Young couple wed with military leave in First Methodist chapel
Ottawa high school teacher Mary Harmon and Richmond resident Pat fidwin J Horstick of the U S Army married this evening at First Methodist chapel after adjusting plans to fit Pvt Horstick s Texas transfer from California The ceremony will be performed by Rev Rog ers of Kansas State College with Harmon family attending from Rockport Massachusetts and Boston University Dr Harmon a Boston University professor and Midwesterner Baker University graduate also joined by a Boston freshman brother traveling for a Naval Reserve trip to Jamaica.
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Uncle Sam
First Methodist Chapel
Mary Harmon
Ottawa
Richmond
Pat. Fidwin J. Horstick
U.S. Army
Texas
California
Horstick
Miss Harmon
Rockport
Mass
Dr. Harmon
Boston University
Jamaica
Harmon
Baker University
Rev. Rogers
K-State College
Manhattan
K. U
KK. U
Harvard
Ise
Iowa State College
Europe
Denmark
Austria
Kansas
Rooms Needed For Legion Convention In Ottawa
About 500 Legion and Auxiliary members are expected as the Second District meet opens Saturday and closes Sunday. Private homes have been offered and about a dozen rooms are still needed for Saturday night. contact George Medlock at 395. Memorial auditorium and Ottawa High School are designated headquarters for the event with all commercial facilities reported as full.
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American Legion
George Medlock
Medlock
Legion
Memorial Auditorium
Ute Legion
Ottawa High School
Labor Bills Consolidated for Senate Approval in Topeka
Senate Labor Committee approved a consolidated labor relations bill in Topeka that bans jurisdictional strikes and secondary boycotts, requires secret ballot strike votes, mandates 20 days notice for bargaining units, and authorizes mediation by the labor commission. A separate Senate Education Committee move calls for a 22 member citizens commission to study Kansas education from kindergarten through college.
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Topeka
House
Senate
Leonard Rude
R-Parsons
Labor Committee
Labor Commission
Senate Education Committee
Citizens’ Commission
Kansas
Weather Marks Spring Snowfall and Cold in Ottawa
A spring snowstorm in Ottawa dropped temperatures to a record 7 degrees, with 7 inches of snow and 0.33 inches moisture. Street crews treated streets while wreck reports rose across eastern Kansas, including several ditches and a notable collision near Garnett. Highways remained slick with delays and a busy rescue/clearance effort continued into the night.
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Ottawa
Mercury
Otawa
John P. Kelsey
City
Wamego
Emporia
Chanute
Garnett
Lyndon
Ft. Scott
Sedan
Burtington
Independence
Zuffeyville
Columbus
Mississippi Valley
Rockies
Mississippi
Bemidji
Minn
US 59
Princeton
Sheriff's Office
Jay Brown
Carl Alexander
Jamison
Leonard Whistler
Kansas City
Brown
Greyhound
Weather Forecast For Wednesday And Tonight
Forecast fair this afternoon and tonight with partial cloud cover and wind. Temperatures rise to the high 40s by Wednesday with the east and south winds. Lows near the 20s tonight. Wednesday will be partly cloudy and warmer with highs around 40s.
Heart Attack Strikes Telephone Lineman at Work
Harold Miller of Ottawa, a Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. lineman, suffered a heart attack yesterday and is hospitalized at Ransom Memorial Hospital.
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Earl Hughes
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Main Street
Harold Miller
Ottawa
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Bad Weather Slows Voting In Primary
Snowy weather and low interest kept Ottawa polling places largely empty. At dawn only 34 votes were cast across four precincts with four more still reporting. The primary narrows candidates for three Ottawa school board seats, leaving two nominees per seat for the April 5 city election.
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Ottawa
Precinet
First Precinet
Second Precinet
School Board
Dr. A. Berglund
L. B. Paine
Ben Park
Harford Crawford
Quincy Seymour
Larry Rybolt
R. C. Winchester
Deadly Navy transport crash near Honolulu with 66 aboard
A four engine U S Navy transport crashed into a Hawaii mountain near Lualualei on Oahu with 66 aboard and no survivors. The aircraft from Hickam Field was en route to Travis Air Force Base and carried 57 crew and passengers plus two civilian dependents. Military officials traced radio trouble as a factor amid a night overcast and heavy training. Rescue teams moved to the scene as flames lit the sky for hours.
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Honolulu
A. U. 8. Navy
Hawaii
Navy
Lualualei Naval Ammunition Depot
Oahu
Roy Essoyan
Naval Depot
Essoyan
Hickam Field
Nvy
San Francisco
Travis Air Force Base
William Joest
Philo Owen
Cmdr. J. Smith
Hawaiian Sea Frontier
Moffett
Army
Doctor Confesses Slaying His Family
McAlester Oklahoma Dr Ben T Galbraith 34 a prominent physician today admitted killing his wife and three children and said I want to die as quickly as possible County Atty James Whyte announced The bodies of his wife and three children were found in their burning home Thursday morning He described returning home at 1 40 am and killing them before starting the fire He gave himself injections and used morphine then insecticide The confession came after his arrest in Henderson Tennessee and he was later extradited to Oklahoma
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Mcalester
Okla
Ben T. Galbraith
County
Alty
James Whyte
Whyte
Galbraith
Hero
Henderson
Tenn
Norman
Oklo
White
Jere
Sarah Ann
J. J. Galbraith
Denderson
Dee Sanders
Dr. Galbraith
Memphis
Sanders
Howard Cowan
Tennessee
B. T. Thornton
Gallbraith
Banquet To Honor Ottawa Teams Plans Near Completion
The annual Chamber of Commerce athletic banquet honoring coaches and players from Ottawa University and Ottawa High School will be at Garfield school on Tuesday March 29. Jay Barrington of WDAF TV will speak. Rexer Berndt will MC. Rev. Wm Berger to give the invocation. Tickets cost 3.00 and can be bought at Wassmer's North American Hotel or from sports committee members. Reservations due by Saturday March 26.
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Chamber of Commerce
Garfield School
Jay Barrington
Wdaf-Tv
Kansas City
Ottawa University
Ottawa High School
Rexer Berndt
Wm. Berger
Wass‘mer’s
North American Hotel
Sports Committee
Robert Miller
Marvin Durbin
Tom Trigg
Orlis Cox
Quincy Seymour
George Dunkin
J.J. Morrisey
Eddie Sheldon
May Start On River Work In 1956
Ottawa engineers outline flood control plans for the Marais des Cygnes river with possible start in 1956 after congressional budgeting. Col. Adams details three planning phases and warns Ottawa must prepare land acquisitions, bond authority, and local changes to streets and bridges for the channel improvement and reservoir projects.
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Army Engineers
Marais Des Cygnes
Ottawa Lions Club
C Adams
Corps of Engineers
Kansas City
Army
Congress
Congressional
Washington
Col. Adams
Ottawa
City of
Pomona
Melvern
L. I. Crater
Main Street
Walnut Street
Forest Park
Pomona Reservoir
Wuld
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Sam Geer
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Chrysler
Cliff Sinclair
Pittsburg
Chevrolet
Rosanne Ruble
Parsons
Eldon C. Good
E. B. Schoolcraft
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Geer
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Coon
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Osage County
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US 75
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Lee R. Powell
Lancaster
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