Side Swipes and a Growing Block Party
A southeast dawn block party drawn 56 of 66 residents across 17 families proved a hit last evening with fried chicken, folding chairs, lanterns, and homemade ice cream. The event aims to repeat, while Ottawa High School and the band plan to attend K U Band Day with more than 60 participants among 45 invited bands. Moving pictures of Ottawa’s band will be shot at Park Street Monday morning.
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11Th Street
Mulberry
College Streets
11Th
Tith
W. E. Bancroft
Ottawa
K. U
Bill Barker
Lawrence
K.u.college of the Pacific
Kansas State High School Activities Association
Park Street
Buzz Session A PTA Feature
Buzz Session at the Junior-Senior High PTA meeting Tuesday evening September 25 will be a buzz program to inform parents on school facts. Group chairmen will lead grade discussions in designated rooms followed by a general meeting. Coffee with Senator Carson at Memorial Auditorium Monday 10 45 a m Republican Rally 345 cat
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John E. Going
Charles Knight
Paul Perkins
Max Shoemaker
Jess Cullison
Lee Hysom
M. Todd Macdonald
Senator Carson
Memorial Auditorium
GOP Candidates To Meet Ottawans At Luncheon Tour
Republican caravan stops in Ottawa for the Second district with nine state office candidates hosted by local families. Warren Shaw, Errett Scrivner, Frank Carlson, Frank Sullivan, William Wertz, George Robb, A F Throckmorton, John McCuish and others will tour homes after a 10 45 a m arrival at Memorial auditorium where free coffee is available.
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Ottawa
Vernon Chesbro
Franklin Country Gop
Warren Shaw
Harry Hough
N. Cedar
Errett Scrivner
Flora Sherman
S. Locust
Frank Carlson
H. EF. Staadt
West 7Th Street
Frank Sullivan
George Lister
S. Main
Justice William Wertz
Lena Fredeen
George Robb
John Wassmer
S. Hickory
A. F. Throckmorton
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Roger Fredrikson
John McCuish
Gover’nor
Earl Harris
Memorial Auditorium
Grocery store hold up in Albuquerque by two armed men
Manuel Montano reports two armed robbers held up his Albuquerque grocery, taking 548 dollars. He explains the intrusion by saying, We have to make a living too. Lamb Ambulance is listed with phone 380. tf
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Albuquerque
N.M
Manuel Montano
Slight Shaw Lead in Straw Voting at State Fair
Hutchinson News-Herald reports straw poll results from the Kansas State Fair showing Republican Warren Shaw leading Democrat George Docking in the gubernatorial race by five votes, 1,486 to 1,481. Eisenhower leads Stevenson 2,863 to 1,219 in the presidential tally, giving the Republican 70 percent versus 78 percent four years ago.
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Hutchinson
Kansas State Fair
Hutchinson News-Herald
Warren Shaw
George Docking
Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
Trial Set For Adultery In Forbes Air Base Case
Mrs. Margaret Youngman faces trial next Wednesday in county court before Judge Milo Harris on adultery charges linked to a party involving five airmen from Forbes base at To peka. She also faces a juvenile case for contributing to a 15 year old daughter's delinquency.
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Margaret Youngman
Milo Harris
Forbes
Topeka
Youngman
Harris
Jean Chester
Youth Disarmed Patrolmen at Cabool Football Game
In Cabool Missouri a Tulsa youth, Jerry Davis aged 18 with a prior Oklahoma prison record, disarmed two highway patrolmen who tried to arrest him for speeding. Davis hid the weapons, escaped, joined a crowd at a high school game, and was captured by Trooper Robert Gooch after a search in the school area. He faces charges of theft of firearms and assault with a deadly weapon.
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Cabool
Tulsa
Okla
Here
Hugh Waggoner
State Highway Patrol
Jerry Davis
Oklahoma
Bowling Green
Davis
Waggoner
Robert Gooch
Gooch
Willow Springs
Barterville
Robert Pitts
U. S. 60
N. I. Tinnin
Lebanon
Chicago
U. S. 66
Ronald Westberg
French Decide To Take Part In Suez Pact
London reports the French cabinet voted to participate in the Suez Canal Users' Association with a caveat to protect international administration of the waterway. Britain set Oct 1 for a third London conference to finalize SCUA mechanics. France, wary over loss of toll revenues, pledged to maintain Franco British solidarity. President Nasser traveled to Riyadh for a three power Arab summit amid oil revenue concerns from regional neighbors.
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Assa
Selwyn Lloyd
SCUA
France
Egypt
Nasser
Paris
Christian Pineau
Lloyd
Cairo
Riyadh
Saudi Arabia
Shukri Kuwaity
Syria
Saud
War Hero Gets Boost From Eisenhower
War hero Charles E. Commando Kelly, a World War II Medal of Honor recipient known as a one man army, received a comforting message from Dwight D. Eisenhower. The President wired Kelly to express pride as neighbors rally to his relief, recalling his wartime defense of comrades.
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Charles FE
Commando Kelly
Eisenhower
Kelly
Weekends Jail Term for Drunken Driving Reduced
A police judge fined John Hen jery Young 100 dollars and gave a seven day jail term to be served on weekends after his drunken driving charge. Roy Ronald Johnson received 25 dollars and five days for reckless driving, with parole for a year due to a prior violation. Other traffic cases included defective brakes, illegal turns, parking violations, and a persistent violator.
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Myron Steere
John Henjery Young
S. Poplar
Roy Ronald Johnson
S. Cedar
Johnson
Paola
Norvell Cooper
Dorothy Klump
S. Main
Clyde Shade
Verne Chesbro
Cecil McWhinney
S. Mulberry
Ivan Brittingham
Have Coffee With Congressman Scrivner Rally
Community notice invites residents to a Republican rally at Memorial Auditorium on Monday at 10 45 a m. Congressman Errett Scrivner will attend along with local party officials.
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Errett Scrivner
Memorial Auditorium
Harvard's 12-Year-Old Freshman Feels Trailblazing Welcome
Fred Safier, a 12-year-old freshman from Berkeley, California, attends Harvard College under a special arrangement living with his family in Cambridge. He aims to become a nuclear physicist, inspired by Madame Curie, and previously taught chemistry at Drew School.
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Cambridge
Mass
Fred Safier
Berkeley
Calif
Harvard College
Fred
Harvard
Madame Curie
Drew School
California
UCLA
Harvard Yard
Army mulls streamlined infantry unit at Campbell Ky
Army Secretary Wilber Brucker said it is an open secret the army may streamline an infantry division like the 101st Airborne Division. At Campbell he described the 101st as a mean division stripped of nonessentials and armed with atomic weapons, noting the streamlined force would have fewer soldiers while preserving firepower and boosting mobility.
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Campbell
Army
Wilber Brucker
101St Airborne Division
101St
Brucker
Car Crash Kills Walter Leazenby in Farmington Kansas
An automobile overturned on a curve near Farmington Kansas yesterday killing 66 year old Walter Leazenby of Anadarko Oklahoma. His wife Mrs Leazenby was driving and was slightly injured. The couple were en route to Maryville Missouri to visit relative H B Wood.
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Farmington
Kas
Walter Leazenby
Anadarko
Okla
Leazenby
Maryville
H. B. Wood
Night Classes Open Tuesday at Ottawa University
Ottawa University announces evening classes directed by Dr. Jess Cullison. Drawing and Painting by Tom Flowers meets 7 p.m. in Mammel Art Center, Man in Society by Prof. William Myers at 6:30 p.m. in the Administration building, and Shakespeare and Elizabethan drama by Dr. Hawley plus History and Philosophy by Dr. Danielson. Enrollments still open. roughly a dozen indicated interest, with Flowers aiming for 16 students for personalized attention.
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Ottawa University
Jess Cullison
Tom Flowers
New Mammel Art Center
William Myers
Charles A. Hawley
Milton Danielson
Cullison
Flowers
President Somoza Shot at Managua Reception
President Anastasio Somoza of Nicaragua was shot three times at a Leon reception and the attacker was killed. Ambassadors said Somoza was wounded in the arm leg and stomach and his condition was described as delicate. A U S medical team was dispatched to Managua.
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Washington
Anastasio Somoza
Nicaragua
Somoza
Guillermo Sevilla- Sacasa
Managua
White House
Eisenhower
U. S
Thomas Whelan
Sevilla-Sacasa
Rigoberto Lopez Perez
Lopez Perez
San Salvador
James C. Hagerty
Ambassador Whelan
Warmest September Night Sets New Local Record
The overnight low fell to a record 77 degrees last night in September, surpassing the previous high minimum of 68 degrees set in 1930 and 1932. Dust swept into Ottawa from western and central Kansas as winds gusted up to 50 mph locally and 69 mph near Salina, according to John P. Kelsey.
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Mercury
Ottawa
Kansas
John P. Kelsey
Kelsey
Salina
Fights at San Francisco Pageant End With Knife Injuries
Violent clashes erupted at a city high school football pageant in Kezar Stadium drawing more than 200 police. Ten youths were knifed or beaten as whites and Negroes clashed. three Negro teenagers were arrested, two jailed. Officials stressed the disturbance did not reach riot proportions and suggested not all injuries were racially motivated.
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San Francisco
PKA
Kezar
Leo Osuna
Osuna
Co-Op Refinery To Reduce Purchases
National Cooperative Refinery Assn announced in Wichita that starting October 1 it will cut crude oil purchases to 80 percent of the level it bought from leases in August.
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Co-Op
Wichita
National Cooperative Refinery Assn
Republican Rally with Warren Shaw at Memorial Auditorium
Warren Shaw leads a Republican rally at Memorial Auditorium scheduled for Monday at 10:45 a.m. The event emphasizes party platform and mobilization ahead of upcoming political activities.
County 4-H Members Earned Ribbons at State Fair
Franklin county 4-H clubs brought home one purple ribbon nine blue ribbons and multiple red and white ribbons from the State Fair in Hutchinson. Joan Scott of SHAFF won the purple with a dress she made, while blue ribbon winners included Mauritia Paul Eula May Cartmill Louann Lawrence Beth Batdorf Nayrea Koller Nancy Carlson Carol Bethel Lola Mae Sink and more.
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Franklin County
4-H
Hutchinson
Joan Scott
Shaff Club
Wellsville Vicinity
Mauritia Paul
Silver Leaf Club
Eula May Cartmill
Louann! Lawrance
Jayhawk Club
Beth Batdorf
Nayrea Koller
Nancy Carlson
Carol Bethel
Far and Near
Lola Mae Sink
Clover Leaf
Edward Calkins
Virginia Carey
Acorn Rustlers
Nancy Houston
Rainbow
Maurine Neal
Louann Lawrance
Jayhawk
Patsy Martin
Welcome A GOP Boost for Eisenhower in Iowa visit
President Eisenhower drew a crowd of about a quarter million during a 24 hour Iowa tour while Mrs Eisenhower greeted cheering supporters Des Moines teenagers breached police lines to greet the caravan The president prepared a farm issues address at Bradley University in Peoria as part of a campaign push expected to shape Republicans strategy in key regions
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Washington
Eisenhower
Des Moines
Bradley University
Peoria
Ill
Iowa
Adlai Opens 11 State Farm Campaign Tour
Adlai E Stevenson launches an 11 state bid targeting farm votes in the Midwest and Plains. He flies to the farm belt for a major speech at Newton Iowa after a prior informal talk near Des Moines. Stevenson plans a 6,790 mile route through Kansas Missouri Indiana Wisconsin and Minnesota before returning to Iowa.
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Adlai E. Stevenson
Newton
Iowa
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Des Moines
Kansas
Missouri
Indiana
Wisconsin
Minnesota
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