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Newspaper

Ottawa Herald

Location

Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Mar 20, 1958

Page

7

Ottawa High PTA panel on opinions of alumni set

Ottawa High School graduates from the past decade will share views on biology guidance curriculum and facilities at a panel discussion March 24 730 p.m. in the senior high auditorium The event follows a 50 percent response to mailed questionnaires and features moderator Dr Charles Southard Ottawa University with panelists including Lee Hysom Earl Lehmanke and Lowell Gish plus Mrs Hysom Mrs Sehmanke Mrs John J Pinney and Mrs R A Gollier.

Ottawa High School PTA Henry A. Parker Norris Burke Lowell Gish Ottawa High Lee Hysom Earl Lehmanke Hysom Sehmanke John J. Pinney R. A. Gollier Charles Southard Ottawa University

Committee Approves Hike In Service Pay

Washington The House Armed Services Committee approved a bill to raise pay for practically all career service members. The measure also foresees special pay for military skills and higher raises at the top ranks to encourage long careers. Services would choose rewarded skills for promotions up to two pay steps or special raises up to 160 dollars monthly.

Washington House Armed Services Committee

Plane lands with one engine smoking at municipal airport

Nineteen people escaped injury when a Trans World Airlines airliner from Newark New Jersey touched down with one engine smoking badly due to an oil line break. All 16 passengers and three crew members left via a canvas emergency chute. No injuries were reported.

ST. Louis 1 Municipal Trans World Airlines Newark N.J

Weather county forecast shows cooling trend and warm Friday

The county forecast indicates a general fall this afternoon tonight and Friday with a warming trend Friday. High this afternoon 45 to 50 degrees with a low tonight around 30. High Friday in the lower 50s.

Prize Winning HarmoniGraph To Be Shown At Science Fair

Allen Boyd a California freshman from Turlock shows a four foot high harmoni graph at OU exhibits and plans a special display for the March 28 science fair. The device uses three arms weights and levers to draw elaborate designs and represents mechanical syntheses of harmonigrotion. He won fourth place and a $500 scholarship at the National Science Fair in Los Angeles.

Allen Boyd Turlock Calif Boyd California Los Angeles Cow Palace San Francisco Ottawa Clausie Smith

Lady Giraffe With A Big Appetite Cause Of Suit

A New Jersey quarantine dispute centers on a giraffe imported in 1956. The Department of Agriculture seeks 2100 dollars from the private zoo owners before releasing the animal to an approved facility. The court had ruled the secretary acted arbitrarily in denying movement, and the zoo attorney contends the department demands food costs.

Washington Department of Agriculture Department Clifton N. J United States Boca Raton Fila Agriculture Department U. S. Court of Appeals Secretary of Agriculture Ernest C. Tucker Tucker

Dictator's Free Spending Upsets U.S. Congressmen

Washington lawmakers argued over U S aid to the Dominican Republic citing reports that Rafael Trujillo spends about a million dollars yearly to educate his son in the United States. Representative Hays said testimony described Trujillo’s son occupying a hotel floor and using a fleet of cars and a weekend ranch house. The aid budget for the Dominican Republic was cited at 1.3 million dollars this year.

Washington U. S America Wayne Hays Ohio Rafael Trujillo House Foreign Affairs Committee Hays Trujillo Kansas City Dominican Republic Rep Fulton R-Pa John, Ohly International Cooperation Administration

Labor Meeting To Be Held March 28 In Ottawa

Four Ottawa unions allied with COPE call a Franklin County organizational meeting for Friday evening March 26 at the Nelson Hotel. Participating groups include United Garment Workers Local 344 Ladies Garment Workers Local 453 United Brotherhood of Carpenters Local 2044 and International Association of Fire Fighters Local 1187. A Kansas State Federation of Labor AFL-CIO representative will speak along with Harold L. Smith Kansas City district chairman for the Committee on Political Education. Election of officers will implement the COPE program as outlined by the State Federation. Franklin County is said to be the third county organized in the second district.

Ottawa Franklin County COPE Nelson Hotel United Garment Workers Ladies Garment Workers United Brotherhood of Carpenters International Association of Fire Fighters Kansas State Federation of Labor Afl-Cio Harold L. Smith Kansas City Committee On Political Education State Federation of Labor Afl-Cio Smith Douglas Miami

Frederick G Apt Dies Iola Attorney at 69

Frederick G Apt 69 Iola attorney died today at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City He was city attorney of Iola from 1939 to 1951 the only public office he held He belonged to the Apt and Immel law firm with Howard M Immel and his sons Charles H Apt and Frederick G Apt Jr Survived by his widow a daughter Elizabeth Lee Apt of Van Nuys California George Apt Jr was listed among survivors

Iola U—Frederck G. Apt Iola University of Kansas Elizabeth Lee Apt van "Nuys Calif

Armed teenager robs Lloyds Bank in Cranbrook

In Cranbrook England an armed robber arrived in a hired car with a chauffeur. He held up Lloyds Bank and fled with 6000 dollars. A pursuing patrol forced the car to stop and arrested the passenger who gave the name Martin Searby aged 17. He was charged with robbery with violence. The money was recovered.

Cranbrook England Lloyds Bank Martin Searby

Downtown loft fire kills 24 workers in panic and delay

A New York loft fire that killed 24, including 18 women, was blamed on alarm delay and traffic, with 36 workers in the fourth floor Monarch Underwear shop. Officials said most victims suffocated before flames reached them as several leaped from windows. An inquiry was ordered as state investigators teamed with city officials.

New York F. Cavanagh Jr Cavanagh Edward F.cavanagh Jr Panie Mashal Albany Averell Harriman State Department of Labor The Division of Safety Edna Murray Monarch Underwear Corp

Vacating Streets at Ottawa Steel Addition Granted

Ottawa Steel Products requested and the city granted vacating certain streets in the Ottawa Steel Addition at the north edge of Ottawa. The streets were set aside when the addition was approved, and the move frees space as the First and Walnut plant closes with river flood control work. Facilities will shift to the North Ottawa plant to accommodate the relocation.

Ottawa Steel Products Ottawa Steel Ottawa Walnut

Houston Babies Die From Antibiotic Resistant Infection

A Houston hospital reports at least 25 infant deaths in Dallas and Houston this year linked to a resistant bacterial infection. Sixteen deaths were in Houston newborn and premature nurseries, with 21 mothers infected in February. Officials warn the epidemic strain is widespread, prompting emergency measures and possible relocation of maternity and nursery divisions.

Houston Tex Dallas J. W. Bass Houston Hospital Ben ‘Taub Board of Managers

OU Language Teacher Named Mias Senn of Syracuse N Y

Miss Senn, a Syracuse University PhD candidate with six years of teaching, will join Ottawa University as foreign language professor starting September. She replaces retiring Miss Buchanan and brings fluency in French Spanish and German plus editorial and academic credentials.

Mias Toleanor Senn Syracuse N. Y Ottawa University Andrey B. Martin Mias No 1 Buchanan Miss Senn University of Syracuse Winthrop College South Carolina College For Women At Rock m Europe Mexico Phi Beta Kappa American Association of University Professors Modern Language Association Central States Modern Language Teachers Association The Balzack Society of America U. U

Call for Topeka special session eyed for April 21

Gov George Docking indicated a special session of the Legislature will likely begin April 21 and a formal call may be issued next week. He aims to limit the agenda to revenue matters while noting prior budget talks ended in a deadlock. Republican leaders expect a tax program within 10 days to two weeks if compromises arise.

Topeka George Docking Docking Astern Star Paul Wunseh Ut-Kingman Locking Wunsch

Pike Link Set to Open April 22 at Braman

Wichita report says the four mile Oklahoma link between the Kansas Turnpike south end and U S 177 at Braman will open April 22. Gale Moss, Kansas Turnpike general manager, notes Govs Docking and Gary approved the date for convenient weather. Blackwell Chamber of Commerce leads the formal opening program as paving nears completion and traffic is expected before the ceremony, perhaps in a week or 10 days.

Wichita Oklahoma Kansas Turnpike Braman Gale Moss Moss George Docking Kansas Raymond Gary Blackwell Okla Chamber of Commerce

Traffic Toll In Topeka Kansas Reported By State Accident Records

Traffic toll in Topeka Kansas tracked by the State Accident Records Section shows 0 fatalities in the past 24 hours. Year to date figures for 1958 reach 79 deaths, compared with 108 deaths in the same period of 1957.

Topeka i Kansas

Bids Sought On New Four Lane US 50 Road Section

Bids will be received April 4 for 19.6 miles of four lane concrete on Interstate 35 from Olathe to the Miami Franklin line. This forms the new US 50 highway from Ottawa south west to Kansas City. Contracts let after bids April 3 cover paving between Ottawa and the Kansas City area. Sections allow rapid progress. if one contractor bids low on all, ample equipment must be available to avoid delay.

Olathe Miami-Franklin County Ottawa Kansas City Highway Commission

Judicial District Changes Proposed for Kansas Reapportionment

The Judiciary Committee of the Legislative Council endorses a plan to reduce Kansas judicial districts from 38 to 28 while keeping about 51 judges. The proposal aims for more equal caseloads, allows public discussion, and preserves incumbents from being forced out or drawn into incumbent contests.

Topeka 7 Legislative Council Judiciary Committee Kansas

Don't Do It, Hall Advised

The Manhattan Mercury urged Supreme Court Justice Fred Hall not to run for Kansas governor. In an open letter on the front page the paper said Hall would be "slapped down again" and warned he would do badly if he sought the Republican nomination, noting petitions circulating for his name on the August primary ballot.

Manhattan Kansas Warren Topeka The Mercury Bath Hall Colvin State Service Commission Offica Mercy Hall

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