Close Guard On Balloon Near Fowler Ind Report
Two air Force men parachuted to guard scientific instruments attached to a large balloon shot down by a C119 weather plane. The group suggested remote radio control devices released parachutes to recover the bag and instrument boxes, with Chanute Air Force Base hauling away two boxes. Local officials said no animals were released, and the balloon had been launched five days earlier at Denver, drawing a large crowd to a farmhouse near Fowler.
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Ind
Air Force
Chanute Air Force Base
Rantoul
Ill
Lowry Air Force Base
Denver
Chanute Afb
Royal Tickets On Sale For American Royal Horse Show
Tickets for the American Royal Horse Show in Kansas City October 15 to 22 are on sale. A D White of Ottawa notes. Tickets are available by mail from the American Royal Ticket Office and later at the Royal Building and other Kansas City outlets. Prices range from 75 cents general to 3.25 dollars for prime seats. children under 12 pay 25 cents. matinee tickets cost 1.75 dollars to 1.75 dollars.
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A. D. White
Ottawa
American Royal Building
Kansas City
Live Stock Exchange Building
Missouri
23Rd
Wyoming
94,000 Attend Fair At Topeka
An estimated 94,000 persons jammed the Kansas Free Fair grounds yesterday, the largest crowd in the fair's 75 year history. The exposition will run through next Sunday.
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Topeka
Eisenhower urges longer study for youth and later retirement
President Eisenhower says American youth should spend more time in studies in this era of complexity. He proposes extending high school and college to perhaps five years and notes older workers are often forced to retire too early, joking he may join a "revolution of old men" if retirement lasts.
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Denver
Eisenhower
America
Air Force Academy
Lowry Air Force Base
Hubert R. Harmon
West Foint
Columbia University
New Academy
Harmon
Ottawans Named to State Chamber Councils
Thirteen Ottawans were named to two year terms on councils of the Kansas State Chamber of Commerce. Robert A. Finney announced the selections, listing members for Agriculture Aviation Education Highway Industrial Social Legislation Tourist Information Water Resources KCCE Advisory councils. Each council includes about forty to fifty qualified Kansans and develops action programs for the chamber board.
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Kansas State Chamber of Commerce
Robert A. Finney
State Chamber
Agriculture Council
Glen A. Hayward
State Bank of Ottawa
Aviation Council
Paul Gaynor
Quin Furniture Co
Education Council
Henry A. Parker
Highway Council
R. F. Killough
Lesh Oil Co
W. E. Hegberg
E. L. Johnson
Ottawa Steel, Inc
H. D.mcgrath
Gas Service Co
Social Legislation Council
Max F. Ward
Tourist Information Council
J. B. Muecke
Muecke Studio
Water Resources Council
John Sheldon
Sheldon Tractor and Implement Co
Kcce Advisory Council
Peg Carr
Ottawa Chamber
County Farmers On Honor Roster at Kansas State Fair
Four Franklin county farmers and stockmen who were top award winners at the Kansas state fair in Hutchinson last fall will be given special recognition on a Roster of Honor to be unveiled on the opening day of the 1955 state fair in Hutchinson September 17. They include James E. Berry Ottawa grand champion senior champion Jersey bull and two firsts on Jerseys Homer Hodges Homewood three first awards on Duroc swine Ransom Farm Homewood three firsts on Guernsey cattle Bryan Robison Princeton first on Korean lespedeza and first on soybeans.
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Hutchinson
James E. Berry
Ottawa
Homer Hodges
Homewood
Ransom Farm
Guernsey
Bryan Robison
Princeton
No Agreement In German Red Talks
Moscow reports indicate no final accord between the Soviet Union and West Germany after a 90 minute session. Felix von Eckardt said ministers will file separate reports at this afternoon's meeting between Chancellor Adenauer and Premier Bulganin.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
West Germany
Felix von Eckardt
Konrad Adenauer
Nikolai Bulganin
Second Fire At SOC Plant In Whiting Damages Filter Building
Whiting Indiana workers cleaned debris after a second fire at the Standard Oil refinery in two weeks. The Saturday blast damaged a three story oil filter building near August 27's explosion that caused about 10 million dollars in damage and two deaths. Seven employees had minor injuries or shock. none hospitalized.
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Whiting
Ind
Standard Oil Co
Reds Seek U S Trade Credits Khrushchev Hosts Senators
Senator Young said Khrushchev told visiting U S senators that trade relations are not only possible but desirable. Khrushchev hosted the delegation at the Kremlin with Premier Bulganin. The group of Kefauver Dworshak Frear Malone and Young met and toured the new Soviet atomic power station near Moscow.
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Sen. Young
Rind
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
U. S
Malone
Young
Strike On Air Westinghouse Strike On Air Westinghouse
CIO IUE members strike 28 Westinghouse plants nationwide after East Pittsburgh walkout. Company had announced James B Carey had started steps to end a five week East Pittsburgh strike and cancel a threatened national strike. Picketing reported across Pennsylvania New Jersey Ohio West Virginia New York Massachusetts Connecticut California Indiana.
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Westinghouse Eelectric Corp
CIO International Union of
Eelectrical Workers
Cio-Iue
James B. Carey
Carey
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Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Ohio
West Virginia
New York
Massachusetts
Connecticut
California
Indiana
Showdown on Red China Hints of Easing Pressure
Washington and London clash over Red China seat at the UN as signs of friendlier Soviet relations emerge. Experts say a confrontation may be delayed again this year, but doubts grow for next year if Beijing improves ties. Geneva announced home return of all American civilians held in Red China and a path for Chinese in the U S to visit Red China. The Indian Embassy may aid cases and the British Embassy could assist as well.
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Washington
United Nations
Red China
London
U.N. General Assembly
Geneva
United States
Geneva talks enter second phase amid prisoner search push
The Geneva talks, set to begin their second phase this week, allow both Peiping and Washington to raise issues. U. Alexis Johnson plans to press for data on about 500 American soldiers who disappeared in the Korean War, some possibly alive in Chinese prisons, while urging continued bond savings.
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Peiping
Washington
U.S
U. Alexis Johnson
China
Wang Ping Nan
Johnson
Here's Your Chance To Buy Atomic Age Map
Washington announces government map showing areas richest in uranium ore is now available to the public for 50 cents. Secretary of the Interior McKay unveiled the new map as a resource for would be prospectors in the atomic age.
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Washington
McKay
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