Rex Berndt shoots 83 in Ottawa university golf meet
Rex Berndt popular Ottawa University professor stunned companions by firing an 83 for 18 holes yesterday afternoon. He credited fancy Hogan endorsed underwear for part of his success and noted Vernon Chesbro Joe Stephen son and Jack Byrd as witnesses. A telegram to L L Edge announced the feat. Berndt joked about the shorts helping his game while Chesbro offered to pay him for lessons.
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Rex Berndt
Ottawa University
Berndt
L. L. Edge
Herald Sports
Ben Hogan
Vernon Chesbro
Joe Stephenson
Jack Byrd
Chesbro
Graduation At Pomona Tonight
Graduation exercises for Pomona grade school students will be held this evening at the Church of God Pomona with Prof Don Meek of Ottawa University as speaker. Program begins at 8 p m. Graduates include Collins Diamond Denker Dexter Flager Griffin Johnson Mathias Pardon Plough Randall Ratzlaff Rockers Swallow. Ottawa Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial post 5901 presented each student with a book on flag etiquette.
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Pomona
Church of God
Don Meek
Ottawa, University
Larry Collins
David Diamond
Dean Denker
Dennis Dexter
Max Flager
Gloria Griffin
Ramona Johnson
LeRoy Mathias
Robert Pardon
Charicie Plough
Louise Randall
Connie Ratzlaff
Jo Ellen Rockers
Larry Swallow
Ottawa Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial Post 5901
Weather Improves Wheat Condition In Kansas
Cooler temperatures and recent rains checked deterioration of Kansas wheat, according to federal and state agriculture departments. Additional moisture is still needed to revive the crop in central and western areas, though rains aided wheat in the filling stage. Heavy rain in the southwest will aid harvest area but arrived too late for much of the crop.
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Topeka
Kansas
Federal
State Departments of Agriculture
East Central
South Central
Southwest
Honors To OHS Students At Awards Assembly
Ottawa High School recognized students at an awards assembly, honoring athletes, cheerleaders, band and orchestra, choir, typing, shorthand, vocational agriculture, and more. Letters were awarded across sports and activities, with seniors, juniors, and sophomores receiving various letters and pins, plus state gold pins for the Girls Athletic Association seniors.
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OHS
Ottawa High School
Girls’ Athletic Association
Orlis Cox
Kenneth Hoss
Keith Ward
Fred Kaiser
Jackie Welborn
Marvin Holmes
Roger Barr
Gary Shofner
Jerry Patton
MaryJorie Lancaster
Betty Crawford
Joyce Cutting
Delpha Hooking
Ruth Kahler
Sylvia Salb
Sally Reeder
Raydell Hodson
Pat ‘Barr
Kay Crites
Ruth Bemmels
Joy Fleming
Marie Fouts
Marilyn Henning
Delpha Hoobing
Elizabeth Keller
Eileen Malburg
Marilyn Mock
Judy Max
Pa’ ‘Murphy
Susie Parker
Betty Sal
Youths Admit Radiator Theft In Osawatomie Shop
Two Osawatomie youths Loyd Turner aged 22 and Sam Bowser aged 17 confessed to stealing about 15 radiators from an Osawatomie machine shop on May 11. Authorities say the radiators were sold in Kansas City.
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Paola
Kas
Miami County
Loyd Turner
Sam Bowser
Kansas City
Shelling Is Called Murder in Korea Sea Attack
The United Nations Command called the May 10 shelling off the Haeju Peninsula cold-blooded murder. Six fishermen were killed, nine wounded, fifteen missing. Five boats were sunk and three are missing.
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Munsan
South Korea
United Nations Command
Haeju Peninsula
Conservation Club to Stage Fishing Derby for the Kids
The Ottawa Conservation Association sponsors a Sunday derby at John Gaynor's lake. open to youths 12 and under, with prizes for top anglers. Paul Gaynor oversees, adults may coach only. See May 24 meeting for more details.
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Conservation Club
Ottawa
Ottawa Conservation Association
John Gaynor
Bob Compton
Paul Gaynor
Ermen
Ottawa Sporting Goods
The
Conservation Association
Charge Waste Of Millions In Air Force Programs
Senators Chavez and Robertson accused the Air Force of wasting millions on England and Alaska construction projects at a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing. They cited 10 to 15 million wasted in the United Kingdom and a hundred million dollars excess in Alaska.
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Washington
Sens
Chavez
D-Nm
Robertson
D-Va
Air Force
England
Alaska
Senate Appropriations
House
United Kingdom
Sen. Robertson
Great Britain
Farmer Killed In A Tank Explosion Near Pleasanton
John Arnold, 47, a Pleasanton farmer, died after a gasoline storage tank exploded while his brother Stephen B. Arnold, 45, suffered burned arms and hands. Cliff Town, a bulk station operator, stated he moved the 550 gallon tank to the city dump and set it afire to burn remaining gasoline.
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Pleasanton
Kas
John. Arnold
Stephen B. Arnold
Fort Scott
Cliff Town
Philadelphia Mayor Defends Regulation on Natural Gas Prices
Mayor Joseph S. Clark Jr. of Philadelphia today defended federal wellhead regulation of natural gas prices as a dike of consumer protection. The statement frames regulatory measures as essential safeguards for residents amid price pressures.
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Washington
Joseph S. Clark Jr
Philadelphia
Navy tests underwater atom device off West Coast
The Defense Department disclosed the Navy conducted an underwater atomic device test off the U S West Coast to develop antisubmarine weapons. Rear Adm. Charles B Momsen led Joint Task Force 7 in the Pacific. officials said no hazard to the mainland or fishing areas, though California fishermen filed protests.
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Washington UN
Defense Department
Navy
United States
Pacific Ocean
Pentagon
Adm
Charles B. Momsen
Joint Task Force 7
Pacific
California
Pacific Coast
Bikini Atoll
Risk in Atom Blast Tests
Dr. George W. Beadle, president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, warned that atomic test radiation could cause hereditary changes and future genetic harm. He argued that while security may justify continued tests, an atomic war would threaten mankind's evolutionary future. Noting small exposures can damage heredity, he predicted genetic deaths, miscarriages, stillbirths, and reduced efficiency in later generations.
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Los Angeles
National Organization of Scientists
George W. Beadle
American Assn
Free World
Medical Research Assn
California
California Institute of Technology
Senators Meet Pancake Racer
Washington commentators note the U S Senate met a pancake racing champion, Mrs Bennie Dick of Liberal Kansas, described as a national figure out of their usual line. The event highlights an unexpected cross between politics and pancake racing crowds.
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Washington
Bennie Dick
Liberal
Ottawa Bargain Day Series Debuts Wednesday
The Ottawa Bargain Days launch tomorrow as part of a recurring event with stores offering special merchandise bargains on the first and third Wednesdays each month. Guy Cox chairs a retailers’ committee guiding plans, with sponsorship from the Ottawa Chamber of Commerce retail committee. Other pages list many bargains from local merchants.
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Ottawa
Guy Cox
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
Tonight’s Herald
Long Range Drought Relief Plan Proposed by Plains States
Delegates from six drought area states including Kansas adopt a long range relief program for the Great Plains. Proposals aim for rapid soil survey completion, closer disaster payment supervision, and a revised crop insurance plan to reward sound farming while discouraging nonresident farmers. The plan seeks action from governors and will be presented at the Secretary of Agriculture's drought meeting in Denver.
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Amarillo
Tex
Kansas
Great Plains
National Assn. of Soil Conservation Districts
Nebraska
Colorado
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Texas
Benson
Denver
Soil Conservation District Associations
Colorado Soil Conservation Assn
Clarence Specman
Fort Collins
Cole
Great Plains Council
Weather outlook with clouds and storms this week
Considerable cloudiness this afternoon, tonight, and Wednesday with scattered thunderstorms mainly southwest and extreme west this afternoon and tonight. Showers or storms west and central Wednesday, cooler conditions in the extreme northwest this afternoon and west Wednesday. Lows 40 northwest to 60 southeast, highs 60 to 70 northwest, around 80 southeast.
Good Rains For Dry Area Expected In Kansas
Western and central Kansas to receive substantial rains from a storm moving east from the Rocky Mountains. Early totals reported across northwest Kansas include St. Francis .83 and Oakley .52 inches with lighter amounts elsewhere. The five day outlook predicts above normal precipitation with local totals up to four inches possible and cooler temperatures generally.
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Topeka U
Kansas
Rocky Mountains
St. Francis
Oakley
Oberlin
Norton
Goodland
Richard Garrett
Garrett
Salina
Ottawa High School Yearbook The Recorder is Released
Students at Ottawa High School received copies of The Recorder during two Record parties at the Junior High gym and Eugene Field school. The yearbook highlights photography design and school activities, with dedication to Principal Leroy Hood. The Journalism department produced it, edited by Jim Green, and includes music by Tim Woods, F D Hull, Dave Cox, and a play directed by Sharon Ligon.
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Ottawa High School
Recorder
Eugene Field School
Leroy Hood
The
Record
Jim Green
Tim Woods
F. D. Hull
Dave Cox
Cox
Darwin Barnhisel
Alberta Baldwin
Dale Shipps
Frank Johnson
Carolyn Christie
Sharon Ligon
Pat Barr
Larry Pearson
Martha Keller
Woods
Hall
Jim Bailey
Jack Day
Dixie Wollam
Stevie Harris
Elmer Benson
Edmondson Discharged As Warden
Kansas governor orders the removal of Warden Charles A. Edmondson at Lansing with Deputy Warden Arthur Hoffman of Oregon State Penitentiary named to lead starting June 15. Walter A. Hunter will be acting warden during the transition. Edmondson calls the move political and laments interference by the governor. Hoffman, 56, previously served at Leavenworth and Oregon, and arrives as Lansing readies for change. Edmondson had been paid $5,500 yearly plus maintenance.
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Topeka
Charles A. Edmondson
Kansas Peniteneiliary
State Board of Penal Institutions
Fred Hall
Hall
Edmondson
Arthur Hoffman
Oregon State Penitentiary
Lansing
Walter A. Hunter
Penal Board
Leavenworth Federal Prison
Lawrence Journal-World
Journal-World
Hoffman
Oregon Prison
State of
Oregon
Hunter
Federal Prison Service
Boy Found Safe After Disappearance in Astoria
In Astoria Oregon a missing boy identified as Tommy Woodard aged T years was found safe by three searchers this morning as he walked across a field. The report notes the absence began Sunday and the boy said he had been turned loose by a man who had held him. A separate case involved a young AWOL soldier with an arrest record as a child molester who was jailed.
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Astoria
Ore
Tommy Woodard
Polio Serum Purchase Plan Gets Quick Congressional Support
Senator Hill of Alabama says there is no question Congress will swiftly approve President Eisenhower's request for 28 million dollars to fund antipolio vaccine for children whose parents cannot pay. He expects approval for a companion 2 million dollars for inspectors to oversee vaccine output. Democrats question the voluntary allocation plan for vaccine distribution, while Republicans defend the administration's handling as some call it bungling.
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Washington
Sen
Hill
Dala
Congress
Presidentisenhower
Senate Labor and Public Welfare Committee
Eisenhower
Hobby
Sen. Ives
R-Ny
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