Flood relief gifts push past ten million dollars
Mrs. G C Fredeen reports Franklin countians contributed 800 for eastern flood relief sent yesterday, with American Red Cross officials stating Flood Disaster fund gifts and pledges exceed 10,000,000 and no further contributions are needed. Walker Farm sale near Ottawa to Leland Trickett of Kingman marks first transfer from the Walker family since 1893, with history of farm improvements and succession. Mrs A E Smith notes long subscription since 1894, recalling carrier Clarence Moody now publisher of the Hawkeye Gazette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. C. Fredeen
Franklin
American Red Cross
Charles F. Walker
Walker
Ottawa
Leland Trickett
Kingman
Kansas
C. E. Walker
Grinnell
Iowa
W. F. Allen
Charlie
Carl J. Walker
Office Opened At Tuttle Creek Site
Col E C Adams Kansas City district engineer announced a Tuttle Creek field office at the dam site north of Manhattan. B V Reany will head the office as project engineer, returning after leading Turtle Creek Dam work in initial stages in 1952. He has 33 years with the Corps of Engineers. He will stay temporarily as assistant chief of the construction division while about 40 Kansas City office staff assist flood disaster rehabilitation in New England states.
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Kansas City
Col
E. C. Adams
Tuttle Creek
Manhattan
Reany
Turtle Creek
Corps of Engineers
Col. Adams
New England
Eight-year-old dies in truck train collision near Chetopa
An eight year old died yesterday afternoon from injuries after a truck train crash east of Chetopa Kas Four other boys riding in the pickup were injured Authorities investigated the accident and identified the victims and injuries as the investigation continued
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Chetopa
Kas
12 Cars of Santa Fe Freight Derailed Near Garnett
The last 12 cars of a 65 car Santa Fe freight derailed about two miles south of Garnett Kansas this morning. No injuries reported. Several derailed cars were diesel fuel cars one caught fire and was destroyed. Fire out in other blazes. Garnett fire department aided. Track about 300 feet torn up. The train left Chanute bound for Kansas City and will be rerouted via Missouri Pacific from Garnett to Iola until repairs. Tul san northbound detoured through Missouri Pacific and reached Ottawa at 1 pm.
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Santa Fe
Garnett
Kas
Here
Garnett Fire Department
R. S. Ward
Ottawa
Chanute
Ward
Kansas City
Bob Powers
Missouri Pacific
Iola
Santa Fe Tulsan
Ottawa High to Host Mixer for Students and Faculty
Ottawa High announces Friday evening mixer in the junior high gym for 10th to 12th graders and faculty, featuring a program, dancing and a watermelon feed. New staff welcomed. cheerleader poster ban explained. activity ticket plan to cover games, paper, annual, plays and parties discussed with easy payment option.
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Ottawa High School
Fred Harder
Henry A. Parker
Nora Oshima
Hawaii
Mary Thomas
Janet Corwin
Harold Wallace
Harold Tarpley
Leroy Hood
Ottawa High
Hood
Regular Legion Meeting Report At 8
John Gere Commander will present a State report at the regular Legion meeting. A convention was attended last Sunday and Monday. For sale old newspapers 10 cents per bundle at Herald office.
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Legion
John’ Gere
Herald Office
Ottawa Man Receives DeMolay Highest Degree
Don Harrison of Ottawa was invested with the Chevalier of the Order of DeMolay at a Osawatomie chapter ceremony presided by Kansas State Master Councilor Larry Coker. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Lee Harrison and former Franklin County Past Master Councilor. Attendees from Ottawa included Don Sexton and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Harrison
Ottawa
de Molay
Osawatomie
Kansas
Larry Coker
Don
Lee Harrison
Franklin County
Don Sexton
Jim Shelden
Mike Jefferis
Steve Baker
John Going
Lauren Ward
Dale Watts
Jackie Reddick
Steve Mudrick
Willis Henning
Dennis Ainsworth
Johnny Hooton
A. J. Jefferis
Tropical storm Gladys drenches Texas coast with floods
A violent squall line lashed the Texas coast, dumping up to 11 inches of rain since Monday and prompting flood warnings across Corpus Christi Bay and nearby towns. Gusts to 55 mph caused dock and street flooding, with coast guard rescues and evacuated trailer homes. The storm’s remnants spurred fear of renewed floods as a trough offshore could spawn another tropical system.
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Brownsville
Tex
Corpus Christi
Texas
Gladys
Rio Grande Valley
Alice
San Diego Creek
Coast Guard
Mexico
Tampico
Yucatan Peninsula
Gulf
Florida
Bay
North Beach
Corpus Christi Bay
Weather forecast fair, cooler east, warm northwest Thursday
Forecast calls for fair conditions this after noon tonight and Thursday with cooler extremes in the east and warmer NW. Tonight and Thursday will see warmer NW and high 90s Thursday. Low tonight 55 to 60. Yesterday's high 103 at 2:30 pm. River at .55 foot.
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M. Coe
Summer Heat Searing Ottawa Area Tops 103 Degrees
Summer blast hits the Ottawa area with a 103 degree day as the hottest reading since July 30. A cooling front slowed heat but fell short. temperatures are expected to rebound to the 90s tomorrow. Other local centurys included Wamego 103 and Chanute 101 with Topeka 100. National readings varied from Los Angeles 102 to New York City 77.
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Ottawa
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Wamego
Chanute
Hutchinson
Salina
Topeka
Los Angeles
Chicago
Fort Worth
Tex
New York City
Oklahoma City
Denver
Derby Crash Kills Expectant Mother Near Derby Kansas
A two car crash on Kansas Highway 15 north of Derby killed Mrs. Sam Barnett of Belle Plaine, an expectant mother, and left seven others injured including five Derby High School students. Barnett died in a Wichita hospital about 24 hours after the collision. Also critically injured were Barnett's husband, 24, and 16 year old Carnile Burkhead. Injured students Jane Good Allen Dikes Phyllis Bob Paul West and four year old Sammy Barnett were riding in the same car on their way to school.
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Derby, Kas
Derby High School
Derby
Kansas Highway 15
Sam Barnett
Belle Plaine
Wichita
Allen Dikes
Phyllis Bob
Paul West
Sammy Barnett
Smashed Church Out Of Meanness
Five boys aged 8 to 12 admitted smashing the Carondelet Baptist Church in South St. Louis during a Labor Day picnic. The oldest said it was just meanness. Police reported the youths confessed to the interior vandalism and described the incident as unprovoked mischief.
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ST. Louis
Carondelet Baptist Church
South St. Louis
Move To Meet Farm Price Decline
National Chairman Leonard W. Hall told GOP state chairmen the Eisenhower administration will move to address falling farm prices. He said Republicans can win big in 1956 if organized. Senate and House leaders warned a GOP return to Congress won’t be easy. Humphreys noted farm price issues centered on Midwest commodities and that the administration’s price support plan activates after harvest, contrasting Democratic policy. He added Civil Service rules limit federal hiring to Civil Service positions and urged volunteer-driven party organization.
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Washington
Leonard W. Hall
Eisenhower
GOP
Hall
Senate
House
Congress
Robert Humphreys
Nixon
Humphreys
Midwest
George M. Moore
Special Chamber Meeting Friday
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce members will meet Friday at 7:30 am in the North American Hotel dining room to discuss financing a proposed industrial building. Ottawa Industrial Developments, Inc. members drew up the plan. A report on a hopeful new industry will be given. Coffee and doughnuts will be served.
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Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
Peg. Carr
Chamber
Ottawa Industrial Developments, Inc
Ottawa
FBI Finds Another $20 Bill From Greenlease Ransom
A $20 bill from the $300,000 Bobby Greenlease ransom was found at the Jacksonville Federal Reserve Bank. Special agent in charge Charles E. Weeks said the note was sent there by the Florida National Bank & Trust Co of Miami.
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Miami
Fla
Bobby Greenlease
Florida
Charles E. Weeks
FBI
Jacksonville
Federal Reserve Bank
Florida National Bank &Trust Co
Pacific Coast Forest Fire Roars Down on Logging Town
A massive Pacific Coast forest fire drove toward Yreka California as 100000 acres burned by midnight and thousands fought the blaze. More than 1800 firefighters and 400 soldiers battled fires across Oregon and California prompting evacuations and cautious roofs protection.
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San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Yreka
California
Oregon
Klamath National Forest
Klamath Forest
Russell Bowers
Presidio
Fremont National Forest
Medford
Tolo
Strike Tightens Ottawa Truck Line Operations
Merle Paul Truck Lines of Ottawa idle as three drivers strike during wage talks with Teamsters Local 498 of Kansas City. Pickets at 232 N Main. Union seeks 2.07 per hour for highway and Kansas City hauling, 1.83 for city deliveries, plus paid vacations and holiday double pay. Paul says current pay is 75 a week and cannot meet demands without risking closure.
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Merle Paul
Ottawa
Paul
Teamsters Local 498
Kansas City
N. Main
Season Grid Ticket Sales To Be Launched Next Monday
Rivalry among Chamber of Commerce teams selling season tickets to Ottawa University home football games grows hot. The drive starts next Monday morning with a breakfast for the three teams at North American. Tickets cost 3.50 including tax and reservation, on sale from 8 o'clock at Wassmer's store September 26. Games include Friends University September 30 Kansas Wesleyan October 15 Bethany College October 28 and College of Emporia November 11. Memorial Audit hosts an O.E.S. rummage sale Friday afternoon and Saturday.
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Chamber of Commerce
Ottawa University
Dallas
John Wassmer
Jwith
Owen Shofner
Dr. H. P. Peffly
Dale Willhite
Gordon Daugharthy
Sonny Harford
Howard Doyen
Gene Nel
Earl Geist
David Woods
Walter Butler
R. J. Barnes
Tom Trigg
al Yost
Jim Clark
Wassmers
Friends University
Kansas Wesleyan University
Bethany College
College of Emporia
Employment At High Level In Ottawa Area
Employment remained high in the Ottawa area in the past month per George Medlock, Kansas State Employment Office manager. There were 91 new applications for work, mainly students seeking part time jobs and a few construction workers finished positions. Three-county area totals show 244 registered for employment, down from 262 a year earlier, while placements dropped from 144 in July to 66, signaling a stable labor market.
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Ottawa
George Medlock
Kansas
Anderson
Franklin
Miami
Good Corn Yields In Allen County
Farmers in Allen County report unusually heavy corn yields as harvest begins. Despite rainfall seven inches below normal for the year and little rain in the last two months, the crop started well without extreme heat. Wheat yields were also unusually good earlier this summer. Corn picking starts earlier than usual.
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Allen County
Tola
Martial Law After Greek Cyprus Riots In Istanbul
Radio Ankara announced reimposed martial law in riot-torn Istanbul and Izmir after anti Greek riots damaged Greek owned, Armenian, and Jewish businesses. Emergency session set for Sept 12. army controls Istanbul as government blames Red agents and seeks speedy compensation and restoration of public order.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Ankara
Izmir
Sail
Adnan Menderes
Cyprus
Mediterranean
Greece
Britain
Katin Rostu Zorlu
London
Red
Smyrna
Ousted Civil Service Board Members Move to Dismiss Appeals
Harold P. Trusler of Emporia and James D. Gilmore of Independence ask the Kansas Supreme Court to drop appeals tied to their ouster by Governor Hall. They say Hall’s ouster charges were vague and inadequate, while noting the governor’s evidence at the hearing was insufficient.
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Topeka
State Civil Service Board
Fred Hall
State Supreme Court
Harold P. Trusler
Emporia
James D. Gilmore
Independence
High Court
Shawnee
Hall
Supreme Court
Trusler
Gilmore
Marine Captain Wins $32,000
New York CBS show details Marine Captain Richard Sherrill McCutchen winning 32000 on The $64,000 Question. He faces a possible top prize or a consolation auto if he continues and fails. He chose food and cooking and described five desserts with origins.
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New York
Marine
Richard Sherrill
McCutchen
CBS
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Chetopa Boy
Lamb Ambulance
Leonard Hall
Maggie B. Nisely
Nisely
Willow
Squires- Tankersley
Herald
Lois Smith
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