Planning Commission Rejects Zoning Change for Trout Site
The City Planning Commission recommended disapproval of a zoning petition for the Trout property at Seventh and Main to host Southwestern Bell Telephone facilities. The decision shifts final action to the city commissioners while the Real Estate Board package seeks broader rezoning near the business district, including duplex allowances on the east and north sides and several blocks along Main and Walnut.
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City Planning Commission
Seventh
Main Streets
Planning Commission
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
W. O. Trout
Park Street
City Commission
Park
Seventh Streets
Main
Hickory
Santa Fe
Trout
W. V.latz
W. H. Fine
City Park
Tealty Board
City Commissioners
13Th
15Th
14Th
Walnut
Fifth
4Th
5Th
Beech
Humane societies plan Kansas gathering at North American Hotel
Representatives of many humane societies in Kansas will meet Sunday at the North American Hotel. The event opens at 11 a.m. with a noon luncheon, then resumes after lunch. Mrs. Ben Martin Peck urges all interested to attend and offers reservations by calling 184.
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Humane Societies
State of Kansas
Ben Martin Peck
Humane Work
Lighting Fixtures Controversy at Ottawa Schools
Elliott Barnes defended newly installed lighting fixtures in Ottawa junior high and Hawthorne schools before the board amid contractor challenges to materials. The $11,000 contract, awarded on a single bid after bids were publicly advertised, was supported by laboratory reports and professional letters. Officials noted the fixtures matched those used satisfactorily in the senior high last year. Ottawa public schools opened full day sessions as cooler weather improved conditions. Supt. Henry Parker praised the easier classroom work.
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Elliott Barnes
Hawthorne
Board of Education
Barnes
United States
Ottawa Public
Henry Parker
August Fire Losses In Ottawa Remain Low
Fire losses in Ottawa for August were kept to a minimum of 125 dollars per Fire Chief Harry Gilliland. Nine alarms were answered that month including four regular alarms four still alarms and one false alarm. Damage was reported in only two alarms. Public notices include Auto Service offers and local dealer contact details.
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Ottawa
Harry Gilliland
Army Mothers Rummage Sale at Memorial Auditorium
Army Mothers group announces a rummage sale to be held Friday and Saturday at Memorial Auditorium. Proceeds support veteran and service member relief efforts.
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Army Mothers
Auditoria
Bruce Company Strike Approved By Union Workers
A strike was approved by Bruce Company employees at 115 E. 15th after wage talks failed. No date was set for stoppage. The Bruce Co. employs about 120 workers with a roughly 250000 annual payroll, marking the first major labor breach in six years under H. D. Lee ownership.
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Bruce Company, Inc
H. D. Lee Company
Bruce Co
Sees Prospect Of More Jobs For Ottawa Area
Ottawa Employment Service manager George Medlock predicts an increase in calls for workers this month due to rising business activity and student workers returning to school. In August the office serving Franklin Angerson and Miami counties logged 8 new applicants, 231 on file, with 133 placed. 97 non agricultural and 36 agricultural.
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George Medlock
Ottawa Employment Service
Franklin
Angerson
Miami
Race Disorders Flare Across South in School Integrations
The Associated Press reports renewed clashes over school integration as Negroes attend white schools with varying protection. President Eisenhower says violence is a state issue unless order fails. In Clinton Tenn 12 Negroes enrolled quietly amid few guards, while Sturgis Ky mob blocks nine would‑be entrants. Kentucky’s integration proceeds with protests at Sturgis and Nicholasville. Effigies hung at Knoxville Fulton High School.
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Sturgis
Louisville
Kentucky
Nicholasville
Knoxville
Tenn
District of Columbia
Deep South
High Tribunal
Law and Order
National
Clinton, Tenn
Clinton
Anderson County
Mansfield
Tex
Knoxville, Tenn
Fulton High School
Racial Unrest At Sturgis High School Kentucky
A hostile crowd of about 500 coal miners and farmers gathered at Sturgis High School to block eight Negro youths from entering classes. The students did not appear, and governor Chandler ordered National Guard standby to preserve order. Picket lines formed, jeers toward reporters rose, and patrols circled the school.
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Sturgis
Sturgis High School
Frankfort
A. B. Chandler
Kentucky National Guard
Observer posts to be set up in civil defense plan
On duty today S Sgt George R Gardipe of St Joseph Missouri spoke to the Rotary club about installing observer posts under Civil Defense. Plans include an air observation post here manned by volunteers to supplement radar. Kansas posts already operate in southeast Kansas. Rotarian visitors: Ward Spielman Weems Saucier Baldwin and Cordley Brown Prairie Village. Harold Tetwiler named 1957 March of Dimes chairman for this county.
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Observer Corps
Geo. R. Gardipe
St. Joseph
Air Force
Ground Observer Corps
Rotary Club
Civil Defense Organization
Kansas
Ward Spielman
Weems Saucier
Baldwin
Cordley Brown
Prairie Village
Harold Tetwiler
March of Lamb Ambulance
If Dimes
Convention On Wheels Visit To Ottawa Christian Church
The Ottawa Christian church hosted the Convention On Wheels with Ray mond Baldwin and Gene Dye leading the North team. Participants included four youths Rose Marie Sanchez Mabel Sue Kash Reggie Weaskus and May Louie from diverse backgrounds. Local churches Osawatomie Princeton Centropolis and Baldwin attended and Ottawa women provided dessert and drinks after the program.
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Ottawa Christian Church
Convention On Wheels
Ottawa
Raymond Baldwin
Kansas Missions
Gene Dye
Rose Marie Sanchez
Mexican Christian Institute
San Antonio
Tex
Mabel Sue Kash
Hazel Green Academy
Reggie Weaskus
Idaho
May Louie
All Peoples Christian Church
Los Angeles
Osawatomie
Princeton
Centropolis
Baldwin
Eisenhower Says Federal Aid Depends on State Order
President Eisenhower stated the federal government should not intervene in racial disturbances tied to school integration unless states cannot maintain order. He argued states have managed their problems thus far and warned against habitual federal police power. The question arose about aiding communities facing violence toward Negro students in integrated schools.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Texas
Constable Keeps Cool in Mansfield Amid School Integration Tension
In Mansfield Texas Constable Tom Beard recalls 1910 shooting of Emmet Morrison and vows to keep peace as mobs gather to block Negro students from enrolling. He says his role is calming crowds, not grandstanding, and would challenge inciters with federal authority if needed. The report also notes a family trip by Mr. and Mrs. E G Stith to Lt Edward Stith’s wedding at Quantico and visits to Washington, Ohio, and St Louis.
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Mansfield
Tex
Tom Beard
Fort Worth
Emmet Morrison
Beard
Morrison
E.G. Stith
Willow
Edward Stith
Winifred Eggers
Marine Base Chapel
Quantico
Stiths
Washington, D. C
Ohio
St. Louis
18 Dead In Wreck Of Santa Fe Chief
Open switch sent the Santa Fe Chief into a siding mail train in northern New Mexico. At least 18 railway workers were killed. earlier toll stood at 20 before two were found safe. The crash occurred at 3:10 a.m. five miles south of Springer. The Chief carried 45 Pullman passengers, 227 adult coach passengers, and 40 children. several crew members and 16 attendants died. Local guards and servicemen aided rescue as investigators worked the mangled cars.
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L. J. Rush
Raton
N.M
E. O. Foster
W. H. Adams
W. L. Schriever
Las Vegas
Springer
Jim Walter
Rockford, Il
Charles Kincaid
Albuquerque
William P. Wright
Chicago
Norman Rosen
New York
Jessie Schweizer
Maplewood
Hattie Meckfensee
Associated Press
John B. Curtis
Curtis
New Mexico
Santa Fe
J. P. Reinhold
Santa Fe Railway
Reinhold
Air Force
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Springer National Guardsmen
Jim Colegrove
Marjorie Boyd
Peoria
Ill
Lillian Marks
Train Through Here Yesterday in Ottawa Junction Note
The Santa Fe Chief wrecked in New Mexico passed through Ottawa Junction yesterday evening at 5 47 p m. Officials report the mail train No 8 into which The Chief crashed is scheduled through Ottawa Junction at 5 35 p m.
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New Mexico
Ottawa Junction
Ottawa
Menzies Group Probes Suez Solution Amid Talks
Cairo reports say the Menzies Committee and President Nasser are nearing the heart of the Suez dispute while treading carefully in talks on a possible settlement. The five nation group is pushing an 18 nation plan for international operation of the canal, a proposal born from Dulles and discussed at the London conference. Lloyd in Paris warned against force, calling it a last resort as Britain and France keep precautionary military moves. Nasser voiced views on the plan after three sessions, noting progress though still in early stages.
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Cairo
Egypt
Menzies Committee
Nasser
Suez Canal
Robert G. Menzies
Australia
Ethiopa
Iran
Sweden
United States
Red Sea
Dulles
Paris
Council
The
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Selwyn Lloyd
London
Lloyd
Europe
Menzies
Typhoon Emma Heads Toward Philippine Islands
Typhoon Emma packing 110 mph winds curves toward the Philippines as another typhoon spent itself in Red China. Emma is the sixth typhoon in five weeks. Feiping radio said 214 of 222 fishermen reported missing yesterday in the wake of typhoon Dinah had turned up safe. Dinah hit Fukien province after causing nine deaths on Formosa. Dinah was reported losing strength rapidly.
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Manila
Emma
Philippines
China
Feiping Radio
Dinah
Fukien
Formosa
Big Railroads Start Talks With Unions On Wage Hikes
CHICAGO The nations major railroads began negotiations with labor unions on wage increases and proposals today. Representatives of the railroads and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen met to discuss wage hikes of 3 a day and company funded hospital care. Management pushed for elimination of rules forcing firemen to operate non steam locomotives and urged changes to the basic work day formula. The unions say the average hourly rate across members was 2.80 last spring.
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Chicago
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Independent Brotherhood
I Steam
Brotherhood
Wreck Blocks Main Line Near Le Loup
A Santa Fe freight train westbound through Ottawa Junction derailed seven cars today just west of Le Loup. The main railroad line is blocked by the jackknifed cars, causing service disruption.
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Santa Fe
Ottawa Junction
le Loup
Weather forecast shows clouds and showers with cooler conditions
Much of the area will be cloudy this afternoon and tonight with scattered showers and possible thunderstorms mainly south. Winds shift to cooler north and west, with cooler temperatures tonight and Thursday. Lows mid 40s to mid 60s, highs near 60 northwest to 70s southeast. River stage about 0.49 feet.
Tricky Cold Front Fails To Ease Kansas Heat
The weather report described a southward advancing cold front as a potential relief to the heat in Kansas. It weakened due to a strong warm air flow from the south, leaving most of the state sweltering again. Ottawa reached 98 degrees yesterday, with a morning low of 68.
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Kansas
Ottawa
Encephalitis Claims Two Granddaughters in Mo. Tragedy
Two young grandchildren of Mr and Mrs Joe Plaschka Princeton Mo died within eight days of each other both believed to be victims of encephalitis Ramona 2 Linda 4 daughters of Mr and Mrs Aloysius Schrei er Tarnsey Lake Jackson County Mo Ramona died August 23 at Independence hospital Linda died August 31 at Children s Mercy Hospital Kansas City Ramona ill about three weeks Linda two days Tests are being made Mother is a daughter of the Plaschkas
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Joe Plaschka
Princeton
Linda
Ramona
Aloysius B. Schreijer
Tarnsey Lake
Jackson County
Independence
Children’s Mercy Hospital
Kansas City
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Mike Mulcahey
Buick Co
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Bruce Company
Clinton High School
Tennessee
D. J. Brittain Jr
Convention On Wheels At
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Suez
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