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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1955
Page
10
Pope Pius III addressed road experts from around the world at the International Road Federation meeting in Castel Gandolfo. He urged motorists to follow a golden rule of conduct, noting road development has opened regions but also increased accidents, and he pressed for reducing the traffic toll.
In Franklin County Kansas probate court the petition by Hale Steele administrator seeks final settlement and heirs determination for Naomi Elizabeth Dutro deceased. Defenses must be filed by October 19 1955 at 10 00 a m in Ottawa Kansas. Anderson Byrd act as attorneys for petitioner.
Treasury officials and experts testified before the House Ways and Means subcommittee led by Rep Forand to seek remedies for the excise tax system. The hearings focus on technical and administrative problems rather than rate changes as experts call the patchwork revenue source obsolete and inequitable. The system dates to the Civil War and became prominent in the 1930s, generating 9 to 10 billion dollars annually.
ANN ARBOR Mich under secretary of agriculture True D Morse told Washtenaw County farm leaders that the worst of postwar adjustment for agriculture is over We have about got production and consumption in balance He forecast a better year in 1956 Morse cited large reductions in stored butter and nonfat dry milk and soybean oil Decrease in parity index stability and returning confidence in acreage values near 1952 levels
The Tecon Corp of Dallas Texas is awarded a 3 673 154 contract to resume work on Tuttle Creek Dam near Manhattan Kansas Army engineers say Tecon has 800 working days to build an approach channel intake towers and operating house a stilling basin and 267 feet of water conduit 20 feet diameter Work starts within 30 days after a work order is drawn Tecon had the lowest bid of six firms
At Barton County refuge Cheyenne Bottoms fills with rain as pools 2 3 and 4 accumulate water. 34 reservations exist for opening day with hunters from Wichita Hutchinson McPherson and El Dorado. Drawings for blinds held daily near headquarters prior to dawn. Open season runs Oct 9 to Dec 22 with a daily bag limit of five and a possession limit of ten after opening day.
In Delaware County Court House in Media prisoners awaiting trial were placed in a cell with liquor seized as evidence from a raid. District Attorney Raymond Start said by the time a lawyer arrived, much of the liquor evidence had vanished. Some inmates were intoxicated or visibly affected as the liquor circulated. Savings bonds are an investment.
In Telluride Colorado an infant boy was found buried in a wilderness grave and the father Orville Thomas Bell 26 a former mental patient is sought by armed posses Sheriff Lawrence Warrick said Bell twice escaped jail and allegedly killed the infant after shouting it was crying Emma Bell the mother led officers to the grave and said Bell smothered the child with blankets and forced her to help bury him in a canyon northwest of Telluride three weeks ago She says Bell later held her prisoner in their tent home until she escaped and sought help at a ranch home on Saturday
San Francisco County grand jury indicts Betty Jean Benedicto for kidnapping 2 day old Robert Marcus from Mt Zion Hospital last Sept. 19. Conviction possible 1 to 25 years. She did not appear and is in psychiatric ward. Baby unharmed.
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