Local Briefs Highlight School and Community News
Ottawa area notices include Air Force recruiter visits at the courthouse every Thursday from 10 to 1:30, Back To School PTA events at Junior-Senior High on October 15, and a rummage sale at Mock Motors October 19 and 20. New minister Rev Edwin M O Neal arrives at St Paul AME, church officers elected at Homewood Christian and Community Church, and Navy enlistments from Ottawa Osawatomie. Plus local divorces, court updates, and theft probes at Rantoul school.
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Lowell W. Stone
Air Force
Topeka
Navy
PTA
Mock Motors
Edwin M. O'Neal
California
St. Paul A.M.E. Church
S. Oak
C. J. Prince
Rev. O'Neal
Kansas A.M.E. Church
Fifth Episcopal District Conference
Fredrick D. Jordan
Chattanooga
Tenn
Turner Theological Seminary
Morris Brown College
Atlanta
University of New Mexico
Ottawa
Brooks Chapel
A.M.E
Tulare
Calif
Local theft and military assignment report
Crockett Route 2 man assigned to Camp Pendleton California for infantry training. Home of Mr and Mrs Arthur D Hill one mile north of Wellsville on K 33 broken into while Hills attended their mother in law's funeral. Property valued about one thousand dollars stolen including bedding dishes silverware appliances. Sheriff Jay Brown reports the incident.
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Arthur D. Hill
Wellsville
Jay Brown
Hills
Summer Weather In Middle West
Mild conditions were forecast across the nation from the Rockies to the Atlantic with cooler, damp spots in the West. Warmth spread from the Plains to the Midwest and into the Ohio Valley and New England with 80s widespread and some records in several cities. Gusty winds stirred dust in Kansas, Nebraska, and the Oklahoma Texas Panhandle region, while Chicago and Minneapolis posted 64 a record for Oct 12.
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Central Plains
Dakotas
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
mid-Mississippi Valley
Ohio Valley
New England
Middle Atlantic Coast
Kansas
Nebraska
Oklahoma - Texas Panhandle
Philip
Chicago
Minneapolis
Georgia
Alabama
Central Rockies
Rockies
South Pacific Coast
Arizona
New Mexico
Pacific Northwest
Central
Florida
Germany Recalls Syrian Minister Over Diplomatic Rift
Bonn recalls its Syrian minister after Syria rejects West German protest over the opening of a German consulate in Damascus. West Germany has warned that recognizing East Germany by non communist nations would be unfriendly. The text notes the narrowest railway gauge reported as 23 and a half inches in Wales India Pakistan and South America.
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Bonn
Germany
Syria
Anall
Damascus
West Germany
East Germany
Wales
India
Pakistan
South America
October farm sales schedule in Ottawa region
A list of local sale events with dates and locations across Ottawa and nearby towns. Entries include Overbrook Livestock Sale, Washington Creek Church Sale near Globe Store, Roberts Market Sale in Lawrence, and shipments through Wellsville and Princeton Cemetery notes. Multiple Oct dates, with additional events planned for November 13 by Brethren Church in Ottawa.
Overbrook and Waverly Livestock Sale Listings
Auction notices from Pomona Overbrook Waverly and Homewood areas list sales on Tuesdays Wednesdays Thursdays and specific Oct dates. Names include Jack Nelson Neill George Will Kruger Aliceville Crabb's Machine and Welding and the Homewood Community Christian Church Auction with locations Homewood Emerald and Jet, Kansas.
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Waverly
Meyer
Aliceville
Will Kruger
Crabb
Homewood
Kansas
Frank Spencer
Emerald
Homewood Community Christian Church
Local Hereford auctions and sales calendar near Ottawa Kansas
Oct 1 Harry L Morgan Grade A Guernsey herd 5 miles northeast of Ottawa. Oct 20 Fr Co Sale Wilson Locust Oct 22 Frank Haag 10 miles north of Ottawa on 50 59 Hiway or 13 miles south of Lawrence on 50 59 Hiway. Oct 23 Hans Lassen 4 miles north of Pomona or 12 miles northwest of Ottawa Kansas. Oct 24 Evening Auction Box and Pie Supper Sand Creek School by Sand Creek Community. Oct 27 Fr Co Sale Wilson Locust Sts Ottawa Kansas. Nov 3 Fr Co Bale Wilson Locust Sts Ottawa Kansas Nov 5 H M Booth Beets Hereford Farm 2% miles west of Baldwin on a0 Highway or 24 miles east of Baldwin Junction Registered Herefords. Nov 10 Fr Co Sale Wilson Locust Sts Ottawa Kansas.
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Harry L. Morgan
Ottawa
Fr. Co. Sale
Wilson & Locust
Frank Haag
Hiway
Lawrence
Hans Lassen
Pomona
Kansas
Sand Creek
M. Booth
Hospital Notes Admits and Dismissals Listed
Hospital notes show admissions for Mrs Glen Shepherd at 740 S Elm and Mrs Robert Parks of Pomona and Michael Wiggins at 517 S Elm with Julia Mae Berger of Richmond today. Discharges include Mrs Wilbur Kristenson Jr at 721 N Main and Bruce and Everett Davis at 614 N Sycamore and William Gossett at 1017 S Locust. Transfers Bert Lathrop of 403 E 9th to K U Medical Center today.
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Glen Shepherd
S. Elm
Robert Parks
Pomona
Michael Wiggins
Julia Mae Berger
Richmond
Wilbur Kristenson, Jr
N. Main
Bruce and
Everett Davis
N. Sycamore
William Gossett
S. Locust
K. U. Medical Center
Bert Lathrop
E. 9Th
Prairie Chicken Season Closed in Kansas
The Kansas Forestry Fish and Game Commission announced the prairie chicken season will close due to drought and fire risk. The proposed Oct 20-21 dates in 14 eastern Kansas counties were canceled after input from farmers and sportsmen. Affected counties include Butler Cowley Chautauqua Elk Greenwood Wilson Woodson Allen Bourbon Linn Anderson Osage Wabaunsee and Franklin.
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Butler
Cowley
Chautauqua, Elk
Greenwood
Wilson
Woodson
Allen
Bourbon
Linn
Anderson
Osage
Wabaunsee
Franklin
Bright Outlook For Agriculture
W E Fisher president of the Federal Land Bank of Wichita said yesterday that the agriculture outlook is good despite drought and low prices. Land banks remain strong and can extend credit to help farmers and ranchers through adversity. Farm loans in Kansas New Mexico Colorado and Oklahoma last fiscal year were high for the period though driven by farmers putting their houses in order. Foreclosures continued at a very minor amount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque
N.M
W. E. Fisher
Federal Land Bank of Wichita
Fisher
Kansas
New Mexico
Colorado
Oklahoma
Carpenters Foldaway Horses Turn Rooms Into Tables
Pattern 372 in the Quick and Easy Indoor Furniture packet shows how to build foldaway horses with stock lumber and hardware. A top of battened boards creates a large table for parties or work. Mailed for 25 cents. pattern packet priced at 1 dollar from Pattern Dept Bedford Hills New York.
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Ottawa Herald
Bedford Hills
New York
Tallamy Named To Lead Nationwide Highway Plan
President Eisenhower appointed Bertram D. Tallamy to steer a 33 billion dollar federal highway program. The 54 year old New York engineer formerly led the state thruway project and will direct a 41 000 mile interstate network, subject to Senate confirmation. Tallamy has long been a key figure in public works and will report to Secretary Weeks.
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Albany
N.Y
Bertram D. Tallamy
Eisenhower
Tallamy
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
New York Public Works
New York State
Secretary of Commerce
Weeks
World Wide News Briefs Manila Berserk Filipino Kills 16
World-Wide reports Manila police say a 42 year old Filipino Muslim man Domingo Salazar went berserk on Palawan Island killing 16 people before he was subdued in Roxas town Central Palawan on Thursday He faces multiple homicide charges Tokyo clash as 2000 police confront 3500 demonstrators over U S Tachikawa base expansion injuring Socialist MPs workers Budapest arrest of Lt Gen Mihaly Farkas former defense minister and son Vladmir linked to 1949 1950 investigations New Delhi India authorities move to evacuate over 300000 people as Jumna River threatens to overflow warning 50000 urged to leave engineers reinforce river banks with sandbags
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Manila
Palawan Island
Domingo Salazar
Thurday
Roxas
Palawan
Budapest
Hungary
Mihaly Farkas
Farkas
Vladimir
Laszlo Rajk
Janos Kadar
New Delhi
India
P&t
Jumna
Rodney Brodie Is Home Again
Rodney Brodie, five, the separated Siamese twin, returned home after surviving the 1952 separation operation. He had been in the University of Illinois medical department hospital since July 19 for fluid on the brain and deep hemorrhages. He will remain at home while doctors decide on further treatment.
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Chicago
Rodney Brodie
Rodney
Io Hospital
University of Illinois Medical Department
Scouts urge vote with Liberty Bell hangers before election
Before November 6 the 4,175,134 Cub Scouts Boy Scouts Explorers and their leaders will place Liberty Bell hangers on 35,000,000 homes urging every citizen to vote. The Get Out the Vote campaign is in cooperation with Freedoms Foundation of Valley Forge and is non partisan and without reference to any candidate or party.
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Freedoms Foundation
Valley Forge
Convicted In Wife's Death Near Syracuse
Delphos Burns, 38, Wichita, was convicted of first degree manslaughter in the death of his wife Ruby, 26, in a Syracuse motel on June 16. He faces 5 to 21 years in prison and his attorney has five days to appeal. The autopsy cites a punctured lung from broken ribs.
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Syracuse
Kas
Delphos Burns
Wichita
Ruby
Alfalfa Bill Is Critical At Oklahoma City Hospital
The immediate family of former Oklahoma Governor William Murray known as Alfalfa Bill stayed at his hospital bed as he fights for life. Murray, 87, a 1930s governor and son of ex governor Johnston Murray, is unconscious three days after a stroke with three of his sons nearby, one recovering from surgery.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
William
Alfalfa Bill) Murray
Murray
Johnston Murray
Birth rate leaders in western Europe 1955 Portugal to Finland
Western Europe in 1955 shows Portugal, the Netherlands, Ireland and Finland with the highest birth rates. The era also notes European rail policy with British railways offering the lowest fares to early morning business travelers and vacationists.
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Portugal
Netherlands
Ireland
Finland
Europe
British Railways
Glass snake is legless lizard with brittle tail
In New Jersey a glass snake is not a snake but a legless lizard whose tail breaks easily. The state hired 4,625 new school teachers in 1955 56, twice the number employed eight years earlier.
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New Jersey
Local Market Prices For Grains And Eggs
Wheat 2.05 a bushel Barley 0.56 a bushel Soybeans 2.05 per unit Yellow Corn 1.22 per unit Shelled Yellow Corn 1.25 per unit White Corn 0.00 Butterfat 0.54 to 0.50 Heavy Hens 0.08 Light hens 0.208 Eggs graded 0.36 0.25 0.20 0.14 Cocks 0.05 Mile hundred pounds 1.95
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Hickory
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Williamsburg
John J. Dolan
St. Joseph
Williamsburg Wildlife Association
Williamsburg High School
Norman Brown
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R. I
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Eas
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11Th St
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Ninth & Main
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Pomona, Kas
Anderson County
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Main
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Tokyo
U. S. Tachikawa Air Base
Chimborazo
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Ecuador
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Israel
U.S. Military Academy AT
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V.b.savings
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Lamb Funeral Home
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