Library Campaign Urges Voters to Inform Themselves
The Carnegie free library joins libraries across the country in a 1956 non partisan Register Inform Yourself and Vote drive with the slogan Dont Vote in the Dark. Librarian Neil Barnaby says the library provides issues and candidate information, the administration’s record, party histories, and guidance on how a president is elected. Resources cover citizenship, democracy, Congress, the constitution, and related topics. Posters urge readers to Vote Listen Read Look Talk Discuss Think and use Herald Want Ads for results.
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Carnegie Free Library
American Heritage Foundation
Neil Barnaby
Congress
Texas Prisoners Slashed Selves Protest at Huntsville Unit
In Huntsville Texas twenty eight inmates in the maximum security unit slashed themselves with razor blades in a protest over prison food. O B Ellis the prison general manager reported ten men severed heel tendons and eighteen caused superficial wounds to arms and legs. He defended the food as good as in other prisons and said demonstrators will lose movie and exercise privileges.
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Huntsville
Texa
Texas
O. B. Ellis
Ellis
Dress Up To Go To Court Says California Judges
A judicial committee on court room etiquette advises dressing up for court in California. Men should wear a business suit with coat and tie, while casual sportswear or Western clothing is acceptable in rural areas. Women should avoid shorts slacks riding pants or other casual attire.
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Los Angeles
California
Suez Crisis Ties Egypt to 1888 Convention
Diplomats from 18 nations including Secretary of State Dulles meet in London as the Suez crisis hinges on the 1888 convention preserving free navigation of the canal. The article traces British, French, and Egyptian roles from 19th century approvals through Ismail and Orabi revolts, ending with Egypt asserting sovereignty over canal operations while Britain and France seek agent oversight to safeguard free passage.
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Washington
Dulles
London
Suez Maritime Canal
Constantinople
Great Britain
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Spain
France
Italy
Netherlands
Russia
Turkey
Ottoman Empire
Egypt
Britain
England
Abbas I
Alexandria
Cairo
Abbas
Said Pasha
Khedive
Ferdinand de Lesseps
de Lesseps
Said
Ismail
Orabi
Alex
Andria
Suez
Canal
Many Planes At City Airport
The Ottawa municipal airport four miles southeast remains busy with transient and locally owned aircraft. An air show is planned for the next 30 days, free to the public, with details to be announced by manager Chuck Le Master. Transient arrivals in the past two weeks include many named pilots and aircraft from multiple states, such as Doolittle Construction Co in Wichita, T. E. Cochran in Waco, and Bill Patch in Welch Oklahoma.
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Ottawa Municipal
Chuck LeMaster
Doolittle Construction Co
Wichita
T. E. Cochran
Waco
Texas
F. B. Winton
Hutchinson
K. M. Latto
Paola
Dale Osenbaugh
Oklahoma City
H. M. Wells
T. E. Miller
Cecil Puckett
Emporia
Taylorcraft
Ike Jones
Topeka
Piper
J. C. Hamilton
Enid
Okla
W. W. Preisker
J. C. Breeden
Buffalo
N. Y
L. R. Everingham
Bill Patch
Welch
J. L. Drake
Eskridge
Jack Jones
Kansas City
M. L. Maull
Albuquerque
N. Mex
Great Plains flood prevention effort outlined by Benson
Marion Mitchell Garnett in a Piper with Earle Scott Tulsa Okla. in a Aeronca Jim Burkdoll Kansas City in a Cessna Don Roberts Lamar Mo in a Luscomb Beatrice Blanert Lamar Mo in a Luscomb federal state and local agencies. The law now requires the federal government to bear all construction costs for flood prevention in watershed projects. Benson also said the Republican administration has substituted action for years of talking by launching a coordinated attack on the problems of the Great Plains, an area affected by drought. He said the administration has strengthened technical assistance, education, research, and cost-sharing programs in soil and water conservation.
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Marion Mitchell
Garnett
Piper
Earle Scott
Tulsa
Okla
Aeronca
Jim Burkdoll
Kansas City
Cessna
Don Roberts
Lamar
Beatrice Blanert
Benson
Great Plains
Benson Cites Watershed Plan
Secretary of Agriculture Benson announced a federal program to protect and improve small watersheds, calling it a major conservation development. He noted 31 watershed projects approved with about 200 more planned, and urged changes to enable shared project costs.
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Alexander Insurance Agency
Penney
Penney’s
Irene Powell
Clay, Ky
James Gordon
Bem Price
Associated Press News
Paine
Thornton
Lincoln
Neb
Eisenhower
Reading Circle Books
John G. Kaiser
Masonic
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