Roger Thorn wins state FFA dairy award at KSU
Wellsville youth Roger A Thorn earned the State Future Farmer of America Foundation award in dairy farming at Kansas State University Manhattan on May 1. He received a $100 cash prize and is active in Holstein cattle raising on a 280 acre family farm.
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Roger A. Thorn
Wellsville
Future Farmer of America Foundation
Kansas State University
Manhattan
House of Delegates
Kansas Association of Ffa
Thorn
Charles W. Thorn
Roger
Douglas County Fair
Topeka
Hutchinson
Ottawa
Miami County Fair
Holstein-Freisen Association
Duroc Swine Association
East Central
Franklin County Fair
Board Urged To Get Going On New High School Here
Ottawa's school board was urged at last night's meeting to take initiative on a new high school. Supt. Henry A. Parker led the push, noting delays and urging rapid action including architect meetings and a Stanford survey. New board members Rob ert B. Anderson Dr Olin Wollen and Don Waymire will take seats in August. The district owns a southwest site and had hired John Shaver as architect. Stanford University did a community survey. The board discussed legislation, mill levy limits, and approved minor raises for staff but took no action on sick leave changes or a distributive education program.
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Ottawa
Henry A. Parker
Robert B. Anderson
Olin Wollen
Don Waymire
Parker
Stanford
John Shaver
Salina
Stanford University
Harry Rybolt
Lowell Fouts
Harold Larson
Larson
P. R. Jamison
Allen Unruh
Richard Kingston
Shepard
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA Mercury
Five New Teachers Are Employed Here
Ottawa School Board hired five new teachers on Supt. Henry Parker recommendation. New junior high staff include Phyllis Perry and Leroy Bailey both with Emporia State backgrounds teaching math and Bailey also teaching commerce. Elementary hires are Nancy Nalley, wife of Pomona coach, and Melva Jeans Shipley from Westphalia with recent teaching stops in Aliceville and Olathe. Janice Carter, a Friends graduate, will teach home economics after substitute duties.
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Ottawa School Board
Henry Parker
Parker
Phyllis Perry
Leroy Bailey
Perry
Emporia State
Chanute
Bailey
Sabetha
Janice Carter
Friends
Wellington
Ottawa
Carter
Nancy Nalley
S. Poplar
Melva Jeans Shipley
Olathe
Pomona
Hawthorne
Miss Shipley
Westphalia
Aliceville
Former Teacher of Eisenhower Dies in Abilene
Abilene AP report states Miss Addie Over aged 88, once Eisenhower’s seventh grade teacher in Abilene, died today after a lengthy illness. Prescriptions were issued from Raney Drug CH2-3092 for medical care.
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Abilene
Addie Over
Eisenhower
County Forecast Fair and Warmer With Thunderstorms
Fair and warmer this afternoon with increasing cloudiness. Not so cold tonight as rain and occasional thunderstorms develop late tonight and continue into Wednesday. Wednesday becomes partly cloudy by afternoon with highs mid to upper 50s tonight mid 40s and Wednesday near 60.
Sack Of Checks Reported Missing
Peace Food Center reported to police that a sack of checks disappeared from the grocery on April 15 while manager Charles Gillette held the locked money sack to straighten an order. The sack contained only checks marked for deposit and could unbalance books and family accounts if not returned.
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Peace Food Center
Charles Gillette
Gillette
Car Tractor Crash Kills Fairview Man Near Hiawatha
Frank Irwin, 76, of Fairview, was killed Monday in a car tractor crash on U S 36 east of Fairview. He drove the tractor pulling a trailer. In the car were Mrs Charlotte Peterman, 70, and her daughter Rosemary, 38, both hospitalized in Hiawatha with non life threatening injuries.
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Hiawatha, Kas
Frank Irwin
Fairview
U. S. 36
Irwin
Charlotte Peterman
Rosemary
Hiawatha
Jobless Total Down In April
Washington AP reports unemployment fell by 533000 in April to 4962000 while employment rose 218000 to 65784000. The Labor Department cites a 315000 drop in the labor force as the main reason, noting farm jobs stayed flat due to very wet conditions in many areas, tempering the expected rise.
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Washington
Labor Department
Light Frost and May Temperature Records Across Kansas
Light frost touched Ottawa with a 32 degree low not a May 2 record. May 2, 1909 saw 27 degrees, while Topeka Kansas City and Lawrence set local record lows for May 2. Showers expected west to east tonight with possible statewide moisture. skies clear in eastern Kansas by Wednesday evening.
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Ottawa
Topeka
Kansas City
Lawrence
Kansas
GE Executive Testifies on Price Fixing Order
Former GE vice president William S. Ginn told the Senate Antitrust subcommittee that a top GE official ordered him to short circuit his boss and resume price fixing talks with rivals. Ginn, later fined 12,500 dollars and jailed 30 days, named Henry Van Erben and Robert Paxton as the executives involved in the 1949 1950 period. He said Paxton was kept out of the loop while Erben overruled the ban and pushed talks with competitors again as the market grew chaotic.
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Washington
General Electric
Senate Antitrust and Monopoly
William S. Ginn
Ginn
Philadelphia
Robert Paxton
Henry van Erben
Paxton
Pittsfield
Mass
Erben
Laos Cease Fire Hopes Brighten Front Line Talks
VIENTIANE Laos AP A truce meeting between a government officer and a Pathet Lao major has halted fighting provisionally by 5 p.m. Gen Phou Nosavan said the contact could lead to an overall cease fire as Cabinet officials expressed cautious optimism. The envoy traveled to a point just north of Wang Khu on the front.
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Vientiane
Laos
Pathet Lao
Here
Phou‘mi Nosavan
Tiao Sopsai- Sana
Wang Khu
Weather Forces A Delay In Man In Space Attempt
Bad weather postponed Americas first man in space with Alan Shepard awaiting launch aboard a Redstone from Cape Canaveral. backup John Glenn stands by. Shepard to be observed 48 hours and may be replaced if health or nerves falter.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
America
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Shepard
John H. Glenn Jr
Glenn
Cape
Former Franklin Countian To Speak At Chautauqua Days Program On Wednesday
Fred Brinkerhoff, editor of the Pittsburg Headlight and Sun, Kansas historian and Chautauqua veteran, will speak at 2 p.m. on the courthouse lawn about Ottawa history. The event includes the Dietrich cabin presentation, a centennial program, a square dance, and historical tours across Ottawa and Franklin County.
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Franklin County
Fred Brinkerhoff
Appanoose Creek
Pomona
W. B. Brinkerhoff
Pittsburg Headlight
Sun
Pittsburg
Kas
Kansas
Ottawa
Brinkerhoff
Ottawa High School
Dietrich
Robert Gault
Hobart Parks
Kenneth Andrews
Adelines
Jaycee Jones
Main Street
Richmond
Fale Mott
Lawrence
Otttawa
Park and Main
Memorial Auditorium
Staffords To Leave Ottawa For Turner Kansas
Lloyd Stafford announces Stafford's Office Church and School Supplies is for sale and he will move to Turner Kansas by August first. He and Mrs. Stafford will teach in Turner schools with English and debate duties and grade school teaching respectively. Stafford has served as police judge, led Ottawa University's speech department, led Rotary, and held Elks and Legion roles.
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Lloyd Stafford
Stafford
Turner
Kas
Ottawa
Ottawa High
Ottawa University
Rostary Club
The
Elks Lodge
American Legion
Upset Blocks MOP Tracks Near Ottawa City Limits
A Missouri Pacific freight train near Ottawa was blocked for seven hours after a steel tank being moved as a triple load derailed four cars. Train 85 from Osawatomie slowed to about three mph on a curve when the incident occurred. Twenty loaded and twenty empty cars were involved, with two cars carrying the tank and an empty box car overturning. The tank reportedly remained undamaged and crews worked to reload it as track crews cleared the line. The Ottawa line was cleared shortly before 4 p.m. and the train departed at 5:15 pm.
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Missouri Pacific
Ottawa
Osawatomie
Baton Rouge
Bushton
Fresh shipment of strawberry plants advertised
Willis Garden Center promotes a fresh bulk shipment of strawberry plants from Dunlap Blake Premier and Robinson for immediate planting.
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Dunlap
Blakemore
Premier
Robinson
Willis Garden Center
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