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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1958
Page
4
Mrs. B L Grimes of Wichita Falls Tex reports a tornado Wednesday two or three blocks from her home seen as debris drawn into a cone. A severe hail storm followed with stones up to eight inches in circumference. The Grimes family, including her husband and four children, watched in fear.
Colorado juvenile gangs use arson as initiation says state fire marshal. Teens told to start fires to gain gang status. large recent fires in Pueblo and at the Broadmoor Hotel stables are cited, along with other incidents and investigation progress. Incident details include a Denver & Big Granderet trestle and rail-disrupting fires.
Snow and rain swept western Kansas with strong winds across much of the state. The Weather Bureau forecasts improvement by Easter Sunday as eastern areas see partly cloudy skies while western sections warm up with fair to partly cloudy conditions and lingering brisk winds.
New York Herald Tribune reports that ranking air force and army officers call President Eisenhower's Pentagon reorganization plan militarily sound but Navy officers doubt its viability. The piece notes expected Congressional resistance to vested control and to assigning unified commands under the secretary of defense, with support from influential air force and army officers.
Partly cloudy this afternoon and tonight with a cool down. Sunday will be partly cloudy with a high near 50. Overnight low temperatures approach 40s as conditions remain tranquil statewide.
Some Navy officers expressed gloom about erosion of command control within fleets and the risk of a single chief of staff centralizing power, potentially undermining the nation’s defensive forces.
A Los Angeles caller praises the week’s rain and anticipates a coming storm. She designs raincoats and says Easter wear will benefit from the wet weather.
Willard Huggins 14 testified in Magistrate Court that his father Joseph Huggins Jr on parole after a DWI conviction urged him to claim he was driving the family car. The boy said he was thrashed at their farm three miles north of Olathe after police stopped the vehicle. Magistrate Williams sentenced Joseph Huggins to one year in jail for assault and battery.
The battered U S aircraft carrier Corregidor limped into Ponta Delgada harbor to land four injured crewmen and undergo repairs. The World War II combat vessel, now with the Military Sea Transport Service, suffered a cracked hull in huge waves north of the Azores during storms Tuesday.
Partly cloudy skies are forecast for Easter with sunrise services at 6 a.m. at the Hillcrest Drive-In theater southwest of Ottawa. Temperatures near 70 degrees and no precipitation expected, though a weather change with shifting winds and light showers may come in the afternoon. Ottawa churches will hold traditional services and Easter dinners, while many students have returned home from colleges for the holiday.
Lana Turner’s 14 year old daughter Cheryl Crane stabbed Johnny Stompanato at the actress’s home in Beverly Hills. Stompanato died instantly. Cheryl, calm and her mother sobbing, were taken to the Beverly Hills station and Cheryl was held on suspicion of murder before being turned over to juvenile authorities.
Kansas traffic fatalities listed by the State Accident Records Section. In the last 24 hours 5. To date in 1958 94. Same period 1957 130.
Havana reports Fidel Castro declares a total implacable war against President Batista, aiming for freedom. Tense nation expected a major push after Easter holidays, with rumors of a mass uprising and a possible general strike suppressed by government with labor support.
Detroi t woman Helen Lamb, 46, was beaten and robbed on Grand River Avenue near downtown as motorists drove by. She was attacked about 9 20 p m after waiting for a bus, struck with a blunt instrument, and her purse containing 138 dollars in cash and a 25 dollar unemployment check was taken. She received treatment for a scalp cut.
Manhattan Kansas former head of the department of dairy husbandry at Kansas State College F W Atkeson died last night at age 64 from cancer. A native of Butler Missouri he graduated from Missouri University in 1918 and earned a masters degree from K State in 1929.
Don Brown county agent announced postponement of the April meeting to determine whether Franklin County should be declared a modified certified area for brucellosis testing. The delay allows more time for study and consideration.
In Kansas City a 12 year old boy digging a sand tunnel was buried when the roof collapsed. His mother Beatrice Overhaugh and two women pulled him from the sand. She pressed air into his lungs and revived him after four feet of tunnel collapsed, with the boy later recalling the force hit him.
Bruce E. Bredeson serves as hospital administrator with four roles including financial officer and purchasing agent. Since last November he has operated under a five member Board of Trustees, coordinating staff of 12 doctors and 60 nurses while addressing rising costs and constant equipment needs. He emphasizes patient safety, staff staffing, community service, and liaison with the medical staff.
The program tests tall cattle for brucellosis by local veterinarians with federal funding. Counties north and east of Ottawa already participate, and the nationwide effort aims to finish in 1961. Current law bans moving untested cattle between states. Once a county becomes a certified modified lost area no movement of untested cattle into it is allowed. Completion nationwide will permit free interstate cattle movement. In Franklin County two percent are infected now. certification should drop infections to under one percent. The testing period spans about a year and a half.
A two story pine house in Jersey Shore burned with ten members of the Terance Flock family perishing from the blaze and an explosion. Only Mrs Flock escaped, burning and in shock, as Fire Chief Edwards said the house lacked hydrants nearby and burned “like a tinder box.” Names and ages of the children are listed, with the father found holding two of his children. Neighbors described a failed ladder attempt and a bureau blocking the second story window. The home used wood stove and kerosene heaters. police began an inquiry but no clear cause was found.
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