Ottawa Hosts GOP Delegates Kiwanis International Visit
Ottawa will host the Second District Republican convention to select delegates for the national GOP gathering in San Francisco. Simultaneously Ottawa Kiwanis clubs welcome their international president with Eastern Kansas and Western Missouri clubs invited. the international Kiwanis convention is set for San Francisco in June. The community also notes six auto crash victims near Lyons, including Richard M. Cross of Wilson, and local flood-control concerns along the Marais des Cygnes river.
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San Francisco
Kansas
Missouri
Lyons
Ottawa
Richard M. Cross
Wilson, Kas
J. R. Cheney
Cross
Cheney
Sam Heubner
Gerald
Glen Elder
Joseph Kyner
Wilson
Franklin County Names New Commissioner Candidate
Earl Sink, Republican, filed for third district county commissioner in Franklin County. He lives near Ottawa on route 4 and joins J. H. Button as Republican contenders. Current south district commissioner Frank Betz will not seek re election. Lee Bonar not running again. Other filings include A. L. Lingard of near Princeton, L. L. Griffith of Rantoul, and J. A. Van Valkenburg of Williamsburg for district two.
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Franklin County
Bruce Spears
Earl Sink
Ottawa
Link
J. H. Button
Lee Bonar
A. L. Lingard
Near
Princeton
L. L. Griffith
Rantoul
J. A. van Valkenburg
Williamsburg
Frank Betz
Dr. Forest Allen Press Conference About Retirement
Lawrence KU coach Dr Forest C Allen 70 announced a press conference at 430 pm today. He did not reveal the topic but speculation centers on his scheduled retirement next June 1 under state college retirement rules.
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Lawrence
Forest C. Allen
University of Kansas
Dr. Allen
School Board Names Norris Burke Principal of Ottawa High School
Norris Burke, previously assistant Ottawa high school principal for three years, is elected Ottawa High School principal and will begin duties August first. Burke, 40, has a long educational career including Hawthorne principal in Ottawa since 1943 and prior work as Lyons elementary principal and a Council Grove seventh grade teacher. He holds a BS from Emporia State College 1947 and a KU master's 1951, and lives at 1316 South Poplar with his wife and two children. Hood becomes Garden City superintendent.
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Norris Burke
Ottawa
Burke
Leroy Hood
OHS
Garden City
Hood
Hawthorne
Lyons
Council Grove
Greenwood County
Emporia State College
University of Kansas
S. Poplar
Henry Parker
Board of Education
Parker
Driver Found Dead In Car Near Welda Kansas
George Leon Reedy a 37 year old driver for a Kansas City car rental firm was found dead in a car near Welda Anderson county authorities say he died of a heart attack The three occupants were en route from Houston to Kansas City and had stopped to nap Reedy’s body was found by Mr and Mrs Curry while in a convoy with the Kansas City couple The body was taken to Garnett funeral home
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Garnett
Kas
Kansas City
Welda
Anderson County
George Leon Reedy
Avner Dare
Reedy
Houston
Nap
W. G. Curry
Dare
R. E. White
Anderson ‘County
Garnett Funeral
Snowy Night Applies Light Coating in Ottawa
Ottawa reports a light snowfall of 2 inches with a drizzle content of .12 inch. The soft, clinging snow left a lacey pattern on trees and shrubs and covered much of eastern Kansas. More snow and drizzle expected in western and southern areas tonight as fog and icy highways affected visibility in Ottawa this morning.
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Ottawa
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Thirty two youths to be arraigned in beer bust case
Oklahoma City officials say thirty two high school youths will face arraignment on charges from a beer bust that damaged a widow's farm home near the city. County Attorney Granville Scanland charged 12 with malicious destruction and 20 with unlawful assembly. Both are misdemeanor counts with up to a year in jail or a 500 dollar fine or both. The boys admitted the vandalism. the widow Mrs Lulla Long, age 80, opposed prosecution, while parents agreed to rebuild the house.
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Oklahoma City
Here
Oklahoma
Granville Scanland
Scanland
Lulla Long
Motto for Mayor Robe Campaign Direct Plain Talk
W A Robe runs for mayor promoting plain talk and direct action. The brief campaign message outlines a straightforward approach, aiming to appeal to voters seeking clear leadership and measurable results.
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W. W. Robe
Survey Contracts Approved for US50 Diagonal Route
The Kansas State Highway Commission approved contracts with Bergwin and Martin of Topeka for the Ottawa to Wellsville section and Servis Van Doren and Hazard for the Wellsville to Olathe link. The project aims to route a new US50 corridor between Ottawa and Olathe with a turning of traffic through fewer cross streets, including a cloverleaf interchange near Ottawa and a river crossing east of town.
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Kansas State Highway Commission
Ottawa
Olathe
T No
Topeka
Bergwin
Martin
Wellsville
Servis
van Doren
Hazard
Highway Commission
Kansas City
Emporia
Williamsburg
Sand Hills
Edgerton
Baldwin Junction
Marais Des Cygnes
Army Engineers
Navy Jet Fighter Wreckage Found Near Rantoul Farm
Wreckage of a Navy VI Jury jet from Navy Fighter Squadron 211 was found in a field south of Rantoul after three jets departed Olathe Naval Air Station. Parts of the pilot’s body were scattered, and identities were withheld. Ground and air search teams from Franklin Miami and Anderson counties, Civil Air Patrol, National Guard, and Army helicopters aided the effort.
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Rantoul
Naval
Olathe Naval Air Station
Fis Coms
Charles Lamaster
Don White
Ottawa
Lemaster
White
Dean Driscoll
Franklin County
Anid Bank
Davidson Farm
Driscoll
Damon Moon
Moon
Ottawa Police Department
Paola
Denver
Navy
Moffett Naval Air Station
San Francisco
Columbus
Ohio
North American Aviation Company
Fallon
Nev
Navy Base
National Guard
Army
Franklin
Miami
Anderson
Eisenhower presses Congress for speedy farm bill action
President Eisenhower urged fast congressional action on the farm bill warning the planting season is underway in the South. A combined group of Democrats and wheat-state Republicans pushed a 100 percent parity plan for wheat. The Senate clashed over cotton base grading as price supports faced possible cuts. Debate limits were tightened and large portions of the bill faced further votes.
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Eisenhower
Congress
South
Senate
Sens
George
D-Ga
Kerr
Okla
Johnson
Texas
Benson
Secretary of Agriculture
Sen
Russell
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Dirksen
R-Ill
Sen. Carlson
R-Kas
Solomon
Knowland
R-Calif
House
Carlson
Permanent probe committee urged to become permanent
State Rep Dale Saffels of Garden City told a Democratic rally the Kansas investigation committee should be permanent and gain subpoena power. He called the Legislature’s probe politically restrictive and urged a liberal policy platform and a strong slate of candidates to revive Lamb Ambulance amid debate on a two party system in Kansas.
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Wichita
Kansas
Dale Saffels
Garden City
Saffels
Lamb Ambulance
One Man Dies In Series Of Wrecks
In Topeka on U.S. 75 a deadly chain reaction began when a stalled car caused a multi-vehicle crash. Wallace Peek, 40, Rock Creek, was killed as a wreck involving 13 vehicles unfolded in icy conditions. Several others were injured but not seriously. The sequence included a stalled car, an oil truck, a Holton driver, and a series of rear end collisions and pileups as bystanders and other cars attempted to stop.
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Topeka 4
U.S. Highway 75
Here
Kansas Highway Patrol
Wallace Peek
Rock Creek
Kas
Betty
Jane Mauer
Topeka
Ronald Lee
Penry
Meriden
Peck
Penry Jear
William Riley
Holton
Ralph M. Berry
Robert Henry Staple
Ervin William Massey
Staple
R. O. Powell
Kansas Wheat Is Satisfactory
The federal and state departments of agriculture report Kansas wheat plants are developing satisfactory root systems. Cold weather limited growth last week, and surface soil remains dry in many areas, with moisture needed.
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Topeka
Federal
State Departments of Agriculture
Kansas
Ottawa Rooters to State Tourney Pack Manhattan
Several hundred Ottawa high school students will travel to Manhattan to support the Cyclones in the state class AA tournament. The team faces Newton at 12 p.m. Thursday. over 200 students will ride buses with more expected by private car. Bus tickets sold out. another bus could be chartered if needed.
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Ottawa High School
Manhattan
Cyclones
Newton
Leroy Hood
OHS
Thnough
Hood
Ottawa
H. K. Stevens
John Giger
Three Dead In Trenton Church Fire
A fire at St Marys Roman Catholic Cathedral in Trenton killed Msgr Richard T Crean 55 rector and three others including two housekeepers. Flames during a rainstorm sprayed the spire, causing estimated damage around three million dollars. A priest survivor recalls the monsignor attempting to wake worshippers as fire swept the building.
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Trenton
N.J
St. Mary’ S
Richard T. Crean
William Fitzgerald
South Abbey
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