Ottawa News Briefs Highlights Local Happenings
Ottawa residents hear about Rotary conference in Emporia, hospital updates at K U Medical Center, and transfers. Bedside surgery recoveries, parking citations, open house at Hawkins Grange, and travel to Denver for music education conference are noted. School notices include credits talks, Vocational Record exams, and a Franklin County Teachers gathering. Community events cover farewell suppers, elections of school officials, and safety programs in Sand Creek and Franklin County.
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Ottawa Rotarians
Rotary
Emporia
Ottawa
C. W. Hegberg
L. E. Allen
J. A. Lawrence
Lawrence Ogg
John Lamb
Wayne Gilliland
Hawkins Grange
The
Grange
Hawkins School
Denver
Bill Barker
Ottawa High School
Barker
Hazen Richardson
Bob Conaty
Roland Johnson
Highway Patrol
Sand Creek School
Sand Creek Community Club
County
Ottawa Co-op
Franklin County Young Farmers Club
Burg FFA Chapter Wins Co Op Award in Kansas
The Williamsburg FFA chapter won the Cooperative Activities Award by the Kansas Cooperative Council. Effingham and Beloit placed second and third. officers from all three towns will be honored at the 13th annual meeting in McPherson. Plaques for the top teams and an all expense trip to Fort Collins Youth Camp Aug 18 to 21 will be awarded. Williamsburg officers Bob Anderson Charles Higdon Don Randel Jerry Weigand Irai Huddleston Mike Sowers Lyle Grier will attend.
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Williamsburg
Future Farmers of America
Kansas Cooperative Council
Effingham and
Beloit
McPherson
Fort Collins
Colorado
Bob Anderson
Charles Higdon
Don Randel
Jerry Weigand
I Rai Huddleston
Mike Sowers
Sentinel
Lyle Grier
Ottawa Co-op
Nervy hotel employee foils Denver stickup with empty drawer
At the Brown Palace Hotel in downtown Denver last night an armed robber tried a stickup. Manager F. S. Bingenheimer, 60, flashed an empty cash drawer to the gunman after he announced the robbery. The would be thief fled after the standoff marked by tense glares.
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Denver
Brown Palace
F. S. Bingenheimer
Hospital Notes Admits and Births List in Williams burg Area
Hospital notes show admissions for Terry Dale Smith Williams burg and others including Mrs Louise Stephens and Jo Ellen Ferns. Births recorded for Mr and Mrs Paul Morgan and Mr and Mrs Alvin Dehn with weights 6 lb 10 oz and 8 lb 2 oz. Dismissals include Mrs William Shaffer Pomona Nelson Tipton and others with addresses in Ottawa Melvern and Richmond.
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Terry Dale Smith
Williamsburg
Louise Stephens
N. Mulberry
C. W.hedrick
King
Lonnie Fox
Jo Ellen Ferns
Paul Morgan
MN. Main
Alvin Dehn
N. Cedar
William Shaffer
Pomona
Nelson Tipton
Ash
Don Rice
Melvern
Faye Griffin
N. Oak
Thomas Whittaker
Ottawa
Owen Burk
Lane
Ernest M. Henderson
Richmond
Bobbe Brensinger
Route 4
Derailment blocks Santa Fe main line near Wellsville
Eight box cars of an eastbound Santa Fe freight derailed near Wellsville northeast of Ottawa, blocking the double-track main line most of the night. No injuries or damage to buildings. Santa Fe agent C. Christersen coordinated reroutes via Lawrence and Topeka while wrecking crews from Emporia and Kansas City addressed the scene. The first through Ottawa after one track reopened was the southbound oil flyer at 3:40 this morning.
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Santa Fe
Wellsville
Ottawa
C. Christersen
Ottawa Junction
Lawrence
Topeka
Emporia
Kansas City
Christensen
Chanute Man Dead In Car-Train Crash
One man was killed and two others injured in a grade crossing collision in Humboldt Kansas. Fred Freidline 47 of Chanute died when his truck was struck by a northbound Santa Fe streamliner. Gene Walker also of Chanute was critically injured and Clarence B. Johnson 45 of Kansas City a railway mail clerk aboard the train sustained a minor ankle injury. Freidline and Walker were employees of a Chanute implement company. Walker was taken to a Chanute hospital.
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Humboldt
Kas
Fred Freidline
Chanute
Gene Walker
Tulsa
Kansas City
Santa Fe
Streamliner
Clarence B. Johnson
Fieidline
Walker
Chanute Implement Company
Last Obstacle Cleared as Suez Canal Opens for Big Ships
A U N salvage team raised the sunken tug Edgar Bonnet clearing the last barrier to 10,000-ton ships passing the Suez Canal. Egypt had not announced when opening would occur while the 1,461-ton frigate Abukir still blocks the southern entrance. Officials expected Abukir clearance by April 10 with the canal then open to former users.
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Cairo
U.N
Edgar Bonnet
Suez Canal
Egypt
Abukir
U. N
Final Touches on Ottawa Science Fair
Prof Elmer Roth chairs Ottawa University final prep for the first Ottawa Science Fair with about 75 exhibits from area schools. Four divisions compete for a senior prize an all expenses paid trip to the National Science Fair in Los Angeles next May. Exhibits open Friday evening to exhibitors and sponsors then to the public Saturday and Sunday. Local Herald and Ottawa University sponsor this first event as part of a national effort to boost science interest.
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Ottawa
Elmer Roth
Wilson Field House
Ottawa University
Roth
Los Angeles
The
Herald
Senate Votes Extension Of Business Tax
The Senate Finance Committee advanced a 15 month extension of three billion dollars in annual business taxes while rejecting relief for small business and a cut in the oil and gas depletion allowance. The current corporate income and excise tax rates would run through June 30 1958 unless signed into law before April 1. The House has approved a one year extension but will accept a July 1 1958 date. Eisenhower sought a one year extension but agreed to 15 months to align with the fiscal year. Senators Mundt and Smith cite broad support for federal economy.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Sen. Williams
D-Del
Senate
Eisenhower
Finance Committee
House
Byrd
Dva
Sens. Mundt
R-Sd
H. Alexander Smith
R-Nj
Angry Katy Employees Locked Out in St Louis Move to Texas
About 115 accounting department workers at Missouri-Kansas-Texas Rail Road found their office locked with a notice directing job seekers to report to Denison Texas amid a major headquarters reshuffle. The shift, part of a broader layoff of some 600 Brotherhood of Railway Clerks members, follows a run of financial losses and a push by Katy officials for a Texas-based reorganization.
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St, Louis
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad
Denison
Tex
Dallas
Katy
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Texas
Parsons, Kas
P. L. Bonney
Lodge 97
The
Accounting Office
St. Louis
George M. Harrison
William N. Ceramus JV
Kansas House defers final vote on right to work amendment
TOPEKA The Kansas House postponed until tomorrow a final vote on a right to work constitutional amendment due to about 25 absences likely caused by snow. The session also saw the Ways and Means Committee unveil a $14.18 million general fund bill for state hospitals and the board of health, slightly above Gov. Docking’s recommendation.
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House
Ways and Means
Board of Health
Western Kansas Highways Blocked Travel Advisories Issued
TOPEKA No travel was advised west of U S 81 today as western Kansas highways were closed by the patrol. None were open west of Great Bend and only emergency travel was allowed on the few roads open west of U S 81. Eastern routes were slick but open with light precipitation in the southeast.
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Topeka
U.S. 81
Highway Patrol
Great Bend
Salina
Nebraska
Kansas
Ottawa University Charter Days Celebrate 92nd Birthday
Despite rain and snow Ott awa University held a large Charter Days celebration with about 200 visitors on campus. A Charter day banquet in the Commons featured awards and introductions including Shirley Schmidt and Jim Springfield as Miss 0 A and Mr Q U. Prof. B Smith Haworth discussed a university history to be published later. Music by the band, choir, operatic and comedic performances followed. Norma Stuermer chaired the event with Prof Wayne Angell as faculty sponsor.
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Ottawa University
Gerald Rudd
Belpre
Andrew B. Martin
Shirley Schmidt
McPherson
0. A
First Baptist Church
Norma Stuermer
Turner
Wayne Angell
Beck To Show For Hearing
Beck's attorney James H. Duff said the Teamsters president will appear tomorrow before investigating senators who have a $270,000 question for him. Duff dismissed reports that Beck would skip the hearing as bunk and emphasized there is no qualification about his attendance.
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Washington
Dave Beck
Teamsters Union
Beck
James H. Duff
Silk Cocoon Yields Lengthy Silk Thread Fact
A single silkworm cocoon can produce a mile and a half of silk thread, illustrating the remarkable efficiency of silkworms in producing valuable natural fiber.
Thirteen Traffic Cases In Court
Thirteen traffic cases were set for hearing in county court this morning. Seven charged by the Highway Patrol with speeding posted cash bonds. Defendants include L. E. Gillihan Oklahoma City and five others from Kansas City Mo Webb City Md Hutchinson Baltimore and Ottawa. Five pleaded guilty and were fined by Judge Milo Harris for speeding muffler violation and no passing. The 11 speeders were cited March 17 by a Highway Patrol radar check on US 50 in Williamsburg.
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Highway Patrol
L. E. Gillihan
Oklahoma City
Stanley F. Plank
Kansas City
George Meanning
Webb City
William E. Wagner
Homer Hendrickson
Hutchinson
George Shyne
Baltimore
Billy Weems
Pleasanton
Frank Carroll
el Dorado
Rowland W. Wilson
Manhattan
Max Allen Montague
Pomona
Joe Oakes
Ottawa
US 50
Williamsburg
Back To Normal At San Francisco After Earthquake
San Francisco and Bay area residents faced aftershocks totaling 120 by Friday night as recovery began. Coast Highway 1 remained blocked by landslides south of the city with four slides expected to be cleared by Wednesday. Governor Goodwin Knight cited no other state highway damage.
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San Francisco
San Andreas
San Francisco Bay Area
Pacific Ocean
Goodwin Knight
Wright cites rise in contacts with Russian submarines
Admiral Jerauld Wright, chief of the U S Atlantic Fleet and supreme allied commander for the Atlantic, said there has been an increase in recent years of contacts believed to be Russian submarines in the Atlantic Ocean. He spoke during a visit to this American air sea base inspecting the Navy’s airborne early warning system Barrier Atlantic.
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Argentia
Jerauld Wright
U. S. Atlantic
Wright
Atlantic
Navy
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George Spears
Suez
O. U
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Ind
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George Docking
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Main Street
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