Ottawa Phone Rates Rise After Court Decision
District Court in Topeka allowed Southwestern Bell to raise charges immediately. Morrisey says increases: business 50 cents monthly, private residence 40 cents, two party lines 30 cents. Meanwhile a LA classified note features a husband declaring devotion and a Winston-Salem story notes Pastor Traylor holing up 100 feet to bet on church funds.
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Ottawa
Topeka
J. T. Morrisey
Southwestern Bell
Morrisey
Winston-Salem
N.C
Kermit Traylor
First Christian Church
Traylor
Fleas Bite Firefighters At Old Ladder Co Station
In New York City Ladder Co 5 in Greenwich Village was evacuated after fleas infested the 100 plus year old station. Two battalion chiefs entering the building sustained flea bites during the inspection.
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New York
Ladder Co. 5
Greenwich Village
New York Governor Blunders Spanish in L A Independence Day
In Los Angeles on Mexican Independence Day a large crowd watched New York Governor Nelson A. Rockweller misstate Spanish while on the steps of City Hall. He apologized saying New Yorkers do not speak Spanish well and the crowd forgave him as he waved a sombrero and cheered Viva Mexico.
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Los Angeles
New York
Nelson A. Rockweller
San Francisco
Mexico
Hope Fades For Air Force Men
In Prestwick Scotland an Atlantic search by ships and planes expanded today for survivors from a U S Air Force B47 bomber that crashed after a collision. Three crew members were aboard the sunken craft while a wing tank found by a British ship was from the other B47. The other bomber later landed safely at Shannon Ireland.
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Prestwice
Scotland
Atlantic
Shannon
Ireland
Weather COUNTY FORECAST CLEAR AND COOLING
County forecast notes clear conditions this afternoon with fair skies tonight and partly cloudy conditions. A cooler trend develops Saturday with highs in the 70s and overnight lows in the mid to upper 50s to around 60.
U S Embassy Secretary Jailed by Cubans
Fidel Castro's secret police jailed U S Embassy secretary Marjorie Lennox 26 of San Francisco in Havana and ignored protests by U S Ambassador Philip Bonsall. Lennox, a confidential secretary in the embassy's economic section, was arrested after a raid on her apartment and held for ten hours of questioning before being taken to DIER.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
U.S
Marjorie Lennox
San Francisco
U. S
Philip Bonsall
Foreign Ministry
Lennox
Dier
Red Pants Interrupt School Dispatch at William Chrisman High
Independence Missouri AP report describes William Chrisman High Division 2 students Laurence Brown Jr and David Brooks sent home for wearing bright red trousers. Principal Edward J Shelton enforces dress code citing garish attire as unsuitable. Superintendent Dr C L Plucker supports policy. Brown’s father objects.
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Independence
William Chrisman High School
Laurence Brown Jr
Edward J. Shelton
Brown
David Brooks
Shelton
Brooks
C. L. Plucker
Laurence Brown
Prison escape at Lansing prisoner on weed detail
Robert Hoyle, 30, a Black inmate serving a five year term for grand larceny, escaped Thursday while cutting weeds on a detail outside the walls of the Kansas Prison in Lansing.
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Lansing
Kas
Robert Hoyle
Kansas
Ottawa University Seeks 330000 Loan for Student Union
Ottawa University joins eight Kansas schools with pending Housing and Home Finance Agency loans totaling 7.542 million for campus construction. Ottawa requests 330000 for a student union with dining facilities, expecting to raise about 170000 locally. Baker University seeks 800000 for women and men dorms. Other applicants include Emporia State 1800000 and Kansas State, KU, Pitt State, and others with various projects, all to be supplemented privately if approved.
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Ottawa University
The
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Washington, D. C
Kansas
Theschool
Baker University
Baldwin
U S Indignant At Gestapo Methods
Washington protested to Cuba over detaining Marjorie Lennox of San Francisco, accusing Cuban military intelligence of Gestapo like methods. The State Department called the protest blistering and delivered orally and in writing via Ambassador Philip Bonsal.
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Washington
State Department
U.S
Havana
Department
Philip Bonsal
Marjorie Lennox
San Francisco
Rain Tells Ottawa Precipitation and Kansas Forecast
Light rain last night and this morning brought Ottawa total precipitation to .30 of an inch by 7 a m with additional light showers before skies cleared around 11 a m. Eastern Kansas saw light rain while most of the state had only a trace. Tonight and Saturday are forecast to be mostly fair per the weather bureau.
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Ottawa
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Pro Western Strongman Grabs Control Of Congo
The United States declared the paramount issue before the Security Council is whether to support Dag Hammarskjold in the Congo. The U S stance dimmed hopes for a plan to avert a Soviet veto and possible emergency General Assembly session. Diplomats expect a U N veto fight as the United States and Soviet Union press rival resolutions.
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United Nations
N.Y
United States
Security Council
Congo
Dag Hammarjskjold
U.S
General Assembly
James W. Barco
Claude Corea
Ceylon
Soviet Union
Corea
Mongo Slim
U. N
African Republic
Harriman Returns From African Trip
Former Gov. W Averell Harriman returned from an Africa trip representing JFKs campaign. He arrived at Idlewild from Paris aboard El Al and warned that the Russians are exerting power in the Congo using Premier Patrice Lumumba to extend influence.
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New York
W. Averell Harriman
Congo
Harriman
Africa
John F. Kennedy
Idlewild
el al Israel Airlines
Paris
Patrice Lumumba
Missouri to Hold Special Election for Senate Seat
Jefferson City Mo AP a special election will be held in Missouri Nov 8 to replace the late Sen Thomas C Hennings Jr who died Tuesday Gov James T Blair said he would send out the call today The special election will coincide with the regular general election Democratic state chairman John W Inglish telegraphed notices for a committee meeting at noon next Wednesday to select the party nominee Republicans are expected to wait until later in the week to name their candidate.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Thomas C. Hennings Jr
James T. Blair
Blair
John W. Inglish
George Critical of Church Leaders in Kansas
Rep Newell A George a Democrat seeking reelection in Kansas 2nd District says a few church leaders have set themselves above the U S Constitution and are trying to tell people how to vote He spoke to the Miami County Women's Democratic Club He is Presbyterian and notes Baptist friends planning to secede from the Union
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Osawatomie, Kas
Newell A. George
Kansas
George
Miami County
Union
Flood Hits China Dams Liaoning Province In Manchuria
A belated official report stated the largest flood in a century swept Liaoning Province in Manchuria. No casualties were mentioned.
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Hong
British speed racing tragedy at Bonneville crash injures Campbell
British speed driver Donald Campbell suffered injuries after his Bluebird II veered off course at 300 mph on the Bonneville Salt Flats. The car spun and flipped three times, left wheels ripped, fuel spilled, but Campbell escaped major injuries and planned to continue his quest for a new speed record.
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Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah
Donald Campbell
Campbell
Peter Carr
Tooele
Utah
Salt Flats
Carr
Utah Highway Patrol
Tonia
U.S. Air Force
Associated Press
Ed Kolenovsky
Lumumba Staff Seized as Army Seizes Congo Power
In Leopoldville Col Joseph Mobutu's forces arrest Patrice Lumumba's staff and surround Parliament with soldiers. Lumumba is believed captured or in hiding as Ghanaian UN troops watch while Kasavubu protests UN interference over the arrest warrants. Local witnesses describe attempts to lynch Lumumba at Camp Leopold.
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Leopoldville, the Congo
Joseph Mobutu
Patrice Lumumba
Sme
Cas
Lumumba
Leopold II
Leopoldville
Mobutu
Joseph Kasavubu
Comrol
Congo
Kasavubu
United Nations
Ghana
Camp Leopold
Leopold
Braves and Cyclones open 1960 season away games
Ottawa University Braves travel to Wichita to face Friends in a Kansas Conference opener while Ottawa High School Cyclones go to Pittsburg for a non league clash. Both teams host home games next week at Cook Field against Manhattan and Bethel respectively.
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Ottawa University Braves
Ottawa High School
Cyclones
Braves
Wichita
Kansas
Pittsburg
Manhattan
University
Bethel
Cook Field
Court Acts In Rail Strike
Federal Judge John O Henderson issued a temporary restraining order against a planned Strike by the Switchmen's Union of North America. The order halts a 6 am Monday walkout that would disrupt rail traffic across western and southern regions, affecting about 17 railroads. Union headquarters are in Buffalo. The union was accused of not exhausting Railway Labor Act provisions and a preliminary injunction hearing is set for Sept 26. Negotiations in Chicago ended in a frozen atmosphere per mediator Robert C Boyd.
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Buffalo
N.Y
John O. Henderson
Switchmen's Union of North America
Henderson
Switchmen’s Union
Switchmen
Western Conference Committee
Chicago
Robert C. Boyd
Truman Rules Out Seeking Vacant Senate Seat
President Harry S Truman said there is no possibility he would seek the U S Senate seat left vacant by the death of Senator Thon. He noted that Alabama Senator Hennings Jr is a Democratic incumbent and added he would not pursue the vacancy.
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New York
Harry S.truman
U. S. Senate
Thonas Hennings Jr
D-Mo
Truman
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