Ballooned Estes empire prompts accusations of favoritism
Secretary Orville Freeman calls the Billie Sol Estes case ballooned but the facts show a 37-year-old Texas wizard built a multi million dollar cotton and grain storage empire in a decade. Indictment by a federal grand jury and questions about government favoritism arise as his vast holdings and alleged nonexistent fertilizer tanks come under scrutiny.
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Billie Sol Estes
Secretary of Agriculture
Orville Freeman
Estes
Texas
Ballooned grain allotments amid grain storage rules
The passage notes that many producers strive to follow allotment and storage rules for grain while accusing a few crafty schemers of breaking them due to political connections and large donations. It cites the Billy Sol Estes case as deserving thorough congressional investigation.
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Billy Sol Estes
Just Child's Play on Campuses Signals Spring Antics
Spring on campus brings antics from phone booths to goldfish feeding. Mount Oread reports five students rafting on the river as a spring fad with risks of snakes sunburn and currents. Drag racing remains the old perennial for the season.
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Mount Oread
After Breast Surgery Help From Physiotherapy
Dear Dr. Mother explains postmastectomy swelling and shoulder stiffness can improve with a rehab plan including massage joint motion heat a long sleeve and targeted exercises. A rehabilitation facility can provide this therapy though progress is gradual and patient-specific.
Silenced phones and shoe prices spark river of memories
A spoof style column riffs on expanding telephone features and a switch to quiet calls. It recalls a man’s wife paying six dollars for shoes, notes local dog population shifts, and parodies reader letters while joking about 1962 commencement and social security in a light, satirical tone.
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Nation
Auld Lang Syne on display in city softball tourney
The Herald displayed the trophy for the city softball tournament winner, while locally G W Hull at 421 Poplar suffered a rib fracture repairing a car. Elm worms attack Ottawa roses. Titanic pictures draw crowds at the Electric Theater. Don the collie wins license tag 115 and travels between Ottawa and Lawrence visiting the Wightman family.
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the Herald
G. W. Hull
Electric Theater
Ottawa
Don
Red Wightman
City Hall
Prof
R. A. Schwegler
Sweglers
Lawrence
Wightmans
Prayer For Today Amid Christian Heritage
Invocation of gratitude for Christian heritage and home influence with a plea for divine guidance to live for the kingdom on earth. Prayer ends in Jesus name. Amen.
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Jesus
Nightly TV Schedule Across Channels and Programs
A dense log of television listings for a single Wednesday night and early morning, detailing programs from Casper the Ghost to The Twilight Zone, including news anchors, sports, and variety shows. It notes titles such as Wagon Train, Hawaii Five-O, Peter Gunn, The Tonight Show, and many local and syndicated segments with various hosts and times.
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Huntley Brinkley
Douglas Edwards
Alvin
Main Street
Law
Mr. Jones
Armstrong Circle Theater
Naked City
David Brinkley
News
Weather
Five Star Theater
Mombasa
Peter Gunn
Gordon Jump
Dev Nelsom
Peter Gun
Alexander
Ottawa Herald Advertising Rates and Publication Note
Ottawa Herald lists daily publication details and subscription rates for trade area and outside regions. Editor Robert B. Wellington oversees publishing. Associated Press rights noted.
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Ottawa
Kansas
Robert B. Wellington
Associated Press
Wednesday TV Highlights with Return Guests
A TV lover’s night features Wagon Train at 6 30 on Channel 4 with Anne Jeffreys as Mary Beckett in The Mary Beckett Story. Straightaway at 7 on Channel 9 hosts Gloria Swanson, and Anatomy of Betrayal Dateline Cuba airs at 9 on Channels 5 and 13 about Castro’s Cuba days.
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Anne Jeffreys
Wagon Train
Channel 4
Mary Beckett
Cuba
Castro
Campaign for Boy Scout Camp in Phillips County
The Coronado Area Council, Boy Scouts of America, launched a 300000 dollar drive to build a 270 acre campsite in southeast Phillips County. The Dane G Hansen Scout Reservation will honor Logan Kansas leader who donated 240 acres with 30 more acres leased from the government for Kirwin Reservoir shoreline. The drive aims to grow from 8200 to 12200 scouts and from 3600 to 5400 leaders. Existing facilities serve 560 campers with 1960s projections for 6100. Plans include 24 permanent stone buildings and expanded water, sanitation, drainage, and roads. The site will be open to youth groups beyond Scouts, including Camp Fire Girls and 4-H clubs.
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Salina
Coronado Area
Northwest
Drive
Boyd
Kirwin
Camp Fire Girls
Girl Scouts
Blue Birds
Fordham students swallow 57 goldfish for fundraiser
Four Fordh am University students revived a campus cultural activity by swallowing 11 inch goldfish to promote ticket sales for a Roaring Twenties party. They set up a table in the campus center and each time a ticket was bought, a volunteer swallowed a fish.
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New York
Fordham University
Central Ozark Merger Talks Reported In Arkansas
In Little Rock AP says Central Airlines and Ozarks Airlines are negotiating a merger. CAB has granted a 30 day postponement of a route case as talks proceed. Ozark operates nine midwestern states while Central serves six southwestern states. The merger awaits CAB approval.
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Little Rock
Central Airlines
Ozarks Airlines
Nagy
Central
Civil Aeronautics Board
Ozark
Gets Ten Years For Killing Lover
Thelma Grant, 36, was found guilty of second degree murder for the killing of her boss and lover Homer Taylor, 46, in Grandview near Kansas City. Assistant prosecutor J Arnot Hill said the motive was drunken anger after Taylor cheated, while the defense claimed the shooting was an accident.
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Kansas City
Thelma Grant
Homer Taylor
U.S. 71
Grandview
J. Arnot Hill
Grant
Taylor
Tornado warnings explained by Kansas State expert
Manhattan AP reports meteorologist Dean Bark of Kansas State University says the odds of a person being in a tornado are about one in a thousand years. He outlines severe storm forecast tornado alert and warning definitions and urges calm, planning evasive action only when necessary.
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Manhattan
Dean Bark
Kansas State University
Bark
Kansas
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