Ottawa area notes on assessments births and events
Side Swipes recaps 965 spring assessments by U S Rathjen 828 personal 99 of 106 businesses north of the river 38 in other districts. Twin birth to former Ottawan Jack O Neal now in Atlanta 6 lb 9 oz boy 6 lb 1 oz girl at 9 30 pm. Teen Town TV program in Kansas City features 30 local high school couples. Ensign Norman W Harper to be commissioned at Annapolis June 3. Dr C Frederick Kittle discusses heart surgery at Rotary meeting in Kansas City with five Rotarians and guests.
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U. S
Rathjen
North Ottawa
Ottawa
Kkk
Jack O'Neal
Ottawans
Atlanta
O'Neal
Franklin County
Harold Miller
Ottawa Steel Products
O’neals
Rea Ak
Kansas City
Wdaf-Tv
Channel 4
Norman W. Harper
Wayne Harper of
Garnett
Navy
U. S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
C. Frederick Kittle
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kas
Rotary Club Today
Walt Simpson
Skipper Williams
Lawrence
Sparky Spielman
Baldwin
Hudson Talbot
John] Harvey
Topeka
Floyd Minnick
Search for 8 year old Jeannie Singleton continues in Kalamazoo
Police and about a thousand volunteers scoured Kalamazoo areas as darkness halted the search for 8 year old Jeannie Singleton. Officers promise to resume investigations in city streets nearby woodlands and swamps until the missing girl is found.
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Kalamazoo
Mich.u
Jeannie Singleton
Memorial Day Observance Plans Across Local Cemeteries
Memorial Day plans across Ottawa and nearby towns include services at Highland Hope and Caldwell cemeteries conducted by American Legion VFW and National Guard units with airplane flyover, flower drops by Girl Scouts and Brownies, and firing salutes. Parades and ceremonies will also be held in Paola Osawatomie and Lane area cemeteries with multiple organizations participating. Traffic officials warn of heavy holiday travel on highways.
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Ottawa
The
Herald
Highland, Hope
Calvary
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Ottawa National Guard
VFW
Highland Cemetery
Roy Lambert
Frank Bogard
Grandview
Air Force Base
Theierans of
Auxis National Guard
National Guard
Army
Fathersserve
Waomen's Relief
Matthew Guilfoyle
Legion Chap Corps
Service Mothers Club
Iain
National Guards
Girl Scout
Brownies
Nationals Guard
Legion
Waverly
Overbrook
Paola
Osawatomie
Elmdale
Divided Viewpoint Hindering Development Engineer Says
Brig Gen W E Potter told the Midwestern Flood Control conference that Kansas faces hindrances from a divided view on flood control and water storage. He urged changed attitudes and funding for authorized projects to boost industry and development. Separately, a Pleasanton man, Don Yager, was fined for reckless driving and related offenses after a south Princeton truck incident.
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Topeka
Army
Missouri River Basin
Kansas
W. E.potter
Potter
Pleasanton
Princeton
Don Yager
KCC
Yager
Ari Jensen
Bob Conaty
Change Hours At Library
The Carnegie Free Library board approved summer hours effective June 1, 10 am to 5 pm Monday through Saturday with no evenings, and noon hour remains. The ban on book and magazine limits was lifted. patrons may borrow freely, renew by phone, and reserve by name and phone. Nonresidents may borrow under certain conditions. current board includes Dean, Berlin, Stephenson, Sloan, Madison, Anderson, Adams, Crawford. Owford joined after Rev Berger resigned. Miss Stephenson elected after Miss Hallen’s resignation.
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Board of Carnegie Free Library
Dean
Berlin
June Stephenson
Lola Sloan
Don Madison
Bert Anderson
Maude Adams
Harold Crawford
Owford
William E. Berger
To Discuss Leahy Question Tomorrow
Topeka Governor Fred Hall said he has talked with four of six Forestry Fish and Game Commission members about the possible resignation of director Dave Leahy. He plans no recommendation but will authorize travel for Commission Chairman Ross Beach Jr. to interview applicants as the commission meets tomorrow, with Leahy’s status expected to be discussed.
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Topeka
Fred Hall
Forestry, Fish and Game Commission
Dave Leahy
Commission
Ross Beach Jr
Hays
Leahy
Hall
Kansan Wins Third in Irish Sweepstakes at Epsom Downs
Kansan James L. Baughn of Monument, Ireland, captured third place in the Irish sweepstakes at Epsom Downs, taking home a prize of 28,000 dollars.
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Dublin
Ireland
Small Plane Crashes Claim 659 Lives
Washington based report from the Civil Aeronautics Authority notes accidents involving small planes averaged over nine daily last year and 659 people were killed.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Weather Forecast Shows Showers Thunderstorms Likely
Showers and thunderstorms expected this afternoon and Thursday with heavy rain likely in extreme northwest tonight and extreme north central Thursday. Cooler in extreme northwest this afternoon, tonight near 50, near 60 elsewhere. Thursday high near 70, northwest to southeast. Yesterday high 60, low 54 today at 4:30 am. River 1.32 feet. Yesterday sky cloudy, wind north light.
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Topeka
Utewa
Jean Wyee
Prst
Lom Arnold
el Dorado-Wichita
Kansas
Chaheen
Avold
Olathe
Salina
Emporia
Dodge
Beaumont
Wichita AB
Tescott
Ripley
Ottawa
John Po Kelsey
Marais Des Cygnes
Special Commission To Advise On Polio Serum
Weather notes from Topeka report heavy rains across El Dorado Wichita area with thunderstorms. Rainfall records include Ottawa 0.32 inch and El Dorado 2.30 inches the heaviest since 1953 storms. temperatures ranged from 54 to 78 degrees.
Panel to advise on unreleased Salk polio vaccine
The government formed a permanent advisory panel to review and clear all future lots of Salk polio vaccine. It will assess currently unreleased vaccine and ongoing manufacturing, testing, and plant inspections, with final action resting with the surgeon general. The panel includes Salk, Francis, Bodian, Shope, Smadel, Shannon, and Workman as secretary.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Sture
National Institutes of Health
Cspolasman
Wyeth, Inc
Pitman-Moore
University of Michigan
David Bodian
Julius Hopkins University
Baltimore
Richard Shope
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
Joseph Smadel
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
James Shannon
National Institutes For Health
William Workman
Biolovics
Kenneth F. Valentine
Pitmans Mouree
Zionsville
Ind
Still Seek Murder Jury in Blackie Lewis Case
Garnett Kansas Special correspondents report ongoing jury selection in the Blackie Lewis murder trial. Prosecutor Roy Cole says 55 jurors were called with only 11 challenges resolved and 30 more summoned as proceedings continue. Lewis, 59, a pipeline worker, is charged with first degree murder for the April 2 stabbing death of Fred Hermreck at Lewis’ Lone Elm home.
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Garnett
Kas
Blackie Lewis
Roy Cole
Anderson County
Cole
Lewis
Fred Hermreck
Hermreck
Lewis’ Lone Elm
Four Rural High Schools Aim To Set Merger Election
A steering committee will meet tomorrow in Pomona to set a date for elections on a merger proposal involving Pomona Michigan Valley Quenemo and Appanoose districts. The merger vote is expected next month with Harold Gottschamer Frank Tucker Roy Driver Vernon Parks and Lamar Wallace leading the effort.
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Pomona
Michigan Valley
Quenemo
Appanoose
Harold Gottschamer
Frank Tucker
Roy Driver
Vernon Parks
Lamar Wallace
Pomona High School
Seek Cause Of Break In Dam
Dahlonega officials planned to resume their investigation today to learn why a dam broke and unleashed a flood through a Georgia mountain valley. A 25 foot wall of water roared through near Neel's Gap on U.S. Highway 19. No deaths, but two houses and two cars were destroyed and eight buildings damaged. At a nearby farm 4900 baby chicks drowned.
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Dahlonega
Blue Ridge Mountains
Neel’s Gap
North
Georgia
Little Stir Over British Election
London observers noted a calm buildup to Britain's national elections as Eden's Conservatives and Attlee's Labourites moved toward the polls. Voters face the choice of a government in the House of Commons while many Britons focus on the Derby and other betting as the day ends.
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London
Britain
Eden
Attles
House of Commons
Attlee
Grid Coach Dies in Lindsborg Heart Attack
Charles R. Lander, 25, football coach at Lindsborg Rural High School, died unexpectedly of a heart attack last night in Lindsborg Kansas. The brief notice also mentions for sale Queensland newspapers at 106 per bundle from the Herald office.
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Lindsborg
Kas
Charles R. Lander
Lindsborg Rural High School
Qld
Herald Office
School Officials Enforce Formal Attire For Finals At Ottawa High
Ottawa High officials set a line on informal wear during finals week. Shorts and casual outfits were discouraged as seniors relaxed between exams. A bulletin warned against shorts though a few planned casual attire for a class picnic. Final exams conclude tomorrow with diploma ceremonies and senior trips planned.
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Ottawa High
Bermuda
Senate votes to strike out road wage provision
The Senate began voting to strike a controversial Davis-Bacon wage clause from the highway construction bill. Southern Democrats opposed the section, arguing it would raise rural wages, as McNamara and Douglas failed to force a roll call on the measure.
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Washington
Senate
McNamara
D-Midh
Douglas
D-Ill
Sen
George
D-Ga
Secretary of
L ‘Abor
Hl i
Hall Names New Highway Engineer
Topeka Gov Wred Hall named Walter Johnson longtime organizer and engineer in the state's secondary road department since 1945 chief engineer of the State Highway Department. Johnson's appointment follows decades of service shaping road policy and infrastructure in Kansas.
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Topeka
Walter Johnson
State
Wred Hall
Ninth Grade Promotion Exercises Planned for Friday
About 150 ninth graders at Fiawa Junior High will be promoted to Senior High at 2 p m Friday May 27. Final exam results will set the exact count. Rev Roger Fredrikson of First Baptist will speak and certificates will be presented by Superintendent Henry A Parker.
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Fiawa
Hell
Roger Fredrikson
First Baptist Church
Henry A. Parker
Robert Craig
Trinity Methodist Church
Blue Waves
Romaine
Elizabeth Pinney
Fredrikson
New York
Rita ‘Tulloss
Certi- Dun & Bradstreet
Parker
Cheney
OK School Bonds Approved in Emporia Vote
Emporia Kansas voters approved a 750000 bond issue for expansion of an elementary school and the senior high building. The plan passed 1575 to 499 to alleviate space shortages for the growing school population.
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Emporia, Kas
Emporia
Hobby Horse Loots Store of $150 In Dimies
A shop in Charleston reports a theft from a pay as you ride hobby horse where the victim notes the tummy was pried open and $150 taken. Neighbors describe the incident as part of a spate of petty thefts. Investigators seek witnesses and security footage.
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Charleston
S.C
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