Ottawa man to appear on The Big Idea with Minit Mitt
Ottawa resident A. E. Sullins will display his Minit Mitt car washing device on Philadelphia television Nov. 6. He plans to travel solo, leaving Kansas City by plane Nov. 5, hoping the program on WCAU-TV Channel 10 will attract a manufacturer to mass produce the cotton fiber mitt with a built in water chamber.
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Ottawa
A. E
Jack” Sullins
N. Cedar
Philadelphia
Wcau-Tv
Sullins
Kansas City
TV Sets Outnumber Phones on Ottawa County Farms
Census Bureau data show 945 television sets on 1,392 farms in Ottawa County Ohio last year, versus 835 telephones. The finding highlights greater adoption of TV sets than landlines among rural households in the county.
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Washington
Ottawa County
Ohio
Census Bureau
See the Case 400 pull a four bottom plow
A Case 400 tractor was pulling a four bottom plow Monday afternoon October 31 near Logan. The event occurred about 21 miles east and 276 block south, with description of location and equipment provided in the notice.
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Logan
Herald Office
Timi
South
Knowland signals split stance on domestic support and foreign policy
Washington Senator Knowland R California hints support for Eisenhower domestic program while questioning foreign policy. He urges bold farm aid, backs Benson farm program, and opposes freezing postwar borders in Europe. He cites a potential 1956 GOP bid and warns against a Soviet buffer in a reunified Germany.
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Washington
Sen
Knowland
Calif
Eisenhower
Benson
Senate
United States
Britain
France
Russia
Europe
Germany
Geneva
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Junction City OKs High School Bonds
Citizens vote in favor of a 1,400,000 bond issue for a new senior high school to house 600 students, expandable to 900, with an athletic field and 450-car parking on a 27-acre west side site. Completion set for fall 1958. the current building becomes a junior high.
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Junction City
Community Chest Halfway Mark Reached in Ottaways Drive
Mrs. Glenn Ainsworth, general chairman, announced the drive has reached $10,714.52, leaving $10,085.48 to meet the $20,800 goal for the Community Chest. The total reflects ongoing fundraising efforts in Ottaways.
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Ottaways
Glenn Ainsworth
Senate Group Visits A Dam
Senate Agriculture Committee members toured Garion Dam installations along the Missouri River in North Dakota. They heard that low farm prices and crop controls push smaller farmers to urban jobs, while family size farms risk land loss without a way to acquire more land. They criticized wheat controls and urged higher support prices for better quality wheat under federal programs. The group will travel to Pendleton Oregon Fresno California and Albuquerque New Mexico then Fort Worth Texas after overnight in Bismarck.
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Bismarck
N. D
Senate Agriculture Committee
Garrison Dam
Missouri River
Minot
North Dakota
Minnesota
Dakotas
Bismark
Pendleton
Ore
Ellender
D-La
Fresno
Calif
Albuquerque
N. M
Fort Worth
Tex
Three Fines Paid in County Court
Three motorists cited by Highway Patrolmen Art Jensen and Bob County paid fines in county court today. Garnett resident B. J. Brummel was fined five dollars plus costs for failing to reduce speed to avoid an accident. Harry Clayborne of Ottawa paid five dollars and costs for passing in a no passing zone. Marvin Zielsdorf of 502 North Poplar was fined twenty five dollars and costs for reckless driving.
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Art Jensen
Bob County
B. J. Brummel
Garnett
Harry Clayborne
Ottawa
Marvin Zielsdorf
N. Poplar
New Charges By Egypt and Israel Over Incursion
Jerusalem reports both sides accuse the other of breaching the El Auja Nizana demilitarized zone. Israeli officials say about 300 Egyptian troops penetrated Israeli territory and set up outposts in retaliation. Egypt denies the claim and accuses Israel of re occupying positions in the zone. Burns, UN truce chief, urged neutrality and a withdrawal from the disputed area.
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Jerusalem
U — Israel
Egypt
el Auja
U.N
el Auja- Nizana
Gaza
E. L. M. Burns
U. N
Burns
Israel
Salaried Union Signs Contract With Westinghouse
Westinghouse Electric Corp and the Federation of Westinghouse Independent Salaried Union signed a five year package contract retroactive to Oct 15. The deal raises wages by 16 percent annually and adds fringe benefits. The salaried union represents about 14 000 white collar employees and is the first of four unions to settle with the firm amid strikes by two other unions and continued bargaining with a third.
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Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Federation ‘of Westinghouse Independent
Westinghouse
CIO International Union of Electrical Workers
United Electrical Workers
Independent
AFL International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Robert D. Blasier
Leo F. Bollens
Federation
Weekend of decision for Princess Meg in Sussex
Police and reporters swarmed Uckfield House as Princess Margaret and Townsend met in the Sussex Downs. The romance remains unconfirmed with crowds and officials at red traffic lights, while newspapers predict a possible early announcement next week.
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Uckfield
England
Princess Margaret
Peter Townsend
Sussex Downs
Uckfield House
Rupert Nevill
Townsend
Bridge Castle
Marquess of Abergavenny
Lord Rupert
Marquess
Knightsbridge
London
Margaret
Queen Elizabeth LH
Buckingham Palace
Palace
Sussex
Lord
Eridge Castle
Marquis of Abergavenny
Sussex Hills
iSketch
The
Daily Mail
Heart Attack Fatal To Mrs. Ruth Jobes
Mrs. Ruth Jobes, 64, a bookkeeper at KOFO, died of a heart attack at the station at 9 45 this morning. Her home was 625 South Main. She came to Ottawa in 1949 and was mother of Herbert and James Jobes, formerly involved with KOFO. Funeral plans to be announced by Lamb Funeral Home.
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Ruth Jobes
KOFO
S. Main
Jobes
Herbert
James Jobes
Rod Cupp
Ottawa
Merbert Jobes
KIUP
Durango
Colo
WWPF
Palatka
Fla
The
Lamb Funeral Home
Blast Wrecks A Newspaper Plant
An explosion in Miami at 1 30 a m wrecked a newspaper plant, destroying a press and a typesetting machine and $25 000 worth of equipment. Part of the roof collapsed and the editorial room was wrecked as plaster flew and papers scattered.
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Miami
Fla
Io Mian Life
Eisenhower Benson meet amid political storm at hospital
President Eisenhower and Secretary Benson scheduled a decisive conference at Fitzsimons Army Hospital as Benson defends his tenure amid Cabinet upheaval rumors. Doctors report no heart enlargement from latest X rays, while farm prices continue to fall, shaping 1956 campaign discourse.
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Denver
Eisenhower
Benson
White House
Agriculture Department
Police Judge Not Involved In Controversy Statement
Members of a citizens group deny questioning Police Judge Myron Steere and state in a letter through attorney Don White that public integrity is not in doubt. The notice aims to quell misunderstandings amid ongoing department controversy as of the afternoon Monday.
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Citizens Group
Police Department
Myron Steere
Don White
Weather forecast shows warm weekend with partly cloudy days
Partly cloudy this afternoon tonight and Sunday with a warmer trend west on Sunday. Highs reach 50s east to 60s west, with tonight's lows 30 to 35. Yesterday's high 56 and low 38 today, river at 49 feet. yesterday's sky was cloudy and NE moderate wind.
Nippy and Bright Weekend Weather Forecast
Nippy autumn weather greeted Ottawans with a cool air mass and a weekend continuation. Temperatures hover near the freezing mark in many areas with a light northwesterly flow, slight warming in the west, and partly cloudy skies tomorrow. Moisture fell in Ottawa yesterday and the night before, while broad eastern and northwest regions saw cool, wet conditions. Rainfall spread from the upper Mississippi Valley to the Gulf States, with small tornadoes and heavy rain causing damage and injuries across five southern states including Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee.
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Mississippi
Gulf States
Arkansas
Louisiana
Alabama
Tennessee
Daylight Savings Ends Across New England and Midwest
New York and nine East Coast states plus several Midwest cities will return to standard time with clocks set back one hour tomorrow. Con necticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island and Delaware observe the change, along with portions of Illinois Ohio and Pennsylvania including Philadelphia and Chicago. About forty million people are affected. three states and the District of Columbia had already rolled back on the last Sunday in September.
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New York
East Coast
Midwest
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Delaware
Ilinois
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Chica
District of Columbia
Shull Whitacre General Auto Repair
Shull Whitacre General Auto Repair located at 127 S Hickory offers automotive services and can be reached by phone at 355 289 c 26t for inquiries and appointments.
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Shull-Whitacre General Auto Repair
S. Hickory
Big Four clash on plan to reunite Germany in Geneva
In Geneva the foreign ministers Molotov Dulles Macmillan and Pinay failed to bridge sharply divergent plans for German reunification and European peace. Western powers seek pressure for reunification on Russia while Moscow aims to relax tensions without ceding territory, amid signs of potential stalemate and public-opinion rallying.
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Geneva
Germany
R.M. Molotov
U. S
John Foster Dulles
Britain
Harold Macmillan
France
Antoine Pinay
Palace of Nations
Russia
Europe
Macmillan
North Atlantic Alliance
More Vandalism In Rural Areas
Undersheriff Dean Driscoll reported last night a county road blocked gates opened and cattle roamed with the theft of more than 100 gallons of gasoline. Ayoad south of Hillcrest drive-in was blocked while trees were pulled across it. Sand Creek school driveway barred with trash. Cattle released west of Ottawa after a pasture gate opened. potential crop damage feared with $1500 loss. Farmer unnamed. Gasoline stolen from a farm storage tank east of Ottawa on Sand Creek road.
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Dean Driscoll
Ayoad
Hillcrest Drive-In
Sand Creek School
Ottawa
Driscoll
Sand Creek
Currency Litters Louisville Streets After Bank Robbery
A lone bandit robbed the Broadway First National Bank in Louisville near closing time, making off with 15 512 dollars while rain dispersed 8 800 dollars in currency littering a city block. Truck driver Charles F. Edwards found the money trail and described the scene.
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Louisville
Broadway
First National Bank
Clarence M. Kelley
Charles F. Edwards
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