August births and local notices from Ottawa
Side Swipes notes 48 births at Rinsom Memorial in August 24 boys and 24 girls. Dove bands aid migration study with hunters asked to mail bands. Upcoming weddings include Lucille Perez with J Walter Roberts and Florence King with Rolland Land. Local lake project, Forest Ark Pool reopening, travels of the Sealeys, a hotel burglar kiss incident, and A’s beat DET noted by Ottawans and city officials.
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Rinsom Memorial Hospital
Ottawa
Lucille Perez
J. Walter Roberts
Florence King
Rolland
Land of Kansas City
Athletics Pass 11/4 Million Mark In Attendance
The Kansas City Athletics led the American League in attendance and surpassed 1,250,000. A crowd of 18,689 witnessed the A's beat Detroit 7 to 6.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Athletics
Detroit
Heat Wave Ravages California Farms and Lives
Southern California faced a record heat spell with highs around 104 to 110 degrees. Ten deaths and over 100 heat prostrations were reported as fires damaged homes and crops. Poultry and rabbit losses neared three million dollars, prompting calls for disaster loans and possible declared disaster area status.
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Los Angeles
California
Weather Bureau
la Habra
Here
San Dimas
Los Angeles County Farm Bureau
National Civil Defense
Val Peterson
Ottawans Attend State Legion Convention Parade Opens Topeka
Members of the local Av scan Legion post will attend the state convention that opened in Topeka with a parade. The event runs through Monday afternoon. Attending from Ottawan are John Gere Floyd Crowl Bob i Conaty Doug Allen George Medlock and Judge Floyd H Coffman.
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State Legion
Topeka
John Gere
Floyd Crowl
Bobi Conaty
Doug Allen
George Med‘lock
Floyd H. Coffman
MagnesIum use cuts weight of common armaments
Fragmented ad style note lists magnesium as a lighter material for weapons, claiming it is a third lighter than aluminum. Mentions old newspapers for sale and an England reference to George III with pricing per bundle, all in a stray Herald office fragment.
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England
George III
Herald Office
Conspiracy Charge Tied to Air India Crash
British police issue murder conspiracy charge against Chow Tse ming linked to the Air India crash that killed sixteen, eight Red Chinese officials en route to Bandung. The suspect fled to Formosa after the April 11 disaster near Hong Kong. authorities seek return.
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Hong Kong
Formosa
Air India
South China Sea
Bandung
Indonesia
Ony
Red China
United States
China
Chou En-lai
Ottawa Warmed Slightly Overnight
Ottawa reported a gentle temperature rise last night with a low of 62 degrees, compared to the upper 40s in recent days. The brief warm-up contrasts prior cooler nights and signals a mild shift in local conditions.
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Ottawa
Partly cloudy with thundershowers and cooler temperatures
Weather forecast shows partly cloudy this afternoon and tonight with widely scattered thundershowers in central sections, Sunday partly cloudy with more thundershowers, and a cooler trend in west and north central areas. Tonight low 50s north to 45 southeast, Sunday high in the 80s. Yesterday’s high 89, low 62. River at 0.55 foot.
Baltimore Bar Rampage Ends With Disrobed Run-In
A man chased a woman from a Pennsylvania Avenue bar into the street and barber shop, grabbing her clothing along the way. About 350 onlookers witnessed the scene. Betty L. Edwards, 34, and Gilbert L. Walker, 32, both of Baltimore, were charged with disorderly conduct. No reason for the incident was given.
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Baltimore
Pennsylvania Ave
Betty L. Edwards
Gilbert L. Walker
Record of Religious Building Spending in the US
Over the past five years more than 2.6 billion dollars has been spent on constructing new religious structures across the United States indicating strong growth in faith infrastructure and community investment monitored by congregations and developers nationwide.
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United States
Boys Saved Girl's Life in Lawrence Trailer Accident
In Lawrence Kansas two boys aged 9 and 6 freed a 4 year old girl trapped when a heavy trailer bed pinned her neck Friday morning. Christine Broeker was taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital in fair condition with no fractures reported and her brother Mike and cousin Eric Johnson credited with saving her life.
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Lawrence, Kas
Lawrence
Christine Broeker
Fred Brooker
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Mike
Eric Johnson
Christine
Journal World
Wichita Hotel Sold To Chain
KANSAS CITY The Trianon Hotel Co. sold the Allis Hotel in Wichita to Boss Hotels of Des Moines. Barney L. Allis Trianon president said the sale funds his focus on expanding the Muehlebach Hotel in Kansas City. Price not disclosed.
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Kansas City
Trianon Hotel Co
Allis
Wichita
Boss Hotels
Des Moines
Barney L. Allis
Trianon
Drunk Driver Apprehended Near Lyndon by Troop Jensen
Highway Patrolman Art Jensen assisted in catching a drunken driver who fled west on US50S from Lebo then north on US75 at Bet o junction. The motorist Alvin L. Lloyd, 38, of Wichita, was stopped north of Lyndon by Osage County authorities and jailed in Osage County.
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Art Jensen
Jensen
Lebo
Four Hurt in A Crash near Shawnee Kansas
Four young women were injured in a head on collision on Highway 10 four miles west of Shawnee. Names include Lida Kerby Topeka 24 Caroline Owings Dodge City 22 Bonnie Coffman Lenexa 20 and Emma Sing Denver 22. Sing critical with head injury Coffman fair with possible head and neck injuries. Sing was a guest of Owings. Coffman swerved into wrong lane to avoid stopped traffic.
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Kansas City, Kas
Shawnee
Lida Kerby
Topeka
Caroline Owings
Dodge City
Bonnie Coffman
Lenexa
Tuss
Emma Sing
Denver
Sing
Coffman
Miss Kerby
Miss Owings
Miss Coffman
Olathe
Miss Sing
Standstill in Studebaker Talks Over Union Approval
South Bend Indiana reports contract negotiations stalled at the Studebaker plant due to a dispute over international union approval of a strike.
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South Bend
Ind
Studebaker
Traffic Surge Begins Ahead of Labor Day Holiday
The first surge of Labor Day traffic hit the city as nonworking residents left early. Franklin county residents plan trips for the last 3 day holiday while others stay home. Officials expect heavy traffic tomorrow and Monday in spurts. College students in the area will enroll and prepare for the fall term.
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Franklin County
Art Jensen
Missouri Woman Is On Probation
A 22 year old Thayer Missouri woman Margaret E Potter pleaded guilty to conspiracy to rob the Corner Stone Bank and to receiving 1500 dollars from the robbery. She was placed on probation for three years in a federal court session yesterday. Her father in law Glen H Potter 538 of Thayer received a two year sentence on similar charges. Three other men who pleaded guilty to the 50000 robbery last February 16 were sentenced to terms from 12 to 32 years.
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Kansas City
Thayer, Mo
Southwest City
Margaret E. Potter
Cornerstone Bank
Glen H. Potter
Thayer
Fatal crash on US40 kills Chapman man
Patrick Wesley Schoenberger, 41, of Chapman Kansas, died early today when his station wagon collided with a semi truck on U S Highway 40 west of here. The truck driver, Gerald Owens of Solomon Kansas, was not injured.
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Abiline
Patrick Wesley Schoenberger
Chapman, Kas
U. S. Highway 40
Here
Gerald Owens
Solomon, Kas
Ottawa Schools Open Tuesday
School officials and teachers prepare for the new year as Ottawa’s public schools and Sacred Heart parochial set a half day Tuesday September 6 for orientation. Enrollment is expected to rise with 70 new high school students already registered and Sacred Heart anticipating a slight increase. Henry A Parker, superintendent, notes classes will resume normal schedules Wednesday.
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Ottawa
Sacred Heart Parochial School
Henry A. Parker
Henry Schenck
Lawrence
University of Kansas
Lawrence Board of Education
Mears Park
Sacred Heart School
Theophane
Weather delays Bendix Trophy event at National Aircraft Show
Philadelphia officials postponed the Bendix Trophy race as opening day at the National Aircraft Show faced overcast skies and possible rain. The six North American F100C Super Sabres race, originally 2,924.9 miles from Georges Air Force Base, Victorville, Calif., was rescheduled for tomorrow as organizers warned further delays could cancel the day’s program.
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Philadelphia
Georges Air Force Base
Victorville
Calif
Three Negroes Executed for Union Police Sergeant Killing
In Trenton a trio of killers, Alfred Stokes and Harry and Albert Wise, calmly entered New Jersey's death chamber to be executed for the slaying of a Union police sergeant during a holdup. Stokes, the alleged triggerman, and the Wise brothers faced the chair with brazen calm as their sentences were carried out. The crime linked to a $1,409 Tuscan Dairy Farm robbery in Union on February 12, 1954.
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Trenton
New Jersey
Alfred Stokes
Harry
Albert Wise
Harry Wise
Albert
Stokes
Set
Clinton E. Bond
Tuscan Dairy Farm, Inc
Union
Baby Injured In Car Crash In Great Bend
Six month old Mike Grimes was fatally injured in a two car collision in Great Bend yesterday. Parents listed as Mr and Mrs Johnny Grimes. It was the citys second traffic fatality of the year.
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Great Bend
Mike Grimes
Johnny Grimes
Polio Fears Delay Massachusetts School Openings
Massachusetts school committees faced parental anxiety over polio and postponed start dates despite health officials’ advice. Eastern boards held emergency meetings. parochial and private schools followed, with postponements of one to two weeks. Some football schedules moved up. Fisher Junior College and Essex Agricultural School also delayed openings as polio cases reached 2,274 with 44 new cases reported yesterday.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Fisher Junior College
Essex Agricultural School
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
War on frontier as Israeli Egyptian clash erupts again
Israeli armored force attacked an Egyptian post in the northern Gaza Strip, with 22 Israelis killed and many wounded. Egypt claimed four Israeli halftracks were destroyed and reported an attack on a refugee camp, while Egypt and Israel sparred over a cease-fire, with U.N. truce negotiator Burns noting no formal acceptance.
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Jerusalem
Gaza
Cairo
Gaza Strip
Beeri
Yad Mordechai
Palestine
Egypt
E. L. M. Burns
Clise U.N
Labor Day Shop Opens for School Books and Supplies
A Labor Day notice invites shoppers to browse the Didide Office shop at 229-c-21 for school books and supplies in a brief local item.
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Didide
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Don
Hoglund
Garfield
Harry Rybolt
Ralph Loyd
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Lincoln
W. D. Bemmels
Fred Kaiser
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Osage County
Forest Ark Pool
John Sealey
Washington
Tacoma
Victoria
British Columbia
Canada
Sealeys
Earl Bigter
Seattle
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KC Athletics
Ben Nicholas
Clark Shadle
A. C. Richeson
Don Capper
John Springer
John Hamerickhouse
Dan Karr
Lamar Phillips
Ottawans
Lamb Ambulance
Missouri
Sam
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Animal Shelter
Bob Leonard
Polio
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