Obstructed Intersections Linked To Ottawa Accidents
Police Chief Eugene Flaherty says about one third of Ottawa accidents stem from blind intersections caused by foliage and cars parked too close to crosswalks. Officials note no current ordinance controls foliage obstructions. legal staff is drafting one while consulting the League of Kansas Municipalities.
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Rosie Lister
Eugene Flaherty
Ottawa
Flaherty
Kim Kahler
League of Kansas Municipalities
Security Council calls for Dominican cease fire
United Nations Security Council unanimously urged a cease fire in the Dominican Republic and asked Secretary General U Thant to dispatch a personal representative. The vote followed proposals from Jordan Ivory Coast and Malaysia amid concerns over air attacks blamed on loyalist Dominican forces. One child was killed as fighting erupted near Radio Santo Domingo.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N. Security Council
Dominican Republic
U Thant
Jordan
Ivory Coast
Malaysia
Santo Domingo
United States
Domenican
Domincan
U.S
Organization of American States
Hector Arisety
OAS
United Nations
Antonio Imbert Barreras
Elias Wessin Y Wessin
San Isidro
ATG
Carlita Jacques
Jose Ivan
Radio Santo Domingo
Washington
Deepartment
Richard Phillips
Imbert
Congressional Frogs Head For Calaveras Tournament
Washington AP report details members of Congress entering the centennial Calaveras frog jubilee with a $1000 prize for world record jumps. Rep Harold Johnson challenges colleagues to enter, naming Gold Back and Old 89 as entrants. Several lawmakers boast of their frogs while delaying personal jockeys.
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Washington
Congress
Calaveras County
Calif
Mark Twain
Harold T. Johnson
de Calif
Johnson
John A
Race
D-Wis
Oshkosh
Wis
Wisconsin
California
John
James M. Hanley
Den.y
Howard W. Robison
N.Y
Republic
Sens
Thruston B. Morton
George Murphy
Kentucky
Capitol Steps
Murphy
Morton
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Weather Summary for County Forecast
Partly to mostly cloudy through Saturday with thunderstorms tonight affecting more than half the area. Winds ease tonight. Low around 60, high Saturday in the upper 70s. Thursday high 82, today low 62. Precipitation 0.11 inch in the last 24 hours. Hourly temps listed. barometer 29.70 inches.
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Cunty
Avery Seeks Disaster Aid for 25 Kansas Counties
Governor Avery urged the designation of 25 extreme western Kansas counties as a drought disaster area. The move would permit grazing on soil bank land during June and July, with a $1 per acre deduction from soil bank payments. Counties listed include Sheridan, Finney, Decatur, Lane, Gove, Gray, Meade, Hamilton, Seward, and others in three western tiers.
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Kansas State Disaster Committee
Avery
Orville Freeman
Sheridan
Finney
Decatur
Lane
Gove
Gray
Meade
Hamilton
Seward
Greeley
Morton
Stevens
Stanton
Kearn
Scott
Wichita
Logan
Wallace
Thomas
Shereman
Rawlins
Cheyenne
Haskell
Grant
Kentucky Mines Department to brief agents on mine safety
The Kentucky Department of Mines and Minerals will brief federal revenue agents on safe procedures for entering abandoned coal mines used in liquor stills investigations. Commissioner Ambrose Mandt announced May 24 25 briefings to cover escape routes ventilation and avoiding traps or explosions.
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Frankfort
Kentucky Department of Mines and Minerals
Federal Revenue
Ambrose Mandt
China detonates second Hiroshima sized atomic blast
Washington confirms that Red China conducted its second nuclear test at Lop Noi in western China at about 9 p.m. EST. The explosion, roughly 20 kilotons, matched the first test last Oct 16. U.S. officials and senators framed the event as fueling calls for global nuclear control and disarmament.
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Washington
U.S
China
State Department
Robert J. McCloskey
Lop Noi
McCloskey
Peking
John J. Sparkman
Des Ala
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Red China
Bruce Plant Dedication Marks Ottawa Kansas Event
Bruce Plant is dedicated by Lee and local officials at a ceremony in Ottawa Kansas. George W. Lee executive vice president praised public private cooperation and noted Kansas ownership and future expansion to a Kansas distribution center. The program included Ottawa Chamber president Lewis Irwin city officials and industrial leaders with about 300 Bruce employees present for the ribbon cutting and dedication.
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Bruce
Lee
Hd, Lee Company
Ottawa
Kansas
George W. Lee
Missouri
Kansas City
H. D. Lee
Ottawa Country Club
Lewis Irwin
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
Tom Gleason
A. B. Martin
Ottawa University
Charles Williamson
Russell Crites
Ottawa Industrial Development Incorporated
West 17Th
Jonn
Fredricks
Earl A. Guist
Williamson
Lee Co
Guist
Bruce Co
John C. Fredricks
Lee Corp
Earl Guist
Airplane Theory on Chinese Nuclear Test Emerges
Washington reports that nuclear physicist Dr. Ralph Lapp suggested China may have dropped explosive from an airplane in a second nuclear test, possibly using plutonium or a more powerful uranium device, while the AEC declined to comment.
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Ralph Lapp
Washington
Red China
Lapp
Milk Radiation Levels Rise to 20 Picoeuries per Liter
The Public Health Service reported national milk samples show strontium 90 rising to 20 picoeuries per liter in February after 19 for five months. Officials note spring and early summer increases were forecast while levels stay far below the 200 picocuries a day deemed acceptable by the Federal Radiation Council for a lifetime risk.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Federal Radiation Council
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The
Atomic Energy Commission
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