Beck Invited To Blow Lid Off Senate
Senate rackets investigators asked Dave Beck to reveal details to expose corruption in the chamber. Beck invoked the Fifth Amendment again, refused to confirm prior statements to newsmen, and dodged questions about family and union officials. The hearing also examined Beck’s finances and alleged improper use of union funds as McClellan pressed for answers despite Beck’s tax case.
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Beck
Senate
Washington
Dave Beck
Teamsters
Dave Jr
Williams
McClellan
D-Ark
McClennan
Cinderella Ball Director Roberto Gomez Plans Fiesta Visits
Side Swipes Roberto L. Gomez Esquivel known as Bobby Gomez of Ottawa directed the Cinderella Blue and White Social Ball in San Antonio Texas part of Fiesta San Jacinto. He spent three months planning the event drawing dignitaries including Gov Price Daniel and Raul Rangel Frias. Gomez will return to Kansas to be guest of honor at Chanute Fiesta and plans Ottawa visit on the same trip.
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Roberto L. Gomez Esquivel
Ottawa
Bobby Gomez
San Antonio
Tex
Gomez
Monterey
Mexico
Chanute
Price Daniel
Texas
Raul Rangel Frias
Neuvo Leon
Kansas
Endicott Johnson veteran refuses to retire age 100
ENDICOTT N Y A man celebrating his 100th birthday today disputes the belief that it is best to retire young. John T Smith left the Endicott Johnson Corp shoe firm in his seventies but says he would return to work if given the chance. His son Charles, age 74, also shows no wish to retire from Endicott Johnson.
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Endicott
N. Y
John T. Smith
Endicott Johnson Corp
Charles
Endicott Johnson
Eisenhower
Congress
Coyote Harvest Totals Reported by Local Trappers
The coyote harvest continues with W. J. Welton of 534 Birch submitting 12 pairs of ears and Roy S. Miskimon of Williamsburg turning in one pair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Welton
Roy S. Miskimon
Williamsburg
Service Four up Scares New York
Mystery jets over Manhattan traced to interservice confusion. A Navy plane from a Brooklyn field conducted a photo graphic mission for an hour while an Air Force fighter interceptor hunted for an hour and a half without locating the source. Residents reported loud overhead noise for hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Manhattan
Navy
Brooklyn
Air Force
Weather Summary for Kansas Today and Tonight
Fair conditions in eastern Kansas with increasing cloudiness and scattered showers and storms elsewhere. Windy today, warmer east, cooler west and north tonight, bringing lower 40s to 50s. Thursday, cooler statewide with highs 60s west to lower 70s southeast and river stage around 58 feet. Record highs and lows noted for dates, hourly temps listed poorly.
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Kansas
M. Cevees
A. TH. Seoeens
Cool Weather In Forecast Across Kansas
Topeka reports cooler weather moving into Kansas tonight with scattered showers and thunderstorms likely except in the extreme southeast. Tomorrow highs will be in the 60s to low 70s and overnight lows in the 40s to 50s. Widespread wind and blowing dust are noted in western areas with persistent strong southerly winds.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Wichita
Goodland
Manhattan
Rains Boost State Crops In Kansas Weekly Report
Kansas crop conditions improved with soaking rains across many areas. Wheat reached 50 percent jointing and some heading in extreme south counties, winter barley showed good growth, oats and spring barley progressed, and corn planting advanced rapidly in east central regions with beginnings in the northeast.
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Topeka
Kansas
Retail Stores Vote To Change Late Closing To Wednesday
Ottawa retail stores will open on Wednesday evenings instead of Saturdays starting July 1 after a survey of 52 businesses. The chamber of commerce retail committee chaired by John Wassmer reported 40 in favor and 12 against keeping 5:30 p m Saturday closing while staying open another evening, majority choosing Wednesday evenings.
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Ottawa
Chamber of Commerce
John Wassmer
Volved
Kansas Centennial Plans Gather Pace for 1961 Observance
Kansas Centennial Commission under Gov Docking held its first meeting to organize the 1961 state centennial with aims to mark the 100th anniversary. Maurice Fager, commission chairman, urged a large celebration including license plates, highway billboards, a city pageant, TV programs, and a stamp. Suggestions also included honoring historic events and a Santa Fe trail wagon caravan in late spring 1961.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Gum trouble linked to widespread tooth loss says expert
Boston reports a dental expert from Austin Texas says 60 to 70 per cent of teeth are lost not from decay but from gum trouble. Dr Clifford Ochesnbein told the Massachusetts Dental Society convention that brushing gums is as important as brushing teeth.
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Boston
Clifford Ochesnbein
Austin
Tex
Massachusetts Dental Society
Bethany voters reject 330000 water bond plan
Bethany Missouri residents, facing prior water shortages, rejected a proposal to issue 330000 in bonds for a new reservoir and pumping station. The vote was 231 to 173, 39 short of the two thirds required. Bethany has about 2700 residents in northwest Missouri.
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Bethany, Mo
Bethany
Traffic Study Not Completed at US 50 Hillcrest Intersection
Ottawan observers say the US 50 Hillcrest Theater road intersection remains hazardous due to nearby Granger Truck Stop driveways. Peg Carr of the Chamber of Commerce reported to the State Highway Commission, which promised to notify when traffic count data becomes available.
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Hillcrest Theater Road
Peg Carr
Chamber of Commerce
State Highway Commission
Miss Carr
Theater Road
Granger
Rummage Sale At K of C Hall This Friday And Saturday
A rummage sale is scheduled at the Knights of Columbus Hall located above Fred Kaiser's Drug Store. Proceeds support local charities with items available Friday and Saturday.
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K of C Hall
Fred Kaiser’s Drug Store
College Needs A Big Issue Says Murphy
New York The chancellor of the University of Kansas Dr Franklin D Murphy said adequate support of land grant colleges and state universities would become a major political issue within five years He spoke at a news conference closing a three day meeting of 75 presidents of land grant colleges and state universities He warned that without more legislative and public awareness a 15 to 25 percent tuition hike might be needed next year He argued education access underpins national strength and warned against neglecting it
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Terday
Franklin D. Murphy
Murphy
Lawrence Gets Chemical Plant
Lawrence gains a Callery Chemical Co plant to produce boron specialty chemicals on a 200 acre site two miles north of the city. The project costs three to four million dollars with 11 buildings and four processing areas. About 150 employees will work there when production starts next year. Products include sodium borohydride trimethoxyboroxine and diborane.
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Lawrence
Callery (Pa.) Chemical Co
Muskogee
Okla
E. G. Lanner
Traffic Toll in Topeka Kansas 1957 Fatalities Rise
State Accident Records section reports 3 traffic fatalities in the past 24 hours in Topeka. To date in 1957, fatalities total 179, compared with 207 in the same period in 1956.
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Topeka
Kansas
Dairy Day in Ottawa Promotes Town As Dairy Capital
Ottawa committee plans June Dairy Day events with a slogan Ottawa Dairy Capital of Kansas. Bill Ransom chairs the program with Fred Kissinger as chair for the program and John Allen handling finance. Fundraising details to be finalized next Tuesday. Decals promoting Ottawa as the dairy capital will be produced this week and distributed by mid month. Chamber of Commerce backs a Dairy Day princess contest and county Home Demonstration Units hold a bake goods exhibition and sale.
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Ottawa
Bill Ransom
Fred Kissinger
John Allen
Chamber of Commerce
Eisenhower Eyes TV Addresses to Back Budget Plan
President Eisenhower said real spending cuts depend on easing world tensions and disclosed plans for two nationwide television and radio addresses to win public backing for his budget and legislative program. He spoke at a news conference in Washington.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Move To Halt New Outbreak In Honduras
OAS moved to head off border trouble as Honduras accuses Nicaragua of breaking a three day old truce with attacks at two points. Nicaragua denies charges as Honduras reports mortars and incursions near Cifuentes, about 150 miles west of Mocoron. OAS sent investigators to border. talks with Honduran junta on troop withdrawal continue.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Organization of American States
Nicaragua
Luis Somoza
OAS
Jorge Fidel Duron
Cifuentes
Las Manos
Mocoron
Somoza
Managua
Dominican Republic
Segovia
Coco
Docking urges study of curbing local tax mill increases
Gov George Docking told the Kansas Legislative Council at its organizational meeting that the state should consider barring local tax levies from rising without voter approval. He urged economies to ease citizens' financial burden and said executive and legislative branches must jointly provide services while applying sound business practices.
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Topeka
George Docking
Legislative Council
Docking
Kansas
Library expands to include juvenile department in Ottawa
Ottawa Carnegie library expands basement to a separate juvenile department for children through the 8th grade. The south basement is being remodeled with a new ceiling and a stairway from street level will access the room. Magazines moved to the north basement room. librarian Miss Nelle Barnaby says the project will greatly aid service. Lamb Insured Payment Plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Carnegie Public Library
Nelle Barnaby
Army Rules In Colombia
Bogota. President Gustavo Rojas Pinilla’s hand picked Constituent Assembly planned to grant him a four year term without an election as demonstrations and strikes idle about 30 000 people. The 90 member body has suspended constitutional articles preventing a president from succeeding himself though a walkout by 20 assembly members was not expected to derail today’s session to name him for a 1958 62 term.
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Bogota
Colombia
Gustavo Rojas Pinilla
Tunnel Of Love Closed At Lansing Prison Denials From Warden
Lansing Kan. A pregnant prisoner and her lover claimed the Kansas State Penitentiary housed illicit affairs, liquor, and marijuana. Warden Tracy Hand denied any such activity, saying the tunnel of love has been closed and vices are not allowed. Cotton and Stachura described prison dynamics. Hand and Hoffman discussed prior conditions and marijuana concerns. State penal officials expressed confidence in the warden's account.
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Lansing
Kan
Kansas State Penitentiary
Tracy Hand
San Francisco
Martha Stachura
Thomas Hernando ‘Cotton
Kansas
Cottons
Hand
Arthur Hoffman
State Prison
Cotton
Hoffman
Dan Cain
State Penal Board
Tracy Handland
Awards Made To Five Ottawa High School Students
Five Ottawa High School students earned eight awards including one science honor and seven Future Farmers of America recognitions. Clarence Higdon won the 1957 Bausch and Lomb Honorary Science Award Medal for top science grades announced by science teacher Lester Hoffman. Don England was named senior of the year by the FFA, receiving a medal and certificate from the DeKalb Agricultural Association. Other FFA winners included Will Channon in farm mechanics and farm electricity, David Anderson in farm safety and dairying, and Bill Woods as Star Chapter Farmer.
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Clarence Higdon
Ben
Bausch and Lamb
Lester Hoffman
Ottawa
S. S. Bergsma
Don England
Future Farmers of America
England
DeKalb Agricultural Association
F.F.A
F.F.A. Foundation
Will Channon
David Anderson
Bill Woods
Star Chapter
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Chuck Langdon
Missouri
University of Kansas
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Defense
Soviet Union
Stevenson
Adlai E. Stevenson
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Army Rules
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Daisy Sharpe
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