Air-Ground search locates Navy jet wreck near Rantoul
An air-ground search located the Navy jet wreckage on the Frank Davidson farm southeast of Rantoul in Miami County. Pilot David G Browning 24, a famed diver, was killed when the plane crashed during a cross country flight from Olathe NAS to Denver. Navy and Civil Air Patrol aided, with Lemaster and White guiding from the air via walkie talkies. The crash around 8 30 p.m. Tuesday followed a loss of radio contact after Paola. The debris field included a hole 40 feet wide and an eight foot engine depth. Browning was an Olympic three meter diving champion and NCAA champion. his widow and parents were noted.
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Charlies Lemaster
Don White
Ottawa
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Navy Today
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Skippy Browning
Browning
Frank Davidson
Miami County
Naval Air Station
Olathe
Denver
Frank Kirby
Olathe Naval Air Station
Kirby
Charles Redman
Route 4
Paola
Jay Brown
Civil Air Patrol
Emporia
Lane
Centropolis
Pomona
Brown
Ray Brassfield
Bob Jones
Lemaster
White
Lemaster- White
J.g
Corpus Christie
Tex
Mountain View
Calif
Dallas
Backers Lose Major Farm Battle In Parity Vote
Washington reports the Senate approved a farm bill 44 4444 keeping dual parity in pricing supports. The measure allows using the higher of old or new parity, a contentious point backed by Western lawmakers and opposed by Sen. Aiken and Anderson. The vote, aided by Sen. Laird, could raise wheat and corn price supports and influence crop prices this year.
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Senate
Omnibus Soil Bank
Sen. Aiken
RVI
Sen. Anderson
D-Nm
White House
Sen
Laird
D-Wva
Kilgore
Senate Agriculture Committee
Aiken
R-Vi
Anderson
Holland
D-Fla
Williams
Young
Sen. Schoeeppel
R-Kas
Benson
Newcomers Move Into Ottawa Professional Building
Dr. C. O. Nauman dentist and Miss Gladys Anthony will occupy two offices in Ottawa’s Professional Building at Fourth and Main starting Monday. The building has 14 offices including the pharmacy. Flood control slogan contest entries are due by 5 p.m. today at the Herald office or by mail, postmarked before midnight. The contest invites 25 words or less statements urging Ottawaans to vote yes on the flood control bond issue, open to K through 12 students. parents must be registered voters. Leonard Brumit carries a 1919 hard tack from France with the American Army, still in good, hard shape at 121 W. 10th.
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Fourth and Main
C. O. Nauman
Gladys Anthony
Herald Office
France
Leonard Brumit
Warren Capron Killed In Wreck
Warren Capron 37 of Wichita son of Dr. R C Capron died in a highway accident east of Wichita. The crash occurred about midnight when he swerved to avoid a cat and hit a culvert. He was alone and died at a Wichita hospital. Survived by wife, daughter, and brother Wayne. mother predeceased. He served in World War II rising to major. Born in Ottawa and a graduate of Ottawa High School. Employed by Richards Conover Hardware Co. Services at Grace Episcopal church Wichita set for Saturday. body to Ottawa after.
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Warren Capron
Wichita
R. C. Capron
Capron
Wayne
S. W. Humphreys
Bruce Allison
Humphreys
Marine Corps
Ottawa
Richards - Conover Hardware Co
Episcopal Church
Grace Episcopal Church
British Press Clampdown on Cyprus Strike
Nicosia Cyprus British authorities crack down as a general strike over Archbishop Makarios ouster enters its fourth day. Abbot Chryssostomos of Kykkos Monastery is arrested while violence flares, police are killed and wounded, and British troops seal areas as Eden vows to restore order and keep Cyprus under London control.
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Makarios
Chryssostomos
Kykkos
Greece
Eden
House of Commons
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Britain
Middle East
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Lanarca
Pakhna
Commons
Persian Gulf
Flood control is a necessity James Alexander for Mayor
A compact note promotes flood control as essential and endorses James Alexander for mayor, signaling a local political stance. The fragment hints at campaign messaging without detailing plans or events.
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James Alexander
Lingard Seeks Commission Post in Second District
A. L. Lingard, Republican resident of the Princeton area, seeks the county commission post from the second district. He runs a family farm four miles east of Princeton, born and raised there, and has never held public office before. Lingard and his wife attend and serve as trustees of the Princeton Methodist Church and have three children: Robert on the home farm, Amos at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, and Dorothy Lingard Thomas in Cleveland.
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A. L. Lingard
Princeton
Lingard
Robert Lingard
Amos
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Rapid City
S. D
George Thomas
Dorothy Lingard
Cleveland
Republican Women Luncheon Headlined by State Figures
The Franklin County Women's Republican Club hosts a Monday noon luncheon March 19 in the Masonic temple dining room with guests including Mrs. Fred Hall wife of the governor Mrs. C Y Semple national committeewoman and Mrs. Frank D Belinger president of the Kansas Women’s Republican Club Delegates to the Second District convention in Ottawa are invited and reservations with Mrs Homer Flora by March 17 are requested Miss Lahoma Dennis presides with officers Dwight Chappell Jack Byrd and Lester Kramer in leadership roles.
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Franklin County Women’s Republican Club
Masonic Temple
Fred Hall
C. Y. Semple
Baxter Springs
Frank D. Belinger
Kansas City
Kas
Kansas Women’s Republican Club
Ottawa
Homer Flora
Lahoma Dennis
Dwight Chappell
Jack Byrd
Lester Kramer
Economy in our City Government James Alexander for May
Mock Motors for motor tune-up Herald Want Ads get results.
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James Alexander
Herald
Plane Overdue From Ft Sill Reported Near Clovis
The Air Force disclosed a light silver single engine L20 plane with tail number 16510 carrying five people was more than 24 hours overdue on a flight from Ft Sill Oklahoma to Clovis Air Force Base.
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Clovis, N.M
Air Force Today
Ft. Sill
Okla
Clovis Air Force Base
Public Information Office
My MottoPlain Talk and Direct Action
W W Robe campaigns for mayor with a blunt platform stressing direct action and plain talk. The message targets voters seeking straightforward leadership and reforms.
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W. W. Robe
Ottawa Cyclones Trail Newton At State Tourney
In Manhattan this afternoon the Ottawa high Cyclones trailed Newton 16 to 12 at halftime of the state tournament.
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Ottawa High Cyclones
Newton
Happy High School
Fifth
Main
OHS Cyclones
Newton High School
Herald
Lamar Phillips
Ottawa City Council Briefly Schedules Key Measures
Ottawa commissioners approved a 20 mph speed limit on Santa Fe rails from Wilson to Fifth and 30 mph from Fifth to Seventh. They set May 8 for a Kansas League of Municipalities meeting and signed a five year lease with Charles Lemaster to operate Ottawa Municipal Airport. A May 2 hearing in the Kansas Supreme Court will address the Cottonwood Street paving dispute, which the district court had ruled for Ottawa and the property owners have appealed.
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Ottawa
Santa Fe
Wilson Street
Fifth Street
Kansas League of Municipalities
Walter Coburn
John Davis
First Christian Church
Vince Skidmore
Eleventh Street
Cedar
Hickory
Charles Lemaster
Ottawa Municipal
Kansas Supreme Court
Cottonwood Street
C U Charter Day Events Planned
Ottawa University outlines Charter Days weekend March 23 to 25 featuring the musical H M S Pinafore in Memorial Auditorium on March 24. Registration starts 4 PM March 24 with visiting prospective students and a chorus plus orchestra. Directors are Edgar D Kerr and Miss Ruth Lathrop with several cast members named and tickets sold downtown.
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Ottawa University
Memorial Auditorium
Edgar D. Kerr
Ruth la
My Aim Flood Control at Lowest Cost to Ottawa
W. W. Robe for Mayor. 87-c-71, Food Sale Gas Service Co., Friday. 84-c-11
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W. W. Robe
Ottawa
Kans Republican rift widens after call for resignations
Kansas Republicans clash as Gov. Fred Hall demands resignations of state GOP Chairman Lloyd Ruppenthal and Executive Secretary Wilbur Leonard after Leonard is named a delegate candidate. Leonard disputes, Ruppenthal defends, convention delegates chosen amid factional tension as Hall seeks allied leadership for national delegation.
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Fred Hall
Lloyd Ruppenthal
Wilbur Leonard
Hall
Topeka M
Kansas
GOP
State Central
Gloyd Rappenthall
McPherson
Leonard
Emporia
Council Grove
Leslie Powell
Marion County
Earler
J. Ashford Manka
Wichita
B. Shawver
Ruppenthal
Republican State Committee
Harry Darby
Darby
C. Y. Semple
Shawver
Semple
Manka
McPherson County
Ed Shouse
Abilene
Shouse
Roy Rogers
J. B. Patterson
Eisenhower
Nixon
James V. Pratt
Warren Shaw
Light Snow Falls In Ottawa Area
A light snowstorm moved into the Ottawa region as part of a Kansas system. Snow amounts were lighter here than farther west with easterly sections ending tonight and western areas by evening. Cold temperatures followed with 20 to 25 in the southeast and around 15 in the north.
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Ottawa
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Goodland
Liberal
Sun Spots Trigger Wide Radio Blackout
SACRAMENTO PEAK OBSERVATORY New Mexico A sudden major solar flare disrupted radio communications across a broad world area today. Dr John W Evans chief of the upper air research observatory said the Class 2 flare likely blanked out radio services on the sun facing hemisphere. The flare sent ultraviolet radiation toward Earth from hundreds of thousands of miles into space.
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N. M
John W. Evans
Upper Air Research Observatory
Air Force
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