Ottawa Banquet Tickets At Ottawa High And University
Ottawa holding a sports banquet to honor athletes from Ottawa University and Ottawa High School with tickets at local shops and banks. Prices 3.25 for men and 1.65 for women and non athletes, includes an athlete ticket. Speaker Jack Mitchell KU football coach. Memorial Auditorium on May 16. Women urged to attend.
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Ottawa University
Ottawa High School
Ottawa Banks
Wassmers
Bob’s Clothes Shop
Worthington-Jones
Grover Knight's
Chamber of Commerce
Jack Mitchell
University of Kansas
School Board Settles Four Appeal Cases Ottawa land condemnation cases settled
The Ottawa school board and landowners settled four appeal cases in District Court with out of court agreements. Fouts, Hanes, and Turner families each received more than appraisers suggested, while Ar thur R Spigle's case was dismissed after a prior trial awarded the Spigles 4500. The board's remaining condemnations for land south west of Ottawa for a future high school were also resolved.
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Ottawa
Lyle Fouts
J. Richard Turner
Lyle D. Hanes
Fouts
Hanes
Turners
Arthur R. Spigle
Firemen Paused For Potatoes Before Extinguishing Camp Fire
In Watervliet a downtown alarm drew six firemen who halted to eat a snack with six boys roasting potatoes in a nearby yard before they used extinguishers on the camp fire.
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Watervliet
N.Y
College seniors vote to fund teachers' salaries
NEW ROCHELLE N Y AP The 170 College of New Rochelle seniors voted Tuesday to contribute 200 apiece after graduation to raise teachers' salaries, a move showing alum support for faculty pay.
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New Rochelle
N.Y
College of New Rochelle
One Injured In Car-Train Crash At Scipio Crossing
A car struck the Santa Fe passenger train at Scipio crossing at 10:48 a.m. injuring the driver D. M. Milliken of Topeka. He was taken to Anderson County Hospital Garnett then to Stormont-Vail Topeka for back injuries. The Santa Fe 212 train stopped after a dining car coupling came loose. The wreck delayed both trains. the car was demolished.
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Scipio
Santa Fe
Here
Topeka
Don Hermreck
D. M. Milliken
Anderson County
Garnett
Stormont-Vail
Scipio Crossing
Hermreck
Richmond
Kansas City
County Forecast: Mostly fair and cooler this afternoon
The forecast calls for mostly fair skies and a slight cool down this afternoon with highs in the lower 70s. Tonight will be clear with lows in the lower 40s and Thursday's high near 70.
Ike And Nixon Agree To Help Raise GOP Funds
President Eisenhower and Vice President Nixon will headline a June 8 $100 plate dinner in Washington to back congressional campaigns and a special fund of about $400,000. The move comes as old line contributors grow wary of funneling donations to the Eisenhower dominated National Committee with smaller portions distributed to House and Senate efforts.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Congress
Republican National Committee
House Campaign Committee
Senatorial Committee
National Committee
House
Senate
Congressional
Minimum Wage Study Proposed
TOPEKA AP A study of a possible state minimum wage was introduced before the Legislative Council at its organizational meeting today. Senator Murray of Leavenworth and Senator Bowers of Ottawa, both Republicans, and Senator Ferguson of Parsons and Senator Joseph of Botwin, Democrats, submitted it. A 75 cent per hour minimum wage bill passed the House in 1959 but died in the Senate. The council, with 15 representatives and 10 senators, conducts studies for the next legislature.
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Topeka
Legislative Council
John Murray
Leavenworth
William Bowers
Ottawa
Republians
Wade Ferguson
Parsons
Charles Joseph
Botwin
House
Senate
Actor Peter Lorre Suffers Heart Attack in Spain
Granada Spain AP veteran actor Peter Lorre 68 was taken off the critical list after a heart attack during a film shoot in the sun near Granada. He faces a long convalescence following the Tuesday illness and collapse.
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Granada
Spain
Peter Lorre
Lorre
Kansas Traffic Fatalities and 1959 Update
Topeka AP reports state Accident Records Section tallies traffic deaths in the last 24 hours ending at 9 am. To date in 1959 reach 165, compared with 160 in the comparable period of 1958. One fatality occurred previously but was not reported.
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Topeka
Kansas
Ottawa recalled 50th GAR invasion in Forest Park encampment
May 11 to 13 marked the 28th annual Grand Army of the Republic encampment in Ottawa. Local memories note flags, parades, campfires by the Marais des Cygnes, and a Lincoln painting gifted to the city library.
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Ottawa
Grand Army of Republic
Grand Army of the Republic
Forest Park
Jesse
Blake
N. Mulberry
Marais Des Cygnes
GAR
Lincoln
Three Jet Fighters Crash Off South Carolina Coast
Three F100 Super Sabre jets disappeared into the Atlantic during a night navigational and refueling exercise off Myrtle Beach. All three pilots Capt. Mack Bulger Delano G. Lund and Morris L. Uden are listed missing with no cause given. Rescue craft and a Coast Guard cutter searched the area as an Air Force navigation board joined the inquiry.
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Myrtle Beach
S.C
Atlantic Ocean
South Carolina
Myrtle Beach Air Force Base
Mack Bulger
Oklahoma City
Okla
Delano G. Lund
Baker, Mont
Morris L. Uden
Buffalo
Kan
Coast Guard
Navigation Board
Air Force
Daniel W. Jenkins
Ninth Air Force
Beech To Receive Missile Contract
Beech Aircraft Corp of Wichita Kansas will be awarded a contract to develop a high speed missile target designated KD2B-1 The target will train fighter pilots for the Air Force and Navy and will offer low cost operational performance matching enemy threat aircraft Officials said the award was announced to Kansas senators.
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Washington
Beech Aircraft Corp
Wichita
Kas
Kansas
Air Force
Navy
Chinese Reds Shell Island In Matsu Group
Chinese Communist forces shelled Peikan tang Island in the Matsu group Tuesday night for the first time this year. The 14 minute attack occurred on an even numbered day when mainland guns facing the Quemoys and other Nationalist offshore islands are usually silent.
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Taipei
Formosa
Peikantang Island
Matsu
Quemoys
Herter Calls Gromyko to Serious Negotiation at Geneva
GENEVA AP U S Secretary of State Christian A Herter urged Andrei Gromyko to join in serious constructive negotiation at the Big Four foreign ministers meeting here He said progress could lead to a summit session and that Western powers cannot act alone He noted hopes from the 1955 summit have faded and urged unity on Germany while seeking wider talks including Poland and Czechoslovakia
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Geneva
U.S
Christian A. Herter
Russia
Andrei Gromyko
Herter
Foreign Ministers
Gromyko
East Germany
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Soviet Union
Berlin
Britain
Selwyn ‘Lloyd
Eisenhower Flays Soviet Propaganda Over Geneva Talks
President Eisenhower said the Soviet Union is pushing propaganda to win seats for East Germany Poland and Czechoslovakia at the Geneva foreign ministers conference. He urged genuine negotiations and cautioned about propaganda platforms while noting Khrushchev’s potential U.S. visit remained unsettled. He added any summit site lies with the Big Four ministers.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Soviet Union
Geneva
East Germany
Poland
Czechoslovakia
U.S
Kremlin
United States
Khrushchev
South Illinois Votes To Join Williamsburg
A rural grade school district near Williamsburg voted 24 to 3 to join Williamsburg, adding 772 141 to the district valuation. The one teacher district has operated poorly and sent students to Williamsburg for three years, in compliance with state law. Homewood district also voted to join Williamsburg. Both districts join bond indebtedness free. High school areas in South Illinois mostly already belong to Williamsburg. Michigan Valley and Appanoose districts plan to consolidate and elect a joint board this Thursday night at 8. Lamb Insured Payment Plan adv.
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Williamsburg
South Illinois
Homewood
South
Illinois
Michigan Valley
Appanoose
Appanoose School
Ottawa Girl Wins Poster Contest Trophy
Ottawa High School junior Jeanette Arnold won first place in the Kansas Farm Bureau safety poster contest. She received a tall golden trophy, and the project featured a red black and white stop sign with a pointing hand and the message Stop and think safety is your business.
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Ottawa
Jeanette Arnold
Kansas Farm Bureau
Bureau
Miss Arnold
R. W. Arnold
N. Mulberry
Two Professors Resign From Ottawa University
Dr Curtis E Borchers head of the chemistry department resigns to join Jamestown College in Jamestown North Dakota. Prof Dana Johnson head of the art department resigns to become elementary art supervisor in Arkansas City public schools. President Andrew B Martin and Dean W D Bemmels consider applicants for the vacancies.
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Curtis E. Borchers
Dana Johnson
Ottawa University
Andrew B. Martin
Borchers
Jamestown College
Jamestown
D. Johnson
Arkansas City
Martin
Dean W. D. Bemmels
Chanute Police Chief Resigns After Calls for Inquiry
Chanute Police Chief Tom Morehead submitted his resignation effective May 23 and urged the state attorney general to open a grand jury probe into all Neosho County police agencies over eight years. He served eight years as chief and fourteen on the force and said he did not know the charges against him. No action was taken by the city commission.
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Chanute
Tom Morehead
Neosho County
Morehead
R. J. Hays
City Commission
Arthur Cromb Heads KU Alumni Assn
Lawrence AP Arthur H. Cromb of Kansas City was elected president of the University of Kansas Alumni Association for 1959 60 with Herbert F. Laing of Topeka named vice president. Announcement by outgoing president Claude E. Chalfant of Hutchinson.
Guards Ring Henderson Mills as Scattered Pickets Greet Shift
In Henderson North Carolina National Guard troops guard Harriet Henderson cotton mills as first shift workers enter under watchful lines. Pickets report occasional jeers no major violence though rocks were thrown in an unpoliced area. About five people were arrested and one charged with inciting to riot. The Guard, about 300 strong, was sent by Gov. Luther Hodges after a new violence flare up Monday night.
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Henderson
N.C
National
Harriet- Henderson
Luther Hodges
Recess Wage Talks In Steel Industry
In New York AP reports wage contract negotiations in the steel industry are in recess to allow management and union representatives to reassess positions. Negotiators met about three hours Tuesday with no public announcement from either side.
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New York
Inside The Nation’s Juvenile Delinquency Series Continues
Page 4 carries the second of a 3 part series on juve nile delinquency as part of the Herald’s national problem coverage. Page 12 includes additional items on plane crashes. Page 8 notes the marriage of Liz Taylor and Eddie Fisher en route to Europe. Page 9 shows Ottawa FFA members planting shrubs at the high school with a photo.
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Today
Herald
Capital Airlines
Liz
Eddie
Liz Taylor
Eddie Fisher
Europe
FFA
Ottawa
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N. Locust St
Boston
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S. Main
H. L. Kennedy
Kennedy
Franklin County
Carey M. Porter
Franklin County Mutual Fire Insurance Co
Sim’s
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Peoples National Bank
First National Bank
Lottawa Wholesale Grocery
Warner Fence Co
Pueblo
Colo
Warner Wire
West
Grand Army
Jesse S. Blake
Atlantic
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Matsu Group
Italy
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Moscow
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Arthur Cromb
KU Alumni Assn
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