Ottawa plans river work land purchase this summer
City of Ottawa expects to buy land for flood protection right of way in late summer or early fall after Army Engineers briefing in Kansas City. Plans and specs to Washington by June, then first work includes channel widening and levee construction east of Main Street. Budget allocates 500000 for start, 145000 for Pomona project planning, pending Congress approval.
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Army Engineers
Kansas City
Washington
Main Street
Congress
Pomona Reservoir
Side Swipes and Mixed Moods Across the States
A tornado wrecks a home near Bob's Truck Stop while local traffic on US 50 surges past 12 000 in a single day. In Rochester New York a Greek couple debates city names and Mayo Clinic plans while in Tampa a mother berates a judge over her son’s burglary case. Roswell New Mexico reports a bay mare listed as vehicle make in a drunken misadventure at Bottomless Lakes State Park.
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Haydn Shaw
Bob
Shaw
Roswell, N. M
Bottomless Lakes State Park
Annexation Discussion Planned Near South Willow and 16th
Residents around South Willow and 16th Street are invited to city hall tomorrow evening at 7 30 to discuss annexation. The meeting stems from Gleason addition development east of Willow and north of 16th and will follow the regular 7 pm commissioners meeting in the newly furnished city hall room reached via the west entrance.
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South Willow
16Th Street
Gleason
Willow
16Th
City Hall
Weather snapshot for Kansas fair with storm chances
Fair to partly cloudy skies with widely scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms in parts of Kansas. No significant temperature change expected. Lows tonight 55 to 60, highs Wednesday in the 80s.
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Kansas
Osawatomie Herd to be Sold at Public Auction
TOPEKA The Osawatomie State Hospital dairy herd of 185 head will be auctioned publicly on June 24 and 25. The dispersal stems from the 1957 Legislature's failure to provide sufficient funds to maintain the herd. Lamb Insured Payment Plan.
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Topeka
Osawatomie State Hospital
Legisla Wee
Plot on Hussein Charge Plot on Hussein
VA Jordan army headquarters charged that Syrian forces in Jordan acted as political police and sought to topple King Hussein. The broadcast followed Syria’s demand for withdrawal of 4,000 to 5,000 troops, a withdrawal that was completed last weekend. The statement said Syrian officers met with Communist and political leaders to urge Jordanians to overthrow the regime and described cordons around villages and a joint communications center.
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Amman
Jordan
Hussein
Syria
Egypt
Jordan Army
Ray Schmidt Heads Noon Lions Club
Ray Schmidt became president of the Ottawa Noon Lions Club after yesterday's annual election. Other officers elected include David Woods as first vice president James Alexander as second vice president Bill Barker as third vice president Howard Larson treasurer Al Yost secretary Preston Thompson lion tamer Dick Rayback tail twister. New board members are Frank Shull and John Sweigart. Dr. O W Hasselblad spoke on India at the meeting with guests Roy Holmgren John Depon of Libertyville Tl Jim Bass of Kansas City MO and Lawrence Lamb of Pasadena CA.
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Ray Schmidt
Ottawa Noon Lions Club
David Woods
James Alexander
Bill Barker
Howard Larson
al Yost
Preston Thompson
Dick Rayback
Frank Shull
John Sweigart
O. W. Hasselblad
India
Roy, Holmgren
John Depon
Libertyville
Jim Bass
Kansas City
Lawrence Lamb
Pasadena
Calif
Berserk Navy man takes hostage on Uvalde. one dead
Jimmie Henderson, a Navy enlisted man, went berserk aboard the attack cargo ship Uvalde at Treasure Island San Francisco, killing Ensign Arthur Lusk Morris and wounding Ensign R. D. Harrison and metalsmith 3.C. Jake Verbeck. He held four others hostage for over two hours before surrendering or escaping unharmed. Henderson, identified as a tall Negro, had been convicted yesterday at court martial of stealing a watch and sentenced to four months in the brig, with the status Prisoner at large awaiting confirmation. A chaplain and Henderson’s mother, Mrs Martha Henderson, tried to persuade him to surrender. authorities did not immediately release the dead man’s name.
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Navy
Treasure Island
Uvalde
Jimmie Henderson
Martha Henderson
Alameda County
Ens
Arthur Lusk Morris
R. D. Harrison
Land Metalsmith
Jake H. Verbdek
Former convict dies in Wichita station robbery
A former convict, Theodore Davis, 37, shot during a robbery at a Wichita filling station as six sailors and Marines guard a docked WWII ship, the Uvalle. Davis died shortly after being wounded in the neck. Captain Rex Bienz led police boards and a bridge crew watched nearby.
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Wichita
San
Francisco Bay
Rex Bienz
Pabridge
Irol
Theodore
Davis
Wassery
Herman J. Schaurr
Henderson
Rob
Ert
J. Brittain
Dant
Underground Nuclear Tests Planned to Cut Fallouts
AEC official Gordon M. Dunning said plans exist to detonate nuclear devices underground to keep all radioactive material contained. The testimony to a Senate Atomic Energy subcommittee outlined approaches to reduce fallout from weapons tests. He noted current Nevada tests use higher towers and balloons, with witnesses stating higher-altitude explosions generally produce less fallout.
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Atomic Energy Commission
Commission
Gordon M. Dunning
AEC
Division of Biology and Medicine
Dunning
Semale House
Atomic Energy
Nevada
Young Chicago boy saves toddler amid window fall
In Chicago a 12 year old boy Jimmy Thoma steadies himself beneath a second story window and catches a 21 month old baby, Billy Wayne Faylor, preventing a deadly fall. Neighbors praise his quick reflexes though Jimmy says little of the heroic act.
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Jimmy Thoma
Jimmy
Leonard
Lenora Thoma
Billy Wayne Faylor
Billy Wayne
Ottawa University
Ieee
Chester
Defini Man
Independence
Ile Tinmy
Moberts
Hamilton
N. Y
Ropers
Kansas City
Hale Blairernoon
W. E. Gilliland
Roberts
Seereen Ea
Colgate
Auvenaicy
Ises
Andrew B. Martin
Nevada Atomic Test Opens Summer Series At Yucca Flat
The United States detonated a 10 kiloton device at the Nevada desert opening a summer series of tests. The blast produced a bright flash and mushroom cloud, with observers noting it was smaller than some prior tests. The test aimed to gather radiation data and support defense knowledge. In a prison fight at the same site, Blackie Werntz died from injuries while inmate Carl Jones was wounded. President Eisenhower orders cabinet members to push the 71.8 billion spending plan aggressively.
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Nevada Desert
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Clifford Earl
Blackie” Werntz
Ahu
Leaven
Alop North Penitentiary
Yucca Flat
Las Vegas
Radio Recreation
Active Field
Wernlz
Ety Commission
Harry Keller
Keller
Free World
Ottawa University student Janet Scott named dairy princess candidate
Janet Sue Scott of Mulberry is the Franklin County Dairy Princess hopeful sponsored by the Ottawa Junior Chamber of Commerce. A Wellsville High School graduate and Ottawa University freshman, she led in school activities and 4-H work, earning honors including valedictorian, dean's list, and Sigma Alpha Honors Society. Meanwhile, Eisenhower defends a budget plan in nationwide radio addresses as he seeks party unity to support his spending program. Postmaster General Summerfield warned of drastic mail-service cuts starting July 1 without more funding, and Congress approved a 3.192 billion dollar Post Office appropriation for the new fiscal year.
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Mulberry
Franklin County
Jay J. Scott
Ottawa Junior Chamber of Commerce
Wellsville High School
Ottawa University
Chicago
Eisenhower
Republican Party
Congress
Senate
House
White House
James C. Hagerty
Summerfield
Post Office Department
Werntz Robbery Case Linked to Lansing and Federal Prisons
Roy Church of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation states Werntz was arrested and convicted for robbery, sent to Lansing prison, then transferred to a federal prison for kidnapping. Born November 2, 1811 in LeLoup, he is survived by parents Edgar and Clintor Werntz, a Kansas City sister, and a Navy brother. Graveside services at Highland Cemetery are scheduled for Friday afternoon.
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Roy Church
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Werntz
Lansing
Church
LeLoup
Edgar Clintor Werntz
W. 2Nd
C. H. May Jr
Kansas City
Lyle Eb, Werniz
U. S. Navy
Highland Cemetery
Negro AF Officer To Staff Position
Brig. Gen. Benjamin O. Davis Jr., the Air Force's first Negro general officer, will become chief of staff for the 12th Air Force at Ramstein Germany. He is to report around July 1 succeeding Brig. Gen. William J. Bell who returns to the United States for a new assignment. Davis' father was the first Negro general officer in the U S Army.
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Wiesbaden
Germany
Benjamin O. Davis Jr
U. S. Air Force
12Th Air Force
Ramstein
Davis
William J. Bell
Air Force
Bell
United States
U. S. Army
Religious Groups Endorse Foreign Aid Program
Protestant and Jewish leaders told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that non military foreign aid aspects deserve support. Rev. Dr. Ralph W. Sockman spoke for the National Council of Churches and the Methodist Board of World Peace, while Rabbi Abraham J. Feldman of Hartford led the Synagogue Council of America representing three Jewish branches.
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Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Ralph W. Sockman
Christ Church Methodist
New York City
National Council of the Churches of Christ
U.S.A
Board of World Peace
The
Methodist Church
Abraham, J. Feldman
Hartford
Pewish
Ottawa observes Memorial Day closing Thursday May 30
The city will close for Memorial Day with stores banks offices and most establishments shut. The Herald will not publish that day.
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Ottawa
The
Herald
Harold Stassen Off For Paris
Harold E. Stassen departed for Paris amid reports that the U S disarmament plan faces trouble with France. In London Stassen planned to brief NATO allies as the United Nations disarmament subcommittee recessed for a weekly NATO meeting. Paris sources say France opposes restricting nuclear weapons to the three existing powers and Foreign Minister Pineau backs a Paris stance through Jules Moch.
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London
Harold E. Stassen
Paris
U. S
Stassen
U.S
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Eisenhower
United Nations
Soviet Union
United States
Russia
Britain
Christian Pineau
Jules Moch
France
Cabinet Named in Strife-Torn Haiti
Port au Prince Haiti provisional president Daniel Fignole named a 12 member coalition cabinet to govern the Caribbean republic. The lineup includes ten ministers and two undersecretaries described as experienced men to dispel civil war and anarchy. Names include two former representatives on the ousted Executive Council.
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Port AU Prince
Haiti
Daniel Fignole
Caribbean
Fignole
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