Phillips To Receive Flood Control Award
The Army will award Lamar Phillips a Certificate of Appreciation on June 2 for outstanding civilian service from 1928 to 1958 in securing public support for flood control and water resource projects in the Lower Missouri River Basin. His leadership aided Osage Marais des Cygnes Basin protection and overall basin improvements, contributing to the Corps of Engineers civil functions mission. Signed by Major General E C Itchner, Chief of Engineers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of the Army
Lamar Phillips
Army
Corps of Engineers
Missouri River
Osage-Marais Des Cygnes
E. C. Itschner
USA
Ottawa High seniors read will and prophecy at final assembly
Ottawa High School will hold a last assembly Friday during activity period where seniors in caps and gowns read the will and prophecy prepared by journalism students. Afterward, the Record newspaper will publish its final issue and the yearbook Recorder will be distributed at evening parties with tickets required for annuals. In Boston, Earl Gray, 26, was convicted of armed robbery and sentenced to 2.5 to 3 years in state prison after requesting a longer term to access the prison athletic program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa High
Record
Lincoln School
Recorder
OHS
Boston
Earl Gray
Superior Court
Reuben L. Lurie
Gray
Lurie
House Rejects Housing Bill with 203-177 Vote
Washington House voted 203 to 177 against an administration backed housing bill and moved to debate proposals beyond Eisenhower’s plan. Democrats scored a victory for expanded public housing and 2.1 billion dollars in federal aid, while Republicans and Southern Democrats warned of a looming budgetary overrun and possible veto.
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Washington
House
Eisenhower
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Rep
A. S. Herlong
Weather County Forecast Partly cloudy with thundershowers
Partly cloudy with widely scattered thundershowers this afternoon. Scattered showers and thunderstorms tonight and again Thursday. Highs this afternoon in the 80s, lows tonight 55 to 65, highs Thursday 70 to 75.
Hoffa Says He Was Misquoted On Nationwide Strike Threat
Teamsters Union President James F. Hoffa denied threatening a nationwide strike over proposed restrictive labor laws. He told the Houston Chronicle there were distortions of the truth and there is no such threat. The AP reporter who covered the Brownsville meeting stood by his quote accusing Hoffa of proposing a nationwide strike if laws pass.
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Houston, Tex
Teamsters
James F. Hoffa
Houston Chronicle
Brownsville
Tex
Leer Rio Grande Valley
Hoffa
Dismissal of Malicious Prosecution Case Against Sheriff Brown
Malicious prosecution charges against former Franklin County Sheriff Jay Brown were dismissed in district court on motion by William Albright’s attorney. Albright alleged arrest for drunken driving on April 18, 1958, jail illness, lack of medical care, and a blood test showing no alcohol. Judge Lloyd Coffman upheld the motion and the case was dismissed after Topeka counsel requested dismissal.
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Franklin County
Jay Brown
William Albright
Mulberry
Albright
Brown
Topeka
Ottawa
Lloyd Coffman
Presentation To Be Made Here On June 2
Lamar Phillips Ottawa Herald city editor to receive Department of the Army Certificate of Appreciation at a June 2 banquet northwest of Ottawa for decades of work on flood control along the Marais des Cygnes River. The ceremony coincides with Pomona reservoir bid openings June 3. Gov Docking and other dignitaries are expected. About 200 guests planned. George Lister chairs Ottawa Chamber committee with many Corps officials and state figures invited. Phillips began as a linotype operator in 1928 and became editorial chief in 1944, leading river studies and advocacy for valley flood control through the Corps of Engineers and congressional action.
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Lamar Phillips
Ottawa Herald
Department of the Army
Phillips
Marais Des Cygnes
Ottawa
George Lister
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
Corps of Engineers
Mississippi
Lister
George Docking
Andrew Schoeppel
Frank Carlson
Harry Darby
Newell George
Errett Scrivner
Keith R. Barney
Omaha
Missouri River Division
Col
L. E. Laurion
Kansas City
Sidney F. Harris
Scriver
Washington
House
Senate
Congress
Melvern
Pomona
Osawatomie
Garnett
Ft. Scott
Hillsdale
Kansas
School bids sought for acoustical tile ceiling work
The Board of Education invites bids to place acoustical tile on the third floor corridor ceiling of the Senior High School. Specifications are in the office. Bids must be submitted by five o'clock June 1, 1959.
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Board of Education
House Votes Limit On Price Support Loans
Washington AP The House approved a 50 000 cap on government price support loans for farm commodities. Previously some loans to large operators exceeded a million dollars. The 261 to 165 vote was part of a bill funding the Agriculture Department for the next fiscal year totaling 3 939 165 498 and sent to the Senate by voice vote. Meanwhile the Senate Agriculture Committee ordered a full inquiry into the Commodity Credit Corporation which runs the price support programs.
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Washington
House
Agriculture Department
Senate
Senate Agriculture Committee
Commodity Credit Corporation
Seaplane Explosion Kills Five in Baltimore Hangar
An explosion in a Martin Co. hangar in Baltimore during hull cleaning with a solvent killed five workers and injured about five others. About a dozen men were using pressure hoses on a two engine seaplane hull when the blast occurred. the hangar filled with smoke but little fire followed. An Maryland deputy medical examiner led the inquiry as the cause remained undetermined.
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Baltimore
Martin Co
Martin
Melvin Davis
Maryland
Martin’s
Air National Guard
New Ottawa High Music Teacher Named to Succeed Barker
Ottawa school board announced Loren Matthews will become high school music teacher directing band and orchestra. He leaves Conway Springs where he led the high school band and church orchestra. Barker moves to Portland to direct an elementary band. Matthews is a Southwestern graduate and will arrive next week with a wife and three children.
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Ottawa
Bill Barker
Portland
Ore
Loren Matthews
Conway Springs
East
Matthews
Southwestern Univer
Matthews City
Winfield
Methodist Church
Barker
Bond Issue Loses in Augusta High School Library Vote
In Augusta Kansas a $104000 bond issue for a high school library was defeated in a special election by 281 to 261 votes. The outcome narrows funding options for the district and local supporters vow to regroup.
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Augusta
Kas
Boards seeks bids to modernize junior high foods room
The Board of Education requests bids for upgrading the junior high school foods room with steel cabinets and sinks. Specifications are available from the business office. Bids must be submitted by five o'clock June 1, 1959.
Sacred Heart Pupils Invade Forest Park Picnic Day
Sacred Heart School pupils from first to seventh grade enjoyed the annual all school picnic at Forest Park on a sunny Tuesday. Activities included races with burlap sacks, slides, a merry-go-round, softball, and sunlit play as Sister Leon noted the park’s appeal. Eighth graders were on skip day in Topeka, while 14 younger students toured Kansas City with parents. Last classes are May 29 and eighth graders graduate May 31.
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Forest Park
Sacred Heart School
Leon
Topeka
Capital
Art Museum
Brink
St. Joseph Flood Not As Bad As Believed
St. Joseph Missouri reports Monday night flood less severe than outsiders feared. Of 30 000 homes 15 ruined 99 damaged, downtown spared, hardest hit areas near Burlington and Chicago Great Western railroads. Residents mop up as mayor notes city staggered more by sympathy than loss.
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Burlington and
Chicago Great Western
St. Joseph
Chicago Firemen Adopt Snorkel for Rescue Operations
Chicago Fire Department deploys a new Snorkel device to fight fires and rescue victims. The crane like arm lifts a fireman in a basket to reach windows up to eight stories high, delivering water with precision and rescuing injured from elevated positions after a collision. Three Snorkels are in use, costing $16,000 to $25,000 each, with models reaching seven to eight stories.
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Chicago Firemen
Chicago
No. 2
No. 3
Truman Beams At Good News
Former President Harry S Truman spoke with reporters from the hospital lawn where Mrs Truman underwent a breast tumor operation. The tumor was benign and Mrs Truman is improving. He spoke of a new grandson unnamed yet and said he would not wish the presidency on anyone.
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Kansas City
Harry
Truman
Khrushchev Says Soviet Won't Fire First Rocket
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev told 45 Florida business leaders in Moscow that the USSR would not launch the first missile against the United States. He warned their grandchildren to beware the spread of communism and urged care for young minds. Khrushchev also predicted success for the Geneva four power talks and urged calm amid tensions.
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Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Florida
Soviet Union
United States
Khrushchev
Kremlin Garden
Ralph A. Renick
WTVJ
Miami
Radio-Tv
Assn
Thomas F. Fleming
First Bank
Boca Raton
Fla
Geneva
Smerchek Headed Kansas State Alumni Association
Joseph D. Smerchek of Manhattan was elected president of the Kansas State University Alumni Assn in mail balloting. A 1932 K-State grad, he has served as Kansas Farm Bureau secretary since 1946. New board members for three-year terms include Charles R. Socolofsky Verne W. Boyd John A. Shaver Merle L. Henriksen Ralph H. Perry was re elected treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan
Joseph D. Smerchek
Kansas State University Alumni Assn
K-State
Smerchek
Kansas Farm Bureau
Charles R. Socolofsky
Scott City
Verne W. Boyd
John A. Shaver
Salina
Merle L. Henrickson
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Aeeerare
Associated Press
Whitey Sawyer
Sawyer
Rio Grande Valley
McAllen
Texas
Monitor
Lamb
Sacred Heart
Mary Kay Didde
Tospeka
Lloyd Ballhagen
Rita Reyes
Patricia Porter
Koreal
Korea
Red Cross
Robert J. Quinn
Pitman Equipment Co
Grandview
Russia
Nikita
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