Franklin County Friends Attend Pasadena Picnic Report
A Franklin county social list from a Pasadena luncheon notes about 150 attendees at Brookside Park on Sunday October 16 including Nita Rogers Bell Jess W Beal Flossie H Beal Clyde Certain Herbert Coffman and many others. The article also mentions a SAT year old Ottawa lad seeking a medium Revenhallaz and Dixie appearing on channel 5. It lists induction notices for Franklin county men including Donald Dean Ronald Dole Wayne Leroy New Arthur Floyd Hufford Grant Ray Carey Richard Ahtone Voltz and Glenn Franklin Welch.
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Franklin County
Kas
Brookside Park
Pasadena
Calif
Ray Burke
Seenine
Nita Rogers Bell
Jess W. Beal
Flossie H. Beal
Clyde Certain
Herbert Coff
Rollo Laird
Alvin A. LaPlante
Valentine Lawson
Jéan Lowderman
Joseph Lawson
Celer
L. E. Kaiser- Mian
Florence Kay
Lyle Kirkland
Ralph Kirkland
Charles T,.kidwell
Spwin Brothers
Franklin, County
Kansas City
Donald Dean
Ronald Dole
Atchison
Princeton
Wayne Leroy New
Otttawa
Arthur Floyd Hufford
Grant Ray Carey
Richard ‘Ahtone Voltz
Glenn
Franklin ‘Welch
City Attorney Proposes Plan to End Police Dispute
City Attorney Douglas Gleason offered a local settlement plan at a city hall session attended by Don White and media reps. The proposal calls for reinstating former officers Joe Glenn and Bill Boucek, with White preparing a counterproposal for tomorrow. The plan proposes a public questions process, answered by the governing body and published in full by press and radio.
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Douglas Gleason
Don White
White
Joe Glenn
Bill Boucek
City Commission
Gleason
Attorney General's Office
Sheldon Tallman
The
Ottawa Times
Red’ ‘Cupp
Don Hull
Bob Leonard
Herald
Publi
Attormmey
Tthe
Ottawa men to give Veterans Day talks in Franklin schools
Ottawa men including Howard Doyen and John Fleming will deliver short patriotic talks in Franklin county schools on November 11 as part of the American Legion Veterans Day program. Superintendent Roger Fredrikson administers the effort with KOFO airing at 11 am. schools are asked to dismiss in time for the 2 pm Ottawa parade.
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Ottawa
Franklin County
American Legion
Robert B. Anderson
Pomona
Howard Doyen
Princeton
R. R. Redmond
Rantoul
Douglas Gleason
Williamsburg
L. A. Stafford
Wellsville
John Fleming
Ottawa University
Arantos Rey
Roger Fredrikson
KOFO
Legion Committee
Howard Doman
Appanoose
Donald White
Lane
A. B. Martin
Paul Hughes
Chalrlsman
He Legion’ S
Cows Struck On Highway Near Ottawa Cause Fatal Loss
Two cows owned by Percy Van Horn of Wellsville wandered onto a highway and were struck by a car driven by Albert W. Adolph 47 of Wellsville. Adolph was uninjured and cited for no license. his 1953 Ford suffered about 300 dollars in front-end damage. The incident occurred about 1 a m one mile east of the K-33 and K-68 junction, east toward Ottawa. He was fined one dollar plus costs in county court.
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Art Jensen
Bob Conaty
Percy van Horn
Wellsville
Albert W. Adolph
Rt. 2
Ottawa
Adolph
Indian Summer Weather Ahead in Kansas Forecast
Weatherman P N Eland forecasts an Indian Summer pattern in Kansas through Wednesday with clear skies and warm temps. A weak cold front tomorrow will drop readings to the 40s tonight and highs of 70s to 80s. The rest of the week should average 5 to 8 degrees above normal with no precipitation. Overnight lows ranged 33 to 45 in recent readings.
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Topeka
Kansas
P. N
Eland Gaid
Chanute
Concordia
Garden City
Goodland
Hen Cuty
Concordia Down
Russell
Daring Fire Fighters Quell Roaring Texas Oil Well Fire
In Hawkins Texas a wild oil well fire roared with gas and oil spraying 30 to 40 feet into the air. Firefighers from Houston worked through the night to contain the blaze as residents evacuated. By late morning the crew hoped to extinguish the well and avert further danger to the nearby town.
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Texas
Hawkins
Tex
Myron Kinney
Houston
Kinney
Fund Benefits Humane Society in Ottawa Community Chest drive
The Franklin County Humane Society seeks 200 in Chest funds to continue work protecting children and animals. Chartered 1946 and opened 1949, the shelter is led by Leo Edington, with officers John Weidmann as president and others listed. A chicken pie supper is planned at the Church of the Brethren on Oct 26 at 6 p.m.
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Franklin’ County Humane Society, Inc
Ottawa
Kansas
Leo Edington
John Weidmann
Robert Clogston
Dwight Chappell
Beatrice Martin Peck
Church of the Brethren
Tiny Fort Scott baby weighs one pound at birth
A girl weighing 1 pound 12 ounces was born yesterday afternoon at a Fort Scott hospital to Mr and Mrs Charles L Beckford of Fulton Kansas. The infant and mother are reported in excellent condition and the baby was placed in an incubator.
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Fort Scott
Charles L. Beckford
Fulton, Kas
Memorial Auditorium
F.O.E
Delegation Seeks Funds for Ottawa Flood Control Work
A Ottawa community drive launches with 165 volunteers canvassing districts to raise 20800 for 15 local agencies. John Eldon leads the men's team while Mrs Theron Clark directs residential solicitors as pledges and cash are accepted throughout the week.
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Ottawa
John Eldon
Theron Clark
Benson removal call sparks Minnesota farm hearing
At Worthington Minnesota about 400 farmers cheered a Farm Committee hearing demand that Ezra Benson be removed from the Agriculture Department. Bert Bellig of Sanborn called for Benson to go while urging a program to raise farm prices and income as the committee tours the country and hears farmer views.
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Worthington
Minn. T
Minnesota
Senate Agriculture Committee
Benson
Bert Bellig
Sanborn
Minn
Ezra Taft Benson
Benson II
Bellig
Iarmer
Woman hears muffled screams linked to schoolboys deaths
CHICAGO police looked into a woman's claim of hearing muffled cries near her home on October 16 as three schoolboys were found beaten to death in Robinson Woods. Dolores Wisilinski, 29, reported the sounds about 11:30 p.m. and cited frequent disturbances in the sparsely populated Northwest Side. Police questioned two men whose autos matched descriptions of vehicles seen near the park where the bodies were discovered, as investigations continued.
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Chicago
Dolores Wisilinsis
Wisilinski
Robinson’s Woods
Robinson Woods Forest Preserve
Weather forecast and record highs and lows
The forecast calls for generally fair conditions this afternoon tonight and Wednesday with warmer temperatures today and across most of the state then cooler northwest winds on Wednesday. Low tonight in the 40s and high Wednesday around 70 northwest to 80 southeast. Yesterday's high 67 and low 40. Record high 90 in 1939 and record low 28 in 1929. Yesterday sky was clear and wind light from the northwest. River level 49 feet.
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Money Requested for Pomona Quenemo Reservoir Projects
Funds sought by a Kansas Missouri flood-control delegation at a Washington hearing total 2,650,000 for Marais des Cygnes Osage River basin projects in Kansas and Missouri. The report notes a bomb threat and an injunction restraining mass picketing at two Westinghouse plants in Pittsburgh, linked to CIO actions against the Electrical Workers union. The incident followed Judge Henry X. O'Brien issuing the injunction.
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Pittsburgh
Oan
Westinghouse ‘Electric Corp
Henry X. O'Brien
CIO International Union of Electrical Workers
Washington, D. C
Kansas
Missouri
Fiood
Marais Des Cygnes-Osage
Bombing Threat At Home Of Judge
Hearing before the Bureau of the Budget officials heard requests for funds for the 1956 fiscal year. Kansas and Missouri river basin projects sought planning and construction funding for reservoirs dams levees and river protections including Pomme De Terre Merkel Milford Perry and Topeka flood protection. City officials and local leaders from Kansas City Topeka Salina Abilene Manhattan and other towns attended.
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Bureau of the Budget
Kansas
Marais Des Cygnes
Ottawa Channnel
Pomona
iMelgern
Missouri
Pomme de Terre
Kasinger Bluff
Lamar Phillips
Ottawa Hrald
H. Gr .Day
Hermitage
Turtle Creek
Kaw
Neosho
Verdigris
Toronto
Kansas City
Missouri River
Rule
Abijlene
Salina
Topeka
Sean
Manhattan
Kas
Strawn Reseroir
Jon Perry
Lawrence
Milford
Council Grove
Max Lake
Paul Hoffman
Abilene
Reed Morse
Emil W. Heck
W. G. Calvert
Lexington
Bank robbery shocks Hardin Missouri in broad daylight
Two armed bandits robbed the State Bank of Hardin today escaping with about $12,000. Police reported customers were inside the bank when the holdup occurred. A car believed abandoned by the gunmen was found about a mile south of Hardin and roadblocks were set up on major routes as a patrol plane aided the search.
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Hardin
Hardinsby
Good Start For Early Wheat
TOPEKA The federal and state departments of agriculture described 1956 Kansas wheat as very good with seeding virtually complete and plants making rapid growth. Several dry windy days have dried top soil and more moisture is needed to pack soil around the plants. Grasshoppers are causing damage along field edges in some western localities.
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Topeka
Kansas
Federal
State Departments of Agriculture
Truman's Former Partner Is Dead
Eddie Jacobson, once business partner and close friend of Harry S. Truman, dies at 64 while being taken to a hospital. Death attributed to heart failure. Kansas City authorities report the passing occurred today.
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Kansas City
Eddie Jacobson
Harry S, Truman
CIO IUE Strike Hits Westinghouse Plants Nationwide
O'Brien dismissed the threat as unlikely while about 44 000 CIO IUE workers walked out eight days earlier, idling 30 of Westinghouse's 98 plants over wages contract length and time studies. The injunction bans violence by Westinghouse and the union, with the union attorney noting the only reported violence at East Pittsburgh involved a picket struck by a supervisor's car.
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O’brien
Cio-Iue
Westinghouse
East
Pittsburgh
President Takes First Unassisted Steps Since Heart Attack
Denver reports says President Fisenhower walked short distances today as part of convalescence. White House secretary James Hagerty noted he stood unaided and moved between his bed and chair, then returned to bed. A medical bulletin called his condition progress satisfactory with no complications. The president blessed a new unemployment program after a report of steady national economy.
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Denver
Fisenhower
White House
James C. Hagerty
Hin
McKay
Queen And Duke To Tour Nigeria
London reports Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh will visit Nigeria early next year on a West Africa royal tour. The announcement was sudden and follows uncertainty over Princess Margaret’s婚 marriage plans. Buckingham Palace said the queen would arrive in late January and return mid February, a historic first for a reigning sovereign to visit Nigeria.
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London
Elizabeth II
Duke of Edinburgh
Nigeria
West Africa
Mass ‘Garet
Peter Townsend
Buckingham Palace
Forest fires out of control near New Hope bazaar
Forest fires raged out of control east of New Hope, threatening the bazaar and supper event set for Thursday at 10 miles east. Reports cite two separate fires spreading rapidly with emergency crews responding to contain them. Local residents were urged to avoid the area while authorities assess damages and safety risks.
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New Hope
Gels
Siamese Twins Die After Birth Ordeal In Colorado
In Durango Colorado two fires burned over 100 acres in San Juan National Forest impacting hunters near Hermosa Creek 35 miles north while in Madison Wisconsin twins born joined at the abdomen died last night at a hospital authorities report the babies had one heart and weighed about nine pounds combined the family identity is not disclosed
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Durango
Colo
San Juan National Forest
Colorado
Madison
Wig
Earunday Hermosa Creek
Pagosa Springs
Blanco Basin
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Etre Herald
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