Flood control celebration plans target Sept 27 event
A flood control celebration committee kept planning for a Sept 27 event with a 4 pm groundbreaking along the river and a park program at Forest Park bandshell. Officials will consider Ottawa business closures for workers attendance and a 9:30 am meeting at the North American Hotel to decide.
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Army Corps of Engineers
Forest Park
Russell Crites
Ottawa
Ottawa U
George Docking
Errett Scrivner
Engineers
Unemployment Still High Under Slow Recovery Signs
Washington AP reports unemployment fell by 600000 last month to 4699000, yet seasonally adjusted rate rose to the highest since World War II except for a 1949 coal strike month. August employment at 65367000, up 200000 from July, with 76 percent labor force jobless rate.
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Washington
Commerce and Labor Department
Weather County Forecast Clear to partly cloudy through Wednesday
Forecast calls for a warm day with highs near 90 and cooler conditions Wednesday with highs in the lower 80s. Tonight’s low in the mid 60s. Yesterday’s high reached 90 and a record high for the date is 99 set in 1912, 1951, 1039, and 1947. Record low is 41 in 1943. Hourly readings cover 24 hours ending tonight.
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M. Sapairiah
Big Machines Clear Dike Area in Ottawa Works
Murray Limestone Co of Pleasan ton uses bulldozers near Mulberry Street to clear riverbank land for a gas line crossing the river. Wea Construction Co of Paola clears ground for a new water main river crossing and sewer works, with A C Kirkwood Associates guiding planning. About 100 acres will be cleared for channel widening and levee construction under Corps of Engineers supervision.
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Ottawa
Murray Limestone Co
Pleasanton
Mulberry Street
Murray Firm
Cedar Street
Wea Construction Co
Paola
Charles Perry
Ist
Corps of Engineers
A. C. Kirkwood Associates
Kansas City
Gas Service Co
Lamar Phillips
Paroled Youth From Field School Break-In Case
One of four youths who admitted breaking into Eugene Field School over Labor Day weekend was paroled from the Boys Industrial School at Topeka in a Franklin County Juvenile Court ruling. The 13-year-old parolee will attend a Newton church school under a strict curfew and periodic reporting. The other 13-year-old’s parole was denied but his sentence modified for a church school transfer. an 18-year-old appealing his Boys Industrial School sentence will have a District Court hearing set for Sept 11.
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Eugene Field School
Boys Industrial School
Topeka
Franklin County
Winton A. Winters
Newton
Decisionso District Court
Floyd Coffman
Winter
Speed Check Catches Nine in Ottawa Area
State troopers set up radar in the Ottawa area and issued nine tickets to nine drivers. On US 59 one mile north of Ottawa four motorists were cited for speeds over 60 mph at night. In the US 59 near Richmond five motorists were cited for over 45 mph or higher, with Schultz charged for 80 in a 45 zone. All defendants are to appear in court on September 12 except McCool, cited for September 23.
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Ottawa
Franklin County
US 59
Marvin L. Teter
Mulberry
Reggie R. Silvey
Funston
Johnathan Edward Todd
N. Main
John D. Vietti
Pittsburg
McCool
Nab Brooklyn Man Who Tried To Rig TV Show
New York AP report says Gerard Mignone 38 was wounded by a detective during a pursuit after offering to pay two mail sorters $3,000 to help him win a $30,000 prize in a Price Is Right audience giveaway. He faced arrest and was in fair condition at Kings County Hospital.
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New York
Brooklyn
Gerard Mignone
Kings County Hospital
Mignone
NBC
Bernard Patten
Queens
Queens District Attorney's Office
Submarine Skate To Return Soon
The Navy announced that the atomic submarine Skate, fresh from a North Pole to Europe cruise, will sail directly back to the United States after completing its current voyage. The decision follows the vessel's historic Arctic traversal and extended deployment.
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Washington
Navy
Skate
North Pole
Europe
Visit of Skate to Zeebrugge and Boston Stopover
Current visit to Zeebrugge Belgium. the Skate is scheduled to arrive in Boston on September 22 and depart two days later for its home port of New London Connecticut.
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Zeebrugge
Belgium
Boston
New London
Conn
Kansas Streams Back In Banks After Flooding
North central Kansas streams returned to banks as of today and continued to recede. Weather bureau cited no rain in the last 24 hours and possible scattered showers later. Temperatures remained near the previous day with highs from 86 to 91 and overnight lows from 61 to 72.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Wichita
Chanute
Pittsburg
Goodland
Two Bombers Collide Killing 13 of 16 Aboard
Spokane AP report says a giant B52 bomber collided with another during sunset landings near a highway. Thirteen of the 16 crew died. debris struck a service station sign and landed on Highway 2. Ground casualties were none. The aircraft carried classified material but not nuclear weapons.
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Spokane
Wash
Seattle
Strategic Air Command
Fairchild Air Force Base
Urges Slowdown In Integration Editorial
The Arkansas Gazette calls for delaying integration to avoid chaos in education and warns that federal enforcement resembling Reconstruction risks irreparable harm to public schools. Executive Editor Harry S. Ashmore notes the paper’s past stance and admits failure to secure compliance across the South.
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Little Rock
Ark
Gap
Arkansas Gazette
Harry S. Ashmore
Supreme Court
Richmond girl to spend winter in Brazil with IFYE program
Marjorie Roeckers a 21 year old Richmond senior at Kansas State College will join the International Farm Youth Exchange program leaving Oct 14 for six months in Brazil. Franklin County must raise 800 to fund her trip before October. She will learn Portuguese and write a Herald column during her stay, while living with Brazilian farm families.
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Alort
Honor
Jaden Richmond
Franklin County
Marjorie Roeckers
Kansas State College
Manhattan
Brazil
International Farm
Kansas Extension Service
K-State
Santa letter arrives for Independence boy
In Independence Kansas a seven year old, Stephie Brown, sent the first Santa Claus letter of the year to the local post office. The envelope bore the stamped words In Here Are My and featured cutout pictures of items the boy wishes for on December 25. Assistant postmaster Cliff Funston said he will ensure Santa receives the letter.
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Independence
Kas
Stephie Brown
Stephie
Independnce Post Office
Santa Claus
Cliff Funston
Santa
Maine Election Beating for Republicans Reported
Newspaid dispatch from Newport Rhode Island notes President Eisenhower acknowledged a Democratic sweep in Maine. Democrats won a U S Senate seat for the first time in 47 years and retained the governorship while Republicans faced a decisive setback across Congress. Hagerty quoted Eisenhower as accepting the beating with quiet resignation.
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Newport
Eisenhower
Maine
White House
James C. Hagerty
Wagerty
Republican National Committee
Washington
Congress
Hagerty
State Received All Grain Fees at Atchison
Atty. Gen. John Anderson said the state apparently received all grain inspection fees legally due for Atchison after hearsay of after hours charges. Inspector Harry Doije fired chief inspector Howard Weinman amid evidence an employee cashed state checks from private industry. Dole knew of the practice soon after taking office May 1, 1957, and plans to confer with Dole about the matter.
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Topeka
John Anderson
Atchison
Harry Doije
Howard J. Weinman
Andreson
Anderson
Dole
Claa
Weinman
J. H. Sober
Midwest Solvents Co
Sleeping Sickness Toll High In Orient
In Seoul and Tokyo the sleeping sickness encephalitis has caused 1,613 deaths and 5,158 cases in South Korea, Japan and Korea. Health officials report the disease is waning due to joint American and Korean actions and cooler fall weather. U.S. aid includes 17,000 drums of insecticide to fight virus carrying mosquitoes.
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Seoul, Korea
South
Korea
Japan
Health Ministry
United States
Dulles Says China Must Renounce Use of Straits
Secretary of State Dulles signaled the United States would offer concessions if Red China renounces force in the Formosa Straits. He noted talks with Red China planned in Warsaw and stressed the need to deter Communist threats to Nationalist islands while denying specifics and predicting no war. He said the US would assist Nationalist defenders logistically now and with troops later if needed, but details depend on future negotiations and allied rights.
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Washington
Dulles
United States
Red China
Formosa
Warsaw
Free World
Far East
Formosa Straits
Korea
Berlin
U. S
Jacob Beam
Red
China
Peiping
Ottawa U. Opens Registration With Slow-Down Plan
Ottawa University begins registration in Myers library with a deliberate slow-down to give students time for counseling with faculty. Dean W. D. Bemmels says most registrations will be finished by tomorrow evening and late arrivals come Monday. A campus pow wow and the Freshman Commencement ceremony follow, with counselors aiding new students and the football scrimmage and all college formal planned.
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Ottawa University
Myers Library
W. D. Bemmels
Andrew B. Martin
Charles Southard
University
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