City plans ordinance on electricians amid campus rumor
On the Ottawa University campus a rumor arose that a freshman paid his bill with confederate money. City officials discussed an ordinance requiring examination and licensing of electricians for safety. A public meeting will shape the proposal with city attorney input and prior talks with electricians showing varied views.
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Ottawa University
Ottawa
Oger
Robert Bundy
Robert E. Lee
Norwalk
Iowa
Duane
Lawrence
O. A
Levee Plan Prompts Trailer Court Zoning Move
Mayor Kenneth Andrews says new flood control work brings workers to town and the city will try to place trailer courts in pre zoned areas to avoid re zoning. The levees will pass the present dump where trash must be moved again.
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Kenneth Andrews
Exiles seek UN condemnation vote over Cuban government
Cuban exile leaders in Mexico City urge Mexico to back a United Nations vote condemning President Fulgencio Batista's government for acts described as inhuman and uncivilized against an indefensible Cuban people.
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Mexico City
Mexico
United Nations
Fulgencio Batista
Cuba
Wellsville Woman Elected President of N H D C
Verne W Alden of Wellsville was elected president of the National Home Demonstration Council by unanimous vote at a Columbus Ohio meeting. She previously served as vice president in 1955. The council has about two million members in 38 states plus Hawaii Puerto Rico and Alaska. It is affiliated with the Country Women’s Council USA and the Associated Country Women of the World. The work is carried out through committees on citizenship civil defense family relations health and safety and international relations.
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Verne W. Alden
Wellsville
National’ Home Demonstration Council
Columbus
Ohio
N.H.D.C
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Alaska
Country Women's Council
U.S.A
Country Women of the World
Eastern Kansas Oil Men Elect Mrs Alden Leader
Mrs Alden elected to lead Eastern Kansas Oil Men unit at Chanute meeting. Active for 35 years in home demonstration and 4-H work, she has held multiple roles including president and advisory positions on the Kansas Textbook Commission and State Board of Education. Continues as first vice president of the association.
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Franklin County
First Baptist’ Church
Jim Driver
Pomona
A. M. Lambert
Topeka
Alden
Couch
Kenneth Kease
Kansas
Murphy
Madison
Northern Region
Albian Baseley
Southern Region
Jack McKelvey
Charlthe
Kansas High School
Carl Weiner
Kansas State Board of Education
Kansas Committee
N.E.A
Kansas Council of Women
Zone 1 Forecast Warm, Partly Cloudy With Light Showers
The Weather Zone 1 is fair and warmer this afternoon with a high near 75 to 80. Tonight will be partly cloudy with scattered light showers. Friday looks fair and cooler with a low around 55 and a high near 70.
Rocket Test Gone Wrong By Iowa Youths Lands In Yard
DES MOINES Three Iowa youths see a homebuilt missile misfire and crash into a Urbandale yard embedded three feet in the ground. Neighbors gather as the trio Dale Cruikshank 18 Paul Cruikshank 17 and Richard Welch 17 recount a failed fuel test and vow to test elsewhere.
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Urbandale
Cruikshanks
Dale Cruikshank
Robert Cruikshank
Paul
Curnutt
Richard Welch
Dale
Turkish Flood Toll Is High Across Ankara Area
Turkish floods killed about 1000 people, with 14 officially confirmed. 500 to 1000 homes destroyed and 2000 flooded as rescue teams struggled through muddy areas. Premier Menderes visited stricken villages, while traffic was stalled and highways blocked. In parallel, Kansas City began groundbreaking for the 19.5 million 16th Street Expressway linking Johnson County with the Kansas Turnpike.
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Turkey
Adnan Menderes
Kansas City
George Docking
16Th Street
Johnson County
Kanyas Turnpike
Airman Indicted In $12,225 Bank Robbery
Federal grand jury indicted Melvin James Stephenson, 19, an Air Force enlisted man from St Charles Minnesota, in the $12,225 Whiteman AFB branch bank robbery last Friday. He waived preliminary hearing, bond set at $20,000, and was arrested at the base gates. arraignment planned.
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Air Force
Whiteman Afb
Melvin James Stephenson
St. Charles
Minn
Tueday
Stephenson
Faubus and Eisenhower to Confer Over Little Rock Crisis
President Eisenhower and Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus plan a Newport meeting to resolve the Little Rock school integration deadlock. White House aides deny claims they consider the governor capitulating as Faubus sends a formal reply from Little Rock and Brook Hays relays word of the plan.
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Orval Fairbus
Little Rock
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Gether
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Hays
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Adams
Washington
Cope
Faubus Was, ‘Throwing In the Sponge.” Hagerty
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Local Phone Strike Unclear On Staffing at Ottawa Build
U T Morrisey manager for Southwestern Bell says no equipment or maintenance work is yet installed at the new Ottawa building. Donna Mae Fowler strike director reports no information received and notes operators have not decided on crossing picket lines if nearby workers strike.
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Ottawa
Southwestern Bell
Morrisey
Donna Mae Fowler
S. Locust
Syria’s Military Leaders Meet With Nasser in Cairo
Syria’s top military figure Gen Asif Bizry said the nation is ready to shed blood to defend independence as he spoke with Al Ahram amid urgent talks with President Nasser and Egyptian officials. Bizry and Lt Col Abdel Hamid Serrai met with Nasser as Damascus noted defensive preparations and awaited developments after Soviet and American ministerial comments on Syria.
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Syria
Nasser
Asif Bizry
Lefist
al Ahram
Alculu Uti Leu
Bizry
Abdel Hamid Serraj
Ieste Int
Mestad
U. S
Serrai
Khaled Azem
Damascus
Azem
Walkout Deadline Looms In Western Electric Talks
New York A meeting between junior negotiators and CWA leaders delayed talks at Western Electric over a new contract. Beirne announced 54,000 CWA members would strike at 6 am Monday in all states except Maine Vermont New Hampshire and DC. A breakdown could halt long distance calls. the dispute centers on wages and contract length.
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Junion
Western Electric Co
Communications Workers of America
Joseph E. Dunne
CWA
Joseph A. Beirne
Washington
Joeseph A. Beirne
Communication Orders of America
Maine
Vermont
New Hampshire
District of Columbia
Beirne
Power Plant Blast Hits Kobuta Chemical Works Plant
An explosion at Kobuta Chemical Works near Monaca Pennsylvania rocked the Koppers Co plant this afternoon. Police and fire crews mobilized quickly as witnesses described a massive fire spreading from the site and a spokesman calling it very bad.
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Monaca
Kobuta Chemical Works
Kopper Co
Pennsylvania
Koppers Co
Inhharge
Chemical Division
Kobuta
Beaver
Norman Epstein
St. Joesph Lead Co
Rebel Radio Station Seized Near Havana
Cuban authorities seized a clandestine rebel radio station in a Havana suburb last night. Tape recordings and rebel messages were confiscated as part of the crackdown on illegal broadcasts intended for public dissemination.
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Havana
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