and Bourbon county sportsmen groups.
February employment climbs to record high in U S
The government reported a February gain offsetting January losses with total employment at 63,190,000 the highest February level on record and about 900,000 above the previous year.
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Washington
Nearly 5000 Eligible For Primary Vote Ottawans eye March 19 election
Ottawans totaling 4907 are registered for the March 19 primary for city commissioner and three school board seats. Candidates include A C Richeson Emile J Barnes and Howard N Duncan for commissioner and Mrs Fred Kaiser Dr W D Bemmels Lowell Fouts Ralph M Crawford Marvin Dur bin and Dr John Thornburg for the board. The top two in the primary advance to the April 2 ballot for commissioner, while all six school board candidates appear on April 2 with the top three elected. Voter registration shows women outnumber men 2650 to 2257. The largest precinct is third precinct of second ward with 1001 registrations.
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Fred Kaiser
W. D. Bemmels
Lowell Fouts
Ralph M. Crawford
Marvin Durbin
John Thornburg
City Commission
College Area
Garfield School
Lincoln School
Ottawa
School Board
Carnegie Library
Fifth
Main
Portland Mayor Denies Payoffs Amid Senate Hearing
Washington May 4 Portland Mayor Terry D Schrunk swore he never took payoffs from pinball operators bootleggers and gamblers Under oath he balked at a lie detector test claiming the Secret Service had a fishing expedition Schrunk said the questions were loaded Oregon Teamsters boss Clyde Crosby offered new evidence but was told to present it privately A Portland gambling case tied to Teamsters and rackets dominated the third week of Senate Rackets Investigating Committee hearings with recordings and bugged rooms cited in the testimony
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Washington
Terry D. Schrunk
Portland
Senate
Schrunk
Secret Service
Clyde C. Crosby
Oregon
Teamsters Union
Senators
Crosby
McClellan
D‘ark
James B
Big Jim) Elkins
Elkins
Committee
Ister
Woman Arrested For Shoplifting At Peace Food Market
A woman giving the name Gertrude Smith and address North American Hotel was arrested for stealing $3.13 worth of goods from Peace Food Market on South Main. Police found an ID card and auto registration in her purse bearing Gertrude Winfield, 37, Owatomie. In police court she pled guilty to petty larceny and was fined by Judge Myron Steere, paying the fine with a Winfield check.
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Gertrude Smith
Peace Food Market
South Main
Gertrude Winfield
Osawatomie
Judg Myron Steere
Winfield
Tax Residue Measure Moves Through Kansas House Floor
In Topeka Gov. George Docking’s residue tax bill neared House action after the House Assessment and Taxation Committee reported without recommendation and amended the bill to apply only to the June 2 1957 distribution to counties while retaining the 1958 distribution. Senate passage was 21 to 19. Debates considered severance tax as an alternative, with discussions of a constitutional amendment and potential shifts to the oil and gas committee. Senate action and potential floor votes loomed, with timing uncertain and prospects for a broader mineral tax under discussion.
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Topeka
George Docking
House
Senate
Marion Mathews
Winfield
Fred Meek
Idana
Ralph Rinker
Great Bend
Senate Oil and Gas Committee
Senate Tax Committee
Oil and Gas Group
Tax Committee
Oil and Gas
Rinker
Oil and Gas Committee
Doubt Egypt Will Use Military Force In Gaza
Rich ard E. Byrd a noted explorer who headed two arctic and five antarctic expeditions died in his sleep at his Boston home. He was 68 and had served as overall head of Navy Operation Deep Freeze during the IGY. He flew over both poles and earned the Medal of Honor among many decorations. Byrd charted about two million square miles and helped lay bases for potential US claims in Antarctica. He died of a heart ailment at 6 20 p.m. with his wife and four children at his bedside.
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Boston
Richard E. Byrd
Arctic
Navy
Antarctica
Beacon Hill
Byrd
Minor Crash at Seventh and Walnut Involving Two Older Cars
A minor accident occurred at 7 55 am at Seventh and Walnut. Eloise Nadene McFadden 16 of route 1 driving a 1942 Chevrolet made a wide left turn and struck Jackie Eugene Welborn stopping at a stop sign with a 1955 Chevrolet. Damages estimated at 40 to Welborn and 5 to McFadden.
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Seventh
Walnut
Eloise Nadene McFadden
Miss McFadden
Jackie Eugene Welborn
Welborn
McFadden
Call Jurors For April Court Term
A list of forty Franklin County residents was released this morning for the April term in district court. Names include F. W. Davis, Arza Fogle, Mrs. Juanita Needham, Grant Catterson, Sol Evans, Ed Plaschka, Carl Richardson, Mrs. Betty DeGarmo, Wilk Johnston, Richard Ware, Hubert Lickteig, H. L. Wilson, Edith Ackley, Clarence Coffman, Merle Todd, Earl Higdon, Donald C. Waymire, Charles Blum, A. W. Blake, John Hager, Theron Harrell, Alice Scott, Mary Burnett, Eddy O’Brien, Galen Bristow, Don Madison, Edith Wells, Bertha Servatius, Clifford Waller, Dale Bouse, Verna Okeson, Frank Sheaffer, Henryetta Hoff, James G. Alexander Jr., Harlow Walker, Christina Burk, Hattie Garrett, Sara Emerson, Mabel Weinheilmer.
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Franklin County
Williamsburg
F. W. Davis
Arza Fogle
Cutler Township
Juanita Needham
Grant Catterson
Sol Evans
Lincoln Township
Ed Plaschka
Carl Richardson
Richmond
Betty DeGarmo
Wilk J. Johnston
Pottawatomie
Richard Ware
Hubert Lickteig
Henry Hahn
H. L. Wilson
Franklin Township
Edith Ackley
Clarence Coffman
Merle Todd
Homewood
Earl Higdon
Ottawa
Donald C. Waymire
Charles C. Blum
A. W. Blake
John Hager
Theron Harrell
Alice Z. Scott
Mary Burnett
Eddy O’brien
Galen Bristow
Don Madison
Edith Wells
Bertha Servatius
Clifford F. Waller
Dale Bouse
Verna A. Okeson
Frank Sheaffer
Henryetta Hoff
James G. Alexander, Jr
Harlow Walker
B. Christina Burk
Hattie Garrett
Sara Emerson
Mabel Weinheilmer
Earnings Tax Vote Today In Kansas City Budget Move
Kansas City voters face a charter amendment vote to authorize a one percent municipal earnings tax. Mayor H Roe Bartle urges support to fund city services and public improvements ahead of election day.
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Kansas City
Kansas Citians
H. Roe Bartle
Easter Means To Me and The Promise Of Life
The speaker reflects on Easter as a season of new life extending to homes and businesses. They affirm Easter as essential to Christian hope through Jesus Christ the resurrection and life, stressing personal preparation of heart and life for eternal life.
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Jesus
Quake Reverberations Hit Aleutians and Pacific
A strong earthquake in the Aleutians was detected by Boston College seismograph at 6 55 55 a m EST and followed by reports of aftershocks. Seismologists in New York and Boston noted multiple quakes and volcanic tremors, while Umnak island natives faced panic and evacuation alerts from Navy and Coast Guard.
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Weston Mass
Boston College Seismograph
Aleutian Islands
Daniel Lineman
Boston College
Father Lineman
Aleutians
Pacific
Hawaiian
Pacific Islands
Father Linehan
Anchorage
Alaska
Walter Freeman
Airways
Ummnak
Aleutian
Mt. Vsevidos
Freeman
Umnak
Navy
Coast Guard
Adak
Demonstrations By Jet Airliner Sets Transcontinental Speed Record
The Boeing 707 jet airliner flew 2,225 miles from Seattle to Baltimore in 3 hours 48 minutes at times reaching 698 mph. It aims to showcase before lawmakers and officials in Maryland and Virginia, improving an unofficial record by 10 minutes from Seattle to Washington, D.C. The 707, costing 4.5 million to 5 million dollars, will be delivered to Pan American and American Airlines in 1959 or later, carrying 120 to 162 passengers.
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Washington
Seattle
Baltimore
Maryland
Virginia
Pentagon
Puget Sound
Chesapeake Bay
Washington, D.C
Pan American and American
Army Names New Kansas City District Engineer
The Army announced the assignment of a new district engineer at Kansas City Missouri. Col. Lawrence E. Laurion will become district engineer and chief of staff of the Army Force in Okinawa, succeeding Col. Ernest T. Adams who proceeds to the War College in August.
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Washington
Army Today
Kansas City
Lawrence E. Laurion
Army Force
Okinawa
Ernest T. Adams
War College
Borneo Rebels Challenge Indonesian Central Authority
Indonesia faces a new autonomy push as Borneo rebels threaten to sever ties with Jakarta. Rumors circulate of a spillover to Java while Premier Ali Sastroamidjojo and his cabinet may resign. Rebels seek nominal self rule and control over island revenues for local development.
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Jakarta
Borneo
Java
Ali Sastroamidjoja
West Java
Indonesia
May Recess Plan for 1958 Legislature Considered
Topeka lawmaker Rep William Mitchell says the 1957 Legislature might not adjourn but enter a recess for up to three days without both chambers approval, while joint action could recess with a call by the House speaker and Senate president pro tem. The idea aims to reconvene in January 1958 to discuss the budget.
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Topeka
William Mitchell
Hutchinson
House
Yestersday
Senate
Outlaw Stamps Bill Advances In Topeka Push
The State Federal and State Affairs Committee approved a bill to outlaw trading stamps in Kansas. The measure exempts box top coupons and similar types from the ban.
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Topekaw
Federal and State Affairs Committe
Kansas
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UNEF
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Dag Ham‘marskjold
Jerusalem Post
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