Ottawa stock car club to meet at city hall
The Ottawa Stock Car Racing Association schedules a 7 30 p m meeting in the city hall commission rooms. Agenda includes pledge of membership establishment of organization track location and traffic restriction policies Attorney Winton Winter will speak on incorporation Representatives from Osawatomie Iola Paola and Lawrence racing groups invited Also notes a humorous dog house tale from The Ottawa Daily Republic June 1907 involving the Johnson family.
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Ottawa Stock Car Racing Association
Commission Rooms
City Hall
Winton Winter
Osawatomie
Iola
Paola
Lawrence
City Planners Approve Addition Plat for Ottawa Growth
The Ottawa planning commission approved a 34 acre tract at 16th and Willow for annexation and home site development. The project adds 100 plus building lots, with streets Willow Elm Maple and a 150 foot by 600 foot land strip aligning to the city. Fire protection talks, insurance contracts, and two new fire trucks were discussed as part of the plan. Bids for the trucks will be opened next Wednesday. notice cites bid deadline May 8, 1957.
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City Planning Commission
City of
Ottawa, Ora
16Th and Willow
Pau Gaynor
Rockwood Acres
Willow Street
Elm
Maple
15Th Street
Planning Commission
Howard Duncan
City Commission
Kenneth Andrews
Ivan Brown
Commission
Gleason
Ottawa
Donald R. Capper
First woman in Oklahoma earns master plumber honor
Mrs Jack Barnes passed an examination this week and became a master plumber, the first woman in Oklahoma to achieve the distinction.
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Oklahoma City
Jack Barnes
Oklahoma
Rope Joins Damaged New Haven Train From Providence
A three car New Haven train limped from Providence to New London fifty five minutes late after a power cable between the second and third cars broke. Fireman Russell R Hannon stood between cars holding the ends together for miles while in East Greenwich a heavy cord was found and used to tie the cable until arrival in New London.
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Providence
New Haven
New London
Conn
Russell
R. Hannon
East Greenwich
Detroit Woman Seeks Color Match for Fire Hydrant Top
Mrs. Lucille Wilson painted her yard fenceposts white and noticed a yellow top on a fire hydrant clashing with the fence. She consulted the fire department which explained the hydrant top must be yellow per department coding. A worker would repaint the top yellow.
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Detroit
Lucille Wilson
Fire Department
Weather forecast for Kansas inland region
Cloudy with occasional rain south and east and scattered thunderstorms mainly east. Tonight partly cloudy northwest, cloudy elsewhere with possible rain southeast. Friday partly cloudy west, cloudy east with little temperature change. Lows 45 northwest to 65 southeast. highs in the 70s southeast.
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Kansas
Western Auto Anniversary Sale Tire Deal Highlights
During Western Auto's 48th Anniversary Sale customers can buy Davis 100 percent DuPont Premium Nylon tires for the price of Rayons, 124-wt. This ad-like item notes a bargain on quality tires with a bold cost comparison in a period-tinged sale pitch.
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Western Auto
Davis
Citizen Seeks City Aid For Refrigerator Buy
City commissioners review a $304.95 bill from Ralph Wilson for damage to a refrigerator and a washing machine motor alleged to have resulted from recent power line issues. Water and Light Superintendent C L E Haff notes transformer solder joints melted during outages. A licensed electrician will inspect the fridge before settlement.
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Ralph Wilson
S. Oak
Wilson
C. L. E. Haff
Water and Light Department
Haff
Court Grants Gover Injunction
The Franklin County District Court ruled for Harley P. Gover and issued a permanent injunction against a tax execution over a $1,000 personal property valuation held by others. The judge noted no statute allows taxing nonowners and questioned the assessor’s view of the goods. The case involved the Department of Revenue and Taxation manual of 1950, with county officials puzzled about next steps.
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Franklin County District Court
Harley P. Gover
Gover
Floyd Coffman
Bruce Spear
State Department of Revenue and Taxation
Department of Taxation
State Commission of Revenue and Taxation
Dean Birkhead
Topeka
Telephone Firm Must Continue Operation
TOPEKA An application by the Irving Telephone Co to cease business July 1 in the Turtle Creek Reservoir area was rejected by the Kansas Corporation Commission. The firm argued customers are moving out and area inundation would leave about 120 customers outside the reservoir without service if it quit.
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Topeka
Turtle Creek Reservoir
Kansas Corporation Commission
Irving Telephone Co
KCC
Marion Beatty
May Off To Camp Start
The May start in Ottawa brings a calm weather day with a light shower. River levels rose slightly in the upper Marais des Cygnes valley to 1.62 feet on the Main Street gauge from yesterday’s 0.90, as rainfall totals accumulate statewide with Liberal reaching 8.46 inches for 1957. Reports across Kansas show varying rainfall amounts from Ellinwood to Topeka, and funnel clouds were seen in Meade and McPherson with no reported damage.
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Marais Des Cygnes
Liberal
Ellinwood
Plains
Colyer and
Hutchinson
Hudson
Lyons
Smith Center
Great Bend
St. John
Sublette
Hugoton
Long Island
Osage City
Claflin
Stafford
Russell
Ripley
Dodge City
Ellsworth
Garden City
Wichita
Arkansas City
Larned
Lindsborg
Hoisington
Salina
Elkhart
Emporia
Manhattan
Topeka
Meade
McPherson
Jayhawker Days Planned in Williamsburg in July
Williamsburg in Franklin County announces Jayhawker Days for July 10 11 and 12 with the Jayhawk Amusement Co. carnival on grounds. Elmer McCurdy leads committees for Finance Grounds Publicity Entertainment Parade Drawings Baby Show and more with events including an amateur contest on opening night and window displays by local groups.
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Williamsburg
Louthwest
Franklin County
Elmer McCurdy
Jayhawk Amusement Co
Rev. W. N. Razak
Faye Heth
H. Reetz
J. E. Decker
S. T. Thornton
Mildred Decker
Irma Thornton
Anita Chambers
Ruby Milliken
Claire Sowers
E. P. Anderson
Charles Neal
Ernest Gentry
Quentin Roberts
Harold Bethell
Leon Warbritton
Frank Davis
Navy Task Force Vulnerability Sparks Air Force Navy Debate
Secretary Donald Quarles and General Nathan Twining testifying to a House subcommittee argued that a single hydrogen-armed guided bomb or a squadron of jet bombers armed with nuclear devices could sink a carrier task force. Burke and Thomas warned carriers would be hard to locate and defended missile defenses.
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Donald Quarles
Nathan Twining
Tee
Air Force
Navy
Charles Thomas
Secretary of the Navy
Adm
Arleigh Burke
Naval Operations
Quarles
Many Free Texas Floods
Flooding along the Sabine and Trinity rivers in Texas prompted a disaster declaration for Newton County and the town of Deweyville near Orange. Evacuations loom for about 1,000 residents as high waters threaten wells and oil fields near Gladewater. more than 9,000 people have fled and 35,000 acres are flooded. At least two drownings were reported, bringing total flood deaths to 16 since the rains began two weeks ago.
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Newton County
Orange, Tex
Sabine
Trinity
Gladewater
Texas
Dewleyville
Observer Post Planned At Forest Park Baseball Field
Don White, post supervisor for Ottawa Ground Observer Corp, announced agreement with city and county officials to rebuild the Forest Park baseball field press box as a lookout post. A telephone line and volunteer training are planned, with about 15 volunteers so far. Training begins May 15, and a meeting place will be announced later. The North American Hotel site was abandoned due to high costs.
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Don White
Ottawa Post
The
Ground Observer Corp
Forest Park
White
Observer Post
Beck Indicted On Income Tax Evasion by Grand Jury
Tacoma Washington A federal grand jury indicted Dave Beck international president of the Teamsters Union on two counts of income tax evasion. The case centers on concealed income and tax avoidance schemes tied to Beck and related entities.
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Grand Jury Today
Dave Beck
The
Teamsters Union
U S Chamber Seeks Limits On Federal Spending Policy
The U S Chamber of Commerce wrapped up its 45th annual meeting in Washington with 69 policy declarations opposing most new federal spending. It endorsed resolutions from 3 100 affiliates urging Congress to curb programs, including a four year loan plan for school construction and federal control concerns.
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Chamber of Commerce
Eisenhower
Chamber
Congress
New Sales Tax Law In Effect For Private Auto Sales
County treasurer Elisabeth Briggs announces a 2 percent sales tax on private auto sales. Transactions fall under isolated personal property sales and became effective May 1. The buyer pays the tax to the seller, who then remits it to the Kansas director of revenue or at vehicle registration. a 50 cent fee is collected by the treasurer’s office.
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Elisabeth Briggs
Kansas
Sooner Town Storm Cellar Club Forms Local Group
Mangum Oklahoma residents form the Shortgrass Storm Cellar Assn to meet during storms in home cellars. Members gather when sirens sound, with chapters at several households, capacity notes and neighborly visits highlighted by Avery and Heatly families.
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Sooner
Storm Cellar Assn
Oklahoma
Shortgrass Storm Cellar Assn
Sherman Houck
Tension High In Nicaragua
In Nicaragua, President Luis Somoza and officials held emergency talks after a first fatal clash in the Nicaragua Honduras border dispute. Somoza, inaugurated for a six year term, said Honduran forces attacked Mocoron killing 25 soldiers, later officials said 35 Nicaragua deaths. He warned of defense if aggression continued.
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Managua
Luis Somoza
Nicaragua
Honduras
Somoza
Mocoron
Tegucigalpa
Macoron
University dinner highlights Ottawa community ties
Ottawa University celebrated community ties at a Commons appreciation dinner attended by over 160 people. President Andrew B. Martin emphasized the long-standing relationship and mutual needs of the university and town, noting growth in academics and faculty, while a musical program followed remarks by Dr. Martin.
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Ottawa University
Andrew B. Martin
O.U
Ed Johnson
Dr. Marstin
Myers Library
Mammel Art Center
O.A
Dale Purcell
Faculty Women’s Club
Milton Danielson
Thomas I. Flowers
Art
William Boucek
Traffic Toll In State Accident Report 1957 Figures
State Accident Records Section lists 24 hour traffic fatalities for Topeka Kansas with figures for the last day in 1957 and the same period in 1956. The report records 166 fatalities in 1957 and 14 in 1956.
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Topeka
Kansas
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Ottawa Daily Republic
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Gold Proof Elevator Co
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Douglas Gleason
Willis Nursery
R. J. White
J. L. Hysom
Paul Gaynor
Pauline Duyk
Garfield School
Ottawa Lions Club
Jimmie Dick Burgoon
Pomona
Herald
Lamar Phillips
E Lamb
Washington
Pentagon
House
Defense
Twining
Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Deweyville
Trinity River
Tacoma. Wash
U. S
Mangum, Okla
Avery
Bob Heatly
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