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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1956
Page
6
Ottawa engineers study the Ottawa channel to determine the best flood control design. Real estate needs remain pending, with an estimated 208000 for property plus 670000 for related work and contingencies. Ottawa's bond issue will not exceed 770000, while federal spending tops 3 million.
District Judge Earl E. O'Connor denied a new trial and sentenced 20-year-old Johnny Victor Felton to 20 to 42 years in the Kansas State Prison. Felton, jailed as a top Johnson County offender, was convicted March 23 of first degree robbery after allegedly kidnapping an Overland Park woman in November 1954 and taking a watch and $10, though he was acquitted on a related kidnapping charge.
A large group of neighbors gathered at the Sam Vanhuss home east of Wellsville to rebuild a barn destroyed in a recent fire. Dozens assisted, including Damon Highie Charley Caudill Wayne Scott Harvey Talley and many more. The Pleasant Valley women provided dinner at the schoolhouse with volunteers listed as Mildred Scott Lucille Coffman Everett Cronister Carl Scott Wiley Broers Mark Broers Edwin Higbie and others.
Three year old Beverly Reeves was killed when a pickup truck ran over her in Bourbon Missouri. Authorities investigated the accident and notified her family as a community mourns this tragedy.
A pickup driven by her mother Mrs. Alva Reeves took Beverly to her grandparents home and stopped to let her out. Beverly ran toward other children in the yard. Mrs. Reeves moved the truck forward and felt a bump. Beverly appeared under a wheel. Herald Want Ads get results.
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