Side Swipes and Directory Changes in Ottawa
Side Swipes notes changes available in the alphabetical telephone listings with immediate action urged. Ottawa’s new directory is set for printer on September 11 and to appear here in early October. A separate item from Freehold, New Jersey, recounts a mother sending a blank sheet with a stamped return envelope to her Camp-bound son, ages ten, prompting a humorous result. In Dayton, Ohio, Municipal Court proceedings turned playful when a defense attorney’s question about the color of the red light elicited cheers from Judge Cecil Edwards, court officials, witnesses, and spectators.
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Jack Morrisey
Southwestern Bell
Morrisey
Ottawa
Dayton
Ohio
Cecil Edwards
Youth asks about slingshot law and a 50 cent bet
In Corpus Christi a dispatcher's reply ends a prank call about shooting birds with slingshots and gambling. In Wyoming a teacher frees seven year old Ted Jensen's finger stuck in a desk a quarter hour after the first day of school, with police and fire rescue assisting.
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Corpus Christi, Tex
Jerry Mathis
Mathis
Laramie
Wyo
Ted Jensen
Julie Hladek
Ted
Troop Rotation System Dropped by Army
The Army ends Operation Gyroscope without explanation. Begun January 1955, it shifted units between Europe and the United States, starting with the 1st Infantry Division in Germany swapping with the 10th at Fort Riley. Now the program ends and four-man teams will be sent to Europe as needed.
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Europe
Kansas Wheat Prices Rise for Second Month
TOPEKA AP reports Kansas wheat prices climbed for a second month after harvest. By mid August the average stood at 1.72 per bushel, up 4 cents from July and 15 cents above a year earlier. Weekend rains boosted late corn and sorghum in north central and eastern Kansas, while central and southwestern regions still face moisture shortages.
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Topeka
Kansas
State
Weather county forecast warm midweek ahead
General forecast calls for mild conditions this afternoon with highs in the upper 70s. Tonight cooler with low in the 50s. Thursday expected to be warmer with a high in the lower 80s.
Ottawa public schools enroll more students than opening day
Enrollment in Ottawa public schools rose by 40 on the second full day of classes, totaling 2259, compared with 2219 on Monday. Hawthorne and Eugene Field had the largest gains, with 318 and 397 students respectively, while Garfield Lincoln Junior High and Senior High also posted increases. The 1959 1960 year starts earlier this year, and total enrollment is expected to rise within a week as families return from vacation.
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Ottawa Public Schools
Board of Education
Hawthorne
Eugene Field
Garfield
Lincoln
Sacred Heart School opens with 134 students
Sacred Heart School begins the term with 134 students, down 11 from last September. Sister Leone notes last year many students left after a few weeks. The hot lunch program will start tomorrow per Sister Leone.
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Sacred Heart School
India Sees Defense Command Unchanged After Rift
Prime Minister Nehru told Parliament that India’s defense command remains unchanged despite a rift between Defense Minister V. K. Krishna Menon and Army Chief Lt. Gen. K. S. Thimayya. Thimayya had resigned over a promotion dispute but withdrew his resignation at Nehru’s request. Nehru backed Krishna Menon and said civil authority must stay supreme, quashing rumors of Menon’s removal.
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Watson Sims
New Delhi
India
Nehru
V. K. Krishna Menon
K. S. Thimayya
Thimayya
Krishna Menon
Congress Party
New Falcon to cost under two thousand dollars
Ford Motor Co announced the new Falcon weighs three quarters of a ton and will achieve about 30 miles per gallon on highways. The company did not disclose the price but industry speculation places it just under $2,000, making it cheaper than the 1959 Fairlane.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Britisher Is lrate Because Someone Pays His Fine
London AP reports Louis Goldberg, 53, was fined two pounds for blocking a sidewalk and refusing to move. The magistrate warned jail if unpaid. Goldberg said he would go to prison for freedom, but someone paid the fine and he remained free. Goldberg aimed to go to prison “on principle” as police waited.
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London
Louis Goldberg
Goldberg
Leo Gradweill
Eisenhower Opens Paris Talks With De Gaulle in High Gear
In Paris, President Eisenhower and De Gaulle began discussions in a good atmosphere. Hagerty said the leaders will meet at Rambouillet for extended talks, with Algeria and NATO likely on the agenda. A public welcome drew about half a million as Eisenhower made a triumphal entry.
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Paris
Eisensenhower
Charles de Gaulle
White House
James Hagerty
Hagerty
Eisenhower
Algeria
NATO
de Gaulle
Wstern
Offer Compromise On Labor Bill
Washington AP reports a new compromise on the labor regulation bill centers on construction site picketing. Republicans would seek binding pledges that Congress address industry problems next year if Democrats drop the site picketing issue during conferees 12th day of talks. Senate conferees favor exempting construction site picketing from the secondary boycott ban while other issues are settled in principle. President Eisenhower had urged exemption in his January labor message.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
Reds Launch New Attack on Sam Neua Front in Laos
Rebel Lao battalions aided by regular North Vietnamese troops pressed a coordinated assault in northeastern Sam Neua on Sunday, seizing four towns as government forces withdraw along a 35 mile front toward military HQ. Laos officials said North Vietnamese supplied 105 mm howitzers, and that about 80 percent of attackers were Vietminh or Vietnamese-trained Thai tribesmen. Government troops pulled back to a defense line between the Nam Ma River and Sam Neua.
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Sam Neua
Laos
Viet Nam
Nam Ma
North Viet Nam
Duane Rathikone
Nam Ma River
Bird Man Returns to Chase Starlings in Mount Vernon
Otto Standke, 71, a Kansan who chases birds for money, returns to Mount Vernon to remove starlings from two neighborhoods for 4000 dollars with staged deadlines. He must clear all birds by Sept 15 to earn 1000, by Sept 27 another 1000 if still present, and 2000 more next August if needed. Authorities will keep crowds away as he performs his unique method using two pancake turners to produce chimes.
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Mount Vernon
N.Y
New York
Otto Standke
Chhasing Starlings
Standke
Nincompoops
Irving B. Kendall
Famous Song Writer Jack Norworth Dies in California
Jack Norworth, 80, famed songwriter actor and vaudeville star known for Take Me Out to the Ball Game, died of a heart attack Tuesday night at his Laguna Beach home. He wrote the 1908 baseball anthem after seeing an ad in a subway car despite never having seen a game. He also wrote Shine On Harvest Moon.
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Laguna Beach
Calif
Lown
Jack Norworth
Norworth
Polo Grounds
New York
Present Route Of U. S. 69 To Stay
WASHINGTON AP The present routing of U S 69 in eastern Kansas will remain unchanged the Bureau of Roads assures Rep Newell A George D Kan George had written Highway Administrator B D Tallamy that any rerouting or change in designation would affect eastern Kansas cities The bureau replied no change is contemplated in routing or continued improvement of the highway
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Washington
Kansas
Bureau of Roads
Newell A. George
D-Kan
George
B. D. Tallamy
Bureau
Population in Kansas climbs to new high in 1959
Kansas's population reached a record 2,115,441 as of March 1, 1959, reflecting a sixth straight year of growth. Wichita declined while Topeka and Kansas City posted notable gains. Salina entered the top four, and the top 10 counties remained led by Sedgwick and Wyandotte. The state may still lose a congressional seat given slower growth relative to other states.
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Topeka
Kansas
State Board of Agriculture
Wichita
Kansas City
Salina
Hutchinson
Lawrence
Leavenworth
Junction City
Pittsburg
Manhattan
Sedgwick
Wyandotte
Shawnee
Johnsee
Reno
Montgomery
Saline
Crawford
Butler
August Rain Beats Normal in Ottawa Area Conditions
The Ottawa area endured a wet August with 7.29 inches of rain, 3.28 inches above the 4.01 normal. Worden, Kansas, measured 2.82 inches for August, while Ottawa’s year to date rainfall stands at 24.03 inches. Through eight months, moisture is 1.21 inches below normal. Today brought sun and cooler high temperatures by about 10 degrees across much of Kansas.
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Sesasene
Ottawa
Worden
Douglas County
Walter Schwarz
Kansas
Ottawa And Pomona Flood Funds Included In Measure
Funds for Ottawa and Pomona flood protection projects totaling 1,400,000 each were part of a measure vetoed by President Eisenhower. With the House failing to override, supporters plan to revise the bill and resubmit it to Congress before再sent to the President for approval or veto.
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Ottawa
Pomona Reservoir
House of Representatives
Eisenhower
Pomona
Houses of Congress
House
Senate
Gift Of Chimes To Honor Dr Judson Lee At First Baptist
Mrs Judson Lee presents autom atic Norton Chimes to First Baptist Church in Ottawa to honor the late Dr Judson F Lee a longtime university faculty member. The chimes will be heard on Sundays and weekdays across the community from the tower and in the auditorium.
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Judson Lee
First Baptist Church
Judson F. Lee
Ottawa University
4Th Jand
Hickory
Lee
Andrew B. Martin
B. Smith Haworth
Old Rugged Cross
Charles Dana Beaschler
Grace Methodist Church
Atlanta
Peter Marshall
Senate
Communist forces seize 80 villages in Laos advance near Sam Neua
Viet Minh troops seize 80 villages in northern Laos and push within about 18 miles of government headquarters at Sam Neua as defense officials report the fast-moving northern front.
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Vietiane
Laos
Sam Neua
Secretary of State
I For Defense
Sooners Quietly Embrace Liquor Opening Day
Oklahoma welcomed legal liquor sales with curiosity more than celebration as nearly 500 stores opened. Buyers paid high prices due to a $2.40 per gallon tax, and many recalls of bootlegger reliance lingered. Aged patrons, bootleggers, and towns like Tulsa Durant and Cushing marked the first purchases since 1907.
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Oklahoma City
Durant
Cushing
House vote halves bid to override Eisenhower veto
President Eisenhower's veto of a 1.216 billion public works bill stood after a 274 to 138 House vote. A two-thirds margin was required to override, and the final tally locked the veto, with 6 Democrats voting with 182 Republicans to uphold and 11 Republicans with 263 Democrats to override. The bill funds hundreds of projects largely in river and harbor and flood control.
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Washington
House
Eisenhower
Eisenhower veto fight defeats public works bill
Kansans and Missourians in the House sustain President Eisenhower's veto of a 1.216 billion dollar public works appropriation bill. The vote required two thirds for passage with Democrats and Republicans listed by name. a paired vote is explained.
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Washington
Avery
Rees
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Freehold
N. J
Douglas Soden
Albert Unruh
Chemstry
Ottawa High
Judy Schmitt
Jack Fenton
Sacred Heart
Ike
France
Woodrow Wilson
Reds
Bird Man
Starlings
Senate Appropriations Committee
Lamb
Ady
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