Ottawa area briefs and notices updated
Funeral services for Liddie M. Myers were held at Lane Baptist Church with Rev. Bolcourt officiating. Burial followed in Lane Cemetery. New address for David Mille, son of Gene Mille, is SR 480 2864, Co. 210, 20d¢th Batt, US Naval Training Center Great Lakes. Eastern trip report by Ottawa U students at Rotary. Baysinger bound over on insufficient funds charge. in jail serving previous assault sentence. Flu illness affects Mary Dean Holle. Highway Patrol safety talks held at rural high schools. Residents hear about tennis and Easter events. trash fire at Hubbard Lumber Co. extinguished with no damage.
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David Mille
Gene Mille
Mulberry
David Lee Mille
US Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Ill
Navy
John Butler
Marilyn Hetherington
Ottawa U
Washington
United Navns
New York
Rotary Club T
Prof
William Myers
Walter Simpson
Garnett
Bob Bradford
McAlester
Oklo
Bruce Crill
Ed Jaf MacKenzie
Tonn
Karl Reuterhard Reed
Lawrence
Kansas City
Kas
Orval Baysinger
Ottawa
Justice Court
Baysinger
Hospital Notes From Local Page
Admitted Mrs Loy F Gerth Lane Joe Disque 711 N Cedar Caroll Hoover 604 N Main Tuesday Births Mr and Mrs R G Seward 704 N Mulberry son born Tuesday weight 8 lb 9% oz Mr and Mrs Arlo R Peterson 411 E 14th daughter born Tuesday weight 6 lb 11% oz Mr and Mrs August Tersiner 611 Ash daughter born today weight 8 lb 5% oz Dismissed Mrs Riley Melchert route 1 Tuesday Melvin Ray Soper 436 S Poplar today
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Loy F. Gerth
Lane
Joe Disque
N. Cedar
Caroll Hoover
N. Main
R. G. Seward
N. Mulberry
Arlo. R. Peterson
August Tersiner
Ash
Riley Melchert
Melvin Ray Soper
S. Poplar
Berserk suspect captured after siege in Callands Virginia
Callands Virginia police cornered a 46 year old man named Harris in a farm house after a 10 hour siege. Bloodhounds tracked him to reeds and state police restrained him after a wall breach. Harris had attacked his elderly father with a hammer injuring him and four officers during the standoff. He sustained eye and leg injuries from a public safety pellet device and fumes filled the house.
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Callands
Taint Harris
Harris
Tornado Damages Town In Oklahoma
A tornado ripped through Talihina Oklahoma in the southeast corner of the town last night about 7 30 p m after a heavy rain and hail storm causing extensive property damage no injuries were reported by authorities at the scene
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Talihina
Okla
Oklahoma
Structural repairs stabilize sagging residences and churches
Repairs address sagging floors and bulging walls with underpinning and stabilization. A steel center beam supports floors and underpinning lifts and levels structures to restore safety and integrity.
Teamsters Return From Hawaii in Brief Executive Session
Honolulu wire reports the American Federation of Labor Teamsters Union, the nation’s largest, returned to the mainland after a two session six day executive committee meeting. President Dave Beck retained authority to personally intervene in corruption cleanups, to lead an organizing drive for 250000 members, and to smooth over a dispute with AFL CIO over a loan to the International Longshoremen’s Association.
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Honolulu
AFL Teamsters Union
Dave Beck
New York
Minneapolis
AFL Cio
Hassel
Teamsters
International Longshoremen’s Assn
Offices robbed in Barton County Courthouse
In Lamar Missouri during the noon hour a single robber targeted the Barton County Courthouse offices. The thief, about 50, wore a grey suit and horn rimmed glasses and took $208 from the recorder's office, $20 from the deputy recorder's funds, $40 from the magistrate court, then $75 from a local law firm across the street. Sheriff Cecil Blanchard investigated.
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Lamar
Barton County
Cecil Blanchard
County Recorder’s Office
Deputy Recorder's
Library Has More Readers In Ottawa 1955 Increase
Ottawa public library reports a 16 percent rise in circulation from 1954 with 42 400 check outs of books and magazines the highest since 1942. Adult totals 22 707 books and 3 126 magazines juvenile 16 507 borrowers 3 177 with 44 percent adults. Five hundred seventy six books added this year. Hours are 10 a m to 8 30 p m six days weekly.
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Ottawa Public Library
Nell Barnaby
Miss Barnaby
Top Priority For New Missile Race Hi Its Leaders
Washington reports the Pentagon ordered top priority for a missile able to deliver a hydrogen warhead at supersonic speed over thousands of miles. Secretary of Defense Wilson named Eger V. Murphree to direct the ambitious project. Murphree, 57, heads Esso Research and Engineering Co and will serve unpaid on leave.
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Washington
Pentagon
Wilson
Eger V. Murphree
Russia
Murphree
Esso Research and Engineering Co
Esso Research
McNees Funeral Rites Held at Pomona Church
Funeral services for Chester E. McNees who died March 21 were held March 26 at Pomona Methodist Church with Rev. John Ward officiating. Honorary pallbearers, graveside rites, and a firing squad from Ottawa National Guard marked the services. interment followed at Union Cemetery Centropalis. Mrs. Emma Stout dies in Needles auto crash. funeral held in Chanute with Rev. O F Simon officiating at Christian Church. interment Memorial Lawn Cemetery Chanute.
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George Medlock
Warren Black Post
American Legion
Union Cemetery
Centropalis
I. E. Ermey
Chanute
Emma Stout
Needles
Calif
Ermey
Ottawa
Chanute Christian Church
O. F. Simon
Memorial Lawn Cemetery
J. E. Ermey
F. C. Wise
Jack Ermey
Lawrence
Smoking Prevalence Among U S Men and Women
Washington announced that surveys show about 53 percent of American men and 25 percent of American women smoke cigarettes regularly. Smoking is most common among those aged 25 to 44, the Agriculture Department reported.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Ike Pleased At Summit Talks
President Eisenhower wrapped up the North American summit with Mexico’s president and Canada’s prime minister, praising the informal talks at the Greenbrier. Officials weigh a July meeting with Nehru and another triplet conference, as Eisenhower eyes future armchair diplomacy. He left by train for Washington after bidding farewell to St Laurent and Cortines.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Eisenhower
Mexico
Canada
Washington
Nehru
Louis St. Laurent
Goodby
Greenbrier
St. Laurent
Ottawa
Adolfo Ruiz Cortines
Charleston
Columbine III
Mexico City
White Sulphur High School
Alleged Communist Seized in Chicago
A Chicago seizure tied to the Smith Act followed a federal warrant issued in Indianapolis. Emanuel Blum, linked to Communist groups in New England and elsewhere, admitted his identity after an FBI car detained him. The arrest centers on membership in the Communist party aimed at overthrow by force.
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Here
Chicago
Said
New England
FBI
Butterfat
Blum
Indianapolis
Communist Party
U.S
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Westphalia
Welda
Kincaid
Colony
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Hubbard Lumber Co
East Third
Robert Armstrong
Tremont
K. U. Medical Center
Mary Dean Holle
Franklin County
Carl Harder
Yates Center
Bob Canary
Rantoul
Richmond
Princeton
Posse
Berserk
Loula HL Dengel
Hawaii
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Mens Feats
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ilZer Pianos
Mion
Shay Oikos
Saunders
Lamb Funeral Home
Bruce M. Phillips
Lee Schmitt
Ash, Ohawa
U. S. Aiir Force
Parks Air Force Base
California
Ike
Landscape Service
Willis
Cherry
Ottawa, Kansas
State Bank
F.D.I.C
Coffeyville
Cedar Bluff
Keen's
Kansas Loan Co
Kansas State Bank Bldg
Turkey
CMNLE
Wly
Riddle
Shoe Store
S. Main
OTTA
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