Von Braun critiques U S satellite program at space conference
In Los Angeles Dr. Wernher von Braun says the United States is hampered by an overcomplicated weapons system approach to space. He urges launching a large rocket engine for a manned orbital craft even if it serves as a test bed rather than an integrated weapons system. He warns against delaying progress to meet all specifications.
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Los Angeles
United States
Wernher von Braun
Wright Brothers
von Braun
Army
Redstone
Huntsville
Ala
C. R. Norman
Junior High Club Presents Program at Ottawa School
The Ottawa Junior High School Footlights Club held its March meeting during activity period. Gayte Smith played the prelude before the program split into melodrama and pantomimes with listed participants including Sue Pigott, Honie Melers, Sue McKinley, Pat Ruble, Dick Southard, Barbie Sexton, Janie Gollier, Karen Indall, Margaret Williams, Paula Perking, Judi Anderson, Alan Nybolt, Thanne Grondorl, Kay Stafford, Nancy Burlingham, Marilyn Robertson.
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Ottawa Junior High School Footlights Club
Gayte Smith
Sue Piggott
Honie Melers
Sue McKinley
Pat Ruble
Dick Southard
Barbie Sexton
Janie Gollier
Karen Indall
Margaret Williams
Paula Perking
Judi Anderson
Alan Nybolt
Thanne Grondorl
Kay Stafford
Nancy Burlingame
Marilyn Robertson
Winged missiles could cruise earth in space age plan
At a space age conference in Los Angeles General Manager William F Balihous of Nortronics described winged missiles with atomic engines maintaining constant aerial inspection under open skies. He said such weapons would orbit the Earth unrefueled, with ground guidance and periodic maintenance, part of a vision tied to potential treaty talks.
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Los Angeles
William F. Balihous
Nortronics
Northrop Aircraft Inc
Balhaus
Vanguard
Navy
Army
Brucker
Local court entries and theft report in county brief
Ivan Kelley pleads not guilty in County Court on assault charge filed by Ruth Kelley. Bond set at $20 for March 28 appearance. Two mud tire wheels stolen from E W Kingsborough’s car behind a Keokuk service station. Richard James Slavens faces driving with improper license in County Court per Trooper Bob Conaty. Ottawa Teachers Association scholarships seek OHS seniors for $100 awards. Carolyn Christie and John Feighner to perform with University of Kansas Symphony Orchestra in Lawrence, with a 3:30 p.m. Sunday concert at the University Theater. Emery Green community meeting features Barbershop Chorus numbers this evening.
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Ivan Kelley
Ruth Kelley
Richard James Slavens
Highway Patrol
Bob Conaty
Carolyn Christie
Willow
John Feighner
Wellsville
Universty of Kansas Symphony Orchestra
New University Theater of the Music and Dramatic Arts
Lawrence
Miss Christie
Feighner
Kansas Cities
Hospital Notes Admits and Births in Local Listings
Admitions include Earl Meiers at 889 E Wilson and Mrs Homer Bishop in Princeton with other listed patients. Births report Mr and Mrs Tom Gleason at 1005 Cottonwood with a son born Thursday, plus several dismissals and new arrivals noted in today’s hospital notes.
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Earl Meiers
E, Wilson
Homer Bishop
Princeton
Highhrip
Escobar
King
Jed Wilson
Barbara Artinger
Mulberry
Rollie Hashman Jr
Maple
Paul Gentry
Rantoul
Tom Gleason
Cottonwood
Missile Secrecy Curtain Lifted
CAPE CANAVERAL FLA An intimate look at the missile launching towers reveals preparations for another Jupiter C Explorer satellite launch underway. The Redstone first stage sits on its mobile stand undergoing checks while the solid propellant clusters and satellite are not yet installed. the satellite will be added the day of launch.
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Cape Canaveral
Fila
Knights Templar Elects Officers at Tancred Commandery Meeting
Tancred Commandery Knights Templar held its annual officer elections at Masonic Temple. Officers elected include Louis Dale as eminent commander John W Taylor generalissimo Estell Northway captain general Clarence E Rea senior warden Myron S Steers Jr junior warden Gilbert W Ponton treasurer Charles W Watts recorder. Appointive officers named: Jack F Guilfoyle standard bearer Harold S Briggs sword bearer Carlos Pence warden Chris P Johnson sentinel. Past commander Fount H Bullock was installing officer with Gerald B Harford as installing marshal. Refreshments followed with Social Order of Beauceant ladies.
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Louis Dale
John W. Taylor
Estell. Northway
Clarence E. Rea
Myron S. Steera Jr
Gilbert W. Ponton
Charles W. Watts
Recorder
Jack F. Guilfoyle
Harold S. Briggs
Carlos Pence
Chris P. Johnson
Sentinel
Fount H. Bullock
Gerald B. Harford
Marshall
Social Order of Beauceant
K State Fans To Louisville Dinner Honors F H Bullock
At Kansas State College about 300 fewer students attended classes due to a feverish basketball mood. A dinner April 8 in Louisville honors F H Bullock for earning a 50 year Masonic pin from the Grand Chapter Royal Arch Masons and a 50 year pin from the Grand Commandery. He also has a Kansas Grand Lodge pin and York Cross of Honor membership. The event is open to Masons and their wives and related orders.
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Kansas State College
Louisville
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Kansas State
Wildcats
Grand Chapter
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Grand Commandery
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Hearing Notice on Estate of James E Messenger Deceased
Petition filed in Franklin County Probate Court seeks probate of will of James E Messenger. Alfred Sinter named petitioner. hearing date set for the 1128th day of April. Notice to interested parties to appear and respond.
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Ottawa Herald
Ottawa Marea
Eoltate of
Kansas
Franklin County
James E. Messenger
Kannis
Floete
Alfred
Adralae Gion
James Bbther
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Ida Aude Baffrey
Tate
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Hig Aoia
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Donald R. Capfer
Kansas Legals and Estate Matters in Ottawa Franklin County
Public legal notices from Ottawa Kansas appearing in Franklin County court records. Includes divorce action summons, probate notices for the estates of Richard Secrest Ida Maude Baffrey, and related appointments and hearings with dates March 1958 and attorney details.
Bomb warning halts Panama Line ship Ancon in Gravesend Bay
An anonymous call warned a bomb would explode aboard the Panama Line ship Ancon, prompting Gravesend Bay anchoring. The inbound liner with 109 passengers and 128 crew was to dock at 8 a.m. but was intercepted by a Coast Guard boat after the 8:47 a.m. tip to reporter Dan Brigham. The caller claimed four men discussed the bomb in a Brooklyn restaurant and that Haiti’s president was aboard. the ship’s captain denied the claim.
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Panama Line
Gravesend Bay
Coast Guard
Dan Brigham
New York Journal-American
Brooklyn
Haiti
Charles L. Foley
The
Ancon
Foley
Panama
Humane Society Meeting Here
A state Humane Society meeting will be held at the North American Hotel Sunday after a luncheon. Societies from across the state will be represented. Mrs. Ben Martin Peck invites anyone interested in preventing cruelty to children or animals to attend. Reservations via telephone by Saturday noon. Mrs. Fenby Webster founder of Way Side Walls Kansas City and Mr. John Ise of Lawrence will attend.
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Humane Society
Ben Martin Peck
Fenby Webster
Wayside Walls
Kansas City
John Ise
Lawrence
Kansas State students lead packed crowd to championships
About 160 townsfolk are joining students for the event with 15 couples traveling by train and 50 more by chartered planes to Louisville. Remaining attendees arrive by car, bus, train, and plane as K State backers predict steady carloadings for coke, coal, and brick shipments while noting decreases in hay livestock dairy products and several metal and chemical goods.
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Angaa
Daaskeldan
Louisville
Kansas City
Lee
K. Mathews
St. Louis
Trans- Missouri-Kansas Shippers Board
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Minois
Athens
Eisenhower cancels West Point trip due to storm
President Dwight D. Eisenhower canceled his flight to West Point amid stormy weather. James C. Hagerty said the White House would not depart. The trip aimed to attend Founders Day ceremonies and honor atomic scientist Ernest O. Lawrence with the Sylvanus Thayer award on the academy's 156th anniversary.
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Eisenhower
West Point
James C. Hagerty
White House
Hig
Sylvanus Thayer
Ernest O. Lawrence
Academy
Deaths: Earl A. Smith 65 former Ottawa resident
Earl A. Smith 65, a former Ottawa resident, died Tuesday night in Southgate, California where he lived. Born and raised in Ottawa, son of Mr. and Mrs. Grant Smith, he and his father ran a West End grocery for a time. He moved to Denver years ago before settling in California. He was married to Linnie Grewell of Ottawa, sister of Mrs. John Bulson of Ottawa area. Surviving: widow, a son Theron of the home, and a daughter Mrs. George Freeman of Denver. Funeral and burial will be Saturday afternoon in Denver.
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Southgate
Calif
Ottawa
Grant Smith
West End
Smith
Denver
California
Linnie Grewell
John Bulson
Northwest
Theron
George Freeman
Postmasterships In Kansas Confirmed
The Senate confirmed a slate of Kansas postmaster nominations by President Eisenhower including Thomas L. Kauble Arcadia Francis W Johnson Argonia Gene C Montgomery Barnard William L Pool Bronson Harold T Stodard Burlingame Emmett KE Sutherland Galena Ray D Wiley Lyndon Chalmers A Hornbostel Palmer Samuel P Bell Scranton Edward A Fink Stilwell and sent Eden E Klingzmann Agra Vernon Ralph Bean Anthony Elder I Duensing Bremen Wilbur Milton Talkington Matfield Green Robert Anderson Scammon to the Senate for confirmation.
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Senate
Eisenhower
Kansas
Thomas L. Kauble
Arcadia
Francis
W. Johnson
Argonia
Gene C. Montgomery
Barnard
William L. Pool
Bronson
Harold T. Stodard
Burlingame
Emmett KE. Sutherland
Galena
Ray D. Wiley
Lyndon
Chalmers A. Hornbostel
Palmer
Samuel P. Bell
Scranton
Edward A. Fink
Stilwell
State Jobless Totals High in Kansas
Unemployment among insured Kansas workers rose to 5.8 per cent on March 15, a yearly high, up from 5.7 per cent the prior week and 3.3 per cent a year earlier. Estimated benefit payments for the first quarter reach 5.9 million dollars, with 355,000 of 535,000 nonfarm jobs covered by the insurance. The fund, financed by employer payroll taxes, stood at 82.6 million dollars on March 19, and unemployment remains below the national level.
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Topeka
Kansas
Emporia Buildings Included in Public Works Plan
Washington The House backed 177 255 000 dollars to fund 66 public buildings across 27 states and Hawaii under lease purchase. Most projects would shift to direct government funds. post offices only kept under lease. In Kansas the towns Emporia Leavenworth and Sedan receive 534 000 968 000 and 200 000 respectively.
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House Appropriations Committee
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Congress
States
Hawaii
Kansas
Emporia
Leavenworth
Sedan
Baldwin Announces Four New Staff for 1958-59
Baldwin President W J Scarborough announced four new staff members for the 1958-59 school year. Robert W Sellen will be assistant professor of political science and head debate coach, succeeding retired W A Young. Oscar O Barnett will be assistant professor of business administration teaching accounting. Raymond H Culp will teach instrumental music and lead the Baker band, holding a B S from Northwestern and an M S from Wisconsin. Don M Creger, a Ph D candidate from Clark University, will be assistant professor of political science, with degrees from Union College and Michigan and honors from Clark.
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Washburn College
Chicago University
W. A. Young
Sellen
Washburn
U. S. Air Force
Oscar O. Barnett
Kansas State Teachers College
Emporia
University of Denver
Raymond H. Culp
Baker Band
Northwestern University
University of Wisconsin
Don M. Creger
Clark University
Worcester
Mass
Union College
N. Y
University of Michigan
Michigan
Barbara Hutton denies plans to divorce sixth husband
Barbara Hutton said she has no plans to divorce Baron Götzfried von Cramm, her sixth husband, as she arrived at Honolulu Airport from Los Angeles.
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Woolworth
Barbara Hutton
Gottefried von Cramm
Los Angeles
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