Paola Firm Tops Bid for Ottawa University Dorm Contract
Cornelius and Associates of Paola led the general bid at 287 963 for Ottawa University men’s residence hall. Kendall Plumbing of Wichita bid 74 556 for plumbing and HVAC, Norris Brothers of Lawrence 17 720 for electrical. Total low bids 380 239 with University holding about 400 000 of a 487 000 federal loan. Building to house 104 students in two man rooms, brick three story structure, air conditioned, central heating plant, east of current dorms on 9th street.
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Cornelius and Associates, Inc
Paola
Ottawa University
Housing and Finance Agency
Kendall Plumbing, Inc
Wichita
Carey Plumbing & Heating Co
Ottawa
Norris Brothers, Lawrence
Andrew B. Martin
University
Martin
Robert M. Clogston
Lbrary
E. F. Haley
John Strandberg
R. R. Palmquist
Joe Radotinsky
Fred Deardorff
Kansas City
Cornelius, Bennett Constriction Co
Lawrence
D. ©. Bass
Enid
Okla
Caro Construction Co
Constant Construction Co
Freeze Construction Co
Coffeyville
B. A. Green Construction Co
Law-Pollitt Construction Co
Islado2
J. A. Lamderen & Son
Topeka
Thomas Construction Co
St. Joseph
Kendall and Corey
Gibson Hart Co
Midwest Mechanical Contractors of
Norris Brothers
Wiggins Electric Co
Oilawar Great Northern Electric Co
Murray Electric My
9Th Street
Side Swipes At Work Near Holton Injures Foreman
A work incident southwest of Holton left Forrest Dryden of Wellsville with a severe head injury after a fall while plowing beneath a cable for an Atlas missile base. He was taken to Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka for stitches, then returned to work the same afternoon.
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Holton
Forrest Dryden
Wellsville
Dryden
Stormont Vail Hospital
Topeka
Castro Must Not Leave Manhattan
The United States ordered Fidel Castro restricted to Manhattan Island during his attendance at the United Nations general assembly in New York next week. The move mirrors limits imposed on Nikita Khrushchev and two other Soviet bloc leaders and was announced by Secretary of State Christian A. Herter at a news conference.
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Washington
United States
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Manhattan Island
United Nations General Assembly
New York
Castro
Nikita
Khrushchev
New York Assembly
Christian A. Herter
Herter
Eisenhower To Act On 172 Bills By Saturday Night
Washington AP says President Eisenhower has acted on all but 35 of 172 bills passed in the recent short session and must act on the rest by Saturday midnight.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Weather COUNTY FORECAST Partly cloudy and warm through Thursday
Partly cloudy this afternoon through Thursday. Warmer afternoons with highs around 80 to the mid 80s in the extreme northeast to the west, and lows tonight near 60. Highs Thursday in the lower 80s.
Air Force Plans Sky Rendezvous for Discoverer XV Capsule Snatch
Air Force fliers at Vandenberg plan a daytime sky rendezvous to retrieve the parachuted Discoverer XV capsule. The rocket launched Tuesday carries a nonliving instrumented payload, circling a polar orbit up to 1,472 miles out and 130 miles from Hawaii. Hawaii based planes trailing trapezes will attempt the recovery as the capsule descends toward a 60 by 200 mile target area north of Hawaii.
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Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
Air Force Fliers
Wawaian Islands
Xie
West Coast
Arctic
Hawaii
Midas
Samos
Frost to Receive Special Gold Medal Under Law
Washington AP report says poet Robert Frost aged 86 will be awarded a special gold medal under a congressional law signed Tuesday by President Eisenhower. The honor acknowledges Frost's lasting contribution to American literature and poetry.
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Frost
Seventy-Five Rescued From A Burning Plane
An American Airlines Electra turboprop carrying 75 people crashed on approach to LaGuardia, struck a dike, flipped, and burst into flames. All aboard survived with injuries. six passengers rushed to Flushing Hospital. Crew included Capt. Gordon Stapies, First Officer Herbert Schleicher, engineer Kenneth Thoman, stewardesses Margaret Fleming and Donna Gilligan. Downward wind hit as it neared runway three, amid ongoing airport construction and limited runways.
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New York
American Airlines
Boston
la Guardia
Flushing Hospital
Flushing Bay
Gordon Stapies
Herbert Schleicher
Kenneth Thoman
Margaret Fleming
Donna Gilligan
Traffic Toll TOEPKA Kansas 1960 9 am Wednesday Death Log
AP report records Kansas traffic deaths over a 24 hour period ending at 9 am Wednesday. The note compares the 1960 total with the prior year 1959 figure, indicating a year over year change.
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Toepka (Ap
Kansas
Congo Army Fractures Under Mutinous Pressure
In Leopoldville Lumumba appeals for unity of the divided Congo army to resist imperialists amid a chaotic power struggle. The force appears split along tribal lines as Kasavubu and Lumumba vie for leverage, with mutinied troops wavering between factions.
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Leopoldville
The
Congo
Patrice Lumumba
Lumumba
Hhe
Kasavubu
Defected Soviet Officer Warns of Nuclear Attack Readiness
Capt Nikolai Artamonov testified before the House Committee on Un American Activities that since 1955 the Soviet Union has prepared to launch a surprise nuclear strike on the United States. The 32 year old former destroyer commander, who fled to the West in 1959, asserted Moscow's forces remain on immediate attack alert despite Khrushchev's disarmament rhetoric.
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Washington
Nikolai Fedorovich Artamonov
Russia
United States
Nikita
Khrushchev
Artamonov
West
House Committee On UN
Work On US59 To Slow Traffic
Start of highway project last week requires motorists to proceed with caution for 2.7 miles south from Baldwin Junction. B. J. Brummel Construction Co. of Garnett holds a $66,997.30 contract, with 45 working days to complete. Traffic will pass through but obey signs and watch for moving equipment along the pavement.
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Baldwin Junction
State Highway Commission
B. J. Brummel Construction Co
Garnett
Clyde Woods Jr
Highway Commission
Lawrence
Douglas-Franklin County
Tally Creek
U S Holds Tight Line On Khrushchev U N Visit
The United States firmly plans to confine Nikita Khrushchev to Manhattan during his U N visit to safeguard his safety and ensure access to U N headquarters. Washington rejected a Soviet protest as unfriendly and unlawful while noting travel beyond Manhattan is not essential to the General Assembly delegation. Khrushchev favors freedom to reach Glen Cove Long Island but will stay at Park Avenue in Manhattan with the U N delegation.
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Washington
United States
Nikita Khrushchev
Manhattan Island
U.N
Khrushchev
United Nations General Assembly
White House
State Department
U.S
U. N
Manhattan
U. S
U. N. General Assembly
Glen Cove
Long Island
General Assembly
Park Avenue
Senator Thomas C. Hennings Jr. Dies at 57
Washington AP report notes Missouri Democrat Senator Thomas C. Hennings Jr. died of cancer at age 57 in his Washington apartment after abdominal surgery May 6. He arrived in the Senate in 1950, reelected in 1956, and was known for opposing the Bricker amendment and McCarthy. He previously served as St. Louis circuit attorney and congressional representative.
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Washington
Thomas C. Hennings Jr
Missouri
St. Louis
Hennings
Henning
Jefferson City
Senate
Bricker
Joseph McCarthy
Wisconsin
Congress
Florida Residents Rally After Hurricane Donna
Florida residents sweep away debris as flood waters recede and streets clear. A Miami plan to aid homeless families forms a chain of good works while Gov. LeRoy Collins proposes a WPA style project to create jobs. In the Everglades the impact remains unknown as crews rebuild the Overseas Highway and guardsmen deter looting.
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Miami
Fla
Florida
Tiree
LeRoy Collins
Florida Keys
Navy
State Road Department
Army
Marine Corps
National
Truman Prefers Senate Over Other Offices
Former President Harry S. Truman, in New York, declined any ambition for a Senate seat to replace the late Senator Thomas C. Hennings of Missouri. He said he would rather go to the Senate than any other office, but offered no commitment amid mounting speculation about a possible appointment.
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New York
Harry S. Truman
Senate
Thomas C. Hennings
DMO
Truman
Jets clash over Atlantic forces search five planes fly to aid crew
SHANNON Ireland AP two U S Air Force B47 bombers collided on a crossing from Plattsburgh to Brize Norton over the stormy Atlantic. One crashed another landed 300 miles away with an engine missing. Royal Navy rescue planes a destroyer and three U S submarines joined the hunt for the three crew members amid poor visibility and high seas. The crash site remained uncertain as the survivors faced hours afloat in rafts.
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Shannon
Ireland
U.S. Air Force
United States
Atlantic
Royal Air Force
U.S
Plattsburgh Air Force Base
N.Y
Brize Norton
England
Britain
Plattsburgh
Air Force
U. S. Air Force
Ruislip
London
Strategic Air Command
Neptune
Coast Guards
John Brennan
Evansvile
Ind
Brennan
Richard Glogowski
Chicago
John Canoeran
Denville
N. J
Eisenhower to Address United Nations Before Khrushchev
The White House announced President Eisenhower will travel to New York on September 22 to address the General Assembly, placing him ahead of Khrushchev in the speaking order under UN procedure. The shift, aimed at countering Soviet propaganda, changes prior plans for a post Khrushchev appearance and prompts questions about proposals.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
United Nations General Assembly
Khrushchev
White House
New York
General Assembly
United Nations
Emporia Youth In Critical Condition
Emporia high school football player Larry Boden, 17, remained in critical condition at the University of Kansas Medical Center after a practice injury. Doctors performed surgery Monday night to relieve pressure on the brain. The incident was reported from Emporia, Kansas.
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Kansas City
Kas
Larry Boden
Emporia
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City Vote On Sewage Bond Issue
Kansas City Kansas voters will decide on a $15 million bond issue to fund construction of sewage treatment facilities as the first phase of a $35 million project. The measure aligns with health surveys. nearby Kansas City Missouri is voting on its own $75 million sewage bond. Both cities drain into the highly polluted Missouri and Kansas rivers.
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Kansas City
Kan
Kansas and
Missouri Tigers
Kansas Traffic Toll Reaches 321 This Year
Three more names added to Kansas traffic fatalities bringing the year total to 321, compared with 424 at the same point in 1959. Victims include Dale Hamilton 26 of Wayne Nebraska with a tractor trailer crash near Wayne, Harold Farrand 20 of Sioux Falls with Hamilton, Michael Townsend 6 of Kansas City Kansas, and Phyllis Ann Polovitch of Falls Church Virginia in a Phillipsburg area car crash.
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Kansas
Dale Hamilton
Wayne
Kaa
Hamilton
Harold Leroy Farrand
Sioux Falls
Michael H. Townsend
Kansas City
Kas
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