Ottawa University senior to graduate and married in Chanute
Jim Springfield, Ottawa University senior and class president, plans to graduate Sunday and speak at the alumni banquet. Tonight in Chanute he will marry Carol Wiles, a university junior. County commissioners debate removing an ornamental hedge around the courthouse yard due to gaps and disease. Hattiesburg, Miss. reports Propwash Tommy the blue pigeon, once a runway mascot, died after hitting a propeller. Prof Wayne Angell of Ottawa University will receive a PhD at KU commencement. Blue Cross speaker Sam Barham at Ottawa Kiwanis. Weather Bureau seeks tornado photos from Kansas City readers.
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Jim Springfield
Ottawa University
Wilson Field House
Chanute
Carol Wiles
Bill Plake
Plake
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
Hattiesburg
Miss
Tommy
Air- Line
Caid
Wayne D. Angell
University of Kansas
0. U
K. U
Kansas Banking
O. U
Sam Barham
Topeka
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Ottawa Kiwanis
George Ledom
R. F. Lollar
James C. Macdonald
F. R. Bennett
Ottawa
Paul.Cramm
Iola
South Willow Land Owners Hear Annexation Debate
About 20 South Willow street area property owners met with Ottawa city officials Wednesday for annexation talks. No decision was reached, and owners were invited to next week’s commission meeting for further discussion. Officials said they plan to annex the west Willow area and the Gleason addition, with boundary lines at alleys to ease street improvements. Disagreement existed on how far west the line should extend. In other business, the city announced out-of-city fire protection by contract at 100 per run, with insurance at 2.48 yearly. bids will be opened June 28 for a diesel generator and 2 sirens for disaster warning, to be synchronized from the police station. The promenade group’s request to use the Hickory Street parking lot for a summer dance was denied, as the lot must be used for parking only. The lot will be used by the De Molay group for a prearranged festival tomorrow.
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South Willow Street
Commission
Ottawa Planning Commission
Gleason
15Th
Willow
10Th Street
T He
Gleason Addition
Willow Street
Ash
Cypress
City Electric
Burns and McDonnell
Kansas City
Ottawa
Weather outlook for Kansas scattered storms and cooler expectations
Scattered showers or thunderstorms expected west and central this afternoon, spreading east by late afternoon. Partly cloudy northwest tonight, otherwise scattered storms, most numerous in east and south central. Saturday clearing northwest, with showers or storms east and south mainly forenoon. Northwest cooler, highs 65 to 75-80, with some confusion in the lower lines about city-wide temps and canning ads.
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Kansas
Campus Riot at Illinois Leaves Injured and Arrests
At the University of Illinois campus in Champaign Urbana more than 5 000 students staged a riot that started as a friendly water fight between Phi Gamma Delta and Alpha Delta Phi. Police used tear gas firing at least 150 volleys. two coeds were injured and about 50 students were arrested and jailed overnight. Final exams were halted then resumed the next day as disciplinary action loomed.
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David Dodds Henry
Univer
University of Ilinois
Henry
Mt “Fete
T. Henry
Illinois State Police
Phi Gamma Delta
Alpha Delta Phi
Sherwood Lodge
Britain eases Red China trade controls drawing U S fire
The British decision to reduce trade controls with Red China sparks anticipated criticism in Congress. Sen Knowland opposes any Chinese Communist trade and Sen Fulbright criticizes Eisenhower policy, noting Britain acts despite American urging. The United States does not recognize or trade with the Communist government.
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Washington
United States
Britain
China
U.S
Congress
Russia
Sen. Knowland
California
Senate
Memorial Day Quiet in Ottawa as Summer Arrives
Memorial Day in Ottawa brings a quiet start to summer with a high river level on the Marais des Cygnes, a closing school term, pool opening, and mild rainfall across towns. River crest near Quenemo reached 28.85 feet, well above flood stage but not triggering Ottawa floods, with noon readings around 19.5 feet. Memorial Day activities included golf crowds, river fishermen, and formal ceremonies at the cemeteries by the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars with color guard and taps.
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Ottawa
Lyndon
Reading
Osage City
Harveyville
Vallley
Quenemo
Paul Prewett
Forest Park
Mercury
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
127Th Field Artillery
Bobby Kile
Paul Stone
Baptists Exceed 1956 Budget Goal by Substantial Margin
In Philadelphia the American Baptist Convention announced its membership oversubscribed the eight million dollar 1956 budget by 739000. Rev Dr Ralph M Johnson urged raising the goal this year. Another announcement noted a pension plan for lay workers will be offered for the first time in the 50 year history.
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Philadephia
The
American Baptist Convention
Ralph M. Johnson
Council of Missionary Cooperation
M. Forest Ashbrook
Ministers and Missionaries Benefit Board
Rural Life Sunday Plan at First Baptist Church
Sunday service plan for Rural Life Sunday at First Baptist Church on June 2 at 8 p.m. Rev. Roger Fredrickson delivers the sermon God and the Good Earth. Various clergy guests lead worship and ritual, with 4-H members providing music and pageant. Offerings support CROP and Rock Spring 4-H camp.
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Roger Fredrickson
Charles Knight
First, Methodist Church
Robert Craig
Trinity Methodist Church
Lawrence Lundstedt
Maurine Neal
4-H Council
Doyle Reichard
Larry Averill
Enseble
Kay Lederer
Jim Lancaster
Nancy Houston
Marvel Macy
Beth Batdorf
Janet Scott
The
Shining Star Chorus
Rock Spring
Severe Weather Forecast Warns of Tornado Outbreak Across KS and MO
The Weather Bureau forecast center issued a special bulletin predicting a tornado and severe thunderstorm outbreak across eastern Kansas and northwest and west central Missouri. Thunderstorm activity is developing in southwest and central Kansas with funnel clouds observed, expected to intensify and produce severe storms and possible tornadoes from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. CST along a line from Hutchinson, Kansas to south of Kirksville, Missouri.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Missouri
Weather Bureau Forecast Center
Hutchinson
Kas
Kirksville
Liquor Tax Stamp Law Takes Effect This Saturday
TOPEKA residents face fines up to 500 dollars and up to six months in jail for possessing liquor without Kansas tax stamps. The new law repeals a prior allowance of up to two quarts without stamps and enforces confiscation of unstamped liquor, effective tomorrow.
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Topeka
Kansas
Law to curb lobbying evils gains bipartisan push
A Senate committee urged tougher laws to curb lobbying evils and fund disclosure. Proposals would broaden direct and indirect lobbying reporting, impose criminal penalties for filing false statements, and push for sunshine in both lobbying and campaign finance. Debate over limiting campaign contributions and applying reform to primaries split the panel 4-4. Memorial Day road toll fell short of expectations with 94 traffic deaths and 166 total deaths by end of the 30 hour period.
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Washington UI
Senate
Brandeis
Congress
Sen
McClellan
D-Ark
House
Niece of Ottawa Man Drowns in Kaw River
Janice Todd 17 daughter of Oren Todd of Ottawa drowned Monday afternoon seven miles west of Topeka while river outing with a classmate and two boys. A swift current swept her from reach as one boy slipped into deep water. she attempted to assist and was drowned. Her mother died last December.
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Janice Todd
Oak Hill
Kas
Kaw
Topeeka
Jay Todd
Ottawa
Oren Todd
Miss Todd
Topeka
Todd
Ottawa stores adopt summer hours starting June 3
Summer hours take effect Monday in Ottawa with weekday closing at 5 p.m. through June July and August. Saturday late closings continue through June.
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Ottawa
Two Year Old Rescued From Ottawa Country Club Lake
Andrea McGehee, two, of Tulsa, slipped into Ottawa Country Club lake while playing near the shore. Her brother Jimmy, eight, who uses crutches, jumped in to help but could not reach her. Jim Clark of Ottawa High School aided in the rescue as spectators and golf players nearby prepared to start round.
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Tulsa
Ottawa Country Club
J. D. McGehee
V. 0. Schultz
Jim Clark
Ottawa High School
Andrea
Jimmy
Clark
No. 1
Mrs. McGehee
Schultz
Reid Ward to Speak in Topeka on Ottawa Hunting Row
Reid Ward of Ottawa will speak in Topeka to present the Ottawa Hunting Assoc position in the Marais des Cygnes game preserve dispute. Ward, invited by Gov. George Docking, will outline the club’s stance at a press conference likely Wednesday or Thursday, with Attorney George Powers of Wichita accompanying him. The Fish and Game Commission dropped condemnation actions on Ottawa and Boscourt lands adjoining the preserve in Linn County, a move Docking opposes as he investigates the decision.
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Reid Ward
Tth
Ottawa Hunting Assoc
Marais Des Cygnes
Topeka
Ward
George Docking
George Powers
Wichita
Ottawa Club
Fish and Game
Boscourt Club
Linn County
Docking
Game Commission
Three Die in Kansas Memorial Day Traffic Accidents
Memorial Day traffic crashes in Kansas claimed three lives. In Wyandotte County a man, 37, and an 8 year old boy, both Kansas City residents, died at the same 72nd Street site that earlier left nine injured. In Salina a 75 year old Niles woman, Mamie Seim, perished and seven others injured after a two car crash at an intersection. Two additional accidents caused five injuries without fatalities, including a four person injury crash east of Rosalia on U.S. 54 and a two car wreck near Emporia.
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Kansas
Wyandotte County
Salina
Niles
Kas
Carl A. Ryan
Albert Strom
Kansas City
Mamie Seim
Rosalia
U. S. 54
Emporia
Farm Engineer To Visit Franklin County June 5
Kansas State College extension engineer Leo Wendling will visit Franklin County on June 5 to help farmers with tornado related building problems. Don Brown, county agricultural agent, arranged the visit. A 10 a.m. meeting at First Methodist Church will invite all with farm building issues to attend.
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Leo Wendling
Kansas State College
Manhattan
Franklin County
Don Brown
First Methodist Church
Brown
K-State
Massacre in Algerian village kills hundreds of men
Survivors say nationalist Arab rebels massacred most of the male population of a village 80 miles southeast of Algiers. French officials count 302 dead as women and children hide. Armored by helicopters, aid arrives while a cycle of violence between MNA and FLN rivals is blamed.
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Algiers
Algerian Nationalists Movement
MNA
National Liberaion Front
FLN
Traffic Deaths This Year Are Below 1956
The National Safety Council reports 11 250 traffic deaths from January through April 1957, a 4 percent drop from 11 560 in early 1956. The 1956 total reached 40 000, 31 more than the prior peak in 1951. April deaths were 2 990 both years.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Arthur Miller Found Guilty Contempt of Congress
Washington report says playwright Arthur Miller was convicted of contempt of Congress after a six day trial, for refusing to name Communist writers before the House Committee on Un-American Activities. Judge Charles McLaughlin issued a 15 page written verdict. sentencing not yet fixed. The case carries up to one year in jail and a $1000 fine.
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Washington
Arthur Miller
Marilyn Monroe
Congress
Charles McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Miller
House Committee On Un-American Activities
New York
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