Local notices and community updates from Ottawa
A collection of brief items from the Ottawa area including medical honors for Dr. C. B. Harris Sr, upcoming meetings for Miami Sportsmen Association and local pioneer reunion plans, military address for Emery Corbett, and a Kansas Cancer Society regional meeting note. Also reports on a Homecoming at Fouts school, a large student activity ticket sale at Ottawa high, a watermelon feed at the high school, minor injuries and repair work, speeding fines, parking violations, and a Honolulu Star Bulletin clipping Sant.
Adlai Opens Campaign with Nationwide TV and Radio Speech
Adlai Stevenson formally opens his presidential campaign tonight with a 280000 dollar broadcast to a nationwide audience across three TV networks and four radio outlets. He will speak at a State Farm Show Building dinner in Harrisburg, attended by 10 000 people, after flying in from New York with Estes Kefauver. The speech cost is reported around 280000, with staff stating the figure exceeds 200000. A related New York fundraiser boosted the campaign coffers by 3925 000, attended by 250 Stevenson supporters including Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Averell Harriman, Herbert Lehman, Robert Wagner, and Louis Nizer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
New York
George M. Leader
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Gov. Leader
State Farm Show
Pennsylvania
Stevenson-Kefauver
Thomas K. Hodges
Gov
Leader
Hodges
Ambassador
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York City
Lehman
Roosevelt
Louis Nizer
Ottawan arrival in town noted with umbrella in drought
A feature notes an Ottawan appearing in town with an umbrella amid drought conditions in Kansas. The item is reprinted after pickups by An Albuquerque newspaper and Honolulu paper, referencing a Herald reprint. Library hours updated at Carnegie Free Library and local event notices include a revised Republican candidate tour date in Franklin County, social updates from the Kiwanis, and guest mentions at the Tot-To-Teen club dinner.
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Kansas
Albuquerque
N. Mex
Honolulu
Herald
Hospital Notes Admits Several Local Residents
Admitted patients include Debra Higdon of Williams burg Willis Southard 124 N. Locust John A. Baldwin 826 S. Hick rey Lena Oliver 721 N. Cedar Mrs Thomas Stevenson route 2 Wellsville and William Kruger Waverly all listed for today Dismissals include Mrs Belle Willis Williamsburg Mrs Grace Warner 723 W 6th Clarence E Zimmerman Lawrence and Mrs Charles Hamilton with baby daughter Williamsburg Mrs Verna Okeson 428 S Poplar Mrs Cecil Elliott with baby son West 15th Alfred Schmitt route 1 Pomona and Mrs Thomas Stevenson route 2 Wellsville today
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Debra Higdon
Williamsburg
Willis Southard
N. Locust
John A. Baldwin
S. Hickrey
Lena Oliver
N. Cedar
Thomas Stevenson
Wellsville
William Kruger
Waverly
Belle Willis
Grace Warner
W. 6Th
Clarence E. Zimmerman
Lawrence
Charles Hamilton
Verna Okeson
S. Poplar
Cecil Elliott
West 15Th
Alfred Schmitt
Pomona
Drought Cancels Kansas Field Day Trip
A field day planned for September 25 at the Cornbelt experimental field near Powhattan is cancelled due to drought. R. V. Olson of the Kansas State College agronomy department announced the cancellation. Louisiana's state capitol in Baton Rouge reportedly has 48 steps inscribed with each state's name.
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Manhattan
Kas
Cornbelt
Powhattan
R. V. Olson
Kansas State College Agronomy
Louisiana
Baton Rouge
Ninth Year For Menninger Class
The Menninger Bible class begins its ninth year next Thursday Sept 20 with weekly Thursday meetings at 9 15 am in First Methodist church. Mrs Lee Harrison enters her third year as teacher guiding a four year course from Genesis to Kings with outlines and a Blue Book of Questions offered for 35 cents. Nursery care is available for an added fee and enrollment is open to all interested women via Mrs Harrison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Menninger Bible
First Methodist Church
Lee Harrison
Roy W. Browning, Jr
Enid
Oklo
Harrison
Ottawa High Grads Prepare For College Attendance
More than half of Ottawa High School graduates plan to continue education this year. Many will attend Ottawa University, Kansas State, KU, Baker University, Regis College in Denver, and various nursing and business programs. Names listed include Richard Lee Allen, Ruth Ann Bemmels, Gary Burgess, Harley Ainsworth, Wilma Malburg, Lori Phillips, and others. The Herald requests updates on any additional graduates taking their first college steps.
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Ottawa
Ottawa University
Richard Lee Allen
Ruth Ann Bemmels
Bob Bundy
Darrell Burkdoll
Shirley Horn
Carolyn Kelley
Larry MacArthur
Mary Pickenpaugh
Dale Pratt
Sherm Price
Carolyn Sent
Yakima Junior College
Yakima
Wash
Charles Shane
Evangel College
Springfield
Wilma Malburg
Carol Martin
Patricia Murphy
St. Luke's Hospital
Kansas City
Lori Lea Phillips
Newman Hospital
Emporia
Hazel Smith
Bartlesville
Oklo
Herald
Paratrooper’s chute fails. buddy Busch saves fall
Sgt Leon L Peine and specialist 3 C Roger D Busch, paratroopers, jumped from opposite sides of a C119 from over 1000 feet during a 82nd Airborne Corps display. Peine’s chute failed. Busch caught his chute as it opened and saved him. Peine suffered a head injury and was hospitalized. Busch was uninjured.
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Ft.bragg
N.C.P
Leon L. Peine
Roger D. Busch
Sgt. Peine
Busch
Sgt
Peine
82Nd Airborne Corps
Defense Department
Ballaire
Tex
Rt. 2
Albuquerque
N.M
Three Dead In Bus Car Crash Near Monroe
A Greyhound bus and an auto hauling truck collided near Monroe early today. Three people died and 22 were injured. The truck driver Francis G. Pesko of Detroit and bus passenger Mrs. Frankie Mae Semple of Detroit were killed. Six of the injured, including one in critical condition, were admitted to Monroe hospitals.
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Monroe
Mich
Erie Post
Francis G. Pesko
Detroit
Frankie Mae Semple
No gymnasiums in most elementary schools
A report notes that 91 percent of the nation’s 150000 elementary schools have no gymnasiums. The finding highlights sparse physical education facilities across schools and implications for student fitness programs.
Ike To Stress Future Policies
Gettysburg Pennsylvania reports Eisenhower plans to emphasize future policy while Nixon targets Democrats. At a 500-member GOP rally on Eisenhower’s farm, he urged registration and voting, urging a campaign as a crusade for prosperity and peace. Nixon previewed a 32-state tour aiming sharp attacks on Stevenson, Kefauver, and Truman, challenging Stevenson to repudiate Truman on Alger Hiss.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Nixon
GOP
Adlai Stevenson
Estes Kefauver
Harry S. Truman
Stevenson
Truman
Alger Hiss
Hiss
State Department
Talmadge To Succeed George In Senate Race Victory Narrative
Georgia selects Herman E. Talmadge to succeed veteran U S Senator Walter F George. The 43 year old segregationist wins a decisive Democratic primary sweep over Melvin E Thompson, carrying 372 907 votes to 105 907 from 1 266 of 1 798 precincts. Thompson concedes after a strong showing with over 100 000 votes.
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Atlanta
Georgia
U.S
Walter F. George
Herman E. Talmadge
Talmadge
Melvin E. Thompson
Thompson
Congress
Local Auction and Sale Notices for Kansas Towns
Classified sale notices list buyers and venues across Centropolis Ottawa Pomona Lawrence and Overbrook in September. Entries include C A Myers & Son phone contacts, Roberts Market Sale on East 11th Street, Fred Miller Dairy Sale, Overbrook Livestock Sale, James Chester White hog sale on Wilson Street and James Firestone Estate sale at Centropolis with dates from Sept 14 to Sept 27.
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C. A. Myers & Son
Centropolis
Ottawa
C. R. Goodman
Pomona
James Firestone
Northwest
Plans for Ottawa Country Club improvements
Directors consider a new pool filtration system funded partly by women golfers with the rest in next year’s budget. The pool, popular with children, closed after Labor Day. Efforts to provide youth recreation include Labor Day pony rides by Wilbur Foulks. Interior renovations for the club house, including kitchen remodeling and better dining space, are proposed by a committee led by President Noel Douglas. A small air conditioned dining area was added this season.
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Ottawa Country Club
Wilbur Foulks
Noel Douglas
Enrollment Up At Bethany College Freshman Classes Start
JLINDSBORG Kas. Freshman enrollment at Bethany College rose 77 percent with 181 new students registered as classes opened.
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Bethany
Jlindsborg, Kas
Bethany College
Turkey Expands Sea Communications with Five Freighters
Turkey advances its maritime infrastructure by purchasing five freighters in the United States as part of a broader expansion of sea communications. The deals involve unspecified ship sizes and buyers, signaling increased shipping capacity for Turkey's foreign trade and naval logistics.
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Turkey
Explosion on British premises in Cyprus linked to EOKA surge
A rapid blast on a British military site in Cyprus left the building unoccupied with no casualties. It marks the fourth such incident in a week, part of the EOKA campaign to remove British rule and unite Cyprus with Greece. Hard water reveals fertile soil as minerals are picked up.
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Cyprus
EOKA
Greece
Bomb Starts Fire In Cyprus Laundry Building Near Hospital
A time I bomb started a fire today in a laundry building near completion in the British military hospital cantonment at Dekhelia on the south coast. British authorities said the fire started in the laundry area of the cantonment.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Dekhelia
Blair Pharmacy ITCH-ME-NOT claim ad
Blair's Pharmacy advertises ITCH-ME-NOT for rapid relief of eczema ringworm insect bites and external itch with a 40c back guarantee and says it is available at all local drug stores.
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Blair Pharmacy
Blair’s
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Jay Ellis
Mike Mulcahey
Buick Co
Edge of Ottawa
Brockway
D. C
C. B. Harris, Sr
Garnett
Anderson County
Anderson County Medical Society
C. B. Harris, Jr
Harris, Jr
Westphalia
Miami Sportsmen Association, Inc
Sons and Daughters of Pioneers of
Stanton
Spring Ridge
Spring Ridge Hall
Emery Corbett
Kenneth Corbett
Route 4
Ft. Leonard Wood
Ft. Knox, Ky
Armor Usatc Armor
W. C. Harding
Little Rock
Ark
American Cancer Society
Nessee
Norvell Cooper
Max Bolton
Fouts
Norris Burke
Emil Barnes
H. J. Lamb
S. Main
Stevens Realty
Liggett Shoe Shop
Palace
Dixon Cafe
Warren Eugene Brandon
Topeka
Wynadotte County
W. E. Hegberg
Sam Hubbard
Honolulu Star Bulletin
Hawaii
the Times
Louis H. Dengel
KODAK
John G. Kaiser Drug Store
Masonic Blog
Suede
Adlai
Carnegie Free Library
Franklin County
Verne Chesbro
Kansas City Athletics
New York Yankees
Leonard Allen
Henry A. Parker
Roger Fredrikson
Edgar Kerr
Wayland Blair
Kiwanis
Ottawa Kiwanis Club
Mears Park
Don Whitaker
G. DeGraff
Buddy
Ike
Jack Nelson
Overbrook
Henry Dehn
Kansan
Paola Fair Grounds
Paola
Neill George
Don Wallace
Lebo Corner
Noel Siebuhr
Lebo
Alberta Farm
Albert
Paul L. Joh Harry
Stewart & Son Rt
Harold
Mul
Ounty Sale, Wilson
Speer
Frankli
Logan Street
H. W
John Kunard
Wilson
Printy & Son
Ben Printy
N, Main
Stetson
Ala
Sliamb Funeral Home
Tiawa
Refuge
Tate
Kramer Drug Store
Pree
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
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