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Newspaper

Ottawa Herald

Location

Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America

Date

May 16, 1955

Page

6

Weather Hodge-Podge Shifts Across Regions Today

The Associated Press reports a mixed weather pattern from the Great Lakes to New England with snow rain sleet and thun derstorms westward and blowing dust in Colorado Kansas and Nebraska. Montana near the divide saw snow while precipitation varied across the Northwest and Canadian border states. Gusty winds, isolation of air travel disruption, and notable rainfall in Hopkinsville and Houston accompanied hail and flood-like impacts.

Great Lakes New England Colorado Kansas Nebraska Continental Divide Montana Canadian Minnesota Washington Oregon Miles City Mont Wyoming New Mexico Hopkinsville Houston

Evacuation Ends as Navy Completes Haiphong Run

The USS General Brewster en route to Saigon signals the completion of the Passage to Freedom evacuation off Northern Indochina. Transports near Do Son and Haiphong finished moving more than 800000 Vietnamese seeking escape from Vietminh rule to South Vietnam. The Brewster carries 500 evacuees as the final group.

General Brewster Saigon United States Navy Indochina Do Son Haiphong U. S Geneva South Vietnam Brewster

Eisenhower congratulates Abilene baker on 50th anniversary

LOS ANGELES A longtime Abilene baker Edward Pepper, 80, and his wife Jessie, 70, celebrated 50 years of marriage with a congratulatory note from President Eisenhower who once visited with high school friends for cookies and pie. Pepper recalled moving to Los Angeles 14 years ago as the Indians set a 1948 season attendance record of 2,620,627.

Los Angeles Abilene Kas Edward Pepper President Eisenhower Pepper Dwight D. Eisenhower Jessie

Critics Not Up to Date Says Kansas Publisher

Clyde M. Reed Jr of the Parsons Sun challenged critics at the Kansas board awards dinner at the University of Kansas. He urged newspapers to adapt as competition from other media pressures them to offer a better package to sustain subscriber loyalty and deliver a more balanced budget of news.

Lawrence Kas Kansas Clyde M. Reed Jr Reed Parsons Sun Kansas Board William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information University of Kansas

Milford elects four-man board pledging segregation

Milford voters turnout far exceeded normal as a new four-member school board, aligned to maintain racial segregation, won in a 3260 vote tally. Bryant Bowles, head of the NAAWP, backed the ticket though the slate claimed no connection, with both sides noting their positions amid an ongoing integration dispute.

Milford Del Bryant Bowles The National Assn. For NAAWP

Rural Homemakers Day Opens in Coffeyville

Coffeyville hosts the 10th Annual Rural Homemakers Day sponsored by the Coffeyville Chamber of Commerce with more than 500 women from six counties in Kansas and Oklahoma attending. Home demonstration agents from Nowata Craig and Washington counties Oklahoma and Montgomery Labette and Chautauqua counties Kansas helped plan a program of skits group singing contests games and a picnic with a push to Invest in U. S. Savings Bonds.

Coffeyville Kas Coffeyville Chamber of Commerce Kansas Oklahoma Nowata Craig Washington Montgomery Labette Chautauqua Clayton C. Axton Chamber of Commerce Rural Homemakers Committee

Sihia Sage columnist solicits reader questions for column

General interest issues will be discussed in this column and many letters need a personal reply. Every communication must include a self addressed envelope. Anonymous mail is not considered. Send letters to Sylvia Sage at the Hutchinson News Herald in Hutchinson Kansas.

Sylvia Sage The Hutchinson = News-Herald Hutchinson Kansas

Dear Sylvia Sage wedding and engagement etiquette guide

A collection of readers questions on engagement announcements gifts for a fiancé going into service wedding host duties and attire. Advice emphasizes genuine happiness for the couple, inviting the fiancé into the family, and following newspaper style for formal announcements. It covers going away gifts suggestions and a riddle about family relations.

Sage Patsy Sylvia Sage Ruby

Adoption Announcements and Etiquette Questions

A reader asks how to announce a soon to be placed adopted child with family details and birth information. Other inquiries cover proper wedding banquet attire for servers and whether spontaneous combustion can occur in hay or grain, with expert guidance on appropriate aprons and heat ignition.

Miss Sage Sally Mary Ann John Brown Brice Betty Sage Linda

Anchovy Cream Sauce For Fish Fillets

A quick anchovy cream sauce is stirred with chopped anchovy fillets lemon juice and then heated to smooth perfection. Spoon over fish fillets or steaks and finish with minced parsley and thin strips of canned pimiento for color and flavor.

Treaty Shows Way To End Cold War In Austria

Vienna reports that Austria’s independence treaty signals world peace may be achieved through negotiation. Chancellor Julius Raab calls the pact a step toward world peace and a cooling of the cold war as occupation troops begin withdrawal plans and Austrians celebrate sovereignty regained after 17 years.

Vienna Austria Julius Raab Raab United States Britain France Soviet Union Antoine Pinay Harold Macmillan U.S Dulles V. M. Molotov Hitler Germany

Water main break floods South Chicago plant area

A burst 48 inch water main near U. S. Steel on the South Side caused a small flood that forced an overnight shutdown of the plant and flooded nearby residences. Battalion Fire Chief Edward Johnson estimated the damage at 250000 dollars as the flood covered grounds at the works and several surrounding blocks.

Chicago U. S. Steel South Side Battalion Edward Johnson

Robbed While Kissing Bride at Wedding

After a wedding Vic toria Victoria kissed the bride and returned to her seat to find her handbag missing fifty dollars. Police inquiries begin as the theft is reported.

Manilap Soledad Victoria

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