Ottawa hot rod club visits Mission for drag strip idea
Ottawa Youth Council delegates toured Mission to study a proposed drag strip and safety oriented hot rod club aims. Adults Don White and Ben Park accompanied the group as committees discussed site planning, traffic rules, and cooperation with local authorities to promote supervised racing.
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Ottawa
Mission
Ottawa Youth Council
Iva Kay Jones
Richard, Bechtle
Richard Larkin
Jerry
Slavens
David Lee
Don White
Ben Park
Dean Driscoll
Park
Cor
Ing
Johnson County Road
Nc- Knights
Nativities
Kansas City
Fair Board Eyes City Annexation of Grounds in Ottawa
Ottawa city commissioners weighing annexation of Franklin County Fair Association grounds south of Seventeenth Street and west of the Santa Fe tracks. Board members W. Humphreys and Martin Dickinson cite a future half-mile race track, more buildings, and trees as needed for a larger fair. Insurance savings and fire protection cited as key benefits of city inclusion, with routine items like election meals and milk regulation reports also noted.
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Franklin County Fair Association
Seventeenth Street
Santa Fe Railroad
W. Humphreys
Martin Dickinson
Fair Association Board
Humphreys
Th ¢ Fair Board
Forest Park
Fair Association
Nineteenth Street
Fair Grounds
Ottawa
Election Board
Don Capper
Four Immediate School Problems Cited In Kansas
The Kansas Legislative Council education committee named four immediate issues for state schools and three long range concerns. Immediate items include guidance services for high schools, better transport reliability and efficiency, expanded special services for small schools, and administration of potential federal funds for construction. Long range items cover school organization curriculum and college university facilities amid enrollment growth.
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Topeka
Education Committee
The
Kansas Legislative Council
Montgomery Wards
Pinatle Wall
Kansas
Council
M Cldl
Vote To Organize N F O In County
About 125 attended a Memorial Auditorium meeting to organize a county unit of the National Farm Organization. Loren Breeding of Marysville Kansas spoke for the national group. Franklin county committee members arranged the meeting. The vote passed with one dissent. Township representatives were named to hold meetings next week to select officers and form the county organization to work with Congress on farm production regulation for fair share of income.
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Memorial Auditorium
Congress
Dulles Aims For Moderately Optimistic Far East Report
Secretary of State Dulles told Democratic and Republican congressional readers he issued a moderately optimistic report on his just completed trip to the Far East.
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Washington
Dulles
Far East
Scout Troop 76 Court Of Honor Held At First Baptist
A Court of Honor was held last evening at the First Baptist Church by Boy Scout Troop No. 76 with James Alexander as Scoutmaster. Assisting committeemen were Dale Willhite John Bacon and Leo Logan. Tenderfoot badges were presented to Richard Grimm James Starbuck Dennis Griffin Steve Brandon Douglas Henry Jerry Davis Jim Trigg Robert Crawford Billy Story Buddy Carrier and Delbert Edwards. Second class badges went to Jerry Davis Dennis Griffin Steve Brandon Douglas Henry and Robert Richards. First class badges were awarded to Bobby Butler Roger Milbern Harold Fine Ronnie Reusch Merlin Johnson and Gary Milburn.
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First Baptist Church
Boy Scout Troop No. 76
James Alexander
Dale Willhite
John Bacon
Leo Logan
Richard Grimm
James Starbuck
Dennis Griffin
Steve Brandon
Douglas Henry
Jerry Davis
Jim Trigg
Robert Crawford
Billy Story
Buddy Carrier
Delbert Edwards
Robert Richards
Bobby Butler
Fog Lifts After Dense Ottawa Area Envelopment
Early today Ottawa area was enveloped by fog but lifted by mid morning. Low around 28 degrees, reached 45 by 1 p.m. with mostly cloudy skies. Tonight generally clear, but clouds move in tomorrow with a chance of showers in the southwest by evening. Mild temperatures expected statewide, highs in the 60s on Friday.
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Ottawa
Weather Bureau
Registration Nears For Ottawa Bond Vote In Apr 3 Election
Ottawa voters must register by tomorrow to participate in the April 3 election. About 4,700 have registered so far, with five mayoral candidates from the March 20 primary, Kenneth Andrews and James Alexander among top contenders. Voters will decide on a flood control bond issue of 770000 and future financing for Army planning funds.
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Ottawa
Valers
Kenneth Andrews
James Alexander
Federal Bureau of the Budget
Army Engineers
Congress
Washington
Divorce Action Reveals Bigamy In Independence Court
In Independence, District Judge Warren B. Grant granted Lois R. Hibbs a divorce from Clarence W. Hibbs. A woman named Ruby McCullough Hibbs of Coffeyville asked for an annulment, claiming marriage to Hibbs after reading of the case. Hibbs, an automobile mechanic in Coffeyville, was not present. a complaint charging bigamy will be filed.
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Independence
East
Warren B. Grant
Lois R. Hibbs
Clarence W. Hibbs
Hibbs
Ruby, McCullough Hibbs
Coffeyville
Miami
Okla
Lois Hibbs
Glenn Tangler
Insurance Paid On 1 Million Loss
New York insurers have paid Chase Manhattan Bank one million dollars to cover a misplaced U S Treasury note worth a million. A Chase official said the bank filed a loss claim and 18 insurers, acting as surety, contributed the funds. The note first went missing March 6 and a vast paper search will continue until the note is found.
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NEW York
Chase Manhattan Bank
U. S. Treasury
Chase Manhattan
Treasury
Lebo Boy Scout on Pacific Trip
Lebo Kansas and Junction City Kansas youths join a three week world friendship tour to Japan the Philippine Islands and Hawaii. The group travels on Air Force planes under the National Council of Boy Scouts program with Ronnie Ott Kas Lebo Kurt Kessinger Kas and leaders Harald H Baker Wichita and Francis J Robertson Hastings Neb. Won in two districts Minnesota returns show Stevenson winning two of nine congressional districts in the presidential primary.
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Midwest
Rocky Mountain States
Japan
Philippine Islands
Hawaii
National Council of Boy Scouts
Air Force
Ronnie Ott
Lebo
Kas
Kurt Kessinger
Junction City
Harald H. Baker
Wichita
Francis J. Robertson
Hastings
Neb
Minneapolis
Adlai Stevenson
Minnesota
Senate Farm Bill Includes Higher Supports, Soil Bank
New York report notes a Peaceful tour of American seniors labeled as a junket by Walte Byam heading a group of about 128 retirees from seven states, mainly California and Florida. The trip aims to foster friendship with Europe and abroad, without dollars, as they travel to Marape and discuss homes, hobbies, and cultural exchange during a 60-member caravan departing from Brooklyn next Tuesday aboard the Blak Diamond diner.
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New York
Europe
Marape
den. Servey
America
California
Florida
Walte Byam
Junket
Amerie
Los Angeles
Molen Tyait Sehwamshorn
Seury Hayy
Hhrowd
Cote
Byam
Missing Plane Found Wrecked in Texas Pasture
A B28 missing overnight from Connally Air Force Base was found wrecked in a pasture about 500 miles south-southeast of Waco. Six men aboard were reported killed. The crash occurred after a training flight over central Texas with weather blamed for possible turbulence. The search and recovery were led by Highway Patrolman Floyd Tippitt near Hearne, Texas. The last radio contact placed the craft over Gatesville at 12:05 p.m. CST yesterday. fuel for a 2:30 a.m. return was left. No Kansans were listed among the victims.
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Waco
Tex
Connally Air Force Base
Here
Hearne
Pex
Farmer
G. ID
Russell
Floyd Tippitt
Texas
Jit
Gatesville
Weather Forecast Signals Warmth and Showers Ahead
Generally fair this afternoon and tonight with southerly winds of 25 to 30 mph West and Central. East and South warmer with Friday partly cloudy, increasing western cloudiness and scattered showers likely southwest by evening. Warmer extreme east, low tonight in the 30s, high Friday in the 40s. Previous day high 40, low current around 28 at 7 am. Record highs and lows noted for today’s date. hourly readings shown through 8 am and later periods. Precipitation earlier reached about 0.8 inch. river stage around 0.57 foot above average.
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Do P.m. Lo & P
Pancake Feed By Rotarians Promises Youth Aid
Rotary club members launch a ticket drive for a pancake day on Monday April 6 at the Masonic temple with noon and evening servings of pancakes sausage and coffee. Profits fund youth activities including hospital tonsillectomy charges relief for De serving boys and girls American Royal expenses for a scholarship girl recreation caps shoes and Ottawa Boys Club support. The club has staged several pancake days though skipped last year due to funds.
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Rotary Club
Masonic Temple
American Royal
Ottawa Boys Club
Solary Club
Return Visit By X-Ray Unit
The mobile x-ray unit of the state board of health will be in Ottawa tomorrow to make re takes of chest x rays. Retakes are for reasons such as poor positioning or movement and do not indicate health issues. The Youth Center will host the unit from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. about 50 retakes are planned and those to be photographed have been notified.
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State Board of Health
Ottawa
Why Favor Flood Control
Mrs. Chas Williamson of 117 N. Poplar argues that freedom requires flood and drought control. She urges funding to prevent destruction of farms and cities, warning that uncontrolled floods threaten health, property, and future prosperity.
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Chas
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