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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1956
Page
8
A compact notice lists a special event sale and regular business meeting. It mentions vehicles including Dodge Coronet and Plymouth models, with references to paint, pickup, and V8s. The address is 49 Hudson, listings include phone 560 and dates around Oct 24 at 7:30 p.m.
For sale an income property comprising three apartments in excellent condition, located on the west side near Willnet. Includes livestock and dairy assets with multiple Hereford cows, Ayrshire cows, Holstein heifers, and assorted cattle. Auction details list ships of stock weights and registration notes, with sale day at Salex Pavilion in Ottawa.
Dreamy shirtwaist dress in wool tweed or satin offered in three sleeve styles. Misses' sizes 12 to 18 and 2040 with 16 taking 2% yards of 54 inch fabric. Directions on tissue. Send 35 cents, add 5 cents for first class, to Anne Adams for The Ottawa Herald Pattern Dept. Include name address zone size and style number.
In Greenup Kentucky a 12 year old boy admitted with another youth that they dynamited the Upper Alcorn School last Tuesday. Sheriff Delbert McKenzie said the boy claimed it would make a hole in the ground. They were released into the custody of their parents.
Colorado Supreme Court upholds first degree murder conviction of John Gilbert Graham 24 for bombing an airliner that killed 44 last year. Court orders execution at Colorado Penitentiary, with probable date Jan 11, Chief Justice Alter states only guilty verdict fits.
In Pottsville Cecilia Linder 34 is jailed after slashing herself and her children, killing her four year old son. She faces murder and related counts. bail denied pending grand jury hearing. She claimed ill health and a nervous breakdown. An unrelated line notes Iraq’s oil reserve estimate of ten million barrels.
Demonstrators clashed with police in Tunis as unrest spread across North Africa after France arrested five top Algerian rebel leaders. Crowds gathered in Casablanca and front of the French embassy. labor leaders called general strikes. Sultan Mohammed VI of Morocco weighed a return to Rabat as Tunisian officials faced an ugly mood and heightened security measures spread through Algeria.
EAST LANSING Mich A Rosebuds chrysanthemums carnations and sunflower seeds were for the luncheon menu yesterday of the 12th annual American Horticultural Congress. Some 156 delegates meeting at Kellogg Center found a rosebud
At the center luncheon a fruit cup with a small rosebud led a menu featuring chrysanthemum petals in muffins orange blossom honey whipped cream carnations as dessert and a Turkey divan with asparagus. Celery hearts autumn fruit salad and yew berry dressing completed the spread. Mrs Evelyn Drake praised the chrysanthemum muffins saying they were very spicy and notably good.
San Francisco proposes pending leases for sheep grazing on Angel Island the Bay largest island and nearby Fort Baker. The Army Corps of Engineers says Ange Island could support 1 620 sheep while 2 500 acres at Fort Baker could graze about 7 500 sheep in dry rocky terrain.
Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees and Frank Robinson of Cincinnati led the major leagues in game winning blows for clutch hits in 1956, each reaching eight and fueling season highlights. Willie Mays and Willie Jones followed with seven, while Ron Northey delivered six clutch wins for the White Sox with five late game hits.
Leslie McKeehen aged 75, a Tonganoxie barber, was found dead in a garage with a .32 caliber revolver nearby. Authorities termed the death a self-inflicted act, amid a vandalism scene with doors smeared in shoe polish. Police attributed the incident to youthful vandals.
Probate court notice for Minnie Wells estate in Franklin County Kansas announces sale on November 5, 1956 at 1 pm of real property described as South 1 1/2 feet of Lot 6 and all of Lots 7 and 8 in Block 123 in Finneyson Lane, plus personal goods. Sale to pay debts. cash only. administrator Richard C. Byrd oversees.
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