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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1957
Page
1
The Quenemo area Jehovah’s Witnesses say the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society sent a protest letter to Premier Nikai Bulganin of Russia decrying the detention of about 7,000 Witnesses in slave camps and urging their release.
Dean Ray McCurdy of 1016 Lo cust was cited Sunday for running a stop sign at Fifth and Hickory and forfeited a $5 bond in police court this morning.
Community notices list parking citations issued in Ottawa last Saturday including seven total citations with five for overtime parking, one for wrong meter parking, and one for a restricted zone. School enrollment forms due Wednesday first hour for Ottawa Junior and Senior High. Also mentions hospital stays, medical center surgeries, business lease, and an upcoming stockholders meeting for Ottawa Co op Assoc with Dr and Mrs Flora visiting Ottawa.
Two weekend crashes near Ottawa involved Robert K. Dougan and Robert E. Lynn. Dougan, 48, hit a guard rail on K68 after being blinded by headlights. his wife was treated and released. Lynn, 22, while passing another car on US-59, collided with Mrs. Cora Melcher, 62, causing minor injuries and property damage. Melcher was cited for failure to signal.
A brief marriage license notice lists Claire Lathen of Grand Island and Dixop Hughs of Ot ra seeking legal union. The terse item confirms filing action and locale, with no further details or dates provided in the fragment.
Hospital notes show admissions for D E Doyle in Williams burg Clyde Selby in Cedar Harold Tetwiler in Hickory and Mrs Dewey Funk in Cleveland. Births include Claud Aubry and spouse with a son born Saturday. Dismissals include Mrs Bill Callaghan and baby, Mrs Larry Stewart, and others at multiple addresses.
Funeral services for John Swenson who died April 5 in Kansas City will be conducted from Tigerman Funeral Home at 2738 Prospect tomorrow at 10 a.m. Graveside services will follow at Hope Cemetery at 1 p.m. Tuesday. Relatives and friends will meet at Towner's Funeral Chapel at 12:30 p.m. to travel to the cemetery.
Washington. The House Military Operations subcommittee summoned Robert Tripp Ross for questioning on defense contracts awarded to a family firm. His wife and her brother H. D. Wynn will attend, though Ross says he severed all ties years ago. Chairman Holifield emphasizes faulty procurement practices over personal connections.
Salvage crews lifted the sunken Egyptian frigate Abukir and towed it to a Bitter Lakes dumping ground clearing the 103 mile Suez Canal for ships up to 20 000 tons once government approval is given. Lt Gen Raymond A Wheeler leads the operation as the UN Assembly had authorized the clearance following the cease fire. The episode follows the Kern Hills voyage through Tiran Strait carrying Iranian oil to Eilat, marking a historic first tanker arrival there and prompting Israeli claims on the strait as an international waterway.
Senate action looms late today or tomorrow on emergency corn legislation. Chairman Elfender warns the bill is dead, while House Chairman Corley cools to the measure as a plan to raise 1957 corn acreage from 37 to 51 million acres with a $1.36 a bushel price support. Benson says the bill arrives too late for 1957. defeated House action cited.
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip arrive in Paris for a four day official visit. President Coty and French dignitaries greet them at Orly Airfield as about 1,000 in the welcoming party and a large television audience observe the arrival. Crowds line streets waving flags under bright sun and a brisk breeze.
Topeka Kansas traffic fatalities tallied by the State Accident Records Section show 132 deaths in the past 48 hours to date in 1957 and 160 for the same period in 1956, reflecting a higher rate this year.
In Okeene Oklahoma the rattlesnake roundup cooled by a sudden storm dropping to 40 degrees. Three day catch totals 987 versus normal 2500. Longest snake 72 inches taken by H H Tomlinson of Watonga who earned 32.50 at auction. 1500 pounds of snakes sold for 50 cents a pound. 527 hunters registered amid 4000 spectators. Eldon Martin, 11, bitten seriously but to recover.
A triple catastrophe in Brazil kills 67 and wounds 13. A Varig two engine airliner crashes after takeoff from Bage with 35 passengers and 5 crew aboard. A Rio suburb train collision near Magno station leaves 20 dead and 13 injured. A landslide at Petropolis buries a house, killing seven.
Franklin County reported two first place winners at Kansas State College Manhattan during the Little American Royal. Emery Corbett of Ottawa and Jack Van Horn of Pomona led in dairy cattle divisions, Corbett claiming Jersey cow first, reserve champion, and Van Horn winning Holstein class and breed champion in the Holstein division.
A false tornado report in Durant prompts evacuations and storm sheltering as police chase a hoax caller from a Lake Texoma resort. The man claimed a boat wreck and injuries, but later admitted no danger occurred. he was jailed for questioning.
An Air Force B47 bomber crashed into the tip of a 2400 foot mountain above Happy Valley on Oahu killing four crew members. Identified from Altus AFB Oklahoma were Capt Dunn N Roger 36 1st Lt Sherman Bozeman Jr 25 1st Lt Frank R Clausi and SSgt Haskell E Gray. The aircraft struck 40 feet from the peak while approaching Hickam AFB breaking up and bursting into flames. Rescue teams found only wreckage fragments along the rugged slope.
Exeter Rhode Island rural mail carrier Henry E. Brown used a chopped down tree on a secluded dirt road to trap two juvenile house breakers. He alerted police who nabbed the youths when they found the fallen obstruction.
Miss Peg Carr has been re elected secretary of the Kansas State Chamber of Commerce Executives Association. The election occurred at a two day meeting in McPherson. New president is Lawrence Smith Coffeyville Ellsworth Green Jr Kansas City named as vice president. Directors named are Bill Adams Pratt Ron Roberts Newton and William Wright Topeka.
President Eisenhower and Mrs. Eisenhower drove 84 miles from Gettysburg to the White House in 2 1/2 hours, adhering to speed limits. Before leaving, he played golf at his farm and watched the Masters final on television from Augusta, Georgia.
Warsaw Poland gears up for its largest Western tourist influx since World War II with over 5 000 Americans among an expected 22 000 Western visitors out of 30 000 total summer arrivals travel officials say Western visitors will form the major share of the season's tourism and boost local activity.
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