Kansas Dairy Princess Contest promoted by Ottawa Chamber
The Ottawa Chamber of Commerce mails letters to Ottawa and Franklin County groups promoting the Kansas Dairy Princess Contest tied to June Dairy Month. Franklin County winners advance to district competition with state winners earning a $300 scholarship and travel support. Entry blanks accompany the notices.
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Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
Ottawa
Franklin County
Kansas
Dairy Institute of Kansas
Kansas Dairy Association
Fair Finance Problems Not New Across Franklin County Fair History
A historical review shows the Franklin County Fair faced chronic financial strain since 1866. Early records detail modest receipts, partial prize payments, and recurring debt, with cancellations in 1874 and reduced prize payouts in 1871 through 1873. By 1960 the debt threatened future fairs unless funds were raised locally.
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Franklin County
Franklin County Union Agricultural Society
A. M. Blair
Kalloch
Pickerell Hall
Blair
Walker Continues Solo Walk Across Kansas Toward New York
British physician Dr. Barbara Moore, 56, aims to beat the 77 day cross country record by walking from San Francisco to New York in under 77 days. She crossed into Kansas at Weskan after 16 hard days in Colorado, planning to reach New York by June 10. Moore travels on U S 40 subsisting on vegetable juices as she endures snow sleet rain and winds. Two British paratroopers, Sgt. Patrick Maloney and Mervyn Evans, started from San Francisco a day earlier and logged about 45 miles on their first day toward a transcontinental record.
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Weskan
Kan
Barbara Moore
Ishe
Kansas
San Francisco
New York
U. S. 40
Colorado
Patrick Maloney
Mervyn Evans
Towa
Weather County Forecast Sunny Days Ahead Across County
Rising temperatures bring clear skies today and tonight with highs near 80 and a low around 60. Sunday warms to the 80s under continued sunny conditions across the county.
Daring Bush Pilot Rescues Two From Mount McKinley
Anchorage AP report details bush pilot Don Sheldon lifting an injured rancher and ill woman from Denali staged rescues on North America's highest peak. In separate flights he saved Helga Bading of Anchorage and John Day of Central Point, Ore. Two others died when a rescue plane crashed nearby. Remaining climbers include Peter Schoening and twins James and Louis Whittaker.
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Anchorage
Alaska
North America
Don Sheldon
Talkeetna
Helga Bading
John Day
Central Point
Ore
St. McKinley
Badjing
Day
Link Luckett
Sheldon
Bading
Elmendorf Air Force Base
Peter Schoening
James
Louis Whittaker
Seattle
Storm Damage Hits Northern Kansas Telephone Lines
Heavy storm damage to the Northern Kansas Telephone Co. lines is estimated at 50000 dollars. The Ottawa headquarters reports 20 miles of rural lines destroyed including Meriden where two thirds of lines were ruined and the central office building damaged. Twenty workers are restoring service with normal operation expected soon except in Meriden where days are needed.
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Northern Kansas Telephone Co
Ottawa
Topeka
Tom Gleason
Gleason
St. Mary’s
Rossville
Silverlake
Meriden
Ozanki
Khrushchev Shifts Tactics In Berlin Address
Khrushchev moderates tone in East Berlin delaying demands for a six to eight month top level meeting with the West. He avoids apologizing for the spy plane incident and uses the summit explosion to frame Western actions, signaling renewed Cold War pressure and Communist line building at home.
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East Berlin
Khrushchev
United States
West Berlin
Tired But Happy President Heads To Farm For Best
President Eisenhower returns to Washington after Portugal reception amid cheers from thousands at Andrews Air Force Base. A missing unarmed C-47 near East German border adds tension as he plans a Gettysburg rest and a televised address mid next week to explain the summit failure.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Andrews Air Force Base
Portugal
White House
Gettysburg
U. S
Bride And Groom Die In High Point Crash
In High Point North Carolina Mrs Jettie Lee Cramer Carroll twenty and William Lewis Carroll twenty three of Winston Salem married less than an hour before their car collided with a vehicle driven by 83 year old R C Samuel Samuel and Mrs Carroll were killed instantly the groom died later at a Winston Salem hospital Also notes a Full Gospel Revival tent meeting at Ottawa Fairgrounds starting Tuesday May 24 with Evangelist C D Luman and special singing and prayer for the sick followed by Lamb Insured Payment Plan advertisement
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High Point
N. C
Jettie Lee Cramer Carroll
William Lewis Carroll
Winston-Salem
R. C. Samuel
Samuel
Ottawa Fairgrounds
C. D. Luman
Oklahoma City
Mrs Roosevelt backs Stevenson on Summit attack
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt says she agrees with Adlai Stevenson that the Eisenhower administration gave Nikita Khrushchev the crowbar and sledgehammer to wreck the Summit conference. She calls the spy plane incident a stupid mistake and urges continued criticism without pause.
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New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Adlai E. Stevenson
Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
Stevenson
Roosevelt
Kennedy Wins Oregon Primary Advances Nomination Bid
Senator John F. Kennedy secured another primary victory in Oregon, pushing his total to 317 of the 761 needed for the Democratic nomination. The fight remains unsettled as Lyndon B. Johnson and Stuart Symington still contest the path to the convention, with Adlai Stevenson a possible spoiler if the process stalls.
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Washington
John F. Kennnedy
Massachusetts
Oregon
Kennedy
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Stuart Symington
Missouri
Adlai E. Stevenson
Los Angeles
Reds Say U S Plane Was Forced Down In East Germany
Nine Americans were taken into Soviet custody after an unarmed Air Force C47 landed near Schwerin East Germany. The crew included pilots Lundy Jorda Frewen and a female passenger Mrs McCash, with a mix of officers and an enlisted radio operator and engineer. General Eddleman sought urgent return as Soviets confirmed custody under Soviet military command in Schwerin.
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U.S
East Germany
Wiesbaden
Germany
Berlin
Clyde D. Eddleman
Europe
Bonn
U.S. Air Force
James Palmer Lundy
Defiance Ave
Findlay
Ohio
George A. Jorda
North
Salisbury
West LaFayette
Ind
Wiliam Thomas Frewen
Galveston
Tex
Leon Porter
Radio Operaor
Russellville
Ala
Chester Kenneth Sleezer
Ngineer
Saratoga
N.Y
Paul K. McCash
Rockingham Dr
Atlanta
James P. Gavin
Sewart Air Force Base
Tenn
James A. Morrison
Wythe Ave
Richmond
Copenhagen
Hamburg
Eddleman
I. Yakubovsky
Schwerin
Yakubovsky
Air Force
Garvin
Nikita Khrushchev
United States
Red Cross
Tired Nikita Back To Moscow
Berlin AP report says weary Nikita Khrushchev left East Berlin for Moscow after two days of unity talks with East German leaders. He pledged to keep West Berlin status until a new summit, reading a brief farewell statement at Schoenfeld Airport.
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West Berlin
Moscow
Khrushchev
East Berlin
East Germany
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L. D. Grandy
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Hicksville
Ivan Arend
Rt. 1
Ney
Jack Morton
Fair Board
Chamber of Commerce
Fair Society
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Cena
William L. Ryan
Associated Press News
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Lamb
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Bobby Joe Anderson
Larry Dean
Robert D. Anderson
Lois Smith
Nikita
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