Senate kills new dairy plan in farm bill debate
Washington AP Senate votes 70 to 13 against adding a new milk and dairy program to the farm bill. Sen Proxmire and Sen Humphrey urged a 62 cent per hundredweight increase, but Sen Ellender opposed, warning costs and promising more hearings. The debate follows a broader move to tighten controls on wheat corn and feed grains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Allen J. Ellender
D-La
Ture
Ellender
Agriculture Committee
Weather County Forecast Partly Cloudy Skies Through Saturday
The forecast calls for partly cloudy weather with scattered showers and thunderstorms through Saturday. Temperatures show little change with highs in the 80s and lows around the 60s.
Adventure For Pupils RANTOUL Chicago trip for 11 pupils
Eleven Pleasant Ridge School pupils plus teacher Mrs Jesse Stewart and two mothers will board a train tonight for a four year community funded tour of Chicago Museums a zoo and Chinatown If weather allows they may ride Lake Michigan The group started raising money four years ago through food sales pie suppers and events They plan to return Sunday
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Pleasant Ridge School
Jesse Stewart
Chicago
Ill
Zoo
Chinatown
Lake Michigan
Poppy Sale Tomorrow At Ottawa By Veterans Group
Five thousand poppies crafted by disabled veterans from Wadsworth Veterans Hospital will be sold in Ottawa tomorrow by Warren C. Black Unit of the American Legion Auxiliary, friends, and Junior High Kayettes. Half of net proceeds go to local rehabilitation and child welfare efforts. The Auxiliary provides materials, pays veterans per poppy, and coordinates volunteers to ensure funds aid rehabilitation and welfare. Leading the program are Mrs. Howard Honderson, Mrs. David Burgoon, Mrs. Clara Sinclair, and Mrs. Sidney Drummond, with Patty Kay Burgoon as Poppy Girl.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Patty Kay Burgoon
David Burgoon
Howard Henderson
Ottawa
Herald
Lois Smith
Wadsworth Veterans Hospital
Warren C. Black
Friends and
Howard Honderson
Clara Sinclair
Sidney Drummond
Tom Flory
Ray Howell
Claude Buckner
Burgoon
Sinclair
Traffic Toll Topeka 1962 Kansas Death Log Update
AP reports Kansas traffic fatalities for the 24 hours ending 9 am Friday in May 1962 total 41. This compares with 198 for the corresponding 1961 period and 203 for the 1961-62 span.
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Topeka
Kansas
Tany's Toot
A humorous brief notes how rain refreshed the narrator and inspired a playful toot. The piece reads like light verse with a casual cadence and personal mood.
Rain Brings Hope for Franklin County Crops
Franklin County farms received their first rain in weeks with 1.25 to 2.50 inches, aiding fall plowed fields and standing crops. Agent Don Brown noted surface moisture had dried after spring plowing, with late planted corn and beans struggling but pasture and hay most affected. outlook remains uncertain as hot winds could dry the ground again.
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Franklin County
Don Brown
Brown
Ottawa
Herald
Living Costs Up Again in April 1962
Washington AP reports consumer prices rose two tenths of a percent in April, marking a third straight monthly rise. The index reached 105.2 percent of the 1957-59 average, 1.3 percent above a year earlier, with a seven tenths rise so far in 1962. The April gain will trigger wage bumps of one to two cents per hour for about one million workers in auto, farm equipment, aerospace, and some transit roles under contracts tied to the living costs index.
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Washington
Labor Department
Heavy rains sweep Ottawa area with spotty totals
Thunderstorms across western Kansas drenched the Ottawa region last night with spotty rainfall reaching up to 2.82 inches in nearby Osage County and 1.76 inches at Ottawa. KOFO gauge readings near Ottawa showed 2.50 inches. Marais des Cygnes river rose about a foot while flood gauges remained mostly below zero. Rain is expected to continue into tonight with more showers likely tomorrow as temperatures fell from 80 to 63 degrees after the storms.
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Ottawa
Kansas
John P. Kelsey
KOFO
Marais Des Cygnes
Main Street
Army
Osage County
Melvern
Lyndon
Osage City
Quenemo
Richmond
Williamsburg
Wellsville
Rantoul
Princeton
Waverly
Worden
Lawrence
Vinland
Kelsey
Twister damages rural Ottawa area near Turner home
A funnel cloud dipped near the Ralph Turner farm east of Ottawa causing uprooted trees and blocked roads. Turner said the tunnel appeared between 7:30 and 8:00 PM with no damage to farm buildings. Roads east on Wilson Street Road remained blocked by debris.
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Ralph Turner
Ottawa
Turner
Wilson Street
Graves Decorated by Ottawa Legion Members for Memorial Day
Graves of veterans in Ottawa area cemeteries will be decorated by Warren C. Black Post No. 60, American Legion, on Tuesday May 29 the day before Memorial Day. Veterans and auxiliary members meet 10 a.m. at Highland Cemetery for a service led by Rev. Thomas Ingle. Auxiliary members will decorate memorial graves with taps by Ed Curby. Flags will be placed at several cemeteries by named Legionnaires including Merlin Casteel Bill Moss A C Graffham Bill Hooking Lloyd Griffith Floyd Coffman Ralph Hobbs Ralph McCrea Floyd Finch Howard Steele Dave Bunch Joe Towner and others with a public address system at Highland.
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Ottawa
Warren C
American Legion
Joe Towner
The
Post
Highland Cemetery
Thomas Ingle
North Baptist Church
Ed Curby
Hope Cemetery
Merlin Casteel
Bill Moss
A. C. Graffham
Bill Hooking
Lloyd Griffith
Ruhamah
Stanton
Floyd Coffman
Pleasant Hills
Union
Ralph Hobbs
Princeton
Ralph McCrea
Richmond
Berea
Floyd Finch
Woodlawn
Pomona
Howard Steele
Dean Cemetery
Dave Bunch
Peoria
Greenwood
St. John
Evergreen Mound
Sacred Heart
Astronaut Carpenter May Have Been Dangerously Tired
Cape Canaveral reports from a postflight de briefing indicate Malcolm Scott Carpenter may have been dangerously tired during his final orbit. Communications teams noted confusion on approach and the Aurora 7 capsule overshot its landing area by about 250 miles.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Malcolm Scott Carpenter
Earth
Carpenter
Project Mercury Worldwide
Kauai
Hawaii
California
Tornado devastates Burrton and damages Hutchinson area
Intense storms lash east central Kansas driving tornado funnels through Burrton destroying an appliance and grain store a trailer home and more while Hutchinson reports 90 mph winds and baseball to grapefruit sized hail. No deaths. injuries minor and millions in damages feared as National Guard aids Newton cleanup and power outages spread.
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Topeka
Kansas
Burrton
Hutchinson
More Rain On The Way For Central Kansas
AP reports more scattered thunderstorms forecast for central and eastern Kansas after a night of tornadoes wind hail and heavy rain. Skies clear in southern Kansas with higher northward cloud cover. Early morning rain touched Kansas City area as rains Thursday night totaled one to three inches Reno to Miami counties and over an inch elsewhere north of there. Southeast Kansas still lacking rain despite need.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kansas City
Reno
Miami
Pool Opens Tomorrow at Ottawa Municipal Pool
Ottawa's Forest Park municipal swimming pool will open tomorrow at 1 p.m. Mrs. Fred A. Vogler of 1428 South Main will be in charge of the facility.
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Ottawa
Forest Park
Fred A. Vogler
S. Main
Soviet Ships In Test Area Near Nuclear Site
Washington reports three Soviet vessels near the Pacific nuclear tests area on a large scale intelligence mission. The 3,600-ton Shokal’skiy led heavy equipment for meteorology, debris analysis, and test data, with two converted trawlers providing supplementary electronic gear. They neared within 10 to 15 miles of the test zone, bypassing Johnston Island once warned by a U.S. destroyer.
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Washington
Defense Department
Pacific
U.S
Pentagon
Christmas Island
Johnston Island
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Aee Baey
Everett Blankenship
Laurence Eniehen Jr
Tany
Vern Haugland
Woomera
Australia
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Grand Turk Island
John H. Glenn Jr
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
Mercury Press
Glenntype
Grand Turk
John A. Powers
Ton
Powers
Aurora
Pierce
Roosevelt Roads
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Cape
Raney
Newton
Emporia
Connie Wilson
National Guard
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