Side Swipes In Thie Bay's News
A Franklin County educator with FFA pupils won at the state convention in Manhattan. Ottawa PTA awards $100 to a senior for continued study. applications go to Principal Leroy Hood. Gerald Reser Jr. heads the new Mears Rural Ball Association planning a lit field with lights. local groups back the project. Ottawa officials study garbage disposal bids with costs estimated between $1.00 and $3.50 monthly. Street signals, traffic control, and left-turn restrictions planned near Main Street. Commencement set for First Methodist Church with diploma awards for rural students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P.T.A
Ottawa
Leroy Hood
Hood
Ottawa Ity
Commission
J. W. Estes
Colorado, Springs
Colo
Colorado
Arizona
Texas
Colorado Springs
Phoenix
Ariz
Mineral Wells
Tex
Kansas City
Estes
Otawa
Ben Nicholas
Santa Fe Railroad
17Th Street
National Guard Armory
Fair Grounds
University of Kansas
Franklin County
Main Street
Mit
First Methodist Church
Norris Burke
Highland Asistant
Ottawa High Schol Print Heights
Fifteenth Street
East Seventh Street
State Income Tax Collections Increase in Kansas
Kansas income tax receipts are running ahead of last year with faster return processing. Through yesterday total collections reached 12,167,555 dollars, up 4,350,491 from a year ago, as 537,411 returns have been processed versus 409,187 at this time last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
State Commission of Revenue and Taxation
Rantoul High to graduate May 16 speaker noted
William B. Moorhead Kansas City Star crime chief will give the commencement address at Rantoul High School on May 16. Baccalaureate is May 13 with Rev. R. B. Shoemaker of Ruhamah Baptist Church as speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamb. Moorhead
Kansas City Star
Rantoul High School
Rantoul
R. B. Shoemaker
Ruhamah Baptist Church
John Swanson
Betty Stevenson
Frankie Hargrove
June Bloomer
Twila Briles
Carol Brown
Connie Dempsay
Audrey
Lola Jean
Richard Evans
Max Gorton
Bernadette
Bernadine Hermesmeyer
Velva Kirkpatrick
Mollie Schmoe
Jerry Schulz
City Board Appointees Are Named
Ottawa announces appointments across city boards after last night’s commission meeting. May 1 set for many findings, Stoltz named electrical inspector and Novak to continue building and plumbing duties with revised salaries. Several reappointments and new names join libraries, cemeteries, auditorium, recreation, parks, planning, zoning, health, plumbing exams, airport advisory, and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Ottawa
Herman Stoltz
C. A. Novak
Novak
Stoltz
Maude Adams
June Stephenson
Lyman Corlis
Dean Berlin
Lola Sloan
Harold Crawford
Don Madison
Ben Gilmore
Tom Porter
Hope Cemetery
S. F. Harris
Harold J. Lamb
Hanes
Margaret Hudelson
J. T. Morrisey
Memorial Auditorium Board
Ed Curby
Verne Chesbro
Glen Hayward
City Recreation Board
John Sheldon
Edwin Sheldon
John Wassmer
R. M. Clogston
Glenn Ainsworth
City Parks Commission
George Phibbs
Freeland West
Fred Gardner
Leo Beller
City Planning Commission
Cliff Haverly
E. H. Kimmel
J. B. Muecke
John B. Pierson
B. B. Phillips
Warren Wesen
Frank Cook
Floyd
Jacob
Marvin Durbin
Board of Zoning Appeals
Boar
Russell Everson
Municipal Airport Advisory Board
Paul Gaynor
Jerome Minnick
L. N. Speer
Ben Park
Marvin Bond
No Fire Loss In April Report From Fire Chief
Fire Chief Harry Gilliland said April brought no fire losses in the city as firefighters answered two regular alarms a grass fire at Cedar House and a gas leak at the W M Smithy home 615 N Mulberry Four still alarms included two minor grass fires a lower heated car engine and a short in a wiring in an automobile Two miscellaneous calls were logged including a grass fire investigation at the Drive In theater and a gas and water leak in the 1000 block on South Hickory Bond's Royal Cleaners advertises free pickup and a plastic storage bag with phone 646.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Gilliland
Cedar House
W. M. Smithy
N. Mulberry
Hickory
Cease Fire Talks Highlight Hammarskjold Report
United Nations Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold told the Security Council he secured new unconditional cease-fire agreements from Israel and Egypt Lebanon Syria and Jordan. He outlined steps to re establish full compliance with 1949 armistice terms and hinted at a June return to push for a solid basis for the truce. He spoke from Jerusalem and planned talks in Cairo before proceeding to Rome.
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United Nations
U. N
Dag Hammarskjold
Security Council
Israel
Egypt
Lebanon
Syria
Jordan
Council
Middle East
Palestine
Hammarskjold
Joza Brilej
Yugoslavia
Jerusalem
Cairo
Rome
White Announces For Co. Attorney
Donald N. White, 30, Ottawa attorney, announces candidacy for Franklin County attorney in the Republican primary. He has practiced since July 1954, was appointed county attorney in November 1955, and is a 1949 Ottawa University and 1954 KU Law School graduate. White served in the Air Force and is active in local civic groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald N. White
White
Ottawa
Franklin County
Lane
Ottawa High School
Ottawa University
University of Kansas Law School
Air Force
Kiwanis Club
First Methodist Church
Former Editor Died in Oklahoma City at 76
Albert L. McRill 76 longtime editor publisher attorney and judge died at his home in Oklahoma City from a heart condition. He led Oklahoma City as city manager 1932 to 1934 and earlier edited papers in Kansas before moving to Oklahoma in 1902 where he founded the Watonga Dispatch and edited the people s voice. He also served as trustee and chairman for Epworth University now Oklahoma City University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Albert L. McRill
McRill
State Supreme Court
Richmond
Kas
Oklahoma
Williamsburg
Watonga Dispatch
People's Voice
T Trustees
Epworth University
Oklahoma City University
House Rejects Ike Soil Bank Advance Amid Vote Split
The House voted 181 to 157 against President Eisenhower’s request to authorize up to 500 million dollars in soil bank payments to farmers this year. The vote reflected a party-line split as Democrats denounced the plan as election-year vote buying while Republicans defended the proposal as essential aid to agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Eisenhower
Rayburn
Texas
Rep
Hope
Albert
D-Okla
Bate
Secretary of Agriculture
GOP
Halleck
Indiana
Poage
Andersen
R-Minn
King
R-Pa
Defense Fund Trimmed by Committee in Budget Plan
The House Appropriations Committee voted to provide the Defense Department 33.6 billion dollars for the coming fiscal year, about 513 million less than the president’s original request. Most of the cut is due to paper changes not affecting military programs, with 276.3 million to remain in foreign currency under mutual defense agreements. The plan envisions 2,865,200 military personnel and 464 billion in total funding, emphasizing airpower and new weapons. TheArmy, Navy, and Air Force allocations, with ships, divisions, and B52 bomber construction, are outlined, including 1,142,654,000 for guided missiles and 87,256,000 for missile components.
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Washington
Russia
House Appropriations Committee
Defense Department
Eisenhower
Congress
House
Senate
Army
Navy
Air Force
May Extend Street Paving Plan Discussed
Willow street paving from Tenth to Fifteenth may extend to the segment from Tenth north to Seventh. City commissioners want property owner sentiment on assessment, noting the street’s real need and potential savings by lining up with nearby work. The project could proceed if consensus favors sharing the cost.
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Willow Street
Tenth Street
Fifteenth
Seventh
Tenth
Kiwanis hears on route for new US 50 highway
Kansas Highway Commission official J. R. Duke Cheney told Kiwanis noon today that the exact path for the US 50 project from Ottawa to near Olathe is not yet set. G A Sutton, division engineer, accompanied him. Guests included Fred Smith Joe Bush Barrett Parks and Marlin Swalley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. “Duke” Cheney
Kansas Highway Commission
Kiwanis Club
Cheney
Ottawa
Olathe
G. A. Sutton
Chanute
Fred Smith
Joe Bush
Kansas City
Barrett Parks
Marlin Swalley
Independence
Kansas
Cool Weather Returns Across Kansas
The weather bureau reports cooler conditions moving into Kansas with Ottawa noting morning fog and moisture on branches. A low of 47 degrees was recorded, and tomorrow’s low is forecast in the 30s to 40s range across the state, with possible rain in the northwest and extreme north tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Ottawa
Man charged in death of two Panama City boys
Private planes a helicopter and many boats hunted a bayou for the body of seven year old David Farr Wilson while his four year old brother Douglas Cecil Wilson had been found dead. Dallas Withers a 33 year old electrician confessed to taking the boys for a high speed boat ride and to making a sharp turn that caused the boys to fall overboard. he was arrested hours after the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama City
Fla
Dallas Withers
Withers
M. J. Daffin
Cook's Bayou
David Farr Wilson
Douglas Cecil Wilson
Bayou
W. E. Wilson
Tyndall Air Force Base
Daffin
David Earl
Douglas
Main St Work Starts Today on Ottawa Project
Work began this morning on South Main street to prepare for a cooperative city state surfacing project. The Harry Henery Co. of Ottawa handles base filling curb corrections and grade prep at entry points for drainage. The contract for surfacing extends from Thirteenth Street north beyond the city limits with Ottawa paying one third and the state two thirds. Lamb Ambulance, Phone 38.
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South Main Street
Harry Henery Co
Ottawa
Main Street
Henery
Thirteenth Street
City of
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Gerald Reser, Jr
Mears Rural Ball Association
Reser
Mears Park
Gardner Finch
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Floyd Barnett
Luther Stephens
Martin Strafuss
Quincys Seymour
Wm. L. Bothwell
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Wayne Billiland
Miami
Dixie Gilliland
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C. H. Griffith
Oberlin
Sacred Heart
Servatius Plumbing Shop
Federated Air Conditioners
Douglas Bros
Donald L. White
O.K
Benson
Arrose
Rayburg
Dtex
Rep. Halleck
Bond
Royal Cleaners
Wega
H.D.A
Ny Labertty
Kiwanis
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