Memorial Day notices and local community updates
The Ottawa area reports a week of plowing planting and spraying for Frank Snodgrass of near Williamsburg with neighbors assisting. Elm worm spraying may occur weather permitting. Hersald column memorial tributes will honor loved ones May 27 with May 25 deadline. Tax reminders urge June 20 payment for 1954 real and personal taxes. Poppy funds allocate most locally, Scouts selling in business district. Ottawa High seniors run a spirited assembly with class cards, impersonations, and a final singing of Hail Alma Mater.
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The
Hersald
Herald
VFW
State Welfarce Fund
Boy Scouts of Ottawa
Eek
Texas
Read
Franklin County
Alliday
Don Brown
Memorial Auditorium
End Evictions At Sunflower Village In Eudora Kas
Public Housing Administration halts eviction notices for Sunflower Village in Eudora after six month notices were issued to 200 families. About 1,000 of 1,214 units remain occupied as officials seek project future. Open house for Armed Forces Day at Ottawa National Guard armory features displays and training facility tours with free coffee.
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Washington
Eudora
Kas
Public Housing Administration
National Guard
West 17Th St
Ottawa
Craft Display At School Tonight
Ottawans may view high school student crafts tonight in woodworking metal work and other crafts. Dresses from the sewing department will be modeled at 7 30 in the senior high auditorium. A large exhibit of furniture and other articles will be in the junior high gymnasium with church groups inviting all to attend.
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Ottawa
Leroy Hood
Retire Last Of Bonus Bonds Near in Topeka Properties
The article notes a plan to retire the last of the bonus bonds issued for Topeka properties after the board reviews valuations. The board will reconvene to hear complaints on real estate valuations and discuss what the community could do to attract more industry to Franklin County while ensuring debt service and tax concerns are addressed. Local church groups and civic clubs, including Kiwanis, will host events from May 31 to June 10, with several area schools contributing to the program and regarding scheduled meetings.
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Pahvnls
Topeka
Kansas
Valuata New & Lanneta
payUe
First Methodist Church School
Xiwanis
Oti
Tawa Kiwanis Club
First Baptist School
John Sullivan
Sacred Heart
Kansas Industrial Development I
Onjoli School
Herald Revies
Ottawa
Franklin County
Cailly
Prine
Floyd
Herald Office
Deal
Peared
Minnick
Rod Cupp
Rev. M. Todd
Com- Macdonald
J. F. Barr
George
Lister
Warren Wesen
Bundie
iSaturdays
Paul Cramm
Much-Wanted Bank Robber Escapes Kansas City Jail
Kenneth D. Carpenter, 42, a wanted bank robber, escaped from Wyandotte County Jail by posing as a visitor. Fellow prisoner George Sims says he aided the escape, giving Carpenter a $20 bill. Carpenter’s uniform was found atop a back stairway. jail officials suspect he hid on the stairs for hours and exited through the sheriff’s apartment route. Carpenter faced trial May 31 for an Oswego bank robbery.
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Kansas City
Kas
FBI
George Sims
Carpenter
Sims
Harry Higgins
Higgins
Irene Humphrey
Poplar,Bluff
Oswego, Kas
Memphis
Trinity Church
Two Arrested After Crash at Ninth and Burroughs
Two men arrested after an afternoon collision at Ninth and Burroughs. A 1943 Chevrolet driven by Norma Jean Snethen and a 1947 Plymouth driven by Leonard I Southers collided. Southers cited for no license and James M Foraker, owner of the Plymouth, charged with permitting an unlicensed driver. Damages estimated at 40 and 75 dollars. The crash was No 88 of the year in the city.
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Ninth
Burroughs
Chevrolet
Norma Jean Snethen
Sycamore
Plymouth
Leonard IC. Southers
Jamesville
Southers
James M
Foraker
Officers Check Two Break-ins
Two break ins in Franklin county last night are under investigation by Sheriff Jays Brown.
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Franklin County
Jays Brown
Ottawa witness views bomb test pictures and effects
Board members witnessed a showing of photos of an atomic blast at a station near Ottawa, with B F Park of Sheffield service noting the display used before and after scenes. The test, equivalent to 35,000 tons of TNT, examined concrete and precast structures and showed minimal damage to concrete rooms and shelters. Park observed eight miles from the blast as various materials were tested for structural strength under explosion.
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Threc
Ottawa Chamber of
Thornbrugh
Commerce Today
Williamsburg
Sheri
B. F. Park
Park
Sheffield
Buildex
Ottawa
Shale
Annawatag
Blesaee Avenue
Luvl Ee
Ne‘vada
Consider New Vaccine Dosage Changes At NIH Meeting
Experts at NIH discussed Salk vaccine dosage reductions to extend scarce supplies and potential withholdings of inoculations during a polio outbreak. A proposal eyed intradermal injections versus the current intramuscular method, while Dr Jonas Salk urged muscular injections as preferable. Officials said complete retesting would delay shipments by four to five weeks and urged plant by plant manufacturing reviews.
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Washington
National Institutes of Health
Be Penean Public Health Service
Jonas &. Salk
Ann Arbor, Mich
The
Health Service
Service
Sain
Leonard Scheele
National Conference of State’ Epidemiologists
Atlanta
Sen. Hill
D-Ala
Senate Labor Committee
Dhepy wavMy
Ubpoliey Ao Nan Ing
New York City
Morris Greenberg
de. Elmer Hess
Erie
American’ Medical Assny
Atlantic City
N.J
Turn About is Fair Play in Salina
Salina high football and track star Stan Drevers shares a kiss with actress Kim Novak after she visited the high school and joked about Bill Holden kissing his girl at the airport. Novak described the moment to a Salina Journal reporter as the company rested during filming of Picnic. Holden earlier kissed Drevers’s girl Barbara Brown at the airport. The cast rested from filming while the crew finished Salina scenes, after work that ended at 4 a.m.
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Salina
Stan Drevers
Salina High
Kim Novak
Stan
Kim
Miss Novak
Salina Journal
Bill Holden
Dyevet
Barbara Brown
State Pic
Champ
Holden
Rain Swollen Rivers On Rampage In Four States
Rain swollen rivers threaten towns across four states as crews monitor rising water. Emergency officials urge residents to move belongings to higher ground and heed warnings.
Weather forecast shows clouds and rain with mild temps
Partly cloudy in west and north with considerable cloudiness in southeast and rain in the extreme southeast this afternoon. Tonight and Saturday wrap up with mostly cloudy skies, low around 50 to 60, high 75 to 80. Yesterday’s high 83 at 2:25 PM, low 59 this morning. River at .05 foot.
Rain Moving Out of State in Kansas
Rain from a recent storm brought beneficial moisture to southern Kansas with more than two inches reported in several stations. The system is moving out of the state while southeast showers end tonight. Temperatures will range from near 50 to 60 for lows and 75 to 85 for highs.
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Topekaw
Kansas
Cana
Syracuse
Big Bow
Elkaart
Liberal
Sublette
Garden City
Jetmore
Burdett
Dodge City
Good Land Trace
Ashland
Sun City
Pratt
Kingman
Anthony
Caldwell
Oxford
Belle Plaine
Conway Springs
Wichita
Ripley
Augusta
Atlanta
Winfield
Arkansas City
Dexter
Grenola
Longton
Elgin
Sedan
Coffeyville
Independence
Chanute
Pittsburg
McCune
Columbus
Oswego
Altamont
Salina
Waimega
Goodland
Ottawa
Reduction in Coffee Price to Lower Costs Today
Two large independent coffee distributors cut prices by two to four cents per pound after a drop in green coffee quotations. General Foods reduced Maxwell House regular by four cents wholesale to 88 cents, cut Koffea Hag and Sanka by five cents, and lowered the two ounce jar of instant coffee by two cents. Standard Brands Chase and Sanborn followed with a four cent cut, with instant coffee dropping two to four cents depending on size. Ottawa dealers not notified yet, expect updates within a day. Armory Open House for Armed Forces Day runs 1 30 to 4 00 p m with free coffee and donuts.
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Ottawa
General Foods
Maxwell House
Chase and Sanborn
Mass Evacuation In Two Southeast Colorado Cities
Torrential rains triggered a major flood across four states with high waters forcing mass evacuations in two southeast Colorado cities. Trinidad faced the worst flood in its history as the Purgatoire River rose to 25 feet, flooding bridges and homes. Red Cross, National Guard, and Army units aided stricken communities.
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Kingsville
Tex
Colorado
Oklahoma
Texas
New Mexico
Oncervieh
Conchas Dam
Lufkin
Cimarron
Trinidad
Starkville
Raton Creek
Arkansas River
Tit Junta
Daylong field event on conservation in Franklin County
About 156 people are expected for a Franklin County Conservation and Balanced Farming field day on May 24. Don Brown notes cooperation between the Soil Conservation Service district and the county Extension Council. The tour will visit H. H. Van Horn and Vernon Fitzgerald farms in the Greenwood community with terracing and other conservation practices on view. Lunch will be provided at Van Horn’s by Greenwood Baptist church ladies.
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Franklin County
Don Brown
Soil Conservation Service District
County Extension Council
H. H. van Horn
Vernon Fitzgerald
Greenwood
Fitzgerald
van Horn’s
Fishermen-Chicken Rivers and Bait Shrimp at West Side Grocery
A short notice lists Fishermen, Chicken, Rivers, and Bait Shrimp available at West Side Grocery, reference code 140-c-21, suggesting a local sale or inventory note.
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West Side Grocery
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