25 Oct 1955
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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1955
Page
1
News briefs cover damages to a Herald truck following an accident near Colony on November 17 between 6:00 pm and 6:30 pm. Items mention Gwinn G. Shell Garnett attorney for the plaintiff and other community notices including program at Brown community club and a public chicken pie supper.
Feinte reports his home address amid NATO approving a major three nation proposal. Square Danese The Promena ders square dance club hosts its regular dance at the VFW hall at 8 pm. Long Trip Sheriff Brown travels to Coquille Oregon to seize a Princeton suspect on child desertion charges. State Meeting Mrs Harding returns from Topeka after attending the state Cancer Society gathering. Mayer Hear To Hear Mayor W Robe to speak at a banquet Wednesday. Ottawa University class discussion on state government with civic readers. Whilhire film shown at Sertoma club meeting by Da tavaratiint and economics class. Visited Mrs Louderback travels to Topeka to visit husband in hospital. Hillbilly Opera Eagles sponsor Tommy Scott in Memorial auditorium. Clarence Allen of Detroit visiting his mother Mrs Mary Allen. Transferred Sgt Crockett moved from Camp Lejeune to Camp Pendleton en route overseas. At Convention Peg Carr attends US Chamber of Commerce meeting in Milwaukee. Former Agent F Joe Robbins ill in Lindsey California. Robbins taught at a Franklin county high school.
Hospital notes list admissions and discharges including Mrs. Easdale, Arthur White, Stanley Fritts, Howard DeVore, and others. In Geneva, NATO ministers endorsed Western Big Three proposals to ease tensions, with Dulles, Macmillan, and Pinay outlining steps on German reunification and European security. The Greek foreign minister reaffirmed attachment to NATO, noting no new Greek Turkish tensions referenced.
Funeral services for Mrs. Fannie DeWald, who died Oct. 21, were held Oct. 24 at Lamb Funeral Home with Rev. Charles P. Knight and Rev. Roger Fredrikson officiating. Pallbearers included James Pritchard, Willard Rodgers, Lyn Hay, Dan Patterson, Duane DeWald, Richard Lantis. Highland cemetery burial.
249 polio cases officially recorded in Kansas this year, with three new onsets reported in the past week. By this time last year 664 cases had been recorded.
New York AFL president George Meany said the AFL CIO merger expected in December will likely push the combined labor group into politics by endorsing a presidential candidate next year. He stressed the merged body may back the candidate it deems superior.
Israel's Knesset calls for arms aid to defend against rising Middle East threats. Syri an newspapers urge decisive action by Britain and the United States against Israel for alleged aggression while parties unite in grave concern over Egypt's cotton-for-weapons deal with Czechoslovakia and arming of Iraq by Britain.
A line of quick violent storms hit from Virginia to Massachusetts with gusts up to 110 mph and eight fatalities. Some areas saw rain but weather officials said floods were not a danger, easing fears after two prior floods this season. Upstate New York endured scattered snow from light to six inches around Olean.
Prof Hubert Fitch of the Ottawa University music department gave a piano recital to a large audience in the university auditorium. His playing combined ease and fine technique with musical depth, drawing listeners into a journey through Beethoven, Bach, Ravel, Brahms.
The statewide Boy Scout essay contest winners were announced in Topeka. Lewis Trentman, 15, Fairview, Explorer division, earns a 10 day trip to Philmont Scout Ranch. Brian James Haller, 12, Chanute, Boy Scout division, and Leo Chalmers, 9, Riley, Cub Scout division, each receive a new bicycle.
Governor Fred Hall will dedicate a new 11 mile straight line section of U S Highway 59 from Atchison to Cummings. The project removes nine right angle turns and shortens the Atchison Topeka distance by four miles, running parallel to the Santa Fe Railway right of way.
In London trading today labor members note a shift in prices across corn oats and barley while London parliament accuses former British officials Guy Burgess Donald MacLean and Harold Philby of spying. Heavy hens and light hens show small fluctuations as butterfat moves.
Joe L. Brown 37, son of a movie comedian, was named general manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates to succeed Branch Rickey Sr. for a one year term. The Pirates board announced at Forbes Field that Brown will assume duties Nov. 1 and have complete charge, said President John W. Breath.
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