Side Swipes and Local News Summary
Side Swipes reports Ottawa seniors from 125 graduates tracked by the Employment Service with 66 entering college and 21 working in Ottawa. Health nurse announces polio shots at Franklin County courthouse, free with donations accepted, doors open 5 to 8 pm. Fire safety concerns raised for Faneuil Hall in Boston. New England Hotel Association unveils a 1000 mile marked highway trail through historic sites in New England.
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H.S
Ottawa Employment Service
Ottawa
Franklin County Health Office
Rosalie Osburn
Osburn
Boston
New England
New England Hotel Association
Texans Win Proxy Fight Over Alleghany Corp Control
The Murchison brothers of Texas won a proxy fight to oust the Alleghany Corporation’s current management. They secured 5,026,011 votes for their directors versus 4,172,013 for incumbents led by Allan P. Kirby, giving them control of the $6.7 billion railroad and investment empire. The tally was announced at the May 1 annual meeting.
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Baltimore, Md
Murchison Brothers
Texas
Alleghany Corporation
Murchisons
Allan P. Kirby
John D. Murchison
Clint W. Murchison Jr
Latin Chiefs And Kennedy May Meet
Montevideo Uruguay AP reports most South American presidents may join President Kennedy in Montevideo for an inter American conference on July 15. Negotiations are under way to include Argentina Brazil Chile Peru and Ecuador leaders to back Kennedy's alliance for progress plan. Officials privately indicate Kennedy's visit is decided though not formally announced.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Kennedy
Arturo Frondizi
Argentina
Janjo Quadros
Brazil
Jorge Alessandri
Chile
Manuel Prado
Peru
Jose Velasco Ibarra
Ecuador
Alliance For Progress
Weather Forecastfor County Oregon and Tonight
Fair this afternoon and tonight with partly cloudy skies on Wednesday. Warmer conditions with highs around 70 this afternoon and mid 70s Wednesday, lows near 50. Yesterday’s high 62 and low 44. Record highs 93 in 1939 and 37 for low in 1917 and 1923. Hourly temperatures shown for 24 hours ending 8 am today.
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Ieee Es BO
Senate Votes To Broaden Federal School Aid
The Senate approved a Prouty amendment expanding a 2.55 billion school aid bill to cover general operating expenses for public grade and high schools. Funds may now be used for bus transportation textbooks janitorial and clerical services and libraries. The vote was 51 to 39 with support from Senate leaders and alignment with Kennedy administration views. The bill still limits total grants and faces House scrutiny on church school aid and private school construction.
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Washington
Senate
Winston L. Prouty
R-Vt
Prouty
Prescott Bush
R-Conn
House
Herbert Zelenko
D-N.y
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Joan Davis Dies Of Heart Attack at 48
Palm Springs California AP Comedienne Joan Davis star of radio and TV died in a Palm Springs hospital after a heart attack suffered at her home Monday. She died at 3 am. Born Josephine Davis June 20 1913 in St Paul Minn she rose to fame on I Married Joan with Jim Backus. Her mother Nina Davis and a Catholic priest were by her side at Desert Hospital.
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Palm Springs
Calif
Joan Davis
Radio
Miss Davis
Joan
Jim Backus
Desert Hospital
Nina Davis
Desert
Hollywood
Pantages
Josephine Davis
St. Paul, Minn
Leroy Davis
Give Up Efforts To Recover Body
In Nampa Idaho rescue teams abandoned the effort to recover Herbert A Tiegs a 55 year old farmer buried in a cave 160 feet down a water well shaft Family members said they would not endanger anyone else The body had been located at the 175 foot level after a dangerous dig but further work was stopped due to cave in risks Special steel casing and slow digging had been required to proceed
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Nampa
Idaho
Herbert A. Tiegs
Tiegs
Yost Heads Lions Club Leaders elected at Ottawa meeting
Al Yost was elected president of the Ottawa Lions Club at the meeting held yesterday. New officers include Al Harvey as first vice president Frank Shull as second vice president Bill Nuss as third vice president Julius Raffelock secretary Guy Briscoe treasurer Charles Mavity lion tamer Ken Farnsworth and Max Pierson tail twisters Wayne Angell and J. C. South directors. New members Jack Day and Rev Frank Worthington were announced.
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al Yost
Ottawa Lions Club
al Harvey
Frank Shull
Bill Nuss
Julius Raffelock
Guy Briscoe
Charles Mavity
Ken Farnsworth
Max Pierson
Wayne Angell
J. C. South
Jack Day
Frank Worthington
JFK to Get Golf Course for Birthday
President Kennedy will receive an abbreviated private golf course at Glen Ora estate in Middleburg Virginia to mark his upcoming birthday on May 29. Workmen carve 20 acres into three or four holes with a longest reach about 350 yards as Mrs Kennedy funds greens and fairways. The site is marked Glen Ora Country Club on the Kennedy leased property in hunt country.
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Washington
Jacqueline Kennedy
Kennedy
Middleburg
Kennedys
Virginia Hunt Country
Glen Ora Country Club
Greyhound
Freedom Rides Continue Under King Direction
Montgomery AP reports Rev. Martin Luther King Jr says the freedom rides will continue their test of Southern bus station segregation barriers. Eighteen riders remain in Montgomery as they plan to New Orleans, with a nonviolence workshop planned to prepare for the journey. A Nazi protest bus passed through the city while police arrested and released Claude Henley on assault charges against NBC crew.
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Montgomery
Ala
Freedom Riders
Martin Luther King Jr
King
New Orleans
Mississippi
Ross Barnett
South
James Lawson
Nashville
George Lincoln Rockwell
Reserve
E. P. Brown
Claude Henley
NBC
Maurice
Moe) Leavey
H. W. Riser
Former AMA President Dr Louis Orr Dies at 61
Dr Louis M Orr aged 61 former president of the American Medical Association died of a heart attack in his sleep at home in Orlando Fla He was a urologist and served as a colonel in World War II in the European Theater receiving the Bronze Star.
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Orlando, Fla
Louis M. Orr
American Medical Association
Orr
Kennedy to Skip News Conference for Europe Trip
President Kennedy will not hold a news conference this week as he prepares for his trip to Paris Vienna and London, leaving next Wednesday. White House aide Andrew T. Hatcher said the president must devote most of his time to im acting abroad and to diplomatic duties.
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Washington
Kennedy
Andrew T. Hatcher
White House
Paris
Vienna
London
Flood Crest Forecast Brings Widespread Marais Des Cygnes Waters
Flooding along the Marais des Cygnes remains severe as levels hover near 24 feet with a crest forecast at 34 feet at Quenemo this afternoon. Banks overflows threaten Ottawa area and downstream sections while saturated lowlands and farm lands remain submerged.
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Quenemo
Flood Forecast From Rivers Across Kansas
Weather bureau predicts crests on the Kaw and Solomon with several towns seeing flood elevations above flood stage. Wilson on the Saline, Abilene on the Smoky Hill, and Junction City on the Republican report banks near or above capacity as major routes close or restrict traffic across K68 K13 K99 and US 60. Fair weather expected for eastern Kansas later today.
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Weather Bureau
Ottawa
Marais Des Cygnes
Kansas
Mill Creek
Republican
Solomon
Saline
Neosho
Smoky Hill
Beloit
Wilson
Saline River
Abi- Jene
Enterprise
Junction City
Wakarusa
Lawrence
Independence
Highway Department
Topeka
Quenemo
Council Grove
Strong City
Cottonwood Falls
Emporia
George Pope Killed In Tractor Mishap At Ottawa Country Club
George W. Pope fifty of Ottawa was killed this morning in a tractor accident at the Ottawa Country Club. Pope was mowing near the clubhouse when the machine overturned trapping him beneath it. The crash occurred about nine o clock and his body was found about an hour later. He had lived in Ottawa most of his life and is survived by his wife Florence and several relatives. Pope had worked at the country club for three years after 17 years as a Hewitt Chevrolet service manager.
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George Pope
Ottawa Country
George W. Pope
S. Mulberry
Ottawa Country Club
Pope
Jim Cook
Gardner
Ottawa
Hewitt Chevrolet
White Church, Kas
Parker and Mary (Waldron) Pope
Castro Tractor Exchange Sparks Heated Debate
In Washington the tractors-for-prisoners idea angers Congress and Fidel Castro. Senators press Secretary Rusk for a government policy on the private bid to swap earthmoving equipment for 1,200 Cuban invasion prisoners. Cuba warns talks may end. Cuban radio warns harsher tribunals if insults persist.
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Washington
U. S. Congress
Fidel Castro
Dean Rusk
Kennedy may visit Hyannis Port this weekend
President Kennedy and Mrs. Kennedy could spend at least one day at their Hyannis Port summer home this weekend. Unofficial sources say the couple may be there Sunday and perhaps Saturday, occupying the 14 room residence.
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Hyannis Port
Mass
Kennedy
Banking Board Members Named Topeka AP
Gov John Anderson filled two Welfare Board vacancies and named six members to a new nine man Banking Board. Helen Nickell Smith Center and John Woelk Russell named to Welfare Board. Banking Board appointees: W G Haviline Sublette Fred Needham Lancaster Floyd Hutchinson Wamego J Q Wilson Wichita Hugh T Jones Chanute and Willard Matthews Haviland. Nickell is a former board member. Woelk replaces W H Monypenny. New Banking Board replaces earlier Docking era agency.
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Topeka
John Aderson
Board of Social Welfare
Anderson
Helen Nickell
Smith Center
John Woelk
Russell
W.G. Haviline
Sublette
Fred Needham
Lancaster
Floyd Hutchinson
Wamego
J. Q. Wilson
Wichita
Hugh T. Jones
Chanute
Willard Matthews
Haviland
Woelk
W. H. Monypenny
Winfield
Docking, Haviline
Haskell County State Bank
Matthews
Haviland State Bank
Grain Commission
Jones
Bank of Commerce
Wilson
Kansas State Bank At
Kansas Bankers Association
Needham
State Bank of Lancaster
Hutchinson
Farm Machinery
June Allyson Undergoes Throat Surgery in California
Actress June Allyson is hospitalized in Santa Monica California for a throat operation her second in less than a month She is slated to have surgery to remove a polyp from her vocal cords and is listed in satisfactory condition by doctors
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Santa Monica
Calif
June Allyson
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