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Newspaper

Ottawa Herald

Location

Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America

Date

May 03, 1955

Page

3

Night Relays at Haskell Draw Five Trackmen Teams

Twenty Ottawa high school athletes enter the 10th annual Haskell night relays at Law Park tonight with five trackmen under the lights. Emporia Highland Park Lawrence and Haskell join. Field events start at 4 p m with finals under lights at 8 p m. Jere Potts former Ottawa star holds the pole vault record at 12 feet 6 inches set in 1853.

Ottawa Law Emporia Highland’ Park Lawrence Haskell In Stadium Teach School Jere Potts OHS Potts Fram

Track Meet For Graders At Cook Field

Ottawa grade school pupils from Garfield Lincoln Field and Hawthorne will compete in the annual city grade school track meet at Cook Field starting at 1 30 p m Tomorrow Fifth and sixth graders from the four schools will take part with events for both boys and girls Individual winners will be announced though total points will not be tabulated Ralph Loyd Hawthorne principal oversees the event.

Ottawa Cook Field Garfield Lincoln Field Hawthorne Ralph Loyd Loyd

Death Ends Telephone Call During Army Pay Check Call

Herbert Smead, 23, on duty with the Air Force recruiting service, phoned his wife Norma, 22, to learn if her Army pay check had arrived. The line went dead and a neighbor was called. Norma Smead was found dead from acute meningitis.

Pittsburgh Herbert Smead Air Force Recruiting Service Norma

Two Dead In Car Crash In Zarah Kansas

A car crash early today left two airmen dead and three injured near Zarah Kansas. The deceased are James L. Byrne 19 and Joseph Coleman airmen. Eugene B. Rhodes 18 was in serious condition at the University Medical Center. Miss Myra Davis 15 and Curtis Ritchie 18 were reported in good condition.

Zarah, Kas James L. Byrne Joseph Coleman Eugene B. Rhodes Kansas University Medical Cantor Myra Davis Topeka Curtis Ritchie

Senators Rap A' 5 12 1 Washington beats Kansas City

The Washington Senators defeated Kansas City 12 to 1 at Municipal Stadium. Gus Zernial homered for KC, while Jim Busby and Cloyd Boyer paced strong Nat offense. Johnny Schmitz pitched for Washington, with Art Ceccarelli starting for KC. the A's next face Baltimore at 1 PM, Irv Palica slated for the Orioles.

Washington Senators Kansas City Municipal Sta’dium Gus Zernial Forbes Air Forces Washington Roy Sievers Topeka Jim Busby Here Cloyd Boyer Johnny Schmitz A’s Baltimore Art Ceccarrelli Irv Palica Wil Orioles

Coble's Fisherman's Calendar May Week Schedule

The calendar lists fishing times for the week May 1 through May 8 in Central Standard time with zone conversions for Eastern Pacific Mountain and daylight saving adjustments. It notes how to add or subtract hours for other zones and localities observing daylight time.

Coble’s Fisherman’s Calendar Rocky Mountain

Archie Moore May Get Shot At Marciano Title

Arch ie Moore defeated Valdes in a 15 round hard fought contest in Las Vegas. Officials suggested Moore earned a title shot against Rocky Marciano, contingent on Marciano defeating Don Cockell in San Francisco. The crowd of about 10 000 saw a Valsdes left eye close and a fierce finish with Moore dominating late.

Archie Moore Las Vegas Nev Archiel Moore Rocky Marciano Archie Ning Valdes Cuba Truman Gibson International Boxing Club Mar Don Cockell San Francisco Valdes Jimmy Braddock Heavies Jack Kearns Bobby Gleason Nino

Mixed May Weather Signals National Health Shifts

May weather brings midmonth warmth 70s in central regions and freezing pockets in the West. The Salk polio wave study is cited as a model for disease conquest with temps 15 to 30 degrees above normal across the central and eastern U.S. Thunder squalls hail and a tornado attack sections of the Plains at night.

Wenner Inder Cape Weather Bureau Central Plains North Dakota Texas Fargo Kansas Univer N.D Abilene Tex Sly Stellan M. Goostray Boston Adelaide Kansas Minnesota Colorado Utah Boston School of Nursing Laramie Wyo Nationals Rockies League Steve Sebo Ing University of Pennsylvania Centrallstar Michigan State Plains Lexington Neb

A Pay Hike For Wichita Teachers

The Wichita Board of Education approved an annual pay increase of 150 dollars for public school teachers after a request from the Wichita City Teachers Association for 175 dollars. The decision reflects budget constraints and aims to raiseteacher pay in the district.

Wichita W Wichita Board of Education Wichita City Teachers Asst

Baseball scores and schedule fragment for Monday

A fragmented box from a late edition lists multiple MLB games and results. Brooklyn beat Milwaukee 2 0 in 12 innings, Pittsburgh defeated Louie 5 1, Chicago topped Philadelphia 4 2 in a suspended May 1 game, Chicago won 2 1, and a double feature of American League matchups shows Cleveland over Detroit and Boston over Baltimore with brief recap lines.

Tha Asgoc Pet Brooklyn Chicago Milwaukee New York Philadelphia Pittzburgh Cincinnati Pittsburgh Spahn Littlefield Rush Magne Hearn Valentine Ve Wahmeter Pittaburah Loule

Bowling Scores and Univ of Texas Football Night Lights

A garbled bowling score list shows multiple high games and team names across leagues with figures such as Brown 193 and Shisler 225. The fragment ends noting The University of Texas plans stadium lights for night football games this fall.

Brunswick Frague University of Texas

Guaranteed Wage Threatens Business Expansion, Heiny VP Warns

Washington D C Frank B Cliffe vice president of the H J Heiny Co Pittsburgh said today the guaranteed annual wage demanded by some unions may endanger expansion of programs and bankrupt others Heiny prepared for the 43rd annual meeting of the U S Chamber of Commerce noted firms have managed to regularize production and pay checks with varying success

Washington Frank B. ‘Cliffe H. J. .Heiny Co Pittsburgh Cliffe U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Globe Circling Trip Nears End Plan for six more bombers

A six plane unit of the U S Navy air patrol arrived here yesterday and six more are due tomorrow as the globe circling trip nears completion. The group will reach Whidbey Naval Air Station in Washington state to conclude the world spanning voyage.

Hutchinson U Wavy Whidbey Naval Air Station Wash

First naval squadron circles globe from Whidbey

The force sails as the first naval squadron to circumnavigate the world. It departed Whidbey Island last November, spent a tour in Okinawa, and now returns by an indirect route.

Globe Whidbey Okinawa

Plea Guilty To Marijuana Charge In Lawrence Case

District Judge Frank R. Gray will decide Saturday on punishment for two men who pled guilty to illegal possession of marijuana. James LeRoy Beatty, 123, Lawrence, and Thester Dean Perry, 22, a University of Kansas sophomore from Baldwin, menaced the court with their pleas yesterday.

Lawrence Frank R. Gray James LeRoy Beatty Thester Dean Perry University of Kansas Baldwin

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