Side Swipes Rally for UNICEF from Ottawa churches
Young volunteers from Ottawa churches collected about 540 dollars for UNICEF in a door to door Halloween drive. Rev. Gerald Mease, chair, noted the total across participating churches and that one church was unavailable due to another event. Rodney Mullen, seven, dressed as a robot, lost two baby teeth during his rounds while trading them for treats.
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Ottawa
Unicef
Gerald Meage
Ral
Mease
Rodney Mullen
Darrell Mullen
S. Cedar
Rodney
Jim Mec- Crea
S. Robert McCrea
S. Hickory
Jim McCrea
Halloween pranks out as lawmen find little harm
In Queenmo and surrounding towns pranksters caused minor street debris and scattered incidents but no major damage. Local sheriffs praised county youths for cooperation as rural schools reported lights on and Ottawa saw no trouble while 14 Ottawa officers patrolled the city. Tricky Halloween scenes included women at a Country Club tea and a Detroit wedding announcement followed by a Miami bar burglary report.
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Hull
Franklin
Jay Brown
Lane
Wellsville
Rantoul
Ottawa
TWA Strike Postponed as Union Votes on Offer
Kansas City AP report says machinists delayed a strike at Trang World Airlines to vote on a new wage offer. If accepted, the dispute ends. if rejected, a strike date will be set. The IAM also notes ongoing tensions with Capital and Eastern airlines and pending negotiations with several others.
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Capes Eng Ort Kansas City
Trang World Airlines
TWA
Frank Heisler
The
International Assny of Machinists
Capital Airliness
Eastern Air Lines
National
Northeast
Northwest Airlines
Therm
Northwest
IAM
Woman Slain in Ottawa Home Leads to Suspect
A 40-year-old Ottawa woman, Gladys Vonne Cooper, was found shot in the head in her 4-room home at 733 King. Police pursued a fleeing suspect described as wearing a checkered shirt, jeans, and white shirt and levis. Coleman Tolvert, 32, Kansas City, was arrested nearby and tied to the case as officers investigated a second degree murder charge amid a hung jury in a separate Douglas County trial.
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Ottawa
Womeny
King
Gladys Vonne Cooper
Clyde Johnson
Police de Sartment
Johnson
Sheriff's Office
Cooper
Coleman Tolvert
Kansas City
N. Mulberry
EL Dorado
Kan
Talvert
Warren Applegate
Wnj
Learn- Garden City
Govl
George Docking
Lhce
Clyde Reed
Applegate
Garden City
Kiul This
Douglasseek
Garda City
Wichita
Rummage Sale Jr. Hi
Std
Main
Ady
Weather COUNTY FORECAST Decreasing clouds and cooler
Decreasing cloudiness this afternoon and tonight then clear to partly cloudy Sunday. A little cooler tonight and a milder Sunday with highs about 35 to 40 and the Sunday high in the upper forties.
Explosive Theft Sparks Child Suspects In CLATHE Event
In CLATHE Kansas sheriff officers halted an explosive Halloween plan by seven youths. Two boys aged 11 and 12 admitted taking 700 dynamite caps and fuses from a rock quarry. They sold caps for a dollar and stored some at a rail site and a high school locker. The incident followed a separate explosion reported near an airliner after caps and sticks were bought by other youths.
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Clathe
Kan
Washington
Force
Asmiss
OU City Poll Shows Reed Leading Governor Race
Ottawa University students conducted a straw poll placing Republican Clyde Reed ahead of Governor George Docking 51 to 38 in the city. Errett Scrivner led Newell George 62 to 27, with 70 percent support. Method included eight city areas and 101 ballots, 80 eligible. Results differ from the Ottawa Herald poll, which showed Docking at 84 percent and Scrivner at 58 percent. This OU poll covered governor and congress only.
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Clyde Reed
Ottawa University
Reed
George Docking
Errett Scrivner
Newell George
Wayne Angel
Don Filenstine
Angel
Ottawa
Ottawa Herald
Herald
Docking
Scrivner
Congress
Tolvert Custody Case and Arrest at Mulberry Residence
State Trooper Art Jensen Lt Bill Wheeler and County Attorney Don White detained Tolvert at a Mulberry residence after locating a in possession pistol The suspect was taken to the police station for questioning Mrs Cooper formerly married to D Cooper now in Topeka filed for divorce May 21 1957 The court granted the divorce October 10 1967 awarding custody of nine children George Norval Maxine Alfred Junior Kenneth Robert Janice and Danny to Mrs Cooper
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Art Jensen
Bill Wheeler
Don White
Mulberry
Tolvert
Wlice
Cooper
D. Cooper
Topeka
George
Norval
Maxine
Alfred
Junior
Kenneth
Robert
Janice
Danny
Seven miners rescued as Nor th America's deepest mine reopens
SPRINGHIL Nova Scotia AP Seven more miners were rescued after nine days entombed in Cumberland No 2 coal mine. Rescue crews said all appeared in good condition, joining 12 others brought out earlier. Byron Martin led the group to surface amid cheers, while others praised the miracle as crews continued searching for the remaining missing.
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Springhil
N. S
Byron Martin
Martin
Victor Hunter
Frank
Fred
Percy
Garnett Clark
Currie Smith
Douglas Jewkes
Heb. Pepperdine
Jenkes
Jim McLeod
Jim
North America
Elvis Admits He's Dating German Girl
Pvt Elvis Presley on Army duty overseas confirms dating a German girl from Frankfurt. He jokes her English is scarce and she carries a small dictionary when they go out. Rainfall note mentions higher than average moisture but no direct connection to Presley.
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Elvis
New York
Brigitte Bardot
Gome
Elyta
Pasternak
All Saints Hospital
Nikitas
Khrushchev
Russia
Bad Nauheim
Germany
Elvis Presley
Frankfurt
Soviet Agency Says Pasternak Free to Leave Russia
London AP states Tass reports writer Bor Pasternak is allowed to depart Russia to receive the Nobel prize. The news notes his freedom was confirmed by the Soviet news agency Tass.
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London
Tass
Boris Pasternak
Russia
Traffic Toll 14 in Topeka Reported by AP
Traffic fatalities totaled 452 to date in 1958 and 459 in the same period of 1957, per the State Accident Records section. The latest 24 hour period shows continued fatalities.
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Topeka
Lee Named Alternate To Military Academy
David A. Lee of Ottawa has been named first alternate to West Point Military Academy. Rep. Errett Scrivner announced the selection on Friday. Lee is a Ottawa High School graduate and a freshman at Ottawa University. Joel Berglund was named second alternate to the Naval Academy, studies noted with ties to Paola and local families.
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David A. Lee
Maple
Howard C. Lee
West Point Military Academy
Lee
Errett Scrivner
Ottawa High School
Ottawa University
Scrivoer
Joel Berglund
A. Berglund
S. Locust
Naval Academy
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Walter Fin
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Josephine Evans
Lloyd Greaves
Joe Stephanson
Young Love
Detroit
Jean O'Dell
Arza Dibble
Traverse City
Mich
O'Dell
Grosse Pointer Farms
Dibble
Miami
Fla
Sam Abrahams
Abrahams
Margie Bernhart
Marlon
Flamb
OU City
Mauspice Ruddick
Walt
Pasternaki Ihas
Thiat Pasternak
Presley
Soviet Union
Doctor Zhivago
Williamsburg
Carol Bethel
Judy Heckman
Barbara Jokman
Clausse Smith
Military
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